China has lodged a strong protest and made representations with the Japanese after what it described as a “forceful break-in” at its embassy in Tokyo, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Tuesday…
An influential former military general who played a key role in 2007 in installing an army-backed interim government replacing a caretaker one, which was presumed to be inclined to the BNP, now…
Iranian police arrested 466 people accused of online activities aimed at undermining national security, state media reported on Tuesday (March 24, 2026), in one of the biggest security sweeps since…
U.S. President Donald Trump said that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was the “first one” to suggest attacking Iran when he discussed the "problem in the Middle East" with his close aides. Speaking at…
This liveblog is now closed. Click here for the latest updates U.S. President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday (March 23, 2026), saying the U.S.
The Lebanon government on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) ordered Iran's Ambassador to leave country. The Foreign Ministry said Tehran's diplomatic representative in the tiny war-torn country has to leave…
Israel’s military will occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, defence minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday, the first time Israel has clearly spelled out its intent to seize swathes of…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) declared a state of national energy emergency in response to the West Asia conflict and what he called an “imminent danger” posed…
Afghan authorities on Tuesday (March 24, 2026)released American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with Afghanistan's Taliban-run foreign ministry saying the release came on the…
Airstrikes battered Iran's capital and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel's Tel Aviv and sites across the West Asia on Tuesday (March 24, 2026), even as President Donald Trump said the…
Mohhammad Baqer Zolqadr, a veteran commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has been appointed as the new Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. Mr.
A major Russian drone and missile attack on civilian areas of Ukraine killed four people and injured at least 27, officials said Tuesday (March 24, 2026). Moscow's army stepped up efforts to break…
China is conducting a vast undersea mapping and monitoring operation across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, building detailed knowledge of marine conditions that naval experts say would be…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Tuesday had a telephone conversation to discuss the war in West Asia, the disruption in global supply chains, and the…
Donald Trump’s decision to postpone attacks on Iran’s power plants, 36 hours after issuing a 48-hour ultimatum to Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, is the clearest sign yet that the war is not…
India and the U.S. desire an Indo-Pacific in which no one power can dominate, said a senior Pentagon official, but did not make any reference to the Quad while detailing the Trump administration’s…
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro will continue to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison due to failing health, a judge ruled. Supreme Court Justice…
This liveblog is now closed. Click here for the latest updates U.S. President Donald Trump sent a peace plan to Iran as he voiced optimism on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) at ending nearly a month of a…
Amazon said on Monday its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” amid the current conflict in the Middle East, marking the second time in a month that its operations have been…
A U.S. federal judge weighing the merits of the Pentagon’s designation of rising Silicon Valley star Anthropic as a security threat repeatedly questioned the government’s reasons for vilifying the…