The Middle East escalation has cut off a number of American allies from the vital Strait of Hormuz Oil producers in the Gulf region have lost an estimated $15. 1 billion in energy revenues since the launch of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing estimates by analytics firm Kpler.
The Middle East escalation has cut off a number of American allies from the vital Strait of Hormuz Oil producers in the Gulf region have lost an estimated $15.
War will only end by diplomacy, says top UAE diplomat The war on Iran will ultimately be solved by diplomatic means, one of the UAE's top diplomats has said. Lana Nusseibeh, a former UAE ambassador to the United Nations, added that the decision to take the diplomatic route will be made by President Donald Trump but will happen "in his time". "Ultimately, it will be a diplomatic solution, but there needs to be that tipping point moment, and I think that president Trump will lead us all to that moment in his time," Nusseibeh told journalists.
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As Mojtaba Khamenei’s first public message was delivered Thursday following days of absence, Iranian newspapers and semi-independent websites moved to reinforce his image as a wartime leader.
While its weapons, materiel and personnel are on their way to the conflict, Australia finds itself part of a coalition of the reticent, insisting its role is purely defensive Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Above the streets of Tehran, the weapons bay of an F-35 fighter jet opens and a missile streaks groundward, raining death and destruction on the city below. The mechanism that allows the jet to rapidly open its bay doors and fire is made in only one place in the world: a factory in suburban Melbourne. More than 700 of the fighter jet’s “ critical pieces ” are manufactured in Victoria alone.
The path to this reckless war was paved by the collapse of accountability in Washington Since he reclaimed the White House, Donald Trump loves being compared with a monarch with unprecedented powers. “LONG LIVE THE KING! ” Trump said on social media last year, after his administration tried to kill congestion pricing in New York.
Hegseth claims Iran's leader is 'likely disfigured' The US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has claimed that Iran's new supreme leader is "wounded" and "likely disfigured" in a press conference at the Pentagon. Mojtaba Khamenei , son of the last supreme leader Ali Khamenei, has not been seen since his election to the position on Sunday throwing doubts on his ability to lead the regime long-term. Hegseth also said that Iran no longer has a functioning air force, air defence or navy, and that its missile reserves were down 90 percent arguing that the US is "decimating" Iran's military capabilities.
The official X (formerly Twitter) account of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced a new round of military operations on Iranian soi ...
Saudi Arabia said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed 48 drones in its airspace on Friday, March 13. In an update on missile and ...
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday confirmed that a total of 170 Indian nationals have crossed from Iran into Armenia through the land border amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
Energy prices have soared as Iranian strikes and reports of mines prevent ships from transiting the chokepoint Middle East crisis – live updates More than 1,000 cargo ships, mainly oil and gas tankers, have been blocked from transiting the strait of Hormuz by the Israeli-US war against Iran after Tehran closed the key maritime passage. Officials in the Trump administration have suggested efforts to get ships moving again, but amid continued Iranian strikes on tankers, and reports that Iran has started mining the narrow waterway, the mooted naval escorts have failed to materialise – even as energy prices have soared. Continue reading...
Dubai [UAE], March 13 (ANI): As the conflict in West Asia enters Day 13, the United Arab Emirates has voiced deep concern over the continuing escalation, while stressing that Dubai remains steady, functional, and open for business despite Iranian drone and missile attacks.
No evidence Iran has mined Strait of Hormuz, Pentagon's Hegseth says There is no clear evidence that Iran has placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told a news briefing on Friday. The assessment by Hegseth contrasts with news reports earlier this week suggesting Iran had deployed about a dozen mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the conduit for a fifth of the world's oil. Asked about the possibility of mines in the Strait, Hegseth said: "We've heard them talk about it just like you've reported recklessly and wildly about it.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian children and hospitals are bearing the brunt of the US-Israeli onslaught, as 25 medical centers lie in ruins and 200 children have been martyred since the terror war began.
Israeli jets drop anti-Hezbollah leaflets over Beirut, threatening Lebanon with same fate as Gaza Israeli jets have dropped Israeli anti-Iran and Hezbollah leaflets over Lebanon's Beirut calling on Lebanese people to disarm Hezbollah and contact Israeli intelligence if they have information about the group, according to L'Orient Today. "If you want to be part of real change and contribute to the prosperity and defence of your country, we are here to listen," the leaflets said, which include the logo of the military's intelligence directorate. Another leaflet threatened that Lebanon could face destruction similar to Gaza.
US, Israel hit more than 15,000 targets in Iran war, says Pentagon The United States and Israel have struck more than 15,000 targets since the start of the Iran war late last month, US secretary of war Pete Hegseth said on Friday. "Between our air force and that of the Israelis, over 15,000 enemy targets have been struck. That's well over 1,000 a day," Hegseth told a news conference, adding that Friday would mark the highest volume of strikes yet in the war.
Echoes of Iraq: Mainstream media ‘deja vu’ over framing of the war on Iran Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 10:12 Media analysis indicates parallels between headlines from Iraq war to current response to US and Israeli bombardment of Iran British newspaper headlines in the aftermath of the Israeli-US attack on Iran (Paul Ellis/AFP) Off “Why we should go to war”, ran the headline of a Guardian article in February 2003 by the commentator Julie Burchill. In it, she explained to the Guardian’s liberal readers why a pro-war attitude in the run-up to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s invasion of Iraq should be welcomed. “If you really think it's better for more people to die over decades under a tyrannical regime than for fewer people to die during a brief attack by an outside power, you're really weird and nationalistic and not any sort of socialist that I recognise,” wrote Burchill.
Israeli evacuation orders affect 14 percent of Lebanon, NGO says Over an eighth of Lebanon's territory is under Israel's forced evacuation orders, an aid group said on Friday, while the United Nations peacekeeping mission said Israeli ground troops were making incursions and erecting roadblocks. The Norwegian Refugee Council said Israel's evacuation orders for southern Lebanon and parts of Beirut now covered about 1,470 square kilometres, or about 14 percent of the country. "Israel’s mass evacuation orders have expanded to broad geographic directives, often demanding immediate movement, creating panic and fear across communities that strikes are imminent – even when they are not," said Maureen Philippon, NRC Country Director in Lebanon.
Florida [US], March 13 (ANI): The United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) on Friday confirmed the deaths of four crew members after a US refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday. In a statement, the US CENTCOM said that a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker went down at approximately 2 pm Eastern Time on March 12, with six crew members on board the aircraft at the time of the incident.
