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Israel’s Operation Lion’s Roar, was “the largest ever military flyover in the history of the Israeli Air Force,” with 500 Iranian targets struck, the IDF said Saturday. The campaign, which ran in tandem with the US’s Operation Epic Fury, dropped hundreds of munitions on roughly 500 Iranian targets and involved more than 200 Israeli Air Force aircraft. The military reportedly focused on Tehran’s aerial defense systems and missile launchers. The strikes “severely degraded the offensive capabilities of the Iranian regime — the launch sites in western Iran,” the IDF said. “The IDF will continue operating to significantly degrade every aspect...

The year was 1490. The location, Qingyang, China. It was a spring evening in this central Chinese city when something strange began to occur in the sky above. For one, there was a recently discovered comet that was coming into view: Comet C-1490 Y1. But this comet pales in comparison to the really strange event that was about to occur. The Meteor Shower That Killed 10,000 People | 19:18 Swegle Studios | 459K subscribers | 709,238 views | July 8, 2025

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in Israeli attacks, with U.S. support, on Saturday. He was 86 years old. A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on Saturday, February 28, 2026. Israel's defense ministry said it had launched a "preemptive strike" on Iran as sirens sounded in Jerusalem and people across the country received phone alerts about an "extremely serious" threat. Middle East conflict Iranian supreme leader killed in Israeli airstrike, source says President Trump announced the Iranian leader's death on social media, saying Khamenei could not avoid U.S. intelligence and surveillance. A source...

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In Nevil Shute's 1957 novel On the Beach there's a scene set in the "Pastoral Club" in Melbourne – a fictional combination of the real-life Australian Club and Melbourne Club, relics of the country's "more British than Britain" men's social clubs. John Osborne, a scientist, is visiting with Peter Holmes, a lieutenant in the Australian navy, and they encounter John's great-uncle, Sir Douglas Froude, a commander of the country's army during the last war. The old man tells the two younger men that "three years ago my doctor told me that if I didn't stop drinking the club port he...

US President Donald Trump says Cuba is "in a real bind" and proposes an American "friendly takeover" of the island. After attempts to topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Havana's most important ally in the region, Washington has tightened its long-standing trade blockade on Cuba, as the communist-ruled island is hard-pressed by an energy crisis and economic difficulties. "They have no money, they have nothing right now. But they are talking to us and maybe we will see a friendly takeover of Cuba," Trump told reporters as he left the White House on Friday. The Cuban government is talking to us,...

This is the most consequential moment in the modern Middle East since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979. No American president has ever – ever – dealt so courageously or so decisively with the Iranian regime since its leaders declared war on America 47 years ago. The Iranian regime has killed, wounded, and maimed more Americans than any government in the world since the Vietnam War in the 1960s and early 1970s. Yet no American leader has ever truly confronted the tyrants in Tehran. Until now. When Iran ordered its terror proxy, Hezbollah, to blow up the U.S. Marines...

People in Iran have prepared for attacks. "It's war again. We don't know what to do," a Tehran resident told TT. The Iranian population has been preparing for a possible war for weeks. Many have stockpiled water and bought tens of kilos of dry goods and other necessities. Freezers have been emptied in anticipation of a power outage, and on Saturday many families kept their children at home, even though it is a school day in Iran. "We hope for victory," says a Tehran resident. For many Iranians, however, victory is about overthrowing the regime, rather than Iran winning militarily...

Flashback to a month ago: Paul Smith - Options Trader 🇬🇧🇮🇷 @paul_options: This is a high school in Iran where IRGC forces are deployed. Remember this image. When the #IRGC is targeted, #BBC & CNN will say “schools were attacked” and “innocents killed” — ignoring how the regime embeds forces in civilian spaces. Mark my words. 4:52 AM · Jan 27, 2026 https://x.com/paul_options/status/2016132093940539620 https://archive.is/oreCO

Congressional Democrats on Friday said they received a counteroffer from the White House to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The department has been shut down since Feb.14 after lawmakers failed to strike a deal on immigration enforcement restrictions. “We have received the White House’s counteroffer and are reviewing it closely. Democrats remain committed to keep fighting for real reforms to rein in ICE and stop the violence,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both of New York, said in a statement. The negotiations over DHS funding are heightened after federal immigration agents shot and...

God revealed His Name to Moses — YHWH (יהוה) — on Sinai (Exodus 3:14–15). In early Hebrew pictographs, the letters of YHWH are often shown as: Behold • Hand • Behold • Nail. ‘Behold the hand, behold the nail’ — a powerful pointer to Messiah Yeshua (Zech 12:10; John 20:27). He is the First and the Last (Isa 44:6; Rev 1:8; 22:13).

Iran has sent short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, according to U.S. and European officials, despite sharp warnings from Washington and its allies not to provide those armaments to Moscow to use against targets in Ukraine. The new missiles are expected to help Russia further its efforts to destroy Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure, which President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said this week now involved 4,000 bombs a month across the country. The U.S. and European officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, confirmed that after months of warnings about sanctions, Iran has shipped several hundred short-range ballistic...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, President Donald Trump said, calling it the “single greatest chance” for the Iranian people to “take back” their country.The death occurred after a joint U.S. and Israeli aerial bombardment that targeted Iranian military and governmental sites. Trump said the “heavy and pinpoint bombing” was to continue through the week or longer. There was no immediate comment from Iran on Khamenei's status.

This weekend provides a rare treat for stargazers. Well, planets, to be more specific. Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter will will appear to line up on the horizon shortly after sunset on Saturday, Feb. 28. Four of the six planets will be visible to the unaided eye, while the other two will require a telescope. The rare celestial occasion, a planetary alignment or planet parade consists of three to five planets and can occur every few months to every few years. However a six or seven planet parade is more rare. Here’s what to know about Saturday’s “planet...

I mean, he’s probably one of the most shady congressmen out there. Still mind boggling HE was the first call Savannah Guthrie made…not to emergency services…not to the sheriff’s department…not 911…she called Mark Kelly of Arizona when her mom had disappeared. He seems more and more shady as time goes on.

In his state of the union speech, President Trump asked members of Congress to stand to show their support for the concept that "the first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens." While the Republican contingent had no qualms about acknowledging this responsibility, not a single Democrat did. In the Democratic response delivered by Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va), she pointed out that "American citizens are among the wealthiest in the world. They are capable of protecting themselves. There are billions of folks in other countries who need America's help. Former President Biden invited tens of millions of...

Missiles streaked across the skies of the Middle East on Saturday morning as the United States and Israel began “Operation Epic Fury,” a joint operation targeting the Iranian regime—and one that President Donald Trump hopes will not only destroy the Iranian ballistic missile and nuclear program, but deliver regime change itself. After months of moving American military assets into the region, the Americans and Israelis began their attack by striking regime infrastructure. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Tehran palace was turned to rubble, killing the Supreme Leader, according to officials. Additional reports said that the Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, had been targeted....

Guitarist Eric Gales playing a guest solo with jazz-funk band Snarky Puppy on their song Take it.

With President Donald Trump calling for regime change in Iran, the country’s leadership now faces an existential threat and is likely to respond to U.S.-Israeli airstrikes accordingly, experts said.So far, the Islamic Republic appears to be launching fewer missiles and drones in retaliation compared to its barrage in June 2025, when the U.S. joined Israel’s 12-day war on Iran to target nuclear facilities.But retired Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO supreme allied commander, told CNN on Saturday that Iran has two options. One is to continue launching missiles at the current tempo and hunker down.“Option two: if they truly believe they’re...

I mean…it’s been a rough week for them. A huge cash flow for their elections just got eradicated, apparently. Are investigations in their future?