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Burning bulker abandoned after being struck trying to escape Strait of Hormuz  Tradewinds News

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Cargo Ship Hit by Projectile in Strait of Hormuz, UK Navy Says  Energy Connects

France to provide 60 tons of humanitarian aid for Lebanon France will provide 60 metric tons of humanitarian aid for Lebanon, French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday. "And what we have decided is to triple the volume of aid that will arrive this week. This aid will reach ... 60 tons of humanitarian aid for the Lebanese, including sanitation kits, hygiene kits, mattresses, lamps, and also a mobile medical post," Barrot said in an interview with French radio TF1.

Iran war: Turkey caught between a rock and a hard place  DW.com

Cargo Ship Hit in Strait of Hormuz, Crew Evacuating  Asharq Al-awsat - English

COLOMBO, March 11 (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan court has ordered that the bodies of 84 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the island nation's coast last week be handed over to the embassy of Iran, local media reported on Wednesday. The warship, IRIS Dena, was hit by a torpedo from a U.S. submarine in the Indian Ocean while it was returning from a naval exercise organised by India, amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. (Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)

Russia says its consulate in Iran’s Isfahan damaged in strikes, no casualties  Armenpress

Former Credit Suisse reached $1.25b settlement in 1999 over WWII-era crimes, is now resistant to handing over 150 documents it says are protected by attorney-client privilege The post UBS asks US judge to shield it from further investigation into Nazi bank accounts appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Exclusive: ECB will react if Iran war pushes up inflation, Nagel says  Reuters

Cargo Ship Hit by Projectile in Strait of Hormuz, UK Navy Says  Bloomberg.com

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War in the Middle East live: Iran vows retaliation for US-Israeli strikes on residential areas  ABC News

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While some argue for destroying the terminal though which 90% of Iran’s oil exports flow, others caution of a global market ‘tailspin’ Kharg Island – through which 90% of Iran’s oil exports flow – is arguably the country’s most sensitive economic target but the export terminal has so far remained untouched throughout the US-Israel bombing campaign. Experts say bombing or capturing the site with US forces would be likely to cause a sustained increase to already surging oil prices, as it would amount to taking the entirety of Iran’s daily crude exports offline. Continue reading...

Observers wait to see if Yemen-based Houthis will reopen hostilities as US warships approach Red Sea chokepoint Iranian-backed militias around the Middle East are continuing attacks against Israel, the US and their allies in retaliation for the US-Israeli offensive against Tehran, but have so far held back from all-out confrontation, analysts and regional officials say. The relative restraint suggests that Tehran sees such forces as a strategic reserve to be deployed if the 12-day war continues to intensify – though it may also be a sign that Iranian command and control systems are breaking down. Continue reading...

Top EU officials clash over Iran war as bloc divisions widen  Financial Times