Mar 11 Wealthy nations pledge a record release of emergency oil reserves in bid to calm surging prices By Samuel Petrequin, Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press The Paris-based organization said it will make 400 million barrels of oil available from its members’ emergency reserves. Continue reading
Mar 11 Iran targets ships, Dubai airport and oil facilities as economic concerns mount By Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick, David Rising, Associated Press The latest attacks on Wednesday mark an escalation in its campaign to bottle up the oil-rich Persian Gulf as American and Israeli airstrikes pound the Islamic Republic. Continue reading
Mar 10 Australia grants asylum to 2 more members of Iranian women's soccer team By Charlotte Graham-McLay, Associated Press Two more members of the Iranian women’s soccer team were granted asylum in Australia before their teammates departed, the country’s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 10 Fact-checking Trump's claim that Iran has Tomahawk missiles By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact Although a few countries other than the U.S. have Tomahawks, none of them is engaged in fighting Iran. Tomahawk cruise missiles are manufactured by Raytheon, a U.S. company, for use by the U.S. military and international partners. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch 4:55 As Iran shows no signs of surrender, U.S. launches 'most intense' day of strikes By Stephanie Sy, Kayan Taraporevala The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran showed no sign of slowing on Tuesday, with both sides trading strikes and vowing to keep up the attacks. U.S. officials said the campaign has destroyed most of Iran’s ability to produce nuclear fuel, and… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch A look at evidence linking U.S. to Iranian school strike By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi The U.S. is investigating an explosion at a school next to an Iranian navy base in the city of Minab. Iran says the strike killed more than 150 people, mostly schoolgirls. A U.S. official briefed on the initial review tells… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch 7:12 Afghans stranded for a year by Trump's refugee freeze now caught in new war By Leila Molana-Allen, Eric O'Connor President Trump’s decision to freeze refugee processing left thousands in limbo. For more than a year, 1,100 Afghan refugees who thought they were bound for the United States have been stranded on a disused military base in Qatar. Now, having… Continue watching
Mar 10 WATCH: U.S. seems 'on a path' to deploying ground troops in Iran, Blumenthal says after classified briefing By Associated Press “I am left with more questions than answers, especially about the cost of the war,” Blumenthal told reporters after the briefing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Continue reading
Mar 10 WATCH: White House says Trump will accept outcome of investigation into bombing of school in Iran By Associated Press White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t answer why President Donald Trump falsely asserted on Monday that Iran has access to the U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missile, the weapon likely used to strike a girls school in Iran, killing 165 people. Continue reading
Mar 10 Polls show what Americans think about the war in Iran By Linley Sanders, Associated Press Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began. Continue reading