Iran's Nuclear Program Was "Obliterated" — Then Wasn't: How Trump's Own Claims Are Undermining the Case for a New Strike
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Iran's Nuclear Program Was "Obliterated" — Then Wasn't: How Trump's Own Claims Are Undermining the Case for a New Strike

WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration signals it may launch a second military campaign against Iran's nuclear infrastructure, a widening contradiction sits at the center of its public case: for eight consecutive months, President Donald Trump declared that those capabilities had been thoroughly and permanently destroyed. The June 2025

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Bitcoin Crashes to $62,964 as Trade War Escalation and Iran Threat Drain Risk Appetite
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Bitcoin Crashes to $62,964 as Trade War Escalation and Iran Threat Drain Risk Appetite

NEW YORK — Bitcoin extended a punishing multi-day retreat on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, tumbling more than 5% to breach the $63,000 threshold as traders confronted a simultaneous escalation of U.S. trade policy and growing fears of military confrontation in the Middle East. The world's largest cryptocurrency

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South Korea's KOSPI Strikes Another Record High as Trump's Tariff Warnings and AI Fears Send Asia-Pacific Markets in Opposite Directions
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South Korea's KOSPI Strikes Another Record High as Trump's Tariff Warnings and AI Fears Send Asia-Pacific Markets in Opposite Directions

HONG KONG — Asia-Pacific equity markets closed a fractured trading session on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, with semiconductor-driven gains in South Korea and Taiwan pulling sharply against weakness in Hong Kong and a broader technology sector gripped by artificial-intelligence disruption fears, as fresh tariff warnings from U.S. President Donald Trump

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Iran's Nuclear Program Was "Obliterated" — Then Wasn't: How Trump's Own Claims Are Undermining the Case for a New Strike
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Iran's Nuclear Program Was "Obliterated" — Then Wasn't: How Trump's Own Claims Are Undermining the Case for a New Strike

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South Korea's KOSPI Strikes Another Record High as Trump's Tariff Warnings and AI Fears Send Asia-Pacific Markets in Opposite Directions
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South Korea's KOSPI Strikes Another Record High as Trump's Tariff Warnings and AI Fears Send Asia-Pacific Markets in Opposite Directions

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Iran Nuclear Standoff Escalates as Two US Carrier Groups Converge and Diplomacy Remains Unresolved
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Iran Nuclear Standoff Escalates as Two US Carrier Groups Converge and Diplomacy Remains Unresolved
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Paramount Skydance Clears US Antitrust Waiting Period in $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

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Paramount Skydance Clears US Antitrust Waiting Period in $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

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U.S. Ambassador Huckabee Sparks Regional Firestorm Claiming Israel Holds Biblical Right to the Entire Middle East

WASHINGTON — The United States ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, ignited a sweeping diplomatic backlash across the Arab world on Friday after telling conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that it would be "fine" if Israel were to claim and control much of the Middle East, a position he rooted in

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Iran's Nuclear Program Was "Obliterated" — Then Wasn't: How Trump's Own Claims Are Undermining the Case for a New Strike
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Iran's Nuclear Program Was "Obliterated" — Then Wasn't: How Trump's Own Claims Are Undermining the Case for a New Strike

WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration signals it may launch a second military campaign against Iran's nuclear infrastructure, a widening contradiction sits at the center of its public case: for eight consecutive months, President Donald Trump declared that those capabilities had been thoroughly and permanently destroyed. The June 2025

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U.S. Ambassador Huckabee Sparks Regional Firestorm Claiming Israel Holds Biblical Right to the Entire Middle East
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U.S. Ambassador Huckabee Sparks Regional Firestorm Claiming Israel Holds Biblical Right to the Entire Middle East

WASHINGTON — The United States ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, ignited a sweeping diplomatic backlash across the Arab world on Friday after telling conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that it would be "fine" if Israel were to claim and control much of the Middle East, a position he rooted in

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Pakistan Launches New Border Strikes Against TTP and ISKP Camps Amid Surge in Deadly Militant Attacks
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Pakistan Launches New Border Strikes Against TTP and ISKP Camps Amid Surge in Deadly Militant Attacks

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's military carried out a new round of strikes along its border with Afghanistan before dawn on Sunday, targeting what the government described as seven militant camps belonging to the Pakistani Taliban and an affiliate of the Islamic State group, the latest in a succession of cross-border

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Iran Nuclear Standoff Escalates as Two US Carrier Groups Converge and Diplomacy Remains Unresolved
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Iran Nuclear Standoff Escalates as Two US Carrier Groups Converge and Diplomacy Remains Unresolved

WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran edged closer to a potential military confrontation this week as the Pentagon assembled its largest concentration of combat power in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, while a second round of nuclear negotiations in Geneva produced only a provisional agreement on

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Bitcoin Crashes to $62,964 as Trade War Escalation and Iran Threat Drain Risk Appetite
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Bitcoin Crashes to $62,964 as Trade War Escalation and Iran Threat Drain Risk Appetite

NEW YORK — Bitcoin extended a punishing multi-day retreat on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, tumbling more than 5% to breach the $63,000 threshold as traders confronted a simultaneous escalation of U.S. trade policy and growing fears of military confrontation in the Middle East. The world's largest cryptocurrency

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South Korea's KOSPI Strikes Another Record High as Trump's Tariff Warnings and AI Fears Send Asia-Pacific Markets in Opposite Directions
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South Korea's KOSPI Strikes Another Record High as Trump's Tariff Warnings and AI Fears Send Asia-Pacific Markets in Opposite Directions

HONG KONG — Asia-Pacific equity markets closed a fractured trading session on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, with semiconductor-driven gains in South Korea and Taiwan pulling sharply against weakness in Hong Kong and a broader technology sector gripped by artificial-intelligence disruption fears, as fresh tariff warnings from U.S. President Donald Trump

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Paramount Skydance Clears US Antitrust Waiting Period in $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
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Paramount Skydance Clears US Antitrust Waiting Period in $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

NEW YORK — The Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust waiting period governing Paramount Skydance Corporation's $108.4 billion hostile all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery expired at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on February 19, 2026, the company disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday, removing a statutory barrier

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Private Credit Alarm and Iran Strike Threat Push Wall Street Financials Into Risk-Off Retreat
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NEW YORK — U.S. equity markets closed sharply lower on Thursday as two converging forces unsettled investor confidence: a major alternative-asset manager disclosed a sweeping $1.4 billion loan sale coupled with a fundamental restructuring of retail investor access to one of its private credit funds, while President Donald Trump

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court of the United States delivered a landmark ruling on Friday striking down the sweeping import tariffs President Donald Trump imposed on nearly every major trading partner, holding in a 6-3 decision that the emergency statute he invoked granted no such authority, dealing the White House its

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s recent effort to steer federal law enforcement toward political opponents has met public and institutional resistance in ways that have undercut the administration’s most dramatic initiatives. A Washington grand jury on Feb. 11, 2026, declined to return indictments against six lawmakers who appeared in

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MINNEAPOLIS — A man shot by federal immigration officers during a large-scale enforcement operation in south Minneapolis on Saturday has died in hospital, intensifying public anger in a city still grappling with the legacy of previous fatal encounters involving federal agents as of 24 January 2026. Federal officials say the man

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