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Ukraine opens battlefield data access to allies' AI models
By Max Hunder KYIV, March 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine is opening access to its battlefield data for its allies to train drone AI software, the defence minister said on Thursday, as Kyiv seeks to harness th...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2026
European rights body says abortion refusal complaints in Poland have ceased
(Corrects headline and paragraph 1 to indicate that no complaints have been made to Polish authorities, not the European Court of Human Rights; removes reference to European Court of Human Rights in p...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2026
ICC opens probe into alleged crimes against humanity by Belarus
AMSTERDAM, March 12 (Reuters) - Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court said on Thursday they had opened an investigation into whether the government of Belarus committed crimes that led to de...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2026
Nepal to ration cooking gas due to panic over shortage
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, March 12 (Reuters) - Nepal will begin rationing cooking gas amid fears that the Middle East conflict could create a nationwide shortage, an official said on Thursday. Chandi...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2026
Iran vows to keep Strait of Hormuz closed in new leader's first statement
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, March 12 (Reuters) - Iran will fight on and keep the Strait of Hormuz shut, new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday in a statement read out on state television, th...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2026
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says Strait of Hormuz should remain shut
DUBAI, March 12 (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed as a tool of pressure. In a message read out by a state TV broadcaster, t...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2026
Israeli airstrikes hit building in heart of Beirut
By Ahmed Kerdi and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, March 12 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes hit a building in the heart of Beirut on Thursday and Israel ordered residents out of another swathe of southern Lebanon...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2026
Drone found in Poland likely from September airspace incursion, PAP reports
WARSAW, March 12 (Reuters) - A drone found at a mine in western Poland is most likely one of the Russian military drones that entered Polish airspace in September, the state news agency PAP reported o...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2026
Strait of Hormuz issue must be resolved through diplomacy, says German foreign minister
BERLIN, March 12 (Reuters) - A solution to security issues in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz can only be achieved diplomatically, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2026
Bombing won't overthrow ruling clerics, Iran dissidents say
By John Irish PARIS, March 11 (Reuters) - A senior official from a Paris-based Iranian opposition group said on Thursday that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran would not topple the clerical leadership, arg...
Thomson Reuters Mar 12, 2026




