WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 3-13-26 (3/3)

Episode Date: March 13, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Mary Muncie. The U.S. military says all six airmen who were aboard a refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq have died. The Defense Department says the airmen were providing support yesterday when an incident occurred with another aircraft. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Cain. The incident occurred over friendly territory in western Iraq while the crew was on a combat mission and again was not the result. of hostile or friendly fire. The Israeli ambassador to the U.S. wrote on X that the other plane involved in the incident landed safely in Israel.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon is investigating reports that a U.S. missile hit an elementary school in Iran. Iran says more than 165 people died in that explosion. Many of them were children. Defense Secretary Hegeseth says the Defense Department's Central Command, or Central, sent com has designated an investigating officer. The command investigation will take as long as necessary to address all the matters surrounding this incident.

And the investigating officer is from outside sent com and is a general officer. The New York Times reports that a preliminary U.S. military inquiry has already found that Washington was responsible for the strike. We're learning more about the man accused of attacking a synagogue near Detroit yesterday. Authorities say the gunmen crashed to. his truck into Temple Israel before opening fire with a rifle. Security staff fatally shot the man before any of the more than 100 children inside the synagogue were injured. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. This is not a political moment. This is not a political debate. This is targeting

babies who are Jewish. Authorities later identified the gunman as Iman as Iman Mohamed Ghazali, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Lebanon. Federal officials say four of his family members died in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon last week. Lastly, some out-of-this-world news for your Friday. NASA now has a new target date for its mission to send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon. The space agency says its next opportunity to launch its Artemis II mission will be April 1st, But it's no joke. NASA's Lori Glaze. It's a test flight, and it is not without risk, but our team and our hardware are ready.

If successful, it will mark humanity's first trip around the moon in more than 50 years. For World Radio, I'm Mary Muncie. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit worldradio.com.