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US energy secretary deletes post about Navy escorting vessel through Strait of Hormuz US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Tuesday deleted a post on X which had said the US Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz amid Iranian threats to attack vessels passing through the narrow waterway. "President Trump is maintaining stability of global energy during the military operations against Iran," Wright wrote on X. “The U.S. Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure oil remains flowing to global markets.” Within minutes, the post was deleted. It remains unclear why Wright deleted the post.

Trump’s war against Iran is uniquely unpopular among US military actions of the past century  The Conversation

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U.S. Escorted Tanker Through Strait of Hormuz, Energy Secretary Says in Now-Deleted Social-Media Post  WSJ

Woman killed, 8 people wounded in strike on residential building in Manama, Bahraini authorities say; Abu Dhabi state oil giant said forced to shutter refinery due to drone attack The post Iran keeps up attacks on Gulf states, says not a ‘single liter of oil’ will ship out appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Energy Secretary Deletes Post Claiming U.S. Navy Escorted Oil Tanker Through Strait of Hormuz  gCaptain

Is the Iran war ending soon? What Trump has said  USA Today

The FTSE 100 index closed up 162.72 points, 1.6%, at 10,412.24.

Iran-US war mapped as more countries dragged into widening Middle East conflict  the-independent.com

The impacts of the conflict have been compared to Russia’s war on Ukraine, which pushed prices up for British households

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Hegseth follows Trump’s suggestion war will soon be over by saying US will not stop until Iran ‘decisively defeated’ Tehran residents say the Iranian capital has endured what they described as its worst night of aerial bombardment, as the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, followed Donald Trump’s suggestion on Monday the war could soon be over with a warning of more strikes to come. “We are under heavy bombardment and I can hear back-to-back explosions. The place they hit has caught fire. It’s not clear where it exploded, but the buildings are shaking,” Niloufar, who lives in east Tehran said early on Tuesday, speaking under a pseudonym for security reasons. “They are destroying Iran,” they added, saying there were low-flying jets above. Continue reading...

By Alexander Villegas and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO, March 10 (Reuters) - Elected on promises of economic growth, deregulation and public spending cuts, local markets rallied after Chile elected far-right Jose Antonio Kast as president in December, but the economic tailwinds have turned turbulent as the Iran war has sent global markets into a tailspin.

Iran war’s oil shock fuels GOP political anxiety  The Washington Post

US Navy escorts first tanker through Strait of Hormuz, oil prices fall 15%  Türkiye Today

US president claims Mojtaba Khamenei won't be able to 'live in peace;' Witkoff says he and Kushner likely to visit Israel next week, and that 'peace through strength matters' The post Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ with Iran’s new supreme leader, but talks are ‘possible’ appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Qatar warns the world Iran war could yield 'catastrophic results'  Euronews.com

Britain must end all participation in the US-Israel war on Iran | Letter  The Guardian

US Navy has escorted an oil tanker through Strait of Hormuz, US energy secretary says  The Times of Israel