Issue 2026-03-09
Stories
- Iran Names Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader, Defying Trump’s Succession Ultimatum
- Iran’s Assembly of Experts Installs Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader During Active U.S.–Israeli War
- IDF Shifts Fire to Tehran Oil Depots After Neutralizing Majority of Iran’s Missile Launchers
- Oil Surges Past $110 as Hormuz Blocked and G7 Mulls Emergency Reserve Release
- Strait of Hormuz Blockade Triggers Gulf Output Cuts, Sends Regional Crudes Past $100
- 7 March 2026: Weather & War Trigger 2,000+ Flight Delays and 900 Cancellations Across Three Continents
- Gulf Warzone GPS Blackout Disorients 1,000 Ships and Scrambles Civilian Flight Data
- Post-DART Analysis Shows First Human-Induced Solar-Orbit Shift and Uncovers “Cosmic Snowball” Exchange in Didymos System
- Northern Territory Floods Trigger 1,000-Plus Evacuations and Statewide Crocodile Alert
At a Glance
- On 9 March 2026 the Assembly of Experts formally elevated Mojtaba Khamenei to Iran’s third Supreme Leader, four days...
- In an emergency pre-dawn vote on 9 March 2026, the 88-member Assembly of Experts elevated Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei—...
- On 7–8 Mar 2026, Israel and the U.S. opened a new phase of Operation Roaring Lion by bombing roughly 30 fuel storage...
- On 9 Mar 2026, crude prices vaulted above US$110–116 a barrel for the first time since 2022 after the Iran-U.S-Israel...
- On 8 March 2026, nine days into the US-Israel–Iran war, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz forced the UAE and Kuwait...
- A single 24-hour period saw U.S. thunderstorms and a Gulf air-space shutdown cascade into more than two thousand dela...