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Seoul says it can deter Pyongyang even if Washington transfers weapons to the Middle East South Korea asserted on Wednesday that it was capable of deterring its northern neighbour from attacking it, even if the United States transfers military assets to the war-torn Middle East. Washington, a key security ally of Seoul, has some 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea and has positioned missile defence systems there to help deter any aggression from North Korea. The two bordering countries are technically still at war since the 1950-1953 conflict, and the North possesses nuclear weapons. The Washington Post reported this week that, according to anonymous officials, the United States was transferring elements of its THAAD, a high-altitude anti-missile system considered one of the most advanced in the world, from South Korea to the Middle East. "Whether or not some USFK (United States Forces Korea) assets are deployed abroad, there is not the slightest problem concerning our deterrent posture towards North Korea, given the level of our military capabilities," the defence department said in a statement sent to AFP on Wednesday.

Israeli attack on eastern Lebanon kills seven Seven Syrians were killed in an Israeli air strike on Tamnin al-Tahta in Lebanon’s eastern Baalbek district, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported. The Lebanese health ministry’s Emergency Operations Centre said in a statement that 18 people were wounded in the attack on the town in the Bekaa Valley.

Hundreds of papers relating to his appointment as ambassador to the US to be put into public domain today Cabinet minister Darren Jones said a “big number” of documents will be released about Peter Mandelson’s appointment, Press Association reports, although it is only expected to be a fraction of the papers demanded by Parliament. Last month, MPs ordered the government to release tens of thousands of documents relating to Lord Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador in 2024 after questions over how the peer was vetted and what was known about his links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. A pro-Palestinian march in London on Sunday has been banned by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, after police warned of a risk of “serious public disorder”. The annual Al Quds Day march has drawn criticism over apparent backing for the Iranian regime after its organisers expressed support for the country’s late leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. MPs voted 304 to 203 in favour of the courts and tribunals bill, which passed its second reading in the Commons. It includes measures to scrap some jury trials, remove the automatic right of appeal from magistrates courts and introduces a new criminal court. Hereditary peerages will be abolished before the next king’s speech after a deal was struck granting life peerages to some Conservatives and cross-benchers losing their seats. On Tuesday evening the upper chamber accepted a final draft of the House of Lords (hereditary peers) bill, marking the end of its passage through parliament and clearing the way for it to be added to the statute book. Continue reading...

Ship on fire in Strait of Hormuz, two more struck  Seatrade Maritime News

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Car bombing kills three in Lebanon's Beirut Three people were killed in a drone strike this morning on a vehicle in the Saf al-Hawa area of ​​Bint Jbeil, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. Another drone strike targeted the town of Barashit in the Bint Jbeil district, wounding two Syrians, one critically, the agency said, adding that the injured were transported to Tebnine Governmental Hospital.

Heating oil’s more volatile pricing is fed straight through to consumers, a key difference to gas and electricity energy supplies

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Report: Attacks targeted archaeological, historical sites in Isfahan province, governor says Isfahan witnessed a “bloody night” of bombing targeted at archaeological and historical sites, Al Jazeera reported, citing the governor of the province.

Splits expose divisions over nationalism, foreign policy and ties to US President Donald Trump.

BEIRUT, March 11 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike hit an apartment block in central Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanon's state news agency reported, further widening Israeli attacks in the capital beyond the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs where heavy strikes continued. Footage showed extensive damage to two floors of the apartment block in the Aicha Bakkar neighbourhood, and smoke rising from the building. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military and no immediate reports of casualties.

SEOUL, March 11 (Reuters) - South Korea's senior presidential secretary for AI, Ha Jung-woo, said on Wednesday that artificial intelligence cooperation with the United Arab Emirates could accelerate after the Middle East conflict ends, given the UAE's need to strengthen its defence capabilities.

The Tehran regime has weaponised geography in retaliation for the attacks by the US and Israel Global oil markets have recorded some of the biggest price swings in history this week after the US-Israeli war with Iran throttled the flow of Middle Eastern crude through the strait of Hormuz. The narrow waterway south of Iran is one of the world’s most important trade arteries, through which a fifth of global oil and seaborne gas is shipped from production facilities and refineries in the Gulf to buyers around the world. Continue reading...

Seven agreed to humanitarian visas to stay permanently, but one later reverses course and contacts the Iranian embassy to arrange her return The post After some accept asylum, most of Iran women’s soccer team declines and leaves Australia appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Two drones come down in vicinity of Dubai airport, injuring four people Two drones came down in the vicinity of Dubai airport on Wednesday, injuring four people, Dubai's media office said. Air traffic is operating as normal, it added.

Millions of barrels of oil and gas are being held up as war breaks out over the major shipping route

SYDNEY, March 11 (Reuters) - Australia has closed its embassies in Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv as well as its consulate in Dubai, the foreign minister said on Wednesday, amid fears the conflict in the Middle East could intensify.

Bulk carrier hit by projectile near Dubai, crew safe, UKMTO says A bulk carrier was hit by an unknown projectile 50 nautical miles northwest of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. The crew are reported safe and well, and authorities are investigating, UKMTO said. UKMTO WARNING 020-26 https://t.co/dHIg0eeP2H#MaritimeSecurity #MarSec pic.twitter.com/2IFY5exXtD March 11, 2026