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During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) stated that he wouldn’t say Israel is guilty of genocide “because genocide has a very specific legal meaning. I don’t think this meets the

U.S. forces destroyed five IRGC-linked oil tankers Tuesday after Iran twice targeted an American warship with ballistic missiles, carrying out Washington’s warning that continued attacks on the U.S. Navy would exact an increasingly steep price on Tehran’s oil fleet.

The Government of Argentina on Monday announced that it will file criminal charges against Israeli oil company Navitas Petroleum over its involvement in an offshore oil project at the Falkland Islands, a British territory that Argentina claims as its own.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen launched drone and missile attacks against four cities in southern Saudi Arabia.

Progressive pop star Pink has added her voice to the backlash against left-wing rapper Macklemore who is facing criticism over his pro-Palestine and anti-Israel tirade at a recent Ed Sheeran concert.

During a portion of an interview with “PBS NewsHour” released on Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) argued that there isn’t a divide in the Democratic Party over Israel and “even if you don’t think it’s genocide, that it’s been a

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said Monday that Turkey is “not our friend” after the Treasury Department sanctioned a Turkish bank accused of helping Iran move money overseas.

A senior U.S. official said Monday that the Strait of Hormuz is “fully open and under U.S. Navy control,” directly challenging Iran’s threat to impose a new maritime exclusion zone across the Persian Gulf as Tehran seeks to reassert leverage over the strategic waterway.

ATHENS, Greece — The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Theophilos III told Breitbart News exclusively that he is encouraging world leaders of all faiths to follow the lead of American President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance and visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel.

Israeli legal advocacy group Shurat HaDin has launched a new app designed to protect Israel Defense Forces (IDF) veterans from efforts to arrest them while traveling abroad, with the organization’s president warning that pro-Palestinian groups are actively tracking Israeli soldiers and pursuing legal action against them in foreign countries.

Singer Hayley Williams — best known for being the lead vocalist of the rock band Paramore — kicked off her fall U.S. tour by declaring, “F**k Donald Trump” onstage before concertgoers.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei on Monday threatened South Korea with “serious consequences” if it sends ships, planes, or personnel to help secure the Strait of Hormuz against Iranian terrorism.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who claimed asylum in Australia have confirmed their pivotal refusal to sing the national anthem during the Women’s Asian Cup in March was a protest against Tehran.

The Trump administration is waging an unprecedented campaign to isolate Iran economically, combining a naval blockade with sweeping sanctions as top officials say the pressure will continue until Tehran changes course — or its government does.

Left-wing rapper Macklemore took on immediate backlash from audience members and fans who wanted a refund of their ticket after the rapper launched into an anti-American, pro Hamas rant on stage during Friday’s Ed Sheeran concert in New Jersey.

Tehran claimed early Sunday an unmanned U.S. vessel seeking to transit the Strait of Hormuz was hit by Iranian forces in the latest escalation of conflict roiling the key international waterway.

President Donald Trump’s “tanker-for-tanker” retaliation policy escalated Saturday as U.S. forces struck 3 Iranian oil tankers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles toward 2 U.S. Navy warships.

A Palestinian journalist blew right through the forbidden red line of African American racist terms by referring to black House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as a “monkey” and a “boy.”

The U.S. State Department has updated its travel warning for Libya to the highest level, advising Americans not to visit the highly unstable country “for any reason” — and to “prepare a will and end-of-life instructions” if they must go there.

On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) responded to Iran appearing to have the willingness to use the midterm elections to their advantage by saying that the U.S. needs to get out of the war

On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” guest host Jonathan Capehart said that it appears as though Iran is “willing to take advantage of” the midterm elections “to prolong, even escalate” the war. While speaking with Rep. Madeleine

On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) said that the longer the war in Iran drags on, the worse things get, and “we need to end this conflict, but the administration needs to communicate the way that

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Saturday announced that two Iranian oil tankers were disabled by U.S. airstrikes, and a third was “completely destroyed.” One of the tankers was struck near Iran’s primary oil loading facility at Kharg Island, confirming reports of explosions near the island by Iranian state media.

Iran is down to roughly two months of gasoline as the U.S. blockade and President Donald Trump’s escalating economic offensive choke off the regime’s oil exports and remaining financial lifelines — a rapidly worsening crisis that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday branded the “Jaws of Death for the Iranian Economy.”

President Donald Trump warned Friday that the United States may strike Iran’s heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site “very soon,” declaring that Washington is closely tracking activity at the underground complex and will prevent Tehran from using it to rebuild its nuclear program.

The South Korean government says it is still reviewing its options for a military deployment to the Strait of Hormuz.

The government of Syria, under former al-Qaeda jihadist President Ahmed al-Sharaa, confirmed before the United Nations on Thursday that it had begun the process of destroying caches of illicit chemical weapons formerly possessed by the deposed regime of dictator Bashar Assad.

During an interview with ABC News on Thursday, Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) said that “It’s time” to end the war in Iran and “I don’t see it ending with a victory or a good outcome from the American perspective, because

On Thursday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Live,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said that “It appears it was a mistake to go to war” in Iran to begin with and we haven’t accomplished the desired objectives. He also stated that the current

Vice President JD Vance declared Thursday that Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz is “effectively gone” and the strategic waterway is becoming a “diminishing asset,” pointing to surging oil flows as U.S. forces keep shipping lanes open and repeatedly destroy capabilities Tehran attempts to rebuild around them.

During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-NC) said that we haven’t put Iran’s regime into a box yet and while he believes that the economic strategy can work at breaking Iran’s economy, we

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) doubled down on calling U.S. politicians like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani “terrorists,” and said nonviolent actors who support Hamas and refuse to condemn their actions are “just as bad.”

Global News reported on Wednesday that the Canadian government awarded over $2 million in contracts, including law enforcement and defense contracts, to Mohammad Reza Ghafouri Fard, an Iranian immigrant linked to the terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). He is also the son of former Iranian vice president Hassan Ghafouri Fard.