A crowd gathers outside Kabul’s Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, where UN says an airstrike killed more than a hundred people on 16 March. Fazelminallah Qazizai/NPR hide caption toggle caption Fazelminallah Qazizai/NPR KABUL – On Monday night, residents living near the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in the Afghan capital heard a sharp sound tearing through the … Read more
From factories to supermarket shelves, the Iran war is disrupting global supply chains. First came the energy shock. Now, the Iran war is hitting something even more basic: Food. With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, vessels are being rerouted and supply chains are under strain. The disruption is pushing up the costs of almost everything … Read more
Iran struck Qatar’s massive gas facility after Israel targeted Iran’s gas field, putting global energy supplies at risk. Source link
Game Theory While in Australia, members of Iran’s women’s football team found themselves at the centre of an international political storm. As several players choose to return home, difficult questions are being raised about athlete safety, agency and Western intervention. Samantha Johnson looks at how Iran’s women footballers became caught in the middle of something … Read more
Iranian tanker docking at the platform of the oil facility in the Kharg Island, on the shore of the Persian Gulf. The island is responsible for 90% of Iran’s oil exports, making it a lifeline for its economy. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. has … Read more
South Korea and Japan are facing uncomfortable questions about their mutual defensive obligations as the United States seeks support from its allies in the war on Iran, now nearly three weeks in and escalating by the day. Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump urged the United Kingdom, China, France, Japan, and South Korea to … Read more
US President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, as he returns from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware after attending a dignified transfer solemn event on March 18, 2026. Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Oliver Contreras/AFP via Getty Images Iran attacked the world’s … Read more
United States President Donald Trump has temporarily waived a century-old shipping law to help ease the cost of transporting oil, gas and other commodities within the US. The move allows foreign-flagged vessels to transport goods between US ports for the next 60 days, a step taken to ease the movement of energy supplies across the … Read more
Questions raised over US knowledge of Israeli plans to strike key Iranian gasfield as Gulf region’s energy infrastructure becomes target for attack. Published On 19 Mar 202619 Mar 2026 United States President Donald Trump has tried to distance the US from Israel’s attack on Iran’s South Pars gasfield, describing his Israeli allies as having “violently … Read more
US spy agencies says Chinese leadership still prefers to pursue unification with Taiwan ‘without use of force’. Published On 19 Mar 202619 Mar 2026 United States intelligence agencies say that China is pursuing its longstanding goal of taking control over Taiwan, but they do not expect Beijing to launch an invasion by next year, according … Read more