Exclusive-EU foreign policy chief Kallas calls on US, Israel to end Iran war

Reuters17 March 2026

BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called on the United States and Israel on Tuesday to end their war with Iran and said the EU was consulting with governments in the Middle East about how to bring the conflict to a conclusion. In an interview with Reuters in Brussels,...

Police Respond to Suspected Suicide Bombings in Maiduguri: 23 Killed, 108 Injured

Ogunjobi Michael Odunayo17 March 2026

The Borno State Police Command has responded to multiple suspected suicide bombings that struck three locations in Maiduguri on March 16, 2026, raising fresh security concerns in the northeastern Nigerian city. According to police spokesperson Nahum Kenneth Daso, the command immediately deployed its Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit to conduct clearance operations at the affected...

Iranian families weep as war dead are buried in Tehran cemetery

Reuters16 March 2026

TEHRAN, March 16 (Reuters) – As gravediggers prepared new burial plots for those killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, Marzia Rezaei wept for her son Erfan Shamei, who died in a blast at a military training camp days before he was due home on leave. The war that began on February 28 with a...

US allies rebuff Trump’s request for support in Strait of Hormuz

Reuters16 March 2026

BERLIN/BRUSSELS/LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) – Several U.S. allies said on Monday they had no immediate plans to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, rebuffing a request by President Donald Trump for military support to keep the vital waterway open. Trump called on nations to help police the strait after Iran responded to U.S.-Israeli...

Kenyans will no longer be enlisted to fight for Russia in Ukraine, minister says

Reuters16 March 2026

MOSCOW, March 16 (Reuters) – Kenya said on Monday that it had agreed with Russia that Kenyans would no longer be eligible for signing up to fight in the war with Ukraine after the scale of Russian recruitment triggered anger in some African countries. Kenya says that more than 1,000 Kenyans have been recruited to...

British teens resist Australian-style social media ban

Reuters16 March 2026

LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) – British teenagers, like their peers abroad, have a conflicted relationship with social media. They know it can feed them a diet of “brain rot” content that keeps them glued to their phones while making money for big tech. Yet it is central to their lives, and many do not think...

‘One Battle After Another’ takes best picture at the Oscars

Reuters16 March 2026

LOS ANGELES, March 15 (Reuters) – The darkly comic thriller “One Battle After Another” won best picture at the Academy Awards, leading a haul of six trophies on a Sunday night when Hollywood handed its top movie honors to unconventional stories. The offbeat tale of political resistance traded wins with the vampire story “Sinners,” setting...

US officials predict quick end to Iran war, while Tehran says it can outlast foes

Reuters15 March 2026

DUBAI/JERUSALEM/PALM BEACH, Florida, March 15 (Reuters) – U.S. officials responding to economic uncertainty over high oil prices predicted on Sunday that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran would end within weeks and that a drop in energy costs would follow, despite Iran’s assertion that it remains “stable and strong” and ready to defend itself. U.S. President...

Hungary’s feuding parties stage big rallies ahead of April election

Reuters15 March 2026

BUDAPEST, March 15 (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sought on Sunday to mobilise voters for what he called an “historic” vote on April 12, while opposition supporters hoping to end the nationalist leader’s 16-year rule turned out in droves at a rival rally. Orban faces what could be his toughest bid for re-election...

In heavy rain, Lebanese fleeing war huddle under makeshift shelters

Reuters15 March 2026

BEIRUT/SIDON, March 15 (Reuters) – Hussain Murtada and his family are camping in the back of a small truck, a flimsy tarpaulin shielding them from a storm on Sunday, with no room left at shelters for displaced people in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. “We are putting tarp over it because we’re soaked,” said...

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