Brooks Nader and her sisters turn heads in clear bubble outfits in Manhattan

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Brooks Nader and her sisters turned heads on the streets of New York City after they stepped out in eye-catching outfits made entirely of bubbles.

On March 10, the 28-year-old Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model and her siblings Mary Holland, 26, Grace Ann, 25, and Sarah Jane, 23, were photographed walking through Manhattan in coordinated looks covered in clear plastic bubbles, creating the illusion they were wearing little more than soap suds.

The sisters’ ensembles, which varied slightly from each other, were two-piece sets of crop tops and shorts or miniskirts with clusters of transparent spheres layered over nude fabric. They paired the looks with matching open-toe, stiletto nude heels.

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Brooks Nader and her sisters in bubble outfits in NYC

Brooks Nader and her sisters Mary Holland, Grace Ann and Sarah Jane were spotted strutting the streets of New York City in daring bubble outfits.  (Michael Simon/Getty Images for Jukebox )

In photos from their viral outing, Brooks, Mary Holland, Grace Ann and Sarah Jane were seen exiting a gray van before strutting down the sidewalks of the Big Apple, earning double takes from passersby.

The Louisiana natives were trailed by photographers during their attention-grabbing excursion, which was part of a marketing stunt and campaign shoot for the March 23 relaunch of women’s personal care brand Jukebox.

Brooks and her sisters were pictured holding clear plastic bags filled with Jukebox products and posing for photos with fans. 

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The model and her sisters wore nude two-pieces covered in clear plastic bubbles. (Michael Simon/Getty Images for Jukebox )

After photos from the Nader sisters’ outing went viral, their looks were widely compared to Lady Gaga’s iconic bubble dress, which the pop star famously wore during performances in 2009.

Brooks, Mary Holland, Grace Ann and Sarah Jane star together in the Freeform/Hulu reality show “Love Thy Nader,” which follows the sisters as they navigate modeling careers and life in New York City. 

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The sisters’ outing was part of a marketing stunt and campaign shoot for the relaunch of the women’s personal care brand Jukebox.  (Michael Simon/Getty Images for Jukebox )

“Born and raised in Louisiana, the four of us always dreamed of moving to New York to chase big-city dreams,” they told People magazine in a joint statement when the show premiered last August.

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“It felt a world away. And yet — here we are. Four sisters, all in our 20s, living together in NYC,” their statement continued. “Working, dating, laughing, learning, and building a life we never could’ve imagined … side by side!”

Brooks Nader and her sisters carry Jukebox products while wearing bubble outfits

Brooks and her sisters star in the Freeform/Hulu reality show “Love Thy Nader.”  (Michael Simon/Getty Images for Jukebox )

Brooks rose to fame after she won Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s Swim Search in 2019 and landed her first cover of the magazine in 2023. During a 2023 interview with People magazine, Brooks shared that she hoped her sisters were inspired by her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover.

Brooks Nader and her sisters pose in bubble outfits

The sisters were seen showing off Jukebox products during their outing.  (Michael Simon/Getty Images for Jukebox )

“I’m trying to be a role model to them, they’re all models as well, so I gave them a little something to put on their wishlist,” she said.

“I think they can achieve it,” Brooks added. “Anything’s possible.”

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Brooks’ sisters are following in her footsteps and pursuing modeling careers in New York City.  (Michael Simon/Getty Images for Jukebox )

Brooks Nader smiles and looks over her shouulder in a bubble outfit

Brooks has previously said that she hopes her sisters were inspired by her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover.  (Michael Simon/Getty Images for Jukebox )

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Brooks competed alongside professional dancer Gleb Savchenko on Season 33 of “Dancing with the Stars” in 2024 and has also embarked on an acting career.

Earlier this month, she was cast as Selene, the captain of the Zuma Beach lifeguards, in Fox’s upcoming “Baywatch” reboot.

“Love Thy Nader” was renewed for a second season in November 2025.



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In Lebanon, Israel is using occupation as negotiating tool, say analysts | Conflict

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Above the smouldering skyline of Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh suburb, new forced evacuation orders from the Israeli military echo through rapidly emptying neighbourhoods.

The Israeli warnings, accompanied by bombings of Beirut and other parts of southern Lebanon, contrast starkly with a French proposal for a diplomatic intervention aimed at pausing the latest Israeli war on its northern neighbour.

But increasingly, say some analysts, that apparent dissonance between Israel’s actions and the prospect of talks to stop the fighting is in fact a reflection of a new ground reality that Israel is creating: occupying Lebanese territory to give itself greater leverage in any negotiations.

Already, the human cost of Israel’s war is staggering. Lebanon has faced a sweeping Israeli offensive since March 2, which has killed about 850 people, including 107 children and 66 women, according to the Ministry of Public Health. More than one million people have been displaced within the country, forced into overcrowded shelters. The escalation followed Hezbollah’s targeting of Israeli military sites in response to a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran in late February, shattering whatever remained of the collapsed November 2024 ceasefire.

Amid this humanitarian catastrophe, French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed hosting direct talks between Lebanon and Israel in Paris, warning that “everything must be done to prevent Lebanon [from] descending into chaos”. To support the diplomatic push, Paris announced the delivery of 60 tonnes of humanitarian aid alongside armoured personnel carriers for the Lebanese forces.

However, analysts say, the Israeli military, rather than French diplomacy, is setting the agenda for the proposed talks.

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Geography as a weapon

Israel, according to political analysts, will look to leverage its military presence to impose a radically altered security architecture, using its occupation of southern villages to dictate new facts on the ground.

According to Ziad Majed, a political science professor at the American University of Paris, the undeclared conditions of the current diplomatic push involve forcing the Lebanese army to disarm Hezbollah under the strict supervision of the United States and France. By holding Lebanese territory, Israel is forcing Lebanon to negotiate over its sovereignty, with a question mark over whether Israeli troops will eventually withdraw or if currently occupied areas will be permanently transformed into an unpopulated buffer zone.

This strategy is currently unfolding on the battlefield. Israel has amassed six military divisions — roughly 100,000 soldiers — along its northern border. Military experts point to the strategic southern Lebanese town of Khiam as the focal point of Israel’s impending ground push.

Bahaa Hallal, a retired Lebanese brigadier-general, told Al Jazeera Arabic that Khiam serves as a “geographical key” that oversees the Marjayoun plain and the Hasbani Valley leading to the Litani River. Hallal warned that controlling Khiam would enable Israel to sever communications between southern villages and establish a de facto buffer zone.

Imad Salamey, an international relations professor at the Lebanese American University, argued that Israel’s troop deployment pointed to its belief that, as the militarily dominant force, it feels no rush to negotiate.

Disarmament and domestic rifts

Meanwhile, the crisis in Lebanon is also exposing deep communal rifts within the country.

Al Jazeera Arabic’s Mazen Ibrahim has reported that official sources indicate the Lebanese presidency, government, and parliament are urgently consulting to form a six-member delegation of ambassador-level diplomats to negotiate a ceasefire, potentially in Cyprus. However, Ibrahim noted that Nabih Berri, the Lebanese parliament speaker, has refused to include any figures representing the Shia community in the delegation, while maintaining that an Israeli ceasefire must precede any political negotiations.

The debate over the disarmament of Hezbollah — a demand not just of Israel but of Western interlocutors — threatens to drag Lebanon into civil strife.

Some analysts have argued that the Lebanese military must do more. “The state must force them to hand over their weapons, even if it has to use force,” political analyst Toni Boulos told Al Jazeera.

But others, like political researcher Ali Matar, have dismissed that proposition as reckless. He noted that ordering the national army, which includes a significant proportion of Shia soldiers, to fight the Shia-led Hezbollah would fracture the military. He also highlighted the state’s failure to protect its citizens during 16 months of Israeli violations before the ongoing wider war.

Negotiating under fire

Neither of the warring parties appears ready for immediate concessions. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has publicly dismissed the prospect of direct talks, demanding that the Lebanese government first take concrete steps to curb Hezbollah’s military activities.

On the other side, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem recently declared that diplomatic solutions have failed to stop the killing, warning the Lebanese government against offering “free concessions” and insisting that the battlefield will dictate the final outcome.

Some analysts have drawn parallels between the current political climate and the 1983 Israeli invasion of Beirut. Those historical negotiations, conducted under the shadow of Israeli military occupation, culminated in the May 17 Agreement of 1983 — a peace treaty that was ultimately aborted following sectarian divisions within Lebanon.

More than four decades later, a new generation of Lebanese families is now huddled in rain-soaked shelters across Beirut. There is chatter of diplomacy, but for now, their homes in the south have been reduced to bargaining chips for Israel’s occupying army.



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Meningitis: The symptoms, treatments and how to find out if you need the vaccine | Science, Climate & Tech News

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Students are being warned about the symptoms of meningitis after the deaths of two people in Kent.

A University of Kent student and a Year 13 pupil from Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Faversham died following the confirmation of 13 cases in the area of Canterbury.

A further 11 people have fallen ill with signs of meningitis and septicaemia, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said.

Here is everything you need to know about the disease, including the symptoms to spot, how it’s spread and what can be used to treat it.

Meningitis outbreak live updates

What is meningitis?

Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes that protect the brain and spinal cord.

Dr Simon Clarke, associate professor of cellular microbiology at the University of Reading said it can be caused by a range of organisms “most commonly bacteria and viruses”.

He says bacterial meningitis, including meningococcal disease, is more serious than other forms like viral meningitis, but it is also the most uncommon.

Invasive meningitis is when meningitis and sepsis occurs at the same time. Pic: iStock
Image: Invasive meningitis is when meningitis and sepsis occurs at the same time. Pic: iStock

The University of Kent said the student died following a case of invasive meningitis.

This occurs when meningococcal bacteria spread through the body infecting the bloodstream and fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord causing both meningitis and sepsis – when the body damages vital organs when fighting infection.

How is it spread?

Dr Clarke says transmission requires close, prolonged contact such as coughing, sneezing or kissing.

The outbreak in Kent is believed to be connected to a “social event” involving university students, Sky News science correspondent Thomas Moore said.

The owner of Club Chemistry said she was told someone who has been diagnosed with meningitis was in the club and that she is now working with UKHSA to try and trace anyone affected.

The specific strain of the disease has not yet been identified.

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Image: Chemistry night club in Canterbury. Pic: PA

Dr Clarke adds that the bacteria that causes meningococcal disease is often carried harmlessly in the nose and throat, with only around 10% of carriers ever becoming ill.

In adolescents and young adults, carriage can be higher, with large UK studies reporting rates of 7%-18%, depending on the year and setting.

What are the symptoms?

Symptoms can appear suddenly and may resemble flu at first, Dr Clarke says.

Other symptoms to spot include:
• A high temperature
• Cold hands and feet
• Vomiting
• Confusion
• Breathing quickly
• Muscle and joint pain
• Pale, mottled or blotchy skin
• Spots or a rash that doesn’t fade under pressure
• Severe headache
• Stiff neck
• Dislike of bright lights
• Being sleepy or difficult to wake
• Fits or seizures

What to do if you think you have symptoms

Some early signs of meningitis and measles can also be mistaken for a hangover, meaning it is critical that individuals seek medical help if they or a friend develops any symptoms – particularly if they are getting worse.

It advised students in this case to call 999 or visit the closest A&E department.

In a letter to students the university said: “Trust your instincts and do not wait for all the symptoms to appear or until a rash develops. Someone with meningitis or sepsis can get a lot worse very quickly.”

Can it be treated?

Most people with bacterial meningitis who are treated quickly will make a full recovery and generally do not suffer from any long-term complications.

However, they may need to be treated in hospital for at least a week.

Treatments include antibiotics and fluids given directly into a vein or oxygen through a face mask.

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The University of Kent said antibiotics have started to be given out to affected students around Canterbury.

Sky News correspondent Emma Birchley said a mix of students and people from the local community are “not taking any chances” and queuing up for antibiotics.

However, a spokeswoman for the UKHSA said only those who are regarded as “close contacts” of those affected, such as living in the same accommodation block, will be given medication.

Those with viral meningitis typically get better on their own.

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Image: University of Kent in Canterbury. Pic: PA

What about vaccines?

Dr Clarke says vaccines remains the “best protection” for meningitis.

He says the MenACWY and MenB vaccines used in the UK are safe, well‑tested, and available free to eligible UK and international students.

Meningitis vaccines are offered to babies and teenagers in the UK, targeting those most at risk.

Infants receive MenB at eight weeks, 12 weeks, and one-year, while teenagers from school Year 9, receive MenACWY.

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According to data by the UKHSA, uptake of the MenB vaccine dropped by 0.6% for those aged 12 months in England from July to September last year. An estimated 90.8% of one-year-olds were given a dose.

Students under 25 starting university for the first time are also eligible if unvaccinated.

Anyone can check with their GP practice to find out which vaccines they have had or need.



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When Indian ships got permission to go from Hormuz, PAK experts got irritated, said – We should support in the war and Khamenei….

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Strait of Hormuz two ships through Shivalik And Nanda Devi is reaching India with 92,712 metric tons of gas. The anger of Pakistanis is sky high after hearing this news. Pakistani expert Qamar Cheema has said that the Pakistani government should also talk to the Iranian government as to why Pakistani ships are not coming. Qamar Cheema also says that the Pakistani people are very angry with this.

Qamar Cheema said that the Iranian Ambassador to India has said that Indian ships can go through Hormuz. Now that Iran has stopped all the traffic, is the facility provided to India also available to Pakistan or not? He also said that secondly, if Pakistan is taking LNG and other things from Qatar and if Qatar has stopped their production, then these things will not be able to reach Pakistan.

Iran will never anger India, said Pakistani expert
Qamar Cheema said that there may be shortage of cooking gas within India also. Iran can also shut down India’s kitchens because that is the way, but it will not do so. He said that Iran will not get involved in these things. Iran wants to take advantage of this time to strengthen its ties because now it is emerging as a regional player, so it wants to use it. He said that if these ships are coming to India from there, then the question is being raised in Pakistan also that 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas passes through the Strait of Hormuz and Iran has given relief to India.

Qamar Cheema said, ‘India has called the President of Iran and what is our government doing? Pakistan condemned the attacks on Iran. Also expressed regret over the death of Ayatollah Khamenei and what did we get? I do not have clarity on whether our ships are being allowed to come from Hormuz or not because our government is not saying anything.

Pakistanis got angry when India got exemption
Pak expert Qamar Cheema said that now Pakistanis are feeling very bad that we spoke against Israel, we supported Iran in the war and Iran is allowing India to take oil and gas. He said, ‘Iran will never anger India, it wants to manage India because India is a big country, Iran has to do business with it. Pakistanis feel bad, but there is nothing to feel bad about. Here you have to balance relationships.

Pakistan’s relations with Iran are not good, said Pak expert
Qamar Cheema said, ‘I feel that the efforts that Indians were making were to be traditionally close to Iran and use its Chabahar port to distance Pakistan and Afghanistan and give Afghanistan an alternative route. Iran was also happy with this. Pakistan’s relations with Iran have not been good, it thinks that India suits them in terms of business. He said that Iran just takes political and diplomatic support from Pakistan. Iranians also know that Pakistan has a defense deal with Saudi Arabia, so that is also one thing.

Pakistan government should talk to Iran, Pak expert appealed
Qamar Cheema said that the Pakistan government should also talk to the Iranian government as to why our ships are not coming from there. The government should talk about this because this war is long. He said that the Government of Pakistan is giving subsidy of 2300 billion dollars on LPG cylinders and things like this, but if all this continues then the government will be able to give subsidy for one, two or three weeks, then after that it will have to come forward. He said that the government cannot give so much subsidy, the government does not have so much money, then Pakistan has to take more loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF tells us that you people cannot do this. This is a big issue with Pakistan.

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US says Baghdad government must act against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is facing mounting criticism for his government’s inability to stop pro-Iranian militias and the Islamic Republic of Iran from attacking American, French, Italian and Kurdish military personnel and facilities in Iraq.

On Saturday, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said that all U.S. citizens in Iraq should leave “immediately,” as “Iran-aligned terrorist militias have attacked the International Zone in central Baghdad on multiple occasions.”

The announcement came after a missile reportedly struck a helipad inside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad early Saturday.

Speaking on background, a State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital, “The United States strongly condemns attacks by Iran and Iran-backed terrorist militias against U.S. diplomatic personnel and facilities, civilian targets and energy infrastructure in Iraq, particularly in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.”

US EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD TARGETED AS IRAN LAUNCHES ATTACKS DURING OPERATION EPIC FURY

A large roadside billboard in Baghdad displays a portrait of Iran’s supreme leader above a city street.

A billboard featuring a photo of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader who was killed in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, is seen along a street in Baghdad on March 9, 2026. (Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The statement added, “As Secretary Rubio has said, the Iraqi government must take all possible measures to safeguard U.S. diplomatic personnel and facilities and ensure militia groups cannot use Iraqi territory to threaten the United States or the region. Doing so is in Iraq’s interest,” the spokesperson noted, “We retain a range of options to protect our interests. We do not preview sanctions or sanction actions.”

A Kurdish official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Fox News Digital that the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq “are paid and armed by the Iraqi government.  They are on the Iraqi payroll. This is not the first time they have fired on the U.S., the Kurdistan Regional Government [KRG] and the energy sector. These PMF have brazenly attacked U.S. military bases.”

According to the official, “Many of these leaders [from the PMF] are part of al-Sudani’s government and his very coalition.”

In a statement to Fox News Digital on Sunday, an official for Iraq’s Embassy in Washington D.C. flatly denied the allegations against al-Sudani. “We would like to unequivocally confirm that the allegations claiming the Prime Minister granted a ‘green light’ to any armed group to target U.S. or Western interests are completely false. The Iraqi government has repeatedly emphasized its firm rejection of any attacks on diplomatic missions or foreign interests.”

The representative added, “The Prime Minister has also issued several statements condemning such acts, describing them as terrorist activities, and has directed the relevant authorities to pursue those responsible and bring them to justice.”

Al-Sudani raised eyebrows last week when he congratulated the Islamic Republic of Iran’s selection of its new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the assassinated second Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei. “We express our confidence in the ability of the new leadership in the Islamic Republic of Iran to manage this sensitive stage, and continue to strengthen the unity of the Iranian people in facing the current challenges,” al-Sudani reportedly said.

When asked about the congratulatory statement to Khamenei, the Iraqi Embassy official said, “This action falls within the scope of standard diplomatic practices carried out by many countries, including several Gulf states. Iraq maintains diplomatic relations with neighboring countries, including Iran, while simultaneously ensuring balanced relations with all its regional and international partners.”

IRAN PROXIES WAGE WAR ON ISRAEL, THREATEN US INTERESTS AS IRAQ SLAMMED FOR NOT DISARMING THEM

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A member of the Imam Ali Battalions, the armed wing of the Islamic Movement of Iraq — a member faction of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) paramilitaries — holds up a picture depicting Iraqi PMF commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (who was in a US drone strike in early 2020), as other group members gather with its flags during a rally to mark annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day commemorations in Baghdad on April 5, 2024. (Murtaj Lateef/AFP via Getty Images)

The intensified attacks on the international anti-jihadi coalition in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region on Friday resulted in the death of a French soldier and injuries to six other people. According to France 24, the commanding officer, Colonel Francois-Xavier de la Chesnais, said the French soldier, Arnaud Frion, was murdered by an Iranian-designed Shahed lethal drone.

The Iraqi Kurdish news outlet Rudaw reported on Saturday that the “Kurdistan Region was targeted with seven explosive-laden drones early Saturday as Iran and its proxy forces in Iraq continue to target the U.S. consulate in Erbil and other military and civilian sites in the Region.” Rudaw said since the start of U.S. Operation Epic Fury the Kurdistan area has been targeted with over 300 drone and missile attacks, resulting in the killing of seven people and 35 injured.  

The Kurdish official complained that al-Sudani’s “government is not serious about taking on militias because the militias are part of the government.” However, the official praised the U.S. “The Americans are going after them aggressively over the last week with attacks on their [PMF] positions.”

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U.S. embassy personnel inspect damage caused by a bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, March 14, 2026. (Hadi Mizban/AP)

According to a Long War Journal report, “Airstrikes, likely conducted by the U.S. as part of the U.S.-Israeli operation against the Islamic Republic, have continued targeting Iran-backed Iraqi militias.” Neither the U.S. or Israel have not commented on reports that they are striking the PMF.

Fox News Digital secured information in early March from the Israeli Defense Forces that drones have bee fired at Israel from Iraqi territory since the start of the war. 

The PMF told the Iraqi News Agency that American military forces have conducted 32 airstrikes against PMF headquarters since February 28.

The Kurdish official urged the Trump administration to “demand that Iraq’s government stop paying and arming the PMF and target their banking system that finances the PMF.” The official continued, “We have shared information with the Iraqis and the Americans, who have in turn shared information with the Iraqi government.” On the terrorist activities of the PMF the official said, “The al-Sudani government has been unwilling to confront them.”

TRUMP THREATENS TO END IRAQ SUPPORT OVER AL-MALIKI COMEBACK BID TIED TO IRAN INFLUENCE

Demonstrators in Baghdad’s Sadr district wave Iranian flags and hold portraits of Iran’s supreme leader during a street protest.

Supporters gather in Baghdad’s Sadr district holding Iranian flags and posters of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following the announcement that he was killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks, on March 1, 2026 (Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The official bemoaned that the al-Sudani government initiated a “handful of arrests last year, and they were released on bail and were able to flee to Iran.” The Kurdish official said the KRG “provided the information to the Iraqi government about the perpetrators” who fled to the Islamic Republic.

An Iraqi official dismissed the reports on PMF terrorists, stating,” I have not heard of such a thing. I guess that’s not true.”

The Kurdish official cited two PMF groups as the most bellicose toward the U.S.: Asaib Ahl al Haq (League of the Righteous) and Kataib Hezbollah. The Trump administration sanctioned  Asaib Ahl al Haq in March 2024. The State Department said Asaib Ahl al Haq “and its leaders are violent proxies of the Islamic Republic of Iran” and the group “is extensively funded and trained by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Qods Force.”

The U.S. government sanctioned Kataib Hezbollah in 2023. The Kurdish official also charged the al-Sudani’s government with imposing an embargo on imported goods to Iraqi Kurdistan as way “to strip away our autonomy and everything we can built over 30 years.” The autonomous Kurdish government is widely considered a robust pro-American ally.

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Iran-backed shi’ite groups fighters celebrate on a street, after the IRGC attack on Israel, in Basra, Iraq, October 1, 2024.  (Essam Al-sudani/Reuters)

The Iraqi official denied the embargo, stating, “The federal government does not pursue a policy of ‘embargo’ against the Kurdistan Region. The current measures aim to unify the legal, customs, and trade framework across all Iraqi borders in line with the federal constitution. 

“No country can afford contradictory internal trade and customs regimes, as this risks  harming the national economy as a whole. Our objective is a unified, fair economic framework that protects state revenues while respecting the region’s specificities, and we believe this is best achieved through dialogue and cooperation.”

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Smoke rises from the U.S. embassy building in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 14, 2026.  (Ali Jabar/ AP Photo)

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Entifadh Qanbar, a former spokesman for the deputy prime minister of Iraq, told Fox News Digital that “One could even describe the PMF as the Iraqi branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, effectively functioning as an Iraqi Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The PMF operates through a network of militias that frequently attack U.S. forces, foreign interests, and targets in Kurdistan.”

He argued for “The dismantling of the mother organization — the PMF itself. As long as the PMF exists, militias operating under its umbrella will continue to attack U.S. forces and regional targets.”

Fox News Digital reporter Greg Norman-Diamond contributed to this report.



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Gambhir spoke for the first time on his relationship with Virat-Rohit, head coach told the truth about Team India’s dressing room, many big things came to light

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When Gautam Gambhir was asked the question that how was he handling the situation when there were talks going on in the media about his and Rohit-Virat’s relationship, instead of directly targeting anyone, he gave a calm and balanced answer. Gambhir admitted that he too might have made some mistakes during the last one and a half years. He said that as a human being it is natural to make mistakes, but the most important thing is intention.

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Coach Gautam Gambhir spoke for the first time about his relationship with Rohit-Virat

New Delhi. Even today, fans want to know from coach Gautam Gambhir, who made Team India win 3 trophies in 12 months, why he left the Test team. When Gautam Gambhir was made the head coach of the Indian cricket team in July 2024, the team was going through a major change. At that time, Rohit Sharma and Virat had retired from T20 cricket, but the role of both of them was still pending in Test and ODI formats. With the appointment of Gambhir, new thinking and new experiments started in Team India.

However, during this period of change, many types of discussions also started coming to the fore. Speculations intensified in the cricket world that the relations between Gambhir and the team’s senior players Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are not good. The situation became more discussed when Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their retirement from Test cricket even before the 2025 England tour. Many critics directly linked these decisions to coach Gautam Gambhir.

I am also human, I can also make mistakes

In an interview, Gautam Gambhir was asked the question that how was he handling the situation when there were talks going on in the media about his and Rohit-Virat’s relationship, then instead of directly targeting anyone, he gave a calm and balanced answer. Gambhir admitted that he too might have made some mistakes during the last one and a half years. He said that as a human being it is natural to make mistakes, but the most important thing is intention. Gambhir said, I am also a human being and I too might have made many mistakes in the last 18 months. If a wrong decision is taken with the right intentions then it is acceptable, but a decision taken with wrong intentions can never be acceptable.

Honesty with players is most important

Gambhir also made it clear that honesty with the players in the dressing room is most important for him. He believes that if the coach is clean and honest with the players, he can talk to them without any hesitation. He said, as long as I am honest with the players in the dressing room, I will be able to look them in the eyes and talk to them. According to Gambhir, the role of a coach is not limited to just making strategies, but it is equally important to build a relationship of trust with the players.

I am doing a good job as a coach.

Amidst all these discussions, Gautam Gambhir also said that he feels that he is doing a good job as the head coach of Team India. According to him, the decisions taken within the team are always aimed at making the team better. Although discussions regarding his relationship with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli still come up from time to time, Gambhir says that only those present inside the team know the real truth of the dressing room. In such a situation, it is clear that in this changing phase of the Indian cricket team, coach Gautam Gambhir is trying to take the team forward through his working style and honest communication.

Age verification isn’t sage verification inside OSes • The Register

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Opinion There are two ways to look at the California Assembly Bill 1043, known as The Digital Age Assurance Act or DAAA. One is to say it is a 2025 law requiring operating systems and app stores to implement age verification during account setup to protect minors online. The other is to note that the law is all the worst things a law can be.

It is vague, using terms that allude but do not define. It sets specific and punitive fines for non-compliance, without specifying what non-compliance looks like. It will have a chilling effect on innovation by creating a foggily fearsome landscape of liability. It does not fix that which it claims to be fixable, and it breaks that which ought not to be broken. In the words of the General Confession in the Anglican Book of Common Prayer: there is no health in it.

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It is incoherent and tautologous. It talks of “digital signals” between OS, application stores, and apps. This excludes, one surmises, all those analog signals that developers would be tempted to use. Yodeling, perhaps, or interpretive dance. It talks of “age verification” without verification. It applies to users “on a computer, a mobile device, or any other general purpose computing device that can access a covered application store or download an application.” We can run Doom on smart toothbrushes. Everything is a general purpose computer if you stare at it hard enough, sayeth Turing. Not all operating systems have user accounts, saith FreeDOS, And what of smart TVs, which all ages can simultaneously use?

Let’s play nice and assume that by divine intervention, the golden age envisioned by the lawmakers comes to pass on January 1, 2027. Computing devices that can download software have all users age-verified, and all app stores and apps can request this information before running. This implies that devices not running the latest compliant OSs will no longer be able to download or run software as the “digital signal” required will be entirely missing. Will this entirely freeze the development of vintage computing emulators? Will it lead to a forced hardware upgrade supernova that makes Windows 11 look like a gentle burp? Will spinning up a hundred new VMs on AWS need more form filling than importing and registering a vintage Porsche? How old is root?

Who knows? Californian lawmakers certainly don’t, which given that state’s global pre-eminence in matters digital paints an unspeakably vast intellectual chasm between governors and governed.

Then we get to FOSS, the contemplation of which in the light of the DAAA raises new philosophical questions for the ages. Is Github a ‘covered applications store’? How would that work with the DAAA? In general, no one person or organization creates an open source operating system. They are packages of components from all over. A GNU Linux distro, which is what most people mean by “Linux,” has the Linux kernel, the GNU components, one or more desktop environments, one or more package managers, and whatever functional focus the distro managers choose.

Where DAAA compliance fits in here, what it would look like, and whether a theoretical DAAA package maintainer would be responsible very much depends on how the assumption in the law that there’s always a single entity behind an OS can be squared with the very different reality.

Not that it matters. It is open source. Patching out DAAA components will be within the competence of a five-year-old koala. Unless, of course, the DAAA is implemented with a legally mandated, cryptographically assured, centrally controlled verification system. In that case, the koala may need to be slightly older — but as this level of forced technology is completely antithetical to FOSS, the issue is unlikely to arise.

The DAAA and its analogs in other American states are pure theater, quintessential magical thinking. It parallels the eternal insistence by governments that weakening encryption by putting in a back door doesn’t make it weaker. They don’t know how this can be made to happen, but they know it can be if only the industry is made to think about it hard enough. The law would have all the empty power of a pious wish, were it not pre-weaponized with company-crippling fines.

There is hope. The Texas Senate Bill 2420 (the App Store Accountability Act) has been suspended by a federal court. That law, which forced age verification on apps, got blocked for a likely violation of the First Amendment by being too broad. It’s an obtuse way of weeding out badly conceived, technically illiterate, potentially dangerous legislation, but we’ll take it.

Forget age verification for operating systems, but bring in clue verification for politicians. You have to be this tall to ride, my friends. ®



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South Korean protesters criticise Trump over Hormuz security demand | Newsfeed

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Activists in South Korea have staged a protest against Donald Trump’s request to NATO members for help securing the Strait of Hormuz. The US president has threatened a ‘bad future’ for the military alliance if nations don’t assist.



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Yankees pitcher deals with spider scare at spring training

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For some people, spiders are no joke.

Arachnophobia affects between 2.7-6.1% of people and is one of the most common anxiety disorders, according to the National Institutes of Health. The wolf spider, garden spider and the house spider are most common in Tampa, Florida.

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New York Yankees starting pitcher Cam Schlittler (31) throws a pitch during the first inning against the Tampa Bay Rays  at George M. Steinbrenner Field on March 6, 2026. (Kim Klement Neitzel/Imagn Images)

It’s unclear if New York Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler deals with the fear, but he made sure that the insect was taken care of before a spring training game.

Schlittler called security to get a spider out of his locker before the team took on the Detroit Tigers, according to the YES Network. Schlittler didn’t pitch in the game as the Yankees fell to the Tigers, 12-1.

“A spider was successfully extracted from my locker today. Best security team in the league!” he wrote on X.

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New York Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler (31) throws a second inning pitch against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Sept. 21, 2025. (Tommy Gilligan/Imagn Images)

The 25-year-old Massachusetts native pitched in 14 games for the Yankees in 2025. He had a 2.96 ERA with 84 strikeouts. He had 12 strikeouts in Game 3 of the American League Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox, which elevated his popularity back in October.

The young pitcher has started two games in spring training this year. He has a 1.50 ERA and 10 strikeouts.

When everyone is healthy, Schlittler is set to rejoin a rotation with Max Fried, Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodon for the 2026 season.

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New York Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler (31) pitches during the fifth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays during game four of the ALDS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 8, 2025. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)

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New York finished 94-68 last season and were just behind the Toronto Blue Jays for the American League East title.

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Weather tracker: heavy snowfall and freezing rain sweep across US and Canada | US weather

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Nearly two months since a major storm brought widespread heavy snow and freezing rain to eastern parts of the US, a new winter storm is sweeping across north-eastern US states and south-eastern Canada.

An area of low pressure, which first developed in north-western parts of the US late last week, intensified rapidly as it pushed north-east through central parts of the US.

Combining dry, cold air from northern parts of the continent with warm, humid air from the tropics, the system generated a large area of snowfall that swept through the northernmost US states on Sunday, while a narrow band of heavy rain and thunderstorms – associated with a strong cold front – developed across a line stretching from the far north of mainland US to the Gulf of Mexico.

Strong, gusty winds fanned a large wildfire across Nebraska, burning an area of more than 550 square miles. On Sunday, the National Weather Service issued an outlook warning of tornadoes along the front, with a 15% risk assigned to an area home to more than 11 million people across three states for Monday.

As the new week begins, the storm centre will continue pushing north-east into south-eastern Canada, bringing heavy snowfall, freezing rain and strong winds to north-eastern US, Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland through Monday and Tuesday.

Impacts are likely to be most severe around the Great Lakes: snowfall accumulations of up to 60-80cm are expected, followed by winds of 60-70mph, producing blizzard conditions and significant drifting.

Meanwhile, the cold front farther south will sweep through the US east coast on Monday, ushering in a polar air mass that will drive temperatures 10-25C below the seasonal average across the eastern two-thirds of North America.

Sub-zero temperatures are likely to reach as far south as Alabama and Georgia. The coldest conditions in the US are expected in North Dakota and Minnesota, where temperatures may dip into the −20sC (−4F). Canada’s Manitoba and Ontario provinces may see temperatures fall close to −40C.

In contrast, the western third of the continent is likely to see temperatures soar 10–15C above the seasonal average – a sharp contrast which is not unusual across the US in late winter and early spring.

Elsewhere, Australia has seen very high rainfall in recent weeks. In parts of Queensland last week, a year’s worth of rain fell within 72 hours. Further rainfall is expected as a low-pressure system slides south-eastwards across the central swathe of Australia early this week before stalling over the tripoint border region of New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. Up to 150mm in a 48-hour window is expected.

Flood warnings were issued last week and will remain in place across much of the Australian interior.



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