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Horrors of Holocaust Remembered At Temple Shalom
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (457+ words) WHEELING " Temple Shalom hosted its annual service Monday to remember the horrors of the Holocaust, but those in attendance noted there are "fewer and fewer" family members of victims left to share their stories. The temple commemorated the 83rd anniversary of…...
Mediators move closer to extending US-Iran ceasefire
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (812+ words) A senior U. S. official said the United States has not formally agreed to extend the ceasefire and that "engagement" with Iran continues. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the sensitive negotiations. The…...
Pope Leo XIV denounces the "delusion of omnipotence" he says fuels the US-Israeli war in Iran
1+ week, 2+ day ago (472+ words) Leo presided over an evening prayer service in St. Peter's Basilica on the same day the United States and Iran began face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan and as a fragile ceasefire held. History's first U. S. -born pope didn't mention the United States…...
US and Iran prepare for ceasefire talks as Netanyahu authorizes negotiations with Lebanon
1+ week, 3+ day ago (963+ words) There remain many issues that could derail the truce " as well as negotiations for a broader deal to permanently end the war. Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency, close to the Revolutionary Guard, claimed that talks set for Saturday wouldn't happen…...
Fragile Ceasefire: Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz After Israeli Attacks On Lebanon
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1738+ words) Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, an 11th-hour deal that headed off U. S. President Donald Trump's threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization. Hours after the announcement, Iran and Gulf…...
Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1135+ words) The fresh violence threatened to scuttle what U. S. Vice President JD Vance called a "fragile" deal. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted that an end to the war in Lebanon was part of the ceasefire deal with the U. S. Israeli Prime Minister…...
Trump warns a "whole civilization will die tonight" if a deal with Iran isn"t reached
1+ week, 6+ day ago (992+ words) Meanwhile, airstrikes hit two bridges and a train station in Iran, and the U. S. struck military targets on the Iranian oil hub of Kharg Island. The attack marked the second time the island was hit by American forces. It was not…...
Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Strait of Hormuz as search continues for missing US pilot
2+ week, 2+ day ago (952+ words) Trump has called Tehran "beaten and completely decimated " in the war, now in its sixth week, but the downing of two U. S. warplanes on Friday and Iran's call to find the "enemy pilot" have again raised the stakes. "The doors of…...
Trump Defends Iran War, Offers Few New Details In Address
2+ week, 5+ day ago (890+ words) The war is fast becoming a signature of his second-term agenda and the speech was a capstone to a remarkable day flexing presidential power. Trump started the morning as the first sitting president to show up for a U. S. Supreme Court…...
Pakistan says it will host US-Iran talks, while Iran warns US ground troops would be "set on fire
3+ week, 1+ day ago (908+ words) This image from video provided by U. S. Central Command shows U. S. Sailors and Marines aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) arriving in the U. S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 27, 2026. (U. S. Central Command via AP) "Pakistan is very happy that both Iran and the U. S. have expressed…...