Tue 24 March 2026: US allies in the Middle East are on the verge of joining the war against Iran, a report said Monday. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are inching toward collaborating with US and Israeli forces following persistent attacks by Iran that have disrupted their economies and risk giving Tehran […]
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Tue 24 March 2026: Children across the Middle East are facing a “devastating price” since the US-Israeli war with Iran started last month, a senior official at UNICEF warned Monday. “Twenty-three days into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, children across the region are paying a devastating price. “A further descent into a wider […]
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Tue 24 March 2026: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Monday said it has struck more than 9,000 targets inside Iran, including dozens of naval vessels, as part of an ongoing operation, which began last month. According to a fact sheet from CENTCOM, the US has damaged or destroyed more than 140 vessels. The US […]
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Mon 23 March 2026: The price of gold has slid sharply, reaching its weakest level since December 11 last year, after logging its worst week in about 43 years, as the escalating US-Israel war on Iran raises inflation concerns and higher global interest rates. Spot gold fell 6 percent to $4,214.89 per 1 ounce (28.3 […]
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Sun 22 March 2026: Death and suffering caused by the war in the Middle East are a “scandal to the whole human family”, Pope Leo has said, renewing his plea for an immediate ceasefire. The American pope and head of the Roman Catholic Church said that he continues to follow with “dismay” the situation in […]
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Sun 22 March 2026: Housing sales in Dubai have fallen 25% since the escalation between Iran, the US and Israel began late last month, while the Dubai Financial Market Real Estate Index has dropped by more than 25% over the past month. The conflict has triggered a marked slowdown across key sectors in Gulf economies, particularly energy, trade […]
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Sun 22 March 2026: The Nowruz greeting Vladimir Putin sent to Iran’s leadership and people is little more than a seasonal postcard—politically meaningless in a time of war. The Kremlin announced that Putin had extended congratulations to Mojtaba Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian on the occasion of the Iranian New Year. But anyone familiar with […]
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Sun 22 March 2026: Judges have cleared the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, of all wrongdoing after an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct, Middle East Eye reports. A report by Middle East Eye published on Saturday said a panel of three judges submitted a confidential report to the court’s oversight body, […]
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Sun 22 March 2026: Tehran responds to Trump’s threat by saying all US energy infrastructure in the region will be targeted if Iran is attacked. United States President Donald Trump has threatened to attack Iran’s power plants if freedom of navigation is not fully restored at the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, a dramatic […]
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Sat 21 March 2026: The Trump administration is planning options to secure or extract Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, with discussions centring on deploying the elite Joint Special Operations Command for the mission, CBS News reported on Friday, citing multiple people briefed on the matter. No decision had been made, one source told CBS, and the timing […]
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