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South Korea’s president has sought to reassure the public that the country is able to deter threats from the North It has been almost a decade since the sleepy South Korean village of Seongju was transformed overnight into a key location in the country’s ability to counter an attack from North Korea. Early on a spring morning, camouflaged trucks carrying the US-made terminal high-altitude area defense (THAAD) missile-defence system rolled into Seongju, as the country’s government ignored protests from locals who said the deployment would make them a target for Pyongyang’s ballistic missiles. Continue reading...

Ukrainian troops now control almost all of the Dnipropetrovsk region after liberating 400 square kilometres in counterattacks

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TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Nechirvan Barzani, the head of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on Tuesday congratulated Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on his appointment as Iran’s new leader.

TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has told his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that his country is firmly determined to defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity against US-Israeli aggression.

Trump Says Iran Must Remove Any Mines From Strait of Hormuz  Forbes

Iranian spokesman vows to respond to Israeli-US attacks on residential areas Iran will respond to recent US-Israeli strikes in residential areas, a local news outlet quoted the Iranian spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi as saying on Wednesday. Shekarchi also urged regional countries and fellow Muslims to indicate US-Israeli "hiding places" to maximise the precision and impact of Iranian strikes while lessening harm to civilians, who he said are "used as human shields".

White House denies tanker escorted through Strait of Hormuz by US Navy  Anadolu Ajansı

Live updates: Iran war news, Tehran claims it launched ‘most intense’ ops, Israel strikes continue  CNN

Israel and Iran are trading attacks as Iran squeezes global oil supplies by choking traffic through the Strait of Hormuz

The economic consequences of war with Iran  Financial Times

Iran fires missiles and drones across the Gulf including oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and a ship off the coast of the Emirates

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: Growing up in Essex, my summers in Iran felt like magical interludes from reality – but it was a spell that always had to be broken By Arianne Shahvisi. Read by Serena Manteghi Continue reading...

The US president’s doctrine of lawless military adventures harms American interests and boosts Vladimir Putin Waging war with no fixed purpose means victory can be declared at any point. Donald Trump’s motives for launching Operation Epic Fury against Iran were incoherent at the start. They are no clearer now that he has declared it “very complete, pretty much”. US and Israeli bombs have caused death and destruction, shaking but not toppling the government in Tehran. Among the targets was the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. He has been replaced by his son – an “unacceptable” candidate in the US president’s evaluation. Continue reading...

See Where U.S. Sites Have Been Damaged in War With Iran  The New York Times

PBOC Employs Volatile Yuan Fixing to Manage Iran War Fallout  Bloomberg.com

Confirmed, deleted, then clarified: US shifts stance on navy 'escorting' oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz  The Times of India

Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon are driving thousands of families to flee again, and some longtime Hezbollah supporters are now openly blaming the group

Live updates: US says it destroyed Iranian naval ships and minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz  CNN

Iran Update Evening Special Report, March 10, 2026  Institute for the Study of War