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Democrats are at odds over Israel-Iran war as Trump announces U.S. strikes on Iran
While progressives in the lead-up to the military action had staked out clear opposition to Trump's potential intervention, the party leadership played the safer ground of insisting on a role for Congress before any use of force.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:
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Expect Iran to answer US attacks with asymmetrical warfare
Editorβs note: The United States commenced bombing Iranβs nuclear facilities on June 22, 2025, Asia time. Israelβs air assault on Iran has focused largely on degrading the Islamic Republicβs military and would-be nuclear capabilities. In the space of several days, Israel has totally or partially destroyed at least two nuclear sites, destroyed numerous air defense [β¦] The post Expect Iran to answer US attacks with...
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:What to know about the 3 Iranian nuclear sites that were hit by U.S. strikes
Until Saturday, Washington had helped shoot down Iranian strikes on Israel but had not launched direct attacks on Iran.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:How a self-styled knight giving away cars and wads of cash got people talking
Some are beguiled by the Zimbabwean tycoon's generosity, others alarmed about the source of his wealth.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:US Joins Israel and Strike Iranβs Nuclear Facilities in Fordow
The US president Donald Trump have said in a social media post that the US has conducted βvery successfulβ strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, and that all planes are now out of Iranian airspace. RELATED: Iran Guarantees Peaceful Nuclear Program, President Pezeshkian Tells Macron βWe have completed our very successful [β¦]
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Trump says US has struck three nuclear sites in Iran in "successful attack"
The US leader was set to meet with his national security team on Saturday evening. He previously said he would put off a decision on US involvement in the conflict for up to two weeks.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:US 'obliterates' Iranian main nuclear sites, Tehran declares 'war starts now'
The US president was set to meet with his national security team on Saturday evening. He previously stated that he would delay a decision on US involvement in the conflict for up to two weeks.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Breaking: US bombs three nuclear sites inside Iran, Trump says
In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump says the United States has dropped bombs on three nuclear sites inside Iran.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:When I think about the burglar menacing my mother, the memories are slippery. She wasnβt chirping. She was screaming
Natasha Sholl was four (β¦ or perhaps five?) when a man entered her family home wielding a knife (β¦ or a box cutter? β¦ or a screwdriver?)My mother is chirping, like a small bird. I laugh. What a fun game. And when I run through the house to find her, there is a man in a balaclava with a knife to her throat. She is not chirping. She is screaming. The expectation of one thing when the opposite is true. And yet in my...
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Why one couple, two kids and 10 camels are trekking almost 6,000kms through the Australian outback
The Parrot family will be guiding Foxy Lady, Polished Copper, Bronte, Barry and Jeffrey and co in the hoof-steps of historyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastInstead of a dozen red roses, a bottle of bubbly or romantic poetry, Emily Parrott gave her husband a camel to celebrate their first Valentineβs Day.βWhen he met me, thatβs when he met camels,β she says of husband, Luke. βHe found his first...
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:From Gaza to Parramatta: students fleeing global conflicts follow pathway to Australian university
For three young women whose education has been cut short by war in Gaza β where 90% of educational buildings have been destroyed by Israel β Western Sydney University offers an educational lifelineGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWeeks after 7 October 2023, Hala Alsammak stood at the site of her once bustling university in Gaza. Al-Azhar university had been reduced to rubble.Alsammak had begun...
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:US strikes nuclear sites in Iran, Trump says
The US president said the army carried out strikes on the nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. DW has more.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:Hot air balloon catches fire and crashes in Brazil, killing eight
A hot air balloon carrying 21 passengers catches fire in southern Brazil, falling from the sky and killing eight of the people on board.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Trump rails against green tax credits in big, beautiful bill
President Trump railed against the green energy tax credits included in his big, beautiful bill in a Truth Social post on Saturday. βI HATE βGREEN TAX CREDITSβ IN THE GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL. They are largely a giant SCAM,β Trump posted. His comments come amid a GOP internal debate over the big, beautiful bill on...
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Iran's powers have long battled for supremacy, but they have the same nuclear 'red lines'
In the early 1950s, Iran had a liberal prime minister who promised to stop shipping the country's resource riches offshore, but that was not going to work for the West.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Hot air balloon incident kills eight in Brazil
Police say a fire reportedly broke out aboard the balloon, prompting the pilot to try to lower it.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:New 'risk-mapping tool' aims to curb bird deaths from powerlines
Five out of six eagles in this refuge are "highly likely" to be victims of powerlines. The Raptor Refuge founder wants risk mitigation practices to be put in place.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Baby Boomers: 1 in 3 say they'll never sell their home, according to survey
The survey found that many Baby Boomers don't have the financial incentive to sell.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Twelve Killed in a Suicide Attack on Market in Northeastern Nigeria
At least 12 people were killed and 18 injured this Friday by an explosion caused by a suicide bomber in an attack on a market in the town of Konduga, located in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria. RELATED: Nigeriaβs Mokwa Flood Disaster: Over 500 Missing as Relief Efforts Intensify A female suicide bomber, wearing an [β¦]
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:US updates: Mahmoud Khalil vows to keep protesting after relase
Mahmoud Khalil returned to New York after his release from detention at an immigration facility Louisiana. DW rounds up the latest headlines form the US.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Ian's ute and home cost hardly anything to run, thanks to one ingredient
At 95, Ian McLeod's power bills are virtually non-existent while his farm ute costs only a few dollars a week to run. How does he do it?
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Dozens of pups euthanised, Canberra shelter overwhelmed
Shelters in the ACT are on the brink after cost of living pressures are causing dozens of deformed pups to be euthanised.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Vera C Rubin Observatory is about to show us the universe like never before
Astronomers have been waiting for the Vera C Rubin Observatory to open for 30 years. So what is it, and how will it change astronomy?
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Visitors still walking on Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre months after foot traffic ban
Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is filling for the first time since access to the lake was restricted by a new management plan. An outback boating club has questioned authorities' capacity to enforce the new rules, but traditional owners say the measures respect the environmental and cultural significance of the site.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Australian man stranded in Japan as stroke leaves him with $130K bill
Tom Zdanius suffered a stroke in Japan last month and has been lying in bed, racking up medical bills of about $5,000 a day ever since.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Rishabh flings his bat, scores a ton, does a flip, gets praised by legends
England receives the full Rishabh Pant experience on day two of the first Test, featuring a lost shoe, a launched bat, audacious batting, another century and an ill-timed dismissal.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:'Passenger parenting' leaves dads on backfoot and mums carrying the load
While fathers are becoming increasingly engaged in daily family life, the persistence of a gendered norm means some feel on the "outskirts" when it comes to parenting decisions.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:US braces for nationwide heat wave: What to know
A dangerous, record-breaking heat wave will spread over the eastern United States and is expected to last several days. Extreme heat warnings have been issued in Illinois, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Iowa, West Virginia and South Dakota, where temperatures could rise over 110 degrees. More than 170...
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:US moves B-2 stealth bombers into Pacific as Trump weighs entering war
βBunker-busterβ bombs carried by aircraft considered to have best chance of destroying Iranβs underground nuclear facility
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:The Netherlands returns 119 stolen sculptures to Nigeria
The Benin Bronzes were artefacts stolen during the UK's imperial plunder of Benin, modern-day southern Nigeria.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:US aerial refuelling tankers are on the move as Trump weighs involvement in Israel-Iran conflict
B-2 planes can carry "bunker buster" bombs capable of targeting underground targets like nuclear facilities - if US President Donald Trump decides to join the conflict between Israel and Iran.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Mahmoud Khalil vows to resume pro-Palestinian activism after release
Palestinian rights activist Mahmoud Khalil says he will continue to protest against what he calls US government-funded genocide in Gaza.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Regime change in Iran seems unlikely amid war with Israel, Middle East scholar says
The second week of the Israel-Iran war began with a new round of Israeli strikes on missile sites and a nuclear facility in Iran and Iranian strikes on residential areas of Israel. As Israel broadens its targets in Iran, Netanyahu says regime change is not an explicit goal, but could be a result. John Yang speaks with Narges Bajoghli at Johns Hopkins University to learn more.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Mahmoud Khalil returns home after release on bail from federal detention
In our news wrap Saturday, activist Mahmoud Khalil is back home with his wife and son after a judge ordered his release from a federal detention center, millions of Americans are under an extreme heat warning, a provision of Trumpβs βbig beautiful billβ hit a major roadblock, and workers raised the wreckage of a superyacht for closer investigation after it sank in the Mediterranean last year.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Honouring 'Ackers', 10 years after a fatal on-field collision
Rugby league player James Ackerman was 25 when his death from a shoulder charge shattered his family, his club and his Sunshine Coast community. On Sunday, they honour his legacy and a life lived "the Ackers way".
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source: