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Government supporters chant slogans as they gather in mourning after state TV officially announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired missiles at targets in Israel and Gulf Arab states Sunday

In this 2017 photo, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, sits in a session to deliver his message for the Iranian New Year. A portrait of the late revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is next to him. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/AP hide caption toggle caption Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/AP In this

Argentine President Javier Milei gained a crucial political victory on Friday as lawmakers approved a sweeping and divisive reform to the country's labor laws. The Senate passed the government-backed initiative into law, with 42 out of 72 senators voting in favor. "Historic! We have a labor modernization," Milei said after the bill was approved. What's in

Following Israel's strike on Iran, it remains to be seen in what way Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia will react. In the past days, they were outspoken in their support for Tehran. As part of the Iran-led "Axis of Resistance" — Iran's paramilitary proxy groups in the Middle East including Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and

Skip next section Son of late shah says 'final victory' close February 28, 2026 Son of late shah says 'final victory' close Pahlavi appeared at protests in Germany against the Iranian regime in mid-FebruaryImage: Michaela Stache/AFP/Getty Images Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's last shah, has said he is confident that the Iranian regime will

We're moving our coverage of this unfolding situation to our live blog here. Israel has launched a "preemptive" strike against Iran, the country's Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Saturday. He described the attack as being done "to remove threats." He did not immediately elaborate. An explosion rang out Saturday in Iran’s capital, Tehran, witnesses said. It wasn't

The figure 1.35 should set off alarm bells for policymakers: on average, each woman in Germany now has just 1.35 children — a record low, and far below the 2.1 needed to keep the population stable. These latest calculations from the Federal Statistical Office underscore the scale of the demographic challenge. In 2025, about 650,000 children

Neil Sedaka, the hit rock 'n' roll singer and songwriter who achieved fame in the 1960s and 1970s with hits like "Laughter in the Rain" and "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do," died on Friday. Sedaka was 86.  "Our family is devastated by the sudden passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather, Neil Sedaka," his family

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered all US federal agencies to phase out their use of AI technology from the firm Anthropic. The move follows a public dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon. Trump's directive came during an approaching deadline from the Pentagon to Anthropic urging the firm to allow unrestricted military use of its AI technology or

A military cargo plane carrying banknotes skidded off the runway near Bolivia's capital La Paz on Friday and crashed into a busy avenue. Officials said 15 people had died into the incident and at least 30 others were injured. Fire Chief Pavel Tovar did not clarify if the dead were in the plane or in the cars on