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Iran fired multiple waves of missiles at Israel on ​Monday and vowed to “punish the aggressor” as Israeli forces pounded Tehran and oil prices rose after Yemen’s Houthis entered the war in the Middle East. Israel’s military said two drones ‌from Yemen had been intercepted on Monday, two days after the Iran-aligned Houthis, opens new tab fired missiles at Israel for the first time since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran that has spread across the region. The Israeli military said its forces were targeting what it described as military infrastructure in Tehran and had launched an attack on infrastructure in the…

Min Aung Hlaing stepped down as Myanmar’s armed forces chief on Monday to seek the presidency, the ​latest step in the generals’ efforts to maintain power behind the facade of a civilian administration, five years after they led a ‌coup against an elected government. The move follows a controversial election held in December and January that was won by a military-backed party but widely derided as a sham by the United Nations and many Western countries. The coup that ousted the democratically elected government of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi prompted mass protests that developed into a nationwide uprising after…

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…