Who is winning the Middle East war?
March 17, 2026
Iran has taken a beating but it retains the advantages of geography, time and a superior tolerance for pain
Iran has taken a beating but it retains the advantages of geography, time and a superior tolerance for pain
The AI-powered design platform Picsart is launching an AI agent marketplace, allowing creators to “hire” AI assistants to help them with specific tasks, like resizing and remixing social content, or editing product photos on Shopify. With over 130 million worldwide users that skew Gen Z, Picsart is like a more
Venezuela is through to its first World Baseball Classic final and will play the host nation for the title in Florida. Listen to this article | 2 mins info Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share plus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Maikel Garcia
After calling the toss successfully at the T20 World Cup 2026 final on March 8 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner decides to field first, which brings the Indian openers to the middle. Before the Sanju-Abhishek could open with the bat, another duo, Mansi Dharmaraj
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hundreds of people are feared dead following an air strike on a drug treatment hospital in Afghanistan that the Taliban government blamed on Pakistan, as conflict between the neighbours threatens
A serial killer who has been described as a modern-day Jack the Ripper admitted that he derived a twisted pleasure from knowing that innocent people would stumble across the remains of his horribly-mutilated victims Arrested in 1999, Frank Gust is due for release this year(Image: YouTube/True Crime Tribe) A twisted
Video shows the vehicle appear to ignore a Houston highway curve before slamming into a concrete barrier in August 2025. (Hilliard Law) A Houston woman sued Tesla last month after she says her Cybertruck, allegedly operating in self-driving mode, was captured on camera nearly sending her and her infant off
US president confirms discussions with communist island nation without sharing details
The SEC is working on a proposal to allow public companies to release earnings reports twice a year instead of quarterly, per the WSJ. Chatter about making the 50-plus-year-old quarterly requirement optional has picked up steam in the past year, as companies lament the cost and burden of preparing for
Quotable “I don’t think 2,500 [US] Marines will make any difference whatsoever to opening up the strait.” Andreas Krieg, Associate Professor at King’s College London, says that US plans to deploy 2,500 marines to the Gulf is unlikely to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Published On 17 Mar 202617