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Pakistan and Afghanistan announce Eid 'pause' in hostilities

Pakistans Information Minister, Attaullah Tarar, said the government agreed to a halt to its operations from March 19 to March 23 in good faith and in keeping with the Islamic norms

18 Mar 2026 11:15 pm
Helicopter crashes while landing in Eastern Nepal while landing, one injured

The helicopter of Air Dynasty crashed while landing in Khotang District of Eastern Nepal while landing on a field, officials confirmed

18 Mar 2026 2:12 pm
One dead, another wounded in shooting at U.S. Air Force base in New Mexico

Security officials confirmed the base is safe and the lockdown was lifted

18 Mar 2026 10:12 am
Early indications show Israel tank fire hit U.N. Lebanon base, Ghanaian peacekeepers wounded

UNIFIL faces increased risks amid Israeli-Hezbollah tensions; Mission fired on sporadically in recent months

18 Mar 2026 8:09 am
U.N. says more than 36,000 Palestinians displaced by Israeli settlement drive

The United Nations said in a report covering 12 months to October 31, 2025, that Israel had accelerated the annexation of large parts of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem

18 Mar 2026 5:09 am
U.S. encourages Syrian action against Hezbollah, Damascus is hesitant, sources say

Despite historic enmity towards Hezbollah and Tehran - both fought alongside Bashar al-Assad during Syrias 2011-24 civil war - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has moved cautiously since U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran began on February 28

18 Mar 2026 4:59 am
Top U.S. counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat

As head of the National Counterterrorism Centre, Joe Kent was in charge of an agency tasked with analysing and detecting terrorist threats

17 Mar 2026 9:12 pm
Kurds seek a democratic Iran; we do not fight other powers wars, says Iranian Kurdish party

We do not act according to any other power. We ourselves will do what is necessary and we will make the necessary decisions accordingly, PJAK co-chair Peyman Viyan said

17 Mar 2026 8:19 pm
Irans security chief Larijani is killed, says Israel Defence Minister

Israel targeted Irans powerful national security chief Ali Larijani in an overnight strike, Israeli media reported

17 Mar 2026 3:14 pm
Trump administration cannot implement 'sweeping' funding freeze, U.S. court rules

The freeze implicated up to $3 trillion in federal funding

17 Mar 2026 12:11 pm
Vance says he trusts Trump on war with Iran, plays down differences

The U.S. Vice-President said Mr. Trump has long said Iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon and that he agreed with him

17 Mar 2026 7:17 am
Trump asks China to delay Xi summit as Iran war rages

Trump had been due to visit Beijing from March 31 to April 2 to reset ties and extend a U.S.-China trade truce, but the trip has been upended by the Iran conflict

17 Mar 2026 5:03 am
Israel army says ground assault against Hezbollah underway in Lebanon

Lebanon said on Monday (March 16) that Israeli attacks have killed 886 people, including 111 children, in the country since the latest war erupted. More than 830,000 people have registered as displaced.

16 Mar 2026 11:03 pm
EU, UN discussing Black Sea type initiative for Strait of Hormuz: Kaja Kallas

U.S. President Donald Trump had called on NATO allies and other countries to assist in forcibly opening the Strait of Hormuz, telling the Financial Times on March 15, that it would be very bad for the future of NATO if allies did not help the U.S. in opening the passage.

16 Mar 2026 5:13 pm
U.S. regulator threatens broadcasters over Iran war coverage

Since Israel and the United States first launched strikes on Iran, both Donald Trump and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth have regularly swatted down critical stories as fake news

16 Mar 2026 12:12 pm
Explained: What does No Quarter mean?

The prohibition against declaring no quarter is one of the oldest and most settled rules of war, codified in several major treaties, according to an expert

16 Mar 2026 9:08 am
Iranian missile fragment hits U.S. consul residence building in Israel

A State Department spokesperson said in a statement that debris struck a residential area following the intercept of a missile

16 Mar 2026 5:06 am
Israel and Lebanon expected to hold talks soon, Israeli officials say

Beirut is forming a delegation for talks but no date has been set

16 Mar 2026 2:46 am
Iran wants 'seriousreview' of Arab Gulf ties, denies role in Saudi oil attacks

Gulf Arab states have faced more than 2,000 missile and drone attacks since the outbreak of the war on February 28

16 Mar 2026 1:56 am
Large-scale Chinese military flights return after long absence: Taiwan

The Ministry detected 26 Chinese military aircraft around the island on March 14, 2026, with 16 of them entering its northern, central and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone

15 Mar 2026 11:06 pm
Sri Lanka switches to QR code-based system to ration fuel sales

The weekly quota for cars and motorbikes is limited to 15 litres and 5 litres, respectively

15 Mar 2026 9:06 pm
War with U.S., Israel to end when Iran certain it cannot be repeated, says Araghchi

The Irans Foreign Minister said Tehran has ample evidence U.S. bases in the Middle East have been used to target the Islamic republic

15 Mar 2026 6:14 pm
Pakistan says hit military facilities in Afghanistan

Another strike targeted a tunnel in Kandahar purportedly used by the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani Taliban militant group or TTP, which Islamabad blames for a wave of strikes, they added.

15 Mar 2026 3:04 pm
Ukraine does not want to lose U.S. backing because of Iran war: Zelenskyy

We don't want to lose the Americans, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

15 Mar 2026 2:14 pm
Israeli forces kill Palestinian family of four in West Bank, Palestinian Health Authorities say

Settlers have killed at least five Palestinians in the West Bank since the Iran war began on February 28, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry

15 Mar 2026 12:12 pm
U.S. identifies six service members killed in plane crash over Iraq

The airmen were on a KC-135 aerial refuelling tanker supporting U.S. attacks on Iran. The crash involved another aircraft, but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire and is under investigation, the military has said

15 Mar 2026 11:13 am