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Lebanon faces ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ under Israeli assault: UN 

27 March 2026

Lebanon faces the threat of a “humanitarian catastrophe”, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has warned, as I...

Meet the children left without parents under El Salvador’s emergency decree 

27 March 2026

Ramirez is among the advocates who say children are suffering under the uncertainty and widespread detentions taking pla...

Norway to add more than $11bn to defence budget over 10 years 

27 March 2026

News|Business and Economy Norway is set to raise defence spending by 3.5 percent of its gross domestic product to compen...

Nixon to Trump: Pakistan’s long record as backchannel between rival powers 

27 March 2026

Islamabad, Pakistan – In the middle of 1971, at the height of the Cold War, a Pakistani government plane carrying US ...

Qatari PM and US officials discuss strategic ties amid Iran war 

27 March 2026

Qatar’s prime minister has held talks with senior US officials in Washington, DC, amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on I...

‘We will no longer stand by’: Austria plans social media ban for under-14s 

27 March 2026

Austria plans to ban children under 14 from using social media, with an official saying certain online sites are addicti...

Ukraine announces ‘mutually beneficial’ defence deal with Saudi Arabia 

27 March 2026

Ukraine says it has signed a defence agreement with Saudi Arabia as Gulf countries continue to come under Iranian attack...

‘My heart burns with pain’: Iranian mother tells UN of Minab school attack 

27 March 2026

Mohaddeseh Fallahat remembers combing her children’s hair on the morning of February 28, then tying their shoes and li...

What is LNG and what is it used for? 

27 March 2026

The United States-Israeli war on Iran has hit critical liquified natural gas (LNG) supplies in the Gulf, triggering the ...

Nepal’s youngest premier sworn in after releasing new rap song about unity 

27 March 2026

Balendra Shah, Nepal’s youngest prime minister, has been sworn in after his party’s landslide election victory follo...