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Relatives grieve an Iraqi soldier killed in a strike Wednesday on a military clinic in western Iraq’s Anbar province, during a mass procession inside the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Israel warns attacks on Iran ‘will escalate and expand’ as Trump claims advances in ceasefire talks

By David Rising

March 27, 2026 at 8:44 a.m.

Israel threatened to “escalate and expand” its attacks on Iran on Friday, even as U.S....

Farmer Rodney Bushmeyer observes as his son, Bryce Bushmeyer, both of Hull, change a sign on a seed tender at the Bushmeyer farm in Hull, March, 25, 2026. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)

Illinois farmers brace for another bruising season as Iran war spikes fertilizer prices

By Christiana Freitag

March 27, 2026 at 2:05 p.m.

Disruption at the Strait of Hormuz has driven up the cost of nitrogen-based synthetic fertilizers...

Will Smith slaps Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022.

Today in History: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock

By Associated Press

March 27, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On March 27, 2022, Will Smith slapped presenter Chris Rock onstage at the 94th Academy...

President Donald Trump is seen in his limousine, known as “The Beast,” for the motorcade to the White House after his arrival on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

President Trump bragged about low gas prices. The Iran conflict has him doing an about-face.

By Josh Boak

March 12, 2026 at 9:44 p.m.

It was only last month, in his State of the Union address, that Trump bragged...

FILE – The CEO of FireEye Kevin Mandia gives a tour of the cybersecurity company’s unused office space in Reston, Va., March 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren, file)

Iran-linked hackers take aim at US and other targets, raising risk of cyberattacks during war

By David Klepper

March 12, 2026 at 5:13 p.m.

Pro-Iranian hackers are targeting sites in the Middle East and starting to stretch into the...

An instructor from the Ukrainian company General Cherry demonstrates the operation of an anti-air interceptor drone designed to destroy Russian attack drones in Kyiv region, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Zelenskyy says Ukraine awaits White House sign-off on US drone production deal

By Hanna Arhirova

March 12, 2026 at 10:20 a.m.

Ukraine is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv...

A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged last Monday during the U.S.-Israeli air campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s secretive top leader vows to keep up attacks in his first statement since being appointed

By Natalie Melzer

March 12, 2026 at 9:58 a.m.

Iran’s new supreme leader released his first statement since succeeding his late father, saying Thursday...

Noma’s chef René Redzepi prepares a vegetarian burger in a restaurant, in Copenhagen, Nov. 24, 2024. (Soeren Bidstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Celebrity chef René Redzepi resigns from iconic Danish restaurant Noma after abuse allegations

By Stefanie Dazio

March 12, 2026 at 6:10 a.m.

René Redzepi, founder and celebrity chef at the iconic Danish restaurant Noma, has stepped down...

The start of Gandhi's and his thousands of Crusaders, on the march which they hoped would result in the breaking of the salt laws, the first step in Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign. (AP Photo)

Today in History: Gandhi begins ‘Salt March’

By Associated Press

March 12, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

On March 12, 1930, Mohandas Gandhi began his 24-day, 240-mile “Salt March” to the Indian...

Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble in the aftermath of a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News Agency via AP)

Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school

By Aamer Madhani

March 11, 2026 at 9:40 p.m.

President Donald Trump initially blamed Iran for the attack, later said he wasn’t certain who...

Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble in the aftermath of an Israeli-U.S. strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (ISNA via AP)

US at fault in strike on school in Iran, preliminary inquiry says

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

March 11, 2026 at 7:15 p.m.

Striking a school full of children is sure to be recorded as one of the...

Signs show the gas prices at a gas station, Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Germany, Austria will release reserve oil in effort to calm surging prices

By Kirsten Grieshaber

March 11, 2026 at 9:13 a.m.

Germany and Austria said Wednesday they are releasing parts of their oil reserves following an...

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Iran targets busiest international airport as top UN body demands halt to attacks on Gulf neighbors

By Jon Gambrell

March 11, 2026 at 10:02 p.m.

The latest attacks marked an escalation in Iran's campaign aimed at generating enough global economic...