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Iran says it's moving into a new strategy of preemptive strikes against U.S. bases in
“the Middle East, and PR's Jane Arath has more from Beirut.”
Iranian Army spokesman, Brigadier General Mohammad Akram in the US, said Friday that recent preemptive strikes targeted U.S. forces in Jordan and Syria, along with U.S. bases and Iranian opposition groups in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The U.S. does not acknowledge American forces in Syria after a pullout in April, but it has long maintained a support base on the Jordanian Syrian border.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said Friday on social media that its latest strike in Jordan targeted a U.S. base that was preparing to launch attacks on Iran. Jordan did not comment on the reported strikes. Jane Arath and PR News Beirut 10 days after devastating floods swept through Nepal,
rescuers have pulled two more people alive from the wreckage.
One man was found inside a hydro-powered tunnel while a woman was rescued from a house. The rescues come a day after two other survivors were found. David Fisher, who leads the International Recross delegation in Nepal, says the search remains extremely difficult. Many areas are still cut off and particularly those fighters to the north.
There's road access for about four kilometers outside of Dunche, which is the main sort of central capital of the district.
“And from there you have to be either on helicopter or on foot and on foot in this incredible”
mud. At least 1300 people have been killed and roughly 5,000 are still missing.
The CDC says this summer's record-breaking cyclospariah season is over, but the number
of confirmed cases of the illness is still climbing, NPR's Yuki Naguchi reports. The cyclosparah parasite thrives in warm weather. In the U.S., it's season typically runs from May 1 through August. Fueled by a hot summer and giant outbreak traced to Taylor Farms, iceberg lettuce and Mexico, as well as many separate smaller outbreaks.
The official case count of the illness has reached more than 18,000 for the year. Because of delays confirming and reporting cases to the CDC, thousands more suspected cases could push the total number higher for another six weeks. Already, the 2026 case count has shattered the previous record by nearly 10 fold. Yuki Naguchi and PR news.
Dacell prices are still climbing after hitting a record high on Friday. Diabolase says the National Average is now $5.88 a gallon of a few cents from yesterday's record. The increase is addict transportation and farm costs and could push up the price of moving goods.
This is NPR news. A judge has declared a mistrial in the murder case of Lindsey Clancy after George failed to reach a unanimous verdict on Friday. The judge told the jury told the judge that remain divided with one juror disagreeing with the other 11 after nearly a week of deliberations.
The highest court in Massachusetts rejected a last-minute defense appeal seeking further review of the holdout juror before the mistrial was finalized. Prosecutors have not decided whether to try Clancy again, she remains in a state psychiatric hospital with the case to back in court on September 29. The State Board of Education in Texas has approved new social studies standards, Muslim
say, discriminates against them. Bill Zeebel with Member Station, KERA reports Christianity by contrast is praised. The 15-member board voted along party lines on the new curriculum, which links Islam to violence and terrorism and emphasizes Christianity as the nation's cornerstone religion. The new standards that could be in place by 2030 for all Texas high schoolers require
students to learn how radical Islam was the motivation behind the 9/11 attacks and refers to the prophet Muhammad's brutal military campaigns. An amendment to remove that term brutal was opposed by board member Brandon Hall, a pastor.
“"I think that would be just a grave mistake to remove this word.”
Then we do have a moral imperative to describe it that way." Opponents like the Muslim civil rights group KERA said, "They'll fight to overturn the new curriculum." For NPR News, I'm Bill Zeebel in Dallas. I'm Mr. Johnston and PR News in Washington.
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