28 March 2026, 16:32 PM

Pakistan to host Saudi, Turkey, Egypt for talks on Mideast war

Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar had invited his counterparts and that they would be in the Pakistani capital on Sunday and Monday
28 March 2026, 15:14 PM

Russia to ban gasoline exports from April 1

The state-run TASS news agency earlier reported that the ban would remain in place until July 31.
28 March 2026, 12:45 PM

Thai PM says reached deal with Iran for vessels to transit Hormuz Strait

More than 80 percent of the crude oil and liquified natural gas (LNG) that passes through the Strait of Hormuz heads to Asia, according to the US Energy Information Administration
28 March 2026, 11:43 AM

One month into Iran war, only hard choices for Trump

Despite a flurry of diplomatic activity, Trump ends another week of the joint US-Israeli campaign struggling to contain a widening Middle East crisis as a defiant Iran maintains a chokehold on Gulf oil and gas shipments and continues missile and drone strikes across the region.
28 March 2026, 11:41 AM

US-Israel war on Iran: Latest developments

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war
28 March 2026, 11:40 AM

Israel says Iran missile attack kills man in Tel Aviv

Israeli authorities said an Iranian missile attack killed a man in Tel Aviv on Friday, as Tehran pressed its retaliatory strikes across the region a month into the war.
28 March 2026, 11:36 AM

'Strait of Trump': US president says Iran must open key waterway

Trump, who has renamed several buildings in Washington after himself during his second term, said his comment was a "mistake" but then added that "there's no accidents with me."
28 March 2026, 10:08 AM

US lifts sanctions on Venezuela minerals sector, including gold

Besides gold and the world's largest oil reserves, Venezuela also produces diamonds, bauxite and rare earths such as coltan, crucial for a range of high-tech products
28 March 2026, 10:02 AM

The rise and fall of Nepal strongman KP Sharma Oli

Oli, leader of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), painted the polls during campaigning as a "competition between those who burn the country and those who build it".
28 March 2026, 09:59 AM

Musk joined Trump and Modi call on Iran, says New York Times

It was unclear why Musk was on the call or whether he spoke
28 March 2026, 09:55 AM

Bank of America agrees to pay $72.5 mn to settle Epstein sex-trafficking suit

Epstein committed suicide while being held at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019
28 March 2026, 09:46 AM

Rubio says Iran war to last 'weeks not months,' no US ground troops needed

Meanwhile, an Iranian attack on an airbase in Saudi Arabia seriously wounded two US military personnel and injured another 10, a US official told Reuters, as drones and missiles continued to strike around the Gulf.
28 March 2026, 09:39 AM

Trump says US may not be there for NATO if needed

"Why would we be there for them if they're not there for us? They weren't there for us."
28 March 2026, 09:26 AM

Twelve US troops wounded in Iran strike on base in Saudi Arabia, US official says

The latest ​casualties add to the more than 300 US ​military service members ​who have been wounded since ‌the ⁠war against Iran started on February 28
28 March 2026, 08:31 AM

Iran hardliners push for nuclear bomb

The debate among Iranian hardliners over whether Tehran should seek a nuclear bomb in defiance of an escalating US-Israeli attack is getting louder, more public and more insistent, sources in the country say.
28 March 2026, 03:56 AM

US deploys uncrewed drone boats for patrols

The United States has deployed uncrewed drone speedboats for patrols as part of its operations against Iran, the Pentagon said, the first time Washington has confirmed using such vessels in an active conflict.
28 March 2026, 03:54 AM

Houthis ready to join war if needed

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, whose attacks on the Red Sea caused international shipping and trade chaos during the Gaza war,
28 March 2026, 03:52 AM

Pentagon eyes Ukraine military aid shift to ME

The Pentagon is weighing whether to redirect weapons originally meant for Ukraine to the Middle East, as the war in Iran strains supplies of some of the US military’s most critical munitions, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the matter.
28 March 2026, 03:51 AM

Teens as young as 12 to guard checkpoints in Tehran: official

Iran’s security forces are recruiting children as young as 12 to man checkpoints and perform other duti
28 March 2026, 03:50 AM