Global oil prices reached a four year high on Monday (9 March), surpassing $119 a barrel, as conflict in the Middle East rumbled on. Meanwhile, the Turkish Military said NATO air defence systems destroyed a missile fired from Iran towards the country.
The son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was announced as the late Ali Khamenei’s successor to Iran's highest ranking political and religious post. The appointment of Khamenei comes just over a week after his father, the former Supreme Leader, was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Tehran.
Photos taken by AnewZ's Touraj Shiralilou show people gathering in the streets of the Iranian captial as Mojtaba Khamenei was sworn in as Supreme Leader.
As oil prices surged due to ongoing fighting in Iran and the Middle East, other countries started to respond to the resulting rising fuel prices. Bahrain declared a ‘force majeure,’ freeing it of any contractual obligations to trade partners, after its refinery was bombed.
In Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called on the European Union to lift sanctions on Russian energy and announced a cap on fuel prices. Later, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was willing to sell energy to European customers, provided it was free of political pressure.
The Turkish Defence Ministry said a ballistic missile fired from Iran had been destroyed by NATO air missile defence systems over the city of Gaziantep in south-central Türkiye. Ankara responded by summoning Iran's ambassador, according to sources from Türkiye's Foreign Ministry.
Earlier, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Iran continued to take “wrong and provocative” steps.
It is the second time that NATO defence systems have destroyed a missile from Iran over Türkiye since conflict in the Middle East broke out on February 28.
Players from the side stood in silence during the playing of the country's national anthem, in their match against South Korea in Australia on March 2. The decision was criticised on Iranian state TV, with one commentator calling for them to be punished.
In a post on social media, U.S. President Donald Trump said it would be a “terrible humanitarian mistake” if the Australian government allowed them to be sent back to Iran and called on the country to give them asylum.
Air France announced it was extending the suspension of flights to and from the Middle East due to the security situation in the region. The airline said that it would maintain its suspension of flights to and from Dubai and Riyadh until March 12, and to and from Tel Aviv and Beirut until March 13.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for continuing to target Russia's energy infrastructure, while Russian strikes on Kyiv overnight killed at least one person and damaged a metro station.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Norway for talks about the Russia-Ukraine war. He is expected to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, who arrived in Oslo earlier. Witkoff will also meet European officials.
French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned the violence, looting and vandalism that erupted during cost-of-living protests across France. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu held crisis talks on Monday, calling for partial curfews and raising the possibility of a state of emergency.
An oil tanker caught fire after striking a naval mine in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said late Sunday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said regional issues should be resolved through diplomacy and blamed the United States for insecurity and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, speaking at a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday.
The C5+1 ministerial meeting in Samarkand has strengthened economic ties between the U.S. and Central Asia, with Uzbekistan securing 54 agreements and initiatives worth around $12 billion with U.S. companies and institutions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said regional issues should be resolved through diplomacy and blamed the United States for insecurity and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, speaking at a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday.
Armenia could face soaring gas prices, a sharp drop in remittances and tighter restrictions on migrant workers if its membership of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is suspended, according to a new report examining the risks of closer ties with the European Union.
Pakistan’s military chief is heading to Iran for talks as Islamabad pushes for dialogue between Tehran and Washington, while reaffirming its defence commitment to Saudi Arabia and strengthening security ties with Qatar.
The European Union has warned that Georgia's bid to ban five major opposition parties threatens political freedoms and fair competition, as the Constitutional Court prepares to hear the case from 21 to 23 October.
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