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How Trump’s Iran war objectives evolved

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. JIM WATSON/AFP hide caption toggle caption JIM WATSON/AFP At the outset of the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran, President Trump gave lots of reasons for launching the strikes on Iran from stopping its nuclear capabilities to regime change. Now, Trump

Shelter village creates bridge to permanent housing

Tiny, colorful cabins make up Home Sweet Home Ministries' shelter village, The Bridge, in Bloomington, Illinois. Construction began in the summer of 2025. Emily Bollinger hide caption toggle caption Emily Bollinger  In the thick of winter a few months ago, Matthew Stone was living in a tent encampment in the woods of a central Illinois

OpenAI Discontinues Sora Short-Video App

FILE - The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cellphone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption toggle caption Michael Dwyer/AP SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a

Rubio Travels to France to Rally G7 on Iran Strategy

President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to speak with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption toggle caption Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this

Judge Says Government’s Anthropic Ban Appears Punitive

Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. Patrick Sison/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Sison/AP A federal judge in San Francisco said on Tuesday the government's ban on Anthropic looked like punishment after the AI company went public with

Controllers Multitasked During LaGuardia Runway Collision

Aircraft maintenance workers inspect the wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, just off the runway where it collided with a Port Authority fire truck Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption toggle caption Yuki Iwamura/AP The National Transportation Safety Board has raised concerns about staffing

Germany Calls Trump’s Iran War ‘Avoidable, Unnecessary’

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul criticized the US and Israel's attacks on Iran at an event in Berlin on Tuesday, with Steinmeier calling the war a "politically fateful mistake" that constituted a "breach of international law."  The German leaders were speaking at an event in Berlin marking the 75th anniversary of the

Military C-130 Crash in Colombia Kills at Least 66

At least 66 people have been killed in a military transport plane crash in southern Colombia, the country's armed forces chief said on Tuesday. The airplane was carrying at least 128 people on board, mostly soldiers, and crashed shortly after departing from Puerto Leguizamo, a municipality in an Amazonian province that borders Ecuador and Peru. Dozens more were injured in the

Most Germans Doubt They Could Handle Iran Refugee Wave

Live Published March 24, 2026 last updated March 24, 2026 Just under a quarter of Germans think the country would be overwhelmed by any future wave of migrants fleeing war in Iran. Meanwhile, figures show about four million employed Germans work night hours. DW has the latest. https://p.dw.com/p/5Azil Routes through Turkey would be key in

Nationwide Raids After Berlin Power-Grid Arson

Following a suspected arson attack on high-voltage power poles that left 50,000 without electricity in Berlin last September, investigators have launched raids across the country on Tuesday morning. Eighteen raids have been taking place across Germany, targeting "suspects whose names are known," said a spokesperson for the Berlin State Prosecutor's Office cited by AFP news
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