Leaders of Iran, Israel, and the United States reiterated their determination to press on with the conflict on Friday (13 March), as the Middle East war approached two weeks, leaving thousands dead and millions affected, tensions in the region escalated further with a deadly attack in Iraq.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still alive “in some form,” Fox News reported.
“I think he probably is. I think he is damaged, but I think he’s probably alive in some form, you know,” Trump said in an interview scheduled to air Friday.
Debris fell on the facade of a building in central Dubai following an aerial interception, authorities said Friday. The Dubai Media Office said in a post on social media that the interception caused minor damage.
Several drones targeted sites in Iraq’s northern Erbil region Friday (13 March), including the Lanaz Refinery, a facility involved in oil production and distribution.
Air defences were activated in parts of the city, while security forces took measures to deal with the aerial threats.
There were no confirmed reports of casualties following the attacks.
Japan and several Asia-Pacific countries are expected to announce more than $30 billion worth of agreements with U.S. companies this weekend, Bloomberg news reported on Thursday (12 March).
The packages will include purchase commitments and other deals across coal, oil, liquefied natural gas and nuclear power, the report said, citing White House officials.
French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned an attack in northern Iraq that killed one French officer and wounded several soldiers in the Erbil region.
Six French soldiers providing counter-terrorism training in the region were wounded in a drone attack, France's army said on Thursday, just hours after an Italian base in the area was also targeted.
This marks the first force personnel casualty sustained by France in just under two weeks since joint U.S. and Israel operations against Iran began.
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The U.S. should shut down its military bases in the Middle East, Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday (12 March). His words were read out by a broadcaster on state Iranian television.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has set recognition of Tehran’s inalienable rights, payment of war compensation, and international guarantees against any future invasion as conditions for ending the U.S.–Israel war with the Islamic Republic.
“Get ready for oil to be $200 a barrel," a spokesman for the Iranian Army warned the world on Wednesday (11 March), as attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz escalated. Meanwhile, 32 countries agreed to the largest ever release of oil reserves in an attempt to reduce prices.
Member countries of the International Energy Agency have unanimously agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from emergency reserves to stabilise global markets disrupted by the war involving Iran.
The U.S. should shut down its military bases in the Middle East, Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday (12 March). His words were read out by a broadcaster on state Iranian television.
A towering lava fountain from Kilauea shot about 400 metres into the air late on Tuesday (11 March) on Hawaii Island, prompting temporary closures at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and part of a key highway as volcanic ash and debris fell over nearby areas.
More than 68,000 children in eastern Afghanistan have been displaced after clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces intensified along the border, according to a new report by Save the Children.
Georgia has cancelled international tenders for the construction of major road sections that form part of a regional highway linking the country with the borders of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Centuries-old palaces and mosques in Isfahan, Iran’s celebrated cultural capital, lie in ruins after a series of air raids struck the city’s historic centre, leaving officials to warn of a devastating loss to both national and global heritage. AnewZ’s Touraj Shiralilou visited the city.
Iran should continue “blocking the Strait of Hormuz,” while the U.S. should “shut” its Middle East military bases, new Iranian Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Thursday in his first speech since being elected. He is still yet to appear in public, and a broadcaster read out his words.
International security and climate change are top of the agenda as leaders and policymakers from around the world meet at the 13th Global Baku Forum in the Azerbaijani capital this week.
Fifteen Turkish-owned vessels remain stranded in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, Türkiye’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said on Wednesday.
New Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said Iran should continue ‘blocking the Strait of Hormuz’ in his first statement since his election, read out on Iranian State television on Thursday (12 March).
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has set recognition of Tehran’s inalienable rights, payment of war compensation, and international guarantees against any future invasion as conditions for ending the U.S.–Israel war with the Islamic Republic.
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