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No more big spenders: Iran war to dent Gulf state investment  dw.com

Responding to the US–Israel vs Iran War: Indonesia’s Board of Peace dilemma intensifies  360info.org

Global hedge funds suffer worst losses since 'liberation day' on Iran war turmoil  CNBC

Trump fumes at NATO for refusing to help secure Strait of Hormuz  TelegraphHerald.com

US-Israel-Iran War News Live Updates: Israel warns Lebanon; Iran hits 100+ targets in Tel Aviv in revenge attack  The Times of India

Both sides in Iran war ratchet up attacks on energy facilities, as oil prices surge  The Seattle Times

Iran has lashed out with multiple attacks on its Gulf neighbors and Israel following the killing of one of its top leaders in an airstrike, using some of its latest missiles to evade air defenses and killing two near Tel Aviv

Iran and Russia have both alleged a projectile struck the grounds of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the Islamic Republic, raising the specter of a radiological incident as Tehran’s war with Israel and the United States rages

US Losses in Iran Conflict: Heavy Casualties Reported  Военное дело

A new trade pact between the United States and Indonesia binds the Southeast Asian nation’s resource wealth and energy future more closely to Washington’s strategic needs

Is Iran's regime at a breaking point?  dw.com

Iran war latest: US targets Hormuz missile threat with 'penetrator' bombs - as Iran vows revenge for killing  Sky News

About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war with Iran

TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – More than 100 targets deep inside the occupied lands and territories were hit in the 61st wave of Operation “True Promise-4”, the Public Relations Office of IRGC said.

Fed likely to hold rates steady as Iran war shocks policy debate  Reuters

By Tamiyuki Kihara, Tim Kelly and John Geddie TOKYO, March 18 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visits the White House on Thursday for meetings that offer U.S. President Donald Trump a chance to lean on a key security partner for support in his Iran war, threatening to strain a decades-old alliance. Takaichi is the first major ally set for face-to-face talks with Trump since he demanded that Japan, among a coalition of nations, send ships to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz waterway, largely closed by Iran in the conflict.

Negotiators had reached agreement on key issues despite Trump team’s idiosyncratic approach. Two days later, war began In the many bizarre exchanges that occurred in the run-up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, perhaps the most unexpected was an invitation by Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff for the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, to join him and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, for a visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group. The idea that Araghchi would leave talks in Oman about the future of Iran’s nuclear programme to tour a ship sent to the Gulf in an effort to dislodge his government seemed idiosyncratic at best. Continue reading...

UAE set to show leniency on tax rules for expats leaving to avoid Iran conflict  Financial Times

Opinion | They’re Young, Conservative and Embracing Antisemitism  The New York Times

Investors Should Position for a Longer Iran War. What to Do Now.  Barron's