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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince hoped the kingdom would soon rival the UAE as the business hub and safe haven in the region. But experts tell Tara Cobham that a protracted conflict threatens

Sri Lanka discharged 22 Iranian crew from hospital who were plucked from life rafts after their warship was sunk by a US submarine, officials said Sunday. The crew had been treated at Karapitiya Hospital in the southern port city of Galle since Wednesday after the IRIS Dena was torpedoed just outside Sri Lanka's territorial waters. The attack on Dena was the first military strike far outside the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran a week ago.

America chose this war — and must now choose how to end it  Financial Times

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – IRGC Khatam al-Anbia Base has explained about the earlier remarks on Saturday by President Masoud Pezeshkian, saying that the bases of US and Zionist regimes in the region are targets.

Flames engulfed Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social Security high-rise headquarters amid a wave of Iranian strikes.

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TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – Speaker of Iran’s Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says that as long as US bases exist in the region, the countries will not witness peace and tranquility.

U.S. weighs sending special forces to seize Iran's nuclear stockpile  Axios

US launches $20 billion reinsurance plan to revive shipping in Strait of Hormuz  thenationalnews.com

Iran war deaths could resurface Trump's complicated history with military sacrifice  The Day

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says its missiles struck Haifa refinery in occupied Palestinian lands as a response to earlier attack on Tehran refinery by the enemy.

Iran Update Evening Special Report, March 7, 2026  Institute for the Study of War

‘Oil imports in full flow from non-Hormuz routes’: Hardeep Singh Puri's message as Middle East tensions r  The Times of India

Middle East Conflict Intensifies: Iran, Israel, and US Military Casualties Reported  The Sentinel - of this Land, for its People

Trump confronts ‘bad part of war’ as troops killed in Iran conflict return home  The Washington Post

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – Defense Ministry Spokesman Brigadier General Reza Talaee Nik has said that the Iranian military is preparing for a long-term and lasting war against the aggressors.

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – A senior Russian official has said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is giving a powerful, effective and proportionate response to the US-Israeli aggression.

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – A Lebanese news website has reported intensifed efforts by Saudi Arabia to limit the scope of the war ongoing between Iran and the US and Zionist regimes.

‘How many American troops should die for this?’: veterans split on war with Iran  The Guardian

Israel renews assault on Lebanon after Netanyahu promises 'many surprises' in next phase of war  AP News