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US-Iran-Israel war LIVE updates | Eleven days since the United States and Israel launched a ‘pre-emptive’ attack on Iran and killed its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in subsequent air strikes on Mar 1, Iran has chosen its new Supreme Leader to lead the country. Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei, has been chosen to lead the country. While Trump has said that the new leader of Iran won't last long without his approval, Israel has threatened that he is the “target.” Israel and the US say that a peaceful transition from “terror regime” is their goal, while the Iranian leadership insists that they won't be initiating talks with the Americans. Both sides are relentlessly bombing each other, with Tehran bombing US assets in Gulf countries, and Israel expanding its offensive to target Hezbollah in Lebanon. Slamming Iran’s decision to retaliate against its regional neighbours a “very foolish, very stupid” move, the POTUS said that the war is "going to be ended soon". However, he did not set a date for the cessation of the hostilities.
Can the world expect peace in West Asia as a result of this war? What will be the ultimate outcome? All updates, analysis and developments on the ongoing situation as the Israel-US war on Iran continues:
Iran launched a new salvo of missiles on Tuesday at Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv and US targets in the region, the Revolutionary Guards said, as fighting between the foes showed no signs of letting up.
“I congratulate His Eminence Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on his assumption of the responsibilities of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I also reiterate deepest condolences and prayers on behalf of the people of Pakistan on the martyrdom of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other family members. I am confident that the new Supreme Leader would guide Iran towards peace, stability and prosperity, in the years ahead”, Shehbaz Sharif posted on X.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) will hold an emergency meeting to assess the global oil supply situation amid disruptions caused by the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
A UAE refinery that is one of the world's largest has halted operations as a "precaution" following a drone attack on the industrial complex housing the facility, a source familiar with the matter told AFP on Tuesday.
EU economy chief Valdis Dombrovskis said Tuesday the European Union did not support removing sanctions on Russian oil despite soaring energy prices.
Iran has pressed its attacks against Qatar's infrastructure, the Gulf state's foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, over a week after Iranian drone strikes forced a halt to Qatari gas production.
Bringing down the regime in Iran is in the hands of the Iranian people, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered different options to mediate and reduce tensions in the war. Speaking to reporters, spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to offer details on the specifics of the “considerations” that Putin raised on the call, but said these proposals are still on the table.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone call with US leader Donald Trump. According to Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov, the hour-long call held at the US initiative focused on the conflicts around Iran and in Ukraine, and the situation in Venezuela. The conversation was the first between Putin and Trump in more than two months, and their first publicly reported phone call since the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
Saudi Aramco CEO has said that it is 'absolutely critical' that oil shipping resumes in Strait of Hormuz
Iran's UN Ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, has condemned the US-Israeli "war of aggression" for creating a grave situation for civilians. Tehran has urged the Security Council to take urgent measures to halt the ongoing military campaign.
Iran's general prosecutor office said that women's soccer team is invited back to homeland ‘with peace and confidence’, Judiciary news outlet said
South Lebanon's Tyre has been hit by strike after Israeli army warning
Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority announced the extension of the closure of the country’s airspace for 72 hours. "The temporary precautionary measure started at noon (09:00 GMT) today and will last until the same time on Friday. This decision is based on the ongoing assessment of the security situation and regional developments, and it will be reviewed in light of any new updates,” the authority added.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the future of Iran's current political leadership ultimately rests in the hands of the Iranian people, asserting that any change in the regime would depend on their willingness to challenge what he described as oppressive rule.
Qatar strongly condemns attack targeting UAE consulate-general in Iraqi Kurdistan
Karnataka’s Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri seeking urgent intervention to address the disruption in supply of commercial LPG to hotels and restaurants in Bengaluru.
Amid raging war in West Asia and a possible oil and energy crisis, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri are holding a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Sirens sounded in Jerusalem and central Israel on Tuesday, after the military warned of incoming missiles from Iran on the 11th day of the US-Israeli strike
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was inflicting heavy pressure on Iran's Islamic Republic, saying actions taken so far were "breaking their bones."
"There is no doubt that through the actions taken so far we are breaking their bones - and our arm is still outstretched," Netanyahu said during a visit late on Monday to Israel's National Health Emergency Operations Center.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran's parliament, said on Tuesday (March 10) that Tehran was not seeking a ceasefire in the war. "We are certainly not seeking a ceasefire. We believe the aggressor must be struck so it learns a lesson and never again thinks of attacking Iran," Ghalibaf wrote on X.
Iraq’s PM al-Sudani has told US Secretary of State Rubio that Iraq should not be used as a launch pad for attacks in the West Asia war
Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense agency said that a drone has fallen on a residential site in the city of Az Zulfi in the Riyadh province. No injuries reported.
Figures released by the Israeli Ministry of Health and published by the Times of Israel reveal that a total of 191 individuals sustained injuries over the last 24 hours amid the continuing hostilities with Iran
In a post on X, IDF wrote, "The IDF conducted an additional wave of airstrikes targeting assets and storage facilities of the Hezbollah affiliated Al-Quard Al-Hassan Association in Lebanon, used to finance the purchasing of weapons and terrorist salaries, as part of ongoing efforts to further degrade Hezbollah's military capabilities."
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed responsibility for a missile strike on a United States military installation in northern Iraq, according to reports from Al Jazeera
Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi has told PBS News, “They promised us that they don’t have any intention to attack us, and they wanted to resolve Iran’s nuclear question peacefully and find a negotiated solution. Still, they decided to attack us.I don’t think the question of talking with the Americans … once again would be on the table.”
An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said that Tehran has refused requests for a ceasefire from countries including China, France and Russia. "At the moment, we hold the upper hand,” Kazem Gharibabadi told Iranian state television late Monday night.
Amid raging war in West Asia, Ankara has said that it is deploying Patriot defences in central Turkey after latest Iran missile
Four fighters from the Tehran-backed Kataeb Imam Ali group were killed on Tuesday in air strikes blamed on the US in northern Iraq, the armed faction announced.
The group said its fighters were killed in an "American aggression" on their position in the Debs district in Kirkuk province.
Iran's foreign minister says negotiations with US 'no longer on the agenda'
Iran's foreign minister said Tuesday (March 10) his country was prepared to continue attacks for as long as necessary and ruled out talks after President Donald Trump said the war with Iran would be over "very soon".
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told US broadcaster PBS News that his country was prepared to continue missile attacks and that negotiations with the United States were no longer on the agenda.
Israeli strikes hit southern and eastern Lebanon overnight, state media reported on Tuesday, as Israel targets Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
"Enemy warplanes launched strikes overnight on the towns of Almajadel, Shaqra, and Srifa," the National News Agency (NNA) reported, adding strikes had also taken place in the Bekaa Valley.
The United Arab Emirates said it was intercepting a drone and missile attack from Iran on Tuesday. "UAE air defences are currently responding to incoming missile and drone threats from Iran," the defence ministry posted on X.
China's exports to the United States fell 11.0 percent in the first two months of the year, official data showed on Tuesday, hit by the blistering tariffs launched by President Donald Trump.
Shipments to the United States totalled $67.24 billion in January and February, China's General Administration of Customs figures showed, compared with $75.56 billion in the same period last year.
Syria said Iran-backed Hezbollah had fired artillery shells into its territory from Lebanon overnight, state media reported on Tuesday (March 10), amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese movement.
Syrian army officials said artillery shells fired from Lebanon landed near the town of Serghaya, west of Damascus, the state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday.
In early March, China asked key refiners to suspend exports of diesel and gasoline.
Global shipping company MSC announced it was formally halting certain export shipments from the Gulf due to the war and that "all affected cargo will be discharged".
Several ships anchored in the Gulf or transiting the Strait of Hormuz are changing their tracking data to claim links to China in an attempt to evade Iranian attacks, according to data from shipping tracker MarineTraffic analysed by news agency AFP.
- Asian stocks rebound
Stock markets in South Korea and Japan rose sharply in early trade on Tuesday. South Korea's benchmark Kospi rebounded more than five percent, and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo jumped more than three percent before falling back slightly.
- US to roll back oil sanctions
Trump announced on Monday that he will waive some sanctions on oil due to the market turmoil. "We're also waiving certain oil-related sanctions to reduce prices," Trump told reporters after his administration previously signaled it would roll back sanctions on oil exports from Russia.
- Oil prices fall
Comments from President Donald Trump declaring the Middle East war "pretty much" over sent oil prices down, and pushed US stocks skyward. Both the US crude oil benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude fell more than 10 percent, with WTI down to $85.29 per barrel and Brent at $88.95 at around 0230 GMT.
Oil prices tanked and equities rallied on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) following a wild day of swings that came after Donald Trump said the U.S.-Israel war on Iran would be ending earlier than thought. As the crisis in the crude-rich West Asia continued into a second week, with seemingly little sign of a conclusion on the horizon, the US president said that the campaign was far ahead of his initial timeline of around a month.
Five players from Iran's visiting women's football team claimed asylum in Australia on Tuesday (March 10), seeking protection after they were branded "traitors" at home for refusing to sing the national anthem. Iranian players fell silent as the anthem played ahead of a tournament match in Australia last week, an act seen as a symbol of defiance against the Islamic Republic.
The Middle East war has unleashed a torrent of AI-driven disinformation. Beyond entirely fabricated visuals, another kind of content is spreading: authentic images "enhanced" in ways that experts say are subtly distorting perceptions of what's happening on the ground.
President Emmanuel Macron said France and its allies were preparing a "defensive" mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as the war entered its second week.
Nikkei Asia reports that civil servants in the Philippines are now working four days a week as the nation, a net fuel importer, aims to decrease energy consumption with oil prices reaching multi-year highs because of the war in West Asia.
Comments from President Donald Trump declaring the Middle East war "pretty much" over sent oil prices down, and pushed US stocks skyward.
- Both the US crude oil benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude fell more than 10 percent, with WTI down to $85.29 per barrel and Brent at $88.95 at around 0230 GMT.
- Meanwhile, all three major US stock indices moved suddenly higher with the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishing 0.5 percent up at 47,740.80, a swing of 1,125 points from earlier in the day.
Petrol and diesel prices in India are unlikely to increase unless global crude oil prices cross the $130 per barrel mark, suggest reports citing government sources. According to an ANI report, officials on Monday (Mar 9) said that India currently has sufficient fuel supplies, but cautioned that petrol and diesel prices may be hiked if the price of crude oil crosses the USD 130 per barrel mark.
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The United States struck more than 5,000 targets during the first 10 days of the Iran war, the US military said on Monday.
Among the targets were more than 50 Iranian vessels, US Central Command -- which is responsible for American forces in the region -- said in a fact sheet.
Other targets include air defense systems, ballistic missile sites, missile and drone manufacturing, and military communications, the military command said.
Syria said Iran-backed Hezbollah had fired artillery shells into its territory from Lebanon overnight, state media reported on Tuesday, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanese Shia movement.
Syrian army officials said artillery shells fired from Lebanon landed near the town of Serghaya, west of Damascus, the state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday.
The army accused Hezbollah of targeting Syrian army positions, telling the news agency it observed Hezbollah reinforcements at the Syrian-Lebanese border. "The Syrian Arab Army will not tolerate any aggression targeting Syria," the army said in a statement to SANA.
US Vice President JD Vance on Monday attended the dignified transfer ceremony for US Army Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, the seventh soldier killed in the Middle East war. Vance, who declined to answer questions from the press, was joined by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Dover Air Force Base in the eastern state of Delaware.
US Army Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, 26, died March 8 from injuries sustained in a March 1 strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. Pennington's hometown was Glendale, Kentucky, and he was assigned to the 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade out of Fort Carson, CO.
During the ceremony, uniformed soldiers silently carried a flag-draped coffin from a C-17 aircraft to a transfer vehicle while Vance, Hegseth and Caine saluted.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday (Mar 10) announced that it will grant certain countries unrestricted passage through the Strait of Hormuz, but that this safe passage will be conditional. The IRGC said that only those Arab or European nations that expel Israeli and American ambassadors from their territory will be granted the right to transit through the strategic waterway, which accounts for roughly 20 per cent of the global oil supply passing through it daily.
US President Donald Trump said Monday that he will waive some sanctions on oil due to market turmoil over his attack with Israel on Iran.
"We're also waiving certain oil-related sanctions to reduce prices," Trump told reporters after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and as he mentioned Chinese President Xi Jinping.
"We're going to take those sanctions off till this straightens out."
The United States is investigating a deadly strike on a school in the opening days of the US-Israeli war on Iran, President Donald Trump said on Monday.
"That's being investigated right now," Trump said of the strike on an elementary school in the southern city of Minab, which Iran said killed more than 150 people.
"Whatever the report shows, I'm willing to live with that report," Trump said, adding he did not "know enough about" the strike while also suggesting Iran may have used a Tomahawk missile -- a weapon it does not possess -- to hit the school itself.
Bahrain's interior ministry said early Tuesday that an Iranian attack on a residential area in the capital, Manama, killed one person and injured others.
"Initial reports indicate one person died and others were injured in a blatant Iranian attack targeting a residential building in the capital," the ministry said.
South Korea's benchmark Kospi index rose sharply in early trade Tuesday, rebounding more than five percent after a drop in oil prices.
Japan's Nikkei also jumped more than three percent, recovering after a sharp drop the previous day.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they would "determine the end of the war" in the Middle East after US President Donald Trump said the conflict would end "soon".
"It is we who will determine the end of the war," the Guards said in a statement.
"The equations and future status of the region are now in the hands of our armed forces; American forces will not end the war," the statement added.