March 13, 2026, 6:08 AM PDT
By Orlando Matos
and Carmen Sesin
HAVANA — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel confirmed talks between the United States and Cuba during a speech Friday, the first time Havana has publicly acknowledged the meetings.
Friday, March 13, 2026
All 6 U.S. crew are dead after a military aircraft goes down in Iraq
Updated March 13, 2026 10:52 AM ET
By NPR Staff
By NPR Staff
The U.S. military said on Friday that all six crew members were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in Iraq, raising the death toll after two weeks of war with Iran.
Photo credit: The Express
The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees the Middle East, reported an unspecified incident involving two aircraft the aircraft Thursday when the U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft was lost in western Iraq, while the other landed safely. CENTCOM said it is investigating the circumstances but confirmed the "loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire."
Sad! Trump’s Meme Coin Has Turned Into a Total Disaster
Many Trump's supporters wallets were hurt in this development.
By Frank Landymore
Published Mar 12, 2026 11:02 AM EDT
Jonathan Raa / NurPhoto via Getty Images / Futurism
Iran-US war latest: Rescue mission underway after US plane crash in Iraq as Trump says conflict ‘moving rapidly’
Tehran said it will set region’s oil and gas “on fire” if there are attacks on its energy infrastructure
Bel Trew in Beirut, Rachel Dobkin & Stuti Mishra
Friday 13 March 2026
A rescue mission is underway after a US military refuelling aircraft crashed in Iraq, according to the US Central Command. A US official told AP the aircraft had at least five crew members aboard. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.
A rescue mission is underway after a US military refuelling aircraft crashed in Iraq, according to the US Central Command. A US official told AP the aircraft had at least five crew members aboard. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Suspect dead after ramming vehicle into Michigan synagogue, sheriff says
Updated 2:17 AM EDT,
Friday, March 13, 2026
David Gilmour’s ‘Black Strat’ Sells For $14.55 Million, Becoming The Most Expensive Guitar Ever Sold
The guitar, which Gilmour played on songs “Money,” “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” and his “Comfortably Numb” solo, beat Kurt Cobain’s previous
sales record-holding guitar
MARCH 12, 2026
David Gilmour performs on July 2, 2016 in Rome, Italy.
5 charts that reveal the financial market chaos caused by the Iran war
Markets hate uncertainty and since the U.S. and Israel launched the first wave of attacks on Feb. 28, that’s what the war in Iran has given them. From energy to supposed havens, Barron’s lays bare the economic fallout from the conflict through the following five charts:
Lebanon appeals to Israel’s allies to intervene as hundreds reported killed
More than 630 people have been killed in the country in the past week, authorities say
Updated March 12, 2026 at 10:55 a.m. ED
BEIRUT — The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has engulfed Lebanon, pushing the beleaguered country to a new precipice as Israel expands a ferocious bombing campaign and threatens an invasion of south Lebanon in response to strikes by Hezbollah, Tehran’s most powerful proxy.
Strait of Hormuz must remain closed as ‘tool to pressure enemy,’ Iran’s new supreme leader says
Holly Ellyatt
Key Points
- Khamenei said the Strait of Hormuz must stay closed and that all U.S. military bases in the Middle East should shut immediately, warning of further attacks.
- It’s Khamenei’s first public comments since being appointed as Iran’s supreme leader on March 9.
- Oil prices extended gains following the comments.
Mojtaba Khamenei's Wound Reveals Who Really Rules Iran
By Güney Yıldız, Contributor.
Mar 11, 2026, 04:29 pm EDT
Tehran confirmed this week what Israeli and American officials had claimed for days: Mojtaba Khamenei, named Iran's third supreme leader on March 8, was injured in the same February 28 strikes that killed his father. The admission matters less for what it reveals about his health than for what it reveals about his authority. A wounded leader installed under wartime emergency by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is not the same thing as a supreme leader chosen through a constitutional process. The distinction will define Iran's next chapter.
Trump Claims Victory; Iran Says, 'Hold My Missile – Watch These Beautiful Explosions Rocking Bahrain Airport!'
The Greek Courier
Source: Associated Press
Photos: BBC News, AP
Iran Targets Busiest International Airport as UN Demands Halt to Attacks on Gulf Neighbors
As the conflict with Iran escalates, the U.S. and Israel continue to face retaliatory attacks from Tehran, which today targeted some of the region's vital infrastructures, including the world’s busiest international airport and three oil tankers. The Iranian actions come in response to President Trump's assertion that the U.S. has “won” the war and that Tehran “didn’t expect anything like this.” Despite claims of a decimated Iranian military, the country has successfully launched strikes against significant targets, raising questions about its ongoing capabilities.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.
March 5, 2026
We've all had the unsettling experience of seeing an ad online that reveals just how much advertisers know about our lives. You're right to be disturbed. Those very same online ad systems have been used by the government to warrantlessly track peoples' locations, new reporting has confirmed.
Large WW2 bomb defused after Dresden evacuated
Germany reporter
Getty Images Bridge over the Elbe River under construction. In the background across the river is the city centre, including the Frauenkirche and other landmarks.Getty Images
The bomb was found near the Carola Bridge, which is being rebuilt after collapsing into the river in 2024.
An unexploded British World War Two bomb in Dresden has been defused, police in Germany say.
MAGA Panics as Lawmakers Call Out Trump on Rising Gas Prices
RUNNING ON EMPTY
Republicans acknowledge that the pain at the pump could last longer than the White House admits.
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Inflation was steady in February before the Iran war drove up gas prices
The consumer price index rose 0.3% month over month, and 2.4% from one year ago.
March 11, 2026,
By Steve Kopack
Consumer price growth was steady in February, right before the Iran war rattled global energy markets and sent prices skyrocketing.
Trump has one prescription for midterms. House Republicans have another
By STEVEN SLOAN
March 10, 2026
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted he had the answer for Republicans anxious about losing their congressional majority this year: build on an already strict national voter identification law to ban mail ballots and restrict transgender rights.
“It’ll guarantee the midterms,” he told Republicans gathered in the ballroom of his golf course just outside Miami on Monday. “If you don’t get it, big trouble.” Less than 24 hours later, House Republican leaders highlighted their priorities. And the voting bill, which Trump has rebranded from the SAVE Act to the SAVE America Act, wasn’t high on the list.
Are the Greeks the best sailors in the world?
The Greek Courier
If "best" is defined by an unbroken 3,000-year maritime tradition combined with modern commercial tonnage, Hellas is arguably the world's preeminent seafaring nation.
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Greek Oil Tanker Exits Strait of Hormuz With Its Signal Off
March 9, 2026 at 2:12 AM PDT
Updated on March 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM PDT
A ship hauling a million barrels of Saudi crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, one of the first big tankers to leave the Persian Gulf since traffic through the chokepoint all but halted.
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