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US confirms 157 killed in maritime strikes experts call ‘extrajudicial’
17 March 2026News|Military The United States military has confirmed that at least 157 people have been killed in lethal strikes again...
Congolese President Sassou Nguesso wins fifth term: Provisional results
17 March 2026Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected for a fifth consecutive term, extending his nearly ...
Israel carrying out ‘mass expulsion of Palestinians’ in West Bank, UN warns
17 March 2026Israel has forcibly displaced more than 36,000 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank in one year, the United Nation...
Ex-Belgian diplomat ordered to stand trial over murder of Congo’s Lumumba
17 March 2026News|Courts A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat has been ordered by a Brussels court to stand trial over the assassina...
Starmer, Zelenskyy urge ‘focus’ on Ukraine as Iran war diverts attention
17 March 2026Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London to sign a new defence pact...
US National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent resigns over Iran war
17 March 2026News|US-Israel war on Iran The director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, which advises both US President Dona...
Israeli attacks on Lebanon may amount to war crimes, UN rights office says
17 March 2026Israeli attacks on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon may amount to war crimes, the United Nat...
Iran blames US, Israel for Hormuz tensions as crisis risks energy supplies
17 March 2026Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has blamed the United States-Israel war for disruptions to shipping in the Str...
Macron prepares France for ‘an age of nuclear weapons’ as Iran war rages
17 March 2026Paris, France – A couple of days after the United States and Israel launched their assault on Iran, French President E...
Mapping Israeli attacks and the displacement of one million in Lebanon
17 March 2026The Israeli military has launched new waves of air raids across southern Lebanon after announcing “limited and targete...
