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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...

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...

Nepal to vote in first election since Gen Z-led protests toppled government

Reuters4 March 2026

KATHMANDU, March 4 (Reuters) – Nepal is heading to a general election on Thursday, the first after youth-led protests last September demanding an end to corruption, more jobs and cleaner politics led to the deaths of 77 people and forced the government to resign. For decades, the small Himalayan nation ensconced between China and India...

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...

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...

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

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

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

Nepal to vote in first election since Gen Z-led protests toppled government

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