Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops, amid heightened US-Iranian tensions after the US killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad and said it was exploring a possible expansion of NATO's presence there.

US-Iran tensions escalate as Washington refuses Tehran's request to remove troops

Governor Greg Abbott of Texas on Friday became the first governor in the United States to refuse to accept refugees under an executive order requiring local jurisdictions to actively opt into the federal resettlement program.

Texas becomes first US state to refuse refugees under Trump order

Iran's missile attacks on US targets did not aim to kill the American soldiers, a senior Iranian commander said after United States President Donald Trump said that no US troops were hurt in Wednesday's strike on its airbase in Iraq.

Iran missile attack news: Solemani's killing was American justice, says Trump at campaign rally in Ohio

American airstrikes last week killed Iranian Quds Force commander Major-Genral Qasim Soleimani and Iraq's militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, which drove the entire region into a state of chaos.

Iran missile attack news: Iran appears to be standing down, says Trump

A three-day national funeral procession was held for the head of Iran's Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, marked by hundreds of thousands of mourners who were seen carrying his casket with the slain general's posters across Iran and Iraq.

Latest updates on Iran general Qasem Soleimani's killing

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US-Iran tensions escalate as Washington refuses Tehran's request to remove troops

Texas becomes first US state to refuse refugees under Trump order

Iran missile attack news: Solemani's killing was American justice, says Trump at campaign rally in Ohio

Iran missile attack news: Iran appears to be standing down, says Trump

Latest updates on Iran general Qasem Soleimani's killing