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Large oil refinery explosion near Texas coast forces residents to shelter in place

No one was injured in the explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, Mayor Charlotte M. Moses said

24 Mar 2026 10:15 am
Kim vows to irreversibly cement North Koreas nuclear status, calls South most hostile

Analysts say Mr. Kims vilification of South Korea reflects his view that Seoul, which helped arrange his first meetings with Trump in 2018 and 2019, is no longer a useful intermediary with Washington but an obstacle to his push for a more assertive regional role

24 Mar 2026 9:13 am
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israel pounds south Beirut, says it has captured Hezbollah members

U.S. President Donald Trump hailed very good talks with an unidentified Iranian official after abruptly shelving plans for fresh attacks, even as Israel vowed to keep up strikes on the Islamic republic

24 Mar 2026 7:15 am
Netanyahu says spoke with Trump, vows to protect Israel's interests

Just a few days ago we eliminated two more (Iranian) nuclear scientists, and this is not the end, he said.

24 Mar 2026 3:17 am
White House installs statue of Christopher Columbus on its grounds

Trump called Columbus the original American hero and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the Earth

23 Mar 2026 11:12 pm
Lebanon PM says Iran Guards commanding Hezbollah operations in Lebanon

Salam once again lashed out at Hezbollah for dragging Lebanon into the West Asia war by firing rockets on Israel

23 Mar 2026 11:09 pm
Slovenias President urges talks on future government after tight election outcome

Slovenias president is urging the countrys political parties to start talks on forming a new government as soon as possible after the countrys two main parties were practically tied in a weekend election

23 Mar 2026 11:06 pm
OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies of cancer at 43

Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer, says an OnlyFans spokesperson

23 Mar 2026 8:06 pm
London Jewish community ambulances set ablaze in suspected hate crime, police say

The arson attack is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, according to officials.

23 Mar 2026 12:45 pm
Slovenia's liberals and populists neck and neck, preliminary results show

Prime Minister Robert Golob's centre-left Freedom Movement won 28.5% of the votes while the right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party, or SDS, led by ex-premier Janez Jansa an admirer of U.S. President Donald Trump had 28.1%

23 Mar 2026 9:15 am
Saudi Arabia orders Iranian military attache, four embassy staff to leave

Saudi Arabia has come under attack by hundreds of Iranian missiles and drones since the start of U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, the vast majority of which have been intercepted, authorities said

22 Mar 2026 10:16 pm
Russia claims control of border village in Ukraine's Sumy region

The Russian army has been trying to establish a uffer zone in the Sumy region for months, making small, localised breakthroughs across the border

22 Mar 2026 10:12 pm
Slovenians vote in tight race between liberals and populist right

At stake is Slovenias domestic and foreign agenda, where the outgoing government had focused on social and health reforms but delivered mixed results

22 Mar 2026 8:15 pm
Israeli settlers smash cars and set fires in attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank

The violence came as Israels government presses ahead with new settlements in the occupied West Bank

22 Mar 2026 4:12 pm
Ukraine launches more than 280 drones at Russia: Moscow

State news agency Tass reported that 283 drones in total had been intercepted, according to Russia's Defence Ministry

21 Mar 2026 12:12 pm
Iran ready to let Japanese vessels transit Strait of Hormuz, say reports

Tehran has started talks with Tokyo about possibly opening the strait, Mr. Araghchi told the Japanese news agency in a phone interview

21 Mar 2026 9:12 am
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Israeli military says it is striking Hezbollah targets in Beirut; Trump says considering 'winding down' Iran war

The United States temporarily eased sanctions on Iranian oil shipments to stem a global supply crisis

21 Mar 2026 7:11 am
U.S. strike against alleged drug smugglers in eastern Pacific kills two, Coast Guard says

The survivor and remains were transferred to the Costa Rican Coast Guard, a Coast Guard spokesperson said

21 Mar 2026 12:44 am
Czechs investigate fire at warehouse after reports of anti-Israel group claiming responsibility

The company had previously said it was planning to open a center to develop and produce drones and train personnel in cooperation with Israeli Elbit Systems, a military technology company

20 Mar 2026 11:15 pm
Trump administration sues Harvard over treatment of Jewish and Israeli students, seeks billions of dollars

This lawsuit comes less than two months after President Trump said his administration was seeking $1 billion from Harvard to settle probes into school policies

20 Mar 2026 8:14 pm
Sri Lanka refused ground access to U.S. warplanes

Sri Lanka maintains close ties with the United States, its biggest export market, and Iran, which is a key buyer of tea, its main export commodity

20 Mar 2026 1:01 pm
Work from home, avoid air travel to deal with higher energy prices: International Energy Agency

The U.S-Israel war with Iran has driven up energy prices, causing concerns over inflation across the world

20 Mar 2026 12:13 pm
Judge rules U.S. government overreached with transgender health care declaration

Another federal judge in Boston on Monday (March 16, 2026) temporarily blocked several of Mr. Kennedy's vaccine policy changes

20 Mar 2026 12:04 pm