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Israel will fight on ferociously: It will hunt down its enemies, not be hounded by them - opinion

Israel will not return to the containment policies of recent decades that prioritized restraint and diplomacy over enemy degradation and military triumph. 

A FIREBALL erupts following an Israeli strike in central Gaza.
NASA's Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard is seen as it lands in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2026.

Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after trip around moon

Airplanes fly out from Ben Gurion International airport. April 7, 2025.

Several airlines to reinstate flights to Israel in coming weeks

An Israeli artillery unit fires towards Lebanon, amid escalation between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel, and amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, in northern Israel, March 17, 2026.

US, Lebanon request Israel pause attacks against Hezbollah prior to talks - report


Why Trump says the Iran operation is about ‘America First’ - opinion

For Trump, global public opinion matters, and above all, public opinion at home in the United States. That is why his language was aimed first at Americans, not at allies.

US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the Capitol on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered his address days after the Supreme Court struck down the administration's tariff strategy.

Trump’s case for war draws on Iran regime’s 40 years of crimes - analysis

For decades, Iran has targeted and killed Americans and US allies. Its proxies took hostages. It attacked ships in the Gulf of Oman. Now, America is responding.

US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the Capitol on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC.

NASA shakes up moon program with Artemis test mission before astronaut lunar landing

Planned for 2027, the new mission comes as the US aims to establish regular lunar missions, a long-awaited follow-up to its first moon missions in the Apollo program, which ended in 1972.

The countdown clock for the launch of NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is seen near the massive Vehicle Assembly building at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 20, 2026.

Poll finds Americans more sympathetic towards Palestinians than Israelis for second time

The poll comes nearly six months after a New York Times and Siena University poll found that Americans’ sympathies had flipped for the first time.

Anti-Trump and pro-Palestine protesters gather outside the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace on February 19, 2026 in Washington, DC.

US says it supports Pakistan's 'right to defend itself' against Afghan Taliban

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, a US-recognized terrorist group, said on Friday they were willing to negotiate after a Pakistani bombing campaign.

People gather to attend a funeral for victims following the suicide explosion at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque, in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 7, 2026.

Tucker Carlson pushes DNA tests for Jews: the ‘Khazar’ theory that antisemites can’t shake

The largely discredited theory states that Ashkenazi Jews are genetically descended from a Turkic minority that converted to Judaism in the Middle Ages rather than from the 12 tribes of Israel. 

Tucker Carlson and Mike Huckabee speak in a Feb. 19, 2026, interview filmed at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel and released by Carlson online.

Hamas, Iran helping Russia send migrants to Europe via tunnels, US military historian says - report

Dr. Lynette Nusbacher, an American military historian, told The Telegraph that she deemed it “plausible” that Iranian-backed groups, including Hezbollah, are behind the construction of the tunnels.

A tunnel used by migrants to cross from Belarus into Poland, according to authorities, is seen near Narewka, Poland, in this handout photo released by the Polish Border Guard on December 12, 2025.

Four killed after boat from Florida entered Cuban waters, occupants opened fire

All four killed were aboard the Florida boat, with the incident taking place amid heightened tension between Cuba and the United States.

A Cuban soldier waves a national flag as he takes part in the "Anti-Imperialist" protest in front of the US Embassy against the US incursion in Venezuela, where 32 Cuban soldiers lost their lives, in Havana on January 16, 2026.

Former US treasury secretary to resign from Harvard over Epstein ties

Summers, who also resigned from the OpenAI board, will remain on leave until the end of the academic year.

Harvard University's "Veritas" shield is seen on a gate on Feb. 17, 2024.

Countries issue Middle East travel advisories amid rising US-Iran tensions

The advisories range from warnings to diplomatic evacuations, with Dutch airline KLM announcing on Wednesday that it is suspending all flights to Tel Aviv as of March 1.

In this handout photo obtained from the US Defence Department, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) sail in the Arabian Sea, Feb. 6, 2026.