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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...

U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone

Reuters4 March 2026

GALLE, Sri Lanka/WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) – A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington’s pursuit of the Iranian navy. Sri Lanka’s deputy foreign minister identified the warship as the frigate IRIS Dena, and said it was heading back to Iran...

UK’s Starmer vows to keep a ‘cool head’ after Trump castigation

Reuters4 March 2026

LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) – Keir Starmer said Britain would respond to the escalating conflict in the Middle East with a “cool head” after President Donald Trump chastised the prime minister for failing to provide sufficient support for his strikes on Iran. Britain, historically a staunch ally of Washington, initially refused to allow its military...

Swedish fighter jets patrol Iceland in show of force over Arctic

Reuters4 March 2026

KEFLAVIK, Iceland, March 4 (Reuters) – Swedish fighter jets are patrolling the skies around Iceland for the first time, as NATO allies try to show both U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that they are serious about protecting the Arctic. Sweden has sent six of its Saab Gripen fighter jets, the...

Russia says US attacked Iran on false pretext, condemns call for Iranians to seize power

Reuters4 March 2026

MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) – Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of using an imaginary threat from Iran as a pretext to overthrow its constitutional order, and said Washington’s calls for Iranians to seize power from their leaders were cynical and inhumane. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the U.S. had used negotiations with...

Khamenei’s son Mojtaba is alive and favoured to succeed him, Iranian sources say

Reuters4 March 2026

DUBAI/JERUSALEM, March 4 (Reuters) – Mojtaba Khamenei, the powerful son of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is alive and favoured to emerge as his father’s successor, two Iranian sources told Reuters on Wednesday. As new explosions rang out in Tehran, plans were in doubt for a funeral for the elder Khamenei, 86, killed by...

UN ‘deeply disturbed’ by strike on Iran school that killed 160 children

Reuters4 March 2026

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, March 4 (Reuters) – A United Nations panel of experts said on Wednesday it was “deeply disturbed” by the deaths of children, after the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in southern Iran, which it said killed more than 160 children, citing reports. The school in Minab was hit...

UK rapper Ghetts jailed for killing Nepali student in hit-and-run

Reuters3 March 2026

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) – British rapper Ghetts was jailed for 12 years on Tuesday for killing a Nepali student in a hit-and-run while driving dangerously and over the drink-drive limit. The award-winning artist, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, pleaded guilty in December to causing the death of 20-year-old Yubin Tamang in north London...

Trump says US will cut all trade with Spain over military bases, defence spending

Kingsley Oyong Akam3 March 2026

WASHINGTON/MADRID, March 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States would cut off all trade with Spain after the European country refused to let the U.S. military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran. “Spain has been terrible,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with German Chancellor...

US struggling to de-risk Congo’s ‘war zone minerals’ even after pact, sources say

Reuters3 March 2026

DAKAR/KINSHASA, March 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. has made progress in its push to prise Congo’s strategic minerals from China’s orbit, but conflict, contested licences and compliance demands are still slowing Washington’s advance into a region its rival dominates, diplomats and industry officials said. Democratic Republic of Congo, which hosts the world’s largest cobalt supply...

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