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War in the Middle East: latest developments
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (737+ words) Aftermath of a strike in the Arab-Israeli city of Kfar Qassem on March 26, 2026 Mourners carry a coffin draped in an Iranian flag during a funeral in Tehran A rally outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut protesting against the Lebanese government's…...
Trump's Iran war tests MAGA 'America First' creed
17+ hour, 1+ min ago (625+ words) For a decade or more, "America First" has been a rallying cry against foreign wars.But as US bombs fall on Iran, many of President Donald Trump's supporters are embracing a muscular campaign abroad -- and insisting it still fits the…...
Hezbollah rejects truce talks as Israel presses Lebanon strikes
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (555+ words) Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said negotiations with Israel under fire would amount to "surrender", as the Iran-backed group launched attacks and Israel said it was expanding a "buffer zone" inside Lebanon. Israel, which occupied southern Lebanon for around two decades…...
Gaza civil defence says Israeli strike kills one, tents on fire
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (243+ words) A fireball erupted over Gaza'on Wednesday as an Israeli strike tore through a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians, killing one person and injuring seven, the territory's civil defence agency said. The bloodshed was the latest to rock the war-shattered Palestinian…...
Socialist student organization reinstated after 4-day suspension
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (702+ words) Members of the Colorado Mesa Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter distribute literature at a table set up on campus. After a four-day suspension, the organization is back in good standing with the university and an event scheduled for Friday…...
Israel pounds south Beirut, says captured Hezbollah members
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (643+ words) A series of strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday and early Tuesday, the first attack on the Hezbollah stronghold in days, as Israel's military said it captured two members of the Iran-backed group in southern Lebanon. An earlier Israeli…...
Risk of 'escalation' if Iran attacked: deputy foreign minister
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (438+ words) Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi spoke in Geneva at the Conference on Disarmament Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi spoke just after UN chief Antonio Guterres at the Conference on Disarmament Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi warned of…...
Explosions sound in the Iranian capital as war with US and Israel enters a fifth day
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1081+ words) A woman crosses almost deserted square with a billboard at rear showing a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S.Israeli military campaign, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. A group of men…...
Will Yemen's Houthis join the Mideast war?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (736+ words) With assault rifles, daggers and posters of Iran's late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waving in the air as tens of thousands chant "death to America, death to Israel", there's little mistaking where the loyalties of Yemen's Houthis lie." But will the…...
Israel president says Europe should back fight against Hezbollah as troops operate in Lebanon
1+ week, 3+ day ago (723+ words) An Israeli artillery gun fires rounds towards southern Lebanon Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese have been displaced by the new war between Israel and Hezbollah Israeli strikes have devastated parts of Beirut's southern suburbs Israel's President Isaac Herzog said on…...