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U.S. marines have arrived in the Middle East. NPR’s Emily Feng has been monitoring the latest developments from the border of Iran and Turkey. ADRIAN MA, HOST: Over the past month, the war between the U.S., Israel and Iran has disrupted global oil supplies, air travel and crucial fertilizer deliveries. Now, U.S. Marines have arrived … Read more
Pope Leo XIV presides over Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 29, 2026. Remo Casilli/Pool REUTERS hide caption toggle caption Remo Casilli/Pool REUTERS ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday … Read more
At least 15 U.S. military personnel were wounded in an Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi rebels entered the war with an attack on Israel. Source link
A woman speaks on the phone as emergency workers sift through rubble of a residential building that was hit in an airstrike in the early hours of March 27, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Europe Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia’s Prince … Read more
Performers Percy Mtwa, left, and Mbongeni Ngema in a scene from “Woza Albert” at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1981. Ruphin Coudyzer/AP hide caption toggle caption Ruphin Coudyzer/AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—When it first started in the 1970s, South Africa’s Market Theater staged plays considered to be so subversive that it became a … Read more
Cuban Americans who ship goods to relatives on the island are now seen as propping up Cuba’s communist regime as the economy there continues to deteriorate. Source link
President Trump says Iran is “begging” for a deal. Iran says it has no intention of negotiating. NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with NPR’s Tom Bowman and Aya Batrawy about prospects for an off-ramp. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Here’s one measure of just how far apart Iran and the U.S. are on negotiations to end … Read more
Protesters march during a rally by transport workers and activists protesting the rise in oil prices on Friday, March 27, 2026, near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines. Aaron Favila/AP hide caption toggle caption Aaron Favila/AP CHIANG RAI, Thailand — Southeast Asia, home to some 700 million people, gets most of its oil and … Read more
Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing international oil prices at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on March 18. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP Global crude oil prices have been volatile this month, swinging as much as $35 in a single day. … Read more
Secretary of State Rubio meets his G7 colleagues in Paris for the first time since the start of the war on Iran. Source link