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The freeze implicated up to $3 trillion in federal funding

Irans participation at this summers finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico has been thrown into doubt since the West Asia war began

The U.S. President twice on Monday (March 16, 2026) said that Irans retaliatory strikes against Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait were a surprise

The Israeli military early Tuesday (March 17, 2026) reported a salvo of Iranian missiles as sirens sounded south of the Sea of Galilee. No injuries were reported

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

The Judge rejected a move by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reduce the number of shots routinely recommended for children

The threatening statements come even as Cuba and the United States have opened talks aimed at improving their largely adverse relations

Axios cited its sources as saying Mr. Araghchi had sent text messages to Mr. Witkoff. It reported the U.S. official said Washington was not talking to Tehran

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

Authorities contained and brought the fire caused by the attack under control

Explosions were heard in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, where Nigeria's homegrown Boko Haram extremists have waged an insurgency for more than a decade

Security sources also earlier said two Katyusha rockets were fired at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

In a statement, the U.S. militarys Central Command said the vast majority suffered minor injuries and 180 troops had already returned to duty

The most urgent and fundamental human rights issue concerning Iran is the imminent threat to the lives of 90 million people whose lives are in immediate and grave danger under the shadow of reckless military aggression, said Ali Bahreini, Iran's ambassador to the UN in Geneva.

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.

Comments come as Jaishankar hails talks with Iran yielding results for Indian ships in Hormuz

European countries have resisted U.S. President Donald Trumps demand for help in clearing the Strait of Hormuz, showing reluctance to get dragged into the escalating U.S.-Israeli war on Iran

The External Affairs Minister was invited to interact with Foreign Ministers from the 27-member bloc, during the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting, says a statement from Ministry of External Affairs

Families in central Nigeria are digging deep mining shafts in their own backyards in search of minerals such as tin and columbite. This video looks at why backyard mining is spreading in Jos, the dangers involved, and how poverty is pushing families to dig for survival beneath their own homes.

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.

Telegram rejects the charge and has accused Russia of trying to throttle its services

Executives at Western drugmakers said they were seeking alternative routes into the Gulf

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

Even if X's demonetisation policy were strictly enforced, a vast number of X users peddling AI content are not part of the revenue sharing programme, researchers say

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

Flights temporarily suspended at Dubai's international airport for safety reasons after drone incident sparks fire

In the video, taken at a cafe in Jerusalems outskirts and posted on Mr. Netanyahus Telegram account, his aide asks him about the rumours

The comments come as tensions between Washington and Havana remain elevated

As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran enters its third week, the first U.S. Pope warned that violence would not bring the justice, stability and peace that the peoples of the region long for

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

Israel says it has responded to violations of the ceasefire or targeted wanted militants. But about half of those killed have been women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

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

Spokesperson of Kurdistan National Congress says the U.S. made the proposal about Kurdish fighters without broader consultation with the Kurds

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

Gideon Saar said that Israel sees eye-to-eye with the U.S. in the war with Iran, now in its 16th day, and that the two allies are determined to continue until their goals are achieved

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

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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

A wounded man who lost his parents and wife, and was elected the Supreme Leader of a nation under attack from the worlds most powerful country and its closest ally, the ayatollah now faces a rare crisis his predecessors never confronted to survive the storm and preserve the republic

Seven killed were Indian pilgrims, and seven other Indian pilgrims on board were injured and taken to nearby hospitals to get medical treatment