Iran Bulldozed Crash Site and Removed Virtually All Pieces of Downed Ukrainian Plane

Ukrainian Airlines plane carrying 180 passengers and crew crashed Wednesday morning just minutes after takeoff from Tehran, Iran! This came on the same night that Iran fired over a dozen missiles at US bases in Iraq. Al Hadath Dubai News reported a missile took down the Ukrainian flight after the crash on Wednesday. Tweets were translated) Al […]

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His Sister Was Sex-Trafficked for 6 Years. Here’s How He’s Devoted His Life to Fighting It.

Ilonka Deaton was trafficked into sex slavery at the age of 12. She suffered for six years before finally getting free. Now, her brother, Jaco Booyens, runs a film company that brings the darkness of sex trafficking into the light. He’s out with a film called “8 Days.” Read the lightly edited interview, posted below, […]

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What’s Next for the US and Iran

Will Iran strike again to take revenge for the death of Gen. Qassim Suleimani? What will Trump’s economic sanctions look like? And what about Iraq’s attitude to all this? Heritage Foundation foreign policy expert Luke Coffey has answers. Read the interview, posted below, or listen on the podcast: We also cover the following stories: Plane […]

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5 Top Iranian Officials You Should Know

Tensions between the United States and Iran seem to be deescalating again, but the countries clearly are still at loggerheads.  Much media attention has been focused in recent days on President Donald Trump and his national security team, including Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Trump ordered the U.S. drone strike in […]

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It Sure Looks Like the Ukrainian 737 May Have Been Accidentally Shot Down in Iran

In the wake of the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 in Tehran this morning, two schools of thought quickly emerged. The first accepted the explanation given by Iranian authorities: that the 3-year-old 737-800, which had taken off minutes before, had suffered engine failure before plunging into the ground at Khalaj Abad, killing all […]

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Iran Refuses To Hand Over Crash Data, Stoking Speculation Plane Was Accidentally Shot Down

Iran will reportedly refuse to hand over black box data from the Boeing 737 that crashed over Tehran last night to Boeing, stoking speculation that the aircraft was shot down by an Iranian missile. Video of wreckage from the crash, which shows shattered bodies and debris spread over a wide area, has surfaced on social […]

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Pentagon Sends Ten B-52s Bombers In Response to Iran Attack

With tensions between the U.S. and Iran already at heightened levels, the militaries of both countries are making preparations in case they are called to action. This afternoon, The Associated Press cited Iran state TV as saying Tehran launched “tens” of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq’s Ain Assad air base, which houses U.S. troops. And Iran’s […]

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