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'Cabinet Okayed Iran Op 2 Days After PM Modi Left': Israel Envoy Clears Air  NDTV

Over 4,300 Flights Cancelled Due To Middle East Crisis So Far: Centre  NDTV

Al Jazeera’s Linh Nguyen breaks down Planet Labs delaying the publication of its satellite imagery during an active war.

The Iran war picture blackout  Al Jazeera

Iran issues threats to USS Ford strike group, Fars news Logistics and service centres enabling the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier to remain operational were considered to be targets by Iran, the spokesperson for the unified command of Iranian armed forces, Khatam al-Anbiya, said on Monday. "Aircraft carrier Gerald Ford in the Red Sea is a threat to Iran. Accordingly, the logistics and service centres for USS Ford strike group are considered to be targets," Ebrahim Zolfaqari said in a video shared by the semi-official Fars news agency.

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EU Considers Naval Mission Shift to Protect Strait of Hormuz  Bloomberg.com

While there are plans to help rejuvenate Upper Galilee agriculture decimated during the 2023-2024 war, locals duck incoming rockets and missiles amid another conflict with Iran The post As Hezbollah strongholds crop back up, northern farmers regrow destroyed fields appeared first on The Times of Israel.

India hopeful Iran talks will ease Hormuz route for its ships  BBC

BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) - EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday she had discussed with the United Nations the idea of freeing up transport of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz by replicating a deal that gets grain out of Ukraine during wartime. Arriving at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Kallas said she had spoken to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres about the idea to unblock the strait, currently choked off due to the Iran war.

BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) - All EU informal councils will be held as planned in Cyprus between April and June, Cyprus Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday. Cyprus, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency, moved all March meetings online or postponed them after a drone strike on a British air base amid the Iran crisis earlier this month. Cypriot officials said the attack was carried out by an Iranian‑made Shahed drone, likely launched by Iran‑backed Hezbollah from Lebanon.

DUBAI, March 16 (Reuters) - Oil loading operations have been suspended at the United Arab Emirates port of Fujairah, two sources told Reuters on Monday, after a drone attack sparked a fire in the emirate's petroleum industrial zone. Fujairah, located on the Gulf of Oman just outside the Strait of Hormuz, is typically a critical exit point for about 1 million barrels per day of the UAE's Murban crude - a volume equivalent to roughly 1% of global demand.

DUBAI, March 16 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Monday it had destroyed a plane used by Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at Tehran's Mehrabad airport overnight. It said the aircraft had been used by senior Iranian officials and military figures to travel domestically and internationally and coordinate with allied countries. Mehrabad is one of Tehran's oldest airports, now serving domestic and regional flights. In addition to being the busiest civilian domestic airport, it is a dual-use facility housing air force assets.

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Upward of 1,000 personnel could be required on-site to secure Isfahan facility, amid Iranian missile and drone fire, to dig through rubble for near-weapons grade nuclear material The post Seizing Iran’s uranium could take ‘largest special forces operation in history’ – WSJ appeared first on The Times of Israel.

UK plans to send minesweeping drones to help reopen strait of Hormuz  The Guardian

PM resists Trump’s ships demand as US president warns Nato faces ‘very bad’ future  The Independent

Turning The Other Cheek: While Missiles Fly, UAE's Gamble On Restraint  NDTV

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Iran said it was ready to take the Middle East war "as far as necessary" as it launched strikes across the region Monday, while Donald Trump piled pressure on world powers to help reopen a shipping lane choked off by the Islamic republic. Global oil prices have surged by 40 to 50 percent as Iran has attacked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and launched waves of strikes in the Gulf, in retaliation for the war launched against it by the United States and Israel.