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Johnson, conservatives get FISA briefing at White House

(Kate Santaliz - Axios) House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La,), Freedom Caucus members and other FISA-skeptical lawmakers went to the White House this morning for...

Hezbollah boycotts cabinet session over Iran ambassador expulsion

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Ministers from Hezbollah and its ally Amal boycotted Lebanon’s cabinet session on Thursday in protest after the government declared the Iranian ambassador...

Germany FM says ‘encouraging’ if US speaking directly to Iran

(AFP/Al Arabiya) Germany’s foreign minister Thursday said it was encouraging if the United States was talking directly to Iran to end the war in...

US proposal to end war is ‘one-sided and unfair,’ Iranian official says

(Al Arabiya) Iran’s initial response to the US proposal to end the war, which was conveyed to Pakistan, was that it was “one-sided and...

US denies targeting Iraqi forces, says it sought locations repeatedly

(Joseph Haboush - Al Arabiya) The US said it has repeatedly asked Iraq to provide information on the whereabouts of its security forces to...

Saudi finance minister warns of impact on global economy amid ongoing Iran war

(Al Arabiya) Saudi Arabia’s Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said on Thursday that the war in the Middle East could have significant global economic consequences,...

Moscow’s ‘Narva People’s Republic’ Hoax Exposed, Potentially Helping Kremlin

(Paul Globe - The Jamestown Foundation) Given Russian history, memories of some in the West asking in the 1990s, “Who will die for Narva?,”...

Will Iran War Give Green Light To Russia’s Power Of Siberia-2 Pipeline?

(Reid Standish - RFE/RL) The war in Iran and the resulting energy shock could revive China’s interest in a long-stalled pipeline to import Russian...

Worlds in Brief (25 March 2026 pm)

War in Iran/Middle East/Gulf and beyond (Al Arabiya) The UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday condemned Iran’s “egregious attacks” on its Gulf neighbors, calling for...

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