The West Asia crisis has repositioned China as a global peacemaker, rehabilitated Pakistan Pakistan as a regional mediator and led to Iran monetising the region's most critical waterway, writes former ambassador Ausaf Sayeed.

CNN: The White House is claiming it was the president's tough rhetoric that brought Iran to its knees MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I'm sorry. That's not 'tough rhetoric.' It's insanity. It's calling for the murder of an entire civilization

I mean, this is just sad.

As the four astronauts looped around the moon this week, so did four transparent chips, each about the size of a USB thumb drive and seeded with their bone marrow cells. They could help NASA understand the effects of deep-space flight on our biology.

The Chamberlain of our era.

Stand by Me franksfilmreview.com/2026/03/30/s... This past weekend, I had the incredible privilege of attending the 40th-anniversary celebration of Stand by Me at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. To say the evening was magical would be an understatement... #StandByMe #JerryOConnell #FrankGaimari

It’s actually possible to write headlines that don’t obscure who did what. Thanks, AP.

Think about this: A retired game show host may end the world as we know it. Only a master satirist could write this scenario, but Mark Twain is dead.

The Boss @brucespringsteen.net telling it like it is: War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! www.youtube.com/live/2EN2kOj...

Bruce Springsteen, tonight in Minneapolis, was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. A true American rock star. Grateful to have been here.

Wow. Career ending in any normal times. "A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter." www.ft.com/content/744e...

The handful of American officials seconded to UK government departments are increasingly being asked to leave meetings when sensitive information is discussed www.ft.com/content/7b96...

Breaking news: The average price of gasoline in the U.S. is now more than $4 a gallon, the first time it has reached that level since 2022.

The leaders of Japan and Indonesia on Tuesday pledged to coordinate closely on energy security, as oil and gas prices soar due to the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Meta, Tiktok and Google under investigation for allegedly disobeying Australia’s social media ban

BBC accused of making ‘propaganda’ films for Saudi sovereign wealth fund

Q: How do you feel about sacrificing our soldiers in another forever war? MICHAEL WHATLEY: I don't think we are sacrificing our soldiers at all right now in a forever war (13 US service members have died)

Germany warned the European Union’s rules to curb methane emissions from oil and gas imports risk impeding crucial LNG purchases just as the country seeks to diversify suppliers and cushion the Middle East war’s impact on energy prices

Countries in Asia are bracing for a complete cutoff in coming days of Middle Eastern liquefied natural gas, a fuel that underpins power generation and industrial output across much of the region. | via @nytimes.com

The security council has allowed unchecked power and brutality. To protect peace, we must reform the UN | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Jimmy Fallon on the US's military campaign against Iran in Trump’s own words. x.com/rezhasan/sta...

With the war in Iran entering its second month, markets are starting to look worried. Financial regulators should be, too

The next time Trump tries to push US allies into line, the German government intends to be better prepared. Officials are mapping vulnerabilities in US supply chains to identify points where EU partners could apply pressure, sources say. Read more: bloom.bg/4rZdps6 📷: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg

KING: Does the president take a daily brief from the intelligence community? GABBARD AND RATCLIFE: ... ... ... KING: This is a yes or no question

In Opinion For eight months, Grammarly offered A.I.-generated editing suggestions, supposedly from writers like Stephen King, Kara Swisher, Julia Angwin and more — without their knowledge. “In this global crisis of consent, we must grab hold of the few anchors we have for enforcement,” Angwin says.

Well I'll just cancel if I get this email, not that I read the paper much any more.

We are governed by truly evil people.

Marco Rubio’s Florida bestie is an accused “foreign agent” set to go on trial - with the secretary of state on the witness list www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...

Marco Rubio's BFF is an accused foreign agent and money launderer. His trial is about to start — and Rubio is on the witness list. My @vanityfair.com story on the legal bomb that's poised to go off in Trumpland. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...

'Made in USA' and Department of Defense codes imprinted on weapons fragments used to make American Tomahawks and seen in photos by Iran near bombed school. Latest story w/ @trbrtc.bsky.social and @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...

The US World Cup is facing two crises: a financial mess – and ICE | Nellie Pou

Norway sceptical about US waiver for India to buy Russian oil, says deputy foreign minister Andreas Kravik

Bangladesh’s new military intelligence chief was in India less than a week after his appointment to attend an annual security conclave on margins of Raisina Dialogue and to meet the DGMI and RAW chief.

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i'm watching Fox News where right now air raid sirens are blaring in Tel Aviv and the Fox correspondent is about ready to duck for cover. doesn't seem very over!

1. President Trump says the war is way ahead of schedule and that it could be complete. This despite Pete Hegseth telling 60 Minutes last night that we are in the early days of the war.

Exclusive: Jay Graber is stepping down as head of Bluesky. Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will be the interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.

Fox News just showed footage of Trump in his ballcap at the dignified transfer, though you had to look pretty hard to see him

Burgum on gas prices: "As President Trump says, this price increase is going to be temporary and it is a small price to pay for the idea that we're gonna get rid of a terrorist regime"

The new head of Bangladesh’s main military intelligence agency was in India for string of high-level meetings less than a week after his appointment. Reporting. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/t...

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

Bro is talking about federal judges like I talk about ex-boyfriends

Some may enjoy this tone and rhetoric about their homeland, I certainly don’t.

Babies. Photo from my collection- according to the back this is Lance and Fluffel in 1963.

A Japanese ‘conman’ tried to sell an undercover DEA agent nuclear materials – but how did he get them?

Closing the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas passes, has been one of Iran's main objectives.

SCOOP: Venezuela's state-owned mining company on Monday inked a multimillion-dollar deal to sell as many as 1,000 kilograms of gold destined for U.S. markets, two sources familiar with the deal tell Axios.

GOP Congressman Tim Burchett on Senator Lindsey Graham’s calls for the US to join the IDF in bombing Hezbollah targets in Lebanon: “Lindsey hasn’t seen a fistfight he hasn't wanted to turn into a bombing, so I just take it with a grain of salt.”

Following Beijing’s ban on exports of dual-use items to Japan, Tokyo should consider creating a supply chain for defense equipment that pivots away from China, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi says.