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Iranian nuclear sites are “fully safe” and have not been impacted by Israeli strikes, the country’s regime says. Israel carried out limited strikes on areas of Iran early Friday in retaliation for Tehran firing a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel last Saturday. The region surrounding the city of Isfahan — home to the country’s “nuclear energy mountain” — …

JERUSALEM — Some ofIsrael’s most advanced military technology was ondisplay over the weekend when its multi-level aerial defense array led the way in striking down an estimated 99% of the more than 350 drones, rockets and missiles that were fired byIran in an unprecedented attack on the Jewish state. From the Iron Dome, which in its latest format usesartificial intelligence …

“I regard myself as a wartime Speaker,” declared House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Only, we’re not sure if Johnson was referring to the internecine war among Republicans over whether he should keep his job. Many members wear pocket squares with their suits. But not Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky. He walks around with a self-made, diode “debt clock” tucked into the …

Israel carried out limited strikes in Iran early Friday in retaliation for Tehran firing a barrage of missiles and drones at Israel last Saturday. A well-placed military source has told Fox News that the strike was “limited.” Sources familiar said the U.S. was not involved and there was pre-notification to the U.S. from the Israelis. Fox News confirmed there have …

Western powers are urging the Israeli government to show restraint in its expected response to the Iranian missile strikes last week. Officials from Germany, the United Kingdom and elsewhere have asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration not to escalate the situation into an active conflict — but those same officials say Israel is not listening to outside input. “It’s …

Burma’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said as it freed more than 3,000 prisoners under an amnesty to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday. Those released included several political prisoners, including a member of the Kachin minority …

Members of the antiwar group Code Pink told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday to “stop supporting mass murder” over the Biden administration’s support of Israel as it continues to battle Hamas terrorists. Austin was leaving a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing where he and other leaders testified about the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request when Code …

Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 14 people, authorities said. At least 61 people, including two children, were wounded in the morning attack, Ukrainian emergency services said. Chernihiv lies about 90 miles north of the capital, Kyiv, near the border …

Russian President Vladimir Putin joined international calls for cool heads in the Middle East as tensions remain high following Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend. “Vladimir Putin expressed hope that all sides would show reasonable restraint and prevent a new round of confrontation fraught with catastrophic consequences for the entire region,” the Kremlin said in a readout of …

A leading Republican senator is demanding the U.S. cancel the visa reportedly given to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian to attend a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting this week after Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend. “As the host country of the United Nations, the United States has historically granted visas to diplomats from both allies and …