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U.S. is begging world, India, to buy Russian oil: Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi

In response to the rising oil prices, the Trump administration on Friday (March 13, 2026) announced temporary authorisation to other countries to purchase Russian oil currently stranded at sea.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the U.S., despite “bullying India” to end Russian oil imports, is now begging India to buy Russian crude two weeks after the Israel-U.S. war on Iran began.

The U.S. spent months on bullying India into ending oil imports from Russia,” he posted on X. “After two weeks of war with Iran, White House is now begging the world—incl India—to buy Russian crude.” He referred to a Financial Times article “Oil windfall gives Russia $150 million a day”.In response to the rising oil prices, the Trump administration on Friday (March 13, 2026) announced temporary authorisation to other countries to purchase Russian oil currently stranded at sea. Last Friday (March 6, 2026), the U.S. Treasury Department issued a “temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil”.

“The Indians had been very good actors. We had asked them to stop buying sanctioned Russian oil this fall. They did. They were going to substitute it with U.S. oil. But to ease the temporary gap of oil around the world, we have given them permission to accept the Russian oil. We may unsanction other Russian oil,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview to Fox Business last Saturday (March 7, 2026).

Spain to launch system tracking hate speech and polarisation on social media

The Spanish government has unveiled a new tool designed to track and measure hate speech across social media platforms, as part of a wider strategy by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to strengthen oversight of digital companies and tackle online polarisation.

The system, called HODIO – short for Huella del Odio y la Polarización (‘Footprint of Hatred and Polarisation’) – will analyse how hateful content spreads online and examine the role algorithms play in amplifying polarising messages.

Sánchez announced the initiative this week during the inauguration in Madrid of the first International Summit against Hate and Digital Harassment. The project forms part of a broader push by the Spanish government to regulate social media platforms and improve online safety.

British police ban pro-Iranian London march over 'extreme tensions'

LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - British police have ​banned a pro-Iranian march that had been due to take place in ‌London on Sunday, citing the possibility of "extreme tensions" with counter-protesters and the risk posed by Tehran during the Iran war.
The annual Al Quds march is organised by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), which ​police said was supportive of Iran's clerical rulers.

The ban, which required the approval of interior minister Shabana Mahmood, also ​applies to any counter-protest marches.
The IHRC had said on X that the march was to be in support of "Palestinian liberation".
"IHRC strongly condemns the decision by the Metropolitan Police to ban the Al ​Quds Day March," it said in an emailed statement on Wednesday, adding that it ​was seeking legal advice.
The police, who have been under scrutiny over their handling of pro-Palestinian protests ‌in ⁠London since the Gaza war began, said previous Al Quds marches had resulted in arrests of people suspected of supporting terrorist organisations and antisemitic hate crimes.

We have taken into consideration the likely impact on protests of the volatile situation in the Middle East, with ​the Iranian regime ​attacking British allies and ⁠military bases overseas," police said in a statement late on Tuesday.
It said police had also considered warnings by security services about ​threats on British soil from Tehran, which has carried out strikes ​against Israel, ⁠U.S. bases and Gulf states since U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28.

‘Will end any time I want it to end’: Donald Trump says Iran war could stop ‘soon’; claims US has little left to target'

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the war with Iran could end “soon”, claiming American forces have already inflicted massive damage on Tehran’s military capabilities.

Speaking in a brief phone interview with Axios, Trump said there was “practically nothing left to target” in Iran.

“Little this and that… Any time I want it to end, it will end,” Trump said, adding that the conflict was progressing faster than expected.

“The war is going great. We are way ahead of the timetable. We have done more damage than we thought possible, even in the original six-week period,” he told Axios.

However, despite Trump’s optimistic tone, US and Israeli officials say there has been no formal directive on ending the fighting yet, and preparations are underway for at least two more weeks of strikes.

US intelligence recently detected that Iran had begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most crucial oil shipping routes.

Trump confirmed that US strikes destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying boats on Tuesday, disrupting Tehran’s plans to threaten shipping lanes.

The commander of United States Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, said American forces were steadily weakening Iran’s ability to operate in the region.

“US forces continue delivering devastating combat power against the Iranian regime. US combat power is building, Iran’s combat power is declining,” Cooper said in a video message, adding that Iranian missile and drone attacks had dropped sharply.

Trump also accused Iran of threatening the broader Middle East.

India’s Top Bank Shuns Russian Oil Payments Despite US Reprieve

State Bank of India is not willing to process payments for Russian oil even after the US government issued a temporary waiver for India’s imports, as the country’s largest lender is uncertain how long the concession will last, according to people familiar with the matter.

The state-owned bank believes that engaging in such business could expose it to risks as it has a sizable loan portfolio in global markets, and also hurt its reputation, said the people who asked not to be identified because the information is private. SBI declined comment to a query from Bloomberg News.

The lender’s stance underscores how short-term easing of US sanctions is doing little to revive financial channels supporting India’s purchases of Russian crude. SBI had refrained from facilitating any transactions tied to Russian oil imports following US sanctions announced on Russia’s two biggest crude oil producers in October, said the people.

But some banks in India were willing to consider financing purchases of Russian oil late last year, provided they were non-blacklisted and sanctions-compliant, people familiar with the matter had said previously.

Israel strikes Hezbollah financial institutions as Lebanon calls for talks
Israel strikes Al-Qard al-Hasan branches; Lebanese president says ready to resume negotiations to halt escalation
The Israeli military has struck the Al-Qard al-Hasan financial institution in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, after issuing a statement announcing that it would target the branches of the Hezbollah-affiliated charity.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported strikes on Monday on the Al-Qard al-Hasan building in the Bir al-Abed area, in the southern neighbourhood of Haret Hreik, and on another branch along the road to Beirut’s international airport.

tem to provide interest-free loans and other financial services, has been under United States sanctions since 2007.

Lebanese authorities also blocked roads and redirected traffic leading to the Al-Qard al-Hasan branch in Nouairi, a neighbourhood in central Beirut.

Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Beirut, said residents were “living on edge”. “While Israel has issued a warning, more often than not, strikes come without any prior notice,” she said.

More strikes were reported in Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been largely emptied of residents after Israel issued forced evacuation warnings last week. Those affected by the forced evacuation in southern Lebanon make up almost 8 percent of the country’s population.

NNA said Israeli air attacks hit the neighbourhoods of Ghobeiry and Haret Hreik, and the Safir area.

The central Beirut neighbourhood of Nouairi is hosting many of the internally displaced people who were forced out of their homes since Israel’s attacks across Lebanon intensified last week.

Iran School Struck By Tomahawk, Israel Not Known To Have It': Fact-Checker

On Feb 28, Day 1 of the joint US-Israel attack on Iran, hundreds of missile were launched by Washington and Tel Aviv targeting Iranian regime installations and facilities in Tehran and other major cities.

Bell pointed out: "The US is the only participant in the war that is known to have Tomahawk missiles. Israel is not known to have Tomahawk missiles." To underline that point, the video released by Mehr News also showed comparisons between the missile that struck the IRGC compound and a closer view of another Tomahawk.

Bell said the video had been geolocated, i.e., the precise location had been confirmed using digital information, and that it directly contracted President Donald Trump's claim that Israel was responsible for the horrific incident.

In his thread Bell also shared satellite imagery of the IRGC compound and a graphic of the missile's larger area of impact. "… imagery shows only two structures within this red cone were damaged, including a clinic. The other structure appears to be an earth-covered bunker."

India Sent Vessel To Help Sinking Iranian Warship Near Sri Lanka: Navy

The Indian Navy launched search and rescue operations following a distress signal from the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, which sank in the Indian Ocean after being struck by a torpedo from a United States submarine.

New Delhi:
The Indian Navy launched search and rescue operations following a distress signal from the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, which sank in the Indian Ocean after being struck by a torpedo from a United States submarine.

A distress call from IRIS Dena reached the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Colombo during the early hours of March 4, according to a statement from the Navy.

According to the Navy, a long-range maritime patrol aircraft deployed at 1000 hours on March 4 to support the search operations that were already underway under Sri Lankan leadership. A second aircraft, equipped with air-droppable life rafts, remained on standby for rapid deployment if required.

Trump Rejected Israel's Plan To Kill Iran's Khamenei Last Year.
What Changed Now?Two days after killing Ayatollah Khamenei, Donald Trump alleged that the top Iranian leader had tried to get him killed twice.
It was June 2025 when Israel launched a massive attack on Iran in a bid to halt its nuclear program. According to reports, the Israelis had an opportunity to kill the top Iranian leader. However, it was Trump who waved them off the plan through communication with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Almost eight months later, Trump launched an attack on Iran with Israel and killed Khamenei, his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter. Many other top Iranian officials, including the defence minister, have also been killed.
Assassination attempts
Two days after killing Khamenei, Trump alleged that the top Iranian leader had tried to get him killed twice.

Trump had faced two separate alleged assassination attempts in 2024 - once in July when he was shot in the ear during a Pennsylvania rally, and later in September when a man was arrested for pointing a rifle at the US President while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach.

Everything's Knocked Out, 3rd Wave Coming": Trump's Fresh Warning For Iran

US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the US is initiating a "third wave" of military strikes against Iran. This follows the elimination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during the initial phases of Operation Epic Fury.

Ahead of a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office with the German chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump said that "everything's been knocked out" in Iran.
"As you know, 49 people were taken out in the first hit. And I guess there was another hit today on the new leadership, and it looks like that was pretty substantial also. So they're getting hit very hard, and we'll see what happens," he said.

He added, "I guess you have a third wave coming."

Trump said that two waves of US-Israeli attacks on Iran had killed figures he had eyed as potential new leaders, adding that there had been a "substantial" new attack on a meeting to choose the new leadership.

"Most of the people we had in mind are dead," he said. "Now we have another group. They may be dead also, based on reports."

Trump also claimed that Iran's navy, air force, air detection and radar has been knocked out.

"They have no navy - it's been knocked out. They have no air force; that's been knocked out. They have no air detection; that's been knocked out. Their radar has been knocked out, and just about everything's been knocked out," he told reporters.

The primary goals of the joint attack by the US and Israel was to destroy Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities and topple the regime.

Iran has retaliated by targeting US military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and the UAE, as well as the US Embassy in Riyadh. Hezbollah has also entered the conflict, launching strikes against Israel in response to Khamenei's death.

Lebanese PM bans Hezbollah’s military activities after attack on Israel

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam says Hezbollah’s military and security activities are banned, hours after Israel responded to the Iran-linked group’s rocket and drone attack by launching air raids on the southern suburbs of Beirut.

“We announce a ban on Hezbollah’s military activities and restrict its role to the political sphere,” Salam said on Monday in a statement.

We declare our rejection of any military or security operations launched from Lebanese territory outside the framework of legitimate institutions.”

The prime minister said all Hezbollah military activities are “illegal” and called upon the security forces to “prevent any attacks originating from Lebanese territory”.

“We declare our commitment to the cessation of hostilities and the resumption of negotiations,” he added.
The Iran-allied Lebanese armed group said earlier on Monday that its attack on a military missile defence facility near Haifa was in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, “in defence of Lebanon and its people”, and “in response to the repeated Israeli aggressions”.

Israel responded by bombing Beirut’s suburbs and southern Lebanon, killing at least 52 people and injuring 154, the Lebanese government said in its latest update on casualties.

In a statement on Monday, the Israeli army said an overnight strike in Beirut had killed Hussein Makled, described as the head of Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters.

They want to talk, and I agreed': Trump claims Iran seeking dialogue

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran's new leadership wants to talk to him and that he agreed, according to an interview with The Atlantic magazine.

They want to talk, and I agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them. They should do it sooner. They should give what was very practical and easy to do sooner. They waited too long," Trump said in the interview from his Florida residence.

Trump did not specify who he would speak with or say whether it would occur on Sunday or Monday but noted that some of the Iranians involved in negotiations in recent weeks were no longer alive.

Most of those people are gone. Some of the people we were dealing with are gone, because that was a big—that was a big hit,” he said. “They should have done it sooner, Michael. They could have made a deal. They should’ve done it sooner. They played too cute.”

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said a leadership council composed of himself, the judiciary head, and a member of the powerful Guardians Council temporarily assumed the duties of supreme leader following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

US, Israel attack Iran in a joint operation: What does it mean for the global oil market?
The US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, raising risks to global oil supplies. Iran produces 3.3 million barrels daily and controls access to the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route. Companies have paused shipments, heightening fears of disruption and rising crude prices.

Tehran is responsible for nearly 3.3 million barrels of oil per day, which is nearly three per cent of global output, making it the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) fourth-largest producer. However, its strategic location gives it far greater influence over global energy supplies than the production figures alone suggest.

Iran borders one side of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route through which roughly 20% of the world’s crude oil passes, including supplies from major producers such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The oil markets are closed for the weekend, and there has been no information on whether the attacks on Tehran and the retaliatory strikes launched across the Middle East targeted any energy assets.

Bill Clinton tells lawmakers in closed-door testimony that he 'saw nothing' and 'did nothing wrong' related to Jeffrey Epstein

Former President Bill Clinton on Friday told members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee investigating his ties to Jeffrey Epstein that "I saw nothing" and "did nothing wrong," and criticized the panel for making his wife sit for a deposition.

The former president was deposed for about six hours in a closed-door setting one day after the committee questioned his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for a similar amount of time about what she knew about the convicted sex offender Epstein and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.

"As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing—I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes," Clinton said of Epstein in his opening statement to the panel, which he posted on X

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says next Russia talks likely in Abu Dhabi next month

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the next round of United States-brokered negotiations with Russia would likely take place in Abu Dhabi in early March, after Ukrainian officials wrapped up a meeting with US envoys in Geneva.

Senior US and Ukrainian officials met at the city’s Hotel des Bergues on Thursday to discuss post-war reconstruction plans, amid a broader US push to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, now in its fifth year.Following the meeting, Zelenskyy said in his regular nightly address that there was “already more readiness for the next trilateral format”.

Reiterating his desire for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Zelenskyy added that preparations needed to be made for “a meeting at the leadership level”. “This format can solve a lot,” he said.

Rustem Umerov, who led Ukraine’s four-person delegation in Geneva, said on Telegram that negotiators were working on finalising economic and security issues ‌to “make the next trilateral meeting involving the US ‌and ‌Russia as substantive as possible”.

US warned Ukraine’s ambassador over strikes on Black Sea oil target

The Trump administration took the unusual step of warning the Ukrainian government that its strikes on a Russian Black Sea oil facility late last year had impacted US investments in Kazakhstan, the Ukrainian ambassador to the US revealed Tuesday.

“We have been hearing that Ukrainian attacks to Novorossiysk affected some of the American investments which are being performed through Kazakhstan. And we have heard from Department of State that we should refrain from, from, you know, attacking American interests,” Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna said at a briefing.

Stefanishyna said she had received a demarche, which is a formal diplomatic notice, from the US State Department over the matter. CNN has reached out to the State Department for comment.

The news comes on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion with no end to the brutal war in site. US-brokered peace talks have shown little sign of a breakthrough. The unusual move to issue the demarche appears to speak to the administration’s priorities and follows Trump’s decision to halt new military aid to Kyiv last year.

The Ukrainian ambassador said the US did not suggest Kyiv should refrain from attacking Russian military and energy infrastructure.

“It was related to the very fact that American economic interest was affected there,” she said. “We have taken the note on that.”

In late November, Ukrainian drones struck the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, damaging not just Russian interests but also a key pipeline, which led to a significant drop in Kazakh oil exports. Chevron is a major shareholder in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which carries oil from Kazakh oil fields to the Black Sea for export.

Why 'El Mencho' Became One Of The World's Most Wanted Men

Under El Mencho's leadership, CJNG expanded aggressively through violence and strategic alliances
Few drug lords in modern history rose as rapidly - or as violently - as Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known in police files and criminal records as 'El Mencho'. For years, authorities in Mexico and the United States described him as one of the most powerful drug lords on the planet, with a criminal network stretching across continents and a $15 million bounty on his head.

Oseguera Cervantes was born in the Mexican state of Michoacan, according to US law enforcement records, and belonged to farming community of El Naranjo. News agency AP reported that Oseguera migrated to the United States at a young age and married into the "Cuinis" gang led by his new brother-in-law, Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, also known as "El Cuini". After serving three years in prison for heroin trafficking, Cervantes was deported to Mexico.

Powerful Drug Lord 'El Mencho' Killed By Mexican Army, Cartel Goes On Rampage

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged citizens to remain calm and said the central government was in coordination with state authorities.

The Mexican army announced Sunday that it had killed powerful drug lord Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera in an operation that sparked a wave of violence in various parts of the country.

Oseguera, the 59-year-old leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was wounded in a clash with soldiers in the town of Tapalpa, in Jalisco state, and died while being flown to Mexico City, the army said in a statement. He had a $15 million US bounty on his head.

Gunmen retaliating for the raid blocked more than 20 roads in western Jalisco state, which includes Tapalpa, with burning cars and trucks. The violence spread to other states as well.

Epstein Files: Truth,accountability and a million new conspiracy theories

The epstein files were supposed to be an exercise in govt transparency,but htey have also spawned their own opaque subgenre of conspiracy theories.

Some of them are new and some are mutations of older rumours-fed by AI,teased by politicans,and flourishing in various corners of the internet.

They range from serious to strange,and include the CIA,naturally,but alsoschool picture day.

It is becoming more and more difficult to separate what the files do show – a chummy superclass of rich elites and the coarse conversations of men prowling for younger women and the alleged sexual assaults of underage girls – and what they do not show. That divide between what is real and what is fake underscores how misinformation and the stoking of conspiracy theories are built into the American discourse – and a distraction from a common pursuit of justice.

Ukraine Accuses Russia Of $100,000 Per Person Kill Plan For It's Top Officials.

kyiv said that 10 people were arrested in ukraine and moldova on suspicion of planning to assassinate senior ukranian political figures on moscow's orders,with payouts of upto $100,000

kyiv has previously accused russia,which invaded ukraine four years ago,of plotting to kill several senior officials,including president volodymyr zelensky and the head of ukraine's intelligence service.

As part of the work of a joint ivestigative team pf ukranian and moldovan law enforcement officers, an organised group has been exposed that was preparing contracts of killings of well known ukrainian citizens and foreigners,"Ukranian Prosecutor general ruslan kravchenko said in a statement