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'Next question, please': Israeli spokesperson blows off Iranian schoolgirl deaths
Mar 1, 2026 - World 
An Israeli spokesperson dismissed the alleged deaths of Iranian schoolgirls and the claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was a war criminal.During a press conference near rubble in Tel Aviv on Sunday, reporter Secunder Kermani of Britain's Channel 4 News acknowledged that "Khomeini, the Iranian regime, have clearly done terrible things, particularly to their own people.""But your Prime Minister is a wanted war criminal. You don't have the moral high ground here at all," he said. "This is a war crime!" the Israeli spokesperson shouted. "This is a war crime! Targeting civilians, targeting elderly women, killing, murdering her caregiver from the Philippines.""What about the hundred or so schoolgirls in Iran that are being killed in a strike at that?" Kermani asked. "Yes, next question, please," the spokesperson replied. "Let's allow others."
Trump speaks to Middle East leaders, gets briefing on Austin shooting
Mar 1, 2026 - World 
President Trump called three leaders in the Middle East on Sunday as he monitors the burgeoning conflict with Iran from his Florida estate, the White House said.
Watch: 9 dead after protesters storm US consulate in Pakistan over Iran strike
Mar 1, 2026 - World 
Demonstrators in Karachi, Pakistan, reportedly left at least 9 dead when they tried to storm the U.S. consulate there.Authorities told the Associated Press that the violence was in response to President Donald Trump's decision to order strikes on Iran that were said to have killed the country's supreme leader.Police surgeon Summaiya Syed Tariq confirmed to AP that initially six dead bodies were being held at the main government hospital. She later said that nine people had died."Witnesses said that dozens of Shiite protesters remained gathered about a kilometer (half-mile) from the consulate, urging others to join them," AP reported. "They said one of the protesters had tried to burn a window of the consulate, before security forces arrived there and dispersed the demonstrators."
3 U.S. troops killed and 5 are seriously wounded during Iran attacks, military says
Mar 1, 2026 - World 
Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded during the U.S. attacks on Iran, the military said Sunday, marking the first American casualties in a major offensive that has sparked retaliation from the Islamic Republic.
Danish shipping company Maersk to halt, divert vessels amid Middle East military conflict
Mar 1, 2026 - World 
The military conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran is starting to disrupt trade in regional waters.
