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A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for oil

Global positioning system

Why have 1,000 ships at times lost their GPS in the Mideast?

Kari Lake was hired by Trump to oversee layoffs at US Agency for Global Media

Unlawfully appointed?

US court voids mass layoffs at Voice of America parent

A flock of birds flies over a section of the high-speed Ahmedabad-Mumbai rail project across the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad

Vast services sector

India's economy is booming, but uneven growth clouds ascent

Merz's CDU until recently enjoyed large poll leads in the state but these have shrunk in recent months

German state election a test for Chancellor Merz

First aid responders gather at a Ramada hotel that Lebanon said was targeted by an Israeli strike, in Beirut's seaside Rawche area, on March 8, 2026

'We have additional surprises ahead'

Israeli strike kills four at Beirut hotel: Lebanon

Footage authenticated by AFP recorded the sound of a drone then a loud explosion and plumes of smoke

Further bombardment

Kuwait airport, Saudi Arabia targeted as Iran presses Gulf attacks

US President Donald Trump hosted a dozen right-wing Latin American leaders at his Doral golf club in Florida

'Shield of the Americas' summit

Trump offers LatAm leaders US missile strikes to hit drug cartels

An Iranian Kurdish Peshmerga member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran inspects the damage sustained at the Azadi Camp following an Iranian cross-border attack in northern Iraq

'The most dangerous scenario'

Turkey warns over 'dangerous' bid to stir civil war in Iran

A US Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber landed at Fairford on Saturday, an AFP photographer saw

To prevent Iran firing missiles

US starts using UK bases for 'defensive' Iran operations

A week of war has gripped daily life in Iraqi Kurdistan

As Iran conflict spills over, Iraq's Kurds say 'this war is not mine'

Many protesters came out in support of Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late shah overthrown in Iran's 1979 revolution

From Paris to Johannesburg

Protests across globe mark one week of Iran war

A handout photograph taken by the Sri Lankan Navy of the Iranian ship IRIS Bushehr

Following torpedo attack

Sri Lanka to treat Iranian sailors according to 'international law'

A handout photograph taken by the Sri Lankan Navy of the Iranian ship IRIS Bushehr

Rescued from torpedoed frigate

Sri Lanka to treat Iranian sailors according to 'international law'

A ballistic missile strike destroyed a five-storey apartment block in Kharkiv, killing nine

Thought that 29 missiles, 480 drones fired

Russian strikes kill 12 across Ukraine

Residents of the Iranian capital were trying to go about their lives despite the war

Tehran residents keep up semblance of normality amid destruction

An Israeli military operation in Nabi Sheet, Lebanon killed 41 people

Captured in 1986

Failed Israeli commando operation to find airman remains kills 41 in Lebanon

India captain Suryakumar Yadav hopes to lead a successful defence of the title in Sunday's T20 World Cup final

'No pressure, no fun', says India's Suryakumar ahead of World Cup final

Halina Krauze, 65, has been operating cranes at Gdansk shipyard for 30 years

Birthplace of Solidarnosc trade union

Women rule the roost atop the Gdansk shipyard cranes

Balendra Shah posed after collecting a certificate for his victory in parliamentary elections

High-stakes parliamentary election

Rapper-turned-politician Shah unseats former Nepal PM in own constituency

Promising change: Nepal's rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah

Nepal's rapper politician who took on the old guard and won

George Russell celebrates after topping the qualifying session

Russell leads Mercedes 1-2 for Australian GP as Verstappen crashes

The Lisa Burke Show

Israel–Palestine: two voices on occupation, identity, and Europe’s role

State-owned Emirates Group operates the world's largest long-haul carrier.

Saturday: Day 8

War in the Middle East: latest developments

A new compensation package would make Sundar Pichai one of the highest paid CEOs in the world

New compensation plan

Google gives CEO new pay deal worth up to $692 million

Firefighters extinguish a blaze and clear rubble at a five-story residential building in Kharkiv on March 7

Triggering air alerts across the country

Russia rains missiles and drones on Ukraine, killing six

In California and across the United States, gas prices are on the rise as the Middle East war begins to affect pocketbooks

Politically sensitive time

Rising US fuel prices risk sparking domestic wildfire for Trump

Inflation in Venezuela soared in 2025, driven by tightening US sanctions

Driven by tightening of US sanctions

Venezuela inflation hit 475% in 2025, the world's highest level

Firefighters extinguish a blaze and clear rubble at a five-story residential building in Kharkiv on March 7

Poland scrambling military planes

Russian strike on Kharkiv apartment block kills three

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