Archives for March, 2026

US' Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby said the US objectives in Iran were 'scoped and reasonable'

US says Israel killed Iran's leader

Agence France-Presse

US President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House

Merz seeks early end to Iran war in Trump meeting

Agence France-Presse

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security," on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

US homeland chief Noem stands by remarks accusing slain US citizens of terrorism

Reuters

A woman walks on the street following an Israeli and U.S. strike on a police station, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 3, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Analysis-Trump's Iran attack rattles Russian hardliners who call for Putin to double down on war in Ukraine

Reuters

Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP via Getty Images

US-Iran war rattles global stocks as UAE trading set to resume

Osama Al Maqdoni / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images

Amid chatter of local uprisings, eyes turn to Iran's minorities: What to know

Ethnic minorities in Iran, historically marginalized and repressed by Iran's central government, are gaining attention as potential political actors amid escalating US and Israeli strikes.

Missiles and drones that the United Arab Emirates says it intercepted during recent attacks are displayed during a government briefing in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Abdelhadi Ramahi

Factbox-Iranian missiles and drones fired at Gulf countries

Reuters

An unidentified passenger gestures following the evacuation from Dubai, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

No easy way out for tens of thousands looking to leave Gulf amid Iran conflict

Reuters

Farah Pahlavi, the widow of Iran's last shah, has lived in exile in Paris since being driven out of Iran in the 1979 revolution

Iran will not 'automatically' fall after Khamenei's death, shah's widow tells AFP

Agence France-Presse

Buildings around Ferdowsi Square in central Tehran were badly damaged

Tehran resembles ghost town as bombs rain down

Agence France-Presse

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office

Trump says US Navy could escort tankers, Iran aimed to strike first

Agence France-Presse

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump says U.S. has knocked out many Iranian naval and air targets

Reuters

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks to media after he shared an iftar, meal to break fast at sunset, during the holy month of Ramadan, with Ukrainian Muslim service members, near a mosque in Kyiv, Ukraine March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Zelenskiy holds talks with UAE, Qatar leaders

Reuters

Israel's weakening of Hezbollah, Hamas in Gaza, and the fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad paved the way for the strikes on Iran

Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' under threat after US-Israeli war

Agence France-Presse

Farah Pahlavi, the widow of Iran's last shah, has lived in exile in Paris since being driven out of Iran in the 1979 revolution

Iran will not 'automatically' fall after Khamenei's death, shah's widow tells AFP

Agence France-Presse

An aircraft prepares to land in RAF Akrotiri, a British sovereign base in Cyprus that was hit by a drone early Monday, causing limited damage, in Cyprus. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Britain sends helicopters with counter-drone tech to Cyprus, deploys naval vessel

Reuters