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Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said an overnight strike killed Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib.

Could the war in Iran have an impact on grocery prices? What we know  KGW

US-Israeli strike hits gas tanks in southern Iran, halts output at 2 refineries: Iranian media  Anadolu Ajansı

Iran-Israel war hits India's medical tourism, 50-75% drop in international patients - India Today  India Today

Iran war poses challenges to high-margin Middle East car market  CNBC

Sky News 'to end ties with UAE-based Sky News Arabia' over Sudan war Alex MacDonald on Wed, 03/18/2026 - 11:33 Sky staff say outlet became 'mouthpiece' for UAE and whitewashed RSF atrocities in Darfur Emiratis stand in front of the Sky News Arabia logo during the launch of the network in Abu Dhabi on 6 May 2012 (AFP/Marwan Naamani) Off Sky News is set to sever ties with its UAE-based Arabic sister channel over the broadcaster's coverage of the war in Sudan. According to the Daily Telegraph, the company will withdraw Sky News Arabia’s licence to use its brand next year after it was accused of whitewashing human rights abuses carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan. The group has been accused of genocide and mass sexual violence in Darfur. Mounting evidence shows the UAE is supporting the paramilitaries, despite Emirati denials. Sky executives told the UAE’s state media business IMI of its decision late last year, according to the Telegraph. However, an agreement to salvage the partnership could reportedly still be reached. A major new report last week by Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) with Nasa’s Harvest programme revealed that the RSF waged a campaign of starvation against the people of el-Fasher in Darfur, razing dozens of farming villages and devastating crop production around the city. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The report used satellite imagery and other data to identify 41 agricultural communities attacked between March and June 2024, the first months of a siege that went on for more than 500 days. Over the following months, two-thirds of those communities showed “no visible pattern of life”, suggesting residents had been displaced or killed. During the same period, the area of land being farmed declined by more than 80 percent. El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in western Sudan, was finally taken from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) by the RSF in October 2025, following a lengthy siege that saw the paramilitary construct a network of earth walls around the city, trapping hundreds of thousands of residents inside a “kill box”. While the UAE continues to deny the allegations, Middle East Eye has reported extensively on its support for the RSF, citing evidence including satellite imagery, flight logs, weapons serial numbers and multiple sources. UK-based former Sky executives told the Telegraph in November that Sky News Arabia had become a mouthpiece for the UAE’s rulers and had not accurately reported atrocities carried out by the RSF. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); One told the outlet that an editorial board meant to monitor coverage had “no real power” as the channel was “owned by [UAE vice-president] Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed”. In February, following a UN report suggesting genocide had been carried out in el-Fasher, Sky News Arabia sent a reporter to the city who is married to a senior official in the RSF. Tsabih Mubarak Khatir was filmed hugging a female RSF commander who had previously urged fighters to rape Darfuri women and telling her “we are with you”. Sky news presenter Tsabih Mubarak poses with an RSF officer in El-Fasher, Sudan, 9 November 2025 (Screengrab/TikTok) Reports filed by Khatir claimed there was no evidence of the atrocities documented by satellite imagery or media reports gathered from those displaced, while other articles on the Sky News Arabia suggested that satellite imagery showing the devastation in el-Fasher was fake. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The war in Sudan between the RSF and SAF began in April 2023. More than 11 million people are currently displaced from their homes as a result of the war.  While the UAE and its regional allies, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Chad and eastern Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, back the RSF, the SAF is backed by Egypt, Turkey and now Saudi Arabia, which is embroiled in an ongoing feud with its neighbour and erstwhile ally, the UAE.  Sudan war News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

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China treads carefully on energy interests in Iran war  Euronews.com

Interest rates are not the tool to solve the inflation caused by the US’s war with Iran | Josh Ryan-Collins  The Guardian

Trump confirms meeting with China’s Xi Jinping delayed as war on Iran rages  Al Jazeera

U.S. bombs Iranian missile sites along Strait of Hormuz  CBS News

Israeli dairy and fruit farmer Tommy Kurlender refused to abandon his herd during the last war with Hezbollah, and vowed he would again stay put this time around. The Israel-Lebanon border area has once again come under fire since Hezbollah launched attacks in support of its backers in Tehran, after Israel killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The massive attack on Iran, which Israel has conducted alongside its ally the United States, has sparked a war engulfing the entire region, with both Iran and Hezbollah targeting Israel with missiles and drones.

Sara Saleh and her family fled wearing their pyjamas on Wednesday when Israel's military said it would strike a central Beirut building near the school-turned-shelter where they had been staying. Several other strikes, however, came without warning, jolting terrified residents in the middle of the night and early morning and killing at least 12 people. They were just the latest Israeli attacks on the Lebanese capital since war again erupted between Israel and Hezbollah this month.

Germany’s foreign minister warns Iran war could plunge ‘entire world into major crisis’  politico.eu

Esmail Khatib said to be third senior Iranian figure killed in 24 hours as Israel authorises military to kill targeted officials Middle East crisis – live updates Israel claimed on Wednesday to have killed a third senior Iranian figure in 24 hours, stating that its forces had “eliminated” Tehran’s intelligence minister, Esmail Khatib, in an overnight strike. If confirmed, his death would follow those of Ali Larijani, the head of the supreme national security apparatus, and the commander of the Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani. Continue reading...

Iran war triggers helium shortage, hits semiconductor supply  DW.com

A multibillion-dollar pipeline sale in Kuwait has emerged as one of the early signs that the Gulf’s dealmaking machine is taking a hit from the US-Israel-Iran war.

TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – Amnesty International has blamed the United States military for the deadly attack on a school in Iran's Minab earlier this month.

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on Larijani's significance and how his killing may affect the regime moving forward, plus blowback faced by Trump from within the US The post Daily Briefing Mar. 18 – After Larijani assassination, who’s holding the wheel in Iran? appeared first on The Times of Israel.