CP DUBAI, March 24 (Reuters) – Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr was appointed as the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, the Iranian president’s deputy of communications posted on X on Tuesday, replacing Ali Larijani who was killed in a strike last week. (Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Alison Williams) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Tuesday ruled that the operator of a major gold mine in northern Thailand is responsible for environmental damage and health impacts on nearby villagers, in a long-awaited verdict that could set a precedent for climate litigation in the country. The case stems from a 2016 class action lawsuit …
A missile slammed into a street in central Tel Aviv as Iran kept up its barrages targeting Israel and Gulf Arab states on Tuesday, hours after President Trump said the U.S. was in talks with Tehran to end the war. Iran dismissed the claim of ongoing negotiations as “fakenews is used to manipulate the financial …
BERLIN (AP) — Rescue teams in northern Germany are working to refloat a humpback whale stranded in shallow water in the Baltic Sea. Experts gathered Tuesday morning on the Timmendorfer Strand beach to find a way to pull the 10-meter-long (30-feet-long) mammal off the ground after the high tide around midnight was not sufficient for …
Mexican authorities found 229 migrants on Monday packed in the back of a truck traveling through the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the first such encounter in months, marking a potential uptick in migration since President Donald Trump took office. José Manuel Pozos, the state’s deputy government secretary, said that they found migrants trapped in …
VILNIUS, March 24 (Reuters) – A military drone which crashed in Lithuania on Monday came from Ukraine and had been aimed at Russia before losing its way, Lithuania’s prime minister said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Andrius Sytas, editing by Terje Solsvik) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See – March 2026
DUBAI, March 24 (Reuters) – Iranian police arrested 466 people accused of online activities aimed at undermining national security, state media reported on Tuesday, in one of the biggest security sweeps since the start of the war with Israel and the United States. Iranian media have reported more than 1,000 arrests over the course of …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Long before he became Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf went on a charm offensive for almost two decades, portraying himself as a hard-liner the West could do business with in the Islamic Republic. “I would like the West to change its attitude to Iran and trust Iran, and …
MOSCOW, March 24 (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Tuesday, when asked about a Reuters report that Russia was postponing a plan to boost long-term fiscal reserves, said that the issues were being worked out and that they were being discussed at President Vladimir Putin’s meetings on the economy. Reuters’ sources said on March 23 that …
KYIV, March 23 (Reuters) – Russia plans to open four ground control stations for long-range attack drones in Belarus, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, citing information from Ukraine’s military intelligence service. Zelenskiy, who in recent months has repeatedly warned about Belarus becoming more involved in Russia’s war against Ukraine, added in comments on X …