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President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday that an “armada” of American warships is heading for Iran, and implied that military force could be on the table if the regime in Tehran continues murdering its own people to stay in power.

Ukraine, Russia, and the United States are meeting for the first time under a new trilateral format to discuss possibilities for peace.

On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “On Balance,” U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee stated that while whether Iran should have regime change is up to President Donald Trump, the President has “made it clear the murder, the slaughter, the atrocities

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an opposition group headquartered overseas, said on Wednesday it has received reports of sexual assault against teenage protesters who were taken prisoner during the regime’s brutal crackdown on demonstrations this month.

A video began circulating on social media on Wednesday, published by the Kurdish news organization Rudaw, of a man identified as a “Damascus-affiliated armed group” member holding hair allegedly cut off the dead body of a Kurdish soldier.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that the President Trump-led Board of Peace is also “a board of action” in his remarks at the body’s charter announcement in Davos, Switzerland. 

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said President Trump’s efforts to secure Greenland “could not happen to a more deserving continent.”

Ms. Rachel, a massively popular children’s content creator, apologized on Wednesday after she accidentally liked an antisemitic comment.

U.S. President Donald Trump launched his new “Board of Peace” on Thursday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

An unnamed U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday that “about 200 low-level Islamic State fighters” escaped from the al-Shaddadi prison camp on Monday after the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew from the facility.

Turkey’s Competition Authority (RK, to use its Turkish acronym) raided the offices of Chinese online retailer Temu in Istanbul on Wednesday morning, performing a rather aggressive “on-site inspection” for reasons the RK did not make entirely clear.

President Donald Trump discussed the conflict in northeastern Syria with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump predicted at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio will go down as the best official ever to hold the post. 

Turkish Islamist strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan published photos on his social media accounts on Tuesday appearing to play basketball with retired NBA star and commentator Shaquille O’Neal in Istanbul.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced Wednesday he has accepted President Donald Trump’s invitation to join his proposed international Board of Peace.

Iranian-American activists are circulating online petitions asking the U.S. to deport relatives of senior Iranian regime officials.

Residents of Iran’s capital of Tehran told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on Monday that the city remains under “virtual martial law” after last week’s murderous crackdown on protesters, with a heavy security presence rolling through the largely-deserted streets. 

Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi warned that the Islamic Republic’s escalating violence against protesters has exposed a regime under strain — but not one on the verge of collapse — arguing that Tehran will not fall through foreign military intervention or external pressure alone, but only through an organized, nationwide resistance capable of dismantling its repressive core.

President Donald Trump spoke by telephone with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa on Monday to discuss the conflict between Sharaa’s forces and the Kurds of northeastern Syria, who have complained of abuses by government troops and blamed them for releasing around 120 Islamic State terrorists from a Kurdish-run prison in Hasakah province.

A torrent of violence, including reported beheadings and a prison break by Islamic State terrorists, erupted in Syria on Monday following the signing of an agreement between the jihadist federal government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa and the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

Iran’s judiciary declared it will “pursue” and “punish” President Donald Trump and leaders of the “Zionist regime” for “crimes” linked to fomenting protests, according to the Islamic Republic’s judiciary chief who accused Washington and Jerusalem of backing “terrorists.”

An unnamed Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday that at least 5,000 people were killed during the regime crackdown on protests last week.

The Muslim group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), is ripping the NFL for fining Houston Texans player Azeez Al-Shaair for wearing anti-Israel eye black, and they are suggesting that the league should sanction Jewish New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft instead.

Putin has received an invitation to take up a place on President Donald Trump’s $1-billion-a-seat Gaza Board of Peace, the Kremlin says. 

President of Argentina Javier Milei signed a decree this weekend designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s (IRGC) Quds Force a terrorist organization.

The government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the head of the al-Qaeda offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), signed an agreement on Sunday with American-allied Kurdish forces in the country that dramatically strips away the latter’s autonomy in exchange for Damascus recognizing “Kurdish cultural and linguistic rights.”

President Donald Trump’s proposed international Board of Peace, a new body initially tasked with overseeing the next steps in Gaza’s rebuilding, seeks $1 billion in individual national contributions to secure a seat at the table.

Democrat Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has alleged that staffers for former Vice President Kamala Harris questioned whether he was a double agent of Israel when vetting him as a potential 2024 running mate.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed the United States for Iran’s crises, accusing Washington of imposing “inhumane” sanctions while warning that any challenge to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would amount to an “all-out war” against the Iranian nation.

NFL has fined Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair after he wore eye black with the message “stop the genocide” during last week’s game.

Pink Floyd co-founder Rogers Waters defended the murderous regime in Iran, one week after defending former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, calling claims that Iran has been a leading sponsor of terrorism around the world “nonsense.”

“The Iranian nation defeated the U.S.,” declared Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, insisting the U.S. must “be held accountable.”

President Donald Trump, responding to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s attempt to blame him for recent protester deaths, slammed the Iranian Supreme Leader as a “sick man” and called for “new leadership,” declaring: “His country is the worst place to live anywhere in the world because of poor leadership.”

US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force.

Chief Constable walks away with pension amid a roaring scandal over Israeli football fans, A.I. hallucinations, and Islamic extremism.

Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, a high-ranking member of the Iranian theocracy who sits on several of its highest governing bodies, on Friday demanded the execution of protesters and made threats against President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.