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Residents in Tehran are flocking to blood donation centres, responding to growing medical needs and fears of shortages.

UAE official denies Israeli reports of strike on Iran Dr Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, a member of the United Arab Emirates Federal National Council and chairman of its Defense Affairs, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee, has denied Israeli reports that the UAE struck an Iranian desalination facility on Sunday. "The UAE didn't do that," he wrote in a post on X. The Federal National Council is the UAE's quasi-parliamentary body. On Sunday morning, the UAE announced its death toll from Iran's attacks had risen to four.

Pope Leo calls for end to war in Middle East Pope Leo has urged an end to the conflict in the Middle East in an address at the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's Square. "Let us raise our humble prayer to ⁠the Lord that the roar ⁠of bombs may cease, ⁠that weapons may fall silent, and that space may be opened for ‌dialogue in which the voices of peoples can ‌be heard," he said. The pontiff added that the conflict could spread to other countries, including "dear Lebanon".

Iraq, which had recently regained some stability after decades of conflict, was immediately dragged into the Middle East war triggered when the United States and Israel attacked Iran last weekend. Within hours, warplanes filled Iraq's airspace. Air strikes pounded bases hosting Tehran-backed groups across the country. Iran-backed groups in turn launched attacks on US interests in Iraq, while Tehran struck Kurdish militants in the north.

As the Iran disaster escalates, Starmer should treat the US president as someone whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere Nine days in, the conduct of the unjustified, illegal US-Israel war against Iran grows ever-more disproportionate, dishonourable and deranged. The torpedoing of an Iranian navy ship off Sri Lanka by a US submarine demonstrated that for reckless Donald Trump, the whole world is his battlefield. Diplomacy, treacherously sabotaged by Washington, has been replaced by unceasing airstrikes that are murdering and maiming hundreds of Iranian civilians. Trump’s White House increasingly resembles a madhouse. War aims shift daily. A clueless, rambling president insists he must help pick Iran’s next ayatollah. Meanwhile, his “secretary for war”, Pete Hegseth, rants manically about killing without mercy. Nine days in, it’s clear Iran’s leaders, those who survive, are not going to roll over in a repeat of Trump’s Venezuela coup. Their forces, though drastically outgunned, are succeeding in spreading pain across the Middle East, inundating defences with waves of drones and missiles. That’s no surprise. Iran warned of a region-wide conflict if attacked again. Trump is now at war with US allies, too, having adopted George W Bush’s crude Iraq war “for us or against us” maxim. The Gulf Arabs – and cruelly battered Lebanon – just want it to stop. Britain and Europe mostly want no part of it, but are being sucked in anyway. The global economy is tumbling into crisis. In Trump’s war on the world, there are no heroes, only victims. Spain’s defiant leader, Pedro Sánchez, is one exception. Continue reading...

Leo says news from region 'continues to arouse deep dismay,' expresses concern at 'violence and devastation and the widespread climate of hatred and fear' The post Pope prays that ‘roar of bombs may cease’ across Middle East appeared first on The Times of Israel.

By Gwladys Fouche and Nora Buli OSLO, March 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. embassy in Oslo was hit by a loud explosion early on Sunday, causing minor damage but no injuries in what may have been a deliberate attack linked to the crisis in the Middle East, Norwegian police said. "It's natural to see this in the context of the current security situation and that this could be an attack deliberately targeting the U.S. embassy," Frode Larsen, head of the Oslo police investigation unit told a news conference.

Israel has escalated its war with Iran with strikes in Lebanon and Tehran, and Iran has hit sensitive water sites in the Gulf.  facebook.com

Norway's foreign minister calls the incident 'unacceptable' as police, dogs, drones, and helicopters search for one or more perpetrators The post Police probe terror as blast strikes US embassy in Oslo, causing no injuries appeared first on The Times of Israel.

On ‘S.N.L.’, Pete Hegseth Says Iran ‘Isn’t a War, It’s a Situationship’  The New York Times

US inflation gauges likely diverged before war in Iran  Yahoo Finance

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Israeli media say UAE attacked Iranian desalination facility Several Israeli media outlets have reported that the United Arab Emirates struck an Iranian desalination facility on Sunday. The UAE has not confirmed the reports. If verified, it would mark the country's first offensive move in the conflict. On Sunday morning, the UAE announced its death toll from Iran's attacks has risen to four.

Israel says it will target any figure chosen to succeed Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes Middle East crisis live – latest updates The body in charge of selecting a new supreme leader for Iran says it has reached a decision – although the name was not immediately announced. Israel has warned it would target any figure chosen to replace Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes on the first day of the war with Iran. Continue reading...

VATICAN CITY, March 8 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said on Sunday that deeply troubling news continued to arrive from Iran and across the Middle East, urging an end to the violence and renewed efforts to open space for dialogue. Speaking at the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, the pope said the conflict was fuelling fear and hatred and raised concerns that it could spread further, dragging other countries, including "dear Lebanon".

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Iran’s national soccer team has finished the Women's Asian Cup group stage in Australia and now faces a return home to a country embroiled in war

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Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash, the government has confirmed. Follow for live updates.