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Iran confirmed on ​Monday the ‌death of Revolutionary Guards Navy ​Commander Alireza ​Tangsiri following severe injuries, ⁠Iranian media ​reported, based ​on a statement by the guards. Israel’s ​Defence Minister ​Israel Katz said on ‌March ⁠26: “In a precise and lethal operation, the ​IDF ​eliminated ⁠the commander of the ​IRGC ​Navy, ⁠Tangsiri, along with senior naval ⁠command ​officials.”

 Kosovo on Monday approved sending troops to Gaza for an international security force ​as part of a U.S.-backed initiative after ‌last year’s ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Several nations including Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan and Albania have committed troops to the International ​Stabilization Force to keep peace and back ​a transitional administration in Gaza under U.S. President ⁠Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace.” Kosovo’s government said in ​a televised ministerial meeting on Monday the defence ​ministry had decided to send a force to Gaza after receiving a U.S. invitation in December. “We are ready to ​participate and help the people of Gaza, because ​we ourselves have…

World Trade Organization talks broke up on Monday with no agreement on a plan for reform or even on extending a moratorium on e-commerce, piling more pressure on the trade body that finds itself increasingly sidelined ​by economic nationalism. The four-day ministerial talks in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde ended in the early hours with Brazil blocking a bid by ‌the U.S. and others to prolong a moratorium on duties for electronic transmissions like digital downloads and streaming. Expectations for progress had been low before the talks but there had been hopes the moratorium at least would be renewed. In the end,…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he had ordered the military to further expand its operations in southern Lebanon, citing continued ​rocket fire by Hezbollah. Israel said last week it was enlarging a “buffer zone” up to ‌the Litani River. It was not immediately clear whether Netanyahu was referring to that area or to the seizure of additional territory. “I have now instructed to further expand the existing security zone in order ​to finally thwart the threat of invasion and to push the anti-tank missile ​fire away from our border,” Netanyahu said in a video statement from ⁠Israeli Northern…

Abdulaziz Aldarwish decided ​to take drastic action after his son Yahia’s young kidneys failed. The Syrian construction worker could not afford ‌the 1,200 euros ($1,380) per month needed for dialysis treatment and in any case the public healthcare system in Lebanon, where he worked, is in a state of near-collapse after years of conflict and neglect So Aldarwish managed to muster 5,000 euros from savings and family loans for them to board ​a boat ferrying migrants 200 km (120 miles) to Cyprus, hoping to find doctors who could give his son ​a new kidney and a new life. His wife and their…

Gunmen attacked a university community in Nigeria’s central Plateau state on Sunday night, killing ​at least 13 people, residents and local officials ‌said, the latest violence in a region long plagued by deadly farmer-herder conflicts. Violence in central Nigeria, also known as Middle ​Belt, is often painted as ethno-religious between ​mainly Muslim Fulani herders and Christian farmers. But ⁠many experts and politicians say climate change and expanding ​agriculture are creating competition for land, leading to conflict, ​regardless of faith or ethnicity. Residents said the gunmen arrived in the Gari Ya Waye community of Angwan Rukuba district and ​shot at people…

The leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), will visit China in April after being invited ‌by Chinese President Xi Jinping, a trip that will come a month before U.S. President Donald Trump goes to Beijing for his own summit. Former lawmaker Cheng Li-wun won election as KMT chairwoman in October and has signalled a swing towards even closer ties with Beijing than her predecessor ​Eric Chu, who did not visit China during his term as chairman that began in 2021. China, which views democratic ​Taiwan as its own territory, refuses to speak to the government of President…

South Korea is considering extending driving curbs to the general public if global oil prices climb further, senior officials ​said, as authorities seek to rein in energy demand amid supply strains due to the U.S.-Israeli war ‌with Iran. Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Sunday the government could expand restrictions on passenger car use beyond public institutions if crude prices rise to around $120–$130 a barrel, up from the current $100–$110 range. South Korea is considering extending driving curbs to the general public if global oil prices climb further, senior officials ​said, as authorities seek to rein in energy demand…

Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved ​in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its ‌previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Monday. “We don’t authorize either the use of military bases ​or the use of airspace for actions related ​to the war in Iran,” she told reporters ⁠in Madrid Spanish newspaper El Pais had first reported ​the news on Monday, citing military sources. The closure of the airspace forces military ​planes to bypass NATO member Spain en route to their targets in the Middle East, but it does not include emergency…

The high-level meeting marked the conclusion of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20), a process launched in the early 2000s to guide global cooperation on digital development, access and inclusion, at a time when the internet was only starting to become an essential part of everyday life.Two decades later, delegates said the challenge is no longer simply getting people online but ensuring that digital technologies – including AI – are governed in ways that protect human rights, build trust and close widening digital gaps.Why the summit mattersWSIS was created in 2003 to help countries work together on the…