Baghdad [Iraq], March 7 (ANI): As the crisis escalates in West Asia, Reuters reported, citing Iraqi security sources on Saturday (local time), that a rocket attack targeted a military base housing a US diplomatic centre near the Baghdad international airport, as per Iraqi security sources.
IEA warns war on Iran could trigger global LNG price surge The International Energy Agency said the Israeli-US war on Iran has halted the country’s gas exports, largely to Asian markets, raising concerns about global energy supplies, the Associated Press reported. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol warned that if the disruption continues, Europe and Asia may end up competing for increasingly scarce liquefied natural gas shipments. “If the crisis continues this way, the Asian buyers and the European buyers will need to compete for the LNG which will get scarcer and scarcer,” Birol said after meeting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Threats to water supply and food inflation stalks Gulf states Submitted by Sean Mathews on Fri, 03/06/2026 - 17:38 Iran has yet to target critical desalination plants in the Gulf, but closing Strait of Hormuz and attacking transportation hubs could spike food prices Ras al-Khair water desalination plant, owned by the Saudi government's Saline Water Conversion Corporation, in eastern Saudi Arabia, on 30 March 2023 (Fayez Nureldine/AFP) Off Gulf countries are shutting down oil and gas production as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran , but it's not just their energy infrastructure that is currently held hostage to Iran’s retaliatory missiles and drones : food and water are, too. Over 400 water desalination plants line the Persian Gulf. They are used to keep the industry running, keep golf courses green, and, most importantly, quench the thirst of the region's residents.
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): Deputy to the Chief of the Air and Space Force Staff in the French Air Force, Major General Dominique Tardif, on Friday stressed the need to address security threats in the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing West Asia conflict, saying international cooperation would be essential to tackle the current oil supply challenges.
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the US-Israel attack on Iran, calling it 'timidity and cowardice'.
Thousands fled the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital before Israel unleashed heavy strikes on the militant group overnight. Many say they have nowhere to go.
Responding to Israel’s use of repeated, overly broad evacuation orders across Lebanon over the past four days, including to more than 100 villages and towns in the country’s south and east, as well as the entirety of Beirut’s southern suburbs, displacing hundreds of thousands of people, Kristine Beckerle, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East […] The post Lebanon: Israeli military’s overly broad mass evacuation orders sowing panic and fuelling humanitarian suffering appeared first on Amnesty International .
In refusing to sing the national anthem these athletes have placed themselves in grave danger while Gianni Infantino sides with the American war machine A small but telling detail from a vast and baffling chain of events. You probably saw the footage of Donald Trump’s declaration of war on Iran two weeks ago, a piece of history played out in real time, a moment where the inevitable violent deaths of thousands of people were in effect announced. In the video Trump is shown propped up at his plinth, using that sing-song intonation he employs to appear cod-statesmanlike, faux-grave, but sounding instead like a semi-sentient robot vacuum cleaner in the seconds before it runs out of battery life.
Israel claims it hit Hezbollah command centres in Beirut’s Dahiyeh The Israeli military said its air force carried out another round of strikes on targets in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs. In a statement, the army said it targeted command centres linked to Hezbollah and Iran, including facilities it claimed were used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ air force, Hezbollah’s naval unit, the group’s financial wing and its operating council. Hezbollah has not commented on the claims.
If air power fails, Washington will need someone else's army The first week of the military operation in Iran is coming to a close, and one thing is already clear: the US hasn't managed to deliver a knockout blow to Iran and repeat the 'Venezuela scenario'.
If air power fails, Washington will need someone elses army The first week of the military operation in Iran is coming to a close, and one thing is already clear: the US hasn't managed to deliver a knockout blow to Iran and repeat the 'Venezuela scenario'.
The Israeli military said the facility, under the site where Iran’s supreme leader was killed by a strike last week, was still being used after the first attack.
Some residents in the Beirut suburb of Dahieh have left their homes amid ongoing air strikes by Israel.
Germany withdraws more troops from Middle East Germany has withdrawn additional Bundeswehr troops from the Middle East as tensions escalate on the seventh day of the Israeli-US war on Iran, a military spokesperson said. The spokesperson told Reuters that soldiers deployed with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon are being pulled out due to security concerns. Germany had already reduced its presence in Erbil in northern Iraq.
The escalating US-Israeli war against Iran is disrupting energy supplies from the Middle East Oil prices hit a two-and-a-half year high on Friday as the escalating US-Israeli war against Iran disrupts energy supplies from the Middle East to global markets.
President Trump’s comments on Friday reflected yet another shift in the goals of U. S. military actions.
At least two killed in strike on residential building in Iran’s Qom At least two people were killed in an Israeli-US strike on a residential building in the Iranian city of Qom, according to Tasnim news agency. Tasnim, citing a local official, said the attack hit a house on Kargar Street in the city. The deputy political and security official of Qom governorate said several sites across the province were targeted, with “more than four points” struck in the attacks.
Germany has warned that the war involving Iran could trigger a new migration wave toward Europe, as the conflict continues to create instability across the region. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul raised the concern during talks in Berlin with Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen, noting that the broader consequences of the war are already becoming visible.
ABU DHABI, 6th March, 2026 (WAM) -- Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), and Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan, condemned the Iranian attacks targeting several countries in the region and affirmed their rejection of any acts that undermine the sovereignty, security and stability of states.
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): The Islamic Republic of Iran Ship (IRIS) Lavan, which took part in the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2026, has docked in Kochi after developing technical issues, according to sources in the Government of India. Sources said India had been approached by Iran days before the IRIS Dena incident south of Sri Lanka.
