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A man walks at the site of an Israeli strike, in Al-Mazraa in Beirut, Lebanon. REUTERS/Yara Nard
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- Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon, putting the Middle East ceasefire in further jeopardy after its biggest attacks of the war on its neighbor killed more than 250 people and threatened to torpedo Donald Trump's truce from the outset.
- Hundreds were killed in Lebanon yesterday during the most intense Israeli strikes since its current campaign against Hezbollah began. Reuters Bureau Chief for Lebanon Maya Gebeily tells the Reuters World News podcast why people across the country are worried.
- Nearly six weeks of war in Iran have ended, for now, with Trump claiming victory, but the US-Iran ceasefire locks in a harsh reality: an entrenched, radical government with control over the Strait of Hormuz and a powerful lever over global energy markets and Gulf rivals, analysts say.
- Investors placed an approximately $950 million bet on oil prices falling just hours before the US and Iran announced a ceasefire, the latest large wager on the direction of the world's most traded commodity ahead of a major policy announcement by President Donald Trump.
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- A lobbying firm led by one of Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddies helped a Chinese company make its case to a US national security watchdog against a US startup that was seeking to have the Chinese firm removed as one of its investors, public filings show.
- A US Army veteran was charged with providing classified information to a journalist for a book that alleged drug trafficking, murder and corruption at a military base where she had worked, the Department of Justice said.
- Britain's defense minister John Healey said the UK had tracked Russian submarines in the north Atlantic for a month, which he said was a threat to British cables and pipelines.
- Pope Leo's upcoming visit to four countries in Africa will be an ambitious tour to urge global leaders to address the needs of the continent where more than a fifth of the world's Catholics live on his first major overseas trip of 2026.
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- Share markets sagged as cracks quickly began to appear in the fragile Gulf truce, nudging oil prices back up toward $100 a barrel and reminding investors the inflationary fallout would last a long while yet. And the Iran war doubles Russia's main oil revenue to $9 billion. Read our exclusive.
- A Washington, D.C., federal appeals court declined to block the Pentagon's national security blacklisting of AI company Anthropic for now, a win for the Trump administration that comes after another appeals court came to the opposite conclusion in a separate legal challenge by Anthropic.
- Tesla is developing an all-new smaller, cheaper electric SUV, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The automaker has contacted suppliers in recent weeks to discuss details of the plan for the compact SUV. For more on the EV revolution and sustainable business, sign up for Ross Kerber's Sustainable Finance Newsletter.
- Car exports, an increasingly important source of growth for China's hyper-competitive auto sector, picked up pace in March despite shipment disruptions from the crisis in the Middle East, one of the industry's key overseas markets.
- A surge in demand since last year for estrogen patches to ease menopause symptoms has strained supplies and led to shortages, sparking a scramble for medicines that industry sources say could last up to three years.
- Whether it’s Kraft Heinz weighing a split or Unilever sealing a $65 billion mayonnaise deal, edible empires are coming apart. In this week’s Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate consumer groups’ sticky spot.
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A female fighter from from the Kurdistan Freedom Party, known as PAK, carries a weapon and gestures while training near Erbil, Iraq, in mid-February. REUTERS/Stringer
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards deterred the Kurds from rising up through a combination of military strikes in neighboring Iraq and threats against Kurds on both sides of the border. Ambiguous messages from the US and Israel also left the Kurds confused about their role.
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Is this the toughest hole in golf? |
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy plays out from the bunker on the 12th hole during a practice round REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
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Considered the toughest hole in golf by none other than 18-times major winner Jack Nicklaus, the 12th hole at Augusta National Golf Club is where Masters dreams come to die.
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