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Iran’s Supreme Leader threatens US with response if strikes are launched after midterms

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a stark message on Friday, warning the U.S. against its reported plans to resume strikes against the country following the midterm elections. Khamenei directed senior Iranian military officials in a meeting to deliver an “immediate, impactful response without geographical limitations,” according to Iran’s official IRNA news agency. The leader…

Pope Leo welcomes stars of US college basketball to the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV met the basketball teams from two US colleges at a rare gathering in the Vatican, which included the pope's former university, Villanova. The men’s and women’s sides from Villanova, and Notre Dame, known as the Fighting Irish, will duke it out at Rome’s Palazzo dello Sport on Sunday, in the opening game of the season. The first American pope, born Robert Prevost, who graduated from Villanova in 1977, told the audience he would not be taking sides, but still dropped a rather large hint at where his allegiance might lie.

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