Archives for March, 2026

Mexico is co-hosting the biggest World Cup in history, along with the United States and Canada, from June 11 to July 19, 2026

Iran 'negotiating' with FIFA over moving World Cup games to Mexico: embassy

Agence France-Presse

A man walks through debris lying in a ward of a drug users rehabilitation hospital destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. REUTERS/Yunus Yawar

Explainer-From sponsor to enemy: What's behind Pakistan's attack on Afghan Taliban?

Reuters

A man carries a dog as 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

Trump criticises allies over rejection of Hormuz request, as Iran and Israel trade airstrikes

Reuters

Chief Executive of Hong Kong John Lee speaks during a press conference in Beijing, China December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Hong Kong to see oil shocks and volatility from Middle East war

Reuters

Oil and gas markets have reeled with the war in the Middle East

Middle East war: global economic fallout

Agence France-Presse

Supporters of the Iranian women's soccer team gather at Sydney Airport, after five of the players were granted asylum, in Sydney, Australia, March 10, 2026. REUTERS/Jeremy Piper/File Photo

Iran soccer players who claimed asylum in Australia train with local club

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter during an event to sign an executive order creating an anti‑fraud task force headed by U.S. Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump was warned of likely Iranian retaliation on Gulf allies, sources say

Reuters

Officers keep watch outside the Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

US federal jury convicts Assad-era Syrian official of torture

Reuters

Taiwan's Defence Minister Wellington Koo reacts during the annual Han Kuang military exercise in Kaohsiung, Taiwan July 14, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang

Taiwan says it has received no information from US on delay of second arms sale

Reuters

Smoke and fire rise during reported drone and rocket strikes at the U.S. embassy, according to Iraqi security sources, in Baghdad, Iraq, in this still image obtained from a social media video released on March 17, 2026. Social Media via REUTERS

Drones, rockets fired at US embassy in Baghdad, security sources say

Reuters

Smoke rises after an explosion in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

Afghan Taliban says 400 killed, 250 injured in Pakistan air strike on Kabul hospital

Reuters

US President Donald Trump has urged allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Trump faces coalition of the unwilling on Iran

Agence France-Presse

A general view of the Dubai skyline, with Burj Khalifa visible in the center, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 6, 2026. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

UAE air traffic operations return to normal

Reuters

Drivers queue to refuel rickshaws at a fuel station on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital, as the war's economic impact mounts worldwide

Middle East war: global economic fallout

Agence France-Presse

An ICE officer is seen at Otay Mesa immigration detention center in San Diego, California, U.S. May 18, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Palestinian protester released from US immigration detention

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters, on the day of classified briefings for the full U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on the situation in Iran, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 3, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Rubio tells US diplomats to push allies to blacklist Iran's Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah

Reuters