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Several senior Democratic senators in the United States have demanded a full investigation into the deadly bombing of a girls’ school in southern Iran, saying the Pentagon must provide clear explanations about the strike that reportedly killed at least 170 people.In a joint statement released late Sunday, six Democratic lawmakers said they were “horrified” by the attack on the elementary school in Minab. The strike occurred during the opening wave of US-Israeli military operations against Iran on February 28.“The killing of school children is appalling and unacceptable under any circumstance,” said the senators, who serve as leading Democrats on key national security committees. They stressed that the incident must be carefully examined and that the public deserves transparency...

Lebanon is calling for direct negotiations with Israel and an immediate ceasefire to “halt to all Israeli land, air, and sea aggressions against Lebanon,” the country’s president said in a statement Monday.Joseph Aoun, Lebanese president, also called for further logistical support for the country’s armed forces, in order to bolster their aim of disarming the militant group Hezbollah.“And simultaneously, Lebanon and Israel [to] begin direct negotiations under international sponsorship, in order to execute the aforementioned plan,” Aoun said in the statement.about:blankReferring to Hezbollah’s initial rocket attacks, the Lebanese presidency added: “Whoever fired the rockets wished to purchase the collapse of the Lebanese, under an assault and chaos, even if that comes at ...

A top Iranian official has warned that the government is prepared for a long war with the US and signaled that it is willing to continue attacking Gulf countries in an effort to persuade them to convince US President Donald Trump to step back from the conflict.The warning came in a new CNN interview in Tehran with Kamal Kharazi, foreign policy adviser to the office of the Supreme Leader, who ruled out diplomacy for now and said the war would only end through economic pain, signaling a hardening of the government’s stance on day 10 of the conflict.“I don’t see any room for diplomacy anymore. Because Donald Trump had been deceiving others and not keeping with his promises, and we experienced this in two times of negotiations – that while we were engaged in negotiation, they struc...

Qatar authorities have arrested more than 300 people for sharing images and what officials described as “misleading information” during recent attacks by Iran, according to the country’s interior ministry.The arrests come amid heightened tensions across the Gulf as Iran has targeted airports, military bases, energy facilities and residential areas with drones and missile strikes.In a statement, the Ministry of Interior of Qatar said those detained had filmed and circulated video clips and published rumours that could influence public opinion. The statement said the suspects were arrested for “filming and circulated video clips and published misleading information and rumours that could stir public opinion.”Authorities said the individuals were of various nationalities and w...

The Senator representing Osun West, Lere Oyewumi, has officially left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the Accord Party.Oyewumi, who was elected on the PDP platform during the 2023 general elections, announced his defection in a statement issued on Monday in Osogbo.Prior to his departure, Oyewumi was the last PDP senator from Osun State. His exit follows the earlier defections of two other senators from the state—Olubiyi Fadeyi and Francis Fadahunsi—who had previously joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).The PDP in Osun had also lost three members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria to the APC during a wave of defections in 2025.The latest development comes months after the Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, defected from the PDP to the Accord P...