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  Youths ride vehicles while waving flags of Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Hezbollah in Baghdad on June 15, 2026, during celebrations following the announcement of a deal to end the war between Iran and the US. (photo credit: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images ) Iraq has sentenced a man to fifteen years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Shelly Kittelson in late March, the victim announced on social media on Monday. Kittelson was kidnapped on March 31, when she was targeted by Iranian-backed militias , and released in early April. “Iraq's Central Criminal Court has sentenced Amir Rahim Jabar Lazim to 15 years in prison under the Anti-Terrorism Law after convicting him of being one of several armed men who took me hostage in Baghdad on March 31,” read her X/Twitter post.

  Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house that was pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate before the strike was carried out late on Wednesday, in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, July 16, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa ) The IDF on Tuesday confirmed it was carrying out strikes on several targets in the Gaza Strip in response to threats against Israeli forces. "There are no casualties among our troops, and none of our troops are trapped. The IDF acted to bring an immediate threat to an end. The incident is nearing its conclusion," a military source confirmed to Maariv . Additionally, Al Hadath reported that the IDF had coordinated with Gazan militias to attempt to "kidnap a figure near the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza."  مصادر الحدث: ميليشيات متعاونة مع إسرائيل تحاول اختطاف شخصية قرب مقر الصليب الأحمر بغزة #الحدث_عاجل — الحدث عاجل (@Alhadath_Brk) September 1, 2026

  Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump has exceeded Presidents Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln as the most esteemed Republican commander-in-chief by GOP voters, according to a recent poll. More than half of Republicans named Donald Trump as the GOP president they admire most—far outpacing Ronald Reagan at 18% and Abraham Lincoln at 8%, according to a poll conducted by CNN and Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS) . A separate Elon University poll revealed a similar partisan favor, although by a tighter margin. Trump led as the greatest U.S. president among 29% of Republicans, followed by Abraham Lincoln at 25% and George Washington at 14%. CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten framed the polling results as a “reality check,” noting on Wednesday that Tr...

  Members of the Amish community sit to watch the Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024 in Niagara Falls, New York. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images) A constitutional dispute over religious freedom and public health continues in New York, where members of the state’s roughly 25,000-person Amish community have indicated they may relocate if required to comply with mandatory school vaccination rules. The conflict stems from a 2019 law signed by then-New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo that eliminated non-medical and religious exemptions for school-required immunizations following a severe measles outbreak centered in Orthodox Jewish communities. New York officials maintain that strictly enforced vaccination requirements are “necessary to protect public health and sustain high immunization rates.” However, Old Order Amish families argue that requiring their children to receive immunizations violates their sincerely held religious beliefs, their tradition of separation from modern society...

  A pedestrian walks past a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump inside a catering container, installed on a building along a street in downtown of Tehran on August 31, 2026. (photo credit: ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) Hostilities that flared overnight between the United States and Iran remain a "limited and contained confrontation," a senior Iranian source told Reuters on Monday, adding that Tehran was ready to deliver a harsh response if attacked again. The source, who has direct knowledge of Iranian decision-making and declined to be named, said that conditions in the Strait of Hormuz "will become worse for vessels that violate" rules set by Tehran for passage through the waterway, adding that no target in the region was beyond Tehran's reach.

  Hezbollah members salute and raise the group's yellow flags during a funeral. (photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) The IDF has encountered several individual Hezbollah operatives in the area over the past several months, which the Alma center said supports the possibility of a continued Hezbollah presence. Hezbollah has continued to invest in its recovery and adapt its strategy for what it anticipates could be a prolonged, low-intensity war with Israel , according to the latest assessment by the Alma Research and Education Center, published on Sunday. Based on incidents recorded over the past several months, the center assessed that Hezbollah could increasingly turn toward guerrilla warfare, including small-scale infiltrations into the security zone and potentially Israeli territory, as well as drone and explosive attacks. The group’s ability to carry out its previous plans to seize the Galilee has been significantly diminished by the destruction of its infrastructure and the con...

  US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order that aims to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2026. (photo credit: Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images) US President Donald Trump claimed that “Iran is officially a Failed Nation” in a Monday post on Truth Social, the day after the US struck Iranian military assets for the first time in weeks. “They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no currency, they are not paying their soldiers or police, Inflation is at 300%, and their leadership is in total disarray and incapable of properly representing the country,” Trump added. He continued to claim that the only thing Tehran still has is “fake news from the USA,” a willingness to kill anti-regime protestors, and “a good line of b******t.” In reference to the killing of anti-regime protestors, Trump claimed that over 100,000 have been killed and asserted that the regime in Tehran must be tr...