US Official Says Iran Has 70% of Pre-War Missile Stockpile and Is Assembling New Ones

Human Smuggler Extradited From Brazil To US: DOJ Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Bangladeshi national, alleged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to be a “prolific” alien smuggler, made his first appearance Monday in a Laredo, Texas, federal courtroom following his extradition from Brazil, according to a DOJ statement. Illegal immigrants who are believed to have crossed the border from Mexico into the United States are seen after the truck they were being transported in was interdicted by law enforcement officers in Laredo, Texas, on Sept....

How A 24 Mile Fence Once Divided California's North Coast And Sparked A Four Year Political Fight For two weeks in 1976, a white nylon fence ran across the hills of Sonoma and Marin counties and disappeared into the Pacific Ocean, according to SF Gate.  Called “Running Fence,” the installation stretched 24 miles and stood 18 feet high, supported by more than 2,000 steel poles. It was created by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude after four years of planning, permitting and construction. The fence crossed private ranchland, coastal hills and highways before ending...

Chaos, Black Rain, Evacuations: Tuapse Oil Facility Struck For Third Time This Month Rosneft's sprawling oil refinery in southern port town of Tuapse has been struck by Ukrainian drones once again, unleashing a huge fire and significant destruction, in what marks the third such attack just this month. "Another serious incident has occurred in Tuapse. A large-scale fire broke out at an oil refinery due to an enemy drone attack," Krasnodar region Governor Veniamin Kondratyev wrote on Telegram, amid large-scale evacuations of the civilian population from the area. Tuapse disaster in wake of Ukrainian...