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Iranian intelligence minister killed in precision airstrike, while US military targets missile sites  Fox News

Gold And Silver Prices Hit One-Month Lows—Here’s Why Iran War Isn’t Raising Metals Prices  Forbes

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 18 (Reuters) - The killing of Iran's most influential powerbroker, Ali Larijani, has pushed the Islamic Republic into a more uncertain phase, complicating decision-making in Tehran and narrowing its options as the war grinds on. The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began with the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei alongside a group of military commanders, and shows no sign of abating, with several more senior officials now targeted by air strikes.

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Ariba Shahid KABUL/KARACHI, March 18 (Reuters) - Former heroin user Nazar Mohammad said the Kabul rehabilitation centre bombed by Pakistan cured him of his drug addiction two years ago and helped keep him alive. He even stayed on to work there as a live-in carer for the 2,000 patients. Now he fears he could relapse. On Monday, he left the clinic and watched "as a plane dropped a bomb", he said. He rushed back to find a scene of devastation.

March 18 (Reuters) - Several loud bangs were heard in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday and some of the city's residents received phone alerts for the first time warning them of a hostile aerial threat, a Reuters witness in the city said. (Reporting by Timour Azhari. Editing by Jane Merriman)

By Joshua McElwee ROME, March 18 (Reuters) - The Vatican's top diplomat on Wednesday called on U.S. President Donald Trump to end the expanding Iran war as soon as possible and suggested Israel should also stop its strikes against Lebanon. "I would say to finish it as soon as possible ... and to leave alone Lebanon," Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, a senior advisor to the American Pope Leo, said in an unusually direct appeal. "This message goes also to the Israelis," he added, speaking to journalists at an event at the Italian parliament.

Live updates: Iran war news, Israel says it has killed Iran’s intelligence minister  CNN Iran war live: Israeli killing of Iran’s intelligence minister confirmed  Al Jazeera Israel killed another Iranian leader, but experts say that doesn't mean it's winning the war  NBC News

How religion and faith shapes the Israel-Iran war - opinion  The Jerusalem Post

Iran Warns Gulf of Fierce Retaliation After Gas Field Strike  Bloomberg.com

Three planes damaged by missile fragments at Tel Aviv airport Three private planes were left with “severe” damage after being struck by missile debris at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, the Israel Airports Authority said. The damage occurred over the past few days, with one of the planes catching fire.

TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – The governor of Assaluyeh County said Wednesday that the fire at some phases of the South Pars gasfield in the Persian Gulf has been contained.

The Iran War’s Next Threat Is to Food and Water  The Atlantic

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Readers respond to Gordon Brown’s article about the effects of war on children following the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran We welcome Gordon Brown’s powerful focus on the traumatic effects of war on children in Iran (Children killed, a school turned into a graveyard: even in wartime, we can’t accept this, 12 March). In our work with child psychologists in Ukraine, Gaza and other conflict zones, we have seen how wars blight the lives not only of children who are injured but also of those who lose their homes, families and communities. Disrupted schooling, displacement to other countries, bereavement in their peer group and family, witnessing the horrors of conflict and feeling the terrors of air raids or ground attacks – all of these catastrophic experiences can lead to lifelong psychological disturbance. Continue reading...

Wheat Jumps as Iran War, Wintry Weather Stoke Inflation Concerns  Bloomberg.com

U.S. strikes Iranian missile sites near Strait of Hormuz as tensions escalate, Trump defends action  41NBC News

Israel-Iran War Day 19 Three Lightly Wounded From Iranian Missile Hits in Central Israel  Haaretz

US presidents have long bypassed Congress's authority and dissenting lawmakers have often tried to fight back.

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