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Iran Guards said, We advise all employees, professors, and students of American universities in the region and residents of their surrounding areas stay a kilometre away from campuses.

Although we know this will be alarming, we would like to reassure people that we do not believe there is an ongoing risk to the public, the Derby police said in its Facebook post.

The Spanish leader, who describes Israels atrocities in Gaza as genocide, has characterised the U.S.-Israel war on Iran as a violation of international law, becoming the only European head of government to publicly reject the war on principle

Upon arriving to the island, Adnaan Stumo, the coordinator of the sailing convoy, said bad weather was responsible for the delay because the boats had to take a longer route and the sailors were never in any serious danger

Any ground operation would stop short of a full-scale invasion, instead involving raids by special operations forces and conventional infantry troops, the Washington Post said, citing unnamed officials

The Pentagon is preparing plans for weeks of ground operations in Iran, though President Donald Trump has not yet approved any deployment, the Washington Post reported

The ship, which is usually based in Japan, arrived in the region on March 27, Centcom said in a post on X, noting that the vessel is the flagship for a contingent of about 3,500 Marines and sailors.

Minnesota took centre stage, in what organisers expected to be mass demonstrations involving millions of people

KCNA said the new high-thrust solid-fuel engine had a maximum thrust of 2,500 kilonewtons and that the ground test formed part of a new five-year defence development plan aimed at upgrading the countrys strategic strike capabilities

Weekly protests against the war launched by Israel and the United States against Iran on February 28 have been taking place in Tel Aviv and elsewhere, initially drawing only a few dozen participants

Iran has kept up retaliatory attacks on Gulf nations it accuses of serving as a launchpad for U.S. strikes on the country, which began in a joint operation with Israel on February 28.

Russian troops launched 273 drones, the Ukrainian air force said, adding that the southern Odesa region was the focus of the attacks

Iran doesnt need a quick victoryit just needs to outlast its adversaries, says expert Trita Parsi. In this analysis of the Iran war, Parsi argues that Tehrans strategy is rooted in patience, resilience, and long-term pressure rather than immediate wins.

Russia has announced a temporary ban on gasoline exports from April 1 to July 31, 2026, to stabilise domestic fuel supply and control prices amid volatility caused by the West Asia crisis.

Rescued migrants told authorities that 22 of them died while at sea and the bodies were thrown overboard on the orders of one of the traffickers

For Ukraine, this is also a matter of principle: terror must not prevail anywhere in the world, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Minister for Health said the portal enables self-learning through e-modules on key topics such as personal hygiene, mental health, physical changes, gender equality, HIV awareness, substance abuse prevention, road safety, nutrition, healthy relationships and safe use of the internet and social media

India and Nepal need to reimagine, perhaps to repurpose, an age old relationship, so that it can fulfil its real potential in a geopoliticaland geo-economic landscape so completely different from the one it inherited when the British left India in 1947

In an era defined by digital mobilisation and anti-establishment anger, Nepals new political moment is an essential and illuminating read.

More than a decade after the 2015 Constitution created seven provinces following a tumultuous struggle for state restructuring, Nepals federalism remains an area of political contest. Provinces are starved of fiscal autonomy, bypassed by Kathmandu and now it is up to the triumphant RSP, a party that once refused to even contest provincial elections, to resuscitate it.

Nepals history since 1950 has seen feudal rule, absolute monarchy, civil war, and a republic each transition promising transformation but leaving most fundamental constraints untouched. The RSPs 2026 landslide win after a massive but violent Gen Z movement faces the same test

Nepals traditional political parties, both the Nepali Congress and the many communist parties, came to life during the Cold War era and were structured around feudal-style vertical hierarchies. Today, after the March elections, they have been swept aside by a generation that has organised horizontally, communicating through popular rap songs and social media and which views politics through the lens of individual aspiration rather than collective ideology. This mobilisation helped a relatively n

A digitally sparked demonstration overthrew an elected government and upended Nepali politics. Six months on, the country now looks for real change with Himalayan expectations.

The RSPs stunning victory in the wake of the Gen Z protests revealed a yearning for change across Nepal and even beyond

Mr. Rubio told reporters after meeting Group of Seven counterparts in France that Washington was on or ahead of schedule in that operation and expect to conclude it at the appropriate time here - a matter of weeks, not months.

The fuel supply development comes after a phone call between PM Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in which they discussed the war in West Asia and the energy cooperation

More than 80% of the crude oil and liquified natural gas (LNG) that passes through the Strait of Hormuz heads to Asia, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration

Hours earlier, Yemens Iran-aligned Houthis said they were prepared to act if what the group called an escalation against Iran and the axis of resistance continued, but did not say what form any intervention would take

IMF mission chief Iva Petrova said, subject to IMF board approval, Pakistan will have access to about $1.0 billion (SDR 760 million) under the EFF and about $210 million (SDR 154 million) under the RSF

Iran has kept up retaliatory attacks on Gulf nations it accuses of serving as a launchpad for U.S. strikes on the country, which began in a joint operation with Israel on February 28.

While the President did not specify what precisely he plans to do with the island nation, he has frequently said he believes the government in Havana, facing a severe economic crisis, is on the verge of collapse

The NYT report said it is unclear why Elon Musk was on the call or whether he spoke

Police spokesperson Om Adhikari confirmed the detainment of K.P. Sharma Oli and his Home Minister, Ramesh Lekhak; a panel which investigated violence during the anti-corruption protests recommended that Mr. Oli be prosecuted for failing to prevent the crackdown on the protests

An Iranian missile attack wounded several U.S. service members and damaged several planes at a base in Saudi Arabia

The U.S. President reiterated his role in stopping the India-Pakistan conflict, referred to the Strait of Hormuz as the Strait of Trump and mocked NATO as a paper tiger

Handala Hack Team claims breach of director's Gmail account; expert says Iranian hackers are hoping to embarrass U.S. officials as West Asia war drags on

Trump made the statement on March 26, in a social media post; he said he will hold off on bombing Iran's energy plants

An Iranian official said that Tehran would retaliate to a ground invasion of its territory by Washington by activating its Houthi rebels in Yemen to attack shipping in the Red Sea

The judicial reforms promoted by Italian Prime Minister stand rejected in the referendum with 54% of the public voting No. The Opposition has used the opportunity to denounce the legitimacy of Melonis government.

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The inmates used iron tools and rebar rods to attack guards and broke through the jails main gate, forcing army soldiers and jail guards to open fire

Home Minister Amit Shah says fencing work has been completed on 30 km of the border, which, he termed the root cause of the ethnic violence in Manipur

U.S. President Donald Trump initially suggested that Iran itself may have been responsible for the attack on the Iranian elementary school in Minab despite Iran not having Tomahawk missiles.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a social media post on Friday (March 27), said the document lays the foundation for future contracts, technological cooperation, and investment, providing no further details.