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The Pentagon confirmed Sunday that three U.S. troops have been killed in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, the first American casualties of the conflict, now on its second day. Iran's military has lashed out against the strikes with missiles targeting ships and countries across the Middle East. Israeli medics said at least eight people were killed in a blast near Jerusalem. …

Austin mass shooter Ndiaga Diagne toting a rifle and wearing a hooded sweatshirt emblazoned with “Property of Allah.”

Pope on Iran: Peace not built with mutual threats or death-dealing arms Speaking at the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV expressed “deep concern” over recent events in the Middle East and Iran.“Stability and peace are not built with mutual threats, nor with weapons, which sow destruction, pain, and death, but only through a reasonable, authentic, and responsible dialogue,” he said.The Pope warned of an immense tragedy if violence escalates out of control.“Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of enormous proportions,” he said, “I address to the parties involved a heartfelt appeal to assume the moral responsibility to stop...

A North Dakota judge finalized a potentially fatal verdict against Greenpeace on Friday, affirming a $345 million jury award against the storied environmental group that Greenpeace has said may force it into bankruptcy in the United States. The verdict was reached last year after a bruising trial brought by the pipeline company Energy Transfer over Greenpeace’s role in protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, an 1,172-mile pipeline that carries oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Energy Transfer claimed Greenpeace had played a major role in the protests a decade ago, forcing construction delays and costing the company money. Greenpeace has...

Reports from Iran indicate that Mojtaba Khamenei, an Iranian cleric and political figure best known as the second son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and long discussed as a possible successor, has been killed in the strike on the presidential palace

Israel reportedly co-opted a popular Iranian prayer app Saturday to send mass notifications urging defections from the Islamic regime. The BadeSaba Calendar app, utilizing its extensive reach inside Iran, helps users track daily prayer times and religious observances, the Wall Street Journal reported. It has logged more than 5 million downloads on the Google Play Store alone, giving operators access to a vast domestic audience. Screenshots posted on social media show a burst of Persian-language notifications declaring “help has arrived.” The cyber operation apparently took place as Israel and the United States launched a sweeping waves of strikes against Iranian...

Saudi Arabia joined Israel in lobbying the US to launch strikes against Iran. Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, argued in favour of an attack during multiple phone calls with Donald Trump in the past month, sources told the Washington Post. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, also continued his long-standing campaign urging the US to join strikes on Iran, the Post reported. Iran has continued its retaliation after the US and Israel launched a barrage of strikes on Saturday morning, killing its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Correspondents in Dubai reported a fresh round of explosions on Sunday...

President Trump on Sunday posted a video trolling 84-year-old Senator Mitch McConnell for his cognitive decline and his refusal to support the SAVE Act to require voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote. The House passed the SAVE Act last month, sending it to the Senate for consideration before Trump can sign it into law. Due to some Republicans opposing the bill and a lack of Democratic support, the Senate must invoke a standing filibuster to pass the bill with only 51 votes, rather than the 3/5ths required under the current rule. But several Republicans have said they will...

Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post: Opinion: The world’s "even-handed" obituaries for Khamenei are a jarring joke. Calling the architect of 10/7 and a decades-long terror campaign a "hard-line cleric" or "regional power" is a complete moral failure. e

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2028162701474791475 U.S. Central Command@CENTCOM🚫 During a UN Security Council meeting yesterday, the Iranian Ambassador to the U.N. stated their response has been directed solely and exclusively at the bases and assets of the United States. LIE.✅ The Iranian Regime is actively targeting civilians and has attacked more than a dozen locations including:· Dubai International Airport· Kuwait International Airport· Zayed International Airport, Dubai· Erbil International Airport, Iraq· Fairmont Palm Hotel, Dubai· Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai· Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bahrain· Port of Dubai· Haifa Oil Refinery· Residential areas in Beit Shemesh, Israel· Residential areas in Tel Aviv, Israel· Residential area of...

The next ACIP vaccine advisory meeting is scheduled for March 18 and 19 to discuss three topics – COVID-19 vaccine injuries, long COVID, and ACIP recommendation methodology. Votes may be scheduled during the two-day session for any of these three topics, which may include narrowed recommendations for the COVID-19 vaccines based upon evidence of injuries caused by the mRNA injections. The federal register notice doesn’t mention any specific votes that will take place. CDC currently recommends the COVID-19 vaccine for everyone over 6 months of age, “based on individual-based decision making” in October after adopting the ACIP recommendations from the...

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The first attack against a ship in the Strait of Hormuz occurred on Sunday morning.Oman's Maritime Security Centre announced that an oil tanker named Skylight, flying the flag of the Republic of Palau, was targeted around five nautical miles (9.26km) north of Khasab Port.In a statement shared on X, Oman authorities confirmed that there were 20 crew members on board, including 15 holding Indian nationality and 5 of Iranian nationality, and they were all evacuated.Preliminary information also indicates that at least four people were injured and have been transferred to receive medical treatment.It has not been specified who attacked or...

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Brent crude jumped 10% to about $80 a barrel over the counter on Sunday, oil traders said, while analysts predicted that prices could climb as high as $100 after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the Middle East into a new war.

Clearly, the “Saturday Night Live” writing team had a lot of work to do on Saturday, as they opened the show with a sketch about President Trump’s early morning attack on Iran. In the Feb. 28 cold open, Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) gives a press conference about the military action. “It’s me, Donald Trump, FIFA Peace Prize winner and Nobel Peace Prize taker,” he began. “Remember that? I launched this attack after me and my board of peace…we were bored of peace. As we all know, Iran has been two weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon for...

A former New York City resident who killed two people and wounded 14 others at a packed Austin, Texas, bar was possibly motivated by the US attacks on Iran, sources told The Post. The FBI is investigating the shooting as a possible ideologically motivated act of terrorism, the sources said. The killer, who is a US citizen from Senegal, had a Quran in his car and clothing described as Islamic garb when he opened fire on Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden near the University of Texas-Austin campus, according to sources familiar with the investigation. The gunman has a history of arrests...

Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn) objected to Vice President JD Vance's decision to temporarily halt federal Medicade subsidies to his state pending further investigation of the Walz Administration misuse of public funds, saying "doesn't this fool realize that we've already distributed the federal money to unqualified recipients? We need more federal money in order to take care of the folks that should've been taken care of by the money we misused. The Republicans are only hurting these needy folks." Vance pointed out that "dozens of Minnesota state employees have blamed Gov. Walz for enabling or ignoring the misuse of those funds....

For the past half century, successive Presidential administrations and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have thwarted the development of advanced reactor designs...That all changed last May, when President Trump issued four executive orders aimed at reinvigorating the U.S. nuclear energy industry.

n January of 2024 I wrote Terrorist Attacks in America: for what are they waiting? It warned of a new reality: thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of terrorists allowed into America by Biden’s Handlers with little or no vetting. many were given free bus or jet travel to locations of their choice. Mexican drug cartels are known to have arrangements with enemy states. They transport weapons and all the goodies terrorists need across the border. As I wrote then: “they’re sort of a cartel/terrorist UPS.” Flash forward to March, 2026. The US and Israel struck Iran, reportedly killing the Ayatollah...

Join us as we continue our study in the book of Romans. However, due to current events, he starts the service from the very beginning giving an overview of what is happening in the Middle East. He will finish with the message from Romans and then worship. He provides many video clips of what is happening.