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Iranian health ministry says 198 women killed in US-Israeli attacks Iran's health ministry said that 198 women have been killed since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Officials added that more than 1,300 people have been killed overall, with thousands more wounded.

Iranian projectiles continue to strike Gulf countries; Tehran says new leader appointed  CNBC

Phrase has increasingly been used by far-right figures as a hate meme targeting Jews, even as others use it as a sincere declaration of faith The post US right-wing schism over antisemitism puts ‘Christ is king’ at center of culture war appeared first on The Times of Israel.

EA-War and Politics 24 VideoCast: How Is US-Israel War on Iran Affecting Ukraine's Defense v. Russian Invasion?  EA WorldView

US launches $20b Hormuz reinsurance to stabilize oil trade  The Jerusalem Post

Mojtaba Khamenei: Israel threaten to kill Ayatollah ‌successor, as Trump blast UK Prime Minister Starmer over US-Israel war wit Iran  BBC

Officials say a candidate has been picked based ⁠on late supreme leader's advice that he should be 'hated by the enemy'.

Lebanese media reports strike on Ramada hotel, 10 others injured; Israeli military says it took measures to limit collateral damage, pans Iran for using civilians as human shields The post IDF says it hit key commanders of IRGC’s Quds Force in Beirut; 4 reportedly killed appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Israel kills 19 in attack on southern Lebanese village The Israeli military has killed at least 19 people, including children, in a strike on a building in the village of Sir el-Gharbiyeh in southern Lebanon, according to the country's National News Agency (NNA). Rescue teams are working to find bodies in the rubble, NNA reported.

China Eyes ‘Landmark’ Year for US Ties, Urges End to Iran War  Bloomberg.com

Olga Garbuz tells Anjana Sankar in Dubai how she fled Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine four years ago with her daughter, only to find war following her to the Gulf

Türkiye committed to diplomacy to end US-Israel-Iran war | Daily Sabah  Daily Sabah

Casualties mount as Iran-Israel war expands across region  Aaj English TV

‘Regime fall is inevitable,’ Iranian military officer says as war enters second week  The Jerusalem Post

UAE tugboat sinks in Strait of Hormuz; 3 Indonesian crew members missing  WION

Iran president says remarks on neighbours ‘misinterpreted by enemy’ Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said his remarks were "misinterpreted by the enemy that seeks to sow division with neighbours", state TV reported on Sunday, after they were viewed as a decision to suspend attacks on Gulf countries while strikes did not stop. "It has repeatedly been said we are brothers and must have good relations with neighbours. However, we are forced to retaliate to attacks but this does not mean we have a dispute with a [neighbouring] country or want to upset their people," Pezeshkian said. Reporting by Reuters

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – Condemning US-Israeli unprovoked military aggression against Iran, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned of the dire consequences of spreading flames of war in the region.

Kuwait says two interior ministry officers killed 'while performing duties' Kuwait’s interior ministry said two officers were killed early on Sunday while performing national security duties. In a statement posted on X, the ministry said Lieutenant-Colonel Abdullah Emad al-Sharrah and Fahd Abdulaziz Al-Mujammad, both from the General Directorate of Land Border Security, were killed while performing their duties. The statement did not provide further details about the circumstances surrounding the incident. بيان (10) من وزارة الداخلية pic.twitter.com/3S45Q0QQx9 March 8, 2026

Trump’s Iran War Is As Unpopular As He Is  New York Magazine

Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict Brash and bellicose, he sounded more like a cartoon bully than a sombre statesman. “Death and destruction from the sky all day long,” Pete Hegseth, wearing a red, white and and blue tie and pocket square, bragged to reporters at the Pentagon near Washington. “This was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not a fair fight. We are punching them while they’re down, which is exactly how it should be.” Hegseth, 45, a former Fox News TV host who now commands the world’s most powerful military, has this week become the face of Donald Trump’s war in Iran. That has set off for alarm bells for critics who warn that the Secretary of Defense – pointedly rebranded “Secretary of War” – has rapidly transformed the Pentagon into the staging ground for an ideological and religious crusade. Continue reading...