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Mexico prepared to host Iran World Cup games, says president
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (546+ words) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said her country was open to hosting Iran's World Cup matches Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that her country is prepared to host Iran's first-round matches at the 2026 World Cup if needed due to…...
Senior US counterterrorism official resigns to protest Iran war
4+ hour, 7+ min ago (576+ words) Joseph Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned to protest the US-Israel war on Iran A senior US counterterrorism official resigned on Tuesday to protest the US-Israeli war against Iran and said the Islamic Republic posed no imminent threat…...
In shadow of Iran war, Gazans prepare for Eid
6+ hour, 36+ min ago (751+ words) Gazans are preparing for Eid, despite the shortages and uncertainty they face For the first time since war began in Gaza, Raeda Abu Diya has bought special clothes for her daughter for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end…...
Iran's Larijani, the man whose power grew during Mideast war
10+ hour, 20+ min ago (703+ words) Iran's security chief Ali Larijani won't attend renewed talks with US negotiators in person, but the veteran insider is a central figure in the Islamic republic's security and nuclear policy When Israeli and US strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at…...
War in the Middle East: latest developments
10+ hour, 46+ min ago (652+ words) Firefighters at a site of an Israeli air strike in Beirut's southern suburbs Here are the latest developments Tuesday in the Middle East war: Israeli's Defence Minister Israel Katz said Iran's powerful national security chief Ali Larijani was "eliminated" in…...
New York State Assembly Republicans Introduce Bill to Amend HALT Act; Aiming to Improve Safety and Staffing in State Prisons
16+ hour, 37+ min ago (74+ words) New York State Assembly Republicans Introduce Bill to Amend HALT Act; Aiming to Improve Safety and Staffing in State Prisons'WENY News Winter Weather Advisory until TUE 4:00 AM EDT Wind Advisory until TUE 8:00 AM EDT New York State Assembly Republicans Introduce…...
Trump faces coalition of the unwilling on Iran
19+ hour, 3+ min ago (632+ words) US President Donald Trump has urged allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz President Donald Trump spent his first year back in power disparaging US allies. Now he wants them to help America in the Iran war -- and they…...
FCC Chairman’s Comments to Revoke Broadcast Licenses gets Pushback
1+ day, 19+ min ago (495+ words) FCC Chairman's Comments to Revoke Broadcast Licenses gets Pushback'WENY News...
Iran, at UN, insists will not submit to 'lawless aggression"
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (659+ words) Iranian ambassador Ali Bahreini said Tehran would not submit to coercion or intimidation Qatar's representative spoke at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva Iran vowed at the United Nations on Monday that it would not submit to "lawless aggression…...
Talks towards international panel to tackle 'inequality emergency' begin at UN
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (462+ words) The new IPI body was recommended in a G20 report authored by US economist Joseph Stiglitz Talks towards creating a new international panel to address extreme wealth disparities, modelled on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), opened in…...