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Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
IDF also issues evacuation orders in several Beirut neighbourhoods; reports that people injured in missile attacks on Israel From Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have continued even as Israeli jets carry out attacks in Iran and Lebanon . Gaza health authorities now say the direct death toll from Israeli attacks since 7 October 2023 is at least 72,239 Palestinian people, including 663 killed since a ceasefire came into ...
Source: theguardian.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
The decision by United States President Donald Trump to launch a war on Iran has left many international law experts questioning if the world order established after World War II is actually working. In his second presidential term, Trump seems to be wielding total power without restraint, and the system of checks and balances enshrined in the US Constitution appears to be failing to limit his power. Since Trump ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Brendan Carr said broadcasters must 'correct course' or potentially lose their licenses Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is facing backlash after he threatened broadcasters' licenses amid President Donald Trump's complaints about media coverage of the Iran war. ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
It's time for a quick game of word association. Cinderella. Bubble. Bid-stealer. They can mean only one thing when the calendar reaches March: The NCAA Tournament is coming. In an official kickoff for the annual 68-team, three-week competition that will eventually crown a national champion, brackets for both the men's and women's tournaments will be unveiled Sunday. Duke, Michigan, Arizona and reigning champion ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A fifth member of the Iranian women's soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has left the country, the Australian government said on Monday. The player's departure shortly before midnight on Sunday leaves two of an initial seven squad members in Australia, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke's office said. The Iranian authorities have welcomed the women's change ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
A woman raising two children was among the six U.S. service members killed last week when a refueling plane involved in the war with Iran in western Iraq. Tech Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, hailed from a large family in Bardstown, Kentucky, and was "very, very" proud of her military career, her husband Gregory Pruitt said Sunday. "I'll give you something brief -– in a word, radiant," he said on a phone ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
CHICAGO — A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U.S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow and making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest while damaging high winds swept across the Plains. Even Hawaii was affected, with parts hit by severe flooding. Portions of the mid-South readied for late-day thunderstorms that forecasters say will spread eastward and by Monday threaten a ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Sunday, Mar 15th, 2026 -
The 98th Academy Awards are officially underway in Hollywood at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Ryan Coogler's vampire epic "Sinners" leads the pack with 16 nominations, setting a record for the most in Oscar history. Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" follows closely with 13 nominations. Below is a list of all Oscar nominees for each category, with the winners bolded as they're ...
Source: wfla.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Joshua Nass could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of attempted extortion A lobbyist and attorney who helped secure a presidential pardon from Donald Trump for a former nursing home operator was arrested Friday in New York , with federal authorities charging him with ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
The administration of President Donald Trump has moved to end its prosecution of a United States Army veteran who burned a national flag to protest one of the president's executive orders. Court filings this week show that the Department of Justice has moved to drop the charges against defendant Jan "Jay" Carey, following his motion to dismiss last October. Carey had been charged with two misdemeanours: one for ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
March 14 (UPI) -- An explosion early Saturday at a Jewish school in Amsterdam was a "targeted attack" fueled by anti-Semitism, the city's mayor said. It was the second attack on Jewish institutions in the Netherlands in as many days. A statement from Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said a suspect detonated an explosive device along the outer wall of a school in the neighborhood of Buitenveldert. She said there was ...
Source: upi.com