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U.S., ISRAEL, IRAN WAR | Day 12.

• Iran said today that it has carried out its most extensive military responses of the war, targeting commercial ships across the Persian Gulf, the Dubai International Airport, oil facilities, and US and Israeli assets and installations. The country's joint military command also announced it would begin targeting banks and other financial institutions in the Middle East. [more]
• Amidst reports that Iran has begun placing mines in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of the world's oil supplies regularly pass, the U.S. says military forces destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels in overnight operations. [more]
• The U.S. Department of Defense says about 140 U.S. service members have been injured in the war with Iran as of yesterday. [more]
• Amidst reports that Russia has been providing Iran with targeting intelligence and attack drone expertise in the war with the U.S. and Israel, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said yesterday that the Trump administration is taking Russia "at their word" that no such intelligence sharing is taking place after Russian President Vladimir Putin denied the allegations in a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump. [more]
• Addressing the Italian Senate today, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni described U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran as being "outside the confines of international law." [more]
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that disruptions in oil and gas supplies associated with the ongoing war in the Middle East have already cost the European Union an additional 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion) in fossil fuel imports. [more]

UKRAINE | Today is day 1,474 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are your updates:

• The latest scheduled round of U.S.-Ukraine-Russia talks aimed at ending the Ukraine-Russia war, scheduled to be held this week in Turkey, have reportedly been postponed by American negotiators due to U.S. focus on the war in Iran. [more]
• Russia and Ukraine have each made new claims of battlefield advances in Ukraine, with Russia saying its forces have extended gains in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region and Ukraine claiming to have retaken nearly all territory in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk industrial region. [more]

NEW YORK CITY | Two men arrested in connection with the placement of improvised explosive devices during anti-Islamic protests outside the home of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Sunday say their actions were inspired by ISIS. The suspects, Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, both of Pennsylvania, have been charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction. [more]

U.S. ECONOMY | According to reports released by the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics today, consumer prices in the U.S. rose 0.3% from January to February. Compared to the year-ago period, prices rose 2.4% – the same increase level seen in January. [more]

GEORGIA | Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller advanced to a runoff election after none of the 14 candidates in yesterday's special election in Georgia's 14th congressional district to select who will serve out the remainder of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former U.S. House seat received a majority of votes. [more]

NEW JERSEY | A federal judge ruled this week that the appointment of three Justice Department officials to oversee federal prosecutions in New Jersey was a violation of the Appointments Clause of the Constitution, which requires Senate confirmation. U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann said in his ruling that the appointments amounted to an "enormous assertion of Presidential power" and disqualified the three appointees from continuing to serve. [more]

HAWAII | The National Weather Service issued an ashfall warning and state officials closed a national park and a nearby highway yesterday following the latest eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, which has seen more than 40 periods of eruption since showing increased activity beginning in December 2024. [more]

U.S. AND PARAGUAY | Lawmakers in Paraguay approved a new Status of Forces Agreement with the United States yesterday that allows for an increased presence of U.S. military and civilian personnel inside the South American country's borders for training, joint military exercises, and humanitarian assistance. [more]

GLOBAL OIL | Germany, Austria, and Japan each announced today that they plan to release part of their domestic oil reserves to help curb price spikes amidst the ongoing war in Iran. [more]

CHILE | José Antonio Kast takes office as Chile's new president today, marking a conservative turn for the South American nation's government. Kast was elected in December, having run on a platform of immigration and economic reform and increased anti-organized crime efforts. [more]

GERMANY | Authorities in the German city of Dresden ordered the evacuation of some 18,000 residents, tourists, and commuters today following the discovery of a large unexploded British World War Two bomb in the city's center. Planning for defusing and removing the bomb is ongoing. [more]

U.K. | Britain's House of Lords voted today to end the centuries-old tradition of hereditary peerages, which allowed members with inherited titles to sit and vote in the U.K.'s upper house of parliament. [more]

BASKETBALL | The Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo scored 83 points in a 150-129 Heat win over the Washington Wizards last night – the second-most points scored by a player in a single NBA game, after only Wilt Chamberlain, who scored 100 points in a game in 1962. [more]

SOCCER | Gianni Infantino, president of world soccer governing body FIFA, said yesterday that he has been assured by U.S. President Donald Trump that, even with the U.S., Israel, and Iran at war, Iran's men's national soccer team will be allowed to come to the United States to participate in this summer's World Cup. [more]

TODAY IN HISTORY | On this date in 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and severely damaging the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. [more history]