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United Nations agencies reported that a drone strike on Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur on March 20 has resulted in 70 fatalities, including women, children and medical staff, and 146 injured. The World Health Organization said the hospital, which served as a referral facility for more than 2 million people, is no longer operational. The …
Germany's foreign minister said he views U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement about discussions with Iran as a potential turning point in the nearly month-long Middle East conflict. The U.S. president posted that Washington and Tehran held "very good and productive" talks aimed at a "complete and total resolution of hostilities in the Middle …
Since the opening exchanges on February 28, thousands of people have been reported killed across a range of countries in the Middle East and beyond. This article compiles the casualty counts released by national authorities, rights groups and official statements reported as of March 23. The numbers vary by source in several instances and have not b…
Three senior Israeli officials told Reuters that U.S. President Donald Trump appears intent on negotiating a settlement with Iran to end Middle East hostilities, but those officials said they consider it unlikely that Iran will accept U.S. demands. Negotiations collapsed on February 28 following the launch of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The U.S. …
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned that the commencement of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term constitutes a fundamental rupture in transatlantic relations, comparable in scale to the change in relations with Russia following its February 24, 2022 invasion. Speaking at a foreign ministry event in Berlin, Steinmeier said Germany …
Russian forces launched combined drone and missile strikes overnight, Ukrainian officials said, killing at least three people, injuring others and causing fires and damage to residential, commercial and industrial structures in Zaporizhzhia and the Poltava region. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had warned of an imminent, large-scale Russian attack e…
China has mounted a wide-ranging program of undersea mapping and environmental monitoring that spans the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans. State research vessels, including the Dong Fang Hong 3, have conducted repeated survey voyages and sensor checks in areas close to Taiwan, Guam, the Malacca Strait approaches and waters around Alaska and Hawaii…
A video showing federal officers restraining a crying woman at San Francisco International Airport has drawn sharp rebukes from local elected officials. The Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested two people with a 2019 final order of removal to Guatemala, while city and state leaders described the scene as…
Danes voted in a national election on March 24, with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen seeking a third term amid continuing public unease over cost-of-living pressures and heightened attention to U.S. comments about Greenland. Polls suggest the Social Democrats may post their weakest showing since before World War Two, while the left-leaning bloc is…
In a speech to the Supreme People’s Assembly, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country's status as a nuclear-armed state is irreversible and that expanding a "self-defensive nuclear deterrent" is vital to national security, regional stability and economic development. He identified South Korea as the most hostile state and warned of mercile…
The Department of Defense announced immediate changes to Pentagon press access following a federal court order that blocked the prior restrictive policy. The new rules require all journalists on the Pentagon campus to be escorted by authorized Defense Department personnel, close the Correspondents’ Corridor, and relocate the press workspace to an a…
Ukrainian leaders say military intelligence has conclusive proof that Russia continues to pass signals and electronic intelligence to Iran, a practice they say risks widening conflict in the Middle East and is already affecting markets and fuel supplies in some countries. The Kremlin has dismissed reporting on such cooperation as fake news.
The U.S. Education Department's civil rights office has initiated two separate investigations into Harvard University, examining claims of discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin and allegations of antisemitism. The inquiries will assess whether admissions practices include race-based preferences following the Supreme Court's…
A 34-year-old Iranian man arrested in Scotland after an alleged attempt to enter HM Naval Base Clyde has been released from custody pending further investigations, while a 31-year-old Romanian woman detained alongside him will face no immediate proceedings, Scotland's public prosecution service said.
Arrivals and departures at Newark Liberty International Airport were temporarily paused after air traffic controllers evacuated the control tower because of a burning smell emanating from an elevator. The Federal Aviation Administration said controllers returned and the ground stop was lifted roughly half an hour after the pause. The event followed…
Denmark votes in a parliamentary election in which Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats are forecast to record their weakest showing in over a century. The vote has been overshadowed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated calls to take control of Greenland, but domestic issues - including the cost of living, immigration and a prop…
Four volunteer ambulances belonging to the Jewish community organisation Hatzola were deliberately set on fire in Golders Green, north London. Police have opened an investigation and are treating the incident as an antisemitic hate crime. Firefighters brought the blaze under control after explosions on the vehicles caused damage to a neighbouring r…
Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman raised in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was released from a Texas immigration detention center on bond after more than a year in custody. An immigration judge ordered her release on a $100,000 bond while her immigration proceedings continue. Her case drew attention from rights organizations and some D…
Thousands of people have died across several Middle Eastern countries since coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and Iran’s subsequent attacks on Israel, U.S. bases and Gulf states. Reported death tolls differ by source and country, with a range of civilian and military casualties reported through March 22.
Israeli airstrikes on Sunday struck two different locations in the Gaza Strip, killing four people in separate attacks, health officials said. Three men described as members of the Hamas-led police force were killed in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, while an earlier strike in the Sheikh Radwan quarter of northern Gaza killed a leader of a Fatah…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged continued sanctions and concerted action against vessels supporting Russia's oil exports ahead of a second day of discussions between Ukrainian and U.S. delegations in Florida. Russian representatives were absent from the talks, which had been expected to include them in Abu Dhabi. Washington's proposed…
Two ballistic missiles launched from Iran struck southern Israeli towns overnight on March 22, causing major structural damage in Arad and injuries to scores of civilians. Emergency teams conducted search and rescue in multi-story buildings blown open by the blasts. Israeli officials say Iran targeted population centers while Iran’s Revolutionary G…
An executive order issued by President Donald Trump directs federal agencies to protect an exclusive broadcast window for the annual Army-Navy football game, which has been played on the second weekend of December since 2009. The directive asks the FCC chairperson to work with the College Football Playoff committee, the NCAA and media partners to p…
Mahdi Mirzahosseini, a 41-year-old who opened his own butcher shop about a year ago, has not been seen since a double strike destroyed a mixed-use commercial and residential complex. Rescue teams have recovered six bodies and 18 survivors; Mirzahosseini remains the only person unaccounted for as family members and recovery crews continue searching …
After three weeks of military confrontation with Iran, the situation that began as a limited U.S.-led campaign has expanded into a broader regional crisis. Energy prices are rising, the United States faces diplomatic isolation from reluctant NATO partners, and additional U.S. forces are being readied for the region despite earlier assurances the en…
