ZURICH, March 16 (Reuters) – The Swiss government on Monday pressed the electorate to reject an initiative aimed at restricting the population to 10 million, which it argues will jeopardise cooperation with the European Union and damage the economy. The initiative, supported by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, or SVP, faces a referendum on June…
US president reportedly unmoved by briefing as he believes Mojtaba may be dead already, leaving Iran leaderless again; Kuwaiti outlet claims he was smuggled out of Iran to Russia US President Donald Trump was briefed recently on American intelligence showing that Iran’s late supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was wary about his son Mojtaba Khamenei replacing…
Greetings from Tyler, You can’t keep up with all the details. We’re at war with Iran and they’re doing what they always do, making threats. But Donald Trump seems pleased with the way things are going. No signs of backing off. The Straits of Hormuz is a place that needs our attention. Who can forget all…
A suspect in an attack on a synagogue in the Detroit area is dead after ramming a truck into the building and being confronted by synagogue security, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. There were no reported injuries among students or temple staff, but a security guard was hospitalized. The sheriff’s department said law enforcement…
DAKAR, March 12 (Reuters) – Senegal’s National Assembly late on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual acts to 10 years and criminalising any efforts to promote homosexuality. The law – passed by 135 votes to zero, with three abstentions – fulfils a campaign promise of the government that…
The newly appointed supreme leader delivers a combative statement, pledging Iran will keep fighting. Mojtaba Khamenei has issued his first statement since taking over as Iran’s supreme leader after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several family members were assassinated in the United States and Israeli strikes at the outset of the war that has…
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute are publishing two updates daily to provide analysis on the war with Iran. The morning update will focus on US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran and the Axis of Resistance’s response to the strikes. The evening…
MOSCOW – The Kremlin on March 11 accused British specialists of involvement in a deadly Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of Bryansk that used British Storm Shadow missiles and said it would take Britain’s role “into account”. The Bryansk regional governor said the strike on March 10 killed at least six civilians and injured…
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) – West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey announced the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling, upholding the state’s Medicaid policy that excludes coverage for gender-affirming surgeries. The court held that the policy does not violate the Equal Protection Clause, the Affordable Care Act, or the Medicaid Act. West…
Iran’s clerical Assembly of Experts tapped Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader amid ongoing conflict, even as the war sent global oil prices soaring past $100 a barrel. FAST FACTS Iran named Ayotollah Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the country’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the…