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Middle East war threatens energy crisis worse than 1970s oil shocks, says IEA
TEHRAN, March 23 — AFP teams in Tehran, Washington, Jerusalem, Beirut and Dubai The world faces an energy crisis worse than both 1970s oil shocks combined if the Middle East war drags on, the head of the International Energy Agency
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Plane hits fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia airport
New York, March 23 — Flights at LaGuardia Airport were halted late Sunday after a passenger plane collided with a fire truck on the runway. According to AFP, the Air Canada Express aircraft carrying 76 people struck the vehicle at
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Swiss tourist arrested in Bali for allegedly insulting Hindu holiday online
Denpasar, March 23 — Indonesian authorities have arrested a Swiss man accused of insulting a Hindu religious holiday on the resort island of Bali. According to AFP, Luzian Andrin Zgraggen faces up to five years in prison under Indonesia’s hate
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Indonesia eyes RM18.5b in savings to cushion economy from Middle East war
JAKARTA, March 23 — Indonesia is targeting up to 80 trillion rupiah (about RM18.5 billion) in savings to cushion its economy from the impact of the Middle East conflict. According to AFP, the government is also considering fuel-saving measures, including
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Arab League to hold virtual foreign ministers’ meeting on rising regional tensions
ISTANBUL, March 23 — Iraq is preparing to convene a new virtual meeting of Arab League foreign ministers to address escalating security tensions in the region. According to Anadolu Ajansi, the meeting will be the second of its kind since
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Four ambulances torched in north London in suspected antisemitic hate crime
LONDON, March 23 — Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organisation in north London were set on fire in an incident police are treating as an antisemitic hate crime. The Metropolitan Police said an investigation had been launched after
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Explosions rock Tehran as Israel launches fresh wave of strikes
TEHRAN, March 23 — Explosions rang out in Tehran early today, Iranian media reported, as Israel announced it launched a fresh wave of strikes. “Explosion heard in Tehran,” local media Mehr posted on Telegram, while Fars news agency said airstrikes
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As deadline approaches, Iran faces high-stakes choice over Hormuz blockade
TEHRAN, March 23 — Iran today faces a deadline by President Donald Trump to open up the crucial Strait of Hormuz or face a major US assault on power plants, as Israel warned of weeks more of war. Israel also
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Israel warns of weeks of war ahead as US and Iran exchange threats
TEHRAN, March 23 — Israel warned its citizens yesterday to expect weeks more fighting against Iran, after Washington and Tehran traded threats to destroy power plants or block oil and gas exports. The tit-for-tat rhetoric came as the war that
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‘They beat us with whips’: Sudan RSF detainees tell of horrors in El-Fasher
TAWILA, March 23 — In the suffocating darkness of a sealed shipping container, every thud signalled to Ibrahim Noureldin that one more detainee had died in the crush as Sudanese paramilitary fighters kept forcing more men inside. Thousands of people
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