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How awful another refinery has had to shut down? 😔

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Iran has executed three men accused of killing police officers during anti-government protests in January, state media say, the first hangings to be carried out in relation to the demonstrations.

The polls, held on March 15, saw an official turnout of 99.99 per cent, with the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea and its allies claiming 99.93 per cent of the vote in elections to the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly.

The hospital was hit on Monday evening, killing some people and injuring others, the government’s spokesman said on X.

He added: “It’s a discussion; we’re not at the point of decisions yet. It’s obviously a difficult question, that goes without saying, in relation to how you safeguard maritime traffic … But we are discussing that with the US, with Gulf partners and with Europeans.

Has John Oliver ever fucked a couch?

Luckily this did not affect any other part of my body but it does make shoe shopping awkward 😉

Oil markets are facing the “largest supply disruption in history” as the war in Iran continues to block tankers from shipping millions of barrels of crude each day, the world energy watchdog has warned.

Sauce: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-13/verify-oil-supplies-disrupted-across-middle-east/106448892

No images of Khamenei have been released since an Israeli strike at the start of the war killed several members of his family, including his wife and his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who led Iran for more than 36 years.

Israel has relied in part on information provided by ordinary Iranians to identify some targets for strikes inside Iran during the current conflict, a senior Israeli security official told the Wall Street Journal. The official said civilians have sent potential targets to Israel through Persian-language social media accounts operated by the country.

Makes the IRGC angry for bonus points

Officials say Ukraine has regained almost full control of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Protesters will be treated as ‘enemies’ - Iran’s police chief

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