Iran’s supreme leader, in first remarks, vows to avenge martyrs, keep strait closed

Reuters12 March 2026

DUBAI/HEBRON, Kentucky, March 12 (Reuters) – Iran will avenge the blood of its martyrs, keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and attack U.S. bases, new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday in a statement read out on state television, his first remarks since succeeding his slain father. In the defiant address, Khamenei said the...

Ghana to submit UN resolution on slavery reparations; eyes broad support

Reuters12 March 2026

LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) – Ghana intends to propose a United Nations resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime in the history of humankind” and calling for reparations, and expects broad support despite resistance in Europe. The West African nation, a prominent advocate of reparations on the continent, plans to table the proposal at...

Senegal doubles maximum penalty for same-sex activity to 10 years’ jail

Reuters12 March 2026

DAKAR, March 12 (Reuters) – Senegal’s National Assembly late on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual acts to 10 years and criminalising any efforts to promote homosexuality. The law – passed by 135 votes to zero, with three abstentions – fulfils a campaign promise of the government that...

North Korean leader Kim test fires handguns during visit to munitions factory, KCNA reports

Reuters12 March 2026

SEOUL, March 12 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a munitions factory on Wednesday, state media KCNA reported, releasing photographs that showed him touring the facility with his teenage daughter and the pair test-firing handguns. During the visit, Kim oversaw firearms production and called for modernisation of the process, KCNA said. The...

Oil tankers burn near Iraq as Iranian strikes defy Trump’s claim to have won the war

Reuters12 March 2026

DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) – Iran appeared to have set ablaze two tankers in Iraqi waters as it stepped up attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East, warning the world should be ready for oil at $200 a barrel in defiance of President Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S. had already...

Strike hits Beirut apartment block as Lebanon grapples with 700,000 displaced

Reuters11 March 2026

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM – An Israeli strike hit an apartment block in central Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanese authorities said, further widening Israeli attacks in the capital beyond the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs where heavy bombardment continued. Israel launched an offensive against Iran-backed Hezbollah after it opened fire on March 2 to avenge the killing of Iran’s supreme leader...

The Iran campaign will continue ‘without any time limit’, says Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz

Reuters11 March 2026

TEL AVIV, March 11 (Reuters) — Israel’s defence minister said the military campaign against Iran would continue “without any time limit” until all objectives are achieved, as fighting between Iran, Israel and the United States entered its second week. “We will continue to act and crush the regime, as well as the strategic targets of...

Drones hit east Congo’s biggest city, killing French aid worker, rebels and UN say

Reuters11 March 2026

March 11 (Reuters) – Drone strikes hit Goma in east Congo on Wednesday, killing at least three people including a French aid worker, the first such attack in the city since AFC/M23 rebels seized it last year, according to the group and the U.N. The AFC/M23 blamed the attack on the Congolese army, saying in...

Iran tells world ‘get ready for $200 a barrel’

Reuters11 March 2026

DUBAI/TEL AVIV, March 11 (Reuters) – Iran’s military command said on Wednesday the world should be prepared for oil to hit $200 a barrel, as three more ships came under attack in the blockaded Gulf. Iran fired at Israel and targets across the Middle East on Wednesday, demonstrating it can still fight back and disrupt...

Six die in Swiss bus blaze after reports that person set fire to themself

Reuters11 March 2026

KERZERS, Switzerland – At least six people died and three were injured in a bus fire in a small Swiss town thought to have been caused by someone setting fire to themself. Police said the bus became engulfed in flames on Tuesday evening on a road in Kerzers, a town of about 5,000 inhabitants in...

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