Deadly flash floods: Nepal demands compensation from US, China, India
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Cargo ship with 10 crew sinks off Istanbul
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Sri Lanka-US agents bust Pakistan drug network
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US pounds Iran; Tehran strikes back at US bases
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NEPAL FLOOD / Hopes fade for survivors
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RARE EGYPT VISIT / Xi urges end to ME interference
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In Brief / Netanyahu, in Gaza, says ‘we are not retreating’
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In Brief / HK democracy activist Wong pleads guilty
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In Brief / Russian attack cuts power in Odesa
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‘Trump Strait’? US president thinks Hormuz could use a rebrand
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‘Get ready for $200 a barrel’
Iran yesterday said the world should prepare for oil to hit $200 a barrel, as three more ships came under attack in the blockaded Gulf, forcing governments to tap their strategic oil reserves.
12 March 2026
UAE president pens poem for defenders
The UAE President wrote a patriotic poem that was performed by the national orchestra, state media said yesterday, as his country faced the attacks unleashed by Iran after US-Israeli strikes.
12 March 2026
AI military use can create ‘Terminator’ world
China warned the United States yesterday that the excessive use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its military could plunge the world into a “Terminator”-like dystopian future.
12 March 2026
Russia, Ukraine trade drone strikes
Ukraine hit a “key” military factory in a missile strike Tuesday on Russia’s western city of Bryansk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after Moscow gave a toll of six dead in the attack.
12 March 2026
‘Our hearts were shaking’
The Iranian capital has experienced one of its most intense nights of bombardment by the United States and Israel since the start of the war 10 days ago as numerous areas of the sprawling city have been hit to devastating effect.
12 March 2026
Regional casualty count rises
Since the US and Israel unleashed strikes on Iran on February 28, war has spread across the region and casualties have been reported in countries around the Middle East.
12 March 2026
Will Trump blink on Iran as pressure mounts?
US President Donald Trump has built a potential off-ramp by suggesting the Iran war could end soon, but the world is still guessing about whether he will take it -- and whether Tehran will let him.
12 March 2026
Member states to release 400mn barrels from oil reserves: IEA
It is the sixth time the IEA has approved a coordinated release of oil stocks, having previously done so in 1991, 2005, 2011, and twice in 2022
11 March 2026
Iran tells world to get ready for $200 a barrel
IEA to propose fastest ever release of strategic oil reserves
11 March 2026
Gorbachev’s glasnost gamble: The day the Soviet century tilted
A single succession rewrote the geopolitical script of the late 20th century
11 March 2026
Bangladeshi among four injured after two drones fall near Dubai airport
Authorities say air traffic continued normally despite incident near DXB
11 March 2026
Gulf states bet on restraint over direct involvement in Mideast war
The Gulf capitals have released public statements saying they are not taking part in operations against Iran and that their territory is not being used as a base for attacks.
11 March 2026
Sri Lanka court orders 84 Iranian sailors' bodies be handed to Iran embassy, local media says
The warship, IRIS Dena, was hit by a torpedo from a US submarine while it was returning from a naval exercise organised by India
11 March 2026
Iran's new supreme leader injured but 'safe': officials
"I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections," says Iranian president's son Yousef Pezeshkian
11 March 2026
Iran police chief says anti-govt protesters treated as 'enemies'
"And we will do to them what we do to an enemy. We will deal with them in the same way we deal with enemies," he added.
11 March 2026
IEA proposes largest ever oil release from strategic reserves, WSJ says
The release would exceed the 182 million barrels of oil that IEA member nations put on the market in two releases in 2022 when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine
11 March 2026
US destroys mine-laying vessels as Trump warns Iran over Strait of Hormuz
Trump previously said the US had "completely destroyed" 10 inactive mine-laying vessels.
11 March 2026
Middle East war: Global economic fallout
Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war on Wednesday
11 March 2026
6 killed in bus fire in Switzerland
The fire broke out on the bus in the main street of the small town of Kerzers, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of the Swiss capital Bern.
11 March 2026
War on Iran: latest developments
Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted six ballistic missiles launched Wednesday toward Prince Sultan Air Base and a seventh missile headed towards the country's east.
11 March 2026