Iran’s new supreme leader is ‘his father on steroids,’ experts warn of hardline rule
"Think of Mojtaba Khamenei as his father on steroids."That is how Kasra Aarabi, director of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps research...
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U.S. Military Refuses to Endorse Trump Claim That Iran Bombed Girls’ School
President Donald Trump claimed that Iran, not the U.S., struck an elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab,...
Israel Destroyed Gaza’s Roads and Transit. Now, We Walk Everywhere.
Palestinians walk through roads surrounded by rubble and collapsed buildings in Al-Zahra, northwest of Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central...
Private security firm helping Americans evacuate the Middle East amid war with Iran
As Americans are stranded in the Middle East amid the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran, government and private agencies...
US-sanctioned Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran’s next supreme leader after father’s death: reports
Iran’s Assembly of Experts has elected Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the...
Cartels fear US retaliation as Trump-era pressure reshapes strategy: ‘They fear the United States’
MEXICO CITY: Mexican drug cartels are increasingly calculated in their targeting decisions, often avoiding deliberately attacking American tourists and citizens...
OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us
OpenAI claims it has accomplished what Anthropic couldn’t: securing a Pentagon contract that won’t cross professed red lines against dragnet...
Columbia Flouted Its Own Policies and Let ICE Into University Buildings
After Elmina “Ellie” Aghayeva, a neuroscience student, was taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from Columbia University housing, a...
US figure skating star Alysa Liu appears to withdraw from world championships in Prague
Less than a month after winning Olympic gold, U.S. figure skating sensation Alysa Liu appears to have surprisingly pulled out...
SJSU and CSU suing federal government over Title IX investigation into transgender volleyball scandal
San Jose State University President Cynthia Teniente-Matson announced Friday that the school and the California State University (CSU) system are...
ICE Poses a Real Threat to Our Elections
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, joined by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow congressional Democrats, speaks at a press...
Trump’s War to Nowhere
The Israel–U.S. military campaign in Iran has killed more than 1,000 people since the assault began on February 28. A...
Canada’s Mark Carney under fire as ‘all over the place’ on Iran, risking wider US rift
In less than a week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has gone from supporting U.S. actions against Iran to raising...
Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next
The Trump administration’s war on Iran is reckless and ill-planned, four government officials briefed on the attacks told The Intercept....
Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks at a rally in support of the Kids Online Safety Act on Dec. 10, 2024,...
