New Delhi, March 9 -- Every month, Mint Plain Facts brings out an update on key global data to thread together the biggest developments in the world that are worth paying attention to. The accompanying analysis and charts explain how each story is creating ripples on the global stage, where it is headed in the coming weeks, and whether it can impact India.

Here are the five key global events:

After US and Israel air strikes on 28 February killed Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the West Asian nation has been fighting a high-risk survival war.

It has responded to the US-Israel offensive, mostly targeting its capital, Tehran, by attacking nearly all nearby Gulf countries, widening the conflict. Iran said it was attacking the...