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Iran war: Israel's president Herzog calls 'cost' for business the price for Middle East peace  CNBC

President Donald Trump has pledge the 'free flow' of energy through the strait, a goal that has yet to be accomplished.

Donald Trump signaling Iran war exit, Israel might not be ready  The Jerusalem Post

US-Israel-Iran War Latest Update: Trump Says Iran War Could End Soon but US Hasn’t ‘Won Enough’; Oil Prices Swing as Strait of Hormuz Crisis Deepens  The Sunday Guardian

Trump Hears the Markets’ Fears About Iran War  Bloomberg

At least 150 US troops wounded so far in war on Iran Two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that at least 150 US troops have so far been wounded in the US-Israeli war on Iran.  The figure has not been previously reported and is far higher than the Pentagon's publicly disclosed figure of eight seriously wounded US forces.

US and Iran dig in and ramp up threats as war rages with no end in sight  The Boston Globe

What Americans think about the war in Iran, according to recent polls  AP News

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe among more than 100 signatories to letter urging PM not to get drawn further into the conflict Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is among three of Iran’s former political prisoners and more than 100 Iranians living in the UK who have urged the British prime minister not to get drawn further into the Iran conflict. They are all signatories in a letter to Keir Starmer saying the way the war is being conducted is strengthening the regime in Tehran. Continue reading...

A UK warship Tuesday left port in southern England en route to the eastern Mediterranean to "bolster British defences in the region" amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, the Royal Navy said. The HMS Dragon's departure from its base in Portsmouth follows criticism from opposition politicians and the Cypriot government for a perceived slow reaction to a drone attack on Britain's Akrotiri base in southern Cyprus on March 1. An Iranian-made drone hit the runway of the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Akrotiri.

The head of the Iranian Football Federation on Tuesday cast further doubt on his country's participation in this summer's World Cup, saying women playing in the Asian Cup in Australia had been coerced into defecting. "If the World Cup is like this, who in their right mind would send their national team to a place like this?" Mehdi Taj asked on Iranian state television. The men's World Cup will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, but Iran is scheduled to play all three group games in the United States, two in Los Angeles and one in Seattle.

Vessel on fire in Strait of Hormuz as area remains at a near total standstill: Report  MS NOW

Dow rallies 400 points, continuing comeback from Iran war lows, as oil prices retreat: Live updates  CNBC

Pete Hegseth warned that Tuesday, 10 March, will bring the most intense day of strikes against Iran so far, after Donald Trump vowed to end the conflict soon.

The State Department has authorized the use of up to $40 million in emergency funds to pay for evacuation charter flights for Americans to leave the Middle East due to disruptions in transportation caused by the Iran war

Victims of the Philippines’ drug war finally see a path to justice in The Hague.

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Sanctioned tanker carrying Iranian oil transits Strait of Hormuz  ایران اینترنشنال

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