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President Donald Trump during a visit to a Venezuelan restaurant on March 9, 2026, in Doral, Fla. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) pushed the idea of the Iran war ending soon, but remained vague on a timeline for ending the attacks that have rocked West Asia and…
The U.S. stock market careened through a manic Monday (March 9, 2026), going from a steep early loss to a solid gain as worries turned into hope that the war with Iran may not last that long. Oil prices whipped from nearly $120 per barrel, their highest since 2022, back toward $90. The S&P 500…
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Residents look on and take pictures as flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility struck as attacks hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran on March 7, 2026. Photo: Alireza Sotakbar/ISNA via AP Iran’s clerical regime has been brutal. Yet, whatever the reasons for the joint Israel and U.S. attack on…
Damaged apartment in the Ramada Plaza hotel building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in central Beirut, Lebanon, March 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Human Rights Watch on Monday (March 9, 2026) accused Israel of “unlawfully” using white phosphorus over…
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Referring to the sharp escalation following the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that the situation in the region has become significantly destabilised. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia has said international law is effectively dead amid escalating tensions in West Asia following the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran and called for reviving…
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Expressing regret for the damage caused by Iran’s strikes against its neighbours, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday (March 7, 2026) that Tehran would no longer target these countries unless attacks originated from their territory. However, he vowed that Iran would not surrender in its war against the United States and Israel, even as…
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A man on a motorcycle gets his bike refuelled at a shop in Quetta, Pakistan | Photo Credit: Reuters In the first post-Iran war economic shock, Pakistan government in an overnight decision has increased petrol and high-speed diesel prices by PKR 55 per litre each, the highest-ever hike. Addressing a press conference just before midnight,…
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An explosion on Beirut’s southern suburbs after an Israeli strike, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, on March 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The headquarters of Ghana’s United Nations peacekeeping battalion in Lebanon was hit by missile attacks on Friday (March 6, 2026), leaving two soldiers…
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A member of the U.S. Capitol police patrols following a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a bipartisan war powers resolution aiming to stop the military campaign against Iran, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on March 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. House of Representatives rejected an effort on…
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Security personnel stand guard as an ambulance enters inside the Karapitiya hospital, following a submarine attack on the Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena, off the coast of Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka on March 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Authorities at the National Hospital in Galle and navy sources said 87 bodies were brought in by…