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U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson poses for a picture in Baghdad on March 31, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) American journalist Shelly Kittleson was abducted in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, with one of the suspects being connected to an Iranian-backed militia group, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials. Kittleson was reportedly kidnapped on Tuesday by four men in civilian clothes on Saddoun Street in central Baghdad. As authorities pursued the two vehicles involved, one crashed in Al-Haswa, in Babil province, southwest of the city. The journalist was then transferred to a second vehicle, which fled the scene. The suspect recovered from the crashed vehicle was taken into custody. However, the rest of the suspects remain on the loose, with U.S. and Iraqi security forces currently pursuing the remaining captors. The captured individual reportedly holds ties to the pro-Iranian militia group known as Kataib Hezbollah, according to former Pentagon official Alex Plitsas, who was Kittle...

The sun rises above a facade of the U.S. Supreme Court building on March 31, 2026 in Washington, DC. The court found today that a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay and transgender minors likely violates free speech. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images) The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled against a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for minors in an 8-1 decision on Tuesday. The Court held  that the law violated the First Amendment by discriminating against certain viewpoints. Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the majority, argued that because the law prohibited therapists from using “talk therapy” to help minors change their sexual orientation or preferred gender identity — while still allowing them to provide therapy that affirmed those “identities” — it was a content-based restriction on speech rather than a simple regulation of medical conduct. “But the First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or...

First responders on scene of a fragment fall after an Iranian cluster munition was intercepted over central Israel on March 31, 2026. (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI) Eight people were lightly wounded across several sites in central Israel following several fragments falling from an Iranian cluster munition on Tuesday, Magen David Adom confirmed. The youngest of those wounded are two 18-month-old babies. MDA took the wounded to be treated at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center, Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus, and Sheba Medical Center. In the afternoon, a man in his 50s was moderately wounded in northern Israel after being hit by shrapnel from a rocket launched by Hezbollah. Go to the full article > >

A ballistic missile launched from Iran, as seen over Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and ongoing  missile fire toward Israel, March 28, 2026. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they will target US companies in the region as of April 1 in retaliation for attacks on Iran, state media reported. The 18 companies listed in the  IRGC 's threat included Microsoft, Google, Apple, Intel, IBM, Tesla, and Boeing. The 18 companies listed in the IRGC's threat included Microsoft, Google, Apple, Intel, IBM, Tesla, and Boeing. Go to the full article > >

  IDF dismantles Hezbollah missile launch site in southern Lebanon, March 31, 2026. The IDF launched two separate strikes in the Beirut area early Wednesday morning, killing a senior Hezbollah commander and an additional senior terrorist, according to a military statement. The launchers were used in the terror group's latest barrage against Israel, which left three people injured, including a 6-year-old child. IDF continues operations in Lebanon Earlier on Tuesday, the IDF announced that Hezbollah had taken control of the  Christian village Qawzah  in southern Lebanon to launch rockets and anti-tank missiles.  Additionally, an observation post used to monitor IDF operations in the region was destroyed, and a Hezbollah terrorist found observing Israeli soldiers was detained.  Go to the full article > >

US President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 26, 2026. President  Donald Trump  said on Tuesday that the US could end its military campaign against Iran within two to three weeks. "We'll be leaving very soon," he told reporters in the White House's Oval Office, adding that the exit could take place "within two weeks, maybe two weeks, maybe three." The declaration was  Trump 's clearest to date that he intends to soon end a month-long war that has reordered the Middle East, disrupted global energy markets, and changed the trajectory of the Republican's presidency. Trump told reporters that a deal with Iran was not necessary, stating that without a deal, the US could put Iran "into the stone ages," unable to acquire a nuclear weapon. "Then we'll leave." Go to the full article > >