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“Major combat operations” launched by US President Donald Trump to eliminate Tehran’s nuclear program have triggered a wave of responses across the Middle East and Gulf region The Iranian Red Crescent Society has said 201 people were killed in Iran in US-Israeli attacks. A spokesperson has told Mehr News Agency that the strikes have hit 24 of Iran’s provinces, injuring 747 people.Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the US and Israel had struck military and civilian targets, “blatantly violating” the country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. Iran’s military has since launched a wave of retaliatory strikes towards Israel. Explosions were also reported in the…

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) formally charged two top lieutenants of the Sinaloa Cartel with terrorism and is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to their capture. This week, the U.S. DOJ announced a superseding indictment naming 42-year-old Rene “La Rana” Arzate Garcia and his brother, 52-year-old Alfonso “Aquiles” Arzate Garcia. The indictment charges the two men with various counts of narco-terrorism, providing support to terrorism, and various drug-related charges. As part of the announcement, authorities announced a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of each brother. Federal authorities describe La Rana…

Donald Trump’s job approval rating landed at a healthy 51 percent in a poll taken entirely after the president’s triumphant State of the Union address Tuesday night. The Trafalgar Group surveyed 1,084 likely voters between February 24-26 and found that 47.1 percent of those polled “strongly approved” of the job the president is doing, while 3.7 percent approved. Trump’s disapproval rating sits at 48 percent. That number is made up of 39.1 percent who strongly disapprove of the job he’s doing, while 8.5 percent merely disapprove. Although Trafalgar is seen as a pollster that favors Republicans, it should be noted…

Tehran maintains it is not developing nuclear weapons, insisting its research program is for peaceful purposes only US President Donald Trump has confirmed that Washington has launched “major combat operations in Iran” to eliminate “imminent threats” and “defend the American people.” The Islamic Republic has previously rejected US demands to curb its nuclear program, which it says only serves peaceful purposes.In an eight-minute video posted on Saturday on Truth Social, Trump outlined a litany of historic grievances towards Tehran while describing “the Iranian regime” as “a vicious group of very hard, terrible people,” adding that its “menacing activities directly endanger the…

Saudi Arabia on Saturday morning strongly condemned Iranian missile attacks against U.S. bases hosted by their Gulf allies, and threatened to take actions if Iran continues violating their sovereignty. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemns and denounces in strongest terms the blatant Iranian aggression and the flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,” read a statement from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Saudi government affirmed its “full solidarity with, and unwavering support for, the brotherly countries, and…

Governor Maura Healey’s (D) Massachusetts is bleeding residents which has brought trouble for its economy, a report from the Pioneer Institute showed. The “domestic outmigration” that occurred from April 2020 through July 2025 resulted in about 182,000 residents fleeing the state, the Institute said February 12. “While a recent surge in international immigration temporarily boosted labor force numbers, new research from Pioneer Institute shows that underlying demographic, workforce, and economic challenges continue to threaten the Commonwealth’s long-term competitiveness,” it continued, adding, “The Massachusetts Labor Force: Now and Beyond, authored by Aidan Enright, examines how domestic outmigration, an aging population, declining…

A pro-abortion University of Notre Dame professor has turned down a prestigious leadership appointment after facing major backlash from the pro-life movement and more than a dozen U.S. bishops. Dean of the Keough School of Global Affairs at Notre Dame, Mary Gallagher, wrote in a Thursday email that Professor Susan Ostermann “has decided not to move forward as director” of the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, EWTN News reported.  According to a copy of the email obtained by the Catholic news outlet, Gallagher said she was “grateful for [Ostermann’s] willingness to serve and for the thoughtfulness with which…

Congress is set to vote next week on ending the U.S. military campaign in Iran in what will be an effective referendum on President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a new war in the Middle East. Bipartisan efforts to have the House and Senate weigh in to forestall a possible Iran attack have been brewing for months and accelerated in recent weeks as the Pentagon undertook a massive buildup in the region. With American and Israeli munitions now striking Iranian targets, backers of the push to check Trump are calling for an immediate vote. “The American people are tired of…

The Jewish state and the US earlier started a “preemptive” attack on the Islamic Republic after nuclear talks failed to deliver a breakthrough The Iranian military has launched a wave of retaliatory strikes on Israel after the Jewish state and the US attacked the Islamic Republic, although the extent of the damage remains unclear.On Saturday morning, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the country had carried out a “preemptive strike” on Iran “to remove threats against the State of Israel.” US President Donald Trump later confirmed that American forces are participating, while vowing to dismantle the Iranian nuclear program, “raze…

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for an “urgent meeting” of the United Nations Security Council, while Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchéz said that Madrid “rejects” strikes from the United States and Israel against the Islamist regime in Iran on Saturday. Europe, which is more susceptible to security and economic shocks over regional instability in the Middle East, has responded to President Donald Trump’s move to launch a major military operation against Iran with a mixture of caution and condemnation. While the EU called for “restraint”, France’s Emmanuel Macron took a more critical tone, saying that the conflict “must stop”,…