Washington (United States) (AFP) – President Donald Trump rates the US performance in the war with Iran as a 15 on a scale of 10. The conflict sparked Saturday with US-Israeli attacks on Iran that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rapidly escalated, engulfing the region and drawing in global powers, and snarling shipping and energy markets.
Tel Aviv (AFP) – The Israeli military says that its campaign of strikes on Iran has already “shaken” the country’s clerical leadership, adding that it is continuing to “deepen the damage”. The conflict sparked Saturday with US-Israeli attacks on Iran that killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rapidly escalated, engulfing the region and drawing in global powers, and snarling shipping and energy markets.
Galle (Sri Lanka) (AFP) – Iranian sailors are treated in a hospital in southern Sri Lanka after a US Navy submarine strike on an Iranian warship killed at least 87 people. The Iranian Foreign Ministry has warned the US will regret the attack.
Caracas (AFP) – US mining companies are lining up to invest in Venezuela, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says during a visit to Caracas, where he met interim president Delcy Rodriguez, as he pushes for greater access to critical minerals.
Kathmandu (AFP) – Millions of Nepalis vote for a new parliament, choosing who will replaces an interim government in place since protests in September, which left at least 77 people dead and ousted the former prime minister.
Kathmandu (AFP) – Millions of Nepalis vote for a new parliament, choosing who will replaces an interim government in place since protests in September, which left at least 77 people dead and ousted the former prime minister.
Caracas (AFP) – Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez meets with US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and other representatives from both countries at Miraflores palace, in Caracas. IMAGES
Maiquetía (Venezuela) (AFP) – US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum arrives in Venezuela to meet with interim president Delcy Rodriguez, with an agenda that includes talks on the mining sector, according to the US embassy. IMAGES
Yangon (Myanmar) (AFP) – Energy prices surge around the world, sending stocks tumbling and the dollar rising as investors worry about inflation and the inability of central banks to help with interest rate cuts. The US and Israeli attacks on Iran and its retaliation across the region have upended regional energy flows, with the crucial Strait of Hormuz — through which about a fifth of global oil transits — effectively closed off.
Madrid (AFP) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses US President Donald Trump’s criticism of Spain for refusing to let the US use its bases to attack Iran. “We will not be complicit in something that is bad for the world… out of fear of retaliation,” he says. “The Spanish Government’s position can be summed up in three words: no to war.”
Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) – Buildings lie in ruin and wounded guests of a stricken hotel receive treatment in the lobby after fresh Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel expanded its air strikes in Lebanon on March 4, targeting the area around the presidential palace near Beirut and other areas south of the capital as well as strongholds of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, killing at least 11 people.
Tehran (AFP) – A police station in central Tehran lies in ruins after it was struck on March 2. Israel’s military hit Iran with fresh strikes and marched into Lebanon on the Middle East war’s fifth day.
