President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for the U.S. leader's killing, further underlining the tensions gripping the Middle East as an interim deal to end the war buckles under repeated crossfire in the region.

Donald Trump said he had instructed the US military to bomb Iran at “levels they’ve never seen before” if he is assassinated by Tehran.

“1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately follow, should the Iranian Government act on its threat,” Trump wrote.

The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, landed in Oman on Saturday for talks on the future of the Strait of Hormuz.

The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting U.S.-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended t...

President Donald Trump announced the start of major U.S. combat operations against Iran on Feb. 28 and said on March 1 that the war would last “four to five weeks.”

A loyalist bonfire was lit a day early after police began an operation to remove a replica of a mosque from the top of the pyre on Thursday.

"The President has been clear that he will do what is necessary to protect our homeland and troops abroad, and he will never apologize for honoring the incredible talent of our warfighters who are put...