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Live Updates: Iran war escalates, energy prices spike after Israeli strike on South Pars gas field - CBS News

  1. Live Updates: Iran war escalates, energy prices spike after Israeli strike on South Pars gas field  CBS News
  2. Live updates: Energy prices soar as attacks on Middle East gas facilities escalate  CNN
  3. Middle East crisis live: Hegseth addresses media after Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ entire South Pars gasfield  The Guardian
  4. Iran War Live Updates: Oil and Gas Prices Soar After New Attacks on Gulf Energy Sites  The New York Times
  5. Israel and Iran attack gas facilities in a major escalation that rattles markets  NPR

📢 Published on 📅 19 March 2026 🕒 12:31 pm

Japan PM to hold 'difficult' talks with Trump as Iran conflict looms large - BBC

  1. Japan PM to hold 'difficult' talks with Trump as Iran conflict looms large  BBC
  2. How Japan’s Leader Sanae Takaichi Found Her Voice in D.C. Decades Ago  The New York Times
  3. Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi meets with Trump as he seeks help securing the Strait of Hormuz  WBAL-TV
  4. What to Watch at the Trump-Takaichi Summit  Hudson Institute
  5. Rattled by Trump, Japan seeks closer ties with Europe  Euronews.com

📢 Published on 📅 19 March 2026 🕒 10:30 am

As a Meningitis Outbreak Spreads in Kent, UK, Here’s What to Know - The New York Times

  1. As a Meningitis Outbreak Spreads in Kent, UK, Here’s What to Know  The New York Times
  2. Number of meningitis cases linked to Kent outbreak rises to 27  The Guardian
  3. Cases of invasive meningococcal disease notified in Kent  GOV.UK
  4. Club Chemistry closed until meningitis is 'under control' - owner  BBC
  5. UK on national alert as meningitis cases rise to 27  The Times

📢 Published on 📅 19 March 2026 🕒 10:12 am

World Happiness Report highlights social media's negative impact, ranks Finland as happiest country - NBC News

  1. World Happiness Report highlights social media's negative impact, ranks Finland as happiest country  NBC News
  2. A Nordic nation is the world’s happiest country for the ninth year in a row  CNN
  3. World Happiness Report ranks Finland as happiest country  OregonLive.com
  4. The Anglosphere is increasingly miserable  The Economist
  5. Heavy social media usage erodes young people's wellbeing, report finds  Reuters

📢 Published on 📅 19 March 2026 🕒 8:57 am

Israel is rapidly killing Iran’s top leaders. Experts warn the strategy could backfire - AP News

  1. Israel is rapidly killing Iran’s top leaders. Experts warn the strategy could backfire  AP News
  2. How Israel killing leaders in Iran could complicate Trump’s search for an endgame  CNN
  3. Killing of Larijani complicates Iran's decision-making, shrinks its options  Reuters
  4. Israel Has Killed Esmaeil Khatib, Iran’s Intelligence Minister  The New York Times
  5. Iran’s intelligence minister killed by Israel; U.S. unleashes bunker busters  NBC News

📢 Published on 📅 19 March 2026 🕒 5:03 am

Europe scrambles to limit effects of energy escalation in Iran war - Reuters

  1. Europe scrambles to limit effects of energy escalation in Iran war  Reuters
  2. How Europe sleepwalked into yet another energy crisis  BBC
  3. Iran war turns EU leaders’ summit into an energy showdown  politico.eu
  4. Europe’s energy bills could be slashed overnight with one quick change  Euronews.com
  5. Silver linings to the heavy cloud of higher energy prices  Financial Times

📢 Published on 📅 19 March 2026 🕒 3:55 am

Black Cube, leaked tapes and corruption: Israeli spy firm crashes Slovenia’s election - politico.eu

  1. Black Cube, leaked tapes and corruption: Israeli spy firm crashes Slovenia’s election  politico.eu
  2. It is small, stable and a European success story. So why is Slovenia turning its back on liberalism?  The Guardian
  3. A spy scandal upends Slovenia’s election campaign  The Economist
  4. Spy scandal overshadows Slovenian elections  Euronews.com
  5. Israeli spy firm's alleged visit to Slovenia raises tensions on eve of vote  Reuters

📢 Published on 📅 19 March 2026 🕒 3:00 am

Iran Update Special Report, March 18, 2026 - Institute for the Study of War

  1. Iran Update Special Report, March 18, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  2. Day 19 of the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran: Widespread Strikes on Oil and Gas Facilities  Hrana
  3. Trump and Netanyahu will be defeated by the iron will of the Iranian people  Middle East Eye
  4. A Visual Guide to the Scale of the U.S.-Israeli Air War on Iran  WSJ
  5. US and Israel strike more military targets, plus Iran’s leadership, repression units, and energy sites (March 17-18 updates)  Long War Journal

📢 Published on 📅 19 March 2026 🕒 2:33 am

Pakistan Pauses Afghanistan Airstrikes for Eid - The New York Times

  1. Pakistan Pauses Afghanistan Airstrikes for Eid  The New York Times
  2. As Pakistan and Afghanistan declare truce, civilians in Kabul count the cost of war  NPR
  3. Pakistan, Taliban agree on strike pause for end of Ramadan  dw.com
  4. Pakistan to pause Afghan strikes for Eid, two days after deadly Kabul attack  The Guardian
  5. Pakistan and Afghanistan announce temporary pause in fighting, 2 days after deadly Kabul strike  NBC News

📢 Published on 📅 19 March 2026 🕒 1:12 am

Iran war tests Rutte’s NATO Trump strategy - politico.eu

  1. Iran war tests Rutte’s NATO Trump strategy  politico.eu
  2. ‘Not our war': Europe says no to Trump  Reuters
  3. Trump Says U.S. Doesn’t Need Allies to Reopen Strait of Hormuz  The New York Times
  4. Estonia ‘ready to talk’ on Strait of Hormuz backup  Politico
  5. NATO’s Rutte: Allies will find ‘way forward’ on Strait of Hormuz  politico.eu

📢 Published on 📅 19 March 2026 🕒 12:44 am

British authorities seek DOJ’s help in investigations into former Prince Andrew, Peter Mandelson - Politico

  1. British authorities seek DOJ’s help in investigations into former Prince Andrew, Peter Mandelson  Politico
  2. Police investigating bailout email from Mandelson to Epstein  BBC
  3. Met investigates bailout email from Peter Mandelson to Jeffrey Epstein  The Times
  4. UK Police Want Former Prince Andrew Files From DOJ  Newsweek
  5. Head of London’s Metropolitan Police pushes for unredacted Epstein files  Everett Post

📢 Published on 📅 18 March 2026 🕒 11:22 pm

How the law of naval warfare applies to the Strait of Hormuz - The Conversation

  1. How the law of naval warfare applies to the Strait of Hormuz  The Conversation
  2. Iran considers levying transit fees on ships in Hormuz Strait, lawmaker says  Reuters
  3. How Iran Has Effectively Closed the Strait of Hormuz  Bloomberg.com
  4. You can’t print molecules  Carlyle
  5. How Iran defied Trump threats to emerge as Strait of Hormuz gatekeeper  Al Jazeera

📢 Published on 📅 18 March 2026 🕒 10:20 pm

Palestinian Man Recounts Brutal Sexual Assault by Israeli Settlers - The New York Times

  1. Palestinian Man Recounts Brutal Sexual Assault by Israeli Settlers  The New York Times
  2. Palestinian man in the West Bank says he was sexually assaulted by Israeli settlers  CNN
  3. Settler attack on Palestinian hamlet included brutal sexual assault — report  The Times of Israel
  4. ‘I thought we were going to be raped’: A night of settler terror in the Jordan Valley  +972 Magazine
  5. Fattouh: What Haaretz Revealed is Compelling Evidence of the Crimes of the Occupation System and Settlers  وكالة صدى نيوز

📢 Published on 📅 18 March 2026 🕒 9:21 pm

First Iranian attack to kill Palestinians hits West Bank, three women dead - Reuters

  1. First Iranian attack to kill Palestinians hits West Bank, three women dead  Reuters
  2. Iran War Live Updates: Oil Prices Spike as Gulf Energy Sites Are Struck  The New York Times
  3. Three Palestinian women killed as missile debris hits West Bank beauty salon  BBC
  4. Iranian Missiles Kill Four Palestinians in West Bank, One Man in Israel, Emergency Services Say  Haaretz
  5. Four Palestinian women killed during Iranian missile attack in West Bank  Al Jazeera

📢 Published on 📅 18 March 2026 🕒 9:11 pm

What If Iran . . . Wins? - The Bulwark

  1. What If Iran . . . Wins?  The Bulwark
  2. For U.S., Unmet Expectations in Iran Fit a Familiar Pattern in the Region  The New York Times
  3. The War in Iran: Operational Progress, but Challenges Remain  Institute for the Study of War
  4. Drinking from the Bitter Chalice in the Middle East, Again  War on the Rocks
  5. Israel and U.S. Raise Stakes in Iran as Mideast Heads Into All-out Energy War  Haaretz

📢 Published on 📅 18 March 2026 🕒 4:42 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu tried to dispel viral rumors of his death. Some social media users aren't convinced. - NBC News

  1. Benjamin Netanyahu tried to dispel viral rumors of his death. Some social media users aren't convinced.  NBC News
  2. Netanyahu posts video in response to Iran rumours that he is dead  Reuters
  3. Netanyahu Posts ‘Proof of Life’ Video as A.I. Sows Doubts About What’s Real  The New York Times
  4. Wave of false AI claims about Israeli PM Netanyahu  BBC
  5. Netanyahu denies death rumours in video falsely branded AI  Euronews.com

📢 Published on 📅 18 March 2026 🕒 4:14 pm

Hezbollah ignites blowback from its base as over 1 million flee war with Israel - The Washington Post

  1. Hezbollah ignites blowback from its base as over 1 million flee war with Israel  The Washington Post
  2. Inside Lebanon: Strikes, displacement and Israeli troops  Sky News
  3. The sum of all fears for Lebanon  Financial Times
  4. Fearing Israeli strikes, a Druze village screens for Hezbollah militants among Lebanon’s displaced  France 24
  5. Lebanon war leaves a classroom of children hurt or dead every day, UN says  Reuters

📢 Published on 📅 18 March 2026 🕒 4:00 pm

Trump said the U.S. would “run” Venezuela and sell its oil. Now it’s starting to happen - Fortune

  1. Trump said the U.S. would “run” Venezuela and sell its oil. Now it’s starting to happen  Fortune
  2. News Wrap: U.S. eases sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil company  PBS
  3. US eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump seeks to boost world oil supply during Iran war  AP News
  4. Venezuela, PDVSA bonds jump after US waives certain sanctions  Reuters
  5. Venezuela Oil Exports to US Double on Easing Trade Restrictions  Bloomberg.com

📢 Published on 📅 18 March 2026 🕒 3:17 pm

Iran continues exporting millions of barrels of oil as around 90 ships cross the Strait of Hormuz despite the war - PBS

  1. Iran continues exporting millions of barrels of oil as around 90 ships cross the Strait of Hormuz despite the war  PBS
  2. About 90 ships cross the Strait of Hormuz as Iran exports millions of barrels of oil despite the war  AP News
  3. How countries are cutting deals with Iran to move oil through the Strait of Hormuz – and undermine Trump  The Independent
  4. Iranian Oil And Some Ships Are Passing Through Hormuz, Data Shows  Forbes
  5. Iran establishes ‘safe’ shipping corridor for approved and paid for transits  Lloyd's List

📢 Published on 📅 18 March 2026 🕒 1:56 pm

EU offers to pay Ukraine to fix oil pipeline at the center of Ukraine-Hungary feud - NPR

  1. EU offers to pay Ukraine to fix oil pipeline at the center of Ukraine-Hungary feud  NPR
  2. E.U. Loan for Ukraine Becomes Election Leverage for Orban  The New York Times
  3. Hungary’s Orbán says he won’t back down and allow EU’s €90bn loan to Ukraine – Europe live  The Guardian
  4. Live. EU summit: Macron denounces 'reckless' escalation of energy attacks in the Middle East  Euronews.com
  5. Zelensky accuses EU allies of 'blackmail' in oil pipeline row  BBC

📢 Published on 📅 18 March 2026 🕒 5:10 am





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