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Mar 10, 2026 - World

Iran produces roughly 3.5 million barrels of oil per day. The US has been for decades trying to make sure no country buys it, but the customers kept coming to the Islamic nation in the Gulf.

Mar 10, 2026 - World

Photographs from a Dubai MMA event appear to show alleged Kinahan cartel leaders Daniel and Christy Kinahan in public for the first time in years.

Mar 10, 2026 - World

The US defence secretary says the military is increasing attacks on the regimePete Hegseth warns of day of ‘most intense’ US strikes on Iran yetHow have you been affected by the latest Middle East events?Investor hopes for a swift resolution to the Middle East conflict propelled Australian shares higher today, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finishing the day up 1.1% and recovering about $35bn in value after yesterday’s $90bn plunge.Oil prices surged to a four-year high early in the week before coming back down below $US90 a barrel after Donald Trump suggested the Iran conflict would end soon, sending global stock markets higher. Continue reading...

Mar 10, 2026 - World

A conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin saw the former brag about a chat the two world leaders had Monday— but the Kremlin had a very different version of the conversation.While Trump may view the chat as a win which left the Russian president impressed, the Kremlin decreed it was a much more balanced conversation. Speaking from Doral, Florida, on Monday, Trump claimed the pair had spoken of bringing peace between Russia and Ukraine. The president said, "We were talking about Ukraine, which is just a never-ending fight, and when his tremendous hatred between President Putin and President Zelensky, they can’t seem to get it together. But I think it was a positive call on that subject." Trump went on to say the pair spoke of a "number of highly important issues" and that their chat was "frank and constructive". He also said he'd pushed Putin to get "the Ukraine-Russia war over with.”But that was not the line given by the Kremlin, though, with The Daily Beast reporting a much more muted response from Russian officials. Putin aide Yuri Ushakov stressed the phone call between Putin and Trump was made by the US president, and that it was the first time the pair had spoken on the phone this year. Ushakov said, "They had not spoken by telephone for quite some time–their previous conversation took place at the end of December 2025."Today’s call, incidentally, lasted about an hour. The U.S. president noted that, as previously agreed, such communication should, of course, take place on a regular basis, and both leaders expressed their readiness for this."Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov undermined Trump further and said the US president made no mention of a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. Peskov said, "Trump didn’t ask about a ceasefire in Ukraine during his conversation with Putin." Trump had previously been denounced by the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, for caving to Putin and instigating a trade deal. A post from the Gavin Newsom Press Office on X reads, "Trump waives the Russia oil ban! Putin’s good little boy." Attached is an image of Putin patting the heads of two children, with Trump and Bessent's faces edited on.

Mar 10, 2026 - World

Justice secretary says changes designed to reduce courts backlog will benefit remand ratesWe can bring you some lines from the Reform press conference (see post at 10.10). Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby asked Nigel Farage about Reform’s inconsistent position over the UK’s policy in regard to the US-Israeli war with Iran. She asks how voters can trust the party’s national security.“Given that we can’t even send a Royal Naval vessel to defend British sovereign territory and an RAF base, we certainly don’t have the capability to offer anything of any value to the Americans or the Israelis,” Farage said, describing the Royal Navy as a “catastrophe”. Continue reading...