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The primary threat is Iran’s perceived intention to build a nuclear weapon (an intention persistently denied by Iran), also its missile capability and its regime, prompting calls for accompanying ...

(Feb 25): US President Donald Trump offered a strident defence of his administration and economic record, declaring the ...

Joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran have killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader for nearly four decades, thrusting the country into uncertainty and sparking a war that could draw in ...

Well. It happened again. There was yet another mass shooting committed by a transgender person. Roberta Esposito, a ...

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Brightline West’s final environmental assessment is 99% complete, clearing a major hurdle for the high-speed rail line ...