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Hegseth clashes with lawmakers over Iran war in nearly six-hour-long hearing

Hegseth clashes with lawmakers over Iran war in nearly six-hour-long hearing

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth sparred with Democratic lawmakers during a nearly six-hour-long hearing, in his first time facing questions under oath since the start of the Iran war. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
The Austrian nuns who fled their care home are now in Rome and visited the Vatican

The Austrian nuns who fled their care home are now in Rome and visited the Vatican

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

The three octogenarian nuns, who made headlines last year after they broke back into their convent, joined others at St. Peter’s Square for a general audience with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday morning.(Image credit: Joe Klamar) Article Attribution | Read More at...
Comey surrenders over charge of threatening Trump's life in Instagram post

Comey surrenders over charge of threatening Trump’s life in Instagram post

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

The case stems from a 2025 Instagram post shared by Comey, which contained a photo of seashells on a beach arranged to read “86 47”. “Eighty-six” is a slang term for “get rid of”, and prosecutors allege it encourages violence...
The Iran war now has a price tag ( billion), but still no end date

The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion), but still no end date

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

The Pentagon estimates the war has cost $25 billion over the past two months. In congressional testimony, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not say when the war might end. (Image credit: Rod Lamkey Jr.) Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
Oil price jumps above 7 after reports of 'extended' Iran blockade

Oil price jumps above $117 after reports of ‘extended’ Iran blockade

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

Lindsay James, investment strategist at Quilter, said that the impact of the war so far in the UK has been largely limited to higher petrol and diesel prices, but “every day that passes without a resumption of supply sees the risk of physical shortages and...
Greetings from Syria, where a postwar olive harvest offers a long-lost taste of home

Greetings from Syria, where a postwar olive harvest offers a long-lost taste of home

by News Feed Editor | Apr 29, 2026 | Top Stories

In the warm sun, gathering handfuls of hard olives promised a taste of home that residents of a village in the Homs countryside had been missing for nearly 14 years of civil war. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
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