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IDF working to ‘cut off tentacles’ of the ‘Iranian octopus’, defense minister says
The Israel Defense Forces has “severed the head of the Iranian octopus” and is now working to “crush and cut off its tentacles,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday.
· Jewish News Syndicate
Iran’s missile capability is significantly degraded
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· Stephen Bryen
'War of choice': Even if he wins against Iran, will Donald Trump lose?
Numerous US polls in the past few months point to voters seeking Donald Trump to focus on issues like the economy and the cost of living. Credit: Leon Wang/AAP
· Sbsaustralia
US troops were told Iran war 'anointed by Jesus' to bring on Armageddon, watchdog says
US commanders from every arm of the military have told their units that the war on Iran is “anointed by Jesus” and would bring about his return to Earth as part of the Armageddon, resulting in scores of complaints from serving members of the military.
· Middleeasteye
Are the US-Israeli attacks against Iran legal under international law?
US and Israeli strikes against Iran, which have sparked a regional war, likely violate the UN Charter’s prohibition on aggression and lack any valid legal justification, experts say.
· Ali Harb, Brian Osgood
A drone strike jolts RAF Akrotiri, pulling Cyprus into a widening Iran war
Un caza se prepara para aterrizar en la base aérea RAF Akrotiri, Reino Unido, tras ser alcanzado por un ataque con dron cerca de Limassol, Chipre, lunes 2 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Petros Karadjias)
· Menelaos Hadjicostis
Inside Operation Epic Fury and the intelligence efforts that led to the Iran strike
US President Donald Trump urged Iranians on Saturday night to "take over your government". (Reuters: Nathan Howard)
· Lucia Stein
Imágenes satelitales muestran daños en la instalación nuclear iraní de Natanz
En esta combinación de imágenes satelitales proporcionadas por Vantor se muestra una vista de la instalación nuclear de Natanz antes, izquierda, y con daños, el lunes 2 de marzo de 2026 en Irán. (Imagen satelital ©2026 Vantor vía AP)
· The Associated Press
Israel's war of regional supremacy will not end with Iran
Israelis and some in the Iranian diaspora celebrated when the first blow in the third Gulf war was struck early on Saturday morning, as Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of other military and political leaders were wiped out.
· Middleeasteye
Bruce Blakeman rips Gov. Kathy Hochul as ‘un-American’ for her flip-flopping Iran comments
Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman called Gov. Kathy Hochul “un-American” Tuesday for making contradictory statements about the US strikes against Iran.
· Carl Campanile
ASX set to fall sharply as global markets tumble; Oil prices surge
A selloff for stocks is slamming into Wall Street after wrapping around the world, as oil prices leap even higher with worries that the widening war with Iran may do more sustained damage to the economy than feared.
· Stan Choe
US troops told Trump’s attack on Iran is ‘signal fire for Armageddon’
Multiple commanders across all branches of the US military have offered a fundamentalist Christian explanation for the attack on Iran, describing President Donald Trump as the harbinger of the Second Coming and the conflict itself as a “signal fire” for Armageddon, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) ha…
· RT
Ataques iraníes dañan 3 centros de datos de Amazon y exponen su vulnerabilidad
El sol se oculta tras una columna de humo provocada por el ataque de Estados Unidos e Israel en Teherán, Irán, el martes 3 de marzo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
· Kelvin Chan
Energy prices soar as stock and bond markets consider long Middle East war
The US stock market plunged, bonds sold off, and energy prices continued to soar on Tuesday, in a sign that markets are increasingly alarmed by the escalating war on Iran after an earlier muted reaction.
· Middleeasteye
Iran’s regime won’t just fall over. This war is likely to be long and bloody
March 4, 2026 — 5:10am
· Amin Saikal
Trump to cut off ‘all trade’ with Spain
The US will suspend all trade with Spain over Madrid’s decision to deny the US permission to use its joint military bases to attack Iran, President Donald Trump has announced. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has condemned Trump’s “unjustified and dangerous” intervention against Iran. Speaking at the White House…
· RT
China urges Israel to end war in Iran as regional tensions escalate
Beijing says US-Israeli strikes were in bad faith and calls for an immediate halt, a return to talks and opposition to unilateral action
· Mark Magnier
Iran will not ‘automatically’ fall after Khamenei’s death, shah’s widow says
Farah Pahlavi, Iran’s last empress, has lived in exile in Paris since being driven from the country with her husband in the 1979 revolution
· Agence France-Presse
Trump denounces UK, Spain over Iran stance
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at Britain and Spain for not fully backing his attack on Iran, as he threatened to end "all trade" with Spain.
· Agence France-Presse
Is Russia the key to ending the Iran war?
By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
· RT
Satellite images reveal damage at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility
In this combo from satellite images provided by Vantor shows is a view of Natanz nuclear facility before, left, and with damage on Monday, March 2, 2026 in Iran. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor via AP)
· The Associated Press
Trump vows to cut off ‘all trade’ with Spain over lack of support on Iran attack
President Trump announced the US is going to “cut off all trade with Spain” over Madrid’s lack of support for the attack on Iran.
· Emily Goodin
Pasajeros adinerados sí pueden salir de Oriente Medio, pagando enormes sumas por vuelos chárter
Una plaza pública en Dubái, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, el 3 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/ Fatima Shbair)
· Simina Mistreanu
Ben Jennings on Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and the war in Iran – cartoon
Ben Jennings on Donald Trump, Keir Starmer and the war in Iran – cartoon
Crude awakening as Gavin Newsom slammed over California’s gas production decline
As gas prices in the U.S. are expected to rise, California Governor Gavin Newsom came under fire Monday from the U.S. Oil and Gas Association for his comments blaming President Donald Trump and the war in Iran as triggers for the increase.
· Zain Khan
Strikes on Amazon data centers highlights vulnerability to physical risks
The sun sets behind a plume of smoke rising after a U.S.–Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
· Kelvin Chan
Some Amazon services in Middle East go offline due to data centers drone strikes, company says
Amazon said drone strikes significantly damaged two of its data centers and a facility in the Middle East amid the conflict in Iran, taking some of the tech giant’s services in the region offline.
· Taylor Herzlich
Death of Iran's Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes shakes Shiites across the world
Iraqi Shiites hold pictures of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by a U.S. airstrike in Tehran, during a symbolic funeral, in Najaf, Iraq, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
· Elena Becatoros
Brics missing in action as war on permanent member Iran spirals
The way Brics responds to the US and Israel's war on Iran, a permanent member, will have repercussions for how the group is perceived and understood - not only by its own members, but the whole world going forward, analysts have told Middle East Eye.
· Middleeasteye
Middle East conflict: why is Israel attacking Lebanon? | The Latest
Israel has deployed soldiers on the ground in southern Lebanon and is carrying out heavy airstrikes in the country as conflict in the Middle East continues to spread. It comes after the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launched missiles and drones toward Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s s…
La guerra con Irán tensa la relación entre EEUU y Gran Bretaña
El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump (izq) con el primer ministro británico Keir Starmer en Chequers, cerca de Aylesbury, Inglaterra, el 18 de septiembre del 2025. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
· Jill Lawless
‘People are gripped by huge fear’: defiance and hope on the streets of Tehran
Bombarded by the US and Israel, Iranians worry about how to survive, and what comes next
· Saeedshah
Benign transition or bloody civil war: what next for Iran after the bombing?
With the US and Israel apparently without a postwar plan for the country, we explore four possible scenarios
· Julianborger
US war on Iran: Starmer should have stood up to Trump - now he's complicit
When Benjamin Netanyahu launched his genocidal assault on Gaza in autumn 2023, Britain’s two main political parties formed a cross-party cartel in support of the bloodstained Israeli prime minister.
· Middleeasteye
Some travelers stranded in Dubai are paying huge sums for private charter flights out
ADDS CAUSE OF BLACK SMOKE IN THE BACKGROUND.- A plume of smoke caused by an Iranian strike is seen in the background an an Emirates plane is parked at the Dubai International Airport after its closure in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
· Simina Mistreanu
War on Iran could push PH inflation to near 4%
AN escalation of the conflict in the Middle East could push Philippine inflation toward 4 percent in the coming months, an analyst said.
· Niña Myka Pauline Arceo, Giselle P. Jordan, Ed Paolo Salting
World Cup ticket chaos ensues amid international tensions
With 100 days to go until the tournament kicks off, appetite for tickets to the 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Mexico and Canada is reaching fever pitch, despite eye-watering prices that have fans crying foul amid global unrest following the U.S. attack on Iran.
· Reuters
Australia sends crisis teams to Middle East, first flight bound for Sydney
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says six Australian crisis consular teams are being deployed to the Middle East to help stranded travellers.
· Lewis Wiseman
Russia Evacuates Citizens From Middle East as Iran Conflict Upends Air Travel
Russia is evacuating thousands of its citizens from countries in the Middle East with specialized emergency aircraft and dozens of commercial flights amid the conflict in Iran.
· The Moscow Times
The rest of PH should follow Manila’s lead
ON Monday, Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno issued an executive order directing the city government to immediately reduce its fuel use by 50 percent, in anticipation of higher fuel prices and constricted supplies due to the ongoing war by the United States and Israel against Iran. It was an eminently sensible decision …
· The Editorial Board
US-Iran conflict: Letters Marcos needs to write
PURE legalese would place America as acting in an unabashed, unimpeded impunity. In the space of just a month, it has caused the downfall of two heads of state. One, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, whom it kidnapped together with wife Cilia in early January; and two, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, whom …
· Mauro Gia Samonte
US Troops were told Iran war is for ‘Armageddon,’ return of Jesus
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· Jonathan Larsen
How energy markets have responded to the Middle East war
Global energy markets have come under pressure as the Middle East conflict escalates, with fears mounting over potential disruptions to oil and gas supplies. US and Israeli strikes on Iran have prompted Tehran to retaliate with missile and drone attacks on Israel and US bases across the region. Iran has also targete…
· RT
Israeli-US strikes hit building of assembly choosing new Iran supreme leader
Israeli and US strikes hit the building of a body tasked with electing Iran's new supreme leader in the city of Qom, local media reported on Tuesday.
· Middleeasteye
Middle East war could be decided by who runs out of missiles or interceptors first, analysts say
Stockpiles of the most advanced US-made weapons are limited – while few know how large Iran’s arsenal is
· Jasonburke
Israel bombs Iran’s top mullahs as they count votes for next supreme leader
The Israeli Air Force struck a top Iranian meeting on Tuesday where Tehran’s senior clerics had gathered to select a replacement for slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to multiple reports.
· Ronny Reyes
War with Iran strains the US-UK relationship as Starmer and Trump disagree
LONDON — Keir Starmer has never had a bad word to say in public about Donald Trump.
· Associated Press
Lo que la respuesta de China a la guerra de Irán dice sobre su política exterior
Soldados chinos cerca de la bandera china en la Plaza Tiananmen durante una conferencia de prensa previa a la Conferencia Consultativa Política Popular en el Gran Salón del Pueblo en Beijing, China, el 3 de marzo del 2026. (AP foto/Andy Wong)
· Huizhong Wu