Iran president blames U.S. ally for attack

Iran’s president on Sunday accused an unnamed U.S.-allied country in the Persian Gulf of being behind a terror attack on a military parade that killed 25 people and wounded 60, further raising regional tensions. On Saturday, President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, declared in New York that the Iranian government would be toppled. “I don’t know when we’re going to overthrow them. It could be in a few days, months or a couple of years, but it’s going to happen,” Giuliani said. “They are going to be overthrown. The people of Iran obviously have had enough.”

Pompeo: N. Korea must denuclearize first

NEW YORK — Top U.S. diplomat Mike Pompeo said Sunday that economic sanctions on North Korea won’t be reduced until it completes “denuclearization” after leader Kim Jong Un offered to close the North’s main nuclear site in exchange for U.S. concessions.

No OPEC increase

ALGIERS, Algeria — A meeting of OPEC and its allies ended without any decision to further increase oil output despite President Donald Trump’s call for lower prices.

James Woods locked out of Twitter account

MINNEAPOLIS — Actor James Woods has been locked out of his Twitter account over a tweet he sent out months ago that was found to be in violation of Twitter’s rules. The tweet was posted July 20 and includes a hoax meme that said it came from Democrats and encouraged men not to vote in the midterm elections. Woods got an email from Twitter on Thursday saying the tweet “has the potential to be misleading in a way that could impact an election.” The email said Woods can use his account again if he deletes the tweet.