Wednesday, April 8, 2026

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Massive Israeli Attacks Reported Across Lebanon, Hundreds of Casualties

(Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com) The ink was barely dry on last night’s two week ceasefire with Iran when Israel began what was their largest scale attack on Lebanon since the war began, with IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee saying Israel carried out strikes on over 100 targets in just 10 minutes. Israeli...

California Sees $6 a Gallon as Gas Prices Rise in Southwest

(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) California gas prices climbed as high as $6 a gallon as oil prices skyrocketed ahead of President Donald Trump's deadline on Iran to reopen oil trade routes in the Strait of Hormuz. Prices rose in the Southwest before Trump on Tuesday evening announced a two-week...

Ships Will Pass Through Strait of Hormuz, Hegseth Says

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Commercial ships will pass through the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday.  Hegseth spoke alongside Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after the United States and Iran agreed to a...

Top US Catholic Bishop Says Trump’s Threat To Destroy an Entire Civilization ‘Cannot Be Morally Justified’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Archbishop Paul Coakley, head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has condemned President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy a “civilization” in Iran and urged an end to the war, echoing Pope Leo XIV’s appeals for peace. “The threat of destroying a whole civilization and the...

NYT: Trump Launched Iran War After Being Briefed by Netanyahu at the White House

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump launched the war against Iran a little more than two weeks after he was briefed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. Sources told the Times that the briefing took place in the White...

Brits Block Kanye West from Entering UK, Force Festival Cancelation

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The United Kingdom may have no problem at all admitting anti-Semitic Muslims from the Middle East, but a successful black man from America who has expressed similar views in the past may be a bridge too far. The country reportedly blocked the entry of rapper Ye...

US and Iran Agree to 2-Week Ceasefire as Trump Seizes Diplomatic Offramp

(Headline USA) U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate to a deal. Trump said he was holding off on his threatened attacks...

US-Israeli Strikes Destroy Jewish Synagogue in Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US-Israeli strikes on Iran on Tuesday “completely destroyed” a Jewish synagogue in central Tehran, Iranian media has reported, as the bombing campaign continues to hit places of worship and other civilian targets. Photos and videos of the aftermath show that the damage at the Rafi-Nia Synagogue, and...

Trump Warns a ‘Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight’ If a Deal With Iran Isn’t Reached

(Headline USA) Airstrikes hit two bridges and a train station in Iran on Tuesday, and Iranian officials urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Tehran does not meet his latest deadline...

Report: Iran, Inflation Concern Small Businesses

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) U.S. small businesses reported reduced spending and hiring amid concerns over military strikes against Iran and looming inflation data, according to a new report. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce found business owners across the country are slightly more concerned about the health of their businesses...

Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Gives Hamas Deadline To Agree to Disarmament by the End of the Week

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” is demanding that Hamas finalize an agreement on its disarmament by the end of this week, The New York Times reported on Monday, as Israel continues launching attacks across Gaza in violation of the October ceasefire deal. The report said...

‘We Leave No American Behind’: President Trump Details Easter Rescue of Downed Airman

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) The successful Easter rescue of the downed F-15 airman who went missing in Iran was “one of the largest, most complex, most harrowing” combat search and rescue missions “ever attempted by the military,” President Donald Trump told reporters Monday. Search and rescue missions like this...
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