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How the Strait of Hormuz closure affects global oil supply  Reuters

Stock Futures Steady as Crude Oil Jumps, Ships Are Hit in Strait of Hormuz  Morningstar

EU sanctions 19 Iranian officials, including Mojtaba Khamenei, over protests The EU has approved new sanctions on 19 Iranian officials and entities, its foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Wednesday, citing "serious human rights violations" during Tehran's deadly crackdown on mass protests. Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was not among those hit by the measures, according to diplomatic sources. "As the Iran war continues, the EU will protect its interests and pursue those responsible for domestic repression," Kallas said, announcing the sanctions agreed by EU member states.

Investors seek shelter from Iran war in US tech stocks  Financial Times

Oil well explosion impact: What the 1991 Gulf War can teach us about today’s Iran crisis  The Indian Express

Madid recalls ambassador amid rising diplomatic tensions and criticism of US-Israeli actions in Iran.

Iran war latest: Cargo ship on fire in Strait of Hormuz; Iran's supreme leader 'safe but injured'  Sky News

TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump miscalculated Iran’s response to the ongoing aggression by a US-Israeli coalition, while the Strait of Hormuz remains virtually impassable with oil prices hiking up, a US newspaper says.

WATCH: US forces DESTROY minelayers near Strait of Hormuz  Fox News

Governments are working on plans to unblock vital oil chokepoint the Strait of Hormuz

Mexico issues visas to some Iraq footballers so they can play in FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier in Monterrey.

Cargo ships hit in Persian Gulf shipping lane crucial to oil market  The Washington Post

Middle East crisis: Iran confirms strike on Thai vessel in Strait of Hormuz; 3 crew members missing  The Times of India

Cooking gas shortages are already forcing eateries to close as industry bodies warn of widespread economic damage in a country that imports the bulk of its oil and gas. Namita Singh reports

Lib Dem foreign affairs spokesperson met Israeli president accused of inciting genocide Imran Mulla on Wed, 03/11/2026 - 10:36 MP Calum Miller met Isaac Herzog on a trip organised by Lib Dem Friends of Israel last month Calum Miller posing for a photograph with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in February 2026 (Screengrab/X/Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel) Off The Liberal Democrat party's foreign affairs spokesperson Calum Miller has been photographed meeting Israeli President Isaac Herzog in February - after Herzog was found to have incited genocide by the United Nations' top investigative body on Palestine and Israel. The meeting came on a trip last month, not previously reported in the British press, which Middle East Eye understands was organised by the Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel (LDFI) group. The Lib Dems have accused Israel of genocide and party leader Ed Davey boycotted the royal banquet held for visiting US President Donald Trump last year over Gaza. Members of the delegation to Israel last month included former party leader Tim Farron and the honorary president of LDFI, Lord Monroe Palmer. Gavin Stollar, LDFI's honorary chair, and the group's honorary vice president, Baroness Sarah Ludford, also participated. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Miller, a Lib Dem MP and the party's foreign affairs spokesperson, was photographed shaking hands with President Herzog. A report last September by the UN commission of inquiry on Palestine and Israel found Herzog committed the crime of incitement to genocide, a substantive crime under Article III of the convention. 'Genocide': How the Liberal Democrats became a pro-Palestine party Read More » The president said on 13 October 2023 that "it’s an entire nation out there that is responsible [for the Hamas attack on 7 October]. It is not true, this rhetoric about civilians who were not aware and not involved. It is absolutely not true." A Lib Dem spokesperson defended the trip, telling MEE: "As liberals, we believe it's vital to engage with all sides of the conflict, even on those issues where we fundamentally disagree." The Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine group told MEE: "We were dismayed to learn that our foreign affairs spokeperson and MPs met the president of a country that the party recognises as having committed genocide, especially when the president himself is accused by the UN commission of inquiry of incitement to genocide." Miller said: "My role as a foreign affairs spokesperson is to engage with representatives of other countries, to listen, to challenge and to engage. "There will be no just peace if there is no dialogue," he told MEE. "I respect the views of those who disagree but I will continue to be open to exchange." 'Entirely inappropriate' The Lib Dem delegation visited sites of the 7 October Hamas attack, where they were photographed with members of the Israeli military. They also engaged with opposition figures including Yair Lapid, the leader of the Yesh Atid party, and met the Palestinian mayor of Ramallah, Issa Kassis, in the occupied West Bank. According to Israeli media reports, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir denied a request by the Lib Dem delegation to meet a senior police officer in Jerusalem because of their meeting with Kassis. Members of the Liberal Democrat delegation visited Kibbutz Kfar Aza and the Nova Festival site, which were attacked by Hamas on 7 October 2023 (Screengrab/X/Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel) The Lib Dem spokesperson told MEE that Miller "met with a range of stakeholders and policy-makers, including the mayor of Ramallah and Palestinian civil society actors. He met last year with President Abbas on his visit to London. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "We raised the urgent need for more humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, the importance of halting and reversing the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and the need to secure genuine progress towards the two-state solution. "This remains the only outcome which will deliver security, peace and justice for both Palestinians and Israelis." The party has also been criticised by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP). The group's head of public affairs and communications, Jonathan Purcell, told MEE: "It’s entirely inappropriate for the Lib Dem’s foreign spokesperson to meet with the Israeli president, who has been found by the UN commission of inquiry to be inciting genocide. "Frankly, it makes a mockery of the party’s position on Gaza, coming six months after leader Ed Davey called Israel’s attack on Gaza a genocide." Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey (L), Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (C) and Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Calum Miller in September 2025 (Liberal Democrats/Supplied) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In September 2024, almost a year after Israel's war on war started, the Lib Dems called for a full arms embargo on Israel - becoming the largest British party in terms of parliamentary seats to do so. A year later, Davey accused Israel of genocide. In his speech to the party's annual conference, he declared that "nothing - nothing - can justify what the Netanyahu government is doing to innocent men, women and children in Gaza. "We have all seen it. The baby boy - starving and skeletal - held tight in his mother’s arms... The bodies of children, killed as they queued for water. Children. A famine unfolding before our eyes." UK Politics News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0

DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - Newly-appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was lightly injured but is continuing to operate, an Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday. The official did not give details about when he was injured or why he had not made any statement to the public since being appointed the new leader. (Reporting by Parisa Hafezi, Writing by Dubai Newsroom, Editing by Andrew Heavens)

BRUSSELS, March 11 (Reuters) - European Union envoys have approved new sanctions targeting 19 Iranian officials and entities responsible for serious human rights violations, the bloc's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said on Wednesday. "As the Iran war continues, the EU will protect its interests and pursue those responsible for domestic repression," Kallas said on X, adding that "it also sends a message to Tehran that Iran’s future cannot be built on repression".

Shrapnel from bombing kills woman in Iraq, health, security officials say Shrapnel killed a woman following a strike on an arms depot belonging to an Iran-backed armed group in central Iraq, health and security officials told AFP. A security source said "a bombing targeted an arms depot at a military base", which mainly hosts the powerful Asaib Ahl al-Haq group in the eastern Wasit province. He added that "a woman was killed when shrapnel from a rocket fell near her after the strike". A health official confirmed her death and said another person was seriously wounded.

US attacks Iran’s mine-laying boats in strait of Hormuz as tensions rise over oil | First Thing  The Guardian

Inflation held firm last month — but the war with Iran could change that  CNN