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US issues sanctions on six Iranian officials for crackdown on protesters as rial hits record low
The sanctions will target six officials who “oversee the Iranian security forces responsible for the violent crackdowns on protesters,” including Iran’s minister of the interior.
Iranian President Pezeshkian claims foreign powers provoked protests to 'tear the nation apart'
Yoram Hazony’s antisemitism speech sparks pushback from former aide, Jewish conservatives
Jewish seniors rally behind their caregivers as 350,000 Haitians are set to lose legal status
'Must be held accountable': Trump admin. sued over deaths in boat strike off Venezuela's coast
The Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union filed the novel lawsuit under the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute.
US, UK, France, Germany, call for ceasefire adherence in Syria, support political transition
The statement was released on January 27, two days after the STG and SDF announced they had extended a four-day ceasefire, which began on January 20, by 15 more days.
Microwave weapon aims to knock drones out of the sky, Epirus pitches Leonidas
"We can saturate the sky with weaponized electromagnetic energy and defeat an unlimited number of drones simultaneously."
Trump's immigration policy approval drops to record low, poll finds
Just 39% of Americans approve of the job US President Donald Trump is doing on immigration, down from 41% earlier this month, while 53% disapprove, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
US-Iran flare-up, cold stint push oil prices to multi-month peak
JPMorgan analysts estimated that winter storm Fern cut US oil production by roughly 250,000 barrels per day, disrupting flows from the Bakken and from fields in Oklahoma and Texas.
Saudi Arabia’s changing strategy and the quiet strain with the UAE - analysis
Growing tensions between Saudi Arabia and the UAE reflect shifting Gulf alliances, with implications for Israel and the US role in the region.
Federal officials dig in on Minneapolis shooting narrative despite video evidence
The Trump administration argued that Alex Pretti, the second shooting death by federal officers in Minneapolis this month, assaulted officers, compelling them to fire in self-defense.
US storm leaves 1 million without power, forces 10,000 flight cancellations
As snow, sleet, freezing rain, and dangerously frigid temperatures swept into the eastern two-thirds of the US on Sunday, the number of power outages continued to rise.
US may impose blockade on Iran rather than a 'kinetic attack,' expert says
At the same time, both Citrinowicz and Hulata believe that an Iranian response targeting Israel is not inevitable should the US attack the regime.
Damascus acting with US backing to control Jabal al-Druze in southern Syria, official says - KAN
Citing the official, KAN reported that American support is conditional on Sharaa's actions not harming Israel's national security.
