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SUMMARY  A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck rural northern Louisiana early Thursday, shaking communities south of Shreveport and marking the second strongest tremor recorded in the state’s modern history, according to the US Geological Survey. Residents across northwest Louisiana felt brief shaking around 5:30 AM local time when the quake struck about 6.2 miles west of … Read more

SUMMARY  Two Iranian drones landed in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave Thursday as the Iran regional conflict widened across the Middle East with new strikes reported in Israel and Iraq while US/Israeli attacks on Iran entered their sixth day according to regional officials. The expanding Iran regional conflict underscores growing fears that military exchanges between Iran Israel … Read more

SUMMARY  BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces shot down a drone that attempted to strike a United States military installation near Baghdad International Airport late Wednesday, according to Iraqi media and security officials, as Iran’s widening retaliation against US assets intensified across the Middle East during the sixth day of the US/Israel war with Iran. The … Read more

SUMMARY  A total lunar eclipse turned the moon deep red Tuesday as Earth moved directly between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow visible across Asia, Australia, the Pacific and the Americas. The celestial event, commonly known as a blood moon, occurs when sunlight filters through Earth’s atmosphere and scatters shorter blue wavelengths, leaving … Read more

SUMMARY  Suspected Iranian drones struck the US Embassy in Riyadh early Tuesday, causing a minor fire and prompting a shelter in place order across Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic hubs, according to US and regional officials. The suspected Iranian drones incident marks a sharp escalation in cross border hostilities, directly affecting diplomatic infrastructure in the Saudi capital. … Read more

SUMMARY  A total lunar eclipse, or blood moon, will be visible across large parts of North America and the Asia Pacific region. The celestial event will not be widely seen again until late 2028, with the next North America visible total lunar eclipse in June 2029. A rare total lunar eclipse, widely known as a … Read more

SUMMARY  AUSTIN, Texas — A late night shooting in downtown Austin left two people dead and fourteen wounded early Sunday, prompting a federal terrorism review as investigators examined whether the gunman had extremist motives or acted alone, authorities said. Police identified the suspect as Ndiaga Diagne, a fifty three year old naturalized American citizen born … Read more

SUMMARY  KARACHI, Pakistan — At least nine people were killed near the United States Consulate in Karachi early Sunday after protests erupted over the reported killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hospital officials and police said. Security forces opened fire as hundreds of demonstrators attempted to approach the diplomatic compound on Mai Kolachi … Read more

SUMMARY  Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint US/Israeli military strike on Iran, Iranian state media reported early Sunday, after President Donald Trump said the 86 year old leader had been targeted in coordinated aerial bombardments on military and government sites across the country. The reported death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali … Read more

SUMMARY  Reports that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead following joint US/Israeli airstrikes on Tehran have triggered confusion inside Iran and alarm across the Middle East, with US President Donald Trump and unnamed Israeli sources asserting the Iranian supreme leader was killed while Iranian officials insist he remains alive. The unverified reports of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s … Read more