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Israel: We're Going to Hold Large Swath of Lebanon

Plan would extend Israeli control to about a tenth of the country

(Newser) - Israel's defense minister is openly talking about holding a big slice of southern Lebanon for the long haul. In a statement Tuesday, Israel Katz said the military intends to maintain control of newly captured territory south of the Litani River—up to roughly 15 to 20 miles inside Lebanon,...

Report: Crown Prince Urges Trump to Intensify Iran War

Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman reportedly calls for broader strikes on Iran, including oil sites

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia's crown prince is reportedly telling US President Trump that now is not the time to hit pause on the Iran war. People briefed by American officials say Mohammed bin Salman has urged Trump in recent calls to press ahead with the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, framing...

Iran War May End Era of F-14 Jets
Iran War May End
the Era of F-14 Jets
Mar 24, 2026 10:04 AM CDT

Iran War May End the Era of F-14 Jets

Last ones in operation might have been destroyed by Israeli bombs

(Newser) - The venerable F-14 fighter jet, familiar to anyone who's seen Top Gun, may be history because of the Iran war. Both NPR and the War Zone report that Israeli bombs might have destroyed the last operational ones in existence. Satellite images show multiple destroyed Tomcats at an Iranian airbase,...

Iran Warns It May Shut Strait of Hormuz 'Completely'

Tehran threatens Hormuz closure and regional energy infrastructure attacks

(Newser) - Iran is warning it will choke off one of the world's most important oil routes if the US follows through on a new threat, CNN reports. The country's armed forces headquarters said Sunday it is prepared to shut the Strait of Hormuz "completely" and for an indefinite...

Iron Dome Reservist Spied for Iran, Israeli Charges Say

Raz Cohen turned over operational details, according to indictment

(Newser) - A reservist who helped operate Israel's Iron Dome defenses is accused of selling military secrets to Iran—for roughly $1,000 in cryptocurrency, the Times of Israel reports. Israel's police and Shin Bet security service said 26-year-old Raz Cohen of Jerusalem was arrested and indicted after spending about...

2K-Year-Old Projective Carries 'Sarcastic' Message
2K-Year-Old Projectile
Carries 'Sarcastic' Message
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Mar 22, 2026 10:20 AM CDT

2K-Year-Old Projectile Carries 'Sarcastic' Message

Essentially, 'learn your lesson'

(Newser) - A 2,000-year-old bit of battlefield trash talk has turned up in northern Israel. Archaeologists excavating the Hellenistic city of Hippos, just east of the Sea of Galilee, uncovered a lead projectile known as a sling bullet stamped in Greek with a single command: "Learn," interpreted as "...

Strikes Injure Dozens Near Israeli Nuclear Research Site

Iran says its death toll has topped 1.5K

(Newser) - Iran struck two communities near Israel's main nuclear research site late Saturday, leaving several people seriously injured. The attack took place hours after Iran's own Natanz main nuclear enrichment site was hit, as the war spun into a dangerous new direction at the start of its fourth week,...

Iran Says Airstrike Hit Nuclear Enrichment Facility

State media: Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was attacked Saturday, with no radiation leakage

(Newser) - Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, Iranian state media reports. Iran's official Mizan news agency said there was no radiation leakage after Saturday's strike on the Natanz nuclear facility, nearly 135 miles southeast of Tehran. The facility, Iran's main uranium...

FIFA Fines Israel, Says Iran Should Play in US

Israeli soccer federation fined but avoids suspension

(Newser) - FIFA fined the Israeli soccer federation for breaching anti-discrimination regulations on Thursday while dampening Iran's attempts to move its World Cup matches in June from the US to Mexico. Global soccer's governing body wants the tournament "to go ahead as scheduled," President Gianni Infantino said, the...

US Knew Gas Field Strike Was Planned, Israeli Officials Say

Trump had said attack was a surprise

(Newser) - President Trump's shifting account of an Israeli strike on a major Iranian gas field has become more muddled. Three Israeli officials said the attack on Iran's South Pars gas field was coordinated with the Trump administration in advance, despite the president's initial claim online that the US...

Sanders to Force Votes on Arms Sales to Israel

Measure targets sale of 22K bombs

(Newser) - Sen. Bernie Sanders is looking to put his colleagues on the spot over US weapons headed to Israel. The Vermont independent on Thursday is filing a series of resolutions to block roughly $658 million in planned munitions sales, according to his office, with Democratic Sens. Chris Van Hollen, Jeff Merkley,...

Elusive Happiness Not So Elusive in These Countries

Nordic nations continue to top Gallup's 'World Happiness Report'

(Newser) - Discovering the secret to happiness sometimes feels like a fool's game, but in some of the world's nations, they've apparently cracked the code. Gallup is out with its annual "World Happiness Report," in which respondents were asked to rate their lives on a zero-to-10 scale,...

Kristof: How Trump Can Get Out of This War
Kristof: How Trump
Can Get Out of This War
OPINION
Mar 19, 2026 7:33 AM CDT

Kristof: How Trump Can Get Out of This War

Columnist urges him to declare victory, then open secret talks with Tehran

(Newser) - Nicholas Kristof sees the Iran war as a major miscalculation by President Trump, and he warns in a New York Times opinion piece that things could get far worse if Trump doubles down instead of finding a way out. What to do? "His least-bad option, I believe, is to...

Trump Issues New Threat to Iran as Oil Prices Jump

President warns he will blow up entire Iranian gas field if latest strikes continue

(Newser) - Oil prices briefly hit $119 a barrel over a potentially volatile new phase of the Iran war, reports CNBC . The chain of events began Wednesday when Israel launched an attack on Iran's portion of the massive South Pars gas field, which also runs into Qatar. Iran responded with retaliatory...

Ex-Counterterror Official Joe Kent Is Under FBI Investigation

Probe into whether he leaked intelligence predates resignation over Iran war

(Newser) - Joe Kent's high-profile exit over the Iran war was predated by an ongoing FBI investigation into whether he leaked sensitive intelligence, four people familiar with the matter tell Semafor . The probe was reportedly underway before Kent resigned Tuesday as head of the National Counterterrorism Center, a move that made him...

'Decapitation' Strategy in Iran Has Potential to Backfire

Israeli campaign keeps picking off top Iranian leaders, but the bench looks deep for now

(Newser) - First came Khamenei . And in the weeks since, Israel has tracked down and killed other top Iranian officials, with more big names falling this week . This "decapitation" strategy is meant to destabilize and demoralize the remaining leadership in Iran, and possibly encourage ordinary Iranians to revolt. Whether it will...

Resigned Counterterror Official Knows Well the Cost of War

Joe Kent invokes late wife Shannon Kent, killed in a suicide bombing in Syria

(Newser) - Joe Kent's departure from the National Counterterrorism Center this week came with a pointed critique of US policy on Iran—and a deeply personal reminder of the cost of war. In his resignation letter, Kent invoked his first wife, Navy linguist Shannon Kent, who was killed in a...

Israel Says It Has Taken Out Another Key Iranian Minister

Intelligence minister Esmail Khatib joins a growing body count among Tehran's top leaders

(Newser) - Israel's defense minister said on Wednesday that the Israeli military killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib. Israel Katz announced Khatib's killing, reports the AP , and said that "significant surprises are expected throughout this day on all the fronts," without elaborating. Israel's latest killing follows those...

Israel Calls for Uprising in Iran, but Fears a 'Slaughter'

Leaked US cable reveals Israeli doubts about Iran uprising's chances, reports Washington Post

(Newser) - Israeli leaders are publicly calling for Iranians to rise up against their government while privately warning Washington that demonstrators would be massacred if they did, per a US diplomatic cable obtained by the Washington Post . The cable, sent from the US Embassy in Jerusalem, says senior Israeli officials told American...

Bettors Threaten War Reporter, Demand Change to Story

Times of Israel correspondent details the warnings from Polymarket gamblers

(Newser) - A text on his phone put it bluntly: "You have 90 minutes left to update the lie." That's what Times of Israel war correspondent Emanuel Fabian says he received on WhatsApp after a short March 10 post in which he reported that an Iranian missile had hit...

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