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The unexplained attacks have added a dangerous new layer of uncertainty to an already volatile conflict, raising concerns that additional countries may now be conducting military operations against Iran without publicly acknowledging their involvement.New Airstrikes Came After U.S. Said Its Campaign Had EndedThe U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Thursday morning that it had completed a coordinated operation striking approximately 90 targets inside Iran.Yet only hours later, Iranian state media reported another wave of explosions and airstrikes across the southern provinces of Bushehr and Sistan and Baluchestan.Those attacks occurred after the United States had publicly stated its operation was complete.CENTCOM...

Seems like I might be looking at left hip replacement surgery in coming weeks. Has anyone had this done? If so, at what age? What were symptoms that led to the decision for the surgery? Experience with pain, hospitalization, PT, general recovery? Anything you wish you had done differently either before or after? Thank you. This is not something I ever really thought would be part of my future and am trying to prepare myself for whatever is to be expected.

After the US launched a third round of strikes against Iran on Sunday morning, Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of war, posted on X: "Iran made a poor choice. Now they pay." The fresh escalation occurred after Iran's IRGC Navy said it attacked a container that was exiting the Strait of Hormuz through an unauthorised route and ignored its warnings. In a statement on X, Centcom said a civilian crew member of M/V GFS Galaxy, a Cyprus-flagged container ship, was missing and the vessel is unable to continue the journey due to an onboard fire and significant engine-room damage.

U.S. forces began carrying out new strikes on Iran on July 11, in response to an Iranian attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the strikes began around 7:15 p.m. ET, and were made in response to an Iranian attack on the Cyprus-flagged container ship M/V GFS Galaxy. CENTCOM said one of the vessel’s civilian crew members is missing following the Iranian attack, and the ship is unable to continue its journey due to an onboard fire and damage to its engine room. “In response, the United States is imposing a...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men,...

Hunter Biden, the son of former President Biden, was awarded $1.7 million in damages on Friday as part of a defamation lawsuit against former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne. Byrne, a known denier of Biden’s victory over President Trump in the 2020 presidential election, accused the younger Biden of taking part in an $800 million bribery scheme involving Iran and failed to defend his claims in court. U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson of the Central District of California ruled the ex-executive acted with “intentional misrepresentation” and “conscious disregard” for Hunter’s rights, and said Byrne continued to amplify the false allegations even...

He was a fabrication from the start. The son of a wealthy lawyer presented as a working class hero. No one cared that it was a lie. No one cared that he was credibly accused of rape. Until they did.I’m going to veer from sports today to venture into politics. Maine politics. Democrat Party politics. And Graham Platner, the Democrat nominee for Senate in Maine who recently suspended his campaign after so much dirt came out on him that his numbers finally started dropping. Only when the polling dropped did the Democratic Party descend to say yeah you gotta go....

LIFEBOAT One of the great World War II films was LIFEBOAT, about the ordeal faced by survivors of a passenger ship that was sunk by a Nazi U-Boat in the middle of the Atlantic. The film details their struggle for survival in a small lifeboat, fighting the elements, thirst, and then fighting against each other. Each person has their own ideas about how to navigate the little boat: they argue about who should be in charge; and they find little things to fight over even when they run out of things to fight over. Eventually they come to understand...

The US congressman Ro Khanna says armed Israeli settlers detained him during a visit to the Israel-occupied West Bank recently, describing the experience as a first-hand view of the realities faced by Palestinians living under occupation. In an interview with Reuters on Thursday from a Palestinian village, the progressive US House Democrat from California said his detention happened the previous day while his delegation visited an area of the southern West Bank that has experienced repeated attacks by Israeli settlers. Khanna recounted how settlers carrying US-made M4 rifles surrounded the group’s van. “We were at a village that Israeli settlers...

Screengrab Social Media/X ================================================================================== Survival skills came in an unlikely fashion for Gamara. It was the longest half an hour of his life, as an Indian cattle herder survived being mauled and pinned down by a lioness with a rather novel technique. He treated the beast like a house cat and gave it a little affection. Yes, you read it right. The New York Post reported: “Kalubhai Boghabhai Gamara was minding his own business in Gujarat on India’s west coast when the lion was suddenly upon him, badly mauling him and leaving him fearing for his life. Horrified onlookers tried...

At some point, in some matters, it's tempting to say, "called it." This is one of those times - possibly. Some new satellite photos, released on Saturday, appear to show rebuilding efforts underway in the Iranian nuclear facilities destroyed in 2025's Operation Midnight Hammer. Now it looks like a lot of activity is going on at those sites. The New York Post, on its main page, has more. Alarming new satellite images show signs that the Iranian regime appears to be rebuilding its suspected nuclear facilities at Pickaxe Mountain and Parchin. Footage of both areas – which sustained extensive damage...

Iran reiterated that it will not give UN inspectors access to its nuclear facilities following a UN Security Council meeting on Friday, facing down calls from Western nations to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The meeting was called by Bahrain and European countries, and came as fresh strikes between the US and Iran threatened to unravel the interim deal to end the war. In a UN report presented at the briefing, the IAEA reported a "significant deterioration" in its awareness of Iran's nuclear facilities following the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei ruled...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz until further notice and until the end of US “interference” in the region, after firing a warning shot at a vessel it says attempted to transit along an “unapproved” route, state media reports. The statement says the vessel subsequently stopped. It warns that no vessel will be allowed to cross the waterway, and if the “enemy” uses the decision as a “pretext” to make any “misstep,” this will be met with a “severe response.”

A West Virginia girl who fought back after a male on her track team harassed her and threatened to rape her says her school became a sea of hostility after she stood up against putting males in female sports. Adaleia Cross attends Bridgeport High School in West Virginia. Her school district was at the center of a recent Supreme Court ruling that said males cannot play in women’s sports. Although the ruling was a victory for her position, it came at a cost. In January, her parents wrote an opinion piece in USA Today explaining the sexual harassment by the...

Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) jumped to attack ICE after a federal immigration officer shot and killed a Mexican national in Houston who authorities say rammed an ICE vehicle and tried to run over an officer. The Texas Democrat demanded that ICE be “held accountable” and called for a full investigation after the shooting. Her response immediately drew pushback from critics who pointed to the Department of Homeland Security’s claim that the man had used his vehicle as a weapon. The shooting happened Tuesday morning during a targeted immigration enforcement operation in Houston, Texas. The man who died was identified as...

“I can find no reason how Minnesota is safer or better if he is deported to a country he has not been to since he was a child.”

When you accept Christ, you are justified. However, part of the Christian life is repentance and leaving the old life behind, which is to my understanding sanctification. My question is, as you study the Bible and are trying to align your life with the Bible, does that mean you should change denominations periodically as you find the church you are part of having doctrines that are not in line with the Bible and find a new church that reflects where you are in your current state of growth?

Millions hidden in a storm drain are the latest discovery in Iraq's expanding oil corruption scandal, which has already led to dozens of arrests ============================================================================ Iraqi investigators say they have uncovered another 14 billion Iraqi dinars (around $10 million) hidden inside a stormwater drainage pit, the latest discovery in a sprawling corruption investigation that has shaken the country's oil sector. The money was recovered as part of an ongoing probe into former Deputy Oil Minister for Refining Affairs Adnan al-Jumaili, who has been in custody for around a month on corruption allegations. In a statement on Thursday, Iraq's Supreme Judicial...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is in open revolt over a federal election-monitoring plan headed straight for his state. President Trump’s Justice Department is sending monitors into key jurisdictions for the 2026 primaries, and Walz is suddenly talking as if neutral eyes inside polling places are a threat to democracy. There is one enormous problem with that performance: Minnesota welcomed Justice Department election monitors under administrations of both parties for years. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon laid out the new deployment herself. The Civil Rights Division has identified jurisdictions across six states, and she says this is only the beginning. The...

The blaze, which broke out around 6 p.m. on July 7, quickly engulfed the historic structure, causing the roof to collapse. ALERT: Pittsburgh Fire is battling a 3-alarm fire in a vacant church on Grandview Ave. & Kearsarge on Mount Washington. There are no reports of injuries at this time. Please watch this space for updates. A PIO is on scene. pic.twitter.com/actU6tJjMC — Pittsburgh Public Safety (@PghPublicSafety) July 7, 2026 Allegheny County dispatchers received a call about the fire at approximately 6:05 p.m. Firefighters arrived within four minutes and upgraded the response to a three-alarm fire, according to a WPXI...