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At the beginning of the current war with Iran, US President Donald Trump was clear about the goals: Tehran should no longer pose a nuclear or conventional military threat, and the weakened mullah regime should be removed from power. Since then, Trump and other top US officials have mentioned different reasons for the US and Israeli airstrikes on

The airstrike on the Tehran residence of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — one of the opening salvos of the current US-Israeli war with Iran — killed the 86-year-old supreme leader together with large parts of the Iranian command structure. Iran has yet to decide on the next leader. Currently, however, the power vacuum appears to be filled by Iran's

Germany's customs agency on Tuesday revealed that a sizable seizure of the drug ketamine was made at Cologne/Bonn Airport when an otherwise innocent-looking decoy object drew suspicion. Some 25 kilograms (about 55 pounds) of the widely misused anesthetic was found squirreled away inside five bushy-bearded garden gnomes that had been painted gold. How was the ketamine shipment found? The haul

Liza Adhikari, a 20-year-old student, carries the wounds of the "revolution" in her left shoulder.   Every day, she goes to physiotherapy to regain movement after a bullet shattered the top of the bone in her upper arm. She was shot on September 8, 2025 — the day when Nepal's Gen Z movement faced a deadly crackdown

Parliament's special commissioner for the Bundeswehr military, Henning Otte, lobbied for a rapid recruitment drive in the army in the coming years in his annual report published on Tuesday.  "The issues of personnel and its expansion remain the central challenges for the Bundeswehr, if it is to further strengthen its capabilities," the report said.  Germany has been

Germany's ruling coalition plans to slow parts of its renewables push and amend a key heating law, amid fossil-fuel industry lobbying and public hesitation over alternatives like heat pumps. Though new buildings frequently feature heat pumps, many Germans remain skeptical of the technology as an alternative to standard heating systems that rely on polluting fuels like

Nida Allam in 2022; Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC) in 2025. Jonathan Drake/Reuters; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jonathan Drake/Reuters; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Incumbent Rep. Valerie Foushee holds a narrow lead over challenger Nida Allam in the Democratic primary for North Carolina's 4th Congressional district as ballots continue to be counted. In a race

President Trump listens as Michael Whatley, former Republican National Committee chairman, speaks during a visit to the Fort Bragg U.S. Army base on Feb. 13 in Fort Bragg, N.C. Nathan Howard/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Nathan Howard/Getty Images North America The matchup in one of the most competitive U.S. Senate races in

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico addresses supporters on election night in Austin, Texas. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images The outlines of the race for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas have come into clearer view, after James Talarico, a seminarian and state lawmaker, defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett for the Democratic

Humans' pull toward alcohol may have ancient origins (according to chimp pee) Scientists learned that wild African chimpanzees consume alcohol by eating fermented fruit, suggesting that human attraction to alcohol may have ancient evolutionary origins. Science Chimp urine Scientists learned that wild African chimpanzees consume alcohol by eating fermented fruit, suggesting that human attraction to