Wall Street follows global markets lower as Iran war briefly pushes crude prices near $120 a barrel — 9 March 2026 (LINK)

New Nepali party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide win in the country's first parliamentary election since Gen Z protests ousted the old leadership that has ruled the Himalayan nation for decades — 8 March 2026 (LINK)

— The Rastriya Swatantra, or National Independent Party, formed only four years ago, had already won 117 of 165 directly elected seats and led in eight other constituencies in the results published Sunday morning by Nepal's Election Commission.

Explosions rock Tehran as US official warns 'biggest bombing' of war is coming — 7 March 2026 (LINK)

Iran's president apologises to Gulf nations; Trump threatens further strikes — 7 March 2026 (LINK)

Dozens killed in Lebanon as Israeli special force searches for signs of navigator missing for 40 years — 7 March 2026 (LINK)

At least six dead after tornadoes sweep across Michigan and Oklahoma, officials say — 7 March 2026 (LINK)

Trump demands 'unconditional surrender' from Iran — 6 March 2026 (LINK)

Everything we know on the eighth day of the US and Israel's war with Iran — 6 March 2026 (LINK)

NPR: Iran retaliates after Israel strikes Beirut and Tehran as war enters Day 7 — 6 March 2026 (LINK)

— Israel's military said it launched a "broad wave" of strikes on Tehran targeting regime infrastructure, with additional strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs. Iran responded early Friday with retaliatory strikes on Israel.

MSN: Iran bombs data centers in retaliation — 6 March 2026 (LINK)

The Trump administration says it can't process tariff refunds because of computer problems: The CBP says it could have a more efficient system up and running in 45 days — 6 March 2026 (LINK)

First U.S. combat fatalities in the joint U.S.-Israel war against Iran: at Kuwait's Shuaiba port — 5 March 2026 (LINK)

Al Jazeera: Iran: day six of US-Israel attacks: According to Iranian state media, the death toll from five days of US-Israeli attacks has reached 1,045, with more than 6,000 people wounded — 5 March 2026 (LINK)

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has emerged as a leading contender to take up the country's top post after years spent cultivating influence within the establishment and forging close ties with the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

New US war machines showcased in Iran war: Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) — 5 March 2026 (LINK)

Israel says it knocked out Iran's cyber warfare headquarters — 4 March 2026 (LINK)

— The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out a "wide-scale strike" targeting a collection of military sites on the Eastern edge of Tehran that allegedly housed the headquarters of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

US CDC issues travel advisory for 32 countries, including several in Europe, over spread of paralyzing polio — 4 March 2026 (LINK)

ICE confirms a measles outbreak (at least 14 cases)in the nation's largest detention facility,Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas — 4 March 2026 (LINK)