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NewsFeedPolls have shown that majority of Americans oppose the US-Israeli war on Iran. As the Trump administration try to sell the war, Democrats argue that it’s an unjust war. Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett explains from the White House.Published On 9 Apr 20269 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The son of a former top-level Iranian official, who acted as the spokesperson for hostage takers occupying Tehran’s U.S. Embassy in 1979, is yet another relative of Iran’s hard-lined Islamist regime caught living a comfortable and affluent Western lifestyle in Los Angeles. Petitioners have been calling for Eissa Hashemi, 43, to be investigated and deported, arguing it is unfair for the relatives of these Iranian leaders to enjoy the freedom and privileges afforded to people in the West, and more particularly in the United States, while their government in Iran continues to oppress…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Arizona girl who vanished at 13 and was long feared abducted has been found alive — now living a quiet life as a married mother of three working for a private investigations company, according to a report.Christina “Tina” Marie Plante, now 45, is living in Springfield, Missouri, more than 1,100 miles from where she disappeared in 1994, where she built a new life after leaving home as a teenager, according to the Daily Mail.The outlet reported Plante married as a teen, raised three sons and later earned a psychology degree from…

WA wool producers, who are still regaining their confidence after an uplift in the market, have been left shaken and disappointed by Elders decision to pull out of the State’s wool sales.Citing a nearly 40 per cent drop in WA’s wool clip production in recent years, the agribusiness giant made the announcement to clients on Tuesday that it would cease the handling and selling of wool in WA as of July 2027, with selling instead to be conducted from Melbourne.Badgingarra sheep farmer and Challara Poll Merino stud manager Peter Wilkinson said he had hoped the decision was simply a rumour…

MAUMERE: A shallow 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia overnight, damaging dozens of homes and injuring multiple people, an official said on Thursday (Apr 9).The jolt struck at a depth of 10.4km, some 104km east of Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara, shortly before midnight on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.Two villages on the small island of Adonara felt the biggest impact, with more than 100 houses damaged and at least 20 people injured, according to local official Ismail Daton Ban.Indonesia and neighbouring countries experience frequent earthquakes due to their location in the Pacific “Ring of Fire” – an arc of…

Kyiv, Ukraine – Villagers whisper that Maryna, a refugee from Russia-annexed Crimea, kept a black hen’s egg under her armpit to hatch an evil critter that makes wishes come true.Maryna, the main heroine of Twenty One, a play staged in the tiny, basement-based Veterans’ Theatre in central Kyiv, has only one wish – that her soldier husband Petro comes back alive.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listShe is also obsessed with incubating the egg her hen hatched before dropping dead.Living modestly in a rural house, Maryna frantically raises tens of thousands of dollars online to buy drones, weapons and…

Katie Crouch says calling her state’s Medicaid agency to get information about her benefits can feel like a series of dead ends. “The first time, it’ll ring interminably. Next time, it’ll go to a voice mail that just hangs up on you,” said the 48-year-old, who lives in Delaware. “Sometimes you’ll get a person who says they’re not the right one. They transfer you, and it hangs up. Sometimes, it picks up and there’s just nobody on the line.”She spent months trying to figure out whether her Medicaid coverage had been renewed. As of late March, she hadn’t been reapproved…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The big hitters in Tuesday night’s brawl between the Los Angeles Angels and Atlanta Braves have each been given a harsh punishment.Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler and Braves pitcher Reynaldo Lopez were each given seven-game suspensions for their roles in the benches-clearing affair.Lopez threw a pitch up and in on Soler, which the latter appeared to take exception to. Soler then charged at Lopez, and the two began to exchange numerous punches – not many of which landed. Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler charges Atlanta Braves pitcher Reynaldo Lopez on…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A school district in Maine has had an apparent change of heart after a lawsuit filed by a father-son duo a month ago claimed it did not allow high school students the opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in classrooms.The Portland Press Herald first reported last month that Christopher Hickey filed the suit on behalf of his 10th-grade son, Clayton, alleging the Falmouth School Department in southern Maine was violating a long-standing district policy and state statue, requiring that students recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily.According to the lawsuit, the pledge…

Friday will bring slight bowser relief for Perth motorists as prices of unleaded petrol is set to dip below the dreaded $1.90 a litre mark at one generous servo.Burk Cannington will be a busy spot come the morning, with unleaded petrol costing drivers 189.3c a litre — a figure not seen in weeks since the Middle East war skyrocketed fuel prices.It was the same outlet that was forced to sell fuel for nearly $4 a litre last Tuesday following a typo gaff.Outside of that Perth will see little relief to fuel price pain as Friday’s ULP average dips to 220.8c…