NPR has learned that mediators have quietly given Hamas a proposal to hand over all its weapons to ensure Gaza's reconstruction.(Image credit: Ahmad Salem) Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

While the US has concentrated much of its military effort on degrading Iran's missile and drone capability, sinking its Navy and, in recent days, attacking targets along Iran's long Gulf shoreline, Israel has gone to great lengths to assassinate Iran's leaders and...

In messages to NPR, Tehran residents describe largely deserted streets roamed by paramilitary officials and vigilantes. They say security forces are banning gatherings for Nowruz, the Persian new year, this week.(Image credit: Atta Kenare) Article Attribution | Read...

At the Emergency Hospital, dozens crowded around a thick book to check the names of the victims killed in an airstrike on a rehabilitation center. The U.N. says over a hundred people were killed.(Image credit: Fazelminallah Qazizai for NPR) Article Attribution | Read...

Attacks on gas facilities by Israel and Iran have escalated the war and impacted global markets. And, renowned union leader and labor rights advocate Cesar Chavez is accused of sexual abuse and rape.(Image credit: Oliver Contreras) Article Attribution | Read More at...

Iran struck Qatar's massive gas facility after Israel targeted Iran's gas field, putting global energy supplies at risk. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Nate Swanson, former director for Iran at the National Security Council, about what President Trump understood about Iran before going to war. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will be the first U.S. ally to visit the White House since President Trump asked for help in sending ships to patrol the Strait of Hormuz.(Image credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source

If the U.S. follows through on its threats to bomb the oil assets on Kharg Island, the war would likely escalate and oil prices would increase exponentially. (Image credit: Atta Kenare) Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source