by Burak Akinci ANKARA, March 7 (Xinhua) -- In early spring, the streets of Van, a border city in eastern Trkiye, usually buzz with Persian accents. Iranian families stroll past shop windows, couples linger in lakeside cafes, and tour boats drift across the sparkling waters of Lake Van, the country's largest lake and the Middle East's second-largest.
The U. S. and Israel have pounded Iran’s leadership and undercut its defense capabilities, but President Trump has offered wildly different explanations for what he hopes to achieve.
Dubai [UAE], March 8 (ANI): UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nayhan on Friday met five civilians who were injured amid tensions in West Asia and the Gulf region. He underlined that the UAE would continue to protect its people and the country, highlighting that they would emerge stronger than before.
Iranian foreign minister says Trump ‘killed’ Iran’s gesture towards its neighbours “President Pezeshkian expressed openness to de-escalation within our region, provided that our neighbors’ airspace, territory, and waters are not used to attack the Iranian People”, Iran’s foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on X. The statement came after Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said neighbouring countries would no longer be targeted unless an attack originates from there. Shortly after the president’s statement, Iran was hit with attacks, triggering Tehran's response what it said were US assets in neighbouring Gulf nations.
TEHRAN (Tansim) – The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said the US and its allies has failed in accomplishing their plot to disintegrate Iran.
Tehran [Iran], March 8 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Syed Abbas Araghchi came down heavily on US President Donald Trump in his latest statement, claiming that the American misadventure has costed American military USD 100 billion, in addition to the lives of soldiers lost. He further added that Iran's openness to de-escalation in the region was 'immediately killed' by Trump's miscalculation of Iranian capabilities.
What the US and Israel likely envisioned as a short and decisive conflict threatens to spill over other borders perhaps not accidentally In the early hours of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, a certain kind of strategic storytelling almost wrote itself.
What the US and Israel likely envisioned as a short and decisive conflict threatens to spill over other borders - perhaps not accidentally In the early hours of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, a certain kind of strategic storytelling almost wrote itself.
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday shared an update on the evolving situation in West Asia and the Gulf region, noting that more than 52,000 Indians travelled safely from Gulf region to India between March 1-7, 2026 and that a dedicated special control room has been set up to monitor and respond to queries from those affected.
US, Israel strikes hit oil depot in Tehran, report says US and Israeli strikes hit an oil depot in Tehran on Saturday, Iranian state media said, marking the first reported attack on the Islamic Republic's oil infrastructure. "An oil depot in southern Tehran was targeted by the US and Zionist regime," the official IRNA news agency said. The depot was in an area close to a key oil refinery but the agency reported that the refinery's facilities "were not damaged in the military attacks".
Iranian missiles target Israel Sirens were heard in northern Israel, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as Iranian missiles targeted the area, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. The IRGC’s public relations said it had successfully carried out a combined drone and missile attack against US and Israeli targets. It said targets in Haifa were hit with “new solid-fuel ‘Kheibar Shekan’ missiles”, which it said were capable of guided strikes to the point of impact.
One person killed in Dubai by debris from aerial interception, authorities say One person was killed in Dubai on Saturday after debris from an "aerial interception" fell on a vehicle, authorities said, as Iran continued its retaliatory strikes across the Gulf. "Authorities confirm that debris from an aerial interception fell onto a vehicle in the Al Barsha area, resulting in the death of an Asian driver," authorities said without providing additional details.
Overnight, one Israeli operation saw at least 41 people killed and 40 injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards continued launching attacks on neighboring countries despite President Pezeshkian’s apology to regional states and his order for the armed forces to halt such strikes, highlighting tensions over who controls wartime decisions.
Rocket attack intercepted over US embassy in Baghdad, security sources say Air defence systems intercepted rockets fired at the US embassy in Baghdad, security sources told AFP. "Four rockets were launched... toward the embassy," a security official said, adding that air defences intercepted three, while one fell in an open area in the embassy's airbase.
Turkey’s foreign minister says country is ‘not easily provoked’ Ankara on Saturday warned Tehran against any attempts to fire towards Turkish territory, just days after NATO intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran heading towards Turkey. "We are not a country that is easily provoked," foreign minister Hakan Fidan told journalists in Istanbul. "We spoke with our friends in Iran and said if this was a missile that lost its way, that's one thing.
Thiruvananthapuram (Keralam) [India], March 7 (ANI): 'An unstable and dangerous phase' is what Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the planet is entering as the tensions in West Asia continue to escalate, adding that the future of the war is unpredictable.
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 7 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday urged for de-escalation in the US-Israel vs Iran conflict, saying that stability and calm should be restored as soon as possible. Speaking to reporters, Tharoor said that the situation is deeply concerning, with human bodies at risk.