Iran 'not seeking ceasefire' as US and Israel continue to pummel Tehran
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US is hitting Iran with the "most intense" day of strikes since the war began.
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Sen. John Kennedy apologizes for Iran school strike after Trump suggests enemy misfire
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) offered an apology on behalf of America for the airstrike on an Iranian girls’ school that local officials say killed 175 pupils and teachers — after President Trump suggested an Iranian misfire may have caused the tragedy.
· Steven Nelson
Democrats demand investigation of claims US-Israeli war on Iran is biblical prophecy
Nearly 30 Democrats in Congress are demanding an internal investigation into hundreds of complaints by US troops that the US-Israeli war on Iran has been framed to them as a biblical prophecy to hasten the return of Jesus Christ.
· Middleeasteye
ASX set for more gains as Wall Street climbs; Oil keeps falling; $A higher
The US stock market is holding steadier as Wall Street waits for the next signal on when the war with Iran may end.
· Stan Choe
Major airline cancels most Middle East flights over war worries
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Why the Iran war may come down to the control of one tiny island
WASHINGTON — An island one-third the size of Manhattan controls virtually all Iranian crude oil exports — and experts say its fate could be essential to President Trump’s endgame with Tehran.
· Steven Nelson
WHO warns of toxic ‘black rain’ in Iran after strikes on oil facilities
There have been reports of oil-laden rain, and a ‘massive’ amount of hydrocarbons and other compounds have been released into the air
· Reuters
Diesel prices are rising even faster than gas – the surprising ways it could hit your wallet
Diesel prices are rising at a much faster clip than gasoline as the war in Iran disrupts critical oil supplies – and while most drivers don’t use the pricier fuel to fill up their tanks every day, it could bring the most pain to American wallets.
· Taylor Herzlich
State Department authorizes $40M for flights for Americans in the Mideast
People walk out of the terminal upon their arrival from Amman, Jordan at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
· Matthew Lee
EU bosses split over US-Israeli war against Iran
European Council President Antonio Costa has issued a rebuke to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over her support for the war against Iran, stating on Tuesday that “freedom and human rights cannot be achieved through bombs.”
· RT
EU bosses split over US-Israeli war against Iran
European Council President Antonio Costa has issued a rebuke to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over her support for the war against Iran, stating on Tuesday that “freedom and human rights cannot be achieved through bombs.”
· RT
‘Our hearts were shaking’: Tehran residents endure heavy Israel-US bombing
Tehran, Iran – The Iranian capital has experienced one of its most intense nights of bombardment by the United States and Israel since the start of the war 10 days ago as numerous areas of the sprawling city have been hit to devastating effect.
· Maziar Motamedi
Trump vows ‘death, fire, fury’ as Iran civilian Infrastructure hit
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· Jake Johnson
Trump reportedly wants to seize Iran's Kharg Island. He floated the idea 40 years ago
US President Donald Trump mulled over taking over Iran’s oil-export hub Kharg Island as a way to assert US power in the Gulf and punish the Islamic Republic. The idea came to him nearly 40 years ago.
· Middleeasteye
Iran's MEK plots a US-backed path to power from exile in Albania
The war on Iran has given an opposition group that has long struggled for relevance in exile a chance to grab the mantle of history and present itself as a ready-made alternative to the Islamic Republic.
· Middleeasteye
Iran state media: Four Iranian diplomats killed in Israeli attack
An Israeli attack killed four Iranian diplomats in Lebanon on Sunday, Iranian state media said on Tuesday citing Iran's UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, Reuters is reporting.
· Middleeasteye
Inside an Israeli bomb shelter where The Post had to flee during Iran air strike alert
ASHDOD, Israel — The US assault on Iran has meant a return to life underground here for Israeli hotel worker Daniella Aharoni.
· Caitlin Doornbos
Shots fired at US consulate in Toronto, Canada, premier hints at Iran war link
No one was injured, but security will be boosted at American and Israeli embassies and consulates, police say
· Associated Press
How are EU and member states reacting to energy crisis triggered by Iran war?
Prospect of Trump easing US sanctions on Russian oil is a nightmare for the bloc as nations work out how to respond
· Lisaocarroll
Sad footage exposes heartbreaking reality of animals in Dubai amid US-Iran war
Sad footage has emerged out of Dubai with photos of abandoned pets discarded as expats rush to leave the hotspot amid the conflict across the Middle East.
· News.com.au
Trump is making Cuba an offer it can’t refuse
President Donald Trump has shown Cuba’s communist rulers two ways their reign over the island can end: the Maduro way or the Khamenei way.
· Daniel McCarthy
Dolor en el surtidor: la guerra con Irán dispara precios de la gasolina en EEUU
Un hombre hace acrobacias frente a una gasolinera en los Ángeles el 9 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Damian Dovarganes)
· Hannah Fingerhut
IEA due to meet as member states mull releasing oil reserves amid Iran war
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is set to hold an emergency meeting to assess the situation in the Middle East as the US-Israeli war on Iran continues to roil global energy markets.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Peso, stock market up as worries ease
THE peso and stock market rebounded on Tuesday after United States President Donald Trump said that the war on Iran could soon end.
· Niña Myka Pauline Arceo, Nazylen Joy Mabanglo
Israel says Iran is using cluster munitions. What to know about the weapons
A video taken by AP shows what appear to be Iranian ballistic missiles flying over the occupied West Bank and dropping smaller bomblets, which are found inside the missile. (Produced by Elaine Carroll)
· Sam Metz
Unlucky country: Lethargic leadership during crisis
AS dreadful as the adverse impact on our nation of corruption on a gargantuan scale — dirty money in suitcases — is the utter incompetence in governance of this regime. We will be suffering from it if the US-Israeli war against Iran escalates.
· Rigoberto D. Tiglao
A distant war with nearby costs
KUALA LUMPUR — Unfolding thousands of kilometers away in the Middle East, the latest military clashes between the United States and Iran may appear geographically distant from Southeast Asia. Yet in today’s deeply interconnected world, the reverberations of such conflicts rarely remain confined to their immediate th…
· Ei Sun Oh
US-Iran war: Turning a bad thing into a good thing
IT was a Mao Zedong mandate to begin with: To rightists’ criticism of communist dogma, he issued the call, “Let a hundred flowers bloom and a thousand scents contend.”
· Mauro Gia Samonte
Witkoff: Russians told Trump they have not shared intelligence with Iran during war
Russian leaders told President Donald Trump during a phone call on Monday that they are not sharing intelligence with Iran during the United States's war on that country, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said during a CNBC interview on Tuesday.
· Dan Mangan
Trump calls Putin, topic IRAN WAR
Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Qué piensan los estadounidenses sobre la guerra en Irán, según encuestas recientes
Manifestantes ondean banderas de Irán y sostienen un retrato del fallecido Líder Supremo del país, el ayatolá Ali Jamenei y su hijo, el ayatolá Mojtaba Jamenei, para apoyar la selección de éste como nuevo Líder Supremo del país en Bagdad, el lunes 9 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Hadi Mizban)
· Linley Sanders
Pete Hegseth vows ‘most intense day’ of US strikes against Iran - DailyNews
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has declared that the United States is “winning” in the fight against Iran, but he declined to provide a timeline as to when the war would end, stressing that decision lies with President Donald Trump.
· Supuni Kulasinghe
Russia, Ukraine both claim frontline success while US-led talks remain on hold
Washington is now focusing on the Iran war, drawing the spotlight from Ukraine’s four-year fight to see off Russia’s bigger army
· Associated Press
Shots fired at US consulate in Toronto in ‘absolutely unacceptable’ attack
Shots were fired at the US consulate in Toronto early Tuesday in the latest attack on an American diplomatic outpost amid the ongoing war with Iran.
· Samuel Chamberlain
Shots fired at US consulate in Toronto in ‘absolutely unacceptable’ attack
Shots were fired at the US consulate in Toronto early Tuesday in the latest attack on an American diplomatic outpost amid the ongoing war with Iran.
· Samuel Chamberlain
Joy Behar Blames Republicans For Trump’s “Reign Of Terror” On ‘The View’: “The Republican Party Will Not Stand Up To This Fool”
Joy Behar ranted against President Trump on The View after the hosts kicked off yet another day of discussing the growing tension in Iran.
· Radhamely De Leon
Iran vows 'eye for an eye' response to attacks on infrastructure
Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that any attack on Iran's infrastructure would result in a tit-for-tat response.
· Middleeasteye
Stephen Colbert on US war in Iran: ‘We’re still no closer to learning what the goal is’
Late-night hosts discussed the unclear objectives and exorbitant economic cost of Trump’s ongoing war in Iran
· Guardian staff
Pentagon chief vows ‘most intense day’ of US strikes against Iran
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has declared that the United States is “winning” in the fight against Iran, but he declined to provide a timeline as to when the war would end, stressing that decision lies with President Donald Trump.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Could China’s rare earth supplies dictate how long US strikes on Iran go on?
The American military’s dependence on Chinese sources gives Beijing leverage in the lead-up to Trump’s trip, sources say
· Dewey Sim
IEA countries to meet later Tuesday on release of oil reserves, but no decision made yet
The International Energy Agency will convene an extraordinary meeting of its member countries Tuesday to discuss a possible release of oil stockpiles to address the supply disruption triggered by the Iran war.
· Spencer Kimball
What early polls show about the war in Iran
President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference, Monday, March 9, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
· Linley Sanders
'We must not lose sight' of Gaza during war on Iran, German foreign minister says
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said that the current war on Iran should not push the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza aside.
· Middleeasteye
India's restaurants are under threat from the LPG supply crunch caused by the Iran war
The Iran war is causing global disruption, and restaurants in India are under threat because of it.
· Priyanka Salve
Iran arrests 30 'spies' belonging to US and Israel, intelligence ministry says
The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence said that arrested "30 spies, agents, and internal field operatives belonging to the American and [Israeli] enemy".
· Middleeasteye
Valencia’s fire festival and Ukrainian cadets: photos of the day – Tuesday
View image in fullscreenTehran, Iran Smoke plumes billow from the site of airstrikes near the Azadi Tower amid the US-Israel war on IranPhotograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenManama, Bahrain A building damaged in a reported Iranian drone strikePhotograph: ReutersShareView image in fulls…
Labor MPs quietly alarmed by Albanese government’s response to US-Israel strikes on Iran
Several MPs question why the party rushed to endorse strikes that were likely in breach of international law
· Dan Jervis Bardy, Sarah Basford Canales
Trump’s re-election may have helped Albanese – but the US war in Iran is creating economic conundrums
Resurgent inflation, already a factor before the Middle East conflict, now risks intensifying, creating a problem for prime minister
· Jonathan Barrett
What are the Ukrainian drone interceptors sent to counter Iranian attacks?
Ukraine has dispatched drone interceptors and military personnel to Jordan as Middle Eastern countries fend off Iranian strikes on infrastructure and United States military assets during the US-Israel war on Tehran.
· Shola Lawal
Iran uses warheads weighing over one tonne against Israeli-US targets, IRGC say
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announce the 34th wave of attacks against US-Israeli targets "with pinpoint missiles and warheads weighing more than one tonne".
· Middleeasteye