Israeli Defense Minister Declares IDF Will Not Withdraw from Lebanon

DOE Declares Southeast Grid Emergency As Sweltering Heat Boosts AC Demand As the U.S. men's national soccer team kicks off its first match against Paraguay in Southern California on Friday night, large swaths of the country are trapped in what feels like a wet sauna, with dangerous heat and humidity forcing households to crank up their air conditioning and straining power grids from the Southeast to the Northeast. On Thursday, the Department of Energy issued an emergency order to mitigate blackout risks across the Carolinas amid extreme heat that threatens to...

Iranian media reported on Wednesday that Iran has halted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israel’s escalations and its continued bombing campaign in Lebanon. “The passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz has been halted following Israel’s attacks on Lebanon,” Iran’s Fars news agency has reported. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz […]