US lawmakers clash over Trump’s Iran war

IANS | March 10, 2026 7:00 AM

Washington, Mar 10 (IANS) US lawmakers sharply split over President Donald Trump’s decision to launch military action against Iran, with senior Republicans defending the move as necessary for national security while Democrats warned it was an unauthorised war that could drive up economic costs and deepen instability in the Middle East.

Gas price surge sparks US political row

IANS | March 10, 2026 6:57 AM

Washington, March 10 (IANS) Democratic lawmakers in the United States sharply criticised President Donald Trump’s war with Iran as gasoline prices surge nationwide, urging the White House to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease pressure on American families.

US senators demand probe into Iran school strike

IANS | March 10, 2026 6:53 AM

Washington, March 10 (IANS) A group of senior Democratic lawmakers has called for a full investigation into an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that reportedly killed at least 175 people, most of them children.

Vance recalls firefighters saving his mother

IANS | March 10, 2026 6:47 AM

Washington, March 10 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance shared a deeply personal story about firefighters helping his family during his childhood, telling a gathering of firefighters in the nation's capital that emergency responders once saved his mother’s life during her struggle with opioid addiction.

Trump ties Iran push to midterm battle

IANS | March 10, 2026 6:43 AM

Washington, March 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trump used a closed-door address to House Republicans in Florida to mix wartime rhetoric with election-year politics, praising US military action against Iran and pressing lawmakers to rally behind what he called the “Save America Act”.

US hits 5,000 Iran targets in 10-day war: CENTCOM

IANS | March 10, 2026 6:39 AM

Washington, March 10 (IANS) The United States has struck more than 5,000 targets across Iran in the first ten days of a sweeping military campaign aimed at dismantling the country’s security infrastructure, according to details released by US Central Command.

Trump says Iran war nearing end

IANS | March 10, 2026 6:34 AM

Washington, March 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said the United States and Israel were “winning very decisively” in the ongoing military campaign against Iran and suggested the conflict could end within days, as he defended the scale of recent strikes and warned Tehran against threatening global energy supplies.

PM Modi congratulates RSP leadership on Nepal election victory​

IANS | March 9, 2026 11:07 PM

Kathmandu, March 9 (IANS) As the sweeping victory of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Nepal’s parliamentary elections held on March 5 was confirmed, its President Rabi Lamichhane and senior leader Balen Shah received congratulatory calls from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.​

Iran trying to hold the world hostage: US State Secy Rubio

IANS | March 9, 2026 9:46 PM

Washington, March 9 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Monday, accused Iran's leadership of trying to "hold the world hostage", saying American forces were carrying out a military operation aimed at dismantling the regime's missile capabilities and weakening what he described as the world's leading sponsor of terrorism.