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Germany will, on Monday (September 7, 2026) ask the top United Nations court to toss out a case brought against it by Nicaragua, which has accused Berlin of “facilitating genocide” with its support of Israel. Lawyers for Germany will kick off four days of hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the court based…
Ranking Member U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday (September 4, 2026) by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given to Reuters, a development that follows reports that commercially available location…
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Iran attacked U.S. military bases in Kuwait on Thursday (September 3, 2026), despite President Donald Trump threatening further strikes in a fresh flare-up six months into the war. The new clashes, which began with U.S. raids on Sunday (August 30, 2026), deepen the ongoing impasse in the war, as Iran maintains a stranglehold on the…
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Iran attacks U.S. targets despite Trump threats Iran attacked U.S. military bases in Kuwait, despite President Donald Trump threatening further strikes in a fresh flare-up six months into the war. Mr. Trump said his military was prepared to attack Iran “any time we want” after extensive U.S. bombardment of sites across the country left at…
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Top aides to President Donald Trump are pushing to keep the Iran war from escalating before November’s midterm elections to staunch Republican electoral losses, four people familiar with the discussions said, a strategy already under strain as the U.S. and Iran exchanged back-and-forth attacks overnight. White House officials will consider ramping up military action after…
A screengrab from a video obtained from social media on September 1, shows a view shortly before what U.S. CENTCOM says was a U.S. strike on an Iranian military target. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran said Wednesday (September 2, 2026) that U.S. strikes on its territory killed 11 people, state media reported, after a fresh…
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on September 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) that Tehran would “immediately” reciprocate if the United States returned to a June deal aimed at ending their war. “I…
An Iranian official dismissed as “laughable” on Monday (August 31, 2026) a post by Donald Trump of an AI-generated video clip that the U.S. President said showed Iran’s oil hub Kharg Island being “blown to smithereens”. Hours after Sunday’s (August 30) post, there was no evidence Kharg had been attacked. The White House and the…
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Motorcyclists pass a billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump underwater amid explosions, with the words “Great Victory! Strait of Hormuz,” in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the United States, with the supreme leader calling on the government to address the…
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. File | Photo Credit: PTI Iran’sForeign Minister dismissed the threat of new U.S. sanctions as a sign of desperation on Sunday (August 23, 2026) and said the expected new measures would fail to defeat Tehran. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is due to hold a press conference at 2…
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