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Egypt to Dim Lights Early to Conserve Energy Amid Iran War  Bloomberg.com

Army says it will bomb Litani River crossings used by Hezbollah as it repeats warning for south Lebanon residents to flee northward following Hezbollah rocket barrage on north The post IDF strikes Hezbollah financial, military sites; Lebanese authorities report 14 dead appeared first on The Times of Israel.

An elderly couple was killed after a bomb flew into their apartment in central Israel and exploded.

Iran’s South Pars Gas Field Is Attacked, Sending Energy Prices Soaring  The New York Times

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday that China had agreed to postpone U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing, originally scheduled in just two weeks. Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that the White House was working to secure a new date for the visit as soon as possible. Trump, citing the demands of the Iran war, said on Tuesday that he would take the trip to Asia in "about five or six weeks" but did not specify a date.

The U.S. attacked Iran to show its power but the war is already lost. Epic Fury looks like an Epic Fail  Fortune

The upheaval in Iran's leadership since the start of the war with Israel and the United States has further strengthened the political influence of the Islamic republic's ideological army, the Revolutionary Guards, analysts said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was set up on the orders of revolution leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini shortly after the 1979 ousting of the shah, with a mandate separate from the regular armed forces to protect the revolution from internal and external threats.

Iraq’s gas imports from Iran halted after Israel strikes facilities Iraq’s gas supply from Iran has stopped following the strikes on Iranian gas sites earlier today, according to a report from the Iraqi electricity ministry. Iraq is heavily reliant on Iranian energy, importing over a third of its gas and power from Iran.  “As a result of the repercussions of developments in the region, Iranian gas flows to Iraq stopped completely,” electricity ministry spokesperson Ahmed Moussa told the Iraqi News Agency.

We're buying more shares of a company immune from the Iran war uncertainty  CNBC

A viral video claiming to show an Iranian strike on a US warship has even fooled Donald Trump.

Residents are divided between supporting and opposing the US and Israeli war against Iran, amid fears for loved ones.

The Iran-Israel War: Possible Iranian-Orchestrated Attacks on Israeli and Jewish Targets  The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

Iran leadership: who is dead and alive after US-Israel strikes?  The New Arab

Tehran has warned it will target Gulf oil and gas facilities following Israel's strike on South Pars.

The Iran war disrupts global helium supply and artificial intelligence chipmakers  Scientific American

The law, passed in 1920, aims to protect the American shipping sector

Israel says it killed Iran’s intelligence minister in overnight strike  The Washington Post

Iranian president confirms Israeli assassination of Iran's intelligence minister Iranian President Mazoud Pezeshkian has confirmed the death of the country’s intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib. Khatib was killed in an Israeli strike overnight, which the president called a “cowardly assassination” in a statement to X.  Iran’s top security official and defence minister have also been confirmed dead as a result of Israeli strikes.

Oil prices hit nearly $110 as Iran vows to escalate the war in ‘new ways’  Fortune

Trump should have planned more before starting the war with Iran  Houston Chronicle