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Israeli strikes in Lebanon's Nabatieh kill eight family members Israeli attacks on the town of al-Numairiyah, located in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, have killed eight members of the same family.  Muhammad Ahmad Hamdan reportedly succumbed to his wounds in the Sheikh Ragheb Hospital, joining his father, mother, three sisters and one of their children.  In another incident, the state-owned National News Agency reported the killing of two after Israel targeted a car in al-Qlailah, Tyre.

UAE, an oasis for business and partying, faces war  The Washington Post

Sudan's RSF waged starvation campaign in siege of el-Fasher Oscar Rickett on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 12:12 New report from Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab finds deliberate targeting of North Darfur agricultural communities Satellite imagery shows destruction to farming communities outside el-Fasher, North Darfur, by the Rapid Support Forces, between March and June 2024 (Yale HRL/Vantor) Off Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) waged a campaign of starvation against the people of el-Fasher, razing dozens of farming villages and devastating crop production around the city, according to a major new report corroborating UN allegations of genocide.  The report, produced by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) with Nasa’s Harvest programme, used satellite imagery and other data to identify 41 agricultural communities attacked between March and June 2024, the first months of a siege that went on for more than 500 days. Over the following months, two-thirds of those communities showed “no visible pattern of life”, suggesting residents had been displaced or killed. During the same period, the area of land being farmed declined by more than 80 percent. Forensic analysis of the patterns of damage to the buildings based on remote sensing data showed that the communities were attacked deliberately, Yale’s HRL said. Ten of the 41 communities attacked were razed more than once, the report found, with at least six communities targeted for burning three or more times. One of these was razed to the ground at least seven times.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Twenty-eight of the communities appear to have no visible pattern of life. These findings, the report said, suggest the attacks displaced or killed residents of the farming communities, which led to decreased food production in the region.  The communities around el-Fasher razed by the RSF (Yale HRL) The Yale HRL report follows one last month from the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan, which found that the RSF’s takeover of el-Fasher bore all the “hallmarks of genocide”, including the destruction of the means of survival.  The UN’s report found that the RSF had “deliberately imposed conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of non-Arab communities, in particular the Zaghawa and the Fur”, two Black African groups that have been targeted by the RSF throughout the war.  Yale’s HRL said that the intentional razing of agricultural communities corroborated these findings. The report is the first study of its kind to use remotely sensed data to assess food insecurity in conflict settings to corroborate an alleged campaign of intentional starvation. UAE backing for RSF in Darfur El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in western Sudan, was finally taken from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) by the RSF in October 2025, following a lengthy siege that saw the paramilitary construct a network of earth walls around the city, trapping hundreds of thousands of residents inside a “kill box”. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); While the United Arab Emirates continues to deny the allegations, Middle East Eye has reported extensively on its support for the RSF, citing evidence including satellite imagery, flight logs, weapons serial numbers and multiple sources. Thermal scarring showing the razed communities (Yale HRL/Vantor) Once the RSF stormed into el-Fasher, its fighters raped, executed and extorted residents in large numbers, according to extensive interviews conducted by Middle East Eye and later reports from the UN and Yale’s HRL. Civilians fleeing the city were also apprehended by the RSF and taken to makeshift detention centres, where they had blood taken from them. The war in Sudan, between the RSF and SAF, began in April 2023. More than 11 million people are currently displaced from their homes as a result of the war.  While the UAE and its regional allies, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Chad and eastern Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, back the RSF, the SAF is backed by Egypt, Turkey and now Saudi Arabia, which is embroiled in an ongoing feud with its neighbour and erstwhile ally, the UAE.  Sudan war News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

US, Israel seem to have 'no common plan', German chancellor says German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has voiced concern that the US and Israel appear to have "no common plan" for ending the war against Iran. "The United States and Israel have been waging war against Iran for over a week. We share many of these goals, but with each day of the war, more questions arise," Merz said on Tuesday. "We are particularly concerned that there is apparently no common plan for how this war can be brought to a swift and convincing end."

Kharg island holds 94 per cent of Iran’s oil exports and could choke off the country’s economy for years

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – The IRGC announced the launch of the 34th wave of Operation ‘True Promise-4’ against US and Zionist regime positions on Tuesday afternoon.

Oil prices spiked after shipments through the Strait of Hormuz were disrupted amid the Iran war.

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – In a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed that the missiles directed toward Turkish airspace "did not originate from Iran."

Antonio Costa says Russia benefits from soaring global energy prices and attention being diverted from war in Ukraine.

‘Beware lest you be the ones to vanish’: Iran's Larijani hits back after Trump threat Rayhan Uddin on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 11:59 Security chief warns US after Trump vowed to hit Iran 'twenty times harder' if Hormuz strait remains closed Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, delivers a statement after meeting with Lebanon’s parliament speaker in Beirut on 15 November 2024 (AFP) Off Ali Larijani, the head of the Iranian National Security Council, has issued a strong warning to Donald Trump, after the US president threatened “death, fire and fury” on Iran.  Trump posted on Truth Social late on Monday, threatening to strike Iran hard if it continued to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed.  “They will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far,” he wrote.  Trump said the US would take out targets that would “make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again”.  “Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them – But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen!” he said, adding that it would be a gift to China and nations dependent on the strait.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Larijani responded on X, in both Persian and Arabic.  He wrote: “The Ashura-loving Iranian people do not fear your hollow threats; for those greater than you have failed to erase it… “So beware lest you be the ones to vanish.” The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow maritime channel, around 33km at its narrowest point, between the Musandam peninsula in Oman and Iran. It is described as the most significant oil chokepoint in the world, with around a fifth of global oil output passing through it, and a third of global liquified natural gas (LNG).  Roughly 20 million barrels of oil pass through the strait every day, of which around 14 million barrels are crude oil and six million are petroleum products.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Much of Asia receives gas and oil from hydrocarbon-rich countries in the Gulf via the strait. South Korea receives around 70 percent of its crude oil from the Middle East, while Japan imports around 90 percent from the region, and India around 50 percent.  Asian market indices tumbled on Monday, largely driven by the closure of the waterway.  Larijani reiterated on Monday that the strait would continue to be closed by Iran if the US and Israel continued their attacks on the country.  Responding to a news post on X about France sending two frigates to the Red Sea to reopen the waterway, the security chief said: “It is unlikely that any security can be achieved in the Strait of Hormuz amid the fires ignited by the United States and Israel in the region.” “Especially if that is by the design of parties that were not far removed from supporting this war and contributing to its fanning,” he added.  War on Iran News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

'Realities of war': UK minister refuses to call US massacre at Iranian school a war crime Imran Mulla on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 10:45 Sarah Sackman criticised 'those who target civilians, in particular the Iranian regime' but did not single out US atrocities Sarah Sackman is the UK's courts minister (Screengrab/X) Off A British minister has refused to declare the school massacre in Iran, which killed 165 people, many of them children, a war crime, labelling it the "realities of war". On 28 February, the day the US and Israel launched their attack on Iran, a double-tap strike targeted the Shajareh Tayyebeh School, a girls' primary school in the city of Minab. US investigators probing the attack said last week they believe the US military was likely responsible for the attack. And newly released footage this week suggests a US Tomahawk missile hit the school. In an interview with Sky News on Tuesday morning, Courts Minister Sarah Sackman was asked for her "reflections on the evidence that has come to light". (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); She replied: "You watch footage like that and what you see is the realities of war, and in particular the way that civilians right across the region, not just in Iran but the wider region, are caught up in military conflict." 'I'm not going to speculate on whether this is a war crime, but what it is is a war, and in that context devastating things can happen' - Sarah Sackman, UK minister Sackman added: "And it's pretty devastating. You think of a school, my own children are at primary school. You know, this is the realities of war." She then specifically criticised Iran, saying: "And those who target civilians, in particular the Iranian regime, that kind of action is appalling. "And I think it's right we hear the American administration saying that it's going to investigate what's happened there." Asked whether "strikes on schools in this way" could be war crimes, Sackman refused to give a judgement, saying "any view on that needs to be backed up by evidence.  "I'm not going to speculate on whether this is a war crime, but what it is is a war, and in that context devastating things can happen. "And the way in which one treats civilians, that is vital. And I call on all parties in this conflict to abide by international law and the laws of war." 'Can't condemn bombing schoolchildren' Sackman's comments have drawn strong criticism online. Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece, a Liberal Democrat peer, said that the US and Israel were "in clear violation of international law". She added that Sackman "can't bring herself to condemn bombing schoolchildren, only to condemn Iran. Not good enough." Journalist and commentator Mehdi Hasan said: "The US bombed a school, the US and Israel are killing 100s of civilians in Iran right now, the US and Israel are in clear violation of international law, but UK minister Sackman can't bring herself to condemn any of that, only to condemn Iran. How convenient." US bombers land in Britain as Pentagon prepares 'surge' in Iran strikes Read More » Sackman's comments come as the US is using British military bases for bombers en route to targeting Iranian missile sites. Over the past few days, numerous US B-1 Lancer bombers have taken off from the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford base in Gloucestershire in southern England to carry out strikes on Iran. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resisted calls from opposition politicians for the RAF to join in with strikes on Iran but has not condemned the US-Israeli attack.  Relations are also strained with the US over Britain’s initial refusal to allow the US to use the joint UK-US base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to launch strikes on Iran. Starmer held a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Sunday to discuss "the latest situation in the Middle East and the military cooperation between the UK and US through the use of RAF bases in support of the collective self-defence of partners in the region", according to Downing Street. Trump had repeatedly attacked Starmer, calling him "unhelpful" and "no Winston Churchill", and accusing the prime minister of seeking to "join wars after we've already won". UK Politics News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

Tuesday 'most intense day' of US attacks on Iran, Pentagon chief says US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said strikes on Iran will ramp up on Tuesday. "Today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran," Hegseth told a news conference at the Pentagon.

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – The head of the central committee of Quds Day has announced plans for the annual rallies, saying 6,000 domestic and foreign photographers and journalists will cover the event across Iran.

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US study reveals more than 25,300 Islamophobic posts on X since war began and intensifying hate speech against Muslims.

This is the aftermath of a street in the Harat Hreik suburb of Beirut after it was hit by Israeli bombing.

JERUSALEM, March 10 (Reuters) - The Israeli military illegally used white phosphorus munitions over homes in the southern Lebanese town Yohmor on March 3, posing a threat to civilians, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Monday. "The incendiary effects of white phosphorus can cause death or cruel injuries that result in lifelong suffering," Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in the statement.

President Aoun outlines a path towards "permanent security and stability", as Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah continue.