Month: June,2025

‘Not constitutional’: Congress invokes new War Powers Resolution to reject Trump’s strikes on Iran

‘Not constitutional’: Congress invokes new War Powers Resolution to reject Trump’s strikes on Iran


June 22, 2025
Co-sponsors of the War Powers Resolution, Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif, and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., were quick to criticize President Donald Trump for greenlighting attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran Saturday night.  ‘This is not constitutional,’ Massie said, responding to Trump’s Truth Social post announcing the strikes on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan in Iran.  The […]
At UN Security Council, Israel’s ambassador slams Iranian hypocrisy

At UN Security Council, Israel’s ambassador slams Iranian hypocrisy


June 22, 2025
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon, slammed Iran’s UN representative as ‘a wolf disguised as a diplomat,’ during a fiery session of the Security Council on Saturday, hours before the US struck three nuclear sites in Iran.  Following the US strike on nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, which President Donald Trump said […]
Watch: Bernie Sanders reacts to Trump’s Iran strikes in real time at ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rally

Watch: Bernie Sanders reacts to Trump’s Iran strikes in real time at ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rally


June 22, 2025
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was delivering remarks at a ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rally in Tusla, Okla., on Saturday night when President Donald Trump announced the United States had successfully attacked three nuclear sites in Iran.  An aide interrupted Sanders’ remarks to deliver the message Trump had just blasted off on Truth Social.  ‘We have completed our […]
Expert confident Iran’s nuclear program is ‘no longer’ after massive US strike

Expert confident Iran’s nuclear program is ‘no longer’ after massive US strike


June 22, 2025
A top expert on the Iran nuclear program believes the regime’s atomic program has been obliterated by Saturday night’s strikes by the United States. ‘The nuclear program is no longer,’ Jonathan Schanzer, Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a ‘national security and foreign policy’ think tank, told Fox News Digital. ‘Sources in […]
Fetterman backs Trump after Iran strikes: ‘The correct move’

Fetterman backs Trump after Iran strikes: ‘The correct move’


June 22, 2025
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa, backed President Donald Trump’s decision to have the United States attack three of Iran’s most fortified underground nuclear sites amid rapidly escalating tensions in the Middle East and intensifying Israeli and U.S. military operations against Iranian targets.  Fetterman called the move ‘correct’ in a post on X just minutes after Trump […]
Sunken Bayesian superyacht lifted partially out of water in salvage operation

Sunken Bayesian superyacht lifted partially out of water in salvage operation


June 21, 2025
Ten months after the luxury superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily in a sudden storm, salvage crews managed to lift it 50 meters (164 feet) from the seabed on Friday afternoon, the company running the $30 million recovery operation said. The superyacht was scheduled to be lifted at the weekend, but salvage crews […]
Britain’s lawmakers vote to allow assisted dying, after fraught national debate

Britain’s lawmakers vote to allow assisted dying, after fraught national debate


June 21, 2025
Lawmakers in Britain have narrowly approved a bill to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill people, capping a fraught debate in Parliament and across the country that cut across political, religious and legal divides. MPs passed the bill by 314 votes to 291, in their final say on the question. The bill – which has […]
Trump’s Gulf Arab allies race to avoid all-out war in Iran

Trump’s Gulf Arab allies race to avoid all-out war in Iran


June 21, 2025
Fearing the repercussions of a total regime collapse in Iran, Gulf Arab states have intensified their outreach to the Trump administration and Tehran over the past week. The United Arab Emirates, a US ally that has long been opposed to an unsupervised Iran nuclear program, has been in contact with officials in Tehran and Washington […]
Israel has threatened to kill Iran’s supreme leader. Here’s what could come next

Israel has threatened to kill Iran’s supreme leader. Here’s what could come next


June 21, 2025
As US President Donald Trump weighs joining Israel’s assault on Iran, questions are mounting over whether such an intervention could trigger regime change in Tehran – an outcome that risks splintering the country and sending shockwaves across the region. Home to long-simmering separatist movements that have vied for power and independence, Iran could face internal […]
The US can end Iran conflict with one call, official from Iran’s presidency says

The US can end Iran conflict with one call, official from Iran’s presidency says


June 21, 2025
“Iran believes in civilian dialogue,” he said. “Directly or indirectly is not important.” “President Trump can easily stop the war by only one telephone (call) to (the) Israelis,” he said, repeating the Iranian position that talks were impossible while Israeli bombs were striking Iran. Farahani said that Iran would not countenance halting nuclear enrichment – […]
Trump’s two-week delay on Iran strike decision leaves Israel in limbo

Trump’s two-week delay on Iran strike decision leaves Israel in limbo


June 21, 2025
US President Donald Trump’s self-imposed two-week delay to decide whether to strike Iran has sparked confusion and conjecture in Israel. Some of Israel’s most senior officials had openly pushed for US involvement, arguing that American military involvement can shorten the conflict and allow Israel to achieve its goal of removing what is has long perceived […]
Last BTS member Suga discharged from South Korean military service, paving way for reunion

Last BTS member Suga discharged from South Korean military service, paving way for reunion


June 21, 2025
Suga, a rapper and songwriter in the global K-pop sensation BTS, has been discharged from South Korea’s mandatory military service, marking the official return of all seven members from their enlistment duties. The label confirmed that Suga completed his alternative service duties on Wednesday after using up his remaining leave. His official discharge date is […]
Armed rebels take control of Heineken facilities in DR Congo’s war-hit east

Armed rebels take control of Heineken facilities in DR Congo’s war-hit east


June 21, 2025
Heineken has lost operational control and withdrawn its staff from its facilities in conflict-affected areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Dutch brewer said on Friday. The beverages giant said in March that its operations in three eastern cities would remain suspended until it was safe to reopen, after some of its breweries were […]
Pope Leo praises work of journalists in first public comments on clerical abuse scandal

Pope Leo praises work of journalists in first public comments on clerical abuse scandal


June 21, 2025
Pope Leo XIV has said the Catholic Church must establish a culture that refuses to tolerate abuse in “any form,” as he thanked a Peruvian journalist for reporting on allegations of abuse inside a powerful Catholic group. Leo’s remarks, the first he has made publicly on the church’s abuse scandals since his election to the […]
Death cap mushrooms killed three lunch guests. Was it murder or a ‘terrible accident’?

Death cap mushrooms killed three lunch guests. Was it murder or a ‘terrible accident’?


June 21, 2025
A meticulously planned meal prepared in the home of an alleged killer is at the heart of a triple murder trial that’s nearing its dramatic conclusion in rural Australia. For eight weeks, audiences have been glued to daily news reports and podcasts on an unusual case that alleges the world’s most toxic mushroom was used […]