New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): Amid disruptions of supply chains caused by the West Asia crisis, Karan Adani, Managing Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), has stressed on making India self-reliant in energy and said the country has a lot of resources.
Erdogan: Turkey will not get dragged into war after Iranian missile incidents President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey would not get dragged into the war between Iran, Israel and the United States, but that it was prepared for all threats after a third Iranian ballistic missile fired towards Turkey was intercepted, Reuters is reporting. "During this process, we are engaging in all preventative actions against any threats towards our air space, just as we did last night," Erdogan said at a Ramadan fast-breaking dinner. "Our main priority is to keep our country away from this pit of fire," he added.
President Trump said protesters risk getting shot “right through the head,” a change in tone from his earlier comments that Iranians must seize the chance to take over their government.
(Photo credit: Rula Rouhana/Reuters via Imagn Images) Formula 1 leaders intend to cancel scheduled races in the Middle East because of the war in Iran and instability in the region, ESPN reported Friday. The decision is expected to be announced over the weekend. Grand Prix races were set for April 12 in Bahrain and April 19 in Saudi Arabia.
Hegseth says Gulf states 'going on offensive' against Iran US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that Gulf countries are “going on the offensive” as he argued that the US’s war on Iran is going in Washington’s favour. “The only thing that is widening is our advantage. Not to mention our Gulf allies stepping up even more now, going on the offence,” Hegseth said at a press conference on Friday.
President Trump said protesters risk getting shot “right through the head,” a change in tone from his earlier comments that Iranians must seize the chance to take over their government.
Double standards in Europe and elsewhere are laid bare by the muted response to US and Israeli aggression and the killing of civilians When Russia launched its full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the international condemnation from Europe and elsewhere was loud and clear. Leaders did not expect legal threats to shift Vladimir Putin or end war crimes by his troops. But they understood the importance of naming what had happened as an illegal act of aggression, and of seeking to hold those responsible accountable.
Six Americans killed after US refuelling jet crashes in Iraq Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 15:58 The US has lost 13 soldiers since its joint war with Israel began on Iran US Air Force members conduct a pre-flight brief outside of a KC-135 Stratotanker, before an aerial refuelling mission at al-Udeid Air Base, in Qatar, in this undated handout picture released on 1 August 2019 (Chris Drzazgowski/US Air Force via Reuters) Off The US announced on Friday that all six of its soldiers aboard a KC-135 refuelling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq a day earlier have been killed. "The aircraft was lost while flying over friendly airspace March 12 during Operation Epic Fury," US Central Command, the Pentagon's Middle East hub, said on X. "The circumstances of the incident are under investigation.
US issues up to $10 million reward for information on Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice programme has called for information on “Iranian terrorist leaders” including Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the last supreme leader Ali Khamenei, “These individuals command and direct various elements of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which plans, organises and executes terrorism around the world,” the poster, shared on X, stated. The reward is set at up to $10 million and could make people eligible for “relocation”. Officials whom the US is seeking information on include Minister of Intelligence Esmail Khatib, Deputy Chief of Staff Ali Asghar Hejazi, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, Brigadier General Eskandar Momeni, Secretary to the Supreme Council, Ali Larijani.
White House contends with reality of shoddy preparations for war and unclear conditions for victory Middle East crisis – live updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email As US and Israeli jets descended to deliver the opening salvos of the war in Iran, Donald Trump ’s back-of-the-envelope plan for regime change in Tehran was about to run into the reality of the largest US intervention in the Middle East since the start of the Iraq war in 2003. That reality came quickly. Continue reading...
The bloc's economic situation was dire even before the shocks of the Iran war, and yet it doubles down on supporting the US and Israel Some observers of the current EU 'elites', including this author, used to believe that their defining feature - apart from things such as complicity in genocide and
The blocs economic situation was dire even before the shocks of the Iran war, and yet it doubles down on supporting the US and Israel Some observers of the current EU 'elites', including this author, used to believe that their defining feature - apart from things such as complicity in genocide and w
Hegseth says Gulf states 'going on offensive' against Iran Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 03/13/2026 - 17:17 Secretary of War also said Strait of Hormuz was open for transit, except that Iran was shooting vessels there US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth answers a question as he, President Donald Trump, and special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speak to members of the media travelling on Air Force One as Trump heads to Miami, on 7 March 2026 (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images/AFP) Off US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that Gulf countries are “going on the offensive” as he argued that the US’s war on Iran is going in Washington’s favour. “The only thing that is widening is our advantage. Not to mention our Gulf allies stepping up even more now, going on the offence,” Hegseth said at a press conference on Friday.
Several senior Iranian officials showed up at the government-sponsored rally, marking Quds Day, an annual anti-Israel event that was shaken by explosions from the U. S. -Israeli aerial assault.
Two weeks in, it’s increasingly clear that the US-led war has taken every problem it aimed to solve – and made it worse It’s not easy, but let’s try to look at this war in the best, most charitable light. Let’s try to see the US-Israel conflict with Iran as its prosecutors and advocates would want us to see it. They would say that it has two aims, both legitimate.
Kazakhstan’s proposed new Constitution represents an alarming rollback of human rights protections and the rule of law and a blatant attempt to concentrate presidential power, Amnesty International said ahead of a referendum on the sweeping changes scheduled for 15 March. “The project of the new Constitution of Kazakhstan reflects what we have been witnessing over […] The post Kazakhstan: Proposed new Constitution reflects erosion of human rights standards and rule of law appeared first on Amnesty International .
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): Iran's Ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, on Friday confirmed that Tehran will provide safe passage to vessels bound for India through the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, citing the longstanding friendship and shared interests between the two countries.
Tehran [Iran], March 13 (ANI): Ayatollah Alireza Arafi the Director of Iranian Seminaries on Friday wrote a letter to Pope Leo XIV in the wake of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran and urged the Holy See to condemn the 'war crimes' committed against Iran in the military operations.
Washington DC [US], March 13 (ANI): US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Friday claimed that Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, is 'wounded and likely disfigured' in strikes by the US on the country, describing the new leadership in Tehran as 'desperate and hiding' amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
