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The US spent $3.7 billion in the first four days of bombing Iran. Here’s the bill.

Unlike the truce from last year's 12-day war, "decapitation" strikes have locked US and Israel in a war of attrition.

Ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz as Iran escalates military campaign  KOMO

By Pesha Magid and Ali Sawafta ABU FALAH, West Bank, March 11 (Reuters) - Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are taking advantage of curbs on movement imposed during the war on Iran to attack Palestinians, with military roadblocks preventing ambulances reaching victims quickly, rights groups and medics say.

By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME, March 11 (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday delivered her strongest criticism yet of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, describing it as part of a growing and dangerous trend of interventions "outside the scope of international law".

By Sabine Siebold BERLIN, March 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian military trainers will help Germany's military meet a target of being ready to defend against any Russian attack on NATO by 2029, the German army chief said, in a role reversal after years of Western troops training Ukrainian forces. Berlin and Kyiv agreed last month that Ukraine would send military instructors to German army schools to teach lessons they have learned from fighting against Russia's invasion.

By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. may have pulled the trigger on the Iran war, but it is the oil-producing Gulf that will pay the price, Gulf sources and analysts say, signalling unease in ties between a region under Iranian attack and the superpower it relies on for protection.

Russians say Iran attack shows U.S. can’t be trusted in Ukraine talks  The Washington Post

JD Vance Mostly Silent On Iran War, Trump Says He's "Philosophically Different"  NDTV

Hegseth says ‘there will be more casualties’ in Iran operation  KXAN Austin

Pope laments death of children in Iran war, pledges closeness to Lebanon Pope Leo on Wednesday lamented the death of numerous civilians in the Iran war and also expressed closeness to people in Lebanon, saying the country, targeted by Israeli strikes, was going through a "great trial." Leo, who has appealed several times for an end to the expanding conflict and warned that the violence could spiral out of control, called on pilgrims in his weekly audience in St Peter's Square to pray for peace. "Let us continue to pray for peace in Iran, and throughout the Middle East, especially for the many civilian victims, including many innocent children," said the pontiff, as the war continued into its 12th day. Leo also lamented the death of a priest who was killed on Monday in strikes on southern Lebanon, where Israel is attacking the Iran-backed group Hezbollah, which has fired into Israel from Lebanon in solidarity with the government in Iran. Pope Leo waves to the crowd during the weekly general audience at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on 11 March 2026. (Tiziana FABI / AFP)

Global airlines are grappling with the effects of the war in the Middle East, as fuel prices soar and customers reassess their travel plans. The war has sent the price of oil and gas soaring, after Iran's Revolutionary Guards vowed to choke off traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's key energy transit routes. The average global price of jet fuel has surged even faster, reaching $173.91 per barrel on Monday, according to the Platts benchmark index, double what it was on the levels of January 2.

UK's Shabana Mahmood approves police request to ban pro-Palestine march MEE staff on Wed, 03/11/2026 - 09:57 Home secretary cites 'threats to public disorder' as she warns against taking part in annual 'Al-Quds day' that was first marked in Iran over four decades ago British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is pictured with Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a visit to a mosque in southern England, on 23 October 2025 (Peter Nicholls/AFP) Off The British home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has approved a request by the Metropolitan Police to ban this year's Al-Quds Day protest in London. Mahmood cited the threat to public disorder in a post she made on social media platform X on Wednesday. The Al-Quds Day event was first held in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and is billed as a global day of solidarity in support of Palestine. This year's event comes amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, which has prompted pro-war and anti-war protests in western capitals. Justifying her reasons for banning the march, Mahmood wrote: "I am satisfied doing so is necessary to prevent serious public disorder, due to the scale of the protest and multiple counter-protests, in the context of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "Should a stationary demonstration proceed, the police will be able to apply strict conditions.  "I expect to see the full force of the law applied to anyone spreading hatred and division instead of exercising their right to peaceful protest." Responding to the decision to ban the march, the Islamic Human Rights Commission, which organises Al Quds Day protests in the UK, said it "strongly condemns the decision by the Metropolitan Police to ban the Al Quds Day March".  Shabana Mahmood: The new UK home secretary on Palestine Read More » It added: "If it was not clear already, the police have brazenly abandoned their sworn principle of policing without fear or favour, and have capitulated to the pressure of the Zionist lobby." The group said that it was taking legal advice and that a static protest, which has not been proscribed, will proceed on 15 March. This year's protest is set to take place just a fortnight after the start of the war on Iran, which began with the assassination of the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini and the bombing of a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab, which killed at least 180 people, the vast majority of them schoolchildren. Mahmood's cabinet colleague, the Courts Minister Sarah Sackman, refused to describe the latter attack as a war crime, calling it the "realities of war". "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," Sackman told Sky News. UK Politics News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

16 Iran Ships Sunk, Cluster Bomb Attacks By Tehran: Day 12 Of War  NDTV

The Iran war is testing America's ability to combat swarms of cheap drones that have become a staple of the modern battlefield after Ukraine and Russia demonstrated how effective they can be

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France's president said a French aid worker with UNICEF was killed, after M23 rebels said 'combat drone' hit the city.

Germany releases part of oil reserves due to Middle East war, government source says Germany is to release part of its strategic oil reserve to counter high energy prices as a result of the war in the Middle East, a government source told AFP on Wednesday. Germany's Economy and Energy Minister Katherina Reiche was due to address the media in Berlin shortly.

US-Israel Iran War Live Updates: US says 16 Iranian mine-laying ships 'eliminated', says BBC  Firstpost

US-Iran-Israel war LIVE | Iran targets US base in Kuwait; IDF hits Hezbollah’s stronghold in Beirut  WION