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The president’s latest comments come as world financial markets are reeling under the weight of sky-high oil prices

Israel has tried for decades to weaken Hezbollah through wars and assassinations. Why has the group endured?

Republican senator warns of ‘consequences’ if kingdom does not join US strikes against Iranians Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday questioned whether the United States should honor a long-sought defence agreement with Saudi Arabia, saying the kingdom’s refusal to join military operations against Iran made the partnership difficult to justify given that Americans were dying in a war Graham himself helped push the Trump administration to start. In a post on X, Graham said the American embassy in Riyadh was being evacuated due to sustained Iranian attacks on Saudi soil, and expressed frustration that Riyadh had declined to participate militarily despite what he described as a shared interest in defeating Iran. Continue reading...

How Cheap Drones and AI Are Shaping the Iran War  U.S. News & World Report

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U.S. president Donald Trump has claimed the war with Iran could be over soon as the U.S. is “very far” ahead of his initial four to five week estimated time frame.

Emir Balat, Ibrahim Kayumi charged with attempting to provide material support to a terrorist org, using weapon of mass destruction The post Men who threw explosives at NYC protest cited ISIS as inspiration, police tell court appeared first on The Times of Israel.

As strikes continue across Iran, US President Trump has articulated shifting goals. But how likely are they?

"A Sense of Normalcy": Life in the UAE Amid the US-Israel War on Iran  EA WorldView

French president says attack on island is ‘an attack on Europe’ as EU states send military support Middle East crisis – live updates Emmanuel Macron has vowed that Europe will do whatever it takes to stand by Cyprus, the continent’s first state to be directly affected by the Iran war. In the strongest show yet of solidarity towards the EU member closest to the Middle East, Macron likened the attacks, which included a drone strike against a British base on the eastern Mediterranean island, to an attack on Europe. Continue reading...

Israel says it struck multiple Iranian government-linked sites The Israeli military said its air force carried out another wave of strikes across Iran. In a statement posted on X, the military said dozens of sites linked to the Iranian government were hit, including what it described as a headquarters used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for drone operations. The military said drones had previously been launched from the site towards Israel and that additional drones stored there were preparing for launch. Several drone storage facilities and air defence systems were also targeted.

‘I demand that the producers of this disgusting and juvenile war porn remove my voice immediately,’ Steve Downes, voice of Master Chief, says

Critical infrastructure forced to shut down due to missile, drone strikes and threats to shipping routes, driving international benchmark Brent crude up to almost $103 on Monday The post Iran war puts at risk key infrastructure that supplies world’s oil and gas appeared first on The Times of Israel.

President Trump told reporters ‘unconditional surrender’ would mean the destruction of the Iranian military

Seventh US service member killed in war with Iran identified  The Guardian

Community voices opinions on Iran war  The Daily Lobo

A US Air Force B-52 bomber plane landed at RAF Fairford airbase on Monday (9 March), after the US and Israel’s airstrikes towards Iran sparked widespread regional conflict.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that 11 countries had tapped Kyiv for help in how to counter Iranian drones being fired by Tehran in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes. Ukraine has to fend off nightly barrages of Iranian-designed Shahed attack drones launched by Russia, an ally of Tehran. They now being used in strikes across the Middle East.