A minister in Israel’s government has criticized President Joe Biden and said that having Donald Trump in power would allow more freedom to fight Hamas terrorists.
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Iran issued a warning Sunday to the U.S. over potentially targeting two cargo ships in the Mideast long suspected of serving as forwarding operating bases for Iranian commandos.
The second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers churned through California, flooding roads, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands.
Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Navy operations in the Middle East, said it was the first time the Houthis had used an unmanned surface vessel, or USV, since their harassment of commercial ships in the Red Sea began after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
Wednesday’s attack in Kerman, Iran killed at least 84 people and wounded an additional 284.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to the Middle East on a tour expected to focus on easing resurgent fears that the Israel-Hamas war could erupt into a broader conflict.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu relayed goal of “fundamental change” on border with Lebanon to U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein on Thursday.
The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially “beat” the original Nintendo version of the game — by breaking it.
A fire at the $6.9 million home owned by Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill was started by a child playing with a cigarette lighter in a bedroom, a fire official said Thursday.
A sixth grader was killed and five other people were wounded by a 17-year-old suspect in a shooting Thursday at a small-town Iowa high school, authorities in Perry, Iowa, said.
A father and son in Texas have been charged in the killings of an 18-year-old pregnant woman who disappeared before Christmas and her boyfriend, who authorities say were fatally shot in the head before their bodies were moved and discovered days later in a car.
The families have sought to meet with Netanyahu and his wartime Cabinet since a truce deal between Israel and Hamas that saw the release of 105 hostages expired last week.
Hillary Clinton said in a video message, “It is outrageous that some who claim to stand for justice are closing their eyes and their hearts to the victims of Hamas.”
In a Friday news release, the Uvalde Foundation For Kids said it plans to deploy patrol teams to areas around Rancho High School and other Clark County School District campuses.
The White House on Monday joined Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro in calling what happened in Center City “antisemitic” and “completely unjustifiable.”
