News

Editorial: As the world tips towards financial oblivion, its leaders must find a way to make the US president listen to the markets if he will not listen to them

Oman’s sultan congratulates Iran’s new supreme leader Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said sent a message congratulating Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. In the message, the sultan offered his “best wishes for his success and good fortune in assuming his leadership responsibilities in his friendly country”. Sultan Haitham is the first Arab leader to publicly congratulate Khamenei after he was selected to succeed his father, who was killed in a US-Israeli air strike last week.

US logistics site near Baghdad airport targeted A logistical support camp linked to the US embassy near Baghdad airport has been targeted, an Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera Arabic. Air defence systems at the facility were activated following the attack. Further details were not immediately available.

By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA, March 9 (Reuters) - Turkey said on Monday that NATO air defences shot down a second Iranian ballistic missile that had entered its airspace and warned that it would move against any such threats, which increasingly pose a test for Ankara and the alliance. The incident in southern Turkey marks the second intercepted missile from Iran in the last week. Turkey, NATO's second-largest armyand Iran's neighbour,had warned Tehran on Saturday against attacking again, but it has not suggested it wants to formally call on bloc members for further protection.

Seventh U.S. service member killed in Iran war identified as soldier, 26, from Kentucky  The Independent

Baghdad wants Kurdish pipelines to move up to 200,000 barrels per day to global markets, but Erbil is demanding relief from a dollar embargo and greater autonomy over trade.

Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war on Monday: - Markets - - Oil prices shot around 30 percent higher in Asian trading. The main international oil contract, Brent crude, is currently up roughly 41 percent from just before the outbreak of the war and up around 68 percent from the start of the year. The main US contract, WTI, is up around 50 percent from the onset of the war and around 75 percent from the start of the year. - Russia is ready to supply energy to Europe if it asks, President Vladimir Putin said. - G7 finance ministers -

US President Donald Trump is under pressure to curb oil prices sent skyrocketing by the war with Iran, but has only limited tools to fix a problem that is shaking the world economy and is politically toxic at home. Trump has insisted it will be only a "short-term" issue that will end when the war ends, yet soaring gas prices are already hitting voters ahead of US midterm elections later this year in which the economy will be crucial.

submitted by /u/StemCellPirate to r/worldnews [link] [comments]

Iran War Live Updates: NATO Air Defenses Intercept Missile in Turkish Airspace  WSJ

Turkey caught in the vortex of a widening Iran war  Middle East Institute

A Kentucky man who joined the Army straight out of high school is the seventh U.S. service member to die in combat during the Iran war

7 big political questions about the war with Iran  CNN

submitted by /u/Significant-Bar-6780 to r/worldnews [link] [comments]

Big questions remain about the Iran war as it barrels into week two

Hezbollah claims attacks on Israeli military site and troops Hezbollah said it targeted a satellite communications station used by the Israeli army in the Ellah Valley, about 160km from the Lebanese border. The group said the facility was struck with a barrage of what it described as sophisticated missiles. In a separate statement, Hezbollah also said it launched rockets at Israeli soldiers near the border, targeting a gathering of troops near the Lebanese town of Mays al-Jabal at 17:00 local time.

submitted by /u/yahoonews to r/worldnews [link] [comments]

California gas prices rise above $5 a gallon amid US war with Iran  The Guardian

Video | Parliament Erupts As Opposition Seeks 'War Debate' On Iran-Israel Crisis  NDTV

Israel: Security intensified at Netanyahu home amid Iran war  The New Arab