"Draft - Pak's PM Message on X": Shehbaz Sharif's Iran War Post Gaffe Is Viral

04/08/26 11:41 AM

Shehbaz Sharif, who has acted as a mediator in the Middle East war, had initially posted "Draft - Pakistan's PM Message on X" with his message.

"Expeditiously Exit Iran": Centre Issues Fresh Advisory For Indian Citizens

04/08/26 11:51 AM

"Expeditiously Exit Iran": Centre Issues Fresh Advisory For Indian Citizens

"I Hear Yes": Trump On China's Role In Iran War Mediation

04/08/26 11:58 AM

For Beijing, there is an incentive to see the war subside before Trump travels to China in mid-May. Citing demands of the war, Trump has been postponing his China trip, initially set for the end of March.

"Lebanon Not Included In Ceasefire": Netanyahu Differs From Shehbaz Sharif

04/08/26 9:14 AM

Netanyahu Backs US Decision For Ceasefire With Iran, But Says "Lebanon's Hezbollah Not Included"

"We Are In World War": Billionaire Investor Calls China, Russia 'Winners' In Iran Conflict

04/08/26 11:25 AM

The Iran war is not the end of a crisis. In Ray Dalio's framework, it is one sign that the Big Cycle is advancing, the world war is already taking shape, and the next phase is likely to bring more conflict, not less.

#MeToo movement brings wave of harassment claims across Colombia

04/07/26 1:22 PM

Female journalists’ accounts of harassment trigger avalanche of allegations reaching as far as governmentJuanita Gómez was reporting on an international assignment for Caracol, a Colombian television channel in 2015, when an older colleague attempted to forcibly kiss her by inside a lift.She only managed to break free from him by pushing him away several times. Fearing any complaint would come down to the word of a “girl” against that of a senior presenter, she did not report the incident. Continue reading...

'Back To Stone Ages' To 'Golden Age': Trump's Stark Shift In Tone In Iran War

04/08/26 10:05 AM

This could be the Golden Age of the Middle East, US President Donald Trump said after he announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran.

'Cannot be excused away': Republicans break ranks to bash Trump's 'rhetoric' on Iran

04/07/26 10:26 PM

A pair of Republican lawmakers broke ranks on Tuesday to bash President Donald Trump's latest threat to Iran. Trump threatened to destroy the entire Iranian "civilization" in a Truth Social post on Tuesday morning if the Iranian regime did not agree to a deal to end the war by the 8:00 p.m. ET deadline that Trump set. Trump has said negotiations are ongoing, and sources told CNN that a deal seems likely to be approved before the deadline. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) lashed out at Trump's statement in separate social media posts. "The President’s threat that 'a whole civilization will die tonight' cannot be excused away as an attempt to gain leverage in negotiations with Iran," Murkowski wrote on X. "This type of rhetoric is an affront to the ideals our nation has sought to uphold and promote around the world for nearly 250 years. It undermines our long-standing role as a global beacon of freedom and directly endangers Americans both abroad and at home."Moran added that he "does not support" Trump's threat. "I have and will continue to support a strong national defense—one that is focused, disciplined, and firmly rooted in protecting the safety and security of the American people," Moran wrote on X. "But, how we protect the lives of the innocent is just as important as how we engage the enemy. America is great because America is good."

'He is so jealous': Trump brutally mocked for repeating false claim about Osama Bin Laden

04/06/26 8:54 PM

The internet erupted on Monday after President Donald Trump tried to take credit for a military operation that killed the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks on the United States — which Trump did not actually lead. Trump was speaking about the Iran war during a high-stakes press conference at the White House when he made the claim that he was behind the death of Osama bin Laden, the founder and leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda. "I did one other, but this one was not picked up: Osama bin Laden," Trump said. "If you read my book, I said you got to take him out, one year before the World Trade Center came down. So I wish you'd read the book," he added. But Trump had not ordered the killing of bin Laden. During former President Barack Obama's presidency, from 2009 to 2017, the leader of the terrorist group was a high-priority target for U.S. military and intelligence agencies. U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six killed bin Laden on May 2, 2011 during a raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, an operation that took place under Obama's administration.People had reactions to Trump's unfounded comments on social media: "Trump now claiming credit for killing Osama Bin Laden. He is so jealous of Barack Obama," progressive news reporter Alex Cole wrote on X."He didn’t kill Osama Bin Laden obviously. And as @ddale8 has repeatedly pointed out, he never issued a Bin Laden warning in his 2000 book. It’s totally made up by him and he keeps repeating it and the assembled reporters let him. Sigh. Our media is broken," Mehdi Hasan, founder and CEO of news outlet Zeteo, wrote on X."Delusional liar," White House columnist and podcast host Brian Karem wrote on X."Just an absolutely [SIC] lunatic at this point," army combat veteran and Democratic Missouri congressional candidate, wrote on X."25th Amendment time. Past time," Norman Ornstein, political scientist and contributing editor to The Atlantic, wrote on X.25th Amendment time. Past time. https://t.co/MVLLZqCHW8— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) April 6, 2026

'Humiliating his understudy': Analyst says Trump will discard Vance as MAGA fractures more

04/07/26 5:39 PM

Vice President JD Vance has taken multiple hits from President Donald Trump — and might not realize that the joke is at his expense, an analyst suggested. Dana Milbank, a NOTUS columnist, described in a New York Times opinion guest column published Tuesday how Trump has continued to embarrass Vance as the MAGA coalition has cracked."At a closed-door Easter luncheon at the White House, President Trump decided to entertain the crowd by humiliating his understudy," Milbank wrote, revealing the interaction between the two men amid the ongoing negotiations with Iran. Trump asked Vance how the talks were going. "It’s going good, sir," Vance told Trump, as the president cut off Vance mid-response while he was sitting in the audience. "Do you see it happening?" Trump asked, referring to "a successful end of the war," Milbank wrote. "Uh," Vance said. "We’re going to brief it to you."That's when Trump threw Vance under the bus, saying "So, if it doesn’t happen, I’m blaming JD Vance." The group was laughing as Trump added, "If it does happen, I’m taking full credit."Vance's political ambitions have put him in this position, Milbank explained. "Over and over in recent years, Mr. Vance struck devil’s bargains, first to gain a Senate seat and then to become Mr. Trump’s No. 2," Milbank wrote. "He embraced the anti-immigrant stances he once called 'reprehensible' and other dark elements of the MAGA movement in hopes of positioning himself as its next leader."But Vance's fate could be similar to other close Trump allies, despite his hope for a 2028 presidential run. "What once might have been a cruise to the 2028 Republican presidential nomination now looks more like a run through the Strait of Hormuz," Milbank wrote. "Mr. Vance is experiencing a version of the pain experienced by other ambitious Republicans who embraced Mr. Trump only to see themselves used and (eventually) discarded by him."And while MAGA fractures further, Vance has been forced into a tough position defending the president's moves. "The ethnonationalist right to which Mr. Vance tethered himself now appears to be faltering at home and abroad," Milbank added. "The Iran war has exposed a rift in the MAGA movement, alienating those who believed Mr. Trump’s 'I’m not going to start a war' promise — and then watched the 'America first' president bomb Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Nigeria, Iraq and Venezuela while threatening Cuba and Greenland."