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AI-created videos circulating on Elon Musk's X depict American soldiers captured by Iran, an Israeli city in ruins, and US embassies ablaze -- a surge of lifelike deepfakes despite a policy crackdown to curb wartime disinformation. The Middle East war has unleashed an avalanche of AI-generated visuals, dwarfing anything seen in previous conflicts and often leaving social media users unable to distinguish fabrication from reality, researchers say.

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Tavleen Singh writes: Why India’s calculated silence on the Iran-Israel war is its greatest strength  The Indian Express

Iran says US staging attacks using Shahed drone copy Lucas to blame Tehran Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya military command headquarters accused the United States and Israel of carrying out drone attacks across the region and falsely attributing them to Iranian forces, according to a statement carried by IRIB. The spokesperson said that the US and Israel are using the Lucas drone, a copy of the Iranian Shahed drone, and falsely attributing those strikes to Iranian forces. “Examples of this are the vicious attacks on centres in neighbouring and friendly countries such as Turkey, Kuwait, and Iraq in recent days,” the command said. It added that Iran “only attacks the targets, centres, and interests” of the United States and Israel and “will take responsibility for any place it targets by issuing an official announcement.”

Strait of Hormuz open to everyone but US, Israel, Iranian FM Araghchi says  Yahoo

Iran-Israel war LIVE: Trump threatens more strikes on Iran's Kharg Island, pushes allies on Strait of Hormuz  The Hindu

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Securing the Strait of Hormuz: Why it’s harder than the U.S. suggests  CBC

Iran says US launched attack on Kharg Island from UAE  Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said the United States is launching rocket attacks on Kharg Island and Abu Musa from locations in the United Arab Emirates, including near Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah, according to Iranian state media. “They launched these rockets from the soil of our neighbours. It is crystal clear they are using our neighbours’ territory to attack us,” Araghchi said, adding the attacks involved the HIMARS artillery rocket system. Press TV reported Araghchi as saying that Iranian forces tracked the attacks and warned that launching weapons from densely populated areas was extremely dangerous. He added that Iran would respond but would exercise caution to avoid hitting residential areas. Zolfaghari said the US military had been launching missiles from ports, docks and hideouts within cities in the UAE.

Florida gas prices on a wild ride during the Iran War  Daytona Beach News-Journal

Trump threatens more strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island US President Donald Trump threatened further strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub and urged allies to send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, news agency Reuters reported.  Trump said US strikes had “totally demolished” most of the island and warned that more attacks could follow. “We may hit it a few more times just for fun,” he told NBC News, adding that Iran appeared ready to negotiate but “the terms aren't good enough yet.”  Satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, on 25 February 2026. Planet Labs PBC/ REUTERS

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For Trump, a Promised Economic Boom Collides With the Costs of War  The New York Times

By Maya Gebeily, Emily Rose and Jarrett Renshaw DUBAI/JERUSALEM/PALM BEACH, March 15 (Reuters) - Iran threatened escalation across the Middle East to retaliate for American airstrikes on its energy hub and U.S. President Donald Trump urged friendly nations to send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, with no sign on Sunday of an end to the war.

Evacuations ordered in Doha, Qatar as the war in Iran spreads regionally  CBS News

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Israeli attacks kill 14 in southern Lebanon, health ministry says Israeli attacks killed 14 people in southern Lebanon in two separate waves of strikes, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said on Sunday.  The ministry said seven people were killed and eight wounded in raids on the towns of Saida and al-Qatrani, while another seven were killed in an attack on the Nuns neighbourhood of Nabatieh, including four children. Authorities said the death toll from Israeli attacks since 28 February has reached 826, with more than 831,000 people displaced.

What to know about the Strait of Hormuz, a key passageway essential for global energy supply  NonStop Local KHQ

Trump asks China, France, others to help keep Strait of Hormuz open amid war in Iran  CBS News