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Rubio heads to Europe to try garner support for Iran war
- NPR Staff
- Mar 27, 2026
Representatives of the world's wealthiest democracies gather in France today for a G7 meeting, where U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected t...
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Southeast Asia is being hit hard by Iran's cutoff of oil and gas
- Michael Sullivan
- Mar 26, 2026
Southeast Asia is among the areas hardest hit by Iran's cutoff of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz, with many nations almost entirely dependen...
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The Olympic committee bans trans athletes from women's events, raising many questions
- Rachel Treisman
- Mar 26, 2026
The International Olympic Committee will require all athletes who want to participate in women's events to undergo genetic testing. The policy takes e...
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Pakistan confirms it's relaying messages between the U.S. and Iran as war rages on
- NPR Staff
- Mar 26, 2026
Pakistan's foreign minister formally acknowledged "indirect talks" and said Iran is reviewing a U.S. proposal. Israel says it killed the Iranian Revol...
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Thousands of U.S. troops deploy to Middle East. And, the latest on DHS funding talks
- Mar 25, 2026
The U.S. is sending thousands of paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne to the Middle East. And, congressional Republicans present Democrats with a new d...
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U.S. drafts plan to end war with Iran as 2,000 paratroopers are ordered to deploy in the Middle East
- NPR Staff
- Mar 25, 2026
Nearly a month into the war with Iran, the Trump administration is keeping its options open: it has drafted a 15-point plan to end the war with Iran a...
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Rubio plans travel to France to sell Iran war to skeptical G7 allies
- The Associated Press
- Mar 25, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America's skeptical Group of Seven allies on the Iran war that has sent...
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The Israeli military wants more weeks to fight Iran war, officials say
- Daniel Estrin
- Mar 24, 2026
The Israeli military estimates it would need several more weeks of fighting to complete its war goals in Iran, at a time when President Trump says the...
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Will President Trump act on his threat to take Cuba?
- Terry Gross
- Mar 24, 2026
New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson describes conditions in Cuba, why it's vulnerable now — and what regime change would mean — considering the Castro...
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Senate confirms Sen. Mullin as DHS secretary. And, Iran denies U.S. talks to end war
- Brittney Melton
- Mar 24, 2026
The Senate has confirmed Markwayne Mullin as the next Department of Homeland Security secretary. And, Iran has denied that it's in talks with the U.S....
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Iran fires more missiles at Israel, dismisses Trump's talk as 'fake news'
- NPR Staff
- Mar 24, 2026
Israeli health officials said Iranian missiles struck four sites across Israel Tuesday, including central Tel Aviv, injuring at least six people. Iran...
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Airstrikes may have destroyed Iran's last F-14s, ending a long, strange saga
- Scott Neuman
- Mar 24, 2026
The F-14 was made famous in Top Gun. The U.S. sold the planes to Iran in the 1970s, only for the two countries to become enemies. Iran kept its F-14s...