Archives for March, 2026

Youssef Assaf was killed by and Israeli strike while volunteering for the Lebanese Red Cross

Southern Lebanon paramedics risk deadly Israeli strikes to do their work

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: People enjoy a night out in the Bab Touma neighbourhood of the Old City of Damascus, after the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad, in Syria, December 19, 2024. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar/File Photo

Syrian authorities ban alcohol in Damascus

Reuters

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike targeting a police vehicle in the central Gaza Strip, March 15, 2026. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Israeli strike kills three people in Gaza as Iran war strains truce

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks across the street, with a banner of all three leaders of Iran, late Ruhollah Khomeini, late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Mojtaba Khamenei in the background, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 15, 2026. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani/File Photo

Iran detains dozens, warns of risk from 'enemy' during festival

Reuters

This photo, taken in 2021, shows Iranians on a beach in the Caspian Sea port city of Mahmoud Abad

Tehran residents flee north to Iran's quiet 'Riviera'

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Farmers load sacks of fertiliser into a seeder on a wheat field in Nanyang, Henan province, China October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

Explainer-How does the Iran war affect fertiliser supplies, prices and food security?

Reuters

The Persian Gulf hosts the world's second-largest population of dugongs, herbivorous marine mammals listed as vulnerable, with an estimated 5,000 to 7,500 individuals

War threatens Gulf's dugongs, turtles and birds

Agence France-Presse

The city skyline is pictured in Dubai on March 11, 2026.

Analysis

How long can markets hold their bet on Gulf resilience as war drags on?

A prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz and continued assaults on Gulf energy infrastructure are likely to lead to regionwide credit deterioration, experts say.

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

FILE PHOTO: Sudanese women lie in beds as they receive treatment for dengue fever at Omdurman Hospital, as Sudan grapples with outbreaks of dengue and cholera amid the annual rainy season and a collapsed healthcare and infrastructure system, in Khartoum, Sudan, September 23, 2025. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo

Sudan clinics face stock-out in weeks due to Middle East war, NGO says

Reuters

UN vehicles move inside Lebanon, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, as seen from the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon, March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Some Israeli strikes in Lebanon may be war crimes, UN rights office says

Reuters

Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 25, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

White House says US seeking fertilizer from Venezuela, Morocco

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks during a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, February 25, 2026. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki/File Photo

Poland will not send its troops to Iran, PM Tusk says

Reuters

A man walks through debris at the site of a drug users rehabilitation hospital destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

Factbox-How do Pakistan and Afghan Taliban militaries stack up as tensions flare?

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

Exclusive-EU foreign policy chief Kallas calls on US, Israel to end Iran war

Reuters

Emergency personnel work at the site of a strike on a residential building, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 16, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran war may push 45 million people into acute hunger by June, WFP says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Graves are being prepared for the victims following a reported strike on a school in Minab, Iran, March 2, 2026. Iranian Foreign Media Department/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

UN body investigating fatal strike on Iranian girls school

Reuters