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CIA, Mossad Track Every Signal For Signs Of Iran's "Unseen" Supreme Leader
Intelligence agencies around the world, including the CIA and the Mossad, waited on Friday to see if Mojtaba would follow his father's tradition and give a New Year's address.
Middle East crisis live: Iran will completely close strait of Hormuz if Trump acts on infrastructure threats, says IRG
Statement from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards comes after the US threatened to target energy infrastructure Several blasts could be heard from Jerusalem on Sunday, AFP journalists said, after the Israeli military warned of incoming missile fire from Iran towards central Israel.Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency medical service said there were no immediate reports of casualties. Continue reading...
ICE agents will be deployed to US airports on Monday to ease long lines
Trump and border czar Tom Homan confirm plan to assist TSA agents amid partial government shutdown standoffDonald Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan, have confirmed that the president’s administration is sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to US airports beginning Monday to assist with security amid extremely long lines – and to help airport security agents who have been working without pay since 14 February because of a partial government shutdown.Homan will lead the effort, Trump said on Sunday. Continue reading...
Arkansas police arrest Kendra Duggar on child abuse charges
Her husband, 19 Kids and Counting’s Joseph Duggar, was recently charged in separate case with lewd behavior against a childArkansas police have arrested Kendra Duggar, the wife of reality TV personality Joseph Duggar, on misdemeanor child abuse charges, in the latest scandal to envelop the family featured on TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting.Kendra Duggar faces four counts each of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false imprisonment, according to the Washington county sheriff’s office in Arkansas. She has a hearing scheduled for Monday. Continue reading...
Iran vows to destroy Middle East water and energy facilities if US attacks power plants
Tehran’s response to Trump’s threat signals a potentially dangerous escalation as both sides menace sites relied on by millionsMiddle East crisis live – latest updatesTehran has said it will “irreversibly destroy” essential infrastructure across the Middle East, including vital water systems, if the US follows through on Donald Trump’s threat to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants unless the strait of Hormuz is fully opened within two days.As Iranian missiles struck two southern Israeli cities overnight, injuring dozens of people, and Tehran deployed long-range missiles for the first time, the developments signalled a dangerous potential escalation of the war, now in its fourth week, with both sides threatening facilities relied on by millions of people. Continue reading...
Moma brand recalls porridge products over possible mice contamination
Customers told not to eat affected pot and sachet products and to return them to place of purchase for refundSeveral porridge products in the UK have been recalled over a possible mice contamination at their manufacturing site.The British porridge and oat drink brand Moma issued a warning for seven versions of its pots and two of its sachets. Continue reading...
Trump's UN ambassador refuses to take bombing Iran's nuclear power plant 'off the table'
According to Donald Trump’s UN ambassador, the president should not be constrained from ordering the Pentagon to bomb Iran’s sole nuclear power plant located southeast of the city of Bushehr, situated on the waterfront of the Persian Gulf.During an appearance on “Face the Nation,” Ambassador Mike Waltz, who was shuffled over to the UN after he was caught up in the “Signalgate” scandal, was asked about Trump’s 48-hour threat to begin bombing Iran’s power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz is opened to shipping.In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote, “If Iran doesn’t FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 HOURS from this exact point in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”That led CBS host Margaret Brennan to ask Waltz, “The reason I'm asking you is when the President says he's going to bomb energy infrastructure, civilian energy infrastructure. Is he going to bomb a nuclear power plant or is that off the table?”“Well, I would never take anything off the table for the president, certainly not on national television,” Waltz replied. “However, there are larger plants. There's one outside of Tehran, there are others outside of other cities that are gas-fired, thermal, thermal-powered.”“I think the important point here is to understand,” he attempted. “The IRGC, a declared terrorist organization not only by us, but in a number of European countries, controls a huge swath of Iran's critical infrastructure, their economy and certainly many of their governing institutions, and so to the extent we're degrading their military capability and their defense industrial base, all options should be on the table, and the President's made that very clear.”
Iran's Missile Strike On Dimona Stress-Tests Israel's Nuclear Ambiguity
Iran's choice of target does not appear to be incidental. Striking Dimona even without penetrating the nuclear facility itself carries a message that a strike on a military airbase does not
ICC to consider legal advice that criticises UN inquiry into Karim Khan allegations
Inquiry into sexual assault claims did not establish that chief prosecutor’s actions amounted to misconduct, judges adviseThe international criminal court’s governing body is expected to meet on Monday to assess the advice of a panel of judges who have challenged the findings of an investigation into the chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.Last year a UN inquiry into the allegations about Khan’s behaviour is understood to have established a factual basis for claims of misconduct against him. The senior British lawyer has been accused by a complainant of sexual abuse. Continue reading...
Mojataba Khamenei's Cardboard Cutout Video Viral Amid His Public Absence
Earlier, an AI‑generated video of regime supporters cheering a cardboard cutout of Mojtaba Khamenei went viral online
Trump lauds Viktor Orbán as Europe’s far-right leaders gather in Budapest
US president’s backing comes as Hungary’s PM faces toughest election campaign of 16 years in officeDonald Trump has endorsed Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, who faces his toughest electoral challenge next month since taking power 16 years ago, as Europe’s far-right leaders gather for a “grand assembly” in Budapest.In a video message, the US president told the national-conservative Cpac Hungary conference in the capital on Saturday that Orbàn, who has been trailing in the polls behind a centre-right rival for more than a year, was a “fantastic guy”. Continue reading...
With Starlink Offline For Russia, Ukraine Launches Major Counterattack
With Russian commanders suddenly losing live drone feeds and secure battlefield communications, Ukrainian forces were able to advance on enemy positions with far less risk.
