(This Aug 28 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)
By Nate Raymond
Aug 28 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ruled that laws that President Donald Trump's administration used to cancel visas and initiate deportation proceedings against noncitizen college students based on their pro-Palestinian advocacy and criticism of Israel are unconstitutional.
US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to hit Iran "hard" after the two foes traded fire for the first time in weeks, as his Treasury secretary vowed to keep up a pressure campaign aimed at hobbling Tehran's economy.
After six months of war, the foes remain at an impasse, with Iran keeping the strategic Strait of Hormuz closed and the US persisting with a counter-blockade of Iranian ports.
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng
BANGKOK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - After a long deployment in the Middle East, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier will dock in Thailand's resort city of Pattaya this week, raising hopes of an economic boost, even as local authorities cracked down on parts of the sex tourism destination.
The Abraham Lincoln is due to dock on Wednesday at nearby Laem Chabang, with two accompanying Navy vessels, to allow nearly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard to rest and recuperate after over 200 days at sea, according to Thai officials.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed Monday to persist with economic pressure on Iran, saying
By Phil Stewart and David Lawder
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Iran's energy hub of Kharg Island is being blown to smithereens, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday in a one-line social media post accompanied by an AI-generated video clip.
There was no other evidence that the Iranian energy hub was under attack. The White House and the U.S. Defense Department did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment outside regular business hours.
There was no immediate response to Trump's post on Iranian media.
The Middle East war has flared again for the first time in a month, with American strikes on Iran prompting retaliation from Tehran on Monday.
Here are the latest developments:
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday they attacked two US military air bases with ballistic missiles in Washington-allied Jordan, causing "heavy damage", state media reported.
By David Lawder
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department is likely to unveil weekly new secondary sanctions aimed at increasing economic pressure on Iran, with an initial focus on banks, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters on Sunday.
After imposing penalties on the United Arab Emirates branches of Egypt's Banque Misr on Friday over alleged financial links to Iran, Bessent said in an interview that the next step may be cutting off an institution entirely from the dollar-based financial system.
The Middle East war has flared again for the first time in a month, with American strikes on Iran prompting retaliation from Tehran on Monday.
Here are the latest developments:
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday they attacked two US military air bases with ballistic missiles in Washington-allied Jordan, causing "heavy damage", state media reported.
By Kanishka Singh and Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak Island on Sunday, a U.S. official said, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since late July.
Iran responded by attacking U.S. forces stationed in Jordan, according to a Fox News reporter on Sunday, citing a U.S. source. Nearly all incoming missiles "have been intercepted at this point," the reporter's X post said, noting that there had been no significant impact so far.
Iran attacked US military targets in the Middle East on Monday in retaliation for the first American strikes on its territory in a month, in a fresh flare-up of the war that has engulfed the region.
Tehran's powerful Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they had responded to Sunday's American attack by striking two US air bases with ballistic missiles in Washington-allied Jordan, causing "heavy damage".
Jordan's army said it had intercepted eight missiles, without stating their origin.
