Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei:

I request that our two brotherly countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, establish better relations with each other for the sake of God and to prevent division among Muslims.

For my part, I am ready to take the necessary steps.

U.S. prosecutors in New York are investigating Gustavo Petro over possible connections to drug traffickers, including whether his campaign received illicit funds.

The inquiry is still in its early stages, and no charges have been filed.

Source: NYT

Trump:

I have much more power in my second term.

Trump on Venezuela:

We took Venezuela in a matter of minutes.

Trump on Iran:

It’s not even a contest.

They had a lot of great equipment, Russian and Chinese equipment. That equipment was useless against us.

Russia proposed a deal to the United States: it would stop sharing intelligence with Iran if the U.S. stopped providing intelligence to Ukraine.

Washington rejected the offer.

Source: POLITICO

Trump on Iran:

I think I could leave right now and it would take them 10 years to rebuild. But I don’t think that’s an acceptable situation.

If we stay longer, they’ll never rebuild.

Source: MS NOW

Trump said regime change is “not the majors” in the operation in Iran, although the U.S. could “possibly” influence who controls the country’s leadership.

He emphasized that “the major thing is that they cannot have a nuclear weapon.”

Source: MS NOW

Federal authorities arrested 11 people accused of stealing elderly homeowners’ identities to fraudulently obtain real estate loans in Los Angeles.

CONFIRMED: In an attack between March 5 and 6, shrapnel from an explosion caused minor damage to two Italian Eurofighter jets at the base.

Source: Il Messaggero

As part of Syria’s economic recovery, President al-Sharaa said GDP grew 30–35% in 2025 to around $32 billion.

Qatar’s Energy Minister and QatarEnergy CEO Saad al-Kaabi said he had repeatedly warned U.S. officials and industry partners about the risks of provoking Iran, saying, “I was always warning… that that could be detrimental to us.”

Source: Reuters

Iranian officials are unwilling to even discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz as they prioritize surviving ongoing US-Israeli attacks.

Source: Bloomberg

CBS News is cutting about 6% of its staff and shutting down CBS News Radio after nearly 100 years.

The layoffs come as part of a broader overhaul led by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, following Skydance’s takeover of Paramount.

BIG: Over about a week, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana was repeatedly overflown by groups of unauthorized drones, not just a single incident, but coordinated waves of roughly a dozen or more at a time.

These drones weren’t typical hobby models: they showed signs of long-range control, resistance to jamming, and deliberate, organized movement patterns, including spreading across sensitive parts of the base like areas where B-52 bombers are stationed.

They flew for hours each day, used changing routes (likely to avoid tracking), and may have been intentionally testing how the base responds to intrusions.

Despite the seriousness—given Barksdale’s role in U.S. nuclear operations—there’s no public confirmation that any drones were shot down or stopped.

Officials are still investigating, and while some suspect foreign reconnaissance or probing, no actor has been officially identified.

Source: ABC

Trump on Iran:

Ukraine has done nothing. Anything Zelensky has said as far as what Ukraine has done to help us, he’s just doing for political and PR purposes. They’ve done nothing.

Source: MS NOW

Trump on Zelensky:

Zelensky is more difficult to deal with than Putin is.

Source: MS NOW

Kremlin denies the report.

Qatar’s GDP is expected to contract by about 9% in 2026 after Iran’s attacks.

The damage to Ras Laffan has taken roughly 17% of export capacity offline, meaning less production, fewer exports, and a sharp drop in foreign income.

Source: Reuters

The U.S. military is actively preparing plans for the possibility of sending ground troops into Iran, but no final decision has been made.

Source: CBS News

A senior FEMA official, Gregg Phillips, is facing scrutiny over past comments and behavior.

Recently appointed to lead disaster response, Phillips previously promoted conspiracy theories, used violent rhetoric, and claimed on podcasts that he experienced “teleportation,” including to a Waffle House miles away.

Source: CNN