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Bangladesh launches fuel rationing as Middle East war deepens energy crisis
DHAKA, March 8 — Bangladesh launched fuel rationing today as the war in the Middle East deepened an energy crunch, creating long queues at filling stations and boiling over into anger. The country of 170 million people imports 95 per
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Iran hits critical infrastructure across five Gulf states as regional war spirals into civilian crisis
KUWAIT CITY, March 8 — Iran struck Gulf infrastructure on Sunday, hitting fuel tanks at Kuwait’s international airport and damaging a desalination plant in Bahrain as Tehran pressed its missile and drone campaign against its neighbours into a second week.
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Sri Lanka discharges 22 Iranian sailors rescued after warship sunk by US submarine
COLOMBO, March 8 — Sri Lanka discharged 22 Iranian crew from the hospital who were plucked from life rafts after their warship was sunk by a US submarine, officials said today The crew had been treated at Karapitiya Hospital in
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Iran vows six months of ‘intense war’ as conflict spreads to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Lebanon and Iraq
TEHRAN, March 8 — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the country’s forces could fight an intense war for six months against the United States and Israel, which said it struck Tehran’s commanders at a seaside hotel in the heart
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China foreign minister condemns Iran war, calls US-Israel strikes ‘law of the jungle’
BEIJING, March 8 — China’s top diplomat condemned on Sunday the war in the Middle East and urged the United States to iron out its differences with Beijing. Wang Yi told a press conference in the Chinese capital that the
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Midnight blast rocks US embassy in Norway; investigation underway
OSLO, March 8 — Norwegian police reported on Sunday an explosion at the US embassy in the capital Oslo, but said there were no casualties. The explosion occurred around 1.00 am local time (8am Malaysian time), the Oslo police department
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Trump denies responsibility for Iran school bombing; NYT report points to US forces
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, March 8 — President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed Iran for what the country’s authorities said was a deadly strike on a school in the southern county of Minab. “We think it was done by Iran.
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Trump mocks UK naval support in Iran: ‘We don’t need people who join wars after we’ve won’
MIAMI, March 8 — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Britain is giving “serious thought” to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East, but added that the US does not need them to win the war with Iran,
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Kuwait says international airport targeted in drone attack
KUWAIT CITY, March 8 — Kuwait’s defence ministry said on Sunday that fuel tanks at the Gulf nation’s international airport were targeted in a drone attack, as Iran continued its strikes across the region. “The fuel tanks of Kuwait International
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Trump vs the courts: How the US president is pushing to curb federal judges’ authority
WASHINGTON, March 7 — Since US President Donald Trump returned to office last year, he and his allies have derided federal judges who ruled against his policies as “rogue,” “crooked,” “lunatic” and more, casting their actions not only as incorrect
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