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Oil prices traded higher after U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran had allowed 10 oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Plus, the Friday news quiz.
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President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.
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For the second time this week, President Trump extended an ultimatum for Iran to completely open the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping traffic, saying peace talks "are going very well."
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President Trump said on Thursday he would delay an imminent deadline to begin attacking Iran's power grid.
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Former England manager Roy Hodgson is put in caretaker charge of Bristol City after head coach Gerhard Struber was sacked.
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A key survey indicates growing doubt among shoppers over prospects for the UK economy in the next year.
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The authorities have made a wave of arrests to stop people posting footage of strikes, citing security risks. Experts also see a fear of damage to the countries' image as safe havens.
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Rescue teams now believe the whale has reached deeper water in Lübeck Bay and hope it will head for the wider sea.
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Foreign investors are pulling out a record $12 billion from Indian equities as the Iran conflict drives up energy costs and raises doubts on economic growth.
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A stranded whale in Germany's Baltic Sea has finally swum free after rescuers cut an escape route, but it still faces danger
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A U.S. judge pressed the Trump administration Thursday about its basis for barring Venezuela's government from paying former President Nicolás Maduro's legal fees in the drug trafficking case that has put him behind bars in New York.
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President Trump says he will extend a pause on Iranian energy attacks to April 6 after 10 ships were allowed passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Foreign investors are pulling out a record $12 billion from Indian equities as the Iran conflict drives up energy costs and raises doubts on economic growth.
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Zelenskyy met Gulf leaders to seek support for Kyiv as the U.S. reportedly weigh diverting military resources to the Middle East.
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Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed as the prospect of a peace deal in the Middle East remained murky amid contradictory messaging from the U.S. and Iran.
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Volodymyr Zelensky says the Gulf kingdom faces the same type of attacks from Iran that Kyiv has been resisting.
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Senators at last agreed via voice vote early Friday morning to approve a funding package that funds the Department of Homeland Security besides ICE and part of CBP.
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The meeting in France is slated to discuss efforts to stop the war in the Middle East, end Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile development, and reopen maritime trade routes.
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One month since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, Tehran residents tell the BBC their lives have been devastated.
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Never before has America arrived at the threshold of a quagmire so quickly.
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When the world map of literal power changes, the political hierarchy shifts, too
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The Senate approved a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, early Friday. The bill does not fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
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Wall Street banks may finally be getting a long-awaited opening to claw back market share from private credit lenders.
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For centuries, an Omani exclave has been defined by a peculiar duality: rugged isolation and proximity to one of the world's most important trade routes.
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Since the start of the war in Iran, the average price of gas in the United States has climbed by nearly a dollar.
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The war in the Middle East risks worsening an inflation problem that the Federal Reserve has struggled for years to subdue.
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Tony Pulis explains why international breaks can be an opportunity as well as a problem for managers, and what he did when one of his players did not return on time.
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New government guidance also suggests children under-two should not be watching screens alone.
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Also, transgender athletes were barred from women's Olympic events. Here's the latest at the end of Thursday.
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The impacts from the Iran war continue to way on global supply chains as economists raise their expectations for a potential recession in the U.S.
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The decision is an early victory for the artificial intelligence company in a rancorous legal battle with the Department of Defense.
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It's an extraordinary move that came as senators were reviewing a "last and final" offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and disrupted travel, just as TSA workers faced another missed paycheck Friday.
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Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is drafting a formal authorization for the use of military force in Iran, seeking to put some parameters around the operation as the Trump administration has boxed out Congress.
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At 20 airports around the U.S., security screeners are getting paid as usual despite the ongoing DHS shutdown — because they're private contractors. Will more airports look at privatizing security?
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;Resize=(620)) March 26, 2026 | After years of lagging, Canada officially hits the NATO defence spending benchmark of two per cent of GDP. U.S President Donald Trump extends his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. And, the IOC bans transgender women from Olympic competition.
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For a second time, President Trump extended the deadline for Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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A new policy announced by the International Olympic Committee bans transgender women athletes from the Olympics. NBC News Dana Griffin explains the new rule.
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Iran has allowed a small number of vessels to pass, but that won't alleviate pressure or risk for the shipping industry and energy markets any time soon.
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The International Olympic Committee will require all athletes who want to participate in women's events to undergo genetic testing. The policy takes effect for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
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The killing of the Iranian commander, who had been leading efforts to block the Strait of Hormuz, came as President Trump pressured Iran to engage in talks to end the war.
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Trump and other American presidents have criticized Canada for failing to meet the alliance's military spending minimum of 2 percent of gross domestic product.
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Israel's defence minister said a number of other "senior Navy command officials" have also been killed. Iran has not yet commented.
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Kirsty Coventry, the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee, has frequently spoken about what she says is the need to protect women's competitions at the Olympic Games.
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Donald Trump giving Iran 10 days to re-open a vital shipping channel and new advice on screen time for under 5s is a focus for Friday's front pages.
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President Trump's announcement came as talks on Capitol Hill over funding the Department of Homeland Security faltered, and airport lines continued to grow.
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The region's stores of natural gas are running at the lowest level in years, and filling them up is increasingly daunting as the U.S.-led war in Iran pushes up prices.
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As Senate Republicans on Tuesday scrambled to strike a deal to fund DHS amid the agency's partial shutdown, Trump said he would not be happy with any deal they hammered out.
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