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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday (March 9) that the war against Iran could be short-lived, but he left open the possibility of an escalation in fighting if global oil supplies are disrupted by the Islamic Republic, which chose a new hard-line supreme leader. Oil prices briefly shot to their highest level since 2022…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Saturday (March 7, 2026) to carry on the war with Iran, saying Israel had a ‘systematic plan to eradicate the Iranian regime’, as Tehran insisted it would not surrender. The Israeli premier’s pledge in a televised address to pursue the war “with all our force” came on a…
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The U.S. State Department approved the “emergency” sale of 12,000 bomb casings to Israel as the countries engage Iran in an escalating West Asia war. Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The U.S. State Department approved the “emergency” sale of 12,000 bomb casings to Israel on Friday (March 6, 2026) as the…
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The Iran war has effectively halted oil tanker movement in the key Strait of Hormuz. But it’s also disrupting the wider global supply chain beyond oil, affecting everything from pharmaceuticals from India, semiconductors from Asia and oil-derived products like fertilisers that come from the West Asia. Cargo ships are stuck in the Gulf or making…
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, March 4, 2026 (AFP) Israel early Wednesday (March 4, 2026) launched new attacks on Iran as the U.S. military said it has hit nearly 2,000 targets inside the Islamic republic, which tried to impose a cost by expanding a missile and drone barrage across the region. Iran-Israel war LIVE With global energy prices on…
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Limited flights from UAE begin as governments seek to extract citizens from Middle East Travellers stranded by a widening war began departing the United Arab Emirates aboard a small number of evacuation flights on Monday, even as most commercial air traffic across the Middle East remained suspended. The limited flights out of Dubai and Abu…
A man displays a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supporters of Iraqi Shi’ite armed groups gather to show support for Iran on the day the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, in Basra, Iraq, on February 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday…
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In July 1977, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, sent Lt. Gen. Hassan Toufanian, his Deputy Minister of War and Armaments, to Israel to hold secret talks with the newly formed Likud government of Menachem Begin. Three months earlier, the Shah had signed six ‘oil for arms’ contracts with Shimon Peres, the acting Prime…