Locals and activists in Pakistan’s capital have been protesting over the forced eviction of thousands of people from a Christian community.
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Iranian-Americans in Los Angeles react to Iran war with mixed emotions
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LOS ANGELES, California – Los Angeles — home to the largest Iranian population outside Iran — has become a focal point for the Iranian diaspora as tensions surrounding the conflict in the Middle East intensify.
Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Los Angeles following the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that reportedly killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. For many in the community who remember life in Iran before the 1979 revolution, the news brought a moment they said they had waited decades to see.
Roozbeh Farahanipour, an Iranian American who was just 7 years old when clerics took control of Iran, said he couldn’t believe it.
“I grabbed a bottle of champagne, opened it, and drank it up,” Farahanipour said. “It was the moment we waited for, for many, many years.”
Roozbeh Farahanipour was involved with opposition movements against the regime before fleeing Iran. (Courtesy of Roozbeh Farahanipour)
Farahanipour participated in student protests in Iran in 1999, events that eventually forced him to flee the country after authorities arrested him. He recalled learning that his execution had been announced in a newspaper before his trial, prompting him to escape Iran.
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“[The] night before my trial, they published my execution judgment in the newspaper, day before back to trial. That’s the last day I was in Iran,” Farahanipour recounted.
Roozbeh Farahanipour said he fled Iran after reading his execution judgment in the local newspaper. (Amalia Roy)
While he initially supported the U.S. and Israeli strikes that targeted senior leaders of Iran’s government, he now worries the military operation has continued longer than necessary.
“Minute one, after starting the war, they killed the head of state. They should announce the victory at minute two,” he said. “Why should we stay there and make it more complicated?”
Mohammad Ghafarian left Iran in 1972 to study, before the revolution. He doesn’t plan on returning, but Ghafarian has siblings in the country he has not heard from since the conflict began. (Amalia Roy)
Mohammad Ghafarian, who left Iran years before the revolution to study abroad, now runs a grocery store in Los Angeles. He said he has not heard from his family in Iran for nearly a month and fears for civilians caught in the violence.
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“I would love for the governments of America and Israel to overthrow the regime,” Ghafarian said. “But when they are bombing our country — facilities, power plants, water reservoirs, houses — they can’t divide the people from bad to good.”
Despite concerns about the ongoing conflict, some Iranian Americans believe the strikes could open the door for Iranians inside the country to challenge the regime.
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Microsoft pushes out-of-band hotpatch for Bluetooth • The Register
Microsoft has pushed out yet another out-of-band hotpatch, this time to fix Bluetooth issues in Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2.
The hotpatch applies only to hotpatch-enabled devices and arrives the same month Microsoft said that hotpatching would become the default for Windows Autopatch.
This is the second out-of-band hotpatch in a matter of days. On March 13, Microsoft released another to address a security issue in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) management tool. The March 16 update fixes a problem that prevented Bluetooth devices from appearing on the Bluetooth & devices pages in Windows Settings, “even if the devices are connected and functioning as expected.”
Microsoft noted: “This issue could also prevent users from adding new devices because available devices did not appear in the list for connection.”
The problem has the potential to frustrate affected users, since Bluetooth has become a near-universal way to connect wireless headsets and other devices. The fix, while welcome, is aimed squarely at Windows 11 Enterprise users – specifically those on Windows 11 25H2 and Windows 11 24H2. Using hotpatching means a reboot is not required.
Microsoft did not give a timescale for a non-hotpatch version of the fix.
Out-of-band updates have arrived with depressing regularity in recent months. This latest regression caused enough pain for enterprise users to warrant another emergency fix, albeit only via hotpatching for now.
For users encountering the issue, but who are not receiving a hotpatch, there are a few options. One is to try the old IT standby of turning a system off and on again, or toggling Bluetooth off and on in settings. Alternatively, restarting the Bluetooth service might help.
Otherwise, a pair of out-of-band hotpatches in three days should give administrators pause for thought. Yes, it’s good to see fixes rolled out rapidly and without requiring a restart. But it’s less good that these fixes were required in the first place. ®
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Gavaskar links Sunrisers signing of Pakistan’s Abrar to Indian deaths | Cricket News
The signing of Pakistan bowler Abrar Ahmed by Hundred franchise Sunrisers bucked trend by Indian-owned teams.
Published On 17 Mar 2026
India cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has alleged that the signing of Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed by an Indian-owned Hundred franchise in England “indirectly contributes to the deaths of Indian soldiers and civilians”.
Players from Pakistan have not featured in the Indian Premier League (IPL) since 2009 because of deep-seated diplomatic tensions between the two nations.
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list of 4 itemsend of listThere was speculation that Pakistan players involved at the inaugural Hundred auction in London would be subject to a “shadow ban”, with IPL-affiliated teams refusing to bid for them.
That did not come to pass, but Sunrisers Leeds — from the same group that controls IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad — faced a fierce social media backlash after last week clinching a deal for Abrar, paying 190,000 pounds ($252,000) for his services.
Former India captain Gavaskar, 76, launched a blistering attack in a weekend column for the Indian newspaper Mid-Day.
“The fees that they pay to a Pakistani player, who then pays income tax to his government, which buys arms and weapons, indirectly contributes to the deaths of Indian soldiers and civilians,” he wrote.
“Whether it is an Indian entity or an overseas subsidiary of the entity that is making the payment, if the owner is Indian then he or she is contributing to the Indian casualties.”
Three other Hundred franchises — MI London, Manchester Super Giants, and Southern Brave — are at least partly owned by companies that control IPL teams.
Usman Tariq, the only other Pakistani player bought in auction, was picked up by American-backed Birmingham Phoenix.
The England and Wales Cricket Board last month issued a statement saying all eight franchises in the 100-ball-a-side competition were committed to selection based solely on performances.
India and Pakistan, who were engaged in a deadly conflict in May last year, have not played a bilateral series in more than a decade and meet only in global or regional tournaments.
“There’s still time to undo the wrong, and hopefully, wiser counsels will prevail,” added Gavaskar, the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
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Minneapolis auto thefts surge 35% in early 2026 with 1,054 cases reported
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The city of Minneapolis has seen a dramatic increase in auto thefts so far in 2026, causing rising pressure on Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey to address the situation.
The worrying trend was highlighted by Crime Watch Minneapolis, a volunteer-operated news organization, which shared a graphic on X showing how widespread the problem has become throughout the city. More than 1,000 auto thefts were reported in January and February of this year in Minneapolis, a city of approximately 430,000 people. This represents an increase of nearly 35% compared to the same period last year, according to Crime Watch Minneapolis.
The trend appears to be continuing into March, with at least 14 reported auto thefts between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. on March 14 and six more during the afternoon on that same day, according to the news site.
Over the last few months, Walz and Frey have made numerous statements attacking ICE and blaming federal immigration authorities for making the city less safe. Earlier this year, the two were the focus of a Department of Justice investigation into an alleged conspiracy to coerce or obstruct federal law enforcement during U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minnesota.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in the U.S. Capitol Building on March 4, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Additionally, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara suggested to local media that Trump’s Operation Metro Surge was a “contributing factor” to the rise in auto thefts because “officers and investigators were consistently pulled from their normal assigned duties.”
“This isn’t an ICE problem,” retired Minnesota State Patrol Lt. John Nagel told Fox News Digital. “It’s a deterrence problem.”
“As a 30-year law enforcement veteran, I can tell you this: auto theft goes down when city leaders make it a priority and criminals know there will be consequences. We’ve seen that in St. Paul, where focused enforcement drove car theft down sharply, while Minneapolis is back over 1,000 auto thefts in just the first two months of this year.”
Nagel, running for Congress as a Republican against Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, told Fox News Digital that Frey and Walz have “spent years making excuses, undermining deterrence, and tolerating a revolving door for repeat offenders—especially juveniles.”
Minneapolis auto theft locations in January and February 2026 compiled by Crime Watch Minneapolis. (Minneapolis Crime Watch)
“If you want fewer stolen cars, you need more officers, proactive policing, prosecutors willing to act, and a juvenile system with the capacity to intervene before these kids become career criminals,” Nagel said, referencing the understaffed Minneapolis Police Department that has been severely understaffed since losing 40% of its ranks after the death of George Floyd in 2020.
A Minneapolis Police Department spokesperson acknowledged to Fox News Digital that the department “continues to be understaffed” and pointed to differences between Minneapolis and St. Paul, including the policy that MPD does “not pursue stolen vehicles.”
The spokesperson also reiterated the claim from Chief O’Hara that Operation Metro Surge was a “contributing factor” and said that the 1,196 auto thefts in the city year to date break down into: “Non-Kia/Hyundai vehicles taken without keys — auto theft up 59%, Kia/Hyundai taken without keys (ignition peeled and punched) auto theft up 25% (313 vs 251), Keys-In auto theft up 18% (291 vs 247) cases. Victim said they left vehicle running, attempted auto theft up 10% — 99 this year vs 90 last year. Car not actually stolen.”
“While the recent spike earlier in the year reversed the trend somewhat, the rolling 12-month data still shows that auto thefts remain 38% below their mid-2023 peak,” the spokesperson said, adding that the city “is also seeing signs of a broader nationwide trend involving the use of key-programming technology to steal vehicles.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Walz and Frey for comment but did not receive a response.
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A general view of downtown Minneapolis. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
A spokesperson for County Attorney Mary Moriarty told Fox News Digital that motor vehicle thefts are “really tough for police to solve,” noting that only about 3% of cases result in an arrest, making “deterrence much less likely.”
The spokesperson added that the office launched an initiative in mid-2023 in response to a spike in car thefts and said University of Minnesota research later found a 58% drop in cases involving teens stealing cars since the program began, though the official said multiple factors likely contributed to the decline.
“It takes a very wide-angle lens and adherence/interest in what the data actually indicates to properly address these dynamics,” the spokesperson said.
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Iran blames US, Israel for Hormuz tensions as crisis risks energy supplies | US-Israel war on Iran News
Iran’s Araghchi calls for global condemnation of US-Israel ‘military aggression’ that disrupted transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
Published On 17 Mar 2026
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has blamed the United States-Israel war for disruptions to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the critical global artery through which one-fifth of the world’s oil shipments transit.
In a phone conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday, Araghchi said every country and international institution concerned with peace and security must condemn the US and Israel and demand an “end to their military aggression against the Iranian nation”, according to Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency.
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list of 3 itemsend of listA barrel of Brent crude, the international benchmark, was up 2.5 percent at $105.70 on Monday. That is more than 40 percent higher than before the war began on February 28.
Several nations are reported to be negotiating with Iran for safe passage, after a senior adviser to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on March 2 that the strait was “closed” and threatening to set transiting ships “ablaze”.
Araghchi on Monday said the strait was “open, but closed to our enemies”.
US President Donald Trump over the weekend called for a naval coalition to join the US Navy in securing the waterway, but no countries have so far pledged to join. He specifically asked NATO member states to join the coalition, threatening that they would face a “very bad future” if they failed to assist the US.
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Tuesday said the bloc was looking for diplomatic solutions to guarantee transit through the Strait of Hormuz and mitigate the effect of soaring energy prices for global financial and energy markets.
The official said the EU was not looking to expand its Aspides mission, which was established in 2024 to protect ships from attacks by Yemen’s Houthis in the Red Sea. Before a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Kallas had suggested that expanding Aspides was the “fastest” way to boost security in the Strait of Hormuz.
“Nobody is ready to put their people in harm’s way,” the foreign policy chief told the Reuters news agency. “After the hostilities have stopped, then the case might be different.”
Kallas said the war in Iran was started by the US and Israel without consulting the EU and despite the bloc’s calls for restraint. “This is not Europe’s war,” she said. “We are allies of America, but we don’t really understand their moves recently.”
The head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) said naval escorts through the Strait of Hormuz would not “100 percent guarantee” the safety of ships attempting to transit the waterway.
Military assistance was “not a long-term or sustainable solution” to opening up the strait, Arsenio Dominguez told the Financial Times.
Iraq’s Oil Minister Hayan Abdul-Ghani on Tuesday told Al Jazeera that the country had reached an understanding with Iran for its oil tankers to cross the Strait of Hormuz.
India’s Ministry of External Affairs spokesman dismissed reports that New Delhi discussed with Iran potentially returning three seized Iran-linked tankers as part of a security arrangement.
The comment follows reports that Iran had sought the return of the tankers, seized near Iranian waters in February, in return for ensuring the safe passage of India-flagged or India-bound vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Chiefs trade for Patrick Mahomes’ backup after uncharacteristic six-win season: reports
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Patrick Mahomes appears to have a new backup.
The Kansas City Chiefs agreed to a deal to acquire quarterback Justin Fields from the New York Jets for a 2027 sixth-round pick, according to multiple reports. The Jets will also pick up $7 million of his guaranteed $10 million salary for the 2026 season.
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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) throws a pass during the second half against the Los Angeles Chargers at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Dec. 14, 2025. (Jay Biggerstaff/Imagn Images)
The teams have yet to officially announce the trade.
Kansas City was holding its own for the most part last season and were aiming to make the playoffs as a wild card team before Mahomes suffered a season-ending knee injury.
The Chiefs uncharacteristically lost eight of their last nine games and turned to backup quarterbacks Gardner Minshew II and Chris Oladokun as the team dealt with injuries at that position.
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New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields warms up before an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints on Dec. 21, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ella Hall, File)
Fields, the No. 11 overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, will find himself on his fourth team in four years. He played his first three seasons with the Bears before he was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers in March 2024. He signed with the New York Jets in the offseason last year.
The former Ohio State standout has 9,039 passing yards and 52 touchdown passes in 59 games played. He started nine games for the Jets in 2025 and had 1,259 passing yards and seven touchdown passes. He was 2-7 in those games.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes grabs his knee after being injured during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
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The Chiefs will have a viable quarterback to play in case Mahomes may not be ready for Week 1.
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Enabling Teams Meeting add-in breaks Outlook Classic
Microsoft is working to address a known issue that renders the classic Outlook email client unusable for users who have enabled the Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in.
“Some users may be unable to use Microsoft Outlook Classic while the Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in is enabled,” Microsoft said in an admin center update under EX1254044.
While it didn’t share more details about the root cause, Microsoft says the issue is due to a previous Outlook build.
To temporarily fix this bug, affected users are advised to update Outlook or to perform an Online Repair for click-to-run installs (which will reinstall all Office applications).
“Users attempting to use Microsoft Outlook Classic while the Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in and previous Outlook build version is enabled may be impacted,” Microsoft added.
“We’ve identified that a previous Outlook build version is causing impact to occur. We’re working with your representatives to ensure that the latest Outlook version is enabled, to mitigate impact.”
Microsoft is also investigating several issues that cause email connection problems in the classic Outlook desktop client and trigger 0x800CCC0F and 0x80070057 errors during synchronization with Gmail and Yahoo accounts.
In January, it addressed another classic Outlook issue caused by the December 2025 updates that prevented Microsoft 365 customers from opening encrypted emails.
On Monday, Redmond also mitigated a widespread Exchange Online outage (EX1253275) that prevented customers from accessing their mailboxes and calendars via Outlook on the web, Outlook desktop, Exchange ActiveSync, and other Exchange Online connection protocols.
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KC Tyagi’s first reaction after separating from JDU, why did he distance himself from Nitish Kumar?
KC Tyagi, a senior JDU leader, has distanced himself from the party. He himself gave this information by issuing a letter on Tuesday (March 17, 2026). Now his first reaction has come out. He has told why he is separating from JDU.
Speaking to PTI, KC Tyagi said, “We have been together for 50 years… This time when the party’s membership campaign was held, I did not renew my membership… but the relations are as they are.”
VIDEO | Delhi: After quitting JD(U), KC Tyagi says, “My respect for Nitish Kumar remains unchanged, and I will decide my further course of action soon.”
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KC Tyagi, in response to a question, said that on March 22, I am going to meet with my colleagues and well-wishers at Mavalankar Hall in Delhi. Will make further announcement on the same day. KC Tyagi said, “The relationship has not deteriorated at all… Actually, Nitish Kumar, the last leader of the socialist movement, was left. Now he is coming to Delhi from Bihar politics. Then the number of old friends has reduced… I have less of that kind of positive and active role left there (JDU). Now I want to make myself active in UP also.”
Tyagi said, “We did politics together in Jai Prakash ji’s movement, then in Janata Party, Lok Dal and then under the leadership of Karpuri ji. I have not resigned, I have not taken part in the campaign for membership of the party…”
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Let us tell you that KC Tyagi had been in JDU for a long time. Just a few months ago, he had demanded to give Bharat Ratna to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The party’s national spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan had clearly said at that time that even the party leaders and workers do not know whether KC Tyagi is in JDU or not. Now in a way, KC Tyagi has taken a different path.