Archives for March, 2026

Dutch Minister of Finance Eelco Heinen looks on as he attends a Eurozone Finance Ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium February 17, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman

UK, Finland, Netherlands consider joint defence financing, procurement

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Coal workers are seen at a market as they unload a ferry in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

Asia pivots to coal as Middle East conflict chokes LNG supply

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 seeks diplomatic solution for Hormuz Strait, Kallas says

Reuters

Ali Larijani, former Iranian parliament speaker, addresses the media following his registration at the elections registration office, ahead of the country's election of a new president next month, Tehran, Iran, May 31, 2024.

Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani killed in Israeli strike: Katz

Israel announced that it killed Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, in an overnight strike in Tehran.

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

Israeli media say strike targeted Iran's Larijani, fate unclear

Reuters

Iraq's Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani speaks to the media during a press conference at Zubair oilfield in Basra, Iraq, October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani

Iraq in talks with Iran to safeguard oil tanker traffic through Hormuz

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at 10 Downing Street, as E3 partners France, Germany and Britain meet in London, Britain, December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo

Ukraine's Zelenskiy to meet Starmer in London, to boost drone partnership

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Analysis-Trump's summit delay casts pall over US-China trade truce

Reuters

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup - Trophy on display in Monterrey - Estadio BBVA, Monterrey, Mexico - March 14, 2026 General view of the World Cup trophy on display REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

Soccer-Iran negotiating with FIFA to move World Cup games to Mexico from US

Reuters

Debris lies on the ground following what the Afghan Taliban government says is an air strike by Pakistan on a drug users rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 16, 2026 in this still image taken from video. Tolo News Handout via X/Handout via REUTERS

'It was like doomsday,' says Kabul hospital survivor after Pakistan air strike

Reuters

An Iranian woman walks through the destroyed kitchen in a home following a military strike in the Iranian capital Tehran on March 15, 2026

Strikes shake Tehran as Trump presses allies to help in Mideast war

Agence France-Presse

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