Archives for March, 2026

FILE PHOTO: Birds fly near a boat in the Strait of Hormuz amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, as seen from Musandam, Oman, March 2, 2026.REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo

Iran considers levying transit fees on ships in Hormuz Strait, lawmaker says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi speaks during a press conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/ File Photo

Iran urges regional vigilance against US, Israeli 'destabilisation', state media reports

Reuters

A UN worker looks on next to a vehicle as Palestinians get ready to leave Gaza through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, after it was opened by Israel on Thursday for a limited number of people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

Israel reopens key Gaza crossing amid new truce push

Reuters

Emergency personnel inspect damage in a building following an Iranian projectile strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Ramat Gan, Israel, March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Nir Elias

Gulf states request urgent debate at UN Human Rights Council, documents show

Reuters

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas speaks during a closing press conference at a European Union Energy and Foreign Affairs ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Omar Havana

EU has tools to bypass Hungary's Ukraine loan veto but must show courage, Kallas says

Reuters

People who work as delivery drivers for the Toters delivery app sit on their scooters outside a delivery center in Beirut, Lebanon, March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Emilie Madi

As Israel expands strikes on Beirut, delivery drivers steer clear of danger

Reuters

The Iran team poses for a photo before a World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan in Tehran in March last year

Iran 'boycotting' USA but not World Cup: football federation chief

Agence France-Presse

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian gestures during a press conference in Beijing, China March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

China offers to work with Southeast Asia on energy security

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Clouds move over the Riyadh skyline November 17, 2013. Picture taken November 17, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser/File Photo

Saudi Arabia to host Arab, Islamic ministers to discuss war

Reuters

A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted a building in Beirut

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Agence France-Presse

Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations, addresses members of the United Nations Security Council on resolutions on the situation in Iran and the Middle East at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Iran seeks compensation from UAE over US strikes on its territory, UN ambassador letter says

Reuters

US President Donald Trump, left, and Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, during a signing ceremony for a document on the implementation of the US Japan trade deal at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump may push Japan for help with Iran war in White House meeting

Reuters

A postal distribution centre of Nova Post company hit by Russian missile, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine March 17, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Ukraine peace talks paused amid Iran war, Russia's Izvestia says

Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran has been "decimated" in the Middle East war

Netanyahu says Iran 'decimated,' Tehran targets Gulf petro-facilities

Agence France-Presse

Three women killed in the occupied West Bank town of Beit Awa are the first Palestinian deaths from Iranian missile fire in the war

Iran missile fire kills 3 Palestinians in West Bank, foreign worker in Israel

Agence France-Presse

Members of a Red Crescent rescue team work at a building that was damaged by a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 17, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Trump vows no more attacks by Israel on Iran gas field after it 'violently lashed out'

Reuters