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ASEAN ministers to hold meetings to address Middle East crisis
MANILA, March 12 (Reuters) - The widening conflict in the Middle East is expected to dominate discussions at Friday's ASEAN economic ministers' retreat, with foreign ministers also holding a virtual m...
Mar 12, 2026
Israeli military says it targeted site used in Iran's nuclear programme
DUBAI, March 12 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Thursday it had in recent days targeted a site used in the Iranian nuclear programme which is identified as "Taleghan". Taleghan is a facility ...
Mar 12, 2026
Up to 3.2 million people displaced inside Iran by conflict, UN says
GENEVA, March 12 (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday that up to 3.2 million people have been displaced inside Iran since the conflict began on February 28. "This figure is likely to c...
Mar 12, 2026
Russia's Rosatom says it will stay in Iran despite war
MOSCOW, March 12 (Reuters) - Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom will stay in Iran despite the conflict in the Middle East and is committed to its agreement to build two more units at the Bushe...
Mar 12, 2026
Explainer-Who might the US be talking to in Cuba?
By Daniel Trotta HAVANA, March 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has said repeatedly the United States is in talks with high-level Cuban representatives, and that Cuba is eager to reach a dea...
Mar 12, 2026
Japan PM Takaichi cancels meeting with Muslim envoys due to cold symptoms, TBS says
TOKYO, March 12 (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has cancelled a planned meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council country ambassadors and an iftar dinner with a wider group of Muslim dip...
Mar 12, 2026
First train to Pyongyang in six years leaves Beijing as neighbours revive link
BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) - The first passenger train service between the Chinese and North Korean capitals left Beijing Railway Station on Thursday, ending a six-year gap, as China moves to shore u...
Mar 12, 2026
Kenya arrests man trying to smuggle over 2,000 live ants in his luggage
NAIROBI, March 12 (Reuters) - A man was arrested with more than 2,200 live garden ants in his luggage at Nairobi's main airport this week amid a rise in cases of smuggling of the insects in Kenya. Chi...
Mar 12, 2026
World faces largest-ever oil supply disruption on Middle East war, IEA says
By Alex Lawler LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - The war in the Middle East is creating the biggest oil supply disruption in history, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday, a day after it agreed...
Mar 12, 2026
Russia jails for life Islamic State-linked Tajiks over concert hall attack that killed 149
MOSCOW, March 12 (Reuters) - A Russian military court handed down life sentences on Thursday to four Tajik men and 11 accomplices over their involvement in a mass shooting that killed 149 people at a ...
Mar 12, 2026
