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Top News Stories for Monday, March 2nd 2026
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
With the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran launched attacks against the United States and Israel, hitting key US military bases in the region and targeting Israeli sites. Operation Epic Fury, the US-led military action under President Donald Trump , achieved its most critical objective: the killing of Khamenei in strikes early Sunday in Tehran. The operation reportedly also killed Khamenei's ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
is integrated into national security — and who controls it — Anthropic was officially blacklisted by the Trump administration while OpenAI swooped in to win a new defense contract. On Friday evening, the Pentagon designated Anthropic as a supply-chain risk, barring its technology from use by defense contractors after a transition period. That came just hours after President Donald Trump directed federal ...
Source: insider.com
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who led the Islamic Republic since 1989, is dead at 86
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
Follow live updates as the U.S. and Israel launch an attack on Iran. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its top leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, bringing it into confrontation with Israel and the United States over its nuclear program while crushing democracy protests, has been killed in U.S. and ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
– The by the United States and Israel disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond as countries around the region closed their airspace and key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia were directly hit by strikes. More than 3,400 flights were canceled Sunday across seven airports in the Mideast, according to flight tracker Flightradar24. Airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United ...
Source: news4jax.com
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
The US-Israeli attacks on Iran have triggered swift retaliatory attacks from Tehran, targeting their assets in multiple Middle East countries, including Israel, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Oman. Analysts are warning of a spike in global oil prices after Iranian officials hinted at shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important maritime routes in ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
Washington — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday in a Second Amendment dispute over a federal law that bars unlawful drug users from possessing firearms. The case, United States v. Hemani, is the second involving gun rights that the high court is hearing in its current term, joining a legal battle over a Hawaii law that restricts where concealed-carry license holders can bring their firearms. ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Feb 28th, 2026 -
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The death toll rose to 22 on Saturday from the crash of a military plane carrying 18 tons of new banknotes a day earlier near Bolivia's capital, damaging about a dozen vehicles and scattering bills on the ground, a police commander said Saturday. Another 29 people were injured, mostly passengers traveling on public transportation where the plane crashed. Among the dead are 12 men, ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Clinton, for her part, dismissed Mace's claims and said Republicans asked her bizarre questions about UFOs and conspiracy theories grew "unhinged" on Thursday when she sat for a deposition as part of the congressional investigation into the Epstein files , Rep. Nancy Mace claims. ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The Pentagon is pulling back on plans to cut ties with Scouting America, as long as the nonprofit organization adopts policies that echo new military directives, including eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and banning transgender youth from the Scouts. In a video posted to X Friday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said he had been "very seriously considering" cutting all military support to ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Trump administration's unlawful policy turns 'refugees' American Dream into a dystopian nightmare', judge says A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration policy that allowed immigration authorities to arrest and detain certain refugees in Minnesota, ruling that the government relied on an incorrect interpretation of federal law and unlawfully targeted people who had already been admitted to the US. In an ...
Source: theguardian.com