Monday 9^th March 2026

A second Iranian missile in Southeast Türkiye is shot down in what is the second incident of its kind in the past week. (Türkiye Today)

France is preparing to escort ships in the Strait of Hormuz when the war calms, says Macron. (Al Jazeera)

Islamist militants kill 15 in coordinated raids across northeast Nigeria. (Reuters)

Bangladesh shuts universities early to save power amid an energy crisis linked to the conflict in the Middle East. (Reuters)

Kenya says the death toll from floods nearly doubles to 42. (Reuters)

Azerbaijan reopens Iran border to cargo traffic after drone incident. (Reuters)

Tuesday 10^th March

UAE oil giant ADNOC shuts Ruwais refinery after drone strike. (Reuters)

Iran begins laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. (CNN)

HMS Dragon is the Royal Navy’s ship that departs the UK for deployment near Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean. (BBC News)

Thailand orders bureaucrats to use stairs and work from home in energy-saving drive. (Reuters)

Five Iranian women’s football players granted humanitarian visas in Australia. (Reuters)

Shots were fired at the U.S. consulate in Toronto with no suspects or motive identified. (CBS News)

Wednesday 11^th March

Thailand says 3 crew missing after ship hit by projectiles in Strait of Hormuz. (Reuters)

Oman works to contain fire at Salalah port after drone strike. (Reuters)

Seven people have been killed and another 23 injured after an Israeli strike on Temnine Et Tahta, Lebanon. (BBC News)

Drone strike kills a UN aid worker in the eastern Congo city of Goma. (AP)

The International Energy Agency agrees to release 400 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves. (Al Jazeera)

Thursday 12^th March

Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, issues his first public statement since the election. (BBC News)

Bahrain says firefighters contain blaze after Iranian strikes on fuel tanks. (Qatar News Agency)

Drone attack wounds at least six French soldiers at a base in Iraq’s Makhmour, Erbil. (Reuters)

Landslides in southern Ethiopia leave at least 50 people dead and 125 missing. (AP)

All six crew members were killed after a US refuelling plane crashed in Iraq. (BBC News)

Brazil’s top court bars Trump adviser from visiting Bolsonaro in prison. (Reuters)

Nineteen jailed over deadly Moscow concert attack. (BBC News)

The perpetrator killed, and 31 others were injured in a shooting at the Temple Israel synagogue in Michigan. (CNN)

Polish president vetoes EU defence loan bill. (Reuters)

Friday 13^th March

Iran denies involvement as a third Iranian missile is intercepted in Turkish airspace. (Türkiye Today)

58 people were wounded after a ballistic missile struck the north of Israel. (The Jerusalem Post)

The US bombed Iran’s Kharg Island, threatening a major oil lifeline for the world and the Iranian regime. (ABS CBN)

The US Marine Expeditionary Unit will deploy 5,000 units to the Persian Gulf. (The Wall Street Journal)

Saturday 14^th March

Five US Air Force refuelling planes were hit in Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia. (The Wall Street Journal)

Donald Trump calls for the countries allied to the US to help lift the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. (BBC News)

UAE’s Fujairah stops some oil loading operations after drone attack. (Reuters)

Six killed in Russian air attacks on Ukraine. (Reuters)

Sunday 15^th March

Israeli forces kill Palestinian couple and two of their children in occupied West Bank. (BBC News)

Severe flooding kills 66 in Kenya as heavy rains continue. (BBC News)