For India, as an emerging regional power with increasing interests in West Asia, these developments pose both significant challenges and valuable strategic opportunities. However, while these killings seek to undermine Iran’s strategic position, they also carry considerable risks. Additionally, such actions risk triggering retaliatory attacks that could escalate into a wider regional conflict. India’s Strategic Interests and Expanding RoleAmid this climate of regional instability, India’s position as a rising power assumes greater importance. Its engagement in multilateral platforms addressing regional security and counterterrorism further enables it to support cooperative solutions to shared threats.

›The Trump administration's changes to the H-1B visa program, including a new $100,000 fee for successful applicants, are causing concerns for companies in Los Angeles and across the U.S. Why it mattersThe H-1B visa program is critical for many U.S. companies, especially in the tech industry, to recruit highly skilled foreign workers. The $100,000 H-1B fee was implemented through a Trump administration executive order in September 2025. The players Trump administration The current U.S. presidential administration that implemented the major changes to the H-1B visa program. True Religion A Los Angeles-based apparel maker that decided not to pursue an H-1B visa due to the new $100,000 fee.

Carolyn Hax can’t get to every question she receives, so each week we ask readers to think like an advice columnist and submit their advice. Out of the many great responses we receive, we select a few standouts to publish on Wednesdays.

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CNN‘s senior international correspondent Frederik Pleitgen and his team crossed the border into Iran on Thursday and are now headed to Tehran. CNN said it was the first U.S. network to enter the country since the start of the war. Pleitgen appeared on CNN riding in a vehicle, telling viewers that the Iranian government had granted a visa and to report from there. We also don’t know what the situation on the road to Tehran is going to look like, how many checkpoints there’s going to be. The United States and Israel are continuing their huge aerial campaign against targets inside of Iran.

Leavitt clashes with CNN reporter over Iran war coverageLeavitt confronts CNN's Kaitlin Collins in tense exchange over media coverage of the Iran war.

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Why Democrats Are Encouraged by the U.S. Senate Primaries in TexasOur national political correspondent Shane Goldmacher describes how James Talarico won the Democratic nomination for Senate in Texas. The Republican incumbent, Senator John Cornyn, was forced into a runoff with the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton. By Shane Goldmacher, Gabriel Blanco and James SurdamMarch 4, 2026

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The Bruins visit Nashville for a brief, one-game road trip prior to Friday’s trade deadline. After a trying start to the season, the Predators are hanging around the wild card race in the Western Conference. These two teams played at TD Garden in late January, a 3-2 OT win for the Bruins. The longtime Lightning captain had 53 points in 82 games for Nashville last season; this year, he’s already up to 47, including 30 goals, in just 61 games. On the Bruins front, we’re mostly just waiting to see what happens at the trade deadline at this point.

President Donald Trump has spent months touting his planned White House ballroom, but this week the public gets its first chance to formally offer him their thoughts. The White House has said it plans to begin above-ground construction of the ballroom as soon as next month, following the panels’ reviews. But nothing has struck a chord online like the idea of the president demolishing the East Wing last year, she said. It’s not his personal property.”A number of former White House staffers also weighed in. It’s something like double the size of the rest of the White House.

Nobody can say how the US-Israeli war on Iran will play out, let alone what will happen to Iran once hostilities end. Yet even with Khamenei gone, Iran's regime is still fully functional with veteran politician Ali Larijani at the helm. In the early stages of the war, Trump called on the Iranian army, Revolutionary Guard and police to lay down their weapons. In this scenario, Iran's army and Revolutionary Guards could end up in different and perhaps even opposing political camps, which could spark civil war. After all, five Kurdish organizations joined forces to collectively confront Iran's regime just one week before the war began.

Discovery will put two of the most storied journalism brands — CNN and CBS News — under one roof. For years, Trump has made CNN the poster child of his “fake news” claims and impugned many of its journalists. Weiss wasted no time taking on the prestigious CBS news magazine “60 Minutes,” which has long been a stubbornly independent operation. The parent companies of CBS and CNN have discussed merging or sharing news-gathering operations and on-air talent numerous times over several decades. There was even a proposal in 2018 for him to helm “CBS Evening News” while keeping his nightly prime time program on CNN.

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