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Experts say rooting out corruption in the military remains a priority for China's President Xi.

‘Insidious’: Online gamblers threaten reporter over Iran war bets  MS NOW

Ali Larijani, the late secretary of Iran’s SNSC, warned the US and Israeli that killing leaders would strengthen Iran.

Witness videos captured missile interceptors launching and burning debris raining from the sky in Dubai.

Iran says killing of officials will not weaken system Iran’s foreign minister said the killing of senior officials, including security chief Ali Larijani, will not weaken the country’s political system following Israeli air strikes. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has a strong political structure with established political, economic, and social institutions,” Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with Al Jazeera.  “The presence or absence of a single individual does not affect this structure,” he added, describing the system as “a very solid structure.”

LA port chief on how the Iran war is impacting global trade  THIRTEEN - New York Public Media

March 18 (Reuters) - A drone attack targeted the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and an explosion was heard in the area, security sources said early on Wednesday. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; Editing by Tom Hogue)

Saudi Arabia intercepts 13 drones in eastern province Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense on Wednesday said its air defences intercepted and destroyed 13 drones in the country’s eastern province in recent hours. The ministry did not specify where the drones were launched from. Saudi Arabia has faced repeated drone and missile attacks targeting its territory, particularly in the eastern region, as regional tensions continue to escalate.

Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Tuesday  The New York Times

Kuwait activates air defenses amid ‘hostile’ missile and drone attack The Kuwaiti Army has confirmed that the loud blasts heard across the country were the result of successful interceptions by Kuwaiti air defense batteries of hostile missiles and drones.

With watchful eye on Iran war, crypto dodges UAE disruption  Reuters

Family members have gathered by the rubble of a hospital in Kabul searching for their loved ones after an air attack.

How the war with Iran impacts global energy supply  NBC News

Hezbollah announces new wave of attacks on Israel Hezbollah has announced more than a dozen attacks on Israel and its personnel in the last few hours, Al Jazeera is reporting. According to Hezbollah's Telegram channel, the group attacked what it claims was a special naval unit of the Israeli army at the Atlit base, south of the city of Haifa, the base itself with what it said was a “barrage of specialized missiles", as well as groups of Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon and Israel.

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March 17 (Reuters) - Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear energy corporation, condemned a strike on the territory of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Tuesday and called for de-escalation around the facility. "We categorically condemn what has occurred and call on all sides in the conflict to use every effort to de-escalate the situation around the Bushehr nuclear power plant," the head of Rosatom, Aleksei Likhachev said in a statement.

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Pakistani minister 'strongly rejects' Afghan government's accusation, saying his country only targets military sites.