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2 Pipelines Could Ease the Pressure on Trump

Saudi, UAE lines bypassing Hormuz chokepoint are keeping crisis from spiraling, for now

(Newser) - Two long-ignored desert pipelines are suddenly doing a lot of the heavy lifting for the global oil system. With shipping through the Strait of Hormuz throttled by the Iran war and more than 1,000 vessels backed up, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are pushing crude through overland...

IEA Weighs Record Oil Reserve Release to Counter Supply Shock
IEA OKs Historic Oil
Release Amid Iran War
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Mar 11, 2026 10:25 AM CDT

IEA OKs Historic Oil Release Amid Iran War

400M barrels easily top 182M released after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine

(Newser) - The International Energy Agency said Wednesday its 32 member nations will jointly release 400 million barrels from strategic stockpiles to blunt the energy shock from the war in Iran. That's its biggest coordinated drawdown on record and only the sixth such move. IEA chief Fatih Birol called it a...

One Critical Island Remains Off-Limits in US Strikes on Iran

Fears of oil shock, long-term instability deter strike on terminal that handles 90% of Iranian oil exports

(Newser) - One island in the Persian Gulf has become the target many hawks talk about—but no one has yet dared to hit. As the Guardian reports, Kharg Island, a five-mile-long coral outpost that handles roughly 90% of Iran's oil exports, has so far been spared in the US-Israel air...

Analysis: Iran Has Managed to Hit 17 US Sites

Damaged locations include embassies in Kuwait City and Riyadh

(Newser) - Iran's response to the US-Israeli offensive has left a visible trail across the Middle East, one that the New York Times has mapped. In a satellite-driven analysis, the paper identifies at least 17 US sites and related installations that have been damaged since Feb. 28, including two embassies and...

Amid Bombardment, Iranian Cities Empty Out

Iranians seek refuge in the countryside

(Newser) - Terrified by explosions shaking their homes in Tehran and other cities, tens of thousands of Iranians have packed up and left, finding refuge in small, remote towns to wait out the massive bombardment by Israel and the United States. Pouya Akhgari, 22, is holed up in a family house with...

Pentagon: 140 US Troops Wounded in War, 8 Severely

108 troops injured since start of Iran war have already returned to duty, Parnell says

(Newser) - The Pentagon is offering the clearest tally yet of US casualties as the 11-day-old war with Iran grinds on. About 140 American service members have been wounded since fighting began, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Tuesday in an emailed statement, per Stars and Stripes . Parnell said the vast majority of...

Iran Security Leader Issues a Personal Warning to Trump

Don't 'get eliminated yourself,' senior security official Ali Larijani cautioned Trump in online post

(Newser) - Iran's war of words with Washington just escalated alongside a sharp squeeze on global oil. Responding to President Trump's warning that any Iranian move to stymie oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz would bring US retaliation "twenty times harder," senior security official Ali Larijani wrote...

Hegseth: Iran Is in for 'Most Intense Day'

Defense secretary promises heavy action as Iran missile launches continue to decline

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Tuesday's action against Iran will mark the heaviest US aerial assault since the conflict began 10 days ago. Speaking at the Pentagon alongside Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine, Hegseth said Iran "stands alone" and is "badly losing," claiming Tehran has launched its fewest missiles...

Ukraine's New Leverage With US: Drone Expertise

Zelensky sends interceptor drones, experts after request from US in the Iranian war

(Newser) - Perhaps no country on earth has become as adept at shooting down enemy drones as Ukraine because of its war with Russia. Now that the US is facing essentially the same drones in the Iran war, Volodymyr Zelensky's nation is sending interceptor drones and a team of experts to...

Munitions for Iran Strikes Ran $5.6B in First Two Days

Lawmakers, allies worry about the rate precision weapons, are being used

(Newser) - The opening barrage of US strikes on Iran consumed an estimated $5.6 billion in munitions over two days, three officials told Congress on Monday. The estimate is intensifying concerns on Capitol Hill over how quickly the attacks are drawing down advanced weapons stocks, the Washington Post reports, as well...

Trump: Iran Would Have Attacked 'Within a Week'

He says war will be over 'pretty soon'

(Newser) - At a news conference Monday, President Trump was asked about his comments earlier in the day in which he told a reporter that the war was "very complete," while the Pentagon said on social media: "We Have Only Just Begun to Fight." Trump was asked whether...

Trump: Iran War Is 'Pretty Much' Complete

He says it's 'very far ahead of schedule'

(Newser) - President Trump suggested Monday that the war in Iran could be nearing the finish line. "I think the war is very complete, pretty much," he told CBS News correspondent Weijia Jiang. "They have no navy, no communications, they've got no air force. Their missiles are down...

7th Soldier Killed in Iran War Mourned as 'American Hero'

Sgt. Benjamin Pennington 'was basically the quintessential all-American'

(Newser) - The Pentagon has identified the seventh US service member killed in the war with Iran as 26-year-old Army Sgt. Benjamin Pennington of Glendale, Kentucky. Officials say Pennington was gravely injured on March 1 in an Iranian strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia and died Sunday from his...

It's the 'Biggest Disruption in World History' of Oil

Wall Street Journal analysis looks at the unprecedented 'squeeze' now underway

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal pulls back for a 30-000-foot view of the Iran war's effect on the world's energy supply, under the sobering headline, "The Long-Feared Persian Gulf Oil Squeeze Is Upon Us." Tehran has essentially closed the Strait of Hormuz, meaning no crude is getting...

Hegseth: Iran War Is 'Bringing Your Enemy to Their Knees'

Defense secretary says US strikes will intensify until Iran's capabilities collapse

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the outcome in Iran is already set: capitulation, whether Tehran says the word or not. In an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes , Hegseth said US strikes had hit roughly 3,000 targets in Iran as of Friday and warned the campaign is "only just...

Video Suggests US Strike Hit Girls' School in Iran

Clip shows Tomahawk missile hitting adjacent naval base about the same time

(Newser) - The evidence is mounting that an American missile errantly struck an elementary school in Iran where authorities say 175 people, many of them children, were killed. Video published Sunday by Iran's semiofficial Mehr News Agency and authenticated by the New York Times and the Washington Post shows an American...

What We Know About Iran&#39;s New Supreme Leader
Iran's New Leader Seen
as 'Most Dangerous Man'
the rundown
Mar 9, 2026 6:46 AM CDT

Iran's New Leader Seen as 'Most Dangerous Man'

Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, is thought to be more hardline than his late father

(Newser) - Iran has a new supreme leader, and his ascension to the post doesn't appear to bode well for a quick end to the war. Iran's Assembly of Experts picked Mojtaba Khamenei , the 56-year-old son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after the latter was killed by airstrikes. A quick look:...

Fox: Sorry About Picture of Hatless Trump at Ceremony

POTUS wore baseball cap while attending dignified transfer ceremony for fallen soldiers

(Newser) - Fox News apologized for airing old video of a hatless President Trump during coverage Sunday of his attendance at the dignified transfer ceremony for US soldiers killed in the Middle East war, insisting it was an honest mistake. In a polarized time, some online critics suggested without evidence that it...

Iran Picks Mojtaba Khamenei to Succeed His Father as Leader

Trump, who wanted somebody else, says new ruler won't last long without US approval

(Newser) - Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the Iranian supreme leader killed in an allied airstrike , will succeed his father, state media reported Monday. The announcement early Monday was made in a statement from top clerics. The selection of the 56-year-old by the 88-member Assembly of Experts suggests the government wants continuity...

Service Member Dies of Injuries, Pentagon Says

Death toll among US armed forces reaches 7

(Newser) - Another US service member has died of wounds suffered in the fighting with Iran, the Pentagon announced Sunday, raising the American military death toll to seven. US Central Command said the service member, whose name has not been released pending family notification, was wounded on March 1 in an Iranian...

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