Dubai’s nightmare scenario unfolded Saturday: Defense systems repelling Iranian missiles and drones over its famous skyscrapers, random explosions and plumes of black smoke rising out of the city-state’s most celebrated neighborhood.

Local authorities said four people were injured in a fire at Palm Jumeirah, the man-made island that’s ...Read more

Dubai’s main airport, the world’s busiest aviation hub, was partially damaged by a suspected aerial strike on one of its main terminal buildings, marking another escalation after air traffic in the Persian Gulf closed down hours after Iran’s retaliatory attacks.

The airport operator confirmed that one concourse at Dubai International “...Read more

China said U.S. claims that it was carrying out nuclear explosive tests were baseless, and it accused Washington of being the main cause of uncertainty over the global nuclear order, according to a statement.

A Ministry of National Defense spokesman said in the statement that China adheres to a no‑first‑use policy, pursues a self‑...Read more

MIAMI — A South Florida lobbyist who sold hundreds of thousands worth of textbooks to the Miami-Dade County school district has surfaced as a key figure in the FBI investigation of Los Angeles public schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who once held the same position here.

Debra Kerr, an education consultant, was launched into public ...Read more

DETROIT — Speaking to the staff of a small business in Detroit and members of Detroit's new mayor's staff Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris was all about the "Black girl magic."

As she entered Trap Vegan, a vegan burger and smoothie shop, those in the restaurant broke out into cheers. Harris met and hugged Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield ...Read more

The U.S. military’s strikes on Iran, conducted jointly with Israeli forces, provided added impetus for leading Illinois Democrats to step up their criticism of Republican President Donald Trump’s leadership, saying his push for regime change in the Middle Eastern country overstepped his authority by bypassing congressional approval.

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BEIRUT — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday, had over more than 30 years in power demonized the United States, called for the destruction of Israel and maintained an iron-clad grip on Iran’s politics while advancing its influence across the Middle East.

President ...Read more

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed Saturday in what President Donald Trump called a “massive and ongoing” U.S.-Israeli operation aimed at razing Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities, thwarting Tehran’s support to proxies and destroying its theocratic government.

“Khamenei, one of the most ...Read more

Oil shipping has largely paused in the Strait of Hormuz that links the oil-rich Persian Gulf to the open seas after the U.S. and Israel bombed Iran, with Iranian media saying the waterway is “practically closed.”

Ships reported hearing a radio broadcast purporting to come from the Iranian navy announcing that transit through the waterway ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Iran’s supreme leader was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, raising the stakes in a conflict that’s spiraling across the oil-rich Middle East and disrupting traffic around the Hormuz shipping strait.

Trump said in a social post that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration officials inflated the number of dangerous criminals they claimed to have taken off the streets during Operation Metro Surge, a Minnesota Star Tribune analysis found. In some instances, they also made inaccurate claims about the criminal backgrounds of those on the list.

At the height of the surge, on Jan. 19...Read more

WASHINGTON — For a decade, President Donald Trump promised to end what he calls forever wars, casting himself as a leader opposed to prolonged conflicts in the Middle East and who would rather pursue peace in the world.

Now, early in his second term, Trump is taking military action against Iran that could expand well beyond a limited effort ...Read more

FBI Director Kash Patel said he put the bureau’s counterterrorism and counterintelligence teams on high alert Saturday after the U.S. and Israel launched a sweeping military assault on Iran.

Iran retaliated with strikes on U.S. military bases and allies in the region after President Donald Trump urging Iranians to overthrow the government.

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The U.S. and Israel struck hundreds of targets in Iran, with President Donald Trump urging Iranians to overthrow the government in a conflict that’s spiraling across the oil-rich Middle East and disrupting tanker traffic around the Hormuz shipping strait.

The two allies began the assault on Saturday with the aim of “eliminating imminent ...Read more

Displaying rifles, knives and thousands of bullets they say were seized in a thwarted terrorist attack, Cuban authorities on Friday detailed from start to finish their story of a deadly confrontation on the water with a counterrevolutionary group that departed from the Florida Keys to launch an assault on the island — and pointed the finger at...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani denounced President Donald Trump’s massive bombardment of Iran on Saturday, calling it “a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression,” as other local elected officials demanded answers.

“Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief ...Read more