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MARCH 17, 2026
Economist Mohamed El-Erian. - Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Mohamed El-Erian said the Iran war has led him to raise his odds of a recession to 35%.
The famed economist sees a risk that oil prices trigger an inflationary spiral that will hurt demand.
He also sees a higher risk of an "accident" in markets that could harm the...
MARCH 17, 2026
Victor Davis Hanson weighs in on how the war with Iran is going after two weeks for "The Daily Signal."
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: We're just completing the second week of the so-called Iran war - this effort of the United States to bomb the theocracy into submission so they will cancel their missile and nuclear programs and to...
MARCH 17, 2027
A military police force member of Royal Netherlands Marechaussee stands guard near a Jewish school in Amsterdam on March 16, 2026.
The U.S. Mission to the Netherlands has issued a renewed security reminder to American citizens following a series of targeted explosive incidents in the region and in several other major European cities.
The advisory echoes the U.S. State Department’s...
MARCH 17, 2026
Joe Kent, Director of the US National Counterterrorism Center. - Photo: House Homeland 12/11/25/Tom William
President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, citing the decision to begin a war against Iran when "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation."
Kent, nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate last...
MARCH 17, 2026
Stock image of the Earth rotating
Days are getting longer as a result of climate change, as warmer temperatures lead to a slowong pf Earth’s rotation at a rate scientists say has not been seen for at least 3.6 million years.
New research shows that rising sea levels caused by melting ice sheets are redistributing mass across the planet, reducing how...
MARCH 17, 2026
Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in Beirut in August last year. (Bilal Hussein / AP file)
Ali Larijani, Iran’s top national security official and one of the regime's most powerful figures, was killed in overnight strikes, Israel said Tuesday.
Tehran has not confirmed or denied the death of Larijani, 67, and it was not immediately...
MARCH 16, 2026
An estimated $54 trillion is expected to pass on to spouses during the so-called great wealth transfer, with $40 trillion of it going to women who are baby boomers or older, the research shows.
This is largely because the average life span for males in the U.S. is 76.5 years as of 2024, compared with 81.4...
MARCH 15, 2026
Karyasiddhi Anjaneya Temple
The Sri Karya Siddhi Anjaneya Swamy Temple in Girinagar, which is in southern Bengaluru, is now one of the best places in the city to pray to Lord Hanuman. People say that the temple is a peaceful place with a lot of spiritual energy. Every week, thousands of people come here to pray because they...
MARCH 15, 2026
Ray Dalio at the Fortune Global Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 2025. - Photograph by Iman Al-dabbagh/Fortune
Most people are shocked by what’s unfolding in the world right now. I’m not. I’ve seen this movie before.
As a global macro investor for over 50 years, I’ve had to study the cause-and-effect relationships that drive history in order to place...
MARCH 15, 2026
President Donald Trump said Iran is ready to make a deal to end the war but the US wants better terms, signaling no letup in a conflict that’s brought shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz to a near standstill and upended energy markets.
Separately, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the Islamic Republic hasn’t asked for talks...
