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People spend the night in the dark on the Malecon during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba begins to restore power after third nationwide collapse of the entire energy grid this month alone

By Andrea Rodriguez and The Associated Press

Israeli security forces survey the site that was struck by an Iranian missile in Dimona, southern Israel, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

After Trump threatens to destroy Iranian power plants, Tehran warns the region’s vital infrastructure, like desalination facilities, will be targeted

By Alon Bernstein, Sam Metz, and others

FILE – A woman takes a picture of artwork that might have been made by British street artist Banksy on a building destroyed by fighting in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, File)

Arts & Entertainment

Banksy may have been identified, but his mystery has long been part of his art’s value, and a fan says it’s like finding out Santa Claus isn’t real

By Laurie Kellman and The Associated Press

FILE – This image released by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Island group. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

The Indian Ocean base targeted by Iran is ‘an all but indispensable platform’ for U.S. security operations in the Mideast, South Asia and East Africa

By Jill Lawless and The Associated Press

A traveler walks past a gift card donation box for Transportation Security Administration officers at Denver International Airport on Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

A charity that usually feeds people in war zones and disaster areas is providing meals to TSA officers who aren’t getting paid

By Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Thalia Beaty, and others

Israeli security forces and rescue teams work at the site struck by an Iranian missile in Arad, southern Israel, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel says ‘war is not close to ending’ as its nuclear research center is targeted for first time, hours after Iranian enrichment site was hit

By Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, and others

K-pop boy group BTS perform during their concert at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on March 21, 2026. South Korean megastars BTS reunite on March 21, for their first show in nearly four years, with an expected 260,000 fans taking over central Seoul for a K-pop extravaganza livestreamed to millions more worldwide. (Photo by KIM Min-Hee / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Arts & Entertainment

BTS begins comeback tour to reclaim status as one of the world’s biggest pop acts after completing Korea’s mandatory military service

By Juwon Park, Kim Tong-Hyung, and others

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – FEBRUARY 05: Observers film ICE agents as they hold a perimeter after one of their vehicles got a flat tire on Penn Avenue on February 5, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Protests continue calling for an end to immigration raids in the Twin cities which have already resulted in the fatal shooting deaths of Alex Pretti, a VA nurse, and Renee Good, a mother of three, by federal agents. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Trump says he will order ICE to airports for security amid government shutdown and vows to arrest ‘all illegal immigrants’

By Collin Binkley and The Associated Press

In this photo provided by Norton Healthcare, nurse Robin Waldridge administers a Vitamin K shot to a newborn baby at Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital on Friday, March 6, 2026, at the hospital in Louisville, Ky. (Jamie Rhodes/Norton Healthcare via AP)

It’s not just vaccines. Parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns—even protection from severe bleeding and blindness

By Laura Ungar and The Associated Press

FILE – Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, July 24, 2019. Mueller, a former FBI director, died on Friday, March 20, 2026. He was 81. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led agency after 9/11 and investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies at 81

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

The remains of an Iranian missile cross the sky over Tel Aviv after being intercepted early Saturday, March 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Maya Levin)

Iran launches missiles at U.K.-U.S. base 2,500 miles away in the Indian Ocean, indicating Tehran has weapons with much longer range than once thought

By Samy Magdy, Sam Mednick, and others

FILE – In this image from video circulating on social media, protesters dance and cheer around a bonfire as they take to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)

A 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran as regime continues with executions and crackdown on dissent during war

By Lee Keath, Julia Frankel, and others

FILE – This April 4, 2009, file photo, shows a gas production facility at Ras Laffan, Qatar. (AP Photos/Maneesh Bakshi, File)

Iran war cut off helium from Qatar, and shortages will start to bite in a few weeks, threatening chip supply chains that fuel the AI boom

By Kelvin Chan and The Associated Press

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro speaks after voting during legislative elections in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

DEA names Colombian president ‘priority target’ as U.S. prosecutors probe ties to drug traffickers

By Jim Mustian, Joshua Goodman, and others

President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The U.S. is deploying 3 more amphibious assault ships and 2,500 additional Marines to the Mideast, joining more than 50,000 troops already there

By Jon Gambrell, Michelle L. Price, and others