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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
Iran and the politics of martyrdom

By assassinating Khamenei, Larijani and others, the U.S. and Israel have elevated them, in the eyes of their supporters, to a higher realm of martyrdom.

20 Mar 2026 7:03 pm
Exiled Iranian writer Shahrnush Parsipur on her International Booker Prize-nominated novella

Published in 1989, the book was seen as an act of insurrection and Parsipur was jailed, while the novella was banned

20 Mar 2026 5:42 pm
China welcomes Vikram Doraiswami's appointment as India's new Envoy

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a media briefing that envoys are an important bridge for fostering friendly and cooperative relations between nations

20 Mar 2026 5:41 pm
Indian killed in Riyadh due to recent events of March 18, says Embassy

The Indian embassy said that it is in contact with the deceaseds family and local authorities but the circumstances regarding the Indian nationals death remain unclear

20 Mar 2026 4:54 pm
Bondi Beach attack | From bloodshed to blooms: inside the making of a living memorial

Installations made with sunflowers, roses, orchids, wattles and bougainvillea left at the 2025 Bondi Beach massacre site will be unveiled at the Sydney Jewish Museum next year

20 Mar 2026 4:02 pm
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto calls acid attack on activist Andrie Yunus 'terrorism'

This is terrorism, isn't it? A barbaric act. We must pursue (the perpetrators), Prabowo Subianto said in an interview

20 Mar 2026 1:31 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
Norway's crown princess says she was 'manipulated and deceived' by Epstein

The U.S. Justice Department's release of millions of Epstein documents has sent shockwaves around the world, revealing the disgraced financier's ties to prominent people, including the crown princess and top Norwegian politicians, business executives and diplomats

20 Mar 2026 12:47 pm
Fire at South Korean auto parts factory injures at least 50

More than 200 firefighters and 70 vehicles were deployed to fight the blaze, said the National Fire Agency

20 Mar 2026 12:41 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
U.S. NTSB launches safety probe after Alaska Airlines jet overflies FedEx at Newark

An air traffic controller instructed Alaska Airlines Flight 294, a Boeing 737, to perform a go-around because FedEx Flight 721, a Boeing 777, was cleared for the final approach to an intersecting runway at the New Jersey airport near New York City, says FAA

20 Mar 2026 11:51 am
Political tug of war over Iranian women's football team prompts criticism in Australia

Iran has claimed victory in the extraordinary public relations battle that played out since Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke released to the media on March 10 a photo of him posing with five women who had accepted protection visas

20 Mar 2026 11:50 am
Fire at Kuwait refinery as Gulf states come under drone, missile attacks

Iran has stepped up attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure in recent days, hitting refineries and the worlds biggest gas hub in Qatar, as Tehran retaliated over Israeli strikes on its South Pars gas field

20 Mar 2026 10:57 am
Vietnam accelerates shift to ethanol fuel as Iran war drives up energy prices

Fuel prices in Vietnam have surged since the U.S.-Israel war on Iran began three weeks ago, with gasoline prices up 50% and diesel prices rising 70%, according to data from top fuel trader Petrolimex

20 Mar 2026 10:52 am
China poses pressing threat, deterrence needed to avert invasion, Taiwan says

China does not currently plan to invade Taiwan in 2027 and seeks to control the island without the use of force, says the U.S. intelligence community

20 Mar 2026 9:54 am
Indonesian billionaire Michael Bambang Hartono dies at 86

The cause of death was not immediately clear. Alongside his brother Robert, Budi Hartono, Michael Hartono was worth an estimated $43.8 billion, according to Forbes in 2025, putting them at the top of Indonesia's rich list

20 Mar 2026 9:11 am
Iran womens soccer team greeted with a welcome ceremony in Tehran

Members of Irans national womens soccer team were greeted with a welcome ceremony upon their return to the Islamic Republic after several of the players sought asylum in Australia

20 Mar 2026 9:03 am
Joint statement on Strait of Hormuz by European nations, Japan, Canada

This is the full text of the statement from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan and Canada

20 Mar 2026 9:01 am
Tesla in talks with Chinese firms to buy $2.9 bln worth of solar equipment

Mr. Musk plans to build the solar capacity mainly for use by Tesla, although some will be used to power SpaceX satellites

20 Mar 2026 8:26 am
Three men charged with conspiring to smuggle U.S. artificial intelligence to China

The men violated U.S. export controls laws by scheming to divert massive quantities of the high-performance servers assembled in the United States to China between 2024 and 2025

20 Mar 2026 8:01 am
North Koreas Kim Jong Un takes his daughter on tank ride during army training

State media images showed the girl sticking her head out of the tanks hatch, while Kim sitting on the top of the tank and smiling

20 Mar 2026 7:59 am
U.S. issues new 30-day waiver for sale of Russian oil, adding Cuba, North Korea exceptions

The license, which expires on April 11, replaces and supersedes a similar 30-day sanctions waiver issued on March 12

20 Mar 2026 7:35 am
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Trump, Netanyahu differ on gas field attack; Iran fires at Israel after Netanyahu boasts of war gains

UAE authorities said they had dismantled a errorist network funded and operated by Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iran, and arrested its members

20 Mar 2026 7:16 am
EU asks for reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and no more strikes on energy, water sites

European leaders have deflected entreaties from U.S. President Donald Trump to send military assets to secure the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for the global flow of oil, gas and fertilizer

20 Mar 2026 5:50 am
Six allies ready to help efforts to ensure safe passage through Hormuz Strait

The declaration came as an effective Iranian blockade of the strait has paralysed commercial shipping through the crucial maritime chokepoint, which in peacetime sees a fifth of global crude oil and liquefied natural gas pass through it

20 Mar 2026 5:40 am
U.S. may remove sanctions on Iranian oil stranded in tankers, Bessent says

Bessent said the addition of sanctioned Iranian oil into global supplies would help keep oil prices down for the next 10 to 14 days.

20 Mar 2026 5:40 am
Iranian attack hits Israeli oil refinery in Haifa, some damage reported

Energy Minister Eli Cohen said power was briefly disrupted, with electricity restored to most of those who were affected

20 Mar 2026 5:20 am
Trump draws parallel between Pearl Harbor and U.S. strikes on Iran in meeting with Japanese PM

The Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, killed 2,390 Americans, and the U.S. declared war on Japan the next day

20 Mar 2026 5:09 am
UN shipping bodycalls for safe maritime framework in Gulf

The Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) noted that the closure of the Strait has adversely affected merchant and commercial vessels and threatened the safety and welfare of seafarers.

20 Mar 2026 5:02 am
Trump, Netanyahu split on gas field attack, raise questions about whether theyre in sync on war

The attack by Israel on the South Pars gas field prompted Iran to retaliate against energy infrastructure in other West Asian countries

20 Mar 2026 4:48 am
UAE says it dismantled 'terrorist network' funded by Iran and Hezbollah

According to the state news agency, the network was involved in money laundering, financing terrorism and threatening national security

20 Mar 2026 4:48 am
U.S. F-35 stealth fighter hit by suspected Iranian fire: reports

The United States has lost multiple aircraft during the conflict including three F-15s mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti forces, and a KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq but none that are known to have been hit by Iranian fire

20 Mar 2026 2:08 am
Iraqs Kurdistan is becoming the new frontline in a widening Iran war

Kurdish lawmakers in Baghdad warn that the federal governments muted response risks further destabilising the country

20 Mar 2026 1:28 am
Oil, power, and politics of disruption

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupts a vital artery of the global economy, triggering price increases and turmoil in energy markets; as supply shocks reshape the geopolitics of energy, countries like India, the U.S., and Russia recalibrate strategies amid shifting oil flows and rising dependence

19 Mar 2026 11:08 pm
Hezbollah says battling Israeli troops' advance in south Lebanon

The Israeli army announced on Monday that it had launched limited ground operations in Lebanon

19 Mar 2026 10:25 pm
Iran missile fire kills 3 Palestinians in West Bank, foreign worker in Israel

This marks the first Palestinian deaths from Iranian attacks in the ongoing Middle East war

19 Mar 2026 10:17 pm
EU lawmakers vote to advance U.S. trade deal

Many lawmakers have complained the trade deal is one-sided, with the EU required to cut most import duties while the U.S. sticks to a broad rate of 15%

19 Mar 2026 10:11 pm
Pro-Iran Iraqi group says to pause U.S. embassy attacks, with conditions

Two drones also earlier targeted the US logistics centre at Baghdad International Airport, which houses military personnel and has been regularly targeted, according to a security official

19 Mar 2026 10:01 pm
Russia discussing aid options with Cuba, Kremlin says

Two tankers carrying gas and oil were expected to arrive in Cuba next Monday and in early April, respectively

19 Mar 2026 9:57 pm
Russia says strike that wounded TV crew in Lebanon not accidental

Given the killing of 200 journalists in Gaza, today's events cannot be called accidental, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Telegram, without naming Israel.

19 Mar 2026 9:25 pm
No definitive time frame for ending Iran war, say Pentagon; seeks $200 billion in additional funds

Pete Hegseth told a news conference, adding that were very much on track and that President Donald Trump will be the one to decide when to stop

19 Mar 2026 7:37 pm
Iran slams France's Macron over West Asia war stance

The strikes followed an attack on Iranian facilities in the same gas field, which it shares with Qatar

19 Mar 2026 5:37 pm
19 Mar 2026 4:31 pm
Thunderstorm forecast for 14 Telangana districts on March 20

Partly cloudy sky may cover Hyderabad and its surrounding areas the next 24 hours

19 Mar 2026 4:28 pm
China calls killing of Irans Larijani, leaders unacceptable

We have always opposed the use of force in international relations. The acts of killing Iranian state leaders and attacking civilian targets are even more unacceptable, Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesman said

19 Mar 2026 4:07 pm