Report: Trump Ordered Pentagon To Prepare To Bomb Yemen, Then Reversed Course

DHS Seeks Faster Dismissal Of Some Asylum Claims Authored by Timothy Frudd via The Epoch Times, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking to move quickly to dismiss more asylum cases found legally insufficient. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on Feb. 17, 2026.(Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times) (The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington on "If an asylum claim is facially deficient, you don't need an evidentiary hearing. We are done wasting time and government resources indulging...

Iran Signals Ready To Deescalate After Defense Minister, IRGC Chief Killed In US-Israeli Strikes Update (10:00ET): Will the chaos be contained, after Iran unleashed retaliatory missiles on at least five regional countries, including Israel? Iran is quickly signaling that it's not willing to escalate this further, hoping for a halt in the US-Israeli operation: Iran is attacking U.S. military facilities in the Middle East region and not "Americans in their land," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in his exclusive interview with NBC News. He added that Tehran was interested in de-escalation and ready...

China Blacklists EU Defense, Aerospace Firms Over Taiwan Dealings China has newly placed a slew of EU defense and aerospace firms on a control list, or effectively a new blacklist, reportedly with an eye on Taiwan tensions. It has barred its exporters from supplying dual-use items to seven EU firms, including FN Herstal and Omnipol a.s., according to a statement from the Chinese commerce ministry. The ministry said the measure targets European defense companies that previously sold arms to Taiwan or maintained links with it, and stated the restrictions will not affect...