There was already warning regarding the Strait of Hormuz
Panetta said the risk of war with Iran was not new. US security agencies have long been aware that Iran could disrupt the Strait of Hormuz to disrupt global oil supplies. He said this threat was already known, but was ignored in the current conflict.

Didn’t guess Iran’s reaction correctly
According to the former CIA chief, the US underestimated Iran’s response or assumed the war would end quickly. He said that the current situation shows that there was a lack of preparation and now it is affecting not only the regional but also the global markets.

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Iran’s position became stronger
Panetta also said that the initial military action did not weaken Iran, but rather made the regime there appear stronger. He indicated that now the leadership is adopting a more tough stance, which may further complicate the situation.

‘No easy way out’
Panetta said Trump now has only two options: either retreat, which would be considered a failure, or escalate the conflict, which could worsen the situation. He clearly said that the responsibility for this situation lies with the Trump administration.

Pressure is increasing in America also
As the war prolongs, pressure on the Trump government is also increasing in America. Due to rising fuel prices and uncertainty, dissatisfaction is being seen among the general public. According to a survey, a large number of American citizens do not agree with the decision to attack Iran.

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz was hospitalized after taking a puck to the throat during warmups before his start against the Ottawa Senators. 

Stolarz was scratched from Saturday’s contest, and taken off the ice where he went to the hospital as a precautionary measure. He received some images and was later released, per NHL.com.

Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube didn’t have an update for Stolarz after his squad fell to the Senators, 5-2, though he believed he would be meeting the team for their flight back to Toronto. 

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The moment was captured by Sportsnet, where a shot was taken by a Maple Leafs player like normal warmups. But it caught Stolarz in the worse spot – right between his pads and mask.

Stolarz quickly skated out of net, and he eventually went into the Maple Leafs’ tunnel before heading out of the arena. 

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William Nylander was the one who threw the shot on net that hit Stolarz in the throat, and he spoke about the freak incident after the loss. 

“Obviously, it’s really tough to see that happen,” he said, per the New York Post. “I mean, I always come in and shoot the puck in the glove, and this one just came off a little bit to the left, and I hit him in the neck. So, I was obviously worried for him, but I’ve been texting with him. So, he seems to be OK.”

In turn, Joseph Woll took over in net, and he didn’t have the best outing, with five goals allowed. 

Stolarz, the 32-year-old New Jersey native, owns an 8-9-3 record and .894 save percentage over 22 games with the Maple Leafs. This is his second season with Toronto after backing up Sergei Bobrovsky with the Florida Panthers in 2024. 

Stolarz was part of the Panthers’ Stanley Cup-winning squad that year. 

He went on to sign a four-year, $15 million deal with the Maple Leafs in September 2025 despite having knee surgery that held him to 34 games during the 2024-25 campaign. 

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Unfortunately, the injury bug continued this year, as Stolarz was forced to miss 33 games due to an upper-body injury earlier this season. 

It’s been a rough season for the Maple Leafs, who are on the outside looking in with just 11 games left to play. They have 71 points, sitting at the bottom of the Atlantic Division with the Panthers.

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A startup putting high-tech collars on cows could soon be worth more than $2 billion, as investors bet the technology could help farmers cut costs and cope with labor shortages.

Halter, a New Zealand-based company, is in talks to raise new funding in a deal expected to be led by billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, according to a Bloomberg report. The round is attracting heavy investor interest and is close to being filled, though final details are still being negotiated.

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Farmers are increasingly looking for ways to lower expenses and boost efficiency — changes that could eventually affect food prices for consumers.

Beef prices are already soaring, and economists warn Americans shouldn’t expect relief anytime soon as the U.S. cattle herd has shrunk to its smallest size in 75 years.

The decline has been driven by years of drought, rising costs and an aging ranching workforce. Experts say rebuilding herds will take years, meaning beef prices are likely to remain elevated. 

According to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, the average price of beef in grocery stores climbed from about $8.60 per pound in February 2025 to $10.12 per pound a year later — a roughly 18% increase.

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Against that backdrop, Halter is pitching technology aimed at helping farmers do more with less.

The company’s solar-powered, artificial intelligence-driven collars let ranchers herd cattle without fences, using GPS, sound and vibration signals controlled through a smartphone app. The system also tracks livestock health and movement in real time, giving farmers a way to manage herds remotely.

The goal is straightforward — fewer workers, lower costs and more efficient land use.

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Halter is part of a broader push toward “precision agriculture,” where technology is used to modernize farming. But that sector has struggled in recent years, with a wave of startups collapsing and investors pulling back amid high costs and slow adoption.

The company has also expanded into the U.S., opening an office in Colorado and targeting American ranchers as a key growth market.

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If the latest round closes as expected, it would signal renewed confidence that AI can succeed in farming — an industry where many tech bets have fallen short.

Halter did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

Brooks Nader revealed that she once underwent liposuction years ago, but would not make the same decision today.

During a Friday interview with People magazine, the 29-year-old supermodel, who has previously admitted to getting a nose job, Botox injectables and fillers, gave a candid response when asked whether she has any “lasting regrets” related to beauty.

“I probably shouldn’t say this, but I’m just going to say it,” Nader replied. “I had liposuction years ago, and I forever regret it because I just didn’t need it. I feel like it created dimples and ripples and things.”

“We just got to do less with all that and be healthy,” the “Baywatch” star added.

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Nader has been open about the cosmetic procedures that she has had in the past. During a November 2025 interview with Bustle, she candidly recalled other people’s reactions after she underwent rhinoplasty.

“People say I look like Michael Jackson,” Nader quipped.

The Sports Illustrated cover star also told the outlet that she had veneers and “countless injectables” during breaks from working including the “Nefertiti” Botox neck lift, which relaxes lower face muscles to the jawline and smoothing the neck.

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“Every Christmas, you can catch me looking like Freddy Krueger,” she joked.

Nader also shared that she used a GLP-1 medication to help her lose weight so she could land more modeling gigs.

“If I didn’t get a job, I would say to [my old agency], ‘Can we get feedback from the client?’ The direct feedback was I needed to lose 30 pounds. I didn’t shed one tear over it. I don’t feel bad for myself. I just say, ‘The facts are they want me to lose weight. How can I achieve that?’” Nader said.

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“The facts are that when I started GLP-1, my career took off,” she continued. “I’m not saying it’s OK. I’m not saying it’s right. I think everybody is different — but I lost 30 pounds, and I booked all the jobs.”

Last month, Nader shared why she felt she had to get facial fillers in the first place and the biggest difference she’s felt since getting them dissolved.

“I honestly felt really good about it because I feel like I get a lot of the comments that are like, ‘You look 40, you look 40, you look 40,’” she told Us Weekly. “I’m like, ‘What? I don’t want to be 40.'”

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Since getting her filler removed, Nader says, “Everyone’s like, ‘Finally, you actually look like 28,’” and that even her parents told her that her face doesn’t look “blown up” anymore.

During the Us Weekly interview, Nader revealed she got fillers when she first moved to New York at 18 years old after her “parents gave me, like, $1000 and they were like, ‘Have fun.’”

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“I felt like it was what everyone was doing,” Nader added. “I was thrown into this world of Hollywood and chasing perfection. And I thought that getting filler was the answer.”

After getting them removed, Nader explained she is “loving my smile and how I’m looking,” but hasn’t ruled out trying them out again when she gets older.

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Nader recently posted a series of steamy photos from her vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, captioning the post, “Old lips, new clothes, same me.”

The post featured photos of Nader posing in a cropped white graphic T-shirt featuring a cherry design, paired with a red string bikini bottom, as well as snaps of her in a leopard-print bikini.

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“The natural lips are YOU and that is always the best, natural beauty!!” one fan wrote in the comments section. Another added, “Old lips are good, everything is good.”

A third fan chimed in writing, “Old lips, new clothes… same knockout.”

As conflict continues in the Middle East, a prominent tourist hotspot known for its luxury lifestyle and influencer presence was hit, with defenses intercepting incoming missiles and drones.

Influencers based in Dubai spoke with Fox News Digital about daily life in the city and why they remain comfortable living there amid the ongoing conflict. The former U.S. residents described Dubai as safer than many U.S. cities.

“I always say this: You could carry two million dollars cash with you in any part of Dubai, absolutely nothing would ever happen to you. I don’t think I could ever do that in a major U.S. city, ever, you know. That would not be possible in my mind,” Mike Babayan said.

Mike Babayan, known as “nitrotrades” on Instagram and TikTok, is a social media influencer in the financial world from Los Angeles, who has been living in Dubai since 2020. He used to split his time between LA and Dubai, and now resides in Dubai full-time.

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Babayan shared that he has felt calm even after the attacks. Babayan spoke with Fox News Digital on-camera on March 5, and since the interview shared that he still feels safe. 

“There’s this whole notion going around that what used to be the safest place in the world is no longer safe. But I think nobody really feels that’s changed really.”

The U.S. State Department is urging Americans in the Middle East to leave the region immediately as escalating conflict and widespread airspace closures disrupt travel and evacuation efforts. However, attacks from Iran, closed embassies and shuttered airspace have created difficulties for Americans who find themselves trapped with few options.

Iran responded to the American and Israeli attacks almost immediately, raining missile and drone strikes across the United Arab Emirates, even hitting Dubai International Airport, one of the busiest in the world.

Meanwhile, Babayan said life is continuing like normal.

“If you even look out the window, like right now, people are walking on the streets, cars are packed, you know, it’s, life is going on as usual,” he said.

However, Hofit Golan shared a slightly different perspective. Golan is an influencer who is doing work in longevity and biohacking in Dubai, and is from Israel, raised in Canada and the United States. Golan lived in Miami prior to moving to Dubai in December of last year. Golan provided comments to Fox News Digital about her experience in the region.

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Golan said Dubai is currently very quiet, and it reminded her of the coronavirus lockdowns because of the lack of tourism in comparison to normal.

Golan said that she is enjoying the “stillness” of Dubai.

“The city is more quiet. It’s a little bit more subdued. But it’s also Ramadan and people are fasting, and it’s a holy time, so they wouldn’t really be out in the streets like normal.”

Babayan observed that, “people are calm.”

“Everyone is as calm as they can be. You’re not experiencing that firsthand, I want to say, whenever you’re downtown or any of these major areas in Dubai. So to you, it just feels like life is normal.”

However, the night of the attacks was when Babayan described feeling a difference in Dubai.

“It was like around midnight, when we heard an interception, which was, you know, that was the first time I really heard anything. So for you to see it on the news, it’s a whole different story compared to seeing it and, you know, in-person just hearing it.”

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Babayan lives in the Burj Khalifa, which is the world’s tallest building. He left out of precaution but later returned.

“But after that, I just came back, and the next night I was just like, everything’s calm. I don’t see any issues.”

Babayan said that people were asking how he was doing and were falling for AI-generated videos.

“I even remember that first night after I came back home, like, I was sleeping, and I woke up, my phone was getting blown up. Like, people are like, ‘Yo, your apartment just got hit,’ and I’m just sitting in the apartment like, looking on my phone, people are sending these AI-generated videos. And I’m like, ‘What are you guys talking about?’”

Golan, who also used to live in London, described Dubai as the safest place she has ever lived.

“Within 24 to 48 hours, two things happened,” Golan shared following the attacks. “First, I didn’t hear or see many more missiles. Second, we started hearing news reports about all the successful intercepts of the drones and the missiles.”

Golan said that the government was keeping citizens aware of the situation. 

“The government had a system that you would receive a text if there was an incoming threat. You were told to seek shelter, avoid glass windows, and as soon as the threat was neutralized you received another message, kind of like an amber alert, saying that it’s safe, and you can go, you know, you can leave the shelter.”

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Golan had a flight scheduled for Feb. 28, planned ahead of the conflict that was canceled, but said she didn’t feel the urgency to leave once it was canceled and strikes occurred. 

“I didn’t feel the urge to leave the first week because, to me, it was like you’re safer on the ground than being up in the sky with missiles flying over you,” she said.

As she was driving home, she heard missiles being intercepted. 

“I could see from my balcony the billowing smoke,” she recalled. “Not much later, like minutes later, we heard missiles being intercepted.“

Golan said she feels like the government is taking care of the citizens, including with a “very advanced air defense system.”

“If I felt safe before, I feel it even more now, because now I know they have a robust air defense, a strong army, very quick response time, because nobody saw that these missiles were going to come, but they caught them right from the beginning,” Golan said.

The UAE has rules in place where creators can be fined or even jailed for what the government views as spreading misinformation. The UAE has said, “spreading rumors or unverified information in the UAE is a crime punishable by law.”

According to The Telegraph, Radha Stirling, the chief executive of campaign group Detained In Dubai, said, “almost anything critical of government policy or regional conflict can be interpreted as a crime.”

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According to Gulf News, penalties can reach one year in prison and a fine of at least Dh100,000. Punishment can be more severe with up to two years in prison and a minimum fine of Dh200,000.

Both Babayan and Golan spoke on this.

Golan said, “I actually really respect these rules. I think there’s sense to them and I think other countries can adopt that too, because freedom of speech is not free, and you need to face consequences because spreading misinformation or spreading fear or sensitive information in the middle of a war can have negative consequences that don’t serve anybody.“

Babayan said, “I’ve been speaking my mind freely,” and believes all content creators have been as well.

Furthermore, a trend is circulating across social media of influencers posting scenic views of Dubai with a caption that appears, asking: “You live in Dubai, aren’t you scared? With a follow-up from the creators saying, “No, because I know who protects us.” 

The words appear on top of images of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Emir of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, as well as his son, Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Minister of Defense of the United Arab Emirates. This has caused some to question if this is a propaganda campaign to promote an image of safety in the region, in the midst of the conflicts.

On the push by the UAE to prevent the spread of panic and misinformation, Babayan said, “What’s happening essentially is they’re just saying don’t spread misinformation.”

Citizens, residents and visitors who create content that includes advertising within the UAE are required to hold a permit. This includes content creators promoting services or products or content paid for or free. 

Since Feb. 28, the UAE has intercepted 314 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles, and 1,672 drones so far, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Eight people have been killed in Iranian attacks in the UAE, including two army soldiers, according to the UAE defense ministry, published in Reuters.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in an X post that the government has “implement[ed] evacuation plans and facilitate[d] the return of around 500 UAE golden visa holders and residents stranded abroad.”

The post said the actions are “part of ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of all who live in the UAE, at all times and wherever they may be.”

The UAE closed its airspace Tuesday after threats from incoming missile and drone ​threats from Iran opening operations shortly after, Reuters reported.

Fox News’ Amalia Roy and Ashley J. DiMella contributed to this report.

12:51 AM, 23-Mar-2026

Air strikes south of Baghdad, no casualties

Three air strikes were carried out on targets south of Iraq’s capital Baghdad. The targets of these attacks are said to be Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) fighters, who are part of Iraq’s official security structure.

According to the local emergency unit, three different locations were targeted in the drone and air strikes, but the saving grace was that all the locations were empty at the time of the attack and no casualties were reported.

12:45 AM, 23-Mar-2026

West Asia Crisis LIVE: Iran claims- energy and food supply is completely safe; Airstrikes south of Baghdad

Israel Iran War News in Hindi Live: The ongoing conflict in West Asia is becoming more frightening day by day. On the front that is burning due to the fierce attacks by America and Israel, Iran is also strongly retaliating against the American military bases present in Israel and the Gulf countries. Amidst the roar of missiles and drones, the conflict has now entered its 24th day and tension is at its peak across the region. Read all the moment-to-moment updates related to the ongoing conflict in West Asia in this live blog of Amar Ujala…