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BBC Front PageMar 20, 2026
Iranian strikes on bases used by US caused $800m in damage, new analysis shows
Much of the damage was caused in initial retaliatory strikes by Iran in the week after the US and Israel launched its operation.

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Trump says he doesn't want Iran war ceasefire, but is considering 'winding down' military ops (CNBC World News)

CBC Top StoriesMar 20, 2026
Stock markets dip for another straight week as U.S. war on Iran continues
Canadian and U.S. stock markets sank on Friday amid fears about the effects of the U.S.-Iran war on interest rates.



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Iran live updates: Trump blasts NATO allies as 'COWARDS' over Strait of Hormuz (ABC News)

BBC Front PageMar 20, 2026
Trump makes Pearl Harbor remark in meeting with Japan's PM
President Trump compared US strikes on Iran to the deadly 1941 Japanese attack and declaration of war as part of World War Two.

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Late Night Pans Trump's Pearl Harbor Joke (Int'l Herald Tribune)

CBC Top StoriesMar 20, 2026
As Middle Eastern countries struggle to down Iranian drones, Ukraine sends 200 specialists to help
After Iranian Shahed drones hit an oil refinery in Kuwait, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that Kyiv has sent more than 200 military specialists to the Middle East to help defend critical infrastructure from the same type of threat Ukraine has faced for years.



Washington Post World NewsMar 20, 2026
Cuba rejects U.S. Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless'
An effective U.S. oil blockade has worsened the island's energy crisis. The U.S. Embassy in Havana, too, is feeling the effects.

ABC NewsMar 20, 2026
Attacks on Middle East energy sites deepen threat to US economy, analysts say
Tit-for-tat attacks on oil and gas sites across the Middle East in recent days have pushed up oil prices.

Int'l Herald TribuneMar 20, 2026
Aid Ship Departs for Cuba as Island Grapples With a Fuel Blockade
The "Nuestra América" humanitarian convoy plans to deliver more than 20 tons of critical supplies to Cuba. Some Cuban exiles view it with suspicion.

BBC Front PageMar 20, 2026
Typical energy bill forecast to rise by £332 a year in July
Cornwall Insight says the recent surge in energy prices due to the Iran war is set to push up household bills.

NYT Middle EastMar 20, 2026
U.S. Attacks Iranian Targets to Try to Open Strait of Hormuz
The Israeli military said it had killed the spokesman for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Iran warned that it could target American and Israeli military personnel.

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U.S. Steps Up Attacks to Clear the Strait of Hormuz (Int'l Herald Tribune)

CNBC World NewsMar 20, 2026
Oil prices top $112 after Iraq declares force majeure, Kuwait refineries attacked
Oil prices rose Friday even after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington may soon lift sanctions on Iranian crude stored aboard tankers.

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Israel launches more strikes on Tehran as Iran continues attacks on Gulf oil facilities (NPR Topics: News)

Int'l Herald TribuneMar 20, 2026
Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional
A federal judge tossed parts of the Pentagon's restrictions on news outlets, saying they violated the First Amendment, in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times.

Int'l Herald TribuneMar 20, 2026
Chuck Norris Punched This Article Into the Sun: How an Action Hero Became a Meme
Norris, best known as the butt-kicking star of action films, became an unwitting if good-natured pioneer of the internet meme.

NPR Headline NewsMar 20, 2026
Iran's cultural heritage sites are being damaged by American and Israeli strikes
The cost of the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran are mounting in terms of civilian deaths and damage to Iran's most famous cultural heritage sites.

NYTimes GlobalMar 20, 2026
Trump Officials Bypass Congress to Sell Weapons to U.A.E., Kuwait and Jordan
Some of the proposed sales, valued at more than $23 billion, were under review, while others were never sent to Congress. The administration is pushing them through without congressional approval.

BBC Front PageMar 20, 2026
Watch: Israeli strike next to British journalist is not AI-generated
The video of the strike, hitting just metres from RT's Steve Sweeney and his crew, was recorded on Thursday in southern Lebanon.

BBC Front PageMar 20, 2026
Chuck Norris, martial artist and Hollywood movie star, dies aged 86
The actor was known for Walker, Texas Ranger and The Way of the Dragon films - and numerous online memes.

NYTimes GlobalMar 20, 2026
Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has imbued U.S. military actions with a Christian moral underpinning that suggests they are divinely sanctioned.

Int'l Herald TribuneMar 20, 2026
Chuck Norris, Action Star of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,' Dies at 86
He channeled his martial arts skills into heroic roles in films like "The Delta Force" and "Missing in Action" and in the long-running TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger."

Int'l Herald TribuneMar 20, 2026
Death of American College Student in Spain Was Likely an Accident, Police Say
James Gracey, 20, a student at the University of Alabama, went missing during a visit to a beachfront nightclub in Barcelona. His body was found on Thursday, the police said.

BBC Front PageMar 20, 2026
Elon Musk misled Twitter investors, jury finds
A San Francisco jury concludes Musk's claims in 2022 were damaging to a group of Twitter investors.

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BBC Front PageMar 20, 2026
GB's Azu fourth at World Indoors in 'one of best 60m races of all time'
Defending champion Jeremiah Azu narrowly misses out on a medal in "one of the best 60m races of all time" at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

NPR Topics: NewsMar 20, 2026
CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era
The change is part of a round of layoffs at CBS News. When the radio service began operation in September 1927, it was a precursor to the entire CBS network. Today its top-of-the-hour news roundups are delivered to about 700 stations across the U.S.

NYT Middle EastMar 20, 2026
U.K. Allows U.S. to Use Bases to Hit Iranian Forces Menacing Strait Traffic
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed not to be dragged into the war with Iran, but his government described its new position as essentially defensive.

Washington Post World NewsMar 20, 2026
4 women killed in West Bank are first Palestinian deaths in Iran war
They were at a salon getting their nails done for Eid al-Fitr. It was unclear who fired the missile.

BBC News Front Page | WorldMar 20, 2026
CBS News shuts down radio service after nearly 100 years
In a memo to staff, editor-in-chief Barri Weiss and president Tom Cibrowski say the decision is "necessary" but "not an easy one".

NYT Middle EastMar 20, 2026
U.S. Dispatches Marines and Warships to Middle East
Officials said 2,500 Marines from 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in California and the U.S.S. Boxer amphibious ready group will go in April to relieve Marines already deployed in the Persian Gulf.

CNBC World NewsMar 20, 2026
UK government borrowing costs hit their highest level since 2008 as inflation fears hit the gilt market
Three charts show the extent of the U.K. government's borrowing woes.

ABC NewsMar 20, 2026
2,200 more Marines, 3 Navy ships likely headed to Middle East: Officials
Three Navy ships carrying 2,200 Marines is likely headed to the Middle East, two U.S. officials told ABC News.

BBC News Front Page | WorldMar 20, 2026
UK borrowing costs hit highest level since 2008 financial crisis
The interest rate on government debt is climbing over fears about inflation, interest rates, and public spending, experts have said.

BBC News Front Page | WorldMar 20, 2026
Traitors and Idris Elba help Comic Relief raise £30m
The annual charity telethon was hosted by Davina McCall and featured appearances from Idris Elba, Katherine Ryan and Catherine Tate.

NPR Topics: NewsMar 20, 2026
How the Iran war threatens global food supply
About a third of all fertilizer shipped globally passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Now shipping is all-but stopped through the Strait and this could have repercussions for the global food supply.

Int'l Herald TribuneMar 20, 2026
CBS News Radio, Onetime Home of Murrow, Will End Amid Layoffs
Bari Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News, announced layoffs on Friday that affected more than 60 employees. The network is owned by the technology heir David Ellison.

NPR Topics: NewsMar 20, 2026
Martial arts star Chuck Norris dies at 86
Norris karate chopped and kickboxed his way through more than a dozen action films in the 1980s, before leaping to TV in Walker, Texas Ranger.

CBC Top StoriesMar 20, 2026
Chuck Norris, Hollywood martial artist and actor, dead at 86
Martial arts phenom and Hollywood action star Chuck Norris — known for Walker, Texas Ranger, among other macho roles — died on Thursday at the age of 86, in what his family described as a "sudden passing."



NPR Topics: NewsMar 20, 2026
Trump is dismantling democracy, reports find. And, Treasury to take over student loans
Recent studies show the U.S. is slipping further from democracy. And, the Trump administration plans to transfer federal student loans from the Education Department to the Treasury Department.

FT.com - Comment & AnalysisMar 20, 2026
Iran war will scar the global economy
Scenarios that markets and policymakers hoped to avoid are now materialising

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BBC Front PageMar 19, 2026
Iranians prepares for Persian new year under shadow of war
Iranians speak to the BBC about preparing for the Nowruz new year festival during the war.

Int'l Herald TribuneMar 19, 2026
Judge Rules That R.F.K. Jr. Overstepped on Transgender Care
The ruling provides temporary relief for 21 states seeking to stop the Trump administration from ending federal funding to hospitals that provide gender-transition care.

NYT Middle EastMar 19, 2026
Attacks on Oil and Natural Gas Facilities Could Lead to Much Higher Prices
Attacks on oil and natural gas facilities this week could make it much harder for Persian Gulf countries to rebuild and restart production when the war eventually end.

MSNBC Int'l NewsMar 19, 2026
Father of service member killed in Iran war said he never told Pete Hegseth to 'finish' the job
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump have said the families of service members who died in the Iran war told them to finish the job.

Washington Post World NewsMar 19, 2026
Iran hits Gulf energy sites, escalating war, as U.S. mulls sanctions rollback
As attacks rattled markets, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration might lift restrictions on Iranian oil already loaded onto vessels.

NYT Middle EastMar 19, 2026
Father of a Palestinian woman killed with three others during a missile attack expresses shock.
The victims are the first Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to be killed as a result of the Middle East war.

ABC NewsMar 19, 2026
Treasury taking over federal student loans amid dismantling of Dept. of Education
The Trump administration is expected to send the nearly $1.7 trillion student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, the Department of Education announced.

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Federal student loans will move to Treasury, further shrinking Education Department (NPR Topics: News)
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