Iran’s IRGC appears to have rejected US claims of a military hotline will operate between the two countries.SaveShareTehran, Iran – Iran has indicated that there will be no direct communication between US and Iranian military officials as part of a hotline proposed by Washington designed to ease tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Hossein Mohebi...

Lake Powell ‒ the massive Colorado River reservoir that produces power for millions of homes across the West ‒ is the emptiest it has ever been entering the hottest part of the summer. And the worst is still to come.Although the lake’s levels have briefly fallen lower in years past, those low-water levels came in the spring, before melting snow...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) –FRIDAY: Ending the work week with highs in the lower 90s and heat index values in the mid and upper 90s. Humidity sticks around, but a breeze from the southwest could give a slight relief at times. Isolated showers and storms remain possible, but mainly in the northern counties of Tennessee. The storms that do form have...

SEATTLE — Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei lamented both the conditions his team have had to face in this tournament and the bad luck they encountered in the dying minutes of their 1-1 draw with Egypt, as they had a goal disallowed for a tight offside and saw Saeid Ezatolahi‘s header rocket off the crossbar in injury time.Iran, who had their...

By Vatican NewsReflecting on the question, "In what kind of world are we called to proclaim the Gospel?", Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś invited fellow cardinals to look to the Parable of the Good Samaritan as a guide for understanding both today’s world and the Church’s mission within it.Speaking during the Extraordinary Consistory in the Vatican, the Archbishop of Łódź in Poland...

Mideast Live Updates: U.S. Strikes Iran Again, Testing Truce  The New York Timessource