Oil hits $100 per barrel as impact of Iran war widens. Gas prices are sitting at around $3.48 per gallon on average, having shot up amid the war in Iran from prices that were below $3 last week. Israel hit Iranian oil depots over the weekend, while Tehran has targeted energy sites across the region.
Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social platform: “Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran National Woman’s Soccer team to be forced back to Iran, where they will most likely be killed.” Pete Hegseth, the former Fox TV commentator who was ridiculously appointed US Defence Secretary and changed his title to Secretary of War, declares the Iranian regime to be ‘toast’
The price of Brent crude oil, the global benchmark, surged well past $100 when energy markets opened on Sunday. Gas prices are climbing higher as the war with Iran constrains global oil supplies. Iran's retaliatory attacks across the Middle East severely hindering oil production in the Persian Gulf and shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
Oman Air said it added 80 extra flights and helped more than 97,000 passengers leave the region over the past week. Oman has spent years cultivating a reputation as a quiet mediator in a turbulent Middle East. It maintains diplomatic ties with both Tehran and Washington and frequently serves as a vital backchannel between the United States and Iran.
The head of the Arab League called Iran's war strategy "reckless" The U.S. military did not give an update over the weekend on the number of missiles and drones that Iran has fired in recent days. Western Texas Intermediate crude futures have jumped more than 50%. Israel struck oil depots in Tehran, sending up thick smoke.
Israel carried out fresh strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, according to Lebanese state media. Israel issued a warning that it would target branches of a financial institution linked to Hezbollah. The strikes are part of Israel’s ongoing military campaign targeting Iranian facilities and capabilities across multiple regions of the country.
If the RSP gets two thirds majority, can it change the constitution? The main reason for this is that RSP has won the elections held for the lower house of parliament. The party had promised to make several changes to the constitution, including to the country's federal structure and the way it elects its leaders. This year commemorates Democracy Now!’s 30th year of independent broadcasting.
A South Texas family that includes two teenage mariachi musicians part of an award-winning band was reunited on Monday, March 9. Their case drew widespread criticism from members of Congress and civil rights advocates, officials said. The family's two teen boys are in a nationally recognized mariachis in South Texas.
Iran’s constitution dictates that the Assembly of Experts (an 88-member clerical body) selects the supreme leader. Mojtaba's appeal to the establishment appears to rest on several factors. He's a figure trusted by the most powerful security institutions also reduces the chance of power struggles or fragmentation at the top.
Nepal’s political instability has been persistent. But one thing is already clear: The March 5 election has fundamentally changed Nepali politics. Young Nepalis who were increasingly disillusioned with politics are likely to take a renewed interest in it. This represents a profound shift in Nepal's politics, which has been dominated by two parties.
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Human Rights Watch has previously documented the use of armed quadcopter drones in attacks on civilians in populated areas in the context of armed conflicts in Ukraine and Sudan. Researchers analyzed seven videos uploaded to social media or shared directly with Human Rights Watch. They geolocated four of them to Port-au-Prince.
The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran. Iran has been targeting energy infrastructure which, combined with its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, has sent oil prices soaring. How the Iran war and surging oil prices are affecting consumers at the gas pump and beyond.
Liberal Justice Jackson spoke alongside conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh at an event for lawyers and judges in Washington. The justices were otherwise mostly on the same page duri, responding to questions posed by Washington-based Senior U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman. Jackson's point was similar to one she has repeatedly made in written dissents.
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Donald Trump suggested Iran was responsible for a strike on an Iranian elementary school. The strike demolished approximately half the school, killing dozens of seven- to 12-year-old girls as they attended morning classes. A video released by the Iranian news agency Mehr and geolocated to the site by the investigative collective Bellingcat indicate that the elementary school in Minab was hit during a set of strikes by the US.
Defence lawyers object to the order of the trial being announced. The judge suspends proceedings until the next day. The trial is expected to last up to two weeks. The prosecution and defence are expected to give evidence at the same time. The court will then decide whether to proceed with the trial.
Mojtaba Khamenei is the second son of the late Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who served as Iran's supreme leader for nearly four decades. He is said to be more hardline than his father, signalling that hardliners remain firmly in charge in Tehran a week into its conflict with the United States and Israel.
Tehran continues retaliatory strikes across the Gulf, while Lebanon and Israel trade attacks. Iran has also been targeting energy infrastructure which, combined with its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, has sent oil prices soaring. Tehran described the strikes by Israel and the United States as ‘unprovoked, illegal and illegitimate’
UK lawmaker wants King Charles to cancel U.S. state visit over Iran war. Ed Davey: "A state visit should not be given to someone who repeatedly insults and damages our country" U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has also called for the state visit to be called off.
Mojtaba’s appointment “is a final act of resistance by the late Khamenei from his grave,” Ellie Geranmayeh, an Iran expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations, told me. The Middle East is reeling from the war that Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started.
Israeli air force strikes suburbs in Beirut, says IDF. Iranian prosecutor-general’s office said: “Iranians abroad who align, accompany and cooperate with the American-Zionist aggressor enemy will face confiscation of all their property and other legal penalties in accordance with the law.”
Australian government says it cannot comment on the circumstances of the players. International human rights groups and diaspora activists have urged Australia to protect players. Israeli Minister Gila Gamliel allegedly sent a letter to the Australian embassy requesting asylum for the entire Iranian women’s soccer team because they refused to sing the Iranian anthem.
Fisherman learns that someone – though they don't know who yet – has been medically evacuated off the Patricia Lee. The coastguard and other crab boats searched for the vessel, and there’s a sombre moment when the crew of the Maverick spot a bait container bobbing in the waves – confirmation that Big Valley has sunk.
The Iranian team has drawn national news coverage in Australia. The players' silence during the anthem before an opening loss to South Korea last week was viewed by some as an act of resistance and others as a show of mourning. The announcement followed days of urging by Iranian groups in Australia and by U.S. President Donald Trump for the Australian government to help.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran would be hit hard if it stopped the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. A spokesperson for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said “Iran will determine when the war ends.” A foreign policy adviser to the office of the supreme leader said Iran is prepared for a long war.
The U.S. will add 490 GW of solar capacity by 2036. Solar accounted for 79% of all new power capacity added during the first year of Trump's second term. New solar projects saw a 16% decline in new installations in the first half of the year, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
N Nvidia’s forthcoming NemoClaw platform, expected to debut at its March 17 GTC developer conference, aims to let enterprises deploy multi-step AI agents with built-in security and privacy tools. The platform is part of Nvidia's broader strategy to expand its software ecosystem while maintaining its dominance in AI infrastructure.
G7 finance ministers met Monday to discuss a release of reserves but did not make a decision. The closure of the strait has triggered the biggest oil supply disruption. Member states of the International Energy Agency will come under pressure to release their strategic stocks. This is "the only remaining supply response option," Rapidan analysts said.
Questions over the skulls’ provenance could only be resolved by establishing a taskforce of experts from Zimbabwe and the UK. “There are no other known or suspected ancestral remains from Zimbabwe held at the University of Cambridge,” the vice-chancellor said in a letter to the families.
Mojtaba Khamenei is the second son of the late Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who served as Iran's supreme leader for nearly four decades. He is said to be more hardline than his father, signalling that hardliners remain firmly in charge in Tehran a week into its conflict with the United States and Israel.
Images show Mamdani as a child with other high-profile figures, including Bill Clinton, Jeff Bezos and Jeffrey Epstein. One image appears to show him as a young child, while another shows him with his mother, who is also in the photo. The images are being shared on social media by people who claim to be from the same family.
The strict regulation and banning of pornography reinforces this stigma. People of all ages can still use VPNs (virtual private networks that make it look like they’re located elsewhere in the world) to overcome restrictions. There are many valid, well-documented concerns around harmful influences of pornography.
Israel launched its second wave of strikes against Tehran. Strikes also targeted US bases across the Middle East and energy infrastructure in the Gulf. Israel also pressed its offensive against Hezbollah with raids in southern Lebanon and airstrikes in Beirut. Five female Iranian footballers have been granted humanitarian visas by Australia following an appeal from Donald Trump.
Anthropic said in its lawsuit that the designation was unlawful and violated its free speech and due process rights. Anthropic argues the actions taken against it violate the First Amendment by punishing the company for protected speech on AI safety policy. Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had fallen more than 600 points earlier in the day, rebounded to add 239 points, or 0.5%, to close at 47,741. The S&P 500 posted 4 new 52-week highs and 9 new lows while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 47 new highs and 187 new lows. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index bounced back with chipmakers SanDisk, Broadcom and Nvidia advancing between 2.7% and 11.7%.
The service member died Saturday from injuries sustained during a March 1 Iranian attack on U.S. troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The war has rattled global markets, disrupted air travel and left Iran’s leadership weakened by hundreds of Israeli and American airstrikes. Follow updates on the war in the Middle East for Monday, March 9.
Imamoglu waved his hands as he entered the courtroom, while the other defendants, lawyers and public stood up to clap, whistle and wave back at him. He then rose to protest the judge's decision to hear other defendants before Imamoglu, who is the chief suspect. Imamoglu has been held in pre-trial detention for almost a year amid a judicial crackdown on the CHP.
The Pentagon established a new system for improving its record on what it called "civilian harm" The administration has dramatically reduced staffing there and fired or reassigned personnel. Some within the Pentagon believe that the anti-civilian-harm program will have a lasting effect, even with the reductions in staff.
Since 1959, more than one billion dolls in the Barbie family have been sold around the world. Barbie became a long-running symbol of changing ideas about childhood, consumer culture, and representation. Despite the criticism, sales of Barbie-related merchandise continued to soar, topping 1 billion dollars annually by 1993.
Israel says it was targeting Hezbollah’s financial arm, al-Qard Al-Hasan. Israeli ground forces in Lebanon's south launched ‘focused raids’ against what it called the group's infrastructure. Residents of Beirut suburb Dahiyeh were ordered to evacuate before Israel launched strikes.
Trump vows to hit Iran harder if it doesn't stop oil flow to the Gulf of Hormuz. The U.S. has been trying to stop the flow of oil into the region since the 1980s. Iran has been accused of trying to use the oil to build up its own oil reserves.
The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, and there is no sign of the fighting ending soon. The goal is to remove the regime and let Iranians “grasp their fate,” an official says. Iran has exposed the fragility of the global economy by targeting key energy and other infrastructure.
The U.S. agreed to a deferred prosecution agreement with Turkish lender Halkbank. The deal is aimed at easing a longstanding rift over accusations of violating sanctions against Iran. The agreement, if court-approved, prohibits Halk bank from transactions benefiting Iran. It mandates a compliance monitor but dismisses charges upon compliance.
NATO says it has intercepted a missile fired from Iran. It is the second time in less than a week that a missile has been fired from the country. NATO says it will take any necessary steps to protect its members from the missile. The missile was fired from an area near the Iranian city of Qom.
Israeli air force strikes suburbs in Beirut, says IDF. Iranian prosecutor-general’s office said: “Iranians abroad who align, accompany and cooperate with the American-Zionist aggressor enemy will face confiscation of all their property and other legal penalties in accordance with the law.”
The Strait of Hormuz provides passage to one-fifth of the world’s oil supply. It is also a key route for other commodities, like aluminum, sugar and fertilizer. The disruption to the Strait is a larger shock to global oil supplies than the 1970s oil shocks.
Satellite imagery, geolocated videos and witness footage show the school and multiple buildings inside the naval base were hit during the same series of strikes. The strike happened next to the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school, which sits beside a naval installation run by Iran's Revolutionary Guard near the Strait of Hormuz.
Mojtaba Khamenei has enjoyed an influential career in Tehran under the wing of his late father, though he largely stayed away from formal offices and maneuvered in the background. “In practice, he has long functioned as his father’s de facto successor,” the institute says.
If a draft were held today, the Selective Service System would use a lottery system to determine the order in which men are conscripted. The agency maintains a database of eligible Americans for a system that, “when authorized by the president and Congress, provides personnel in a fair and equitable manner.”
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Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Iran’s new supreme leader. He succeeds his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes. Khamenei is a mid-ranking cleric who has until now wielded his power exclusively behind the scenes.
The U.S. government ordered non-essential diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia as the conflict broadened across the Middle East. On March 2, the department advised Americans in 14 Middle East countries “to depart now via commercial means due to serious safety risks.” On March 3, Iranian retaliation increased and many diplomats eligible for voluntary departure had declined, so the department ordered nonessential staff to leave Kuwait and Qatar.
Three Palestinians killed in West Bank attack by Israeli settlers, IDF launches probe. Two of the Palestinians killed by the Israeli civilians were reportedly shot, while a third died of suffocation due to inhalation of tear gas. "This is an unacceptable incident," IDF's Central Command Commander Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth stated.
Since war erupted in the Middle East on Feb. 28, the flow of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz has all but stopped. Because oil is a global commodity, countries often talk to one another before tapping reserves. The U.S. holds a massive emergency supply in underground salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana.