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France will host a video meeting of G7 finance ministers on the Middle East crisis on Monday, as the war fuels fears for the global economy. The French finance ministry said in a statement the meeting at 1:30 pm (1230 GMT) would "review the situation in the Gulf from an economic point of view" and "events of recent days". French finance minister Roland Lescure earlier told Franceinfo radio he had agreed with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other G7 finance ministers to hold the meeting over a week after the start of the US-Israel war against Iran.

Aluminum Rises to 2022 High as Iran War Stokes Supply Crunch  Bloomberg.com

Iran state TV suggests Mojtaba Khamenei injured in ongoing war  ایران اینترنشنال

The satellite image posted by an Iranian news outlet looked real: a devastated US base in Qatar. But it was an AI-generated fake, underscoring the accelerating threat of tech-enabled disinformation during wartime. The rise of generative AI has turbocharged the ability of state actors and propagandists to fabricate convincing satellite imagery during major conflicts, a trend that researchers warn carries real-world security implications.

The U.S. military says it has killed six men in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged traffickers

Vietnam to remove fuel tariffs amid supply disruption due to Iran war  Reuters

The United States has begun a large military exercise with South Korea involving thousands of troops while also waging an escalating war in the Middle East

Saudi Arabia says drone heading for Aramco-operated oilfield intercepted Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry said its air defences intercepted and destroyed a drone over the Rub al-Khali desert that was heading toward the Shaybah oilfield. The facility, operated by Saudi Aramco, has the capacity to produce about 1 million barrels of crude oil per day. The interception came hours after the ministry said it had foiled ballistic missile attacks targeting Prince Sultan Air Base and drone attacks aimed at Riyadh. Officials said at least two people have been killed in Saudi Arabia amid the ongoing Iranian counterattacks.

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South Korea Stocks Plunge as Oil Spike on Iran War Hurts Outlook  Bloomberg

March 8: Iranian state media say new supreme leader has been selected, Iran war disrupts gas prices  NBC News

War with Iran has the potential to disrupt more than just gas prices  NBC News

British citizens Lindsay and Craig Foreman have been held in prisons in Iran for more than a year, living through two wars

Qatar PM urges de‑escalation amid Iran war Qatari prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in a Sky News interview aired on Sunday urged all sides involved in the Iran war to de-escalate. "We will continue talking to the Iranians, we will continue trying to seek de-escalation," the prime minister said in the interview. He said that the latest events had delivered “a huge shake‑up” to the trust underpinning their relationship with Iran. "For the US, we would like to see a de-escalation, we would like to see ... a diplomatic solution that addresses our concerns as well as their concerns," he added. "We need to ensure, first, that Iran should stop all attacks against Gulf countries and other countries that they are attacking and are not party of this war," he said.

Video: Pentagon Announces Death of Seventh U.S. Service Member in War With Iran  The New York Times

Week 2 of Iran: Military momentum meets economic and political reality  CNN

Oil prices soar past $100 a barrel as war escalates in Iran  CNN

Escalating military aggression in Middle East continues to wipe 20m barrels from market each day Global oil prices have breached the $100 (£74) a barrel mark for the first time since 2022 as escalating military aggression in the Middle East continues to wipe 20m barrels of oil from the market each day. Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed 12.2% to $104.05 a barrel as the new week’s trading began in the Asia Pacific markets, the first time that market prices have soared above this key psychological threshold since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...

Oil tops $100 a barrel as Iran war escalates  Axios