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CNN was accused of pushing out “pro-Iran regime propaganda” by the Trump administration Thursday after a reporter for the network said it appeared daily life was continuing despite the ongoing war.
A Dept. of Defense map entitled, Operation EPIC FURY Timeline - First 100 Hours, is displayed during a news conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, at the Pentagon, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Konstantin Toropin)
WASHINGTON — The United States insists it attacked Iran to curb "direct threats" from the Islamic republic, but legal experts say the dangers cited by Washington do not justify war under international law.
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Topic:Defence and National Security
PM justifies position on US-Israel war on Iran in social media post using the Dire Straits song Money for Nothing
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto shake hands during their meeting at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul said she warned President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan that she doesn’t want ICE to expand its presence in the Empire State during a high-stakes sit-down Friday.
Ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced a slew of scandals, media snafus and ridiculous moments before President Trump finally fired her Thursday.
The United States Court of International Trade, center, in front of the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
The Trump White House released a chaotic video montage of US military strikes on Iran combined with iconic movie scenes Thursday night, drawing backlash from both sides of the aisle for making light of the Middle East war.
An explosion on Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon on Friday. (Reuters: Khalil Ashawi)
The president has said it is ‘just a matter of time’ before the US turns to Cuba after finishing its war in Iran
Senator Richard Blumenthal alleges the ousted DHS secretary lied to Congress about the agency’s contracts
ARCHIVO – Trabajadores de la construcción instalan un techo de madera en una nueva vivienda construida el martes 1 de abril de 2025, en Laveen, Arizona. (AP Foto/Ross D. Franklin, Archivo)
A US judge will meet behind closed doors with government lawyers on Friday seeking to hammer out a process to refund up to $166 billion in illegally collected tariffs, a meeting a court official described as a “settlement conference.”
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has apologized for bashing the Trump administration in an explosive letter to staffers as he gears up for a court battle over the Pentagon’s blacklisting of his AI firm.
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
President Donald Trump has criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer after he refused to let the US launch strikes on Iran from British military bases.
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM — Israel pounded Beirut on Friday after ordering an unprecedented evacuation of the entire southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a major expansion of the war against Iran it began a week ago alongside the United States.
Critics have called Trump administration’s provocative video ‘slopaganda’, used to promote president’s agenda
Lindsey Halligan speaks as President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Lindsey Halligan, who temporarily served as a top federal prosecutor in Virginia, could be stripped of license
O Presidente norte-americano, Donald Trump, garantiu esta sexta-feira (06.03): "Não haverá acordo com o Irão, apenas uma rendição incondicional!"
Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez speaks during a campaign rally for Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Nov. 7, 2022, in Hialeah, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, file)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the United States launched the 1991 Gulf War, then-president George H.W. Bush boasted of building a broad coalition unseen in decades. When his son attacked Iraq in 2003, he faced wide criticism, but secured several steadfast US allies.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrives to attend a meeting of the supreme council of the Union State with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a U.S. Court of International Trade judge on Friday that it is not currently able to comply with his order to begin refunding about $166 billion collected in reciprocal tariffs imposed last year by President Donald Trump.
Justice department said the files were initially withheld because they were mistakenly categorized as duplicates
Over the past two decades, China has quietly eclipsed the United States as the dominant trading partner in parts of Latin America.
A posse of US stealth bombers is expected to reach UK military bases soon as President Trump warned Iran that “the big one” could be imminent.
The price of the benchmark US oil contract soared more than 10 percent on Friday, amid fears of extended disruption to crude supplies after President Donald Trump demanded Iran's "unconditional surrender".
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Friday that "loyal cooperation" should prevail over "confrontation" in relations with the United States after tensions over Madrid's opposition to Washington's use of its bases against Iran.
Uncertainty over US and Israeli war aims is slowing the Iranian Kurdish opposition groups urged by President Donald Trump to rise up against the Islamic Republic, Kurdish analysts have told Al Jazeera.
President Trump claimed Friday that the Communist dictatorship on the island of Cuba is on its last legs.
Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to help it strike American military forces in the Middle East, the Washington Post reported Friday, citing U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country’s “unconditional surrender”, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — US President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its “unconditional surrender.” Israeli warplanes pounded Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war.
US President Donald Trump appeared to rule out negotiations with Iran to end the conflict in the Middle East, saying in a social media post on Friday that there will be no deal absent "unconditional surrender" from Tehran."After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful…
Desde 28 de fevereiro, Estados Unidose Israel estão em guerra contra o Irã. Como justificativa para a segunda leva de ataques aéreos contra o país persa em menos de um ano, o presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, afirmou que o desenvolvimento de armas nucleares pelo regime iraniano representava uma ameaça iminente ao po…
US President Donald Trump has expelled a key ally, conservative talk show host Tucker Carlson, from his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, saying Carlson has “lost his way.”
US President Donald Trump has expelled prominent conservative talk show host Tucker Carlson from his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, saying Carlson has “lost his way.”
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President Trump has issued a warning to what’s left of the Iranian government on Truth Social, writing: “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”
US President Donald Trump said only Iran's "unconditional surrender" would stop his assault on the country.
He’s got a three point plan
One week on from the start of Trump’s war on Iran, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine Anthony Albanese’s swift response in support of the strikes and whether the Australian public is taking note of how his government is handling the conflict. They also delve into the review the Liberal party tried to keep under w…
US President Donald Trump wrote on his platform truthsocial that there would be no deal with Iran "except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!"