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Workers are unloading coal from a cargo ship on the Turag River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 06, 2024.

Asia seeks coal amid Iran conflict, Israel expands its war within a war, Chile’s Kast builds a wall

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Venezuela defeat USA in baseball, American diesel surpasses $5, Scotland rejects assisted dying bill, Senegal victory in African soccer tournament annulled

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Europe pays for a war it doesn’t want

March 13, 2026, Tehran, Iran: ALI LARIJANI (C), Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, participates in the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, a commemoration in support of the Palestinian people on the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran.

Israel says it killed Iran’s security chief, US considers tying Zambia’s HIV aid to minerals access, Cuba’s power grid cuts out

The site of a destroyed drug rehabilitation hospital following a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 17, 2026.

Pakistan hits drug rehab center in Kabul, Five female Iranian soccer players withdraw asylum claims, Meningitis outbreak in southeast England, Chinese national tries to smuggle ants out of Kenya

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War in Iran disrupts global shipping

War in Iran disrupts global shipping

​Iran war threatens water access in Middle East

Iran conflict threatens water supply for millions

​U.S. President Donald Trump walks as he arrives back at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 15, 2026.

Trump asks for help reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict rages on, Ugandan opposition leader flees

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​Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with journalists to comment on new U.S. sanctions targeting two major Russia's oil producers, as well as other international issues, in Moscow, Russia, October 23, 2025.

Trump eases Russian oil sanctions, US-Cuba talks, Zimbabwe to leverage lithium mines

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​Participants hold placards during a protest to condemn the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and commemorate students killed in a strike on a girls' primary school in Minab in southern Iran on February 28, in front of the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, March 12, 2026.

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A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged following unidentified attacks that targeted two foreign tankers, according to Iraqi port officials, near Basra, Iraq, on March 12, 2026.​

Iran focused on closing Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine makes drone without Chinese parts, Beijing deals another blow to China’s minorities

​President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House AI Summit at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, July 23, 2025.

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​Iran player Fatemeh Pasandideh (right) reacts during the national anthem of Iran prior to the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Group A match between Iran and Philippines at Gold Coast Stadium on the Gold Coast, Sunday, March 8, 2026.

Members of Iranian women’s soccer team granted asylum, Another Canadian MP defects to Liberals, Strike planned at world’s largest meat producer, Drone strikes in the DRC

​The Thailand-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree engulfed in black smoke in the Strait of Hormuz, March 11, 2026.

Iran ups the ante on oil threats, Chile’s new president inaugurated, Russia tries to save Orbán’s re-election bid

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Japan critical minerals deal, Military take over in Madagascar, Argentina week in NYC

​A woman cries as she visits of a war memorial site near the Iraqi border, 1,365 km (854 miles) southwest of Tehran in Khoozestan province, March 16, 2009.

Iran war could cause millions to flee, but who will take them?

​A man removes a sheet from a wall with shrapnel holes at the site of a drone attack on a birthday party, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 4, 2025.

Haiti turns to drones to hit gangs, Chinese exports surge, Volkswagen to cut jobs, China-North Korea railway to restart

Trump bashes globalization, but Americans still buy foreign

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Pirhossein Kolivand, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, stands in front of the Shahran oil depot, which was targeted by US-Israeli strikes, in western Tehran, Iran, on March 8, 2026.

Iran conflict sends oil prices surging, Trial begins for Erdogan’s main adversary, German Greens win in auto state

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The Supreme Court checks Trump’s tariff power

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​Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on March 6, 2026.

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Cargo ships are unloading newly arrived chemical fertilizers at the port terminal in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, on February 27, 2024. ​

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​Bangladeshi women hold placards as they take part in a rally to mark International Women's Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 8, 2021. (Photo by Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto)

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​An explosion in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, Iran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in this still image from a social media video released on March 5, 2026.

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​A satellite image shows black smoke rising and heavy damage at Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran, Iran, on February 28, 2026.

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​Military personnel operate during the BAMEX'25 Defense Expo, in Bamako, Mali, November 11, 2025.

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​An army soldier stands guard at a post at the Friendship Gate, following exchanges of fire between Pakistan and Afghanistan forces, at the border crossing between the two countries in Chaman, Pakistan February 27, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

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