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Here's your midday brief for Thursday, March 5th. I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal.

Today, Azerbaijan, which borders Iran to the north, said Iranian drones struck inside the country

for the first time and promised a response. Iran denied launching the drones and blamed Israel.

The conflict has now hit at least 13 countries apart

from Iran and Israel. Meanwhile, U.S. Central Command says Iran's missile launches have dropped by 86%

and its drone launches by 73% in four days. While oil shipping is paralyzed in the Middle East,

tankers are carrying more oil from Venezuela. President Trump's

blockade has crippled the shadow fleet for Venezuela's sanctioned oil, and U.S. imports of the

country's crude are rising. More than two dozen tankers have taken Venezuela's oil to the Gulf

coast since Nicolas Maduro's ouster in January. Market intelligence firm Kepler says those tankers transported more than

280,000 barrels a day to the U.S. in February, the most since 2024. Venezuela's crude is

expected to displace barrels produced in the U.S., as well as heavier oil from Canada and Mexico.

And Target plans to open more than 30 locations and remodel more than 130 stores to drive sales growth.

It's also launching next day delivery in about 20 new metropolitan areas.

The new locations will bring Target's total store count to over 2,000.

Target has struggled to boost sales in recent years.

Target's new CEO says he can get the company growing again quickly,

and he has a turnaround plan that includes investing in stores.

We'll have more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast.

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