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Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump shake hands during a joint news conference at Mar-a-Lago on December 29, 2025.

The inside story behind Trump's decision to go to war

In December, Netanyahu asked for the US President’s approval for Israel to hit Iran’s missile sites. Two months later, he got something even better: a full partner in a war to topple the Iranian leadership.

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A man holds a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as people mourn his killing at a rally in Tehran, Iran.

Iran’s regime may survive but Middle East will be changed

Iran’s supreme leader may be dead, but there will be another. Its slain military commanders will be replaced.

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Smoke rises after coordinated U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, March 1, 2026, as joint military operations hit targets in the capital. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)

How the assault on Iran unfolded

After learning painful lessons from June’s 12-day war, Iran made an even deadlier mistake on the weekend — gathering its top brass in plain sight as Israeli and US forces launched a precision assault.

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Donald Trump's decision could become the biggest US military campaign since Afghanistan and Iraq. (AP PHOTO)

War and peace can’t be left to one man, especially not Trump

Donald Trump should have gotten congressional approval for striking Iran, or he should not have struck at all.

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Any sharp and prolonged reduction of tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz could significantly cut the flow of oil from big producers.

Oil prices could soar after Iran attack disrupts shipping

The widening military conflict in the Persian Gulf quickly began to disrupt shipping in one of the world’s biggest oil-and-gas producing regions, threatening to send energy prices soaring.

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Donald Trump’s shields aren’t working so well.

Donald Trump’s once sturdy shields are all faltering at once

The US president seems to have his own set of deflector shields: his Cabinet secretaries and other top officials. They’ve been battered and are starting to malfunction.

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Advocates are speaking out about the devastating effects social media exposure can have on young children.

Why advocates say social media harm begins at age six

In the first of what is set to be series of landmark cases, one plaintiff has spoken out for thousands of teenagers and parents who have accused social media companies of hooking young people.

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A burned car sits beside a damaged business, one day after the Mexican military killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes.

After El Mencho, Mexico faces Trump and cartels

The killing of El Mencho was a clear success for the Mexican authorities. The timing, however, seemed to be telling.

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Content generated by artificial intelligence has become so lifelike that it’s often impossible to tell whether a video or an image floating through social media is real or fake. Enter the AI detector.

These tools say they can spot AI fakes. Do they really work?

Content generated by artificial intelligence has become so lifelike that it’s often impossible to tell whether a video or an image floating through social media is real or fake. Enter the AI detector.

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The targeted strikes on Iran being considered by Trump would probably be aimed at nuclear and missile sites in the country. But the president has yet to specify exactly what he wants this to accomplish.

For Trump, strikes in Iran could serve symbolic purpose

The targeted strikes on Iran being considered by Trump would probably be aimed at nuclear and missile sites in the country. But the president has yet to specify exactly what he wants this to accomplish.

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US President Donald Trump announced a new 15 per cent global tariff over the weekend.

Epstein files missing records of woman’s Trump assault claim

A woman who came forward after Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest to say she had been sexually assaulted by both Donald Trump and the financier decades earlier, when she was a minor.

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AI lessons are becoming more common in schools as a debate has exploded over whether chatbots are likely to improve — or doom — education.

How schools are teaching their students AI literacy

AI lessons are becoming more common in schools as a debate has exploded over whether chatbots are likely to improve — or doom — education.

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Polls show that an increasing number of Americans are concerned that Donald Trump is not paying enough attention to the country’s most important problems.

Majority of Americans say Trump has the wrong priorities

Polls show that an increasing number of Americans are concerned that Donald Trump is not paying enough attention to the country’s most important problems.

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Drug lords have been killed and cartels have splintered only to see more violent ones replace them and the illicit trade expand. So, in nearly 60 years of the war on drugs, what has actually worked?

After six decades of the war on drugs, what works?

Drug lords have been killed and cartels have splintered only to see more violent ones replace them and the illicit trade expand. So, in nearly 60 years of the war on drugs, what has actually worked?

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Police officers secure the area where vehicles were set on fire after Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera was killed,

Mexico in chaos as cartels hit back after kingpin taken out

The Mexican army’s audacious strike on the country’s most wanted has unleashed terror across the nation.

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