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Explainer-From sponsor to enemy: What's behind Pakistan's attack on Afghan Taliban?
ISLAMABAD, March 17 (Reuters) - Pakistan has been the Afghan Taliban's closest friend for decades. It was Islamabad that helped give birth to the Taliban in the early 1990s - as a way to give Pakistan...
Mar 17, 2026
Iran renews attacks on US Gulf allies, Trump says that was not expected
By Alexander Cornwell and Jonathan Landay TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - Iran launched fresh attacks on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, the kind of retaliatory strikes on U.S. Gulf all...
Mar 16, 2026
Hong Kong to see oil shocks and volatility from Middle East war
HONG KONG, March 17 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's leader John Lee said he was "very concerned" about the rise in oil prices due to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and that the financial hub, along with the res...
Mar 16, 2026
Iran soccer players who claimed asylum in Australia train with local club
SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) - The two players from the Iranian women's soccer squad who chose to remain in Australia after seeking asylum have been pictured training with a local A-League club as they ...
Mar 16, 2026
Trump was warned of likely Iranian retaliation on Gulf allies, sources say
By Jonathan Landay, Phil Stewart and Erin Banco WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump was warned that attacking Iran could trigger retaliation against U.S. Gulf allies despite his cl...
Mar 16, 2026
Projectile hits tanker off UAE's Fujairah, UKMTO says
March 17 (Reuters) - An unknown projectile struck a tanker 23 nautical miles east of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates causing minor structural damage, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations ...
Mar 16, 2026
Taiwan says sale of second package of arms from US is proceeding on schedule
TAIPEI, March 17 (Reuters) - Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo on Tuesday said he believed the U.S.' internal review process for the sale of a second package of arms to the island is proceeding o...
Mar 16, 2026
US federal jury convicts Assad-era Syrian official of torture
By Kanishka Singh and Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted a former Syrian government official, who headed the Damascus Central Prison under the gove...
Mar 16, 2026
Afghanistan says 400 killed in Pakistan air strike on Kabul hospital, Pakistan rejects claim
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Ariba Shahid and Asif Shahzad KABUL, March 17 (Reuters) - At least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kab...
Mar 16, 2026
Drones, rockets fired at US embassy in Baghdad, security sources say
BAGHDAD, March 17 (Reuters) - Rockets and at least five drones were launched at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad early on Tuesday from areas around the city, Iraqi security sources said, describing the att...
Mar 16, 2026
