Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Steps Up Attacks in Strait as Energy Fears Unsettle Markets
U.S. warplanes and attack helicopters are hitting Iranian targets in an effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, officials said. The price of oil remained high as new strikes hit Gulf energy facilities.
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On a Holiday of Renewal, Iranians Are Mourning and Fearful
As they start a new year, Iranians are reckoning with bombardment, repression and economic misery. Still, many are holding fast to ancient traditions.
NATO Withdraws Its Last Military Trainers From Iraq
The NATO mission, created in 2018, trained and advised Iraqi forces. Iraq is among the countries facing retaliatory attacks from the U.S.-Israeli war.
War-Weary Lebanon Marks Eid With Muted Celebration
For families displaced by Israeli airstrikes, the joy that usually marks the end of Ramadan has been replaced by uncertainty and hardship.
Iran’s New Supreme Leader Issues a Statement but Remains Unseen
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has remained out of the public’s sight since assuming the post, amid reports that he was badly wounded.
Hamas Considering Disarmament Plan From Trump’s Board of Peace, Officials Say
The proposal envisions a phased process, in which the militant group would hand over its weapons and Israeli troops would withdraw. Hamas is expected to respond in the coming days.
Cuba ‘categorically’ rejects prospect of removing Diaz-Canel in US talks
Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio says he is open to US trade talks but refused to entertain a leadership shake-up.
Lowering speed limits among contingency plans to curb UK oil demand
International Energy Agency recommends emergency measures, including working from home, as Iran war hits fuel supplyLowering speed limits to minimise fuel consumption is among potential contingency plans being drawn up by the UK government as the crisis in the Middle East threatens global oil supplies.Sources stressed that there is no shortage of fuel in the UK, but said that officials in the Department for Transport are working with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) on an analysis of how what measures could be taken to curb oil demand. Continue reading...
Trump pressures Congress to pass strict voter ID and farm bills – live
Trump emphasizes that there is ‘nothing more important’ for the US at the moment than voter ID as he demands Congress to pass the Save America actSign up for the Breaking US News US emailThe US military is deploying thousands of additional marines and sailors to the Middle East, three US officials told Reuters on Friday.One of the officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that the USS Boxer, along with the marine expeditionary unit onboard, were departing the west coast of the US about three weeks ahead of schedule. Continue reading...
Canadian mother and daughter ‘traumatized’ by ICE detainment, husband says
Tania Warner and Ayla, her seven-year-old with autism, sent to notorious Texas detention center and told to ‘self-deport’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA Canadian woman and her seven-year-old daughter with autism who have been held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for nearly a week have been transferred to a notorious detention center and asked to “self-deport”, according to her husband, who said the pair had been “traumatized” by the experience.Tania Warner and her daughter Ayla Luca, originally from British Columbia, moved to the US five years ago, when Warner married Edward Warner, a US citizen. Continue reading...