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Relentless airstrikes on Beirut’s residential areas ‘remind Lebanese that Israel is enemy as well’

Relentless airstrikes on Beirut’s residential areas ‘remind Lebanese that Israel is enemy as well’

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Dr. Randa Slim, Director of the Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program at the Middle East Institute and Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). According to Dr. Slim, Israeli strikes on Lebanon cannot be credibly framed as targeted operations against Hezbollah, but rather indiscriminate violence causing widespread civilian casualties and intensifying regional tensions. She argues that the events represent a critical inflection point within Lebanese public opinion. Keywords for this article Source link

Notorious rap fan Marco Rubio references Public Enemy to back Iran attacks in Trump’s Cabinet meeting

Notorious rap fan Marco Rubio references Public Enemy to back Iran attacks in Trump’s Cabinet meeting

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Secretary of State Marco Rubio raised eyebrows by referencing a lyric by the rap group Public Enemy as he spoke about the United States bombing Iran today. Speaking during President Trump’s Cabinet meeting in support of the ongoing attacks on Iran, Rubio said: “Every day, the Department of War lets the drummer get wicked over every portion of Iran that has military capabilities.” This echoes a line from Public Enemy’s hit 1990 single “Welcome to the Terrordome”, where Chuck D raps: “I got so much trouble on my mind/Refuse to lose/Here’s your ticket/Hear the drummer get wicked.” The Independent has approached Chuck D for comment. The group are outspoken and longstanding critics of the Trump administration. Speaking to The Independent last year, Chuck D said about Trump: “I won’t even say his name. We call him 47, 45. We don’t even believe he …

Alan Ritchson makes cryptic post about an ‘enemy’ after punching neighbor

Alan Ritchson makes cryptic post about an ‘enemy’ after punching neighbor

Alan Ritchson has sparked intrigue among fans after sharing a cryptic message on social media, just days after he was cleared of wrongdoing following a physical altercation with a neighbour. The Reacher star took to Instagram on Monday night, posting a quote from former French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte that read: “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Notably, the Hollywood actor chose not to add any caption, allowing the pointed message to stand entirely on its own. The timing of the post did not go unnoticed. It came shortly after news broke that Alan had been involved in a bloody street brawl with a neighbor, later identified as Ronnie Taylor, in Brentwood, Tennessee. While the incident initially raised questions, authorities have since confirmed that the actor will face no charges. © InstagramAlan left a cryptic post after his altercation with a neighbour Fans quickly rallied behind the 41-year-old in the comments section of his post, interpreting the quote as a subtle response to the situation. “I know you’re way too good of …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei says enemy ‘defeated’ in message | US-Israel war on Iran

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei says enemy ‘defeated’ in message | US-Israel war on Iran

NewsFeed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has released a message for the Persian New Year saying that Iran’s unity had defeated the enemy. Khamenei’s message comes amid rumours over his health following US-Israeli strikes. Published On 20 Mar 202620 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Iran’s Khamenei says enemy ‘defeated’ in written Nowruz message | US-Israel war on Iran News

Iran’s Khamenei says enemy ‘defeated’ in written Nowruz message | US-Israel war on Iran News

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said Iran’s enemies were being “defeated” in a written message for the Persian New Year, as the US and Israel continue to pound the country with attacks. In a statement read on Iranian television on Friday, Khamenei praised the steadfastness of the Iranian people marking Nowruz, which he said ushered in ‌the year of a “resistance economy under national unity and national security”. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list “At the moment, due to the particular unity that has been created between you, our compatriots – despite all the differences in religious, intellectual, cultural and political origins – the enemy has been defeated,” he said. Khamenei has not been seen in public since he became supreme leader, following the assassination of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the start of the war on February 28. Iran’s supreme leader said that while the US and Israel believed that after one or two days of attacks, the Iranian people would overthrow the government, but this was a “gross miscalculation”. The …

Pentagon says enemy fire not to blame after U.S. refueling plane crashes in Iraq

Pentagon says enemy fire not to blame after U.S. refueling plane crashes in Iraq

A US Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aerial-refuelling aircraft flies over Tel Aviv on March 4, 2026. Jack Guez | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. military said Thursday that a KC-135 military refueling plane was lost while flying over Iraq in an incident that was “not due to hostile or enemy fire.” The U.S. Central Command said in a statement that the incident involved two aircraft and occurred in friendly airspace. One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely, it added. “The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury, and rescue efforts are ongoing, the the U.S. Central Command said, referring to the war against Iran, which led to retaliatory strikes by Tehran across the Middle East. It was unclear how many U.S. service members were on board the KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a group of militias in the country backed by Iran, claimed responsibility for the downing of the U.S. aircraft in a statement posted on its Telegram channel. …

The populist right’s ‘worst enemy’: Itself – POLITICO

The populist right’s ‘worst enemy’: Itself – POLITICO

“You can win an election, but if you’re not prepared for its consequences, then you become your worst enemy,” he said during a two-hour conversation in his paper-strewn office. “You basically risk being doomed forever.” Across Europe, the movements Furedi is talking about are already testing the political mainstream. Nigel Farage’s Reform Party is surging in Britain, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally has a real shot at the French presidency, and the Alternative for Germany is consistently at or near the top of polls. In Italy and Hungary, Giorgia Meloni and Orbán have already shown what populists in power can look like. Inside his house in Faversham, the conversation turned from Europe’s populist surge to the ideas that might shape what comes next. As Furedi led the way up the stairs, a yapping cockerpoo was hauled away into some back room. At the top of the staircase was a framed poster of Hannah Arendt, the philosopher who understood the attraction of radical political movements for the disenfranchised and alienated — and the potential for those …

Trading with the Enemy | David Cole

Trading with the Enemy | David Cole

Friday’s Supreme Court decision rebuffing President Trump’s signature foreign policy initiative—worldwide tariffs imposed pursuant to an asserted national emergency—was extraordinary in multiple respects. In its nearly 250-year history, the Court has rarely ruled against presidential assertions of emergency power. It authorized, for example, the imprisonment of war critics during World War I, and the internment of Japanese Americans and the execution of foreign “saboteurs” without a jury trial during World War II. Yet here the Court directly rejected the president’s claim of emergency authority. What’s more, a Supreme Court decision has seldom if ever had such severe economic consequences for the federal fisc. The tariffs it declared unlawful have generated more than $100 billion in revenue, much of which may now need to be refunded. (The Court left the details of how and to what extent the tariffs will be refunded to the lower courts, where there is certain to be substantial further litigation.)  The decision’s political alignment was also unusual. The Court often divides 6-3, as it did Friday—but rarely with the three Democratic …

Is Macron’s attack on video games targeting the wrong enemy?

Is Macron’s attack on video games targeting the wrong enemy?

Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysée Palace in Paris, on February 5, 2026. LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP A direct attack on video games: That was President Emmanuel Macron’s approach on Thursday, February 5, in an interview with Brut. “The violence taking root among the youngest people in society is also linked to the fact that children and teenagers are much more exposed to violence in videos they watch on social media or in the video games they play,” said the president. Video games “where you shoot everyone, including Fortnite, that’s not real life, because it distorts the perception of violence,” continued Macron, referencing an online game that is hugely popular among children and teenagers. “When you spend five or six hours a day killing people (…) it conditions young people (…) it will completely disinhibit them and sometimes make them commit the worst acts.” While Macron nevertheless emphasized that not “everything should be lumped together” and that some uses of video games were “good,” he announced that he had tasked “experts and the National Digital Council” with “work” …