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Kuwait intercepted hostile drones on March 2, the third consecutive day of Iranian retaliatory strikes on neighboring Gulf states in response to US and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic reut.rs/3MChLqH

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said that Iran “has always been open to diplomacy,” following U.S. and Israeli air strikes over the weekend that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several top military officials.

A drone strike hit Britain's Royal Air Force base of Akrotiri in Cyprus overnight, causing limited damage and no casualties, the island's president and Britain's defense ministry said reut.rs/4rNRFQP

Israel launched new air strikes targeting Iran and expanded its assault to include attacks on Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, as Tehran said it launched a new wave of missiles that had ‘opened the great gates of fire’ on Israel. Follow our live coverage: reut.rs/46DlV8u

Betting payouts following US attacks on Iran have thrown new scrutiny on prediction markets, which took wagers on the timing of bombing and removal of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from power reut.rs/4sjvsKa

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Saudi Arabia's state oil giant Aramco shut its Ras Tanura refinery after it was hit by a drone, an industry source said, an apparent escalation on the third day of strikes across the region launched by Tehran in response to the US-Israeli attack on Iran reut.rs/4u4FNeK

British foreign minister Yvette Cooper said that her team was looking at all options, including evacuation, to help hundreds of thousands of UK citizens leave Gulf countries which are now being targeted by Iran reut.rs/4r488Py

An eyewitness video showed a building ablaze and cars smothered in debris in Beirut in the early hours of March 2, as Israel announced airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital

BREAKING: Cyprus airport has been evacuated after a radar detected a suspect object. Paphos airport is about 37 miles from Britain's RAF Akrotiri, which was hit by an unmanned drone overnight reut.rs/3MFMnaO

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a delicate task when he visits Washington for a meeting with President Trump, now overshadowed by the US-Israeli attack reut.rs/4cWdIA3

Iranian newspaper headlines declared the 'martyrdom' of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as shops across Tehran remained closed

⚠️ Shippers are avoiding the Strait of Hormuz, leaving Middle East exports at a near standstill and raising talk of $100 oil. We dig into the geopolitical risk premium with energy columnist Ron Bousso on the Morning Bid podcast reut.rs/408hsqD

Footage shows a military aircraft falling from the sky in Kuwait's Al Jahra area, accompanied by a parachuting pilot, as conflict escalates across the region following Iranian strikes

A grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is likely to figure prominently in the deliberations of the clerics who will determine who replaces Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader reut.rs/3MSW6KU

Rising US casualties in the conflict with Iran could challenge President Donald Trump's ability to maintain political support for the war, Jonathan Panikoff, Director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council, said

UPDATE: Kuwaiti air defenses mistakenly shot down three US F15 fighter jets flying in Iran-related operations, the US military said. All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered, and are in stable condition reut.rs/3MRajYO

President Donald Trump pressed ahead with military strikes despite private warnings from senior aides that the escalation could be difficult to contain and carry political risks for Republicans in November's midterm elections reut.rs/4aTS3pC

The price of oil and gas jumped when markets opened on March 2 as the war widened across the Middle East. Oil supplies have already been disrupted as tanker operators fear attacks in the Gulf, but as Elena Casas explains, the real fear is that bombing could hit critical infrastructure

Video shows damaged buildings in Tehran's Gandhi street area. Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the area, two witnesses told Reuters on March 1, and added that the hospital was badly damaged and patients were being taken out

Lebanon has only itself to blame for failing to disarm Hezbollah thugs. Way to go, Israel. 🇮🇱✊

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The only lasting solution for the crisis in Iran is a diplomatic one, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. "This means a credible transition for Iran, the definite halt to both the nuclear and ballistic programs and an end to destabilizing activities in the region," von der Leyen said

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine to hold news conference at the Pentagon with regard to US military operation in Iran youtube.com/live/6L4DB9G...