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US citizens: Trump had no ‘backup’ plan to help them leave Middle East after Iran strike  The Guardian

I’ve been talking to people in Iran. They face an impossible choice.  Vox

President Trump also attacked ABC News when a reporter asked him about a recent fundraising email sent by his political action committee

More than 3,350 Israelis injured since start of war on Iran At least 3,369 people, including civilians and military personnel, have been injured and hospitalised since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran, according to Israel’s health ministry. The ministry said the figure includes 142 in the past 24 hours.

Israeli attacks displace over 800,000 in Lebanon and kill more than 800, as the UN launches an urgent aid appeal.

Young voters helped elect Trump, but some have regrets over the Iran war  The Washington Post

In photos: Aftermath of Israeli strikes on southern suburbs of Beirut Firefighters work at the site of overnight Israeli air strikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut on 16 March, 2026. (AFP) A man walks past the destruction at the site of overnight Israeli air strikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut on 16 March, 2026. (AFP) The site of an overnight Israeli airstrikes is pictured in the southern suburbs of Beirut on 16 March, 2026. (AFP)

An Israeli attack on a police vehicle in central Gaza has killed eight officers including a senior police official.

The Iran war picture blackout  Al Jazeera

Iran issues threats to USS Ford strike group, Fars news Logistics and service centres enabling the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier to remain operational were considered to be targets by Iran, the spokesperson for the unified command of Iranian armed forces, Khatam al-Anbiya, said on Monday. "Aircraft carrier Gerald Ford in the Red Sea is a threat to Iran. Accordingly, the logistics and service centres for USS Ford strike group are considered to be targets," Ebrahim Zolfaqari said in a video shared by the semi-official Fars news agency.

Iran said it was ready to take the Middle East war "as far as necessary" as it launched strikes across the region Monday, while Donald Trump piled pressure on world powers to help reopen a shipping lane choked off by the Islamic republic. Global oil prices have surged by 40 to 50 percent as Iran has attacked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and launched waves of strikes in the Gulf, in retaliation for the war launched against it by the United States and Israel.

Iran’s Upper Hand in Hormuz Is Pressuring Oil Buyers and Trump  Bloomberg.com

Over 500 killed in US-Israeli attacks on Tehran province since war, report says The US-Israeli war with Iran has killed 503 people in Tehran province since 28 February, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported, citing Mohammad Esmaeil Tavakoli, the head of the Emergency Medical Services, saying. About 5,700 people were also injured in the area during the same period, Tavakoli said. An Iranian man speaks on his mobile phone as he stands on the debris in front of destroyed buildings following a military strike on the Iranian capital Tehran on 15 March, 2026. (AFP)

Trump's Iran war may end Vance's presidential dreams | Opinion  USA Today

Pope Leo XIV Urges Ceasefire, Denounces Civilian Casualties in Iran War  voi.id

Iranian activist Farhad Sheikhi fights back tears as he recalls the crack of gunfire and his fellow protesters falling under a hail of bullets. Now, having fled to Iraq, he watches from afar as American and Israeli strikes pound his country. "I literally saw hell," said the 34-year-old Iranian Kurd in Sulaimaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan's second city, as he showed AFP photos he took during recent anti-government protests of bodies lying on the bloodied ground. But his biggest worry today is for the safety of his family back home.

Iran has sought to justify its attacks on Gulf countries, hitting civilian infrastructure as well as US assets.

Dubai Stocks Fall Into Bear Market as Iran War Enters Third Week  Bloomberg.com

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