March 13Mar 13 “All six crew members killed after US refuelling plane crashes in Iraq”Excerpt From“All six crew members killed after US refuelling plane crashes in Iraq”BBC NewsAll six crew members killed after US refuelling plane cra...The US Central Command says all six crew members died after a refuelling aircraft went down over western Iraq.
March 14Mar 14 Author President Trump said the U.S. military conducted a large bombing raid on Iran’s key oil export hub on Friday night, following a steep climb in oil prices caused by Iran’s effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a portal for one-fifth of the world’s oil supply.Mr. Trump said he had directed the Pentagon to “totally obliterate” military forces at the hub, Kharg Island, but had told the U.S. military not to damage its oil infrastructure “for reasons of decency.”Julie Walton Shaver/The New York TimesOil prices have risen by more than 40 percent since the United States and Israel started the war with Iran almost two weeks ago — with the world’s benchmark for oil finishing the day above $103 a barrel on Friday, the highest end-of-day level since 2022 — despite efforts by Western officials to reassure markets that they are taking steps to prop up supplies and reopen the strait.Traffic through the strait remained all but halted because of Iranian threats, and there was no sign yet that the United States and its allies were about to use warships to escort tankers safely through, an idea they have publicly discussed since last week. Wealthy nations have promised to release some of their oil reserves, but neither that nor the talk of escorts has kept the price down.The United States is sending an additional 2,500 Marines aboard as many as three warships to the Middle East, officials said, to join about 50,000 troops already amassed in the region. It was unclear how the new deployment would be used.The Trump administration appears to have been unprepared for an oil shock, or for Iran to use the choke point of the strait as leverage, though it has done so in the past. Mr. Trump has said repeatedly that the problem would be temporary, while suggesting that the war will end soon.Mr. Trump on Friday tempered his call for Iranians to rise up against their rulers, acknowledging that they would be gunned down for trying. He has vacillated between calling for the overthrow of Iran’s theocratic government and indicating that he was prepared to accept — as he did in Venezuela — new leadership from within that regime, as long as it complied with U.S. demands. But on Feb. 28, when he announced the start of the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, he said that when it was done, the Iranian people should seize power, and “it will be yours to take.”But there are government forces in Iran that “go around with machine guns,” Mr. Trump said on Friday in an interview with Fox radio. “And they say, ‘Anybody protests, we’re going to kill you in the street,’” he added. “So I really think that’s a big hurdle to climb for people that don’t have weapons.”Earlier this year, huge crowds of Iranians joined demonstrations demanding a change of government, and met with brutal repression, as government forces killed thousands of protesters and jailed thousands more.Here’s what else we are covering:U.S. jet crash: All six crew members died in the crash of a U.S. aerial refueling tanker, the military said, raising the number of American service members killed in the war to at least 13. U.S. Central Command said the crash of the KC-135 jet in Iraq was under investigation, but that it was not caused by either hostile or friendly fire. Read more ›School strike: Mr. Hegseth said Centcom, the branch of the U.S. military responsible for the Middle East, had appointed an officer from outside its ranks to investigate a deadly strike on an Iranian elementary school on Feb. 28. But he declined to comment on reports that a preliminary investigation had determined that the United States was responsible.Khamenei wounded: Mr. Khamenei, who succeeded his father as supreme leader, was “wounded and likely disfigured,” Mr. Hegseth said. The Times reported on Wednesday that Iranian and Israeli officials believed Mr. Khamenei had been injured on the first day of the Israeli-American attack against Iran.Quds Day rally: Thousands of people were out in Tehran on Friday for a rally marking Quds Day, held annually by the Iranian government against Israel. People chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America,” and burned the Israeli flag. The rally was seen in part as an effort by loyalists of Iran’s clerical leadership to demonstrate their continued support.Death toll: More than 1,348 civilians in Iran have been killed since the start of the war, Iran’s representative to the United Nations told the Security Council on Wednesday, the latest figure the country has provided. In Lebanon, officials said that nearly 800 people had been killed and over 2,000 others injured.
March 14Mar 14 Author Day 15...Iran on Saturday rebuffed President Trump’s threats to potentially bomb Iranian oil infrastructure unless Iranian forces ceased menacing ships in the Strait of Hormuz, saying that the critical waterway was under its full control and that “any attempt to move or transit will be targeted.”The defiant statement came a few hours after an Iran-backed militia said it had hit the American Embassy in Iraq late Friday night, and after the United States bombed military installations on Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub.Mr. Trump said he had ordered the military to spare the island’s energy infrastructure for now, but that he could “wipe out” the terminal if Iran continued to block the Strait of Hormuz. But on Saturday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps made clear that they did not intend to give up control of the strait.The powerful Iranian military force said in a statement carried by Iranian media that it would not allow any “oil tankers or commercial ships” belonging to “aggressors and their allies” to pass through the area, a funnel for about one-fifth of the world’s oil shipments.Also on Saturday, Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia group in Iraq, said it had fired on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, the second time the U.S. mission there has been attacked in as many weeks. Two Iraqi security officials who were not authorized to speak publicly confirmed the attack but could not give additional details.A video captured near the embassy and verified by The New York Times shows a structure on the roof on fire. U.S. officials did not immediately comment.As the war entered its third week on Saturday, more than 2,000 people have been killed, the vast majority of them in Iran and Lebanon. Millions of people have been displaced in countries across the Middle East, according to the United Nations agency for refugees.The Trump administration has struggled to sell the war with Iran to a skeptical American public, including Mr. Trump’s own right-wing supporters. His advisers appear to have miscalculated how severely Iranian retaliation could disrupt global energy markets.In part as a result of the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices have risen by more than 40 percent, defying efforts to calm markets. On Saturday, U.S. gasoline prices jumped again, to a national average of $3.68 a gallon, according to the AAA motor club, an increase of 23.5 percent since the war began.Since the war began, the United States and Israel have struck over 15,000 targets in Iran, according to the Pentagon. In the Iranian capital of Tehran, the streets are often empty in the daytime and security forces deploy at night, deterring potential demonstrators, one city resident said.In the morning, he said, he wakes up to the sound of explosions. He spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid government reprisals.Here’s what else we are covering:Bombardments: Israel’s military bombarded the Iranian capital of Tehran on Saturday and the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, while Hezbollah, the Iran-backed armed group, fired rockets and drones into Israeli territory.Marine deployment: The United States is sending 2,500 Marines aboard as many as three warships to the Middle East, officials said, to join about 50,000 troops already amassed in the region. It was unclear how the new deployment would be used. Read more ›Death toll: More than 1,348 civilians in Iran have been killed since the start of the war, Iran’s representative to the United Nations told the Security Council on Wednesday, the latest figure the country has provided. In Lebanon, officials said that nearly 800 people had been killed and over 2,000 others injured.Attacks on the Gulf: Officials in several Persian Gulf nations reported a wave of aerial attacks overnight as Iran continued to retaliate across the region. In Dubai, debris from an intercepted projectile struck the facade of a building, the city’s authorities said. Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry said it had intercepted 11 drones, while in Bahrain, the interior ministry sounded sirens and urged residents to seek shelter.
March 14Mar 14 7 minutes ago, dasaribro said:attack on oil infra...is a dangerous move...Maro dasa ki cherindiii, @Android_Halwa enti matter inka ennellu
March 14Mar 14 44 minutes ago, karna11 said:Maro dasa ki cherindiii, @Android_Halwa enti matter inka ennelluLambi chalne waali hain…Inka chala vundi tagalapettanika….oil storage okate kottinaru, next oil wells, pipelines, ports…Atarvata splinter and fraxy groups tho kalisi oka few years war…
March 14Mar 14 Author 1 hour ago, kevinUsa said:Get ready for 10$$ Gallon gasUS gas prices climbed to an average of $3.68 a gallon on Saturday, according to AAA, a 23% increase since the war in Iran began on February 28.On Friday, Brent futures jumped 2.67%, closing at $103.14 per barrel, while US crude oil gained 3.11% to close at $98.71 per barrel. Oil prices historically move a few days ahead of gas prices, meaning gas prices are expected to increase.The rise in fuel prices has been triggered by Iran effectively cutting off oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway which 20% of the world’s crude oil passes through.Diesel prices averaged $4.85 per gallon this week, up from $3.71 during the week leading up to the initial strikes on Iran, according to the Energy Information Administration. That jump in diesel prices could trigger higher shipping costs for companies like FedEx, which imposes a surcharge when diesel hits at least $3.55 a gallon.Some context: The war in Iran can have a big impact on the US economy. US food prices can increase due to higher shipping costs and with essential fertilizer ingredients being impacted by transit through the Strait of Hormuz. Airfare prices have surged due to the increased price of jet fuel.
March 15Mar 15 Author The F.C.C. chair threatened to revoke broadcasters’ licenses over their war coverage.ImageBrendan Carr in Washington in January.Credit...Eric Lee for The New York TimesBrendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, threatened on Saturday to revoke broadcasters’ licenses over their coverage of the war with Iran, his latest move in a campaign to stomp out what he sees as liberal bias in broadcasts.As the war entered its third week, Mr. Carr accused broadcasters of “running hoaxes and news distortions” in a social media post and warned them to “correct course before their license renewals come up.”“Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not,” he said.Mr. Carr shared a Truth Social post by President Trump that criticized the news media for its coverage of the war with Iran. Mr. Trump referred to a story published by The Wall Street Journal that reported five American refueling planes had been struck in Saudi Arabia, claiming its headline was “intentionally misleading.” He accused the news media of wanting the United States to lose the war.Dow Jones & Company, which publishes The Wall Street Journal, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a similar vein, delivered a lengthy complaint about CNN’s coverage of the war in the Middle East during a news conference Friday, saying that he looked forward to the news network being controlled by the billionaire David Ellison.Mr. Ellison, who has a friendly relationship with Mr. Trump, is the owner of Paramount Skydance, which is seeking to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery for $111 billion. That deal, if it closes, will bring CNN under Mr. Ellison’s purview. He is best known in the journalism world for shaking up leadership at CBS News, where he has installed more conservative journalists.Mr. Carr’s comments on Saturday follow a pattern he has charted, which critics say is dangerous and positions him as a national censor. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was temporarily pulled off the air after Mr. Carr took issue with some of the ABC host’s comments, and Mr. Carr has suggested the F.C.C. should investigate the network’s daytime talk show “The View” over its political content. And in February, Stephen Colbert blasted Mr. Carr and said that his network, CBS, had barred him from airing an interview with a Democratic candidate in a U.S. Senate race because of new guidance by the F.C.C. about equal airtime for political candidates.The Trump administration’s messaging against the news media comes as polls show it faces low public support for the war and it tries to thwart Iran’s efforts to block a vital oil route amid skyrocketing global oil prices.
March 15Mar 15 6 hours ago, dasaribro said:attack on oil infra...is a dangerous move...aww Kaka... Thatha Nuke estada leda ani poll pedadama...
March 15Mar 15 Author 21 minutes ago, ChettaVedava said:aww Kaka... Thatha Nuke estada leda ani poll pedadama...attacking on oil trasnport is different...but attacking on oil infra is a kill switch...if oil infra got impacted...it will effect the oil production...now if iran also attacks key middle east oil infra...then it will leads to oil production issues...
March 15Mar 15 Author day 16..Fears about the global economic fallout from the war in Iran grew on Sunday as the U.S. energy secretary acknowledged in a televised interview that there were “no guarantees” that oil prices would fall in the coming weeks. A day after President Trump called on other countries to send warships to the region to end the de facto Iranian blockade of the economically vital Strait of Hormuz, foreign governments responded with caution — if at all.Israel launched a new wave of airstrikes on Iran, while Iranian forces said they were firing at U.S. and Israeli targets as the war continued in its third week, with no end to the fighting in sight.The energy secretary, Chris Wright, told ABC’s “This Week” that he believed the conflict would end in the “next few weeks,” while Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, told CBS News that the country had not sought to negotiate with the United States and was “ready to defend ourselves as long as it takes.”Mr. Araghchi said on Telegram that the strait — through which about a fifth of the world’s oil passes — “is open to everyone, except American ships and those of its allies.” In practice, however, the oil shipped through the passage comes from either Iran or American allies such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.Oil prices have risen steeply since the United States and Israel launched their air war on Iran on Feb. 28. While the Trump administration and other governments have sought to calm the volatility and bring prices down — including by easing sanctions on some Russian oil — they have seen little success thus far. And the blockade has prompted Mr. Trump to threaten strikes on oil infrastructure on Kharg Island, home to Iran’s main oil export terminal, which would almost certainly rattle energy markets further.Iran faced another wave of strikes on Sunday that the Israeli military said had hit bases of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Basij militia in the western part of the country. Israel has conducted more than 7,000 attacks on the country since the war began, military officials said.The Revolutionary Guards force said it was continuing to target Israel and U.S. assets in the region. Iranian missiles repeatedly set off air raid sirens in Israel, and Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted drones near the capital and in an eastern province, without saying where they came from.Here’s what else we are covering:Gas prices: The average price for a gallon of gas in the United States rose to $3.70, up from $3.45 a week ago and $2.93 a month ago, according to the AAA motor club.Death toll: At least 1,348 civilians in Iran have been killed since the start of the war, Iran’s U.N. representative told the Security Council on Wednesday, the latest figure the country has provided. In Lebanon, officials said that 850 people had been killed. And in Israel at least 12 people have been killed, according to the authorities.Palestinians: Israeli forces killed at least 12 Palestinians in two separate locations, according to Palestinian officials. Four of them were members of the same family, including two young children, shot dead in the occupied West Bank. Israeli officials said their vehicle accelerated toward troops, who feared for their safety and opened fire. In Gaza, eight police officers affiliated with the enclave’s Hamas-controlled government, which is backed by Iran, were killed in an airstrike, the Gazan interior ministry said.Americans killed: On Saturday, the Pentagon identified the six service members who died when a refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq last Thursday, bringing the total number of American service members killed to at least 13.
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