The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has severely disrupted global supplies of energy and petrochemicals.
Category: 2. World
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Snack giant switches to black and white packaging as Iran war hits ink supplies
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Afghanistan: The Kabul rehab centre hit by deadly Pakistani strike
On 16 March 2026, at least 269 people were killed in a Pakistani airstrike on the Omid Drug Rehabilitation Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Pakistan said in a statement to the BBC that it had targeted “military and terrorist infrastructure”.
The BBC…
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90% enrichment on table If Iran comes under attack again
The spokesperson for Iran’s parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has said that 90% uranium enrichment could be among the options available to Iran should it face a renewed military attack — and that the parliament will…
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Pakistan strike on Kabul drug rehabilitation centre: Families want answers
Masooda, who had raised him like a son after the death of their parents, revealed he had been studying to be a pharmacist when he got addicted to ‘Tablet-K’, the street name of a synthetic drug which, depending on its type, can contain…
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France seeks to move beyond colonial ties by meeting African leaders in Kenya
In a first since these meetings started in the 1970s, this move reflects a change in France’s thinking.
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Islamabad to remain venue for US-Iran talks
Islamabad is highly likely to remain the venue for US-Iran talks as Pakistan’s mediation efforts suit both sides of the conflict, Ambassador to Russia Faisal Niaz Tirmizi told TASS in an interview.
“This is very likely because both the Iranian…
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Iran’s UK embassy hits back at Trump with list of US crimes
Trump had earlier called former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden disastrous leaders for negotiating the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA.
“The list of the United States’ crimes cannot fit into a single tweet,” the Iranian…
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Ex-Philippine leader Duterte's drug war enforcer escapes ICC arrest
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, a former national police chief, has sought refuge in the senate.
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SpaceX launches satellites into orbit for US Intel. purposes
The rocket was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 7:13 p.m. local time (2:13 a.m. GMT). A few minutes after launch, the rocket’s first stage successfully landed, marking the ninth reuse of this booster. This technology…
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Israel passes law to allow death penalty and public trials for those linked to October 7
“Look, this law is cruel, it’s a law that tries to take away the hope that you’re living on,” Hisham al-Wahad, the brother of missing journalist Haitham al-Wahad, told the BBC. “We as families of prisoners and families of the missing are calling…
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