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Pakistan-bound oil tanker passes through Hormuz Strait amid Iran war
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, March 16 (Reuters) - Ship-tracking data shows a Pakistan-bound oil tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, indicating that some countries are able to neg...
Mar 16, 2026
UN Afghan mission gets limited extension after US review call
March 16 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voted on Monday to extend the mandate of the UNAMA assistance mission in Afghanistan for a shorter-than-usual three-month period, after Washington called...
Mar 16, 2026
Kyrgyzstan accuses sacked security chief of corruption as purge widens
By Aigerim Turgunbaeva BISHKEK, March 16 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's tax authority on Monday published a video accusing ex-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev of corruption, amid a widening purge of his all...
Mar 16, 2026
El Salvador forcibly disappearing nationals deported from the US, rights group says
March 16 (Reuters) - El Salvador has subjected some nationals deported from the U.S. to enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention without revealing their whereabouts or bringing them before a jud...
Mar 16, 2026
Rubio and Japan counterpart talk after Trump Iran coalition call
March 16 (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump called on allies to create a coalit...
Mar 16, 2026
Peruvian left-wing candidate gaining ground in presidential race, poll shows
(Corrects name of Lopez Chau's party in paragraph 2 to Ahora Nacion, not Juntos por el Peru) LIMA, March 16 (Reuters) - Peruvian left-wing candidate Alfonso Lopez Chau is closing in on the two leading...
Mar 16, 2026
UN report says Israeli airstrike on Iran prison is a war crime
By Emma Farge GENEVA, March 16 (Reuters) - The head of a U.N. investigation said on Monday that an Israeli air strike on a prison last year was a war crime, and warned of risks of further repression f...
Mar 16, 2026
US allies rebuff Trump's request for support in Strait of Hormuz
BERLIN/BRUSSELS/LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - Several U.S. allies said on Monday they had no immediate plans to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, rebuffing a request by President Donald Trump...
Mar 16, 2026
Pope meets author urging investigation of Catholic group Opus Dei
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, March 16 (Reuters) - Pope Leo met on Monday with an investigative journalist who alleges that a prominent Catholic organisation with ties to right-wing politicians in t...
Mar 16, 2026
South Africa rejects US pressure to distance itself from Iran
By Tim Cocks JOHANNSESBURG, March 16 (Reuters) - South Africa has no reason to cut ties with Iran, its director general of foreign affairs said, after the new U.S. ambassador was quoted as saying the ...
Mar 16, 2026
