Tanker Passage Through Hormuz Halted As Iran Accuses Israel Of 'Ceasefire Breach'; Direct Talks Planned For Pakistan Friday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday recounted what he said was his “last conversation” with Lindsey Graham, the notoriously hawkish South Carolina senator who died on Saturday night due to a “brief and sudden illness,” according to a statement from his office. Netanyahu said during an appearance on Fox News that the two discussed […]

Iranians on Tuesday held a funeral in Tehran for two Iranian military air defense personnel who were killed by Israeli strikes earlier this week as the region remains on the brink of full-scale war. Iran’s PressTV identified the slain Iranian soldiers as Bahman Hosseini and Alireza Abiri and said that the funeral ceremony was held […]

Bad News Overload? News Avoidance On The Rise These days more than ever, it often feels like there’s no end to bad news. In the age of social media and constant exposure to news, doom scrolling can take a heavy toll on people’s mental wellbeing. As a consequence, more and more people actively try to avoid the news or at least limit their exposure to it. As Statista's Felix Richter shows in the chart below, according to the Reuters Institute’s latest Digital News Report, an average of 42 percent of respondents from 48 countries...