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Ghana Rate Cut Still Expected Despite Iran War: Day Guide  Bloomberg.com

Asia shares are mostly higher with benchmarks in Japan and South Korea sharply higher

US President Donald Trump delays his trip to Beijing while also seeking China's help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Sean Penn was gifted an ‘Oscar’ made of Ukrainian railway metal after he skipped the Oscars to visit war-torn Ukraine.

March 18 (Reuters) - Global air travel remains severely disrupted after the war in Iran forced the closure of key Middle Eastern hubs including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, stranding tens of thousands of passengers. Below is the latest on flights, in alphabetical order: AEGEAN AIRLINES Greece's largest carrier cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman until April 22, and to Erbil and Baghdad until May 24. Flights to Dubai were cancelled until April 19 and to Riyadh until April 18. AIR BALTIC

BEIRUT, March 18 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike hit Beirut's Bachoura neighbourhood in the centre of the city on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said, with a loud explosion heard in the area after the Israeli military warned residents to evacuate a building ahead of the strike. The attack was part of a broader wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Wednesday, including raids on other parts of the Lebanese capital, as well as southern and eastern areas of the country, signalling an intensification of Israel's campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

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The top Iranian officials killed since Iran war's start  Axios

UAE, Saudi Arabia intercept drones and missiles amid Iran attacks The United Arab Emirates said its air defences intercepted missile and drone attacks from Iran for the third time on Wednesday, as Gulf countries continue responding to repeated aerial threats. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said it intercepted and destroyed two drones in the Eastern Province in what it described as the fourth attack in recent hours. The incidents come amid an ongoing wave of Iranian missile and drone strikes across the Gulf, targeting military-linked sites as well as infrastructure, with regional air defences intercepting a large share of incoming threats.

Loud explosion in Beirut after Israeli strike on building A loud explosion was reported in central Beirut after Israeli forces struck a building in the Bachoura neighbourhood, according to Reuters. The attack came shortly after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order for the area,  Al Jazeera Arabic reported.  Earlier strikes on apartment buildings in Zuqaq al-Blat and Al-Basta killed at least six people and wounded 24 others, according to Lebanese authorities.

Farmers are bracing for effects of the Iran war on fertilizer prices and availability as the spring planting season nears

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is almost certain to announce Wednesday that the central bank has kept its key rate unchanged for the second straight meeting at about 3.6%

US Iran war LIVE updates: Brent crude oil soars past $103 per barrel after Iran confirms Larijani's death | World News  Hindustan Times

Fires have broken out in Baghdad’s Green Zone after a drone swarm, purportedly launched by Iran-aligned groups.

'First cracks' in Trump camp over Iran war and UK tackles meningitis outbreak  BBC

Prime minister says no Australian personnel were injured and maintains Australia is not at war with Iran Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An Iranian projectile hit near Australia’s headquarters at the Al Minhad airbase in the United Arab Emirates, damaging an accommodation block and a medical facility. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, confirmed that no Australian personnel were injured in the strike at 9.15am AEDT on Wednesday morning. Continue reading...

Aluminum Piles Up in China as Iran War Shrinks Global Supplies  Bloomberg.com

Stocks extend gains and oil dips as US, Israel, Iran continue strikes  France 24

How Iran’s use of cheap drones is affecting the war  NBC News

IRGC says Tel Aviv strikes carried out in revenge for Larijani killing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said missile strikes on Tel Aviv were carried out in “revenge” for the killing of Ali Larijani and his companions. In a statement carried by Fars, the IRGC said its missiles “successfully hit more than 100 military and security targets in the heart of” Israel, claiming the attacks exposed a “collapse” of Israel’s defence systems. Israeli emergency services earlier said two people were killed by shrapnel in Ramat Gan.