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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Team USA Olympic hockey hero Jack Hughes spoke about his support for his country’s women’s hockey team after his team was the subject of backlash for laughing at a joke by President Donald Trump about the women’s team. During an interview on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” Friday, Hughes opened up about his respect for the women’s team after McAfee appeared to reference the controversy by joking that Hughes and his teammates “hate” the women players. “We are hanging out with them so much, the women’s team. We were supporting them. Like, we were…

SHANGHAI: China’s ministry of foreign affairs has expressed concern over United States-Israeli strikes against Iran and called for an immediate ceasefire, urging all sides to avoid escalation and to resume dialogue and negotiation.In a statement on Saturday (Feb 28), the ministry said Iran’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity should be respected.On Sunday, China’s embassy in Israel issued a notice advising Chinese citizens in Israel to evacuate to safer areas within the country as soon as possible or to leave for Egypt via the Taba border crossing.The US and Israel launched an attack on Iran on Saturday, targeting its military capability.…

President Donald Trump stood in front of regional leaders during a visit to the Middle East in May and declared a new era of US foreign policy in the region, one that is not guided by trying to reshape it or change its governing systems.“In the end, the so-called nation-builders wrecked far more nations than they built, and the interventionists were intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand themselves,” the US president said in rebuke of his hawkish predecessors.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listLess than a year later, Trump ordered an all-out assault on Iran…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York City’s socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing blowback from conservatives on social media over his post condemning the U.S. attack on Iran that led to the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.On Saturday, as a joint strike on Iran by the United States and Israel was developing, Mamdani blasted the Trump administration’s decision in a post on X that has been viewed roughly 20 million times. “Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war…

US Central Command has released photographs showing Tomahawk missiles, F-18 and F-35 fighter jets used in the strikes on Iran as ‌part of Operation Epic Fury.

TOKYO: Delegates from around 20 countries will hold three days of “informal” talks in Japan from Sunday (Mar 1) aimed at salvaging efforts towards a landmark global treaty on plastic pollution.Supposedly final talks in South Korea in 2024 towards an agreement failed, and a renewed effort in Geneva last August likewise collapsed in overtime.A Japanese environment ministry official said that the “informal” closed-door meeting among “working-level officials” through Tuesday was not expected to result in any official announcement.”Japan is in a position of pushing for progress on the issue, and so is hosting the meeting,” the official told AFP without…

Democratic lawmakers have largely condemned the strikes on Iran, emphasizing the lack of congressional approval.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 1 Mar 20261 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoLawmakers from the Democratic Party have condemned the US attacks on Iran as a “dangerous” and “unnecessary” escalation, and called on the Senate to immediately vote on legislation that would block the president’s ability to take further military action without congressional approval.Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees and the primary author of the war powers resolution, called President…

Air strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, according to President Trump, and may have decimated much of the country’s remaining leadership. Iran fired back, but so far, there are no reports of American injuries. Charlie D’Agata reports.

Fresh economic figures will be scrutinised by the Reserve Bank of Australia as it assesses the nation’s economy before a key meeting on interest rates.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Stony Brook men’s basketball star Erik Pratt was suspended by the school for spitting on a fan during the team’s 82-69 loss to Monmouth Thursday.Pratt was being heckled by fans with 2:30 left in the game with Stony Brook down 79-63. Instead of ignoring the fans, Pratt turned and spit at them and walked away.”In light of his actions in last night’s game at Monmouth, I have made the decision in consultation with the CAA to suspend Erik Pratt for Saturday’s game at Hofstra,” Stony Brook director of athletics Shawn Heilbron said in…