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Kazakhstan approves new constitution: 87.15% vote in favour, election commission says
ALMATY, March 16 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan voted 87.15% in favour of adopting a new constitution, the Central Election Commission said on Monday. Voter turnout for the referendum stood at 73.12%, the com...
Mar 16, 2026
Analysis-Middle East war disrupts pharma air routes, risks cancer drugs supply
LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - War in the Middle East is disrupting the flow of critical medicines to the Gulf, imperilling supply routes for cancer drugs and other treatments that require refrigeration...
Mar 16, 2026
Morning Bid: Drawing to a strait is always a risky play
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Asian trading has again been all about the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump's odds of strong-arming U.S. allies, and others,...
Mar 16, 2026
Russia says Ukraine struck Moscow with about 250 drones this weekend
MOSCOW, March 16 (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday that Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Moscow with about 250 drones over the weekend, and that wave after wave of long-range drones had been s...
Mar 16, 2026
Iran war should trigger faster exit from fossil fuel dependence, UN climate chief says
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) - The disruption to energy markets caused by the Iran war is a lesson on the risks of relying on fossil fuels which should drive governments to wean their e...
Mar 16, 2026
Myanmar parliament convenes as army prepares for new era of rule
March 16 (Reuters) - Myanmar's parliament convened on Monday for the first time since a coup five years ago, in one of the final steps in a nominal return to democracy where its powerful military reta...
Mar 16, 2026
Trump demands others help secure Strait of Hormuz, Japan and Australia say no plans to send ships
By Tim Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw TOKYO/PALM BEACH, Florida, March 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's demands for a coalition to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz appeared to fall on deaf ears...
Mar 16, 2026
At least 10 patients killed in hospital fire in India's Odisha
By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESWAR, India, March 16 (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed in a fire that broke out in the trauma care unit of a hospital in the eastern Indian state of Odisha on Monday,...
Mar 15, 2026
Trump accuses Iran of using AI to spread disinformation
By Kenrick Cai SAN FRANCISCO, March 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Iran of using artificial intelligence as a "disinformation weapon" to misrepresent its wartime successe...
Mar 15, 2026
Trump eyes 'Hormuz coalition', seizure of Iran's Kharg Island oil hub, Axios reports
March 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is working to assemble a coalition of countries to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and is hoping to announce it later this week, Axios reported on Sunday c...
Mar 15, 2026
