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Two Hezbollah Missiles Hit Central Israel

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HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS take part in a military exercise during a media tour organized for the occasion of Resistance and Liberation Day, in Aaramta, Lebanon, last month. (photo credit: AZIZ TAHER/REUTERS) The  IDF  said on Tuesday that an atypical technical failure led to two Hezbollah missiles hitting central Israel on Monday, with interceptors missing their marks and without even a warning siren. One of the missiles struck Ramle, and the second hit an open area in the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council, lightly wounding a bunch of civilians. The IDF also said that the technical failure did not occur because of some new kind of Iranian technology, but rather the missiles fired were weapons the IDF is acquainted with.

IDF Destroys Basij Forces Infrastructure in Iran

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Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 10, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR) A supertanker with two million barrels of Iranian oil onboard sailed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past day, adding to at least five other vessels shipping oil to Asia since February 28, data from ship trackers showed on Tuesday. Analysis from Lloyd’s List Intelligence and Kpler showed the Guyana-flagged Cuma, which is on a US sanctions list, sailed through the strait on March 9 with a destination listed as China. Iran has also sent gas and oil product cargoes through the critical waterway in recent days since the US-Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28. At least 11 million barrels of crude, apart from the latest shipment, have left Iran since then, according to estimates. Additionally, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said on Tuesday the US Na...

Australia grants asylum to five Iranian female soccer players after anthem protest

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Putin pledges ‘Unwavering Support’ to Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei

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(Background) Russia’s President Vladimir Putin speaks at the annual expanded meeting of the Board of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow on March 4, 2026. (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) /(R) Mojtaba Khamenei on December 14; 2016. (Photo by Reza B / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images) Russian President Vladimir Putin formally extended his “unwavering support” to Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, signaling a deepening of the Moscow-Tehran alliance. The Kremlin announced the sentiment on Monday, just hours after the Iranian “Assembly of Experts” officially named  Mojtaba , 56, to succeed his deceased father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a telegram addressed to the younger Khamenei, Putin characterized the transition as occurring during a period of “armed aggression” against Iran. “At a time when Iran is confronting armed aggression, your tenure in this high position will undoubtedly require great courage and...

Trump, Vance honor 6 U.S. Service Members killed in Kuwait attack with dignified transfer

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(L/R) White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, US President Donald Trump, special envoy Steve Witkoff, First Lady Melania Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi lookon as members of a US Army team carry a flagged-drapped transfer case containing the remains of one of six US soldiers during a dignified transfer solemn event at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Delaware, on March 7, 2026. Six US Army soldiers were killed March 1 when an Iranian drone struck a key US command center in Kuwait’s southern industrial hub of Port Shuaiba, a day after the United States and Israel launched a sweeping military campaign against Iran. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images) President Donald Trump, along with Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and First Lady Melania Trump attended the dignified transfer for the six U.S. soldiers who were killed in Kuwait. On Saturday in Dover, Delaware, the president attended a solemn ceremony as their remains were returned to U.S. soil. There was...

Pentagon identifies seventh soldier killed since commencement of Operation Epic Fury

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Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, died after an attack at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.(U.S. Army) The United States Department of War has identified a seventh soldier who has died since the commencement of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-led military campaign targeting Iran to dismantle its security infrastructure, including command centers, air defenses and naval assets. On Sunday, Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky, reportedly  died from injuries  he sustained during an enemy attack on March 1, 2026, at the Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. Pennington had been assigned to 1 st  Space Battalion, 1 st  Space Brigade, at Fort Carson, Colorado. He enlisted in the Army as a 92Y, unit supply specialist, in 2017.  During his time in service, he received multiple awards — including three Army Commendation Medals and a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. The Army’s Space Brigade, which is stationed across six countries aroun...

US Makes Plans to Bring Down New Iran Supreme Leader

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   (L) TEHRAN, IRAN – demonstrator holds a picture of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) / (R-top) Demonstrators hold pictures of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) / (R-bottom) posters of a picture of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) In a move that has since triggered a sharp rebuke from the White House, Iran’s “Assembly of Experts” officially named Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s third Supreme Leader on Sunday. The appointment follows the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike, via Operation Epic Fury, on February 28 th . The appointment of 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei represents a profound and deeply controversial shift for the Islamic Republic, whose 1979 Revolution was explicitly founded on the rejection of hereditary monarchy and dynastic rule. The revol...