Archives for March, 2026

FILE PHOTO: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a press conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress (NPC), in Beijing, China, March 8, 2026. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

China will continue mediating for Middle East ceasefire, foreign minister says

Reuters

A campaign sticker adorns a phone case during an event with Melat Kiros, Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 1st Congressional District, and members of Washington, D.C.'s Ethiopian diaspora at Punch Bowl Social in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., March 15, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Iran war fuels tensions in US Democratic primary races

Reuters

Hani Ghadban, 56, from southern Lebanon, sits on the floor as he prepares to break his fast at iftar during Ramadan, as his family takes refuge in a school that has been turned into a shelter, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Claudia Greco

In Lebanon, war dictates pace of Ramadan for displaced families

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Ali Larijani, former chairman of the parliament of Iran, attends a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon November 15, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo

Kremlin condemns US-Israeli 'murder' of Iran’s leaders after Ali Larijani killing

Reuters

Authorities in Tel Aviv have issued guidelines to local residenct on how to look after pets during air raid alerts

Israelis shelter with pets from threat of Iran missiles

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2026. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Kremlin says WSJ report on Russia sharing drone technology with Iran is 'fake news'

Reuters

An Iranian security force officer stands guard next to a huge billboard of Iran's newly nominated supreme leader Ayatollah Mojataba Khamenei (pointing) during Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran on March 13, 2026. On February 28, Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran, killing its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (photo bottom L) and triggering a war that spread across the M

Analysis

Israel sees long road to Iran regime change as IRGC tightens grip

While the large number of Iranian leaders killed is clearly destabilizing the regime, its toppling could still take a long time, Israeli officials told Al-Monitor.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Turkey says NATO deploying more defences to guard southern base

Reuters

Sweden's Security Police Chief Charlotte von Essen attends a press conference at the Security Police regarding the deteriorating security situation, in Stockholm, Sweden, 17 August, 2023. Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

Russia, China and Iran are main threats to Sweden, security service says

Reuters

Debris lie at the site of a drug rehabilitation center destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

UN agency puts death toll at 143 in Kabul rehab centre bombing by Pakistan

Reuters

Afghan men search for the names of missing relatives on a list at the site of a drug rehabilitation center destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

Afghans search for loved ones at Kabul rehab centre bombed by Pakistan

Reuters

A general view shows Taipei city skyline, including the Taipei 101 skyscraper, with Songshan Airport in the foreground in Taipei, Taiwan February 23, 2026. REUTERS/Ann Wang

China makes energy security 'reunification' offer to Taiwan amid Middle East war

Reuters

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqhchi looks on during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Iran's nuclear doctrine not likely to change, foreign minister says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Japan's leader faces high-wire act in Washington over Trump's Iran demands

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with the Kennedy Center board members in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Explainer-How Trump's Hormuz push tests Japan's pacifist limits

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A Cathay Pacific aircraft taxis at Hong Kong International Airport on the day of the official launch of its third runway, in Hong Kong, China November 28, 2024. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Airlines cancel more flights as Middle East conflict escalates

Reuters