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Trump says US negotiators will have another round of talks with Iran
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (846+ words) President Donald Trump says U. S. negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for another round of talks with Iran. The aim is to extend a fragile ceasefire set to expire by Wednesday." A police officer stands guard at a checkpoint on…...
How JB Pritzker's faith and Holocaust work are powering his dire warnings about Trump
10+ mon, 6+ day ago (1808+ words) Updated June 13, 2025, 5: 40 p. m. ET | Skokie, Ill. As he walks through the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center he helped create, Gov. JB Pritzker pauses in the very first exhibit. But he has a point to make. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has long invested…...
How Netanyahu, with US backing, is intent on reshaping the Middle East
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (957+ words) March 05, 2026, 1: 41 p. m. ET | London The Iran war is still widening. Yet no matter how and when it ends, one thing has become clear during its first tumultuous days: the emergence of Israel as a regional superpower intent on redrawing the politics…...
In an election year, Netanyahu tries rewriting Israel's Oct. 7 narrative
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1347+ words) Feb. 20, 2026, 3: 58 p. m. ET | Tel Aviv, Israel It took 34 days for Israeli authorities to confirm to Eyal Eshel that his 19-year-old daughter Roni was killed after Hamas militants stormed and torched the army base near the Gaza border where she was stationed....
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again over US blockade and fires on ships
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (890+ words) The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz has escalated again as Iran reverses its reopening of the crucial waterway and fires on ships attempting to pass. Saturday's developments come after the United States said it would continue its blockade of…...
Can the US and Iran close off the Strait of Hormuz? What international law says.
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (762+ words) April 16, 2026, 4: 01 p. m. ET But what does international law say? And what might this all mean for the shipping lanes crucial to global commerce going forward? In the Strait of Hormuz, Washington and Tehran are testing the boundaries of international laws that…...
Finding a window of hope: Lebanons community holds strong amid ceasefire
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (1214+ words) Dec. 14, 2025, 9: 21 a. m. ET | Beirut and Tyre, Lebanon One year ago, there appeared no end in sight to Israel's escalating military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, with constant airstrikes forcing tens of thousands of Lebanese to flee their homes. As displaced Lebanese…...
Who holds Trump accountable for Gaza's future?
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (210+ words) The new Board of Peace, while endorsed by the United Nations, is part of an emerging state-centric world order in which leaders, in theory, must answer to their citizens. Feb. 18, 2026, 3: 33 p. m. ET The first question to ask about Thursday's inaugural meeting…...
Iranians defy death with dancing
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (291+ words) Funerals for the thousands of protesters killed last month reveal a shift toward a celebration of life and eternity, in defiance of a regime that brutally clings to power. Feb. 24, 2026, 3: 20 p. m. ET Dozens of viral videos coming out of Iran in…...
What Trump's handling of the Iran war has done to perceptions of US power
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (1751+ words) April 17, 2026, 2: 42 p. m. ET | Washington Within hours of U. S. President Donald Trump's April 7 announcement of a two-week ceasefire with Iran, Iranians poured into Tehran's Revolution Square, cheering, honking horns, and waving Iran's tricolored flag. Some burned the Stars and Stripes amid angry chants....