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Iran war: What is happening on day 92 as Trump weighs Iran deal

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  Prospects for a US-Iran agreement to end the conflict remained uncertain on Friday, with President Donald Trump saying he would make a “final determination” on a deal, while Iranian officials stressed that no understanding had yet been reached. Iran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf , said Tehran would judge any agreement by actions rather than words, adding that no steps would be taken unless Washington acted first. Meanwhile, fighting continued elsewhere in the region. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces had advanced beyond Lebanon’s Litani River, as Israeli attacks across Lebanon on Friday left dozens more civilians reportedly killed or wounded. Here is what we know: In Iran Iran says talks continue, but no deal yet: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said exchanges with the United States are continuing but stressed that no final agreement has been reached. He rejected Trump’s demands-based approach and described the US...

Message from CAIR

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  BREAKING: CAIR-MN, CAIR LDF File Federal Lawsuit Against DHS, ICE, for Targeting Twin Cities Organizer Advocating for ICE Divestment | CAIR Calls on FBI to Join Probe of Armed Suspect Chased from Site of Tenn. Mosque | CAIR Welcomes Dropping of Charges Against U.S. Capitol Demonstrators Against Israeli Torture of Palestinian Detainees BREAKING: CAIR-MN, CAIR LDF File Federal Lawsuit Against DHS, ICE, for Illegal Targeting and Search of Twin Cities Organizer Advocating for ICE Divestment The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, along with the CAIR Legal Defense Fund (CAIR LDF), today announced the filing of a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Twin Cities labor organizer and ICE divestment advocate Janette Zahia Corcelius.   The lawsuit alleges that border agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE...