Ex-rapper’s party set to sweep Nepal election months after Gen Z-led protests

Reuters6 March 2026

Ex-rapper’s party set to sweep Nepal election months after Gen Z-led protests KATHMANDU – A three-year-old party led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah looked set to sweep Nepal’s general election on Friday, trouncing established rivals in a result analysts likened to a “tsunami”. Thirty-five-year-old Shah and his Rastriya Swatantra Party were on course to win a...

UN official says 100,000 Lebanese are in shelters after unprecedented Israeli warnings

Reuters6 March 2026

BEIRUT – The number of displaced people in Lebanon is expected to rapidly increase after unprecedented Israeli evacuation orders covering large parts of the country, with about 100,000 already cramming shelters, a senior U.N. official said on Friday. With hostilities raging between Israel and Hezbollah amid a spreading U.S.-led war on Iran, the Israeli military...

Ukraine, Russia exchange 200 POWs each in latest swap

Reuters5 March 2026

KYIV – Ukraine and Russia exchanged 200 prisoners of war each on Thursday in their latest swap, officials on both sides said, despite a deadlock in U.S.-backed negotiations to end the four-year conflict. Kyiv and Moscow have carried out regular POW exchanges throughout the war, committing during recent talks in Geneva to a new round...

Azerbaijan vows to respond after four injured by Iranian drones

Reuters5 March 2026

BAKU – Azerbaijan warned on Thursday that it was preparing unspecified response measures after two Iranian drones flew across its border and injured four people in the Nakhchivan exclave, raising concern about further spillover of the conflict in the Middle East. “These attacks will not remain unanswered,” the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry said in a statement....

Highlights of NATO chief’s interview with Reuters

Reuters5 March 2026

BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Reuters on Thursday the alliance was vigilant and ready to defend every inch of its territory after Iran fired a ballistic missile towards NATO member Turkey. Rutte also addressed France’s shift in nuclear doctrine and responded to criticism from some over the way he lavishes praise on...

‘Everyone cheered’: stranded Gulf travellers gamble on their route home

Reuters5 March 2026

DUBAI, March 4 (Reuters) – Stranded passengers in the Gulf states are waiting for one thing: a phone call confirming their flight home will depart. Even then, few celebrate until the plane has taken off and cleared Emirati airspace. “There was just this eerie feeling on the plane. Everyone was just dead quiet. No one...

US Senate backs Trump on Iran strikes, blocks bid to limit his war powers

Reuters5 March 2026

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans backed President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran on Wednesday, voting to block a bipartisan resolution aiming to stop the air war and require that any hostilities against Iran be authorized by Congress. The Senate voted 53 to 47 not to advance the resolution, largely along party...

Nepal goes to the polls; voters seek change after youth-led protests

Reuters5 March 2026

KATHMANDU – Nearly six months after a wave of unprecedented youth-led protests and the deaths of 77 people forced Nepal’s then prime minister to quit, people began voting on Thursday in a general election that will choose a new parliament in the Himalayan nation. Perched between China and India, the country of 30 million people...

Spain defies Trump’s threats over stance on Iran war, says it ‘won’t be vassals’

Reuters5 March 2026

MADRID, March 4 (Reuters) – Spain “will not be vassals” to another country, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Jesus Montero said on Wednesday, defying U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to cut trade with Madrid over its stance against the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. Trump floated imposing a trade embargo on Madrid over its refusal to allow ...

Turkey says NATO defences destroyed Iran missile, risking war expansion

Reuters4 March 2026

ANKARA, March 4 (Reuters) – Turkey said that NATO air defences destroyed an Iranian ballistic missile headed into Turkish airspace on Wednesday, marking the first time the alliance member has been drawn into the Middle East conflict and raising the possibility of a major expansion involving its bloc allies. Turkey – Iran’s neighbour that had...

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