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As head of the National Counterterrorism Centre, Joe Kent was in charge of an agency tasked with analysing and detecting terrorist threats
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
Israel targeted Irans powerful national security chief Ali Larijani in an overnight strike, Israeli media reported
The freeze implicated up to $3 trillion in federal funding
The U.S. Vice-President said Mr. Trump has long said Iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon and that he agreed with him
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
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.
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.
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
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
A State Department spokesperson said in a statement that debris struck a residential area following the intercept of a missile
Beirut is forming a delegation for talks but no date has been set
Gulf Arab states have faced more than 2,000 missile and drone attacks since the outbreak of the war on February 28
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
The weekly quota for cars and motorbikes is limited to 15 litres and 5 litres, respectively
The Irans Foreign Minister said Tehran has ample evidence U.S. bases in the Middle East have been used to target the Islamic republic
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.
We don't want to lose the Americans, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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
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
The amnesty law was passed by interim leader Delcy Rodriguez under pressure from Washington after U.S. forces captured former leader Nicolas Maduro in January and took him to New York to face drug trafficking charges
The Southeast Asian nation of 100 million is both an economic success story, boasting 8% last year, and a repressive one-party state that often jails its critics
Having earlier vowed that the U.S. Navy would very soon start escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Trump appeared to call for reinforcements on Saturday
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said he believed Mr. Khamenei, who took power after his father was killed in a strike at the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, is wounded and likely disfigured.
The South Carolina Senator, one of the strongest supporters of Trumps wars, says the U.S. is in a religious war and I unapologetically stand with Israel
The Dutch Government needs to do much more to fight antisemitism, Israels Foreign Ministry said
North Korea has fired at least one projectile towards its eastern sea, according to South Koreas military
The vast Naghsh-e Jahan Square, a 17th-century architectural jewel in the heart of the central Iranian city of Isfahan, has also been damaged
Security sources said airspace around the capital was temporarily closed as a precautionary measure when the drones were detected
The attack came after Mr. Trumps earlier warning to Iran not to shut the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime checkpoint connecting the Gulf with the Arabian Sea
South Koreas Joint Chiefs of Staff didnt immediately say whether the weapon was ballistic or how far it flew
Hamas, which fought a devastating two-year war with Israel in Gaza, also called on the international community to work towards halting the ongoing war immediately.
Russian forces continue to launch strikes on the Kyiv region, Ukraines police posted on Telegram
The ground stop affected Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, Baltimore-Washington International Airport and Richmond International Airport, FAA Secretary Sean Duffy announced
Iranian armed forces issued the warning after U.S. President Donald Trump said he may decide to wipe out Irans largest oil export hub on its Kharg Island
Donald Trump said he wanted a deal he would not accept, despite Iranian officials pledging to continue the fight

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