Month: March 2026

President Donald Trump said he is “not happy” with Iran’s choice of Mojtaba Khamenei replacing his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader.

Russia and Ukraine have made competing claims about who is gaining ground, as Russian strikes keep hitting Ukrainian cities and U.S.-backed talks in Turkey were postponed.

President Trump provided conflicting messages about when the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran will end. And, NPR investigates how late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein leveraged ties with scientists.

The official wrote the message to the U.S. president on social media.

Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union was “completely dependent” on expensive and volatile fossil fuel imports. She has announced new ambitions to harmonize nuclear regulations and roll out smaller reactors.

“It would be quite straightforward to not be on the consoles or in the control room” during a recent U.S. submarine torpedo kill, said one analyst.

Iran has targeted traffic through Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passage for traded oil, thus sending oil prices soaring and leading to firms halting production | World News

“Watch out for yourself — lest you be eliminated,” Ali Larijani warns the U.S. president.

The attacks come as U.S. President Donald Trump sends contradictory signals about how long the war could last, adding to uncertainty that’s causing markets to swing.

Seven members of the Iranian women’s soccer team have remained in Australia, while the rest of the squad has now left the country for Iran, a source has told CNN Sports.

Iranian barrages target Israel and Gulf countries as US warns Iran of ‘most intense day of strikes’

Ukraine has battle experience with Iranian-made Shahed drones and has mass-produced cheap interceptors.

Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than support.

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In Iran, state officials say the U.S. was responsible for a strike on a plant that supplies water for 30 villages. The U.S. military denies the claim.

More than a week of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran has dragged in global powers, upended the world’s energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to usually peaceful areas of the region.

An officer and a suspect were shot during an “active shooter” incident in Baltimore, United States, police said. | World News

Iran’s attacks on regional oil infrastructure and pledges to choke off a vital waterway left markets on edge as the United States promised blistering new strikes.

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned accounts of “gruesome killings” of civilians in South Sudan, the destruction and poisoning of key water sources and fresh waves of mass displacement.

Russia and Ukraine have made competing claims about who is gaining ground, as Russian strikes keep hitting Ukrainian cities and U.S.-backed talks in Turkey were postponed.

Israeli air attacks hit Lebanon’s southern city of Tyre and Beirut suburbs.

Denmark’s Lego, the world’s number one toy maker, on Tuesday posted record sales and profits for its 2025 financial year, marking a “fantastic” year, despite global tensions, Lego’s CEO told

Besides statements by the Iran, reports by rights groups, investigations by media houses point towards US-made Tomahawk missile being involved in the school hit | World News

The U.S. stock market is holding steadier as Wall Street waits for the next signal on when the war with Iran may end. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% after

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon was giving President Trump “maximum options” and that the war will not be “endless,” a day after the president gave mixed signals about progress.

Half of all Iranian-Americans live in California. Nearly a third—about 230,000 people—are in the Los Angeles area. | World News

German exports dropped faster than expected in January, official data showed Tuesday, the latest sign that the recovery in Europe’s struggling top economy remains fragile.

Nobody wanted impotent nepo baby Mojtaba Khamenei to be Iran’s next supreme leader — not President Trump, and not even Khamenei’s own father, Ali, who held the job until he was blown up in air strikes earlier this month.

Russia and Ukraine have made competing claims about who is gaining ground, as Russian strikes keep hitting Ukrainian cities and U.S.-backed talks in Turkey were postponed.

President Donald Trump said he is “not happy” with Iran’s choice of Mojtaba Khamenei replacing his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader.

President Trump provided conflicting messages about when the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran will end. And, NPR investigates how late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein leveraged ties with scientists.

Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union was “completely dependent” on expensive and volatile fossil fuel imports. She has announced new ambitions to harmonize nuclear regulations and roll out smaller reactors.

The official wrote the message to the U.S. president on social media.

“It would be quite straightforward to not be on the consoles or in the control room” during a recent U.S. submarine torpedo kill, said one analyst.

The attacks come as U.S. President Donald Trump sends contradictory signals about how long the war could last, adding to uncertainty that’s causing markets to swing.

Iran has targeted traffic through Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passage for traded oil, thus sending oil prices soaring and leading to firms halting production | World News

“Watch out for yourself — lest you be eliminated,” Ali Larijani warns the U.S. president.

Seven members of the Iranian women’s soccer team have remained in Australia, while the rest of the squad has now left the country for Iran, a source has told CNN Sports.

Iranian barrages target Israel and Gulf countries as US warns Iran of ‘most intense day of strikes’

Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than support.

Ukraine has battle experience with Iranian-made Shahed drones and has mass-produced cheap interceptors.

In Iran, state officials say the U.S. was responsible for a strike on a plant that supplies water for 30 villages. The U.S. military denies the claim.

???? Listen to This Is Why on your podcast app ????

More than a week of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran has dragged in global powers, upended the world’s energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to usually peaceful areas of the region.

An officer and a suspect were shot during an “active shooter” incident in Baltimore, United States, police said. | World News

Iran’s attacks on regional oil infrastructure and pledges to choke off a vital waterway left markets on edge as the United States promised blistering new strikes.

From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned accounts of “gruesome killings” of civilians in South Sudan, the destruction and poisoning of key water sources and fresh waves of mass displacement.

Russia and Ukraine have made competing claims about who is gaining ground, as Russian strikes keep hitting Ukrainian cities and U.S.-backed talks in Turkey were postponed.

A pair of former rookie NYPD cops now face federal charges for groping and stealing money from a naked prostitute in a Queens brothel, after the state case against them got tossed on speedy trial grounds.