Iran Is Shooting at Some of the World’s Busiest Airports – WSJ

  1. Iran Is Shooting at Some of the World’s Busiest Airports  WSJ
  2. Military briefing: Iran’s new retaliation strategy  Financial Times
  3. Where Iran has retaliated across the Middle East, according to satellite images and videos  The Washington Post
  4. Emiratis say they downed 15 missiles, almost 150 Iranian drones today  The Times of Israel
  5. Iran Retaliates with Drone and Missile Strikes on Israel, Gulf Nations  Democracy Now!
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US-Israel war on Iran live: Trump says operation ‘moving along rapidly’ as death tolls rise across Middle East – The Guardian

  1. US-Israel war on Iran live: Trump says operation ‘moving along rapidly’ as death tolls rise across Middle East  The Guardian
  2. Israel renews attacks on Tehran as Iran vows to avenge supreme leader’s death - live updates  CNN
  3. US, Israel pound targets in Iran as Trump signals openness to talk to new leadership  AP News
  4. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 28, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  5. Opinion | An Unwise and Unconstitutional Attack on Iran  WSJ
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Trump says Iran leadership agrees to talks after US and Israel strike Tehran

‘They should have done it sooner, they waited too long,’ says Trump but he doesn’t say when talks would take place

Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s political leadership have agreed to talks, a day after the US and Israel began to target the country’s military and political infrastructure, killing the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several top officials.

“They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them,” Trump told a reporter for the Atlantic magazine on Sunday. “They should have done it sooner. They should have given what was very practical and easy to do sooner. They waited too long.”

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Suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker seized in North Sea

Belgian special forces boarded the Ethera, which was sailing under the flag of Guinea, on Saturday night

Belgium has seized an oil tanker believed to form part of the so-called “shadow fleet” used by Russia to circumvent western sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

Special forces assisted by French helicopters boarded the ship in a clandestine operation in the North Sea on Saturday night, Belgium’s defence minister, Theo Francken, said on Sunday.

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Missile debris, panic buying jolt Dubai’s aura of calm after Iran attack – Reuters

  1. Missile debris, panic buying jolt Dubai's aura of calm after Iran attack  Reuters
  2. New explosions heard in Dubai, plumes of smoke over port  CNN
  3. Glitzy Dubai Gets a Taste of Middle East War  WSJ
  4. Iran retaliates after U.S.–Israel strikes, triggering fallout across Middle East  Axios
  5. Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes Challenge Image of Gulf Stability  Time Magazine
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How US-Israel attacks on Iran threaten the Strait of Hormuz, oil markets – Al Jazeera

  1. How US-Israel attacks on Iran threaten the Strait of Hormuz, oil markets  Al Jazeera
  2. After Iran Attacks, Ship Traffic Plummets in Strait of Hormuz  The New York Times
  3. U.S. crude oil set to top $70 a barrel when trading begins on fears of Iran supply disruption  CNBC
  4. Iran's revolutionary guards tell ships passage through Strait of Hormuz 'not allowed', EU naval mission official says  Reuters
  5. Trump’s Iran strikes risk hitting American pocketbooks if they last  The Washington Post
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Afghanistan says it thwarted Pakistani airstrike on Bagram Air Base as fighting enters 4th day – AP News

  1. Afghanistan says it thwarted Pakistani airstrike on Bagram Air Base as fighting enters 4th day  AP News
  2. Why are Afghanistan and Pakistan fighting?  BBC
  3. Afghanistan fires at Pakistani jets over Kabul as conflict intensifies  NBC News
  4. Pakistani and Afghan forces clash as diplomatic efforts intensify  Reuters
  5. Has India’s influence in Afghanistan grown under the Taliban?  Al Jazeera
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Many of Trump’s own voters didn’t want to attack Iran. Now he has to win them over. – Politico

  1. Many of Trump’s own voters didn’t want to attack Iran. Now he has to win them over.  Politico
  2. Opinion | Trump’s Iran operation is the opposite of a ‘one and done’  The Washington Post
  3. Will Iranians Rise Up? Here Are the Odds.  Politico
  4. Trump Rolls the Iron Dice With Iran  The Atlantic
  5. After Khamenei: Planning for Iran’s Leadership Transition  Council on Foreign Relations
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