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Live - Iran lashes out with missiles as Israel says war still intensifying - Iran retaliates for Israel's latest assassinations as President Trump and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu give no indication the war is about to let up, 19 days in. updated 35M ago

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Wall Street is betting on Ukraine's drone technology -- Swarmer is likely to be the first of many: a Ukrainian defense startup with an American face that leans on U.S. capital to scale production for both the Ukrainian and American militaries.

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How Russia is benefitting from "America's war of choice in Iran" -- Treasury chief Scott Bessent said Russia wouldn't benefit from an easing of oil sanctions to calm energy markets. But Russia is.

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Trump hasn't decided on sending Americans after Iran's nuclear material, sources say -- The Pentagon has prepared multiple options for President Trump as potential next steps in the Iran war.

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Children discover mysterious ancient skeleton next to playground -- The skeleton is the latest in a series of bodies discovered in the city of Dijon that were mysteriously buried in a seated position while facing west.

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Belgian soldiers to protect Jewish sites as Iran war fuels antisemitism -- Italian soldiers are patrolling Rome's ancient Jewish quarter and Belgian troops will help secure Jewish sites as an official warns the threat of antisemitic violence "is very real."

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Woman hospitalized after being startled by humanoid robot -- Video widely shared online showed a woman angrily confronting a robot as it waved its metallic arms at her, while a crowd of onlookers gathered around.

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Gabbard says Iranian regime is "intact but largely degraded" at Senate hearing -- Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told senators that the Iranian regime "appears to be intact but largely degraded" by ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes.

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Venezuela defeats U.S. 3-2 for its first World Baseball Classic title -- With the game tied going into the 9th, Eugenio Suarez smacked a double into left-center field to score pinch runner Javier Sonoja for what would prove to be the winning run.

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As Trump floats "taking Cuba," island's president warns of "resistance" -- The leader of Cuba is vowing to put up "resistance" against the U.S. as President Trump suggests he may "take" the island nation, whose communist government has faced intense U.S. pressure and languished under energy shortages.

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Why the death of Iran's top security official is significant -- Ali Larijani​ was among the most senior leaders of the regime still alive in Iran after top leaders were killed at the start of the war.

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Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor embraced by Obama dies at 88 -- Shigeaki Mori was 8 years old when he survived the Aug. 6, 1945 U.S. attack, only one and a half miles away from the blast. -- Mar 17

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EU rejects Trump's calls for deployments to reopen Strait of Hormuz -- Despite Trump's repeated calls, the EU foreign policy chief says "nobody is ready to put their people in harm's way in the Strait of Hormuz." -- Mar 17

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Top Trump counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war -- President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, citing the administration's decision to intervene in Iran.

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Accused Latin American drug lord arrives in U.S. after years on the run -- Sebastian Marset, who eluded police for years, was captured in Bolivia last week and transferred to U.S. custody. -- Mar 17

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