ABCNEWS - Warning for Americans in Bahrain after Iran strikes Dubai and other Gulf targets
Several countries in the Middle East were targeted by Iran after the U.S. and Israeli strikes.
AXIOS (Julianna Bragg) - Pope Leo condemns "spiral of violence" in U.S., Israel strikes on Iran
Pope Leo XIV condemned the escalating violence in the Middle East and Iran Sunday, warning that the "spiral of violence" risks becoming "an unbridgeable chasm." The big picture: The first American pontiff has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration's policies since becoming pope last May, previously condemning the president's "zeal for war " following U.S. military operations in the Caribbean and the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. What he's saying: "Stability and peace are not achieved through mutual threats, nor through the use of weapons, which sow destruction, suffering, and death, but only through reasonable, sincere, and responsible dialogue," Leo said during his weekly address at St. Peter's Square . Zoom…
Pope Leo XIV condemned the escalating violence in the Middle East and Iran Sunday, warning that the "spiral of violence" risks becoming "an unbridgeable chasm." The big picture: The first American pontiff has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration's policies since becoming pope last May, previously condemning the president's "zeal for war " following U.S. military operations in the Caribbean and the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. What he's saying: "Stability and peace are not achieved through mutual threats, nor through the use of weapons, which sow destruction, suffering, and death, but only through reasonable, sincere, and responsible dialogue," Leo said during his weekly address at St. Peter's Square . Zoom…Open
NYTIMES (the staff of The Morning) - Ask The Morning: Attacks on Iran
The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, and Iran retaliated. What do you want to know?
NPR (Joyeeta Banerjee) - A U.S. scholarship thrills a teacher in India. Then came the soul-crushing questions
She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy.
She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy.Open
NPR (Brian Mann) - Mideast clashes breach Olympic truce as athletes gather for Winter Paralympic Games
Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.
Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.Open
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Americans scramble to leave Middle East amid strikes
The fighting in the region is leaving thousands of Americans there uncertain about their situation. ABC News' Chief International Correspondent James Longman reports from Turkey.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: The latest as the US and Israel attack Iran
The Middle East was rocked by another night of air attacks pitting the U.S. and Israel against Iran. ABC News' Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell reports from Tel Aviv, Israel.
NYTIMES (Adam B. Kushner and Tom Wright-Piersanti) - Killing Iran’s Leader
We look at the events leading to the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and what comes next.
NYTIMES (Peter Baker) - Trump, the Self-Declared Peace President, Goes to War Seeking Regime Change
President Trump has become increasingly willing to assert American power overseas, a decade after propelling himself to the highest office by promising to focus on “America first.”
WASHINGTONPOST (Marianna Sotomayor, Kadia Goba) - Trump subpoena, administration probes taking shape, House Democrats say
If they take control of the chamber after the midterms, Democrats are planning to summon Trump to testify and launch an array of probes of the administration.