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President Ilham Aliyev says drone strikes are "act of terror" as he places armed forces on high alert. Source link

"When I get to the first village," he told us, "I will say with a loud voice: 'I have been fighting for you, you are my people, and now I will fight even more.'" He believes he will be there in time to celebrate the Kurdish new year festival, Nowruz, which falls on 21 March. Source link

"It's been five years of constant upheaval. It was the judicial reform [plans by the government to limit the powers of the Constitutional court which led to huge protests], then 7 October, then Iran a year ago. Now we have this, and we've had Lebanon in the middle," Tom Dan said after leaving a bomb shelter. Source link

Tehran's approach appears to rest on a belief it can absorb strikes longer than its adversaries sustain pain and costs, writes BBC Persian's Amir Azimi. Source link

Huge traffic jams form after the unprecedented warning for people to leave the Hezbollah stronghold, as Israel steps up its strikes across Lebanon. Source link

He has spoken to counterparts across the Gulf - in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait - and is promising what he calls "concrete steps" to help them defend their military bases and civilian infrastructure from Iranian attack. Source link

The Today programme host visited her colleagues in the office on Thursday, nearly five weeks since her mother disappeared. Source link

The group had said it would choose a new leader with the same title as Sarah Mullally, the first female head of the Church. Source link

Ecuador's military says the drug-trafficking submersible was loaded with fuel and "ready to go". Source link

Court documents show she was arrested in Ventura County on Wednesday night. Source link

Nearly 19 million people, including almost a million first-time voters, were registered to take part in the 5 March ballot for the House of Representatives. The Election Commission, speaking shortly after polls closed, said it expected voter turnout to be 60%. Source link

The Strait of Hormuz is a key artery for the movement of global energy supplies. Usually, about 20% of global oil and gas passes through the narrow shipping lane in the Gulf.Iran's General Sardar Jabbari said that Tehran will now "not let a single drop of oil leave the region". A timelapse of marine traffic showed the flow of ships has decreased in the strait since the US and Israeli coordinated military offensive against Iran began on 28…