World - Thursday, March 19, 2026

A Russian oil tanker is being closely tracked to see if it will challenge the Trump administration’s blockade on Cuba.

President says there are a ‘lot of reasons’ for extra funding without going into details about those reasons Sign up for the Breaking US News US email Answering a reporter’s question on Iran’s missile capabilities, considering the country has managed to strike numerous states in the Gulf, Gen Dan Caine , the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, said Tehran retains “some capability” to attack American assets . “They came into this fight with a lot of weapons.,” he said, adding that the US continues to be “as aggressive and assertive” in striking Iran. Continue reading...

Denmark disguised a troop deployment to Greenland as a NATO exercise called Arctic Endurance, with soldiers carrying explosives, DR reports, citing 12 high-level sources.

RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook will perform together for the first time since October 2022.

President Trump said he would do whatever was necessary to lower oil prices, and his Treasury secretary said the government might even take the paradoxical step of lifting sanctions on some Iranian oil.

Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Far north residents in the path of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle say they have taken shelter as winds begin to swirl in the remote Cape York Communities. Sara Watkins, the owner of Coen Mechanical and the Little Bush Pantry in the township of Coen – population about 330 – say they moved to a more secure brick building when the winds picked up about 4am, local time. The wind has really started to pick up, you can hear a couple of things moving around outside. Until the wind started it was so still. It was raining but it was really still. That’s not like Coen, when it rains it pours and the wind moves about. In Coen there are a lot of old properties that have been through cyclones in the past, they are standing but they’re not cyclone rated by any means. Continue reading...

Speaking at a news conference, the Israeli leader said Trump had requested that there be no further such attacks.

Two London apartments linked to Mojtaba Khamenei sit less than 50 meters from the Israeli Embassy which a terrorism specialist says constitutes a serious security breach.

Israeli prime minister says US president has asked Israel ‘to hold off on future attacks’ and dismisses claims Israel bounced US into attack as ‘fake news’ A visual guide to the oil and gas site attacks in the Middle East Turning to Australia now, a petrol tsar will manage “unprecedented” supply issues caused by the Middle East conflict as the finishing touches are put on measures to address dire shortages in many regional areas . Prime minister Anthony Albanese convened a snap virtual meeting of the national cabinet on Thursday to discuss major price shocks and shortages driven by the US-Israel war on Iran. My government will be announcing more measures to prepare the nation for supply chain challenges over coming days and weeks. Our fuel supply is currently secure. However, I want us to be over-prepared. Continue reading...

Floundering in the polls, Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s Conservatives, sat down with the popular podcaster in hopes of raising his standing at home and abroad.