US embassy in Kuwait closes until further notice

Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?” Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing.” #HousingFirst #UrbanTruth

Troubling news. Yanar Mohammed – one of the most formidable feminist leaders of her generation – was assassinated in her home in Baghdad in what appears to have been a targeted militia attack. www.madre.org/media-item/y...

So far we’ve heard 12 different primary reasons for the war, 7 different main objectives, and 5 different exit strategies.

You can't analyse this stuff. It's the foreign policy equivalent of free jazz.

France’s groundbreaking nuclear offer to Europe ft.trib.al/UIloOMX | opinion

Talking out both sides of their mouth. Simultaneously say that Iran is one of the most dangerous military regimes on the planet, whilst also thinking it's a perfectly reasonable expectation for an unarmed population to overthrow said most dangerous military regime on the planet.

The world is finally seeing what Ukraine deals with every single night. The chaos caused by a few hundred drones across the entire Middle East last weekend is what a single Tuesday in Kyiv looks like. Russia has launched tens of thousands of shaheds since this started

Sirens sounding in Bahrain amid possible Iranian missile and drone launches

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BREAKING: Several U.S. warplanes crashed in Kuwait, the country’s defense ministry said, with all the pilots safely bailing out. The ministry did not elaborate on what caused the crashes but it came during an intense period of Iranian fire targeting the country.

“Moved to Dubai for tax shelter and now I’m in a bomb shelter,” says someone quoted in the FT. UK Inland Revenue and wealth tax proponents glued to their screens...

Well, I hope the repatriation flights, if they come, go straight to London and the welcoming arms of HMRC rather than some third country where people relying on the limited resources of the British state can avoid paying taxes that pay for all of this.

BREAKING: Saudi Aramco has SHUT DOWN the Ras Tanura Refinery.

Israeli strikes hit hospital in Tehran, witnesses tell Reuters

Unconfirmed reports that an Iranian Shahed 136 struck the airfield, according to the Cyprus Mail.

Panama‑flagged cargo ship sinks off Western Sahara, Morocco's transport ministry says reut.rs/4r7TMxA

A local Cypriot newspaper claims that an unknown object has struck inside the fenced area at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. The same article claims no known injuries, but that Cyprus and UK forces are on alert for a possible further "strike" www.politis.com.cy/politis-news...

BREAKING: The attack currently against Haifa, Isreal came from Lebanon, the IDF says

Syria: Explosions heard in the skies over Quneitra province, caused by the interception of missiles in the province's airspace.

OK, the Gorton and Denton by-election, I have some thoughts! Let's take a look at some of the FACTS and burst a few of the more ridiculous takes doing the rounds But first up, can we acknowledge just what bad losers Reform are?!🤣 Right, let's get started... 🧵 1/

For the first time since the ceasefire agreement in November 2024...Hezbollah actively joined the war with extensive rocket fire at a number of communities in the north. The barrage included at least six direct launches into the Haifa area.-N12 News

💥❗️Explosions at U.S. naval facility near Salman Port in Bahrain.

Fire at Salman Port in Bahrain following an Iranian attack. The building is located within the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet base

France, Germany, and the UK are ready to take “defensive action” against Iran. - AFP

Lindsey Graham “Our goal is to make sure (Iran) cannot become, again, the largest state sponsor of terrorism. MTP Host: “But is there a plan? Does the president have a plan to guarantee that that happens?” Graham: “No, it's not his job or my job to do this. How many times do I have to tell you!”

‎Maersk: Suspension of voyages through the Suez Canal and Bab el-Mandeb Strait

The Pentagon says it’s ‘lethalitymaxxing’. Why has ‘incel’ slang crossed into the mainstream?

When stuff happens in the world, has anyone found an honest #news channel to turn to? I'm really struggling.

UK Defense Secretary: Two missiles were launched toward Cyprus, where thousands of British troops are stationed. Missiles and Iranian drones landed just hundreds of meters from our forces at a base in Bahrain.

It's almost as if, with Starmer-McSweeney era Labour, EVERY rock you look under will have something damning lurking under it.

Oman’s Maritime Security Centre has announced that the oil tanker Skylight, sailing under the flag of the Republic of Palau,was targeted 5nautical miles north of Khasab Port in Musandam Governorate 4 people sustained injuries.All 20 crew members were evacuated,including 15 Indians and 5 Iranians

Welcome to Reform’s front bench Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school The authentic voice of the working class

Iran says US vessel targeted in Indian Ocean, military assets in Gulf attacked

Uncut Trumpism. No election is valid unless they win it. Farage and Reform UK are outright enemies of democracy and the Mail is actively aiding them.

Bungay and market towns like it deserve proper access to banking. I have raised this in Parliament after residents were told they cannot have a hub because one exists seven miles away in Harleston. In rural areas, distance does not equal access when public transport is limited.

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

#AntimicrobialResistance - not just genes. "No classical drug-resistant mutations. The fungus rebuilt its outer structure by increasing amount of a sugar called mannan while reducing beta-glucan ... much thicker biofilms" #AMR phys.org/news/2026-02...

Six killed as protestors storm US Consulate in Karachi after Khamenei assassination

❗️Three MIM-104 Patriot interceptor missiles miss an Iranian ballistic missile, after which it successfully reaches Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.

BREAKING: Israeli sources say Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in strikes. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4u1Txa3

The US and Israel launched strikes across Iran this morning. Iran has responded by firing ballistic missiles and drones at Israel, and US bases in the region. Civilians have already been killed or injured in multiple countries, caught in the crossfire.

A senior Western security official confirms that the head of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence has been killed along with four top leaders of the spy agency, causing panic- "Everything is falling apart there." - WaPo

🇦🇪 Explosions heard in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, - CNN 🇮🇷 Iran simultaneously fired ballistic missiles to Israel, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar and Kuwait. Meanwhile, Medvedev… 😵‍💫

BREAKING: Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait targeted by Iranian Missiles. Unclear if base was struck.

🚨 Green Party wins Gorton & Denton byelection after tightly contested race, with Labour slipping to third in significant blow to Keir Starmer. Green Party: 14,980 Reform UK: 10,578 Labour: 9,364

‼️ Russian drone has breached Romanian airspace during Russian attack on Ukraine as F-16s are scrambled