WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump will alone decide when Iran has effectively delivered the "unconditional surrender" Washington demands, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday.
Hours earlier, Trump said on Truth Social that "there will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender." (US-Iran-Surrender)
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UNITED NATIONS -- At least 1,332 Iranian civilians, including women and children, have been killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes and thousands more injured, Iran's UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said Friday.
Over 180 children across the country have been killed and more than 20 schools have been damaged, Iravani told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, quoting the Iranian Red Crescent Society. (UN-Iran-Victims)
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BEIRUT -- At least 17 people were killed and dozens more wounded Friday in Israeli airstrikes across southern and eastern Lebanon, according to Lebanese officials and state media.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes struck a house in the town of Majdal Selm in the Marjayoun district, killing nine members of a family, most of them women and children, and wounding several others. (Israel-Lebanon-Victims)
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LONDON -- Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, topped 90 U.S. dollars per barrel during Friday's session, the first time since April 2024, trading data showed.
Affected by the tensions in the Middle East, Brent oil price rose to around 91 dollars per barrel by 3 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), surging around 7 percent from the previous trading day. (Brent-Oil-Price)
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JAKARTA -- Indonesia will begin enforcing new online safety rules for users under 16 on social media platforms, Minister of Communications and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid said on Friday.
Under the regulation, users under 16 will face restrictions on access to a number of social media platforms, with implementation to begin in stages starting March 28. (Indonesia-Social media) ■
