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Trump administration estimates cost of Iran war's first two days at $5.6 billion, source says

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said it used $5.6 billion in munitions during the first two days of strikes against Iran in a report provided to U.S. congressional committees, a source familiar with the information said on Tuesday.

Members of Congress, who may soon have to approve additional funding for the war, have expressed concern that the conflict will deplete U.S. military stocks at a time when the defense industry was already struggling to keep up with demand.

People walk on a street with a banner of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei with late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and late supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the background, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 10, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

How is Trump's 'freedom' war seen by those it aimed to help?

Shirin, a Tehran resident, was one of many who celebrated the death of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei. She drank wine and danced with friends. But as the war drags on, she's begun to question its logic.

A woman in her thirties, whose identity AFP is protecting for her safety, Shirin agreed to share her feelings about the 11-day conflict as part of an attempt to gauge the feelings of critics of the Islamic republic.

People inspect a damaged building following an airstrike in central Tehran

Egyptians feel Iran war shockwaves as fuel prices jump

Egyptians watched their everyday costs surge on Tuesday after the government raised fuel prices, blaming spiralling global energy markets due to the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Hours after price hikes of up to 30 percent were announced in the middle of the night, a Cairo market bustled with buyers and vendors fretting over vegetable prices and transport fares.

"The cost of everything is going up and up. It's been a week now that prices have already been rising," said Om Mohamed, a mother of six whose daily commute cost went up nearly 30 percent on Tuesday.

The US and Israel's war on Iran has upended global energy markets, raising the price at the pump in Egypt up by as much as 30 percent

Zelenskiy says Turkey ready to host next trilateral peace talks

KYIV, March 10 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Turkey was ready to host the next round of trilateral peace talks between Kyiv, Moscow and Washington, after speaking to President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday.

"The President noted that Türkiye is ready to host the next round of talks in a trilateral format. We appreciate this initiative and hope it can produce results," he wrote on Facebook.

(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, writing by Max Hunder; Editing by Aidan Lewis)

Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 7, 2026.  REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy

Israel not seeking endless war with Iran, foreign minister says

By Alexander Cornwell

JERUSALEM, March 10 (Reuters) - Israel is not seeking an endless war with Iran and will coordinate with the United States on when to end the fighting, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Tuesday, declining to publicly state a timeline for when the conflict could end.

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, now in its 11th day, has engulfed the Middle East, with Iranian strikes hitting neighbouring states, including the United Arab Emirates, and Israel fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon as well as striking Iran.

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar attends the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 19, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Israeli strikes hit near Beirut as envoy says disarming Hezbollah could end war

By Emilie Madi and John Irish

BEIRUT, March 10 (Reuters) - Israel's military pounded the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs with air strikes on Tuesday and its troops pushed deeper into the country's south, as an Israeli envoy said the key to ending the war was disarming Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Lebanon was pulled deep into the war in the Middle East last week, when Iran-backed Hezbollah opened fire on Israel to avenge the killing of Iran's supreme leader.

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 10, 2026. REUTERS/ Raghed Waked

Factbox-Western nations bolster military presence in Eastern Mediterranean during Iran conflict

ATHENS, March 10 - Western nations have bolstered their military presence in the eastern Mediterranean during the conflict in Iran, focusing on the security of Cyprus after an Iranian-made drone hit a British military base on the island on March 2.

Here is a snapshot of military assets that have been sent to the region in addition to those that had been there long-term before the conflict began on February 28.

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French President Emmanuel Macron visits the bridge of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, on the day of his visit to Cyprus, showing France's solidarity after recent drone attacks amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, and aimed at reinforcing European security in the Eastern Mediterranean, on the Mediterranean Sea. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool

First group of Indonesians evacuated from Iran arrive home

Nearly two dozen Indonesians repatriated from Iran arrived home on Tuesday, recalling the terror of falling bombs in the Islamic republic as the Middle East descended into war.

The group of 22 people is the first brought back to Indonesia by the government, having been evacuated over land from Iran to Azerbaijan before flying on to Jakarta.

Zulfanlindan, who was stuck in Iran for 10 days, sheltering at the Indonesian embassy in Tehran, said the situation in the capital was dire.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono welcomed home 22 compatriots repatriated from war-torn Iran

US satellite firm extends Middle East image delay

American firm Planet Labs PBC on Tuesday said it now imposes a two-week delay for access to its satellite images of the Middle East because of the US-Israeli war against Iran.

Both major US satellite firms, Planet and Vantor, now delay or block the release of images from the Middle East because of the conflict that erupted on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

California-based Planet initially imposed a 96-hour delay last week for access to its high-resolution images, which are usually available a few hours after they are taken.

This sequence of Planet Labs satellite images shows Dubai's Jebel Ali commercial port before and after it was hit by an Iranian attack