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One month into the Iran war, there are only hard choices for Trump

A person holds placards and chants slogans as they rally during a protest against US military action in Iran in New York City, on March 2, 2026. The United States hit hundreds of targets across Iran, and Israel expanded its bombing to Lebanon on March 2 as President Donald Trump vowed to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Tehran's ruling clerics. Iranian forces fired missiles and drones across the Middle East, killing people in Israel and the United Arab Emirates, in retaliation for the conflict that began February 28 with the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Photo by Ryan MURPHY / AFP)

UAE says fires break out after Iran missile attack

Missile fired from Yemen as Israel and US target Iran

The Houthis entry to the war raises the prospects of a broader regional confrontation.

Yemen’s Houthis say their ‘fingers are on the trigger’ as US-Israeli war on Iran widens

A Houthi supporter holds a poster with an image of the Houthis’s leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, as he speaks on a mobile phone during a demonstration in solidarity with Iran, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in Sanaa, Yemen, March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

US’ Rubio urges world to stop Iran imposing tolls in key Hormuz strait

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking to the media on March 27, after attending a G-7 meeting in France.

Displaced mothers in Lebanon welcome babies' new lives with hope and fear

Hawraa Houmani, 29, holds her newborn Ali, in a school now used as a temporary shelter for displaced people, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Emilie Madi

More than 400 Hezbollah fighters killed in new war with Israel so far, sources say

A person raising a portrait of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a demonstration in support of Hezbollah and Iran in Beirut on March 27.

US operations in Iran ‘on or ahead of schedule’, says Rubio

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press following a G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting with Partner Countries before his departure at the Bourget airport in Le Bourget, outside Paris, France, March 27, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS

More than 300 US troops injured since start of Iran war

Smoke rising from an area in the direction of Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base, which houses the Qatar Emiri Air Force and foreign forces including the US, in Doha on Feb 28.

Iran’s response to US peace proposal expected Friday, source says

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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