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Wild video shows a protester being hit by a car outside Delaney Hall as dozens of agitators descended on the ICE facility, calling for dads to be released on Father’s Day. Footage from Sunday shows the woman waving an upside-down American flag — a symbol of distress or dissent — while blocking the Newark facility. A red Dodge Challenger then drives in, hitting the dancing protester and continuing on its way as she rolls off to shouts from others. The protester had come all the way from Minnesota and was not seriously injured, according to Visible Brigade, a New Jersey-based...

Soot-choked “black rain" has fallen across multiple districts of Moscow after Ukraine launched its largest-ever drone assault against the Russian capital, scoring a direct hit on a vital energy facility. Close to 200 long-range strike drones targeted the metropolis early on Thursday, overwhelming local air defences and setting the strategic Moscow Oil Refinery in Kapotnya ablaze. As thick columns of dark smoke billowed thousands of feet into the air, residents in the southeastern suburbs and surrounding towns, including Balashikha and Lyubertsy, reported a fine, oily drizzle that coated vehicles, streets, and clothing in a dark, toxic residue. The multi-directional aerial...

Asked if the agreement is “final”, Trump replies, “No, it’s not final.” He added: “It’s a memorandum of understanding. And if I don’t like it, we’ll go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs on their head.” “If I don’t like it, if they don’t behave, we’ll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head.”

An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said Tehran would teach the attackers a “regrettable lesson” in defense of Lebanon after Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday. “Neither the American diplomatic smile is trustworthy, nor is Israel’s savagery tolerable!" Mohammad Mokhber said on X. "We will teach the aggressors a lesson they will regret,” he added.

Reports emerging from the region suggest that Iran’s leadership may be divided over a proposed deal with the United States, raising new doubts about whether an agreement can be finalized. According to the reports, Iranian negotiators had signaled that the deal was ready to move forward. However, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has reportedly refused to approve the proposal. The reported rejection comes after claims that senior Iranian officials, including Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, had presented the agreement as essentially ready without securing final approval from Khamenei. If accurate, the development could point to a...

A senior official in Hamas' internal security apparatus announced that the terror organization will "soon" carry out public executions of Gazans whom it claims acted as Israeli agents and were involved in the killings of Al-Qassam Brigades terrorists. The announcement, released via Palestinian Arab channels, stated that the decision to carry out executions was made in response to calls voiced within the Gazan public. Hamas did not provide a specific date for the executions. The terror group also claimed that its members captured an individual allegedly involved in the killing of Ezz al-Din al-Haddad, a commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades....

The Khatam al-Anbiya Central ‌Headquarters, Iran's joint military command, ​warned on Thursday that the United States ​would receive a ​more severe response than ⁠before if it ​attacks Iran, after Trump ​said the US would strike Iran again. The command said in a ​statement carried ​by ⁠state media: "Considering recent ​US threats against ​Iran's oil infrastructure, either oil ‌and ⁠gas exports are for everyone, or they will be available ​for ​no ⁠one." It added that the war would become ⁠more ​widespread and ​extensive...

US improved intelligence and targeting capabilities on Iran, Hegseth says US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the US military used the ceasefire period to significantly improve its intelligence gathering and target selection capabilities related to Iran. “Let's just say this command (CENTCOM) has used the ceasefire wisely and with great efficiency to ensure that we're refining our intelligence and target sets,” Hegseth said in front of CENTCOM headquarter in Tampa, Florida. "The US military's ability to identify targets, gather intelligence and penetrate networks would be vastly improved compared with the start of Operation Epic Fury," he...

President Trump said he is readying new strikes on Iranian infrastructure — after warning that the Islamic Republic will “have to pay the price” for taking “too long” to negotiate a peace deal. The commander-in-chief said he is “getting close to ordering new strikes against Iranian power plants and bridges” in a phone call with Fox News’ chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst on Wednesday. Trump also accused Iran in the phone call of “tapping the United States along when it comes to the negotiating process.”

Live aviation tracking data has revealed an unprecedented concentration of United States Air Force refueling tankers operating across multiple Middle Eastern nations, signaling that large scale aerial operations are currently underway. The skies across the entire theater of operations have transformed into a massive logistical staging ground as the United States Air Force deploys an exceptional number of strategic refueling assets. Real time tracking logs sourced from public flight monitoring networks like Flightradar24 show a dense network of heavy tankers maintaining active orbits over critical sectors. The sudden, coordinated appearance of these long range support aircraft indicates that Western air...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated Wednesday following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic.Iran launched attacks in Bahrain and Kuwait, which both sounded alerts and fired air defenses in response. Iran also said it targeted an air base in Jordan hosting U.S. forces, which was not immediately acknowledged either by American or Jordanian officials.

A Collin County jury found Karmelo Anthony guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a Frisco ISD track meet, bringing an end to a closely watched trial that drew national attention and sparked debate over self-defense, race and school safety. Anthony, now 19, had been charged in the April 2, 2025, killing of Metcalf at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco. Prosecutors argued Anthony intentionally stabbed Metcalf during an altercation between the two teenagers, while defense attorneys contended Anthony acted in self-defense. The jury reached its verdict after hearing testimony from dozens of witnesses over several days,...

Iranian state media networks have published an explicit hit list featuring nineteen senior United States and Israeli political and military figures, formally accusing them of direct responsibility for the death of Ayatollah Khamenei. The political and military leadership of the Western alliance has been placed on high security alert following the publication of a highly aggressive, state sanctioned hit list originating from Tehran. The graphic, which has been widely circulated across regional state networks and paramilitary channels, names nineteen specific high ranking officials from the United States and Israel, labeling them as defendants in the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah...

**This is a breaking story…please refresh page for updates** The jury in the Karmelo Anthony murder case reached a swift verdict after deliberating for more than two hours on Tuesday. A note was handed to the judge…we are awaiting the verdict.

Chatham House research fellow Farea al-Muslimi told the leftist outlet New York Times (NYT) that the Houthis could effectively blockade the Bab el-Mandeb with only a few terrorist strikes against vulnerable tankers and cargo ships. “They can just send a signal and only one attack has to happen – and that will send a shock across insurance companies,” he said. “I won’t be surprised now if you have a joint lockdown of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab,” he predicted. The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen declared “a complete and total ban on Israeli maritime navigation” through the Red Sea on Monday....

Despite intensified diplomatic messaging, both sides have warned they will retaliate if attacked again, leaving the region in a highly unstable standoff where deterrence and escalation risks remain tightly intertwined.

Israel conducted airstrikes Tuesday across southern Lebanon, despite a warning from Iran that further attacks could lead to a devastating reciprocal response. The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for the city of Tyre, on Lebanon’s southwestern coast, before launching a wave of airstrikes in the surrounding area. Tyre is one of southern Lebanon’s largest cities, with nearly 175,000 people in the city and its metropolitan area. Notably, Israel’s latest evacuation order for the city included Tyre’s Christian sector, which had previously been excluded from airstrikes. Israel asserts that Iran-backed Hezbollah militants are hiding within the city but has not provided...

he Khatam al-Anbiya Command, the body that coordinates between Iran’s military and the Revolutionary Guards, announced Monday that the military operation against Israel has ended, but at the same time issued a new threat that any further Israeli strike in Lebanon could lead to a harsh Iranian response. In the official statement, it was claimed that Iran’s strikes came in response to Israel’s activity in southern Lebanon and in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut. “Following the acts of aggression and evil by the cruel Zionist regime in southern Lebanon and in the Dahieh area, which were carried out with the...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has claimed it has launched a missile attack on a petrochemical plant in Haifa, northern Israel, according to a statement reported by Iranian Tasnim news agency. Tasnim quotes the IRGC as saying the attacks were in response to an earlier attack by Israel on an Iranian petrochemical facility in Mahshahr, in the south-west of the country. It warned Israel has started a "dangerous game" and further attacks on non-military and energy targets in the region would have consequences for the global economy.

The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post Israel's attacks on Iran were "carried out in coordination with the US and the Trump administration," an Israeli official told Maariv on Monday. "More than 15 targets were attacked, including a drone manufacturing plant and Tehran International Airport," the report added.