WASHINGTON -- The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three accompanying warships have arrived in the Middle East, bringing a renewed potential that President Donald Trump could opt to order airstrikes on Iran over its crackdown on protesters.

These recent combat-proven innovations can flip the preexisting cost imbalance that inevitably arises when intercepting large numbers of relatively inexpensive drones.

All hostages from Gaza have returned home as Trump administration completes historic Middle East diplomatic achievement, marking end of painful chapter.

Tencent's expansion will likely put it into more direct competition with U.S. giants including Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

Airline KLM is resuming flights to Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, it said late on Saturday, after previously announcing it would avoid flying over large parts of the Middle East due to rising regional tensions.