The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah targets across Lebanon.

🇷🇸 🇮🇱 The Israeli military transport plane Boeing 747 took off from Belgrade and headed to Tel Aviv.

Iran, unlike the United States, has prepared itself for a long war:

Iran's top official Ali Larjani

Mojtaba Khamenei, the eldest son of Khamenei and one of the main leadership candidates, was killed alongside Khamenei in the house.

India issues a notification reserving airspace for an Indian Airforce Exercise near the southern section of its border with Pakistan

Date: 05-12 March 2026

🇵🇰⚡️ || Why is Pakistan treating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death as a major crisis ?

Pakistan is on edge after Ayatollah Khamenei's killing in US-Israeli strikes, sparking violent protests : 20-23+ dead, 100-120+ injured nationwide.

Key reasons & risks :

• Shia solidarity - Pakistan has ~15-20% Shia population (one of world's largest); Khamenei was a revered figure → massive grief/outrage, anti-US/Israel rallies (esp. Karachi, Lahore, Skardu, Gilgit).

• Border chaos fear - Instability in Iran could spill across 900+ km porous border: militants, arms, refugees, empowered Baloch insurgents → major security threat.

• Economic pain - Oil price spike + Strait of Hormuz risks → inflation surge; potential Gulf job losses cut remittances (huge lifeline) → worsens fragile economy.

• Sectarian flare-up - Could worsen Sunni-Shia tensions domestically, risking more violence.

• Govt condemned strikes, called for calm, banned gatherings, deployed forces/army in hotspots - but it's a volatile mix of religion, security, and economy turning into a real crisis.

🇺🇸 - Trump to make statement on Iran in 3-4h from now. Unless he cancels again.

🇺🇸 - US moves its refueling aircrafts to the Middle East.

🇪🇸⚡🇺🇸 Spain bans the United States from using Spanish military bases for attacks on Iran.

🇫🇷⚡️- Emmanuel Macron, President of France, has announced France will increase their number of nuclear weapons, and will no longer disclose how many it has.

🇺🇸🇩🇪 German Chancellor Merz heads to Washington in shadow of war in Iran.

Israeli PM: I thank PM Modi and the people of India for standing with us.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he spoke to his "great friend" Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and thanked him for standing with Israel amid tensions in the Middle East.

🇮🇷 In the last 48 hours, Iran has directly or indirectly attacked 15 different countries or their militaries:

– 🇮🇱 Israel
– 🇺🇸 United States of America
– 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
– 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
– 🇶🇦 Qatar
– 🇰🇼 Kuwait
– 🇯🇴 Jordan
– 🇮🇶 Iraq
– 🇧🇭 Bahrain
– 🇴🇲 Oman
– 🇸🇾 Syria
– 🇨🇾 Cyprus
– 🇫🇷 France (Camp de la Paix, UAE)
– 🇮🇹 Italy (NATO camp at Ali Al-Salem base)
– 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (Akrotiri in Cyprus)

🇮🇳🤝🇷🇺 India to buy 5 new squadrons of S-400 Sudarshan air defence system from Russia.

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

Nawaf Salam says all Hezbollah activities are ‘illegal’ after the group launches attack on Israel from Lebanon.

Nearly 10m Indians🇮🇳 in danger: How a wider Gulf conflict will hit close to home

The Gulf hosts one of the largest overseas Indian communities. Around 3.5 million Indians live in the UAE🇦🇪, about 2.7 million in Saudi Arabia🇸🇦, 1 million in Kuwait🇰🇼, nearly 800,000 in Qatar🇶🇦, around 660,000 in Oman 🇴🇲and about 350,000 in Bahrain🇧🇭.