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Ahead of Trump Address, Iran's President Issues Letter

Pezeshkian denounces 'flood of distortions and manufactured narratives'

(Newser) - President Trump is set to go on primetime TV and declare the Iran war on track to wrap up within weeks. A White House official tells the Wall Street Journal that Trump's address on Iran, scheduled for 9pm Eastern, will highlight what the administration calls strong progress in "...

Most Hormuz Ship Traffic Is Still Tied to Iran

88% of ships through the strait last week were linked to Tehran's 'shadow fleet'

(Newser) - President Trump says Iran handed him a "present" in the form of letting eight oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, but shipping data tells a more complicated story. Since March 1, as the US and Israel wage a joint campaign against Iran, roughly 71% of ships moving through...

UAE: We're Ready to Help US Force Open Strait of Hormuz

Country seeks UN mandate, coalition to forcibly reopen vital waterway amid Iran war

(Newser) - The United Arab Emirates appears ready to shift from bystander to battlefield player in the showdown over the Strait of Hormuz. Arab officials say the UAE is urging the UN Security Council to approve military action to reopen the choke point and has offered to join a US-led coalition to...

Trump Plans to Address Nation on Iran Wednesday Night

He says US exit from war will come within weeks

(Newser) - President Trump says the end of the Iran war is near, and the White House says plans to explain what comes next in a prime-time address Wednesday night. In a post on X , White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump "will give an Address to the Nation to...

Report: Iran Is Deploying Children at Checkpoints

New initiative is recruiting children as young as 12

(Newser) - An 11-year-old's death at a Tehran checkpoint is drawing new attention to Iran's use of children in its security apparatus, as the Revolutionary Guard rolls out a program to sign up "volunteers" as young as 12. Alireza Jafari and his father were killed on March 11 while helping Basij...

One Problem in Iran Talks: Just Who Is in Charge?

Shattered leadership reportedly struggles to coordinate diplomacy, along with attacks

(Newser) - Weeks of American and Israeli strikes haven't just killed top Iranian leaders, they've made it far more difficult for surviving officials to talk to each other and coordinate both military operations and diplomacy, reports the New York Times . The account is based on officials familiar with intelligence assessments....

Trump Blasts Allies: 'USA Won't Be There to Help Anymore'

US president slams UK, France, NATO over their wariness at joining US-Israel blitz against Iran

(Newser) - President Trump is signaling a colder era for some of America's closest partners. In a series of Truth Social posts, the president lashed out at the UK, France, and NATO over their reluctance to join US and Israeli military action against Iran and efforts to reopen the Strait of...

Gas Prices Top $4 as Iran War Disrupts Global Oil Supply
Gas Prices Just
Crossed a Threshold
Mar 31, 2026 5:50 AM CDT

Gas Prices Just Crossed a Threshold

Tuesday's average hovered at just over $4 a gallon in the US

(Newser) - American drivers are once again seeing a number they don't like at the pump: a $4 national average for regular gas. AAA put Tuesday's average at just over $4.01 a gallon, the first time prices have crossed that line since the inflation surge of 2022, when gas...

Sources: Trump Weighs Ending Iran War Without Hormuz Open

Decision could prolong Iran's control of key global oil chokepoint, sources say

(Newser) - President Trump is signaling to aides he's ready to declare victory over Iran without fully reopening one of the world's most critical oil routes, according to sources who spoke to the Wall Street Journal . Administration officials tell reporters Trump has privately said he's prepared to wind down...

American-Born Israeli Soldier Killed in Combat in Lebanon

Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, was raised in Connecticut, moved to Israel a year ago

(Newser) - A 22-year-old soldier who grew up in Connecticut has been killed while fighting for Israel in southern Lebanon, officials said Sunday. The Israel Defense Forces identified him as Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, born in New Haven and posthumously promoted from corporal, reports CBS News . He served in the IDF's...

Report: Trump Wants to Go After Iran's Uranium

Plan to seize a half-ton of enriched uranium seen as high-risk escalation, reports WSJ

(Newser) - President Trump is actively considering a ground operation inside Iran to haul out nearly half a ton of enriched uranium, US officials say—a mission military experts describe as exposed and highly risky. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the plan under discussion would send American forces into at least...

Trump's New Comments on War Lift Wall Street

President cites progress in talks, but also adds a threat of heavier bombardment

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday suggested that peace talks were making progress, but he also threatened to expand bombardment of Iran should those talks collapse. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the US was negotiating with a "new, and more reasonable, regime," but he warned that a deal...

US May Have Fired New Missile in Iran War

Investigations suggest Pentagon deployed a PrSM that struck sports hall, school

(Newser) - A new missile in the American arsenal appears to have been used in combat for the first time in Iran, according to a visual investigation by the New York Times . A BBC investigation reached the same conclusion. The attack by what's known as a Precision Strike Missile, or PrSM,...

US Troop Buildup in Middle East Tops 50K

Surge comes amid talk of possible special operation ground raids

(Newser) - The US troop presence in the Middle East has quietly swelled to a level not seen in decades, now hovering above 50,000. The latest additions: 2,500 Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and 2,500 sailors, plus about 2,000 paratroopers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division,...

Trump Says His 'Preference' Is to Take Iran's Oil

Trump weighs seizing Kharg Island as oil prices surge

(Newser) - President Trump is floating a blunt idea for ending the US-Israeli war with Iran: seize Iran's oil. In a weekend interview with the Financial Times , the US president said his "preference" would be to capture Iran's main export terminal, Kharg Island, insisting it could be taken "...

Somebody Is Broadcasting Coded Signals in Persian
Somebody Is Broadcasting
Mystery Signals in the War
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Mar 28, 2026 3:48 PM CDT

Somebody Is Broadcasting Mystery Signals in the War

Radio sleuths baffled by Cold War-style string of numbers and the Persian word 'attention'

(Newser) - "Attention" is the first word, and it comes in Persian—three times—before a male voice launches into hours of measured, seemingly random numbers. The transmission, on shortwave radio, has aired twice daily since the US-Israel strikes on Iran began on Feb. 28, reports Wired , citing the group Priyom,...

Iran War's Latest Casualty: Kenya's Flower Industry

African nation is seeing millions of dollars in losses due to shipping turmoil, decline in demand

(Newser) - Kenya's flower industry has reported weekly losses of up to $1.4 million since the Iran war began, with growers attributing the losses to a decline in demand and shipping disruptions. The Kenya Flower Council, a private sector group representing growers and exporters of cut flowers and ornamentals in...

Iran-Backed Houthis Have Now Inserted Themselves in War

Rebel group claims missile attack on Israel out of Yemen

(Newser) - Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile launch toward Israel from Yemen early Saturday, their first since the Iran war started. The Israeli military said it intercepted the projectile, per the AP . The conflict, now marking its one-month anniversary, erupted after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, which retaliated with...

Iran Hits Saudi Military Base, Injuring 10 US Service Members

Two of those service members are seriously hurt, officials say; planes also reportedly damaged

(Newser) - An Iranian missile attack on Friday wounded at least 10 US service members and damaged several planes at a military base in Saudi Arabia, according to two US officials familiar with the situation. Two of the troops were seriously wounded, one of the officials said. The attack on Prince Sultan...

Iran-Tied Hackers Leak Patel's Personal Emails

'Handala Hack Team' disseminated FBI chief's old personal and work messages, as well as photos

(Newser) - FBI Director Kash Patel is now among the apparent targets of a hacking crew that Western researchers tie to Iran. The group calling itself "Handala Hack Team" says it broke into Patel's personal Gmail account and has posted photos and documents it claims came from his inbox, reports...

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