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SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Reuters) - A fifth member of the Iranian women's soccer team has withdrawn her claim for asylum in Australia, Australian media reported on Monday, and will be rejoining the rest of the squad in Malaysia. The latest withdrawal leaves only two people of the original six players and one support staff member who sought asylum in Australia last week fearing possible persecution if they returned home. Concerns over their safety came after the players failed to sing the national anthem at a women's Asian Cup match earlier this month.

In the Middle East, the occupation is the original sin. And those who banked on this US-backed ‘stability’ now find it giving way beneath them A war spiralling in the Middle East. A death toll now in the thousands across Iran and Lebanon. Energy prices soaring. The Gulf seized up with Iranian strikes. It’s one of those eras that feels bewildering, incomprehensible, out of control. But there is, at the heart of it, a simple logic: everything that is unfolding is a result of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinians. As the conflagration spreads, the connection to Palestine becomes obscured. But it is clear how much of the stability of the Middle East was secured at the expense of the Palestinians. Look at the region before 7 October 2023. US policy on the Middle East focused on “integration’’: containment of Iran, signing up more Arab countries to normalise relations with Israel and the creation, therefore, of a bloc of economic and security interests under the US military umbrella. Continue reading...

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Renewable energy projects in Africa that depend on Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and state-backed companies will likely press ahead despite the Iran conflict, analysts say, thanks to the continent's surging appetite for power and fuel

The Iran War — The Most Obvious Question Liberal Media Refuses to Ask  Counterpunch

Existential Attrition: Iran’s Closure of the Strait of Hormuz  CounterPunch

Strait of Hormuz: Which Ships Can Sail?  Politics Today

Only two of seven members of Iranian delegation who initially accepted asylum offers now remain in Australia

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Live Updates: Iran's foreign minister rejects talk of dialogue with U.S. as strikes continue  CBS News

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Air India Gets Temporary Pilot Duty Relaxation Amid Mideast War Disruptions  NDTV

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Trump to announce coalition to escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz  The Telegraph

Iran launches Sejjil missile for first time in war against US, Israel: 5 key things to know | World News  Hindustan Times

Iran war an 'abject lesson' on fossil fuel dependence, UN climate chief says The disruption to energy markets caused by the Iran war is an "abject lesson" in the risks of relying on fossil fuels, and underscores the case for governments to wean their economies off oil and gas, the UN climate secretary will tell EU policymakers on Monday. While geographically far from the crisis in the Middle East, the European Union has felt its disruption through surging global energy prices. European gas prices have jumped by 50 percent during the two-week war. "Fossil fuel dependency is ripping away national security and sovereignty, and replacing it with subservience and rising costs," Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UN climate change arm, will tell EU officials and government ministers at an event in Brussels. "Europe is more reliant on fossil fuel imports than almost any other major economy," Stiell will say, in prepared remarks that warned reliance on fossil fuels was leaving consumers "at the mercy of geopolitical shocks and price volatility". The EU imports more than 90% of its oil and 80% of its gas.

Israel has launched new attacks on Beirut and Tehran, while Dubai's airport suspended flights after an Iranian drone hit a nearby fuel tank and sparked a fire

Live updates: Iran war news; Trump urges China, allies to help with Strait of Hormuz crisis  CNN

UAE says air defence systems intercepting Iranian missiles and drones The United Arab Emirates' air defence systems were intercepting Iranian missiles and drones on Monday, the Gulf nation's defence ministry said. "UAE air defences are currently responding to incoming missile and drone threats from Iran," the UAE ministry of defence posted on X. Earlier, Dubai authorities said a "drone-related incident" had sparked a fire near the airport and flights had been temporarily suspended.  تتعامل حالياً الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية مع اعتداءات صاروخية وطائرات مسيرة قادمة من إيران وتؤكد وزارة الدفاع أن الأصوات المسموعة في مناطق متفرقة من الدولة هي نتيجة اعتراض كل من منظومات الدفاع الجوي للصواريخ البالستية، والمقاتلات للطائرات المسيرة والجوالة. pic.twitter.com/o6vej8IqrZ March 16, 2026