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Federal Reserve keeps rates unchanged, plans one cut despite Iran war concerns  Los Angeles Times

Takeaways from intelligence officials’ testimony to lawmakers amid war with Iran  CNN

Fed holds interest rates steady as Iran war drives up oil prices and inflation fears  The Guardian

US holds interest rates as Iran war triggers oil shock  BBC

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By Pesha Magid EILON, Israel, March 18 (Reuters) - Israel has more than doubled the number of troops along its border with Lebanon since March 1 and they are searching homes in southern Lebanese villages that the military has ordered evacuated, a senior Israeli commander said on Wednesday. As Israeli warplanes pound Beirut in operations against Hezbollah that have become the deadliest spillover of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, heavy smoke could be seen rising from villages in southern Lebanon as troops fired artillery across the border.

Saudi Arabia intercepts two ballistic missiles Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence says it has intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles heading towards the country’s eastern region. It earlier said it had destroyed a drone in the same area, and also one in the Riyadh region.

The index closed down 98.31 points, 0.9%, at 10,305.29.

Europe tells Trump Iran is 'not our war'  Reuters

Here’s how much Minnesota gas prices have risen over the past month amid U.S.-Israel war on Iran  Star Tribune

The $13bn warship is in dire need of repairs following fire onboard which left sailors injured and destroyed hundreds of sleeping quarters, while the toilet system is said to have broken down

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Ariba Shahid KABUL/KARACHI, March 18 (Reuters) - Former heroin user Nazar Mohammad said the Kabul rehabilitation centre bombed by Pakistan cured him of his drug addiction two years ago and helped keep him alive. He even stayed on to work there as a live-in carer for the 2,000 patients. Now he fears he could relapse. On Monday, he left the clinic and watched "as a plane dropped a bomb", he said. He rushed back to find a scene of devastation.

March 18 (Reuters) - Several loud bangs were heard in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday and some of the city's residents received phone alerts for the first time warning them of a hostile aerial threat, a Reuters witness in the city said. (Reporting by Timour Azhari. Editing by Jane Merriman)

By Joshua McElwee ROME, March 18 (Reuters) - The Vatican's top diplomat on Wednesday called on U.S. President Donald Trump to end the expanding Iran war as soon as possible and suggested Israel should also stop its strikes against Lebanon. "I would say to finish it as soon as possible ... and to leave alone Lebanon," Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, a senior advisor to the American Pope Leo, said in an unusually direct appeal. "This message goes also to the Israelis," he added, speaking to journalists at an event at the Italian parliament.

Readers respond to Gordon Brown’s article about the effects of war on children following the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran We welcome Gordon Brown’s powerful focus on the traumatic effects of war on children in Iran (Children killed, a school turned into a graveyard: even in wartime, we can’t accept this, 12 March). In our work with child psychologists in Ukraine, Gaza and other conflict zones, we have seen how wars blight the lives not only of children who are injured but also of those who lose their homes, families and communities. Disrupted schooling, displacement to other countries, bereavement in their peer group and family, witnessing the horrors of conflict and feeling the terrors of air raids or ground attacks – all of these catastrophic experiences can lead to lifelong psychological disturbance. Continue reading...

US presidents have long bypassed Congress's authority and dissenting lawmakers have often tried to fight back.

Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon says any move by President Donald Trump to pull U.S. from transatlantic military alliance would have dire consequences for him domestically

Trump ally warns US economy not strong enough to cope with Iran war  Financial Times