Trump administration sues Harvard again over accusations of antisemitism

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.

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.

Lukashenko Jailed Her in Belarus, but She Wants the World to Talk to Him

Maria Kalesnikava is campaigning for the West to engage with the regime in Belarus that imprisoned her for more than five years.

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How the Iran War Narrowed Flight Corridors Between Europe and Asia

One of the few paths left between the two continents threads through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, as global conflicts complicate aviation logistics.

Former Met officer who ‘systematically’ groomed then raped girl and woman jailed for 24 years

Gwyn Samuels, who committed crimes as James Bubb, befriended both victims online befriended both victims onlineA Metropolitan police officer who raped a girl and a woman after “systematically” grooming them both online has been jailed for 24 years.James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, first sexually assaulted the girl when she was just 12 years old after befriending her online in 2018, the trial at Aylesbury crown court was told last year. Continue reading...

Claimants drop lawsuit against Gerry Adams over IRA bombings

Three people were suing ex-Sinn Féin leader for liability over IRA bombings in UK that left them injuredThree victims of IRA bombings who sued Gerry Adams alleging he was a member of the paramilitary group and culpable for the attacks have withdrawn their lawsuit on the last day of the civil trial.John Clark, Jonathan Ganesh and Barry Laycock, who were injured respectively in the 1973 Old Bailey bombing and the 1996 London Docklands and Manchester bombings, were seeking symbolic “vindicatory” damages of £1 each. Continue reading...

US reportedly preparing to deploy thousands more troops to Middle East

Three more warships also being prepared, say reports, as Donald Trump calls Nato allies ‘cowards’Middle East crisis – live updatesThe US is reportedly preparing to send three more warships and thousands more troops to the Middle East, as Donald Trump called Nato allies “cowards” for not wanting “to help open” the strait of Hormuz, and while fears about the economic damage of the US-Israeli war on Iran continued to grow.The US is reportedly considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran’s Kharg Island to pressure Tehran to reopen the strait of Hormuz. 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...