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We can still avert starvation even as the country faces the worst outlook in years.

In a motion this week, Gentner Drummond says the board 'deliberately hobbled its own legal position' by issuing a denial that strengthens the institution's case in federal court The post Oklahoma attorney general slams ‘rigged’ vote on proposed Jewish charter school appeared first on The Times of Israel.

By Nidhi Verma and Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI, March 14 (Reuters) - India has sought safe passage for 22 of its vessels stranded west of the Strait of Hormuz, a foreign affairs ministry spokesperson said on Saturday, after Iran allowed a few Indian ships to sail through, in a rare exception to the blockade. Randhir Jaiswal told a press conference that India has stayed in touch with all major parties in the Middle East - including Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran, the U.S. and Israel - to convey its priorities, particularly on energy security.

CAIRO, March 14 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Iran-aligned militant group Hamas has called on Iran to not target neighbouring countries, while still reaffirming Tehran's right to respond to the U.S.-Israeli attacks. This is the first time the group has publicly commented on Iranian policies. It has expressed solidarity with Iran during the war but appeared to steer clear from threatening any retaliatory actions so far.

March 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said four of five tanker planes targeted in an attack on a base in Saudi Arabia suffered "virtually no damage." "Four of the five had virtually no damage, and are already back in service. One had slightly more damage, but will be in the air shortly," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

UN chief Antonio Guterres said Saturday on a visit to Beirut that diplomatic channels remained open to end the war between Israel and Hezbollah and urged the international community to support Lebanon. Lebanon was dragged into the Middle East war last week when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes, and the Tehran-backed group's leader has said the militants were ready for a long confrontation with Israel.

US lifts sanctions on some Russian oil, about 5-6 days' worth of shipments from Strait of Hormuz  Fortune

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Iran war and other tough topics give K-12 teachers chance to teach students how, not what, to think  The Conversation

Iran’s new supreme leader says Strait of Hormuz should be used as leverage  KXAN Austin

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Iranian official says Kharg oil exports 'normal', no casualties after US strikes  The Daily Star

Stanley McChrystal said White House has a ‘we should do because we can’ approach to international relations The retired US army general who once led Nato forces in Afghanistan says the bellicose foreign policy Donald Trump has pursued during his second presidency can be summed up as “we should do because we can” – invoking the lyrics of the Dolly Parton classic Jolene to emphasize the point. Stanley McChrystal delivered those remarks on Friday at Tulane University’s New Orleans book festival during a fireside chat hosted by the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, who asked in part about US military strikes Trump has ordered in Nigeria, Venezuela and Iran since Christmas. Continue reading...

A strike on the heavily fortified United States embassy compound in Baghdad caused a fire and damage to the complex.

The tiny island is home to one of the most critical pieces of Iran's energy infrastructure.

Smoke seen rising from direction of UAE energy facility: AFP Smoke was rising from the direction of a major UAE energy installation on Saturday, in what appeared to be the latest strike targeting the Gulf's petroleum facilities - hours after the US struck Iran's Kharg Island oil hub.  Clouds of dark black smoke were seen coming from Fujairah, which is home to a major port where Iranian attacks have already targeted an oil storage and trading hub. The port is also home to a key oil export terminal.  Local authorities, in an online statement, said debris falling after a successful drone interception had caused a fire, without specifying the location.

A visit to the US would be ‘problematic’ for the King in light of war with Iran, says Sir Peter Westmacott

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Why Kharg Island is central to Iran’s oil exports. Kharg Island sits at the heart of Iran’s oil export infrastructure in the northern Gulf, handling 90 percent of Iran's crude exports, making it one of the most strategically important energy hubs in the region. Located about 30km off Iran’s mainland, the island hosts the country’s main oil export terminal, where crude from oil  fields across Iran is stored and loaded onto tankers for shipment to international markets. The island has a vast network of pipelines linking major oilfields to its storage facilities and loading jetties. Because of this concentration of infrastructure, Kharg Island has long been considered a critical choke-point for Iran’s energy sector: any disruption there can have immediate implications for the country’s oil revenues and global supply flows. Its strategic importance has also made Kharg Island a target during periods of conflict. During the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s, the island was repeatedly attacked in what became known as the “Tanker War”, as both sides sought to cripple each other’s oil exports in the Gulf. Decades later, the site remains a focal point in regional tensions, given its central role in Iran’s ability to export crude to global markets.

Smoke rises from Fujairah oil facility in UAE