1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (549+ words) Lebanon has declared a day of national mourning, after Israel launched its deadliest wave of bombings since resuming large-scale attacks in early March. The devastating attacks began without warning on Wednesday, striking Beirut, the Beqaa Valley, Mount Lebanon, Sidon and…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago  (608+ words) AMY GOODMAN: Lebanon has declared a day of mourning after Israeli attacks on Wednesday killed over 250 people and injured 1, 000 others. At one point, Israel launched a hundred strikes in just 10 minutes. Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun condemned the attacks as "barbaric…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago  (280+ words) Vice President JD Vance: "I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn't. We never made that promise." Tom Fletcher: "These trends, alongside the collapse in funding…...

2+ hour ago  (690+ words) Professor Pape joins us now from London. Welcome to Democracy Now! , Professor. Can you lay out your argument, why you believe the war is turning Iran into a major world power? ROBERT PAPE: Yes. Thank you very much for having…...

2+ hour ago  (280+ words) Vice President JD Vance: "I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn't. We never made that promise." Tom Fletcher: "These trends, alongside the collapse in funding…...

4+ hour, 32+ min ago  (627+ words) As Iran destroyed energy facilities and infrastructure in all six of its Persian Gulf neighbors and blocks their shipments of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf states " Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates…...

2+ hour ago  (280+ words) Vice President JD Vance: "I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn't. We never made that promise." Tom Fletcher: "These trends, alongside the collapse in funding…...

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22+ hour, 42+ min ago  (470+ words) In Louisiana, 22-year-old biochemistry student Annie Ramos walked out of a federal immigration jail on Tuesday, five days after ICE agents entered her husband's Army base to arrest her. As part of her release, Ramos was fitted with an ankle…...

23+ hour, 21+ min ago  (258+ words) Naiem Saleh: "The big reading for Israel is that they don't want to stop. They want to carry on wars to blackmail the entire region, naturally. Where will this lead? To more wars and more destruction. In all cases, Lebanon…...