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The Latest: Oil prices soar after Iran names new supreme leader and launches more attacks
- Iran launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries Monday, hours after Iranian state TV said , son of the country's late supreme leader and long considered a contender, Iran's powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard answers to the supreme leader and the younger Khamenei will have a central say in the war strategy. , leading to more worries that higher energy costs will fuel inflation and lead to less ...

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MARKETS  
Trump says oil price spike is 'very small price to pay for safety and peace'
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article On Sunday, oil prices surpassed the $100-a-barrel milestone for the first time in more than three-and-a-half years President Donald Trump has claimed higher oil prices are a "very small price to pay" for global "peace and safety" as the Iran war rages. Oil prices have surged since ...

Source: independent.co.uk
US  
Homemade bomb hurled during protest outside New York mayor Mamdani's house, police say | US News
- A jar filled with nuts, ‌bolts and screws that was wrapped in black tape with a fuse, then ignited by a counter-protester "could have caused serious injury or death". An improvised explosive device thrown during protests outside New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's home could have been deadly, police said.  A jar filled with nuts, ‌bolts and screws, that was wrapped in black tape with a fuse, landed in ...

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POLITICS  
Trump Admin Blames Democrats for Airport Waits: 'Spring Break Under Siege'
- The Donald Trump administration has blamed Democrats for lengthy wait times at airports due to a partial government shutdown which has left Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers without pay. Airports in Houston and New Orleans saw long lines on Sunday as travelers waited in line for hours at security checkpoints, with officials warning passengers to arrive hours early due to staff shortages. The ...

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Trump looks increasingly desperate to restrict voting rights
- Trump Looks Increasingly Desperate to Restrict Voting Rights He is now threatening not to sign any other bills until Congress passes the SAVE America Act. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to withhold his signature from all bills until Congress passes a GOP-led voting bill that implements voter restrictions ahead of the November ...

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Seventh US service member dies in Iran conflict
- A seventh U.S. service member has died in the conflict with Iran, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced Sunday. Centcom wrote on the social platform X that the service member passed away "from injuries received during the Iranian regime's initial attacks across the Middle East" on Mar. 1. The service member was "seriously wounded at the scene" of an Iranian attack on American troops in Saudi Arabia, the command ...

Source: thehill.com
Explosion at U.S. embassy in Norway may be 'linked to current security situation,' say police
- An explosion at the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, early on Sunday may have been a deliberate attack linked to the "current security situation," the country's police force has said. The blast occurred at the embassy compound at around 1 a.m. local time. It caused minor damage but no injuries, police in the Scandinavian nation said. "It's natural to see this in the context of the current security situation and that ...

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12 years on, renewed hunt for missing Flight MH370 comes up empty as families press for answers
- KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Twelve years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard, a renewed deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean has so far failed to locate the missing aircraft, Malaysian authorities said Sunday, as families pressed for the effort to continue. The Air Accident Investigation Bureau said in a statement that a seabed search conducted by marine robotics company ...

Source: nbcnews.com