Zainab Saad, 58, with her husband, Ismail Farrah, 66, sit outside the tent where they are staying after being displaced from their home in southern Lebanon by Israeli airstrikes near their house. Claire Harbage/ NPR hide caption
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Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing international oil prices at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on March 18. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
How long will the war last? No one knows, and it’s making oil prices weird
Amber Glenn performs during the Women's short program during the 2026 ISU World Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday. Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks at a press conference on March 21, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
Domestically produced tanks and missiles are put on display in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday. A U.S. intelligence assessment says a third of Iran's missiles have been destroyed. Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
An 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper participates in artillery training during a field exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Aug. 26, 2020. Sarah Blake Morgan/AP Photo hide caption
Protesters march during a rally by transport workers and activists protesting the rise in oil prices on Friday, March 27, 2026, near the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines. Aaron Favila/AP hide caption
Southeast Asia is being hit hard by Iran’s cutoff of oil and gas
Motorists line up at a Caltex petrol station in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on March 17, 2026, following import disruptions caused by the Middle East war. Lillian Sumanrumpha/AFP via Getty hide caption
IOC President Kirsty Coventry is shown on a computer screen as she speaks at a live-streamed press briefing Thursday from Lausanne, Switzerland, about the ban on transgender athletes in women's events. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
The Olympic committee bans trans athletes from women's events, raising many questions
FILE -Construction workers walk to a data center building under construction in Sedenak Tech Park in Johor state of Malaysia, Sept. 27, 2024. Vincent Thian/AP/AP hide caption
First aid responders are seen at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane on March 26, 2026. Abbas Fakih/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Iran Rejects US Peace Proposal, Troop Deployment, Social Media Trial
A commercial ship is anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, on March 2. Anadolu/Getty Images hide caption
FILE - The United Nations logo is seen inside the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Pamela Smith/AP hide caption
Member of the House of Lords take their seats in the Lords Chamber, ahead of the State Opening of Parliament, in the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Henry Nicholls/Pool via AP hide caption
Sarah Mullally waves as she leaves after the Enthronement Ceremony installing her as archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury, England on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. She is the first woman ever to lead the Church of England. Alastair Grant/AP hide caption
For the first time in more than 1,400 years, Church of England gets a woman leader
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news briefing after a weekly Senate Democratic Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 24 in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
82nd Airborne Deployment, Israel Threatens Lebanon Invasion, DHS Funding Negotiations
A woman looks out from her destroyed apartment in the remains of a residential and commercial building in the Shahrak-e Gharb neighborhood of Tehran, Iran, on March 21. The building was hit on March 16 amid U.S. and Israeli attacks and resulted in several deaths. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump walks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to speak with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, March 20. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption
Firefighters spray water in a crater left by an Iranian missile on March 24, 2026 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Erik Marmor/Getty hide caption
Israeli public opinion on Iran war; what is moving through the Strait of Hormuz?
An excavator clears rubble from destroyed residential buildings in northern Tehran, Iran, on Monday, as the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran raged for its fourth week. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) testifies during his confirmation hearing to be the next Homeland Security Secretary in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 18, 2026, in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Negotiations With Iran, Trump On Deal With Iran, ICE Impact On Airport Lines
President Trump takes questions as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (left) looks on during a ceremony for Markwayne Mullin, the newly sworn-in secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during a session of the Supreme People's Assembly at parliament in Pyongyang, North Korea Monday, March 23, 2026. 朝鮮通信社/AP/KCNA via KNS hide caption