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IS claims attack on Iran parliament, major shrine

Bloomberg IS claimed its first attack on Iran, as suicide bombers and gunmen struck at the heart of the country’s political and religious establishment on Wednesday. Assailants entered the parliament building in Tehran and the shrine of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, to the south of the city. At least two people were killed in the legislature, Tasnim ...

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S Korea halts missile shield deployment

Bloomberg South Korea’s new president is suspending the installation of remaining components of a controversial US missile shield pending an environmental impact assessment, Yonhap News reported, leaving the system incomplete while North Korea steps up its missile development. “We are not saying the two launchers and other equipment that has already been deployed should be withdrawn,” a senior official at ...

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Sessions considers resigning amid tensions with Trump

Bloomberg US Attorney General Jeff Sessions had suggested in the past several weeks he might resign amid a widening rift with President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter. Sessions has come under fire from the president over his recusal from an investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, an inquiry that’s now exploring whether ...

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