Madagascar military leader sacks cabinet in surprise move
Col Randrianirina, who seized power last year, did not give a reason for dissolving his government.
Iran Offers Hormuz Passage in Exchange for Diplomat Expulsions – WSJ
- Iran Offers Hormuz Passage in Exchange for Diplomat Expulsions WSJ
- Oil tankers transiting Strait of Hormuz 'must be very careful,' Iran Foreign Ministry warns CNBC
- Iran’s Real ‘Nuclear Option’ Isn’t A Bomb—It’s The Strait Of Hormuz Forbes
- Iran’s Navy Is Weakened but U.S. Still Faces Challenges in Strait of Hormuz The New York Times
- Why the Strait of Hormuz is so difficult to defend Axios
China exports surge despite Trump tariffs
Official data shows shipments rose by 20% this year with growth in European and other Asia markets.
U.S. orders more diplomats to leave Middle East – The Washington Post
- U.S. orders more diplomats to leave Middle East The Washington Post
- U.S. orders staff to leave Saudi Arabia as war spreads; Iran rules out immediate ceasefire CNBC
- Security Alert: March 9 Update 2 U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Saudi Arabia (.gov)
- US orders government employees to leave Saudi Arabia – as it happened The Guardian
- State Dept. Said to Order Diplomats in Saudi Arabia to Leave The New York Times
Trump claims Iran planned to ‘take over Middle East’ before US attacked
US President Donald Trump cites “information and belief” for his claim that Iran would have taken over the Middle East.
Two men charged with terror offences after homemade bomb thrown outside NYC mayor’s home
The city's police commissioner said one of the suspects said he wanted the attack to be "even larger" than the Boston Marathon bombing.
Trump says some sanctions to be lifted on oil producers amid Iran war
Crude oil prices plunge below $90 a barrel following an earlier surge to almost $120 in price swing over 24 hours.
New Zealand Covid response among world’s best but ‘scars’ remain, inquiry finds
Royal commission says response led by Jacinda Ardern was broadly ‘appropriate’, in a wide-ranging report featuring recommendations for future pandemics
A royal commission into New Zealand’s Covid response has found it was one of the best in the world but acknowledged the period had left “scars”.
The second of two inquiry reports on the pandemic was released on Tuesday and focused on the period between February 2021 to October 2022, when the government changed from an elimination strategy to one of suppression and minimisation of the virus. It also examined vaccine safety and the government’s immunisation programme, lockdowns and tracing and testing technology.
Continue reading...Mixed messages from Trump leave more questions than answers over war’s end
The US president has tried to soothe nerves over oil and markets, but his comments still lack clarity, writes Anthony Zurcher.
Mixed messages from Trump leave more questions than answers over war’s end
The US president has tried to soothe nerves over oil and markets, but his comments still lack clarity, writes Anthony Zurcher.
Iran says no future negotiations with US after ‘bitter experience’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told PBS News that talking or negotiating with the US is no longer on the agenda.
Trump threatens to hit Iran harder if it blocks energy supplies
US President Donald Trump threatened to escalate attacks on Iran if it disrupted global oil supplies.
Trump’s Iran war will reinforce North Korea’s view that nuclear weapons are the only path to security
As speculation mounts that Kim Jong-un and Trump could meet this month, analysts say Pyongyang will continue to see nuclear weapons as a matter of survival
North Korea’s launch last week of a missile from a naval destroyer elicited an uncharacteristically prosaic analysis from the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un. The launch was proof, he said, that arming ships with nuclear weapons was “making satisfactory progress”.
But the test, and Kim’s mildly upbeat appraisal, were designed to reverberate well beyond the deck of the 5,000-tonne destroyer-class vessel the Choe Hyon – the biggest warship in the North Korean fleet.
Continue reading...High-profile US real estate brothers convicted in sex trafficking case
Prosecutors accused the brothers of using their wealth to lure women to parties and luxury homes, then taking advantage of them.
Trump claims Iran or ‘somebody else’ could have carried out deadly school strike
President makes evidence-free claim despite video showing US Tomahawk missile hit naval base next to school
As oil prices surged amid the widening war with Iran, Donald Trump suggested, without evidence, on Monday that the strike on an Iranian elementary school could have been carried out by Iran or “somebody else”.
During back-to-back appearances in Florida, Trump was asked whether the US would accept responsibility for a strike that hit the school and killed scores of people, many of them children, after video evidence showed a US Tomahawk struck the naval base next to it.
Continue reading...Iran war may end ‘pretty quickly’: What Trump told Republicans
US president highlighted what he described as the successes of Operation Epic Fury against Iran in his latest speech.
‘No middle ground’: Israelis back Iran war, despite taking mounting hits
Most Israelis back war, a poll suggests, as genocidal rhetoric returns, and opponents face threats and violence.
Faisal Islam: Trump comments may have eased oil price surge, but havoc remains
It has been the most volatile day of oil trading in world history, and there is much still to play out.
Iraq war’s aftermath was a disaster for the US – the Iran war is headed in the same direction – The Conversation
- Iraq war’s aftermath was a disaster for the US – the Iran war is headed in the same direction The Conversation
- Clinging to WWII Analogies in Iran War Is Folly Cato Institute
- Iran and the perils of fighting the last war Engelsberg Ideas
- Is Iran another Iraq? : Sources & Methods NPR
- Opinion | George W. Trump Goes to War The New York Times
Iranians rally to welcome Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader
Some Iranians took to the streets of downtown Tehran to show their support for Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader.