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Iran war, oil price surge worsen K-shaped economy, say economists  CNBC

The Iranian women's national football team landed at Istanbul Airport on Tuesday after several members of the delegation withdrew their asylum bids in Australia and decided to return home. Footage from Turkish news agency DHA showed the players, wearing Iranian national team tracksuits, walking through the arrivals area at Istanbul Airport. The players arrived in Turkey via Oman and Kuala Lumpur, having left Australia where they were competing in the Asian Cup. "I am missing my family," one of them told AFP on Monday at Kuala Lumpur Airport.

Iran is selecting ships from friendly countries to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial trade waterway cut off by the Middle East war, data trackers indicated Tuesday. Tehran's forces have closed off the waterway, through which a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas passes in peacetime, with deadly hits reported on vessels since the war began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. But at least five ships exited the Strait via Iranian waters on March 15 and 16, maritime intelligence firm Windward said in an analysis report on Tuesday.

Zelenskyy and Starmer urge continuing support for Ukraine against Russia as Iran war steals focus  The Hill

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Israel claims it has killed the influential Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani in overnight strikes. If confirmed, Larijani’s death would represent a devastating blow to the regime, and the most senior official to die since Ali Khamenei’s death. Lucy Hough speaks to deputy head of international news, Devika Bhat. Continue reading...

In Tuesday's crowded congressional primary elections, the pro-Israel lobby's strategy often appears counterintuitive. Here's why it might be part of a larger trend The post What to know about the Illinois primaries, where AIPAC backs a fierce Israel critic appeared first on The Times of Israel.

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Unrealistic to expect controlled regime change in Iran, Germany says Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Tuesday said it was not realistic to expect controlled regime change in Iran and said the war could not have a military solution. "There will be no military solution. And to have a controlled regime change, is, I would say, a hypothetical idea, which is not realistic," he said, speaking alongside his French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot in Berlin at an event hosted by the ZEIT media group. "So chaos in Iran, as bad as the regime is, is also not in our interest and not in the interest of the region and, of course, in the interest of the people living in Iran."

Iran war pushes Asian nations into energy triage as they conserve power  PBS

The aid announcement comes as President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his late March visit to China would be postponed.

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What to know about the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping waterway  Fast Company

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Thousands of seafarers face dwindling supplies of fuel and water as they wait on board, stranded by the Middle East war, a key shipping body warned Tuesday as it urged governments to help get maritime traffic flowing again. John Stawpert is marine director of the London-based International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents the world's national shipowner associations and over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet.

With two wild gazelles already dead, Nature and Parks Authority, Agriculture Ministry, draw line around northern Israel region hit by new strain of viral infection The post Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak closes two nature reserves to public appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Death of Ali Larijani would deepen crisis at heart of Iran's leadership  BBC

U.S. is letting Iranian oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Bessent says  qz.com