"Trump Claims Victory; Iran Says, "Hold My Missile – Watch these Beautiful Explosions Rocking Bahrain Airport!"

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Iran Targets Busiest International Airport as UN Demands Halt to Attacks on Gulf Neighbors

As the conflict with Iran escalates, the U.S. and Israel continue to face retaliatory attacks from Tehran, which today targeted some of the region's vital infrastructures, including the world’s busiest international airport and three oil tankers. The Iranian actions come in response to President Trump's assertion that the U.S. has “won” the war and that Tehran “didn’t expect anything like this.” Despite claims of a decimated Iranian military, the country has successfully launched strikes against significant targets, raising questions about its ongoing capabilities.

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.

By Lena Cohen and Hudson Hongo
March 5, 2026

We've all had the unsettling experience of seeing an ad online that reveals just how much advertisers know about our lives. You're right to be disturbed. Those very same online ad systems have been used by the government to warrantlessly track peoples' locations, new reporting has confirmed.

Large WW2 bomb defused after Dresden evacuated

Bethany Bell
Germany reporter
Getty Images Bridge over the Elbe River under construction. In the background across the river is the city centre, including the Frauenkirche and other landmarks.Getty Images
The bomb was found near the Carola Bridge, which is being rebuilt after collapsing into the river in 2024.

An unexploded British World War Two bomb in Dresden has been defused, police in Germany say.

MAGA Panics as Lawmakers Call Out Trump on Rising Gas Prices

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Republicans acknowledge that the pain at the pump could last longer than the White House admits.

Farrah Tomazin 

Political Correspondent

Published Mar. 11 2026 11:47AM EDT
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MAGA Republicans are panicking over soaring gas prices due to Donald Trump’s war in Iran, with some warning the pain at the pump could last longer than the White House admits.

Inflation was steady in February before the Iran war drove up gas prices

The consumer price index rose 0.3% month over month, and 2.4% from one year ago.

March 11, 2026,

By Steve Kopack

Consumer price growth was steady in February, right before the Iran war rattled global energy markets and sent prices skyrocketing.

Trump has one prescription for midterms. House Republicans have another

Politics
By STEVEN SLOAN
March 10, 2026
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year: build on an already strict national voter identification law to ban mail ballots and restrict transgender rights. 

“It’ll guarantee the midterms,” he told Republicans gathered in the ballroom of his golf course just outside Miami on Monday. “If you don’t get it, big trouble.” Less than 24 hours later, House Republican leaders highlighted their priorities. And the voting bill, which Trump has rebranded from the SAVE Act to the SAVE America Act, wasn’t high on the list.

Are the Greeks the best sailors in the world?

The Greek Courier

If "best" is defined by an unbroken 3,000-year maritime tradition combined with modern commercial tonnage, Hellas is arguably the world's preeminent seafaring nation.

Greek Oil Tanker Exits Strait of Hormuz With Its Signal Off

By Alex Longley and Alaric Nightingale
March 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM PDT
Updated on March 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM PDT

A ship hauling a million barrels of Saudi crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, one of the first big tankers to leave the Persian Gulf since traffic through the chokepoint all but halted.

IDF hits Hezbollah command centers and finance body as rockets fly at northern Israel

Military says troops killed gunmen during ground operations; Syria says army posts targeted by artillery shells from Lebanon; UN says close to 700,000 in Lebanon have been displaced

By Emanuel Fabian 

Today, 12:15 pm

The Israel Defense Forces announced on Tuesday that it had completed a wave of airstrikes targeting branches of a Hezbollah-linked financial institution across Lebanon, as it kept up the pressure on the Iran-backed terror group.

Mojtaba Khamenei cannot replace his father as IRGC holds all the cards, insider tells Euronews

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By Babak Kamiar & Euronews

Published on 09/03/2026 - 14:10 GMT+1•Updated 14:15

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A former co-founder of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) told Euronews Mojtaba Khamenei had been preparing for the succession for years, yet lacks his father's stature. Meanwhile, IRGC military commanders have the upper hand in the power structure.

Alexander brothers convicted of sex trafficking in Manhattan federal court

By The Associated Press

March 10, 20261:53 AM ET

This photo provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department shows Alon Alexander, left, and Oren Alexander, both of whom have been charged with sex trafficking. AP/Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department.

NEW YORK — Three brothers, including two of the nation's most successful luxury real estate brokers, were convicted of sex trafficking Monday after a five-week trial over accusations that they drugged and raped scores of women they had dazzled with their wealth and opulent lifestyle.

Poll: Majority of voters say risks of AI outweigh the benefits

In new NBC News polling, the only topics that were less popular than AI were the Democratic Party and Iran

March 10, 2026, 2:00 AM PDT

By Allan Smith

Voters are worried about AI and don’t trust either political party to handle the rapidly evolving technology, according to a new national NBC News survey.

Trump does to Iran what Putin did to Ukraine, progressively tightening the rope around its neck. That's why he wants Hormuz so bad.

The Greek Courier

As the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran enters its eleventh day, President Trump casually addressed the killing of 178 schoolgirls by a US missile and emphasized his belief that the military operation is progressing "very far ahead of schedule." He claimed the Iranian military is devastated, stating they have "no navy, no communications," and warning of severe repercussions if they block oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump knows that control of the Strait is the key to unlocking Iran and forcing it to surrender. Not only because bombing Iran's infrastructure will be easier, but mainly because the U.S. will be able to restrict Tehran's oil export capabilities, which could severely damage Iran’s economy and pressure the regime to the brink of collapse.

Politicizing the State is what corrupt governments do. And Trump's is one of them

The Greek Courier

March 9 , 2026

In a foreseeable maneuver signaling a transition toward the politicization of federal employment, the Trump administration, aided by Elon Musk's prior involvement, has shifted from extensive job cuts to hiring personnel aligned with Republican ideals. This change marks yet another departure from administrative meritocracy, transforming the hiring process into a mechanism of political patronage that favors MAGA supporters within the bureaucracy.

Nobel laureate Joe Stiglitz says not only can AI take your job, it’ll make the ‘tech bro’ class richer while doing so

Catherina Gioino
Economist Joseph Stiglitz fears not only will AI cause greater economic inequality, but it will lead to a worsening of political inequality as well.

Fri, March 6, 2026 

As professor Joseph Stiglitz sees it, AI is not just another technology wave—it’s a force that can erode jobs and hardwire a new era of inequality. That is, unless governments and institutions deliberately push it in a different direction.

Greek peninsula reveals remarkably preserved medieval ancestry

03-05-2026
By Raquel Brandao
Earth.com staff writer

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Men in a remote corner of southern Greece have preserved paternal lineages that trace directly to the early medieval era, with more than half of them descending from a single ancestor who lived in the seventh century. That continuity has effectively frozen a fragment of southern Greece’s pre-migration genetic landscape inside one peninsula.

‘The Air is Unbreathable’: Tehran Shrouded in Cloud of Toxic Smoke After Israel Strikes Fuel Depots

by Rebecca Schneid, Kay Armin Serjoie and Fatemeh Jamalpour
Mar 8, 2026 9:57 AM PT
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Iran’s capital was engulfed in a cloud of toxic smoke that unleashed black rainfall dozens of miles away on Sunday after overnight Israeli strikes on several fuel depots caused fires to burn for hours.

USA TODAY Exclusive: Trump eyes surprise economic deal with Cuba

Francesca Chambers
USA TODAY
Updated March 8, 2026

• What sectors are included in the Trump-Cuba economic deal?
• How does Trump's Cuba strategy differ from Obama's?
• How did the U.S. oil strategy impact Cuba's fuel crisis?

DORAL, FL – The Trump administration is preparing an economic deal with Cuba that could be announced soon, two sources with knowledge of the administration’s plans said.