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Why Lebanon remains the center of Israel’s multi-pronged wars. It also adds AfrofeminasGPT, a chatbot designed to promote more ethical AI.The impasse in the US and Israel’s war against Iran has made Lebanon the most active front in the conflict. Israeli forces built trenches in the de facto occupied southern part of the country, reducing entire neighborhoods to rubble. Meanwhile, as US President Donald Trump seeks to maintain delicate negotiations with Iran, Lebanon remains a key issue as Israeli support for the war continues to grow.Main contributors: Nicholas Noe – Senior Research Fellow, International Refugee AssociationMaya Rosen – Jewish Currents…

Israeli forces shot dead a 7-month-old Palestinian boy and wounded his parents in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. The ministry said Sam Fahad Abu Haykal was riding in a car with his parents when Israeli soldiers opened fire on the car near the city of Hebron. Haikal was killed in the shooting and his parents were also injured. The boy’s grandmother, Firiyal Abu Haykal, told Reuters that one bullet hit the car, killing the infant. “This incident is unbelievable and unacceptable,” she told Reuters. “We are being harmed simply by choosing to stay…

summary Ukraine launched a major drone attack early Saturday morning on Russian military facilities near St. Petersburg, including the Kronstadt naval base. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on the final day of the international forum that the airstrikes hit targets 900 miles from the Ukrainian border. This is the second time in recent days that a large number of Ukrainian drones have targeted the Leningrad region. AI-generated summaries were reviewed by CNN editors. Ukraine launched a major drone attack early Saturday on Russian oil refineries and military facilities, including some in the St. Petersburg region where the final day of…

President Donald Trump on Friday defended the still-unreached deal to end the war with Iran by once again abandoning the previous nuclear deal brokered by his predecessor and longtime political rival Barack Obama.In an interview with NBC News, President Trump said of Iran, “They’ve been dealing with very weak and incompetent leadership on behalf of the United States,” saying, “They got away with murder.”He was asked why Iran is still negotiating if it is desperate to reach a deal, as President Trump claims.”It’s going to take some time…This should have been done a long time ago,” Trump said in response…

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon — Not long ago, Hezbollah was declared nearly defeated. Israel’s devastating military and covert operations have brought the organization closer to its “death,” regional experts say. The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has also ousted a key regional ally that had helped supply the group with weapons and supplies. Israel killed longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2024. Lebanon and Israel held direct negotiations mediated by the United States for the first time in decades. The Lebanese government was working to completely disarm the group. Now, with the US and Israel’s decision to attack Iran, the group…

The Federal Reserve Board logo is visible on the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building in Washington, DC, on December 9, 2025. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOn prediction market platform Calsi, the probability that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year jumped from 25.3% to 52% last week. Those odds come after Friday’s Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed nonfarm payrolls reached 172,000, comfortably beating the Dow Jones forecast of 80,000. The likelihood that the Fed will raise interest rates by July 2027 also rose from 54% to 65% in the past week, according to…

Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said on Saturday that the main beneficiaries of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will be American energy companies, and that the United States is changing the fundamental contours of the global energy market to suit American interests. After the United States and Israel attacked Iran in February, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran closed the strait, a key route for about a fifth of the world’s oil supplies and vital supplies such as fertilizer. The US has blockaded Iranian ports. The strait closure has rattled global markets, pushing oil prices to multi-year highs, sparking…

The good news is that gold is in a period of technical instability and the options market may be mispricing the risk.While the metal is hovering around its 200-day moving average, it is also testing a 50% Fibonacci retracement of the previous rally, and technical traders are not discounting this confluence. Adding to the bearish setup, several momentum and trend indicators have reversed. The DMI, along with the triangular moving average, weighted moving average, and exponential moving average, are all pointing down. The macro background is not much of a counterargument. Inflation stemming from the Iran conflict has heightened concerns…

The United States and Iran exchanged attacks early Saturday local time, days after issuing conflicting messages on the status of ceasefire talks. Meanwhile, in Lebanon, fighting continues to intensify between Israeli forces and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, despite a ceasefire agreed between Israel and the Lebanese government. What happened in this area: Strait of Hormuz: The United States intercepted a wave of missiles and drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf region. According to U.S. Central Command, the U.S. military shot down four attack drones and also attacked an Iranian coastal surveillance radar facility. Iran fired…

This has happened to many of us. When you start a new relationship, you feel like you have to act indifferent towards the other person because you don’t want to seem insecure or clingy. If you share your fears about mismatched communication styles or try to figure out where you stand before three months have passed, you might worry that your romance will end before it even begins. But as a clinical psychologist with 10 years of experience, I tell my clients that seeking reassurance and being needy are not the same. Our modern dating culture has completely skewed that…