Mortgage rates surge to highest since September, hitting spring housing market

[ad_1] In an aerial view, two-story single family homes line the streets of neighborhood on Jan. 13, 2026 in Thousand Oaks, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images Mortgage rates surged to their highest level since September on Friday as bond yields moved higher due to the war in Iran. The average rate on the 30-year […]

Iranian attacks drive Italy to pull out of Iraq as defiant Iranian leader taunts Trump from the streets, Iranians march while bombs fall around them – and vow to cripple global economy: Live updates

[ad_1] Iranian security chief taunts Trump in live interview as airstrikes hit Tehran Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani has taunted Donald Trump in a live interview in Tehran as Israeli airstrikes rain down on the Iranian capital. Larijani has joined thousands of demonstrators at a Quds Day rally in the city despite fresh Israeli attacks […]

Pete Hegseth on Strait of Hormuz: ‘Don’t need to worry about it’

[ad_1] U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 2, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday brushed aside concerns that the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz because of the Iran war, which has […]

‘Comatose’ Mojtaba Khamenei ‘is UNAWARE there is a war on and has no idea he is supreme leader’, report says – despite regime issuing his ‘first statement’

[ad_1] Iran’s new Supreme Leader is unaware of the ongoing war in the Middle East and does not know he is the Islamic Republic’s new leader, according to a new report.   Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, succeeded his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following his assassination on February 28.  He is reportedly in a coma at the Sina […]