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Top News Stories for Monday, March 2nd 2026
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
The United States has announced its first casualties in the escalating war with Iran, which entered its second day on Sunday. "Three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury," U.S. Central Command, the combatant command that's responsible for military operations in the Middle East, said in a post on X. The United States has announced its first ...
Source: foreignpolicy.com
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
Analysts warn that a prolonged Strait of Hormuz disruption could push oil prices into triple digits. Markets are likely to price in an immediate-risk premium, analysts say. The duration of the conflict would determine the severity of any spike, they told CNBC. Worst-case scenarios include Gulf infrastructure attacks and a broader regional escalation, experts say. In this article Tankers are seen at the Khor Fakkan ...
Source: cnbc.com
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
OpenAI has reached an agreement with the Pentagon as the government clashes with rival Anthropic. This agreement will see OpenAI deploy its models on the U.S. Department of War's (DoW) classified network, CEO Sam Altman wrote in a post Friday (Feb. 27) on X. Altman said two of his company's key safety principles are a ban on using its technology for domestic mass surveillance and "human responsibility for the ...
Source: pymnts.com
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader for 36 years, has been killed in US and Israeli airstrikes on his country, Iranian state media reported. As one of Iran's longest-serving leaders , Khamenei was almost as ubiquitous in Iranian society as his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979. And despite the fact Khomeini authored the Iranian Revolution, some say ...
Source: theconversation.com
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
The biggest disruption to global air transport since the Covid pandemic continued Sunday, with thousands of flights affected and busy Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai and Doha shuttered as Iran lashed out after US-Israeli strikes. Israel and Iran traded new attacks Sunday, after Tehran hit both the Dubai International Airport — the world's busiest for international traffic — and Kuwait's main airport ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
The night has begun! The 2026 Actor Awards—formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards—have started. As we near the tail end of award season, which kicked off in early January with the Critics Choice Awards and will wrap with the Academy Awards on March 15th, the Actor Awards served as the penultimate event of its kind for film and television. Setting itself apart from the others, the Actor Awards ...
Source: harpersbazaar.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
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... AUSTIN, Texas — The gunman who killed two people at a bar in Texas early Sunday in a mass shooting that left 14 others wounded was wearing a sweatshirt that said "Property of Allah," and another shirt with an Iranian flag design, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The shooter has been identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, the law ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Sunday, Mar 1st, 2026 -
Belgium's special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the "shadow fleet" Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, in an overnight operation announced Sunday. The Belgian government said the "vessel from Russia's shadow fleet" was intercepted in the North Sea, with aerial support from French military helicopters. Defence Minister Theo Francken said the tanker was escorted to the ...
Source: digitaljournal.com