The United States and Israel launched strikes aimed at regime change in Iran, killing an undisclosed number of officials and civilians, prompting Tehran to retaliate against American allies and a naval base in Bahrain. Despite earlier claims by Dona…
With the U.S. and Israel having launched a large-scale strike on Iran, the FBI, led by Kash Patel, raised America’s terror threat level and instructed all teams to remain on high alert—a precaution echoed by Secretary Kristi Noem and the Secret Service, who are keenly watching “sensitive” zones. Police bolstered patrols, particularly in New York, reminding us that global fireworks rarely end with just a loud bang overseas.
Iran unleashed missiles on Israel and Gulf Arab countries after the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israeli strike, fulfilling threats of retribution with its first coordinated attacks across the region. As Tehran proves it can still disrupt its neighbours’ sleep, we are reminded that deterrence is rarely just a matter of mutually assured tedium.
Iran’s state media and Revolutionary Guard confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, 86, in US-Israeli airstrikes that also killed several family members, prompting Tehran to declare 40 days of mourning. President Trump, never one for understatement, called Khamenei “one of the most evil people in history” and invited Iranians to reclaim their country—a call likely to produce more slogans than swift regime change.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, claimed “signals” suggest Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei died after an alleged Israeli-American strike on his Tehran compound—though Iranian officials remain coy, and Khamenei, 86, is conspicuously absent. While Netanyahu urged Iranians to oust their “regime of horrors,” Iran insists its sovereignty stands firm. It appears Tel Aviv and Tehran are, once more, negotiating regional stability with the subtlety of a battering ram.
U.S. immigration agents reportedly posed as police searching for a missing child to arrest Ellie Aghayeva, an Azerbaijani student at Columbia, without a warrant—an approach civil liberties groups say may breach the Fourth Amendment. Columbia’s president and New York’s mayor joined the outcry, prompting Aghayeva’s prompt release. As ICE tactics draw fresh legal scrutiny, Columbia can but hope its next high-profile visitor brings coffee, not cuffs.
Hundreds marched from Times Square to Columbus Circle protesting the US and Israel’s military strikes against Iran following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—an event President Trump deemed historic, if his posts are to be trusted. Divergent reactions surfaced, as demonstrators decried another “endless war” while some Iranian expatriates outside the UN were, surprisingly, more upbeat—Manhattan, never one to miss a good sidewalk debate.
PATH riders in New York and New Jersey can mark their calendars with five scattered weekends of service suspensions—from Harrison to Newark Penn and Journal Square to 33rd Street—starting February 27th, as the network tests newly installed track interlockings. Shuttle buses and reduced service promise mild chaos; authorities hope to finish before the World Cup, when everyone will surely remember how much they miss their regular commute.
To arrest a student at Columbia University this week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents visited the campus, despite lacking any extra authority there—federal law grants them no special campus privileges. Critics question the legality of the tactic, but we suspect the real surprise will be if anyone clarifies where campus boundaries end and bureaucratic improvisation begins.
