Iran’s only active nuclear power plant, Bushehr, was attacked with a projectile missile on Tuesday evening (17 March 2026), causing panic in the area. However, it is a matter of relief that there was no damage to the plant and no employee was injured. This incident has happened at a time when the war between…
The crisis at the Strait of Hormuz is deepening due to the ongoing war between America, Israel and Iran. Meanwhile, news of relief has come for India. Saudi Arabia has now started sending crude oil to India through Red Sea. Many tankers have left for India from Yanbu Port in Saudi Arabia with oil. This…
Iran has suffered a huge loss amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. During this Ali Larijani, one of Iran‘s most influential leaders, died in an airstrike on Tuesday (17 March 2026) morning. The attack took place at his daughter’s house in Pardis area near Tehran. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council confirmed that Larijani…
There is a war going on in the Middle East. Meanwhile, the United States Central Command informed on Tuesday (17 March 2026) that America has taken a major step in trying to control the Strait of Hormuz. The US Army has attacked missile bases in the coastal areas of Iran with heavy bombs. According to…
Iran’s military spokesman Ibrahim Zolfaghri has made a sharp attack on the US leadership and its military strategy, saying that the enemy has reached a dangerous situation after a serious decline in its air defense capabilities. In a statement broadcast on Iranian state TV, Zolfaghri claimed that Iran’s armed forces had caused massive damage to…
Oman is the country in the Middle East that has been least affected by the current Iran-US war. Initially Iran dropped two drones and some small missiles there, but later it distanced itself from Oman, because it understood that Oman was not involved in this war and was neutral. Oman has always adopted a neutral…
It has been 17 days since the ongoing war between America, Israel and Iran. US President Donald Trump is angry at NATO countries for not supporting the war. On Tuesday (17 March) he strongly criticized NATO countries. Trump said, they do nothing for us in our time of need while we spend billions of dollars…
Major US stock indices opened higher on Tuesday, led by financial stocks, while investors weighed the impact of the Middle East war on energy costs. At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 139.1 points, or 0.30%, to 47,085.53. The S&P 500 rose 23.0 points, or 0.34%, to 6,722.35, while the Nasdaq Composite…
All Wednesdays will now be a holiday in Sri Lanka as the country moves to a 4-day work week to conserve its scarce fuel reserves amid the prolonged war in the Middle East. The Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which some 20 per cent of global exports pass in peacetime, has been effectively…
The war between US-Israel and Iran continues. On Tuesday (March 17), Israel Defense Force claimed to have killed Iranian commander Ghulamreza Sulemani. The Israeli army said that it has killed the head of the Basij unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Forces (IRGS), who had been serving as the commander of the Basij unit for…
