Archives for March, 2026

American Dennis Coyle, who was detained by the Afghan Taliban government for more than year, is greeted as he arrives at Joint Base San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., March 25, 2026. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez

Afghan Taliban releases American detainee Coyle after US censure

Reuters

Mohamed Salah will bid farewell to Liverpool at the end of the season

Salah's long goodbye brings curtain down on golden era for Liverpool

Agence France-Presse

YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images

Saudi Arabia launches new Bahrain maritime link as Hormuz routes strain

The service connects King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam with Bahrain’s Khalifa Bin Salman Port.

FILE PHOTO: A worker moves an LPG cylinder at a godown, amid supply disruptions following the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in New Delhi, India, March 10, 2026. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra/File Photo

India buys first Iran LPG cargo in years after US eases sanctions, sources say

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A Russian LNG tanker, Arctic Metagaz, damaged earlier this month and currently adrift without crew, floats in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and the Italian islands of Lampedusa and Linosa, in this handout picture released on March 13, 2026. Marina Militare/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Libya's coast guards tow damaged Russian LNG tanker away from its shores

Reuters

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre

Defying Israeli bombs, Lebanese hold out in southern city of Tyre

Agence France-Presse

Relatives carry the coffin of an Iraqi soldier killed in an airstrike near an army medical centre in western Anbar, at the forensic medicine department of Ramadi General Hospital, Iraq March 25, 2026. REUTERS/Osama Al-Dulaimi

Airstrike in western Anbar kills 7 Iraqi soldiers, wounds 13

Reuters

Smoke rises following a reported Iranian drone strike on the fuel storage facility of Bahrain International Airport, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muharraq, Manama, Bahrain, March 12, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Iranian strikes pose ‘existential threat’, Gulf states tell UN

Reuters

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan chairs a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, March 9, 2026. Mustafa Kamaci/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS

Turkey conveying messages between Iran-US, ruling party official says

Reuters

Smoke and fire rise in the direction of the fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport, following a drone strike amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Al-Dajeej, Kuwait, March 25, 2026, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS

Drone attack hits fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport causing fire

Reuters

Debris and damaged buildings in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran continues, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 25, 2026. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Airstrike hits Lebanese Christian town north of Beirut, state media says

Reuters

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) speaks during a meeting with Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Fatih Birol (L) at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on March 25, 2026. YUICHI YAMAZAKI/Pool via REUTERS

Japan PM Takaichi asks IEA chief for further oil stockpile release

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

Taiwan wary that China could exploit US distraction over Middle East war

Reuters

Drivers queue to fill fuel at a gas station amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, in Yangon, Myanmar, March 20, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Myanmar's rice farmers scrounge for diesel as Iran conflict dries up supply

Reuters

A worker fills up a motorcycle at a gas station as oil prices are expected to increase amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

Philippines says working with Washington to obtain oil from U.S.-sanctioned countries

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman?s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Analysis-Western powers were unable to secure shipping in the Red Sea. Hormuz will be harder

Reuters