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New York Police investigate explosives thrown near Mamdanis residence as ISIS-related terrorism

Police are working with federal prosecutors and the FBI, which has assigned agents with the bureaus Joint Terrorism Task Force to the investigation

9 Mar 2026 9:02 pm
Starmer speaks to Trump after criticism of U.K.s response to Iran strikes

Donald Trump took to social media to dismiss Starmers plan to send aircraft carriers to the region as an attempt to join wars already won

9 Mar 2026 8:02 pm
Lebanon postpones parliamentary elections by two years

Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war last week when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during U.S.-Israeli strikes

9 Mar 2026 8:00 pm
Watch: From clerics son to Irans supreme leader: The story of Mojtaba Khamenei

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Irans new Supreme Leader following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a reported U.S.Israeli airstrike

9 Mar 2026 3:16 pm
Vietnam mulls over removing fuel duties as West Asia conflict hits supplies

Vietnams Ministry of Finance said it had drafted a decree that would slash import tax rates to zero on some petroleum products

9 Mar 2026 1:12 pm
Oil and Iran-U.S. war: Key takeaways in graphics

As the Iran-U.S. war extended past its first week, Brent crude oil reached a two-year high of $114 per barrel on the Chicago mercantile exchange. How can oil production and exports be affected in the war? Here are graphics to explain.

9 Mar 2026 1:07 pm
Bahrain's state oil company declares force majeure on its shipments after Iran attack

The state-run Bahrain News Agency carried the announcement of the force majeure, a legal manoeuvre that releases a company from its contractual obligations because of extraordinary circumstances

9 Mar 2026 12:08 pm
G7 to discuss joint release of emergency oil reserves, say reports

The report comes as oil prices surged more than 25% on Monday (March 9) to their highest levels since mid-2022

9 Mar 2026 12:05 pm
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of using white phosphorus in new Lebanon attacks

Israel should immediately halt this practice and states providing Israel with weapons, including white phosphorus munitions, should immediately suspend military assistance and arms sales and push Israel to stop firing such munitions in residential areas, Lebanon researcher at HRW said

9 Mar 2026 10:19 am
Fake AI satellite imagery spurs US-Iran war disinformation

The satellite image posted by an Iranian news outlet looked real: a devastated US base in Qatar. But it was an AI-generated fake

9 Mar 2026 9:04 am
U.S. orders embassy staff to leave Saudi Arabia due to Iran war

The State Department said in a travel advisory it had ordered non-emergency U.S. Government employees and U.S. Government employee family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to safety risks

9 Mar 2026 7:12 am
Indian national among two killed after projectile falls in Saudi residential area

The incident killed one Indian national and one Bangladeshi national, while 12 Bangladeshi residents were injured, Al-Arabiya news reported

8 Mar 2026 10:57 pm
Three Palestinians killed in Israeli settler fire in occupied West Bank

The Israeli military said forces were dispatched to the Abu Falah area following a report of Palestinians being attacked by Israeli civilians near homes

8 Mar 2026 10:01 pm
Israeli Military says it will pursue every successor of Irans Khamenei

The warning comes as the clerical body is set to meet to choose Irans next Supreme Leader

8 Mar 2026 3:17 pm
Iran says can fight for months as Israel strikes Beirut hotel

The Israeli military said it struck a number of fuel storage facilities in Tehran that were used to operate military infrastructure

8 Mar 2026 11:12 am
Sri Lanka hospital releases 22 rescued Iranian sailors

Sri Lankan authorities said the survivors from the Dena were being handled according to international humanitarian law, and the government had contacted the International Committee of the Red Cross for assistance

8 Mar 2026 11:09 am
In Frames: A week of fire

Across borders, the wars widening arc from oil ports to crowded cities engulfs ordinary lives; missiles, reprisals and spiralling escalation leave civilians bearing the cost

8 Mar 2026 9:16 am
Massive explosion near U.S. embassy in Oslo, Norwegian police say

It was not immediately clear what caused the blast, which happened at around 1 a.m. local time, or who was involved, the Oslo police department said in a statement

8 Mar 2026 8:08 am
Rastriya Swatantra Party the bell strikes

The party that campaigned on anti-corruption, anti-establishment platforms has emerged as the winner of Nepals first post-protest election

8 Mar 2026 7:50 am
Israeli PM Netanyahu vows to carry on war, 'eradicate Iranian regime'

Israel and the United States, meanwhile, pounded Iran again, with one air strike setting a Tehran airport ablaze and another hitting an oil depot, even as Tehran continued to retaliate

8 Mar 2026 2:31 am
Iran-Israel conflict: CBSE postpones Class 12 board exam in West Asia

The board has cancelled Class 10 exams till March 11 and said the mode of declaration of results will be announced separately

7 Mar 2026 11:06 pm
At least 40 killed in Israeli airborne raid in Lebanon

Lebanon was plunged deeper into the conflict engulfing West Asia on when Iran-backed Hezbollah launched rockets and drones into Israel

7 Mar 2026 10:09 pm
Donald Trump vows Iran will be hit very hard

Iran is the loser of the Middle East, and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse! Mr. Trump said after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian earlier apologised to Irans Gulf neighbours

7 Mar 2026 6:16 pm
Sri Lanka to treat Iranian sailors according to international law'

Asked if Colombo was under pressure from the U.S. to not repatriate the Iranians, Mr. Herath did not answer directly

7 Mar 2026 4:14 pm
Russian President Putin calls for immediate halt to Iran conflict

President Putin said he was in constant contact with the leaders of Gulf Cooperation Council member states

7 Mar 2026 1:59 pm
Israel-Iran conflict: Explosion over Dubai airport, witness says

Dubai Media Office described a minor incident resulting from the fall of debris after an interception in a post on X, but also denied reports circulating about the airport in the same post

7 Mar 2026 12:14 pm
Oil prices surge as West Asia conflict rages, stocks fall on U.S. jobs

Maritime traffic has all but dried up through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the worlds crude oil and liquefied natural gas supplies run

7 Mar 2026 10:18 am
Pentagons chief tech officer says he clashed with AI company Anthropic over autonomous warfare

A top Pentagon official says a fight with Anthropic centred on how the military could someday use artificial intelligence in autonomous weapons

7 Mar 2026 10:08 am
Russia will not disclose data on its crude export to India: Kremlin

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's comments came hours after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Washington has issued a temporary 30-day waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil

7 Mar 2026 8:55 am
Israel-Iran war LIVE: Russia reportedly providing Iran with info to strike U.S. military; Israel continues to bomb Lebanon

Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war

7 Mar 2026 7:13 am
Ghana peacekeeping battalion hit by missile attacks in Lebanon, Ghana army says

In addition to the two critically injured soldiers, Ghanas armed forces said that another soldier has been traumatised while the officers mess facility was hit and burned down

7 Mar 2026 5:04 am
UN refugee agency declares major humanitarian emergency in West Asia

Israel has issued large-scale evacuation orders for southern Lebanon and parts of Beirut amid hostilities with the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah

6 Mar 2026 5:08 pm
Ukraine accuses Hungary of taking hostage bank employees who were carrying $82 million

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said the employees of Oschadbank had been transporting cash from Austria back to Ukraine via Hungary when they were detained. He said their whereabouts were currently unknown

6 Mar 2026 4:02 pm
PM Orban says Hungary will stop transit shipments crucial for Ukraine

Prime Minister Orban accused Kyiv of blackmail and said Hungary would use all means at its disposal until oil flows resume

6 Mar 2026 1:39 pm
Singapore announces new committee to strengthen Indian community identity

The INEI committee will be chaired by Senior Minister of State for Transport and Law Murali Pillai, as well as Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth Dinesh Vasu Dash, both of whom are of Indian origin

6 Mar 2026 1:37 pm
South Korea, U.S. militaries discuss moving Patriot missiles to Iran war, Seoul says

Cho Hyun was responding to questions at a Parliamentary hearing following media reports on March 6 that units of the U.S. mobile missile interceptor system had been moved to the Osan Air Base in South Korea from other locations in the country

6 Mar 2026 1:35 pm
Iranian Minister at Raisina Dialogue slams U.S. attack on 'unarmed' vessel returning from India

Saeed Khatibzadeh, blasting the U.S. for killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said cherry-picking of international law cannot be acceptable.

6 Mar 2026 1:14 pm
SpiceJet to operate 14 special flights from UAE on March 6

The carrier will operate 9 flights from Fujairah to Mumbai, 4 services to Delhi and 1 from Dubai to Pune, according to a statement

6 Mar 2026 1:13 pm
Ethiopia rebels committed summary executions; gang-raped women, girls: Amnesty International

Amnesty interviewed 10 survivors of sexual violence in two districts of Oromia, including seven who were minors at the time of their assaults, as well as health professionals

6 Mar 2026 1:07 pm
Australian troops on board U.S. submarine that sank Iranian ship: PM Anthony Albanese

The personnel were on the submarine as part of training arrangements under AUKUS, a multi-decade defence pact with Britain and the United States, Mr. Albanese said

6 Mar 2026 11:13 am
U.S. judge to meet parties on Trump-tariff refunds in closed-door 'settlement conference'

Government lawyers have said the process for refunding President Donald Trumps signature tariffs was unprecedented in scope and would require manual review of tens of millions of tariff payments.

6 Mar 2026 11:06 am
4 Mar 2026 6:39 pm
IAEA confirms entrances to Iran's Natanz enrichment plant were bombed

The underground Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) is one of Irans three uranium-enrichment plants that are known to have been operating when Israel and the United States carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last June

3 Mar 2026 4:30 pm
Hyderabad and Nalgonda to witness brief final phase of total lunar eclipse on March 3; moonrise expected at 6.22 p.m.

A lunar eclipse occurs on a full moon day when the Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon, causing the Earths shadow to fall on the lunar surface

2 Mar 2026 4:16 pm
Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks estate over use of her stolen cells to advance medicine

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical advancements, including the polio vaccine

27 Feb 2026 4:44 pm
Iran says no country can deprive it of enrichment rights

Iran's nuclear programme is proceeding according to the rules of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the countrys atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami said

19 Feb 2026 6:51 pm
Review of Mariana Enriquezs Somebodys Walking on Your Grave, translated by Megan McDowell

Enriquez takes readers along on personal tours of 21 cemeteries

13 Feb 2026 11:52 am