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An apology comes from Iran's president, yet missiles are still hitting neighbours.

Soldier becomes seventh US service member killed during Operation Epic Fury  BorderReport

Spain, Norway and Ireland announced plans to formally recognize a Palestinian state, in a move that is likely to bolster the global Palestinian cause but strain relations with Israel.

Dozens of people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a United Nations-run school in central Gaza, authorities said, in an attack that CNN analysis found was conducted with a US-made weapon.

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TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – Ayatollah Seyyed Mojataba Hosseini Khamenei has been appointed as the 3rd Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran.

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader amid war?  Al Jazeera

Oil prices decline after nearly hitting $120 as Trump says U.S. considering taking over Strait of Hormuz  CNBC

Oil prices top $100 per barrel as big Middle East producers cut output amid Iran war  CNBC

Gas prices soar as Strait of Hormuz security comes into focus  CBS News

Iran selects a new supreme leader, and Trump struggles on key issues: Weekend Rundown  NBC News

Iran fired missiles at Israel and Gulf nations early Monday after the Islamic republic named Mojtaba Khamenei its new leader to succeed his late father despite threats by the United States and Israel to target him next. Nine days after US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the Middle East into war, Iranian clerics picked the country's third supreme leader since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran fired missiles at Israel early Monday in the name of the Islamic republic's new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who was selected to succeed his slain father despite threats by the United States and Israel to target him next. Nine days after US-Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the Middle East into war, Shiite clerics convened to choose the country's third supreme leader since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

President Emmanuel Macron will visit Cyprus on Monday, his office said, as France deploys warships to the Mediterranean following a drone attack on the island EU member days ago. Macron will meet his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Paphos to show "solidarity" and detail moves to "strengthen security around Cyprus and in the eastern Mediterranean", the Elysee said on Sunday. The visit will take place as the war pitting the US and Israel against Iran is in its second week, affecting much of the Middle East.

Iran's ruling clerics on Sunday appointed the slain leader's son, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, as the country's new supreme leader, defying threats from the United States and Israel to oppose him. Nine days after US-Israeli strikes killed the elder Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and plunged the Middle East into war, the clerical government's Assembly of Experts convened to choose their next leader.

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Americans in Israel Describe Fear, Pride, and Exhaustion as War With Iran Unfolds  The Media Line

Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran’s New Supreme Leader Fights Trump, Israel and Anger at Home  Bloomberg.com