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TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei has said that the silly president of the US is imploring other countries to deploy naval ships to Hormuz Strait.

Iran war increases threat to Sweden, security service says  Reuters

The Kharg Island strike shows how US force is calibrated to avoid disrupting global oil flows.

Iranian Missile Strikes Cause Casualties and Damage Near Tel Aviv  Oz Arab Media

Hormuz Reopening Looks Unlikely Without a Truce in Iran War  Yahoo Finance

Iran war spotlights India rupee's vulnerability, banks pitch cross-currency trades  Reuters

Israeli strikes on western Bekaa valley in Lebanon kill two and wound six Israeli air raids on the Lebanese town of Sahmar in the Western Bekaa have killed two people and wounded six others, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. The ministry’s Health Emergency Operations Centre confirmed the casualties in a statement carried by the National News Agency.

Mosaic Defence: Iran’s war tactic that keeps Tehran fighting despite top leaders' deaths  The Economic Times

As the conflict intensifies, Taliban drones challenge Pakistan’s security and response strategy, say experts.

Iran Warns of Global Fallout from Middle East War  Kurdistan24

Widespread damage was left across areas near Tel Aviv after overnight Iranian missile strikes.

Iran War Live Updates: Israel Kills Iran’s Intelligence Chief as War Escalates  Newsweek

TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – The chief commander of Iran Army Force has said that the cowardly Israeli assassination in martyring Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani will be ‘regretful’.

Iran: Israel hits Beirut as US strikes Hormuz missile sites  dw.com

Iran-US war live: Missiles shot down by Dubai as Tehran vows to avenge chief’s death  The Independent

Of the 600,000 severely disabled and elderly in Israel, about 40% — roughly 240,000 — cannot make it to safety as missiles fall from Iran and Lebanon, says Access Israel chairman The post ‘We’re playing Russian roulette’: People with disabilities struggle to reach bomb shelters appeared first on The Times of Israel.

US-Israel War, Day 19: Israel Assassinates Iran's Leading Politician Larijani and Commander of Basij Paramilitary Force  EA WorldView

Ukraine faces missile shortage due to Middle East war, says Zelensky  BBC

Video: Israeli air strike destroys building in Beirut  Footage captured the moment an Israeli air strike levelled a building in the Bachoura neighbourhood in central Beirut on Wednesday. Footage captured the moment an Israeli air strike levelled a building in the Bachoura neighbourhood in central Beirut on Wednesday pic.twitter.com/d8qxydR8T4 March 18, 2026

US-Israeli strikes in Iran's Lorestan kill seven, dozens wounded A US-Israeli strike on the city of Dorud in Iran’s Lorestan province killed seven people and wounded 56, according to a provincial official cited by Tasnim news agency. The attack reportedly hit residential and densely populated civilian areas. Earlier, authorities said four people were killed in a separate strike on rural areas in the Chegeni region of the same province.