As Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi prepares for her first White House visit, President Donald Trump calls for Japan and other allies to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is meeting with President Trump at the White House today. The meeting was intended to discuss China … Read more
NewsFeed A missile struck metres away from a Russia Today reporter as he was covering Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, injuring the journalist and his camera operator. Israel has heavily bombed the area over the past few weeks, displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Published On 19 Mar 202619 Mar 2026 Click here to share … Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) listens as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) speaks to troops aboard USS George Washington on October 28, 2025 in Yokosuka, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images/AsiaPac hide caption toggle caption Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images/AsiaPac SEOUL — Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will be the first U.S. ally to visit the White House … Read more
CEO Saad al-Kaabi says QatarEnergy may have to declare force majeure on long-term contracts for up to five years. Published On 19 Mar 202619 Mar 2026 Iranian attacks on Qatar have wiped out 17 percent of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, causing an estimated $20bn in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to … Read more
NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with Nate Swanson, former director for Iran at the National Security Council, about what President Trump understood about Iran before going to war. Source link
At least 40 medical workers among those killed as rights groups urge Israel to end attacks on Lebanon health facilities. Published On 19 Mar 202619 Mar 2026 More than 1,000 people have been killed in intensified Israeli attacks across Lebanon this month, according to local authorities, as the United Nations and other rights groups say … Read more
Iranians clear the debris from damaged homes following a military strike in Tehran on March 15. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images A total telecommunications blackout in Iran means most internet and phone lines remain cut, ever since mass anti-government demonstrations broke out last December. Yet NPR … Read more
NewsFeed Video from Iran’s Red Crescent showed a child among survivors pulled from the wreckage of a US-Israeli air attack. Published On 19 Mar 202619 Mar 2026 Save Click here to share on social media share2 Share facebooktwitterwhatsappcopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories A wave of attacks from Iran today has hit the world’s largest liquefied natural gas complex in Qatar. Iran also targeted a … Read more
February 28, 2026, will be remembered as the day the law of the jungle returned. On that fateful day, the United States and Israel, in flagrant violation of international law and the United Nations Charter, launched Operation Epic Fury, “raining death and destruction” on Iran. Although it was not the first time that the US … Read more