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Trump gives mixed messages about when the war with Iran will end
- NPR Staff
- Mar 10, 2026
In a phone call with CBS News Monday, Trump said "the war is very complete." But at a separate event with Republican lawmakers, he said the U.S. still...
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What to know about Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader
- Rachel Treisman
- Mar 9, 2026
The second son of the late supreme leader keeps a low profile. But he's long been viewed as wielding his power behind the scenes, from crushing dissen...
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New evidence challenges Trump claim about deadly girls school strike
- Mar 9, 2026
On 28 February, a missile hit Shajareh Tayyebeh School - a girl's primary school in Minab, Hormozgan Province, Iran. Iranian authorities have said the...
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Fears Iranian women's football team could 'face dire consequences'
- Mar 9, 2026
Concern is growing for the safety of the Iranian football women's team who it is feared could "face dire consequences" when they return home from the...
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The U.S. names its 7th dead soldier and oil prices spike on Day 10 of the Iran war
- NPR Staff
- Mar 9, 2026
The Pentagon said a Space Brigade sergeant was killed and the price of oil increased after Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader and then laun...
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Millions more people are in the path of rising seas than previously thought
- Lauren Sommer
- Mar 9, 2026
Oceans are rising as the climate changes, threatening coastal cities. A new study shows that much more of the world's population is vulnerable than ea...
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12 years on, renewed hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight comes up empty
- The Associated Press
- Mar 9, 2026
Twelve years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard, a deep-sea search has so far failed to locate the missing aircraft,...
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Video appears to show U.S. cruise missile striking Iranian school compound
- Geoff Brumfiel
- Mar 9, 2026
The ten second video was released by Iranian state media and directly contradicts statements made by President Trump, who said Iran was responsible fo...
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An Iranian doctor recounts treating wounds of war
- Ruth Sherlock
- Mar 8, 2026
An Iranian doctor who crossed into Turkey last week describes a harrowing journey to the border. She's been treating civilians wounded in the U.S. and...
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Iran has 'betrayed us' but all sides must de-escalate, says Qatar PM
- Mar 8, 2026
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani described Iran's strikes on Gulf countries as a "dangerous miscalculation", warning the escalation risks dest...
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Israel hits Iran's oil depots as clerics say consensus reached on Ayatollah successor
- NPR Staff
- Mar 8, 2026
Israel targeted Iran's oil facilities for the first time early Sunday, with videos showing huge flames lighting up the sky, while Iranian state media...
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A new Nepali party, led by an ex-rapper, is set for a landslide win in parliamentary election
- The Associated Press
- Mar 8, 2026
A Nepali political party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide victory in the country's first parliamentary election since Gen Z protests ousted...