Big winners at Sundance 2025: An Iraq War satire, profiles of Black farmers, a true-crime dissection
"Atropia," a satire of the Iraq War and military contractors' efforts to prepare soldiers to fight overseas, was one of the big winners at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival's awards ceremony.
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Iraq’s Ancient Marshes Are Running Out of Time
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers, flowing from southern Turkey through Syria and Iraq, met at the Shatt al-Arab River near Basra, creating vast marshlands in Iraq and Iran. Seasonal flooding ...
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Iran bars Lebanese planes from taking stranded citizens home after Israeli 'threat'
Iran barred Lebanese planes from repatriating dozens of Lebanese nationals stranded in Iran on Friday, in a standoff after Lebanon blocked an Iranian civilian flight following what Tehran ...
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Saudi Arabia seeks to mediate between Trump and Iran on new nuclear deal
Saudi Arabia is open to mediating between the Trump administration and Iran in pursuit of a new deal to limit Tehran’s nuclear program, CNN has learned. The kingdom is concerned that Iran may be ...
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If Iran goes nuclear, B-2 bomber will get the call
Iran is "not seeking nuclear weapons," President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed on February 6. Ha! No one believed him, because the UN says Iran is within weeks of producing enough enriched uranium for ...
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Two British citizens detained in Iran
Two British citizens have been detained in Iran, the government has said. Both are being supported by the UK Foreign Office, according to a spokesperson. It comes following reports of the ...
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Iran alerts UN to Trump threat of force, says it will defend itself
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran alerted the United Nations on Tuesday to what it described as "reckless and inflammatory statements" by U.S. President Donald Trump threatening the use of force ...
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Iran says it can build new nuclear facilities if enemies strike
He made his comments after the Washington Post reported that U.S. intelligence believes Israel is likely to launch a pre-emptive attack on Iran's nuclear programme by the middle of the year.
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Israel likely to strike Iran in coming months, warns U.S. intelligence
Israel is likely to attempt a strike on Iran’s nuclear program in the coming months in a preemptive attack that would set back Tehran’s program by weeks or perhaps months but escalate tensions ...
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Israel seen as likely to attack Iran by midyear, Washington Post reports
US intelligence reports point to strike, Post says Israel found October attack weakened Iran's defenses, report says Trump says he prefers a negotiated agreement over military conflict Feb 12 ...
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Will Iran and Russia’s Growing Partnership Go Nuclear?
In July 2015, General Qasem Soleimani, former commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, secretly traveled to Moscow to discuss an emergency plan to rescue the Assad regime in Syria, which had lost control ...