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Hegseth Warns ‘More Casualties’ Should Be Expected in Iran Operation  NTD News

As Iran War Tests Investors, Here's How To Navigate The Stock Market During A Crisis  Investor's Business Daily

California gas prices rise above $5 a gallon amid US war with Iran  The Guardian

The true price of Iran war for oil, people and planet  Global Witness

Seventh US service member killed in war with Iran identified  The Guardian

Senate Dems threaten wave of war votes to force Iran hearing  Politico

France and its allies are preparing a "defensive" mission to reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday as the Middle East war entered its second week. The French leader landed by helicopter on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, dispatched to the Mediterranean after US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 triggered a war that has sown regional chaos and which threatens to spill into other parts of the world.

Before the start of the war between Israel, US and Iran, Africa was on track for its biggest economic moment in history.

Trump says Iran ‘made a big mistake’ choosing Mojtaba Khamenei US President Donald Trump said Iran “made a big mistake” by selecting Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader after his father was killed in a US-Israeli attack. Speaking to NBC News, reiterating earlier remarks in which he described the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a “lightweight”. Trump also said it was “too soon to talk about” seizing Iran’s oil, but added that he does not rule out the possibility.

Strait of Hormuz will stay ‘effectively closed harder for longer’ than consensus believes – economist  Seeking Alpha

With crude oil briefly nearing $120 per barrel on Monday before giving up gains, the conflict is poised to reignite inflationary pressures around the world, including for vulnerable economies such as Egypt and Turkey.

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There's another energy market that may get hit harder than oil by Strait of Hormuz closure  CNBC

Mojtaba Khamenei’s supporters take to streets of Tehran on the same day Iran attacks targets in Israel and Gulf states Middle East crisis – live updates US and Israeli warplanes launched new waves of strikes on targets across Iran on Monday, as large crowds took to the streets in Tehran in a defiant show of support for Mojtaba Khamenei, the country’s newly appointed supreme leader. The conflict, now in its second week, continued to escalate, with fresh Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, US bases across the Middle East and energy infrastructure in the Gulf. Continue reading...

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Trump says Iran war is ‘very complete, pretty much’ as economic toll rises  The Guardian

Ships brandish China links to evade Iran’s attacks in Strait of Hormuz  South China Morning Post

Photos from Iran, Israel and Lebanon in the 2nd week of the Iran war  Manistee News Advocate