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Oil prices have soared as the conflict has seen strikes on facilities across the Middle East

Over $50 million

Red Cross launches Iran emergency appeal as needs soar

Germany is a major exporter of cars

Faster than expected

German exports drop in setback to fragile recovery

Daniel Ortega (R) and his wife Rosario Murillo (L) rule Nicaragua as co-presidents of the Central American country

Human Rights Council

Nicaragua ramping up repression of exiles: UN experts

Lego's recipe for success is to combine innovation with optimisation of production across six factories around the world

World's number one toy maker

Lego posts record profit despite geopolitical turmoil: CEO to AFP

Trump said he will waive some sanctions on oil to boost supply and bring down prices

Boosting supply

Trump says will waive some oil sanctions as Iran war roils markets

Guinean activist Abdoul Sacko was kidnapped from his home in front of his family in February 2025

'Total silence'

Disappearances multiply in strongman Doumbouya's Guinea

A smoke cloud erupts from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on March 9

Iran vows to fight 'as long as needed' as Trump says war will end 'soon'

Morning Roundup

Trump says Iran war nearly over, meteor confirmed over Luxembourg, and government targets children's social media

Arsenal, who won all eight games during the league phase, face Bayer Leverkusen in the last 16 of the Champions League

Wednesday action

Arsenal favourites against Leverkusen in Champions League last 16

RJakarta and its satellite cities, collectively known as Jabodetabek, are home to about 42 million people and generate an estimated 14,000 tonnes of waste daily

All bodies recovered

Search called off after Indonesia landfill collapse kills seven

Graves are dug for children reportedly killed in a school strike in Minab, an image from the Iranian Press Center shows

NY Times report

What we know about alleged strike on Iran school

The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, killing Iran's supreme leader and top military leaders, prompting authorities to retaliate with strikes on Israel and across the Gulf

Contesting narratives

AI-enhanced images of real events distort view of Mideast war

The main international oil contract, Brent crude, is currently up roughly 41 percent from just before the outbreak of the war

War in the Middle East: economic impact around the world

Not far from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site, former plant worker Toru Akama tends to dozens of pets abandoned after the catastrophe 15 years ago

Quest for redemption

Former Fukushima worker devotes life to abandoned pets

US Vice President JD Vance salutes as members of a US Army team carry a flagged-drapped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26 during a dignified transfer event at Dover Air Force Base

Killed in action

Vance, Hegseth attend return of seventh US troop killed in Iran war

A Lahu girl leaves her home in the village of Muang Na, located just a few kilometres away from the Thai-Myanmar border in Chiang Mai province

Collateral damage

Myanmar civil war drives drugs epidemic in Thai hills

Set to an infectious beat, the video of the Rocinha favela has exploded on social media at a time when the city is drawing record tourists

Glamorizing poverty?

Viral drone video fuels debate about Rio favela tourism

Real Madrid will be leaning on Vinicius Junior to try and get past Manchester City in the Champions League last 16

Inconsistent form

No Mbappe, no chance? Real Madrid on ropes against Man City

While many US farmers have already bought the fertilizers they need for the year, those who waited have been hit with higher costs

Risking 'shortfall in crops'

Fertilizer prices surge from Iran war, squeezing weary US farmers

The mining reform bill has to complete two rounds of debate in the unicameral National Assembly of Venezuela before it can be signed into law

Critical resources

Venezuelan lawmakers advance mining reforms sought by US

FIFA President Gianni Infantino presents the newly-created FIFA Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump at the World Cup draw

Double standards

Four years after banning Russia, FIFA and IOC passive in the face of war

Live Nation has reached a tentative settlement with the Justice Department in the antitrust case brought against the US entertainment giant

Entertainment giant

Live Nation settles antitrust case with US Justice Dept, states object

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida

Trump says Iran war will end 'very soon'

The three children of Shlomi Alexander and Orly Alexander now face sentences of up to life imprisonment

High-profile case

US brothers guilty of luxury real estate sex-trafficking scheme: US media

The Pentagon took the unprcedented action of blacklisting Anthropic over its refusal to give unlimited control of its AI technology

Anthropic sues Trump admin over Pentagon blacklisting

Turkey's defence ministry confirmed another ballistic missile fired from Iran had been intercepted in Turkish airspace by NATO defence systems

US citizens told to evacuate

NATO intercepts second Iran missile in Turkish airspace

US President Donald Trump salutes as the remains of Sergeant First Class Noah Tietjens, killed in the war with Iran, arrive at Dover Air Force Base on March 7, 2026

Public divergence

US, Israel see gap on Iran as Trump under pressure

Oil prices rocketed above $100 a barrel for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022

US stocks end wild session higher as Trump says Iran war 'pretty much' over

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