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Cuba gradually restores power amid US oil blockade

Reuters17 March 2026

HAVANA, March 17 (Reuters) – Cuba has reconnected much of its electrical grid and brought online its largest oil-fired power plant, energy officials said on Tuesday, one day after a nationwide blackout left 10 million people in the dark amid a U.S. move to choke off the island’s fuel supply. U.S. President Donald Trump escalated...

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,...

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...

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...

Reuters15 March 2026

Canada and Nordics focus on military procurement in ‘middle-power’ meet-upBy Gwladys Fouche and Louise Rasmussen OSLO, March 15 (Reuters) – Canada and the five Nordic countries said on Sunday they have agreed to deepen cooperation in military procurement and other areas, in the latest push by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to build new global...

French mayoral elections gauge far-right strength before presidential ballot

Reuters15 March 2026

PARIS, March 15 (Reuters) – French voters headed to the polls on Sunday to elect their mayors in a closely watched ballot seen as a test of the strength of the far-right and the resilience of mainstream parties ahead of next year’s presidential election. Voting started at 8 a.m. (0700 GMT) and ends at 8...

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