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The US-Israeli war on Iran opened with massive strikes on urban centers, the assassination of the country’s supreme leader and his family, and the brutal slaying of more than 160 children at a girls’ elementary school in Minab. As more information about the bombing has come to light, discussion has shifted from whether the US carried out the atrocity, to how and why.The February 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls’ school came on the first day of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, dubbed ‘Operation Epic Fury’ by the administration of US President Donald Trump and ‘Operation Lion’s Roar’ by…

Islam in general and Ramadan in particular hold the key for society to prosper if it embraces a “noble vision of hope and peace” that Muslims hold dear, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells the world in a newly released video message. The exhortation to heed the example of Ramadan comes as the veteran Portuguese Socialist arrives in Turkey to fast with Muslims and show his support for their religion, as Breitbart News reported. The Turkey visit comes just days after Guterres used the U.N.’s own International Day to Combat Islamophobia to plead, “The world’s two billion Muslims hail from all…

A bill that would have decriminalized prostitution in Colorado was killed this week because it did not get the votes needed. It was opposed by conservatives. According to state Sen. Lisa Cutter (D), the bill did not get enough votes to make it out of committee, Denver 7 reported Tuesday. The Colorado General Assembly’s website identified it as SB26-097,  titled “Decriminalize Adult Commercial Sexual Activity.” Per its summary: The bill requires the statewide decriminalization of commercial sexual activity among consenting adults. It declares that decriminalizing commercial sexual activity among consenting adults is a matter of statewide concern and expressly preempts…

CHICAGO — Illinois Democrats have a rare opportunity to help send a Black woman to the Senate this year — though it’s an opportunity that may be blocked by a splintering electorate and competing political loyalties. Three leading Democrats are running in Tuesday’s primary to fill the seat that will be vacant when Sen. Dick Durbin steps down after serving almost three decades in the upper chamber: Rep. Robin Kelly, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi. Kelly and Stratton, both Black women, have deep ties to the state’s Black community. At the same time, Kelly is backed by…

Across civilizations, ethics converge: Power without restraint is tyranny. The war on Iran is the latest proof. The KGB was reputed to favor a characteristic test to take the measure of a man: Place him in a deliberately trying situation and observe how he responds. The premise was deceptively simple: Under acute pressure even a carefully composed façade would collapse, and true nature would stand revealed.Mars as the ultimate stress testerMars is the sternest examiner of would-be statesmen. Although truth is famously said to be war’s first casualty, it nevertheless prevails in one decisive respect: It reveals character.The crucible of…

Three Iraqi migrants are being interrogated by Norwegian police over a blast that occurred at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo in the early hours of Sunday morning, which authorities are linking to events in the Middle East. Three men are being held on suspicion of terrorist bombing, Norway police spokesman Christian Hatlo said at a press conference after arrests in Oslo on Wednesday evening. The unnamed men, who are migrants to Norway from Iraq who have Norwegian passports, are suspected of being behind the “very powerful” explosion at the U.S. Embassy in the early hours of Sunday morning. Hatlo said in…

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in January, falling by more than half from a year earlier in a report that offered the clearest sign yet of how dramatically America’s trade position has shifted during President Donald Trump’s first year back in office. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the goods and services deficit fell to $54.5 billion in January, down from $128.4 billion in the same month a year ago. That marked a decline of $73.9 billion, or 57.6 percent. Exports rose to $302.1 billion in January, up $28.4 billion, or 10.4 percent, from a year earlier. Imports fell…

The New York Post is reporting that the gunman who shot and injured two at Old Dominion University Thursday is a former National Guardsman convicted of supporting ISIS. The alleged Old Dominion attacker, 36-year-old Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, was arrested on July 3, 2016, “for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.” In 2017, he was convicted and sentenced to 11 years in prison. Right Line News’s Eric Daugherty noted that Jalloh was a “migrant from western Africa.” On Thursday, the Post noted that Jalloh allegedly entered a classroom in ODU’s Constant Hall, “asked if it was…

Several filmmakers, including Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) and Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas), along with artists and academics have signed an open letter condemning the U.S. strikes against Iran while calling for leaders to respect Iran’s “right to self determination.” While the letter did not defend the Iranian regime, which recently killed an estimated 30,000 protesters seeking change, it did emphasize that violence will not lead to the liberation of the Iranian people. “We, a collective of artists, cultural practitioners, and filmmakers, issue this statement in full awareness of our historical and ethical responsibility to unequivocally condemn war, military violence,…

The Republican-controlled West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee is moving to water down an E-Verify bill to excuse more businesses from being required to use the system for hiring migrants. In fact, Republican state Sen. Eric Tarr tried to convince his colleagues to table House Bill 4198 entirely but was overruled, according to WVRC West Virginia. Tarr tried to convince the committee that small business operators need more latitude to hire cheap migrant labor. Tarr claimed that he feels the bill is meant to “entrap businesses” adding, “That’s what this feels like when I read it as a business owner.” State…