Sat 07 March 2026: The US may consider lifting sanctions on additional Russian oil shipments to ease a temporary global supply gap, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Friday. The remarks follow a US decision to issue a temporary 30-day waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil in an effort to maintain […]
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Sat 07 March 2026: China’s Wing Loong-3 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was selected by Saudi Arabia after extensive operational validation. Deployed in over 200 combat sorties before the deal, the UAV demonstrated rapid target engagement, including 12 aircraft striking three radar stations and three armored vehicles in 15 minutes during the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict. Its […]
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Sat 07 March 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Multimillion-dollar crime wall causes uproar in SA: The lack of services in the settlement has again come under the spotlight after Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announced controversial plans to build a wall to keep criminals at bay along the N2 highway, […]
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Fri 06 March 2026: China has committed nearly $24 billion in investments to 168 ports around the world over the past 25 years, according to a new study released Wednesday. The report by AidData, a research lab at William & Mary University in the United States, comes as Panama recently ousted a Hong Kong-based operator from one of […]
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Fri 06 March 2026: The UN refugee agency said Thursday that intensifying hostilities across the Middle East have triggered “significant population movement,” as more than 330,000 people have been forcibly displaced, mostly within their own countries. The UNHCR noted that clashes along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan have forced thousands of families to flee. […]
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Fri 06 March 2026: Evidence assembled by The New York Times suggests a strike that hit an elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab were carried out by the US. The newspaper reports that satellite imagery, social media posts and verified videos indicate the school building was severely damaged by a precision strike […]
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Fri 06 March 2026: Israel’s Civil Administration has cancelled Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, the latest in a series of Israeli restrictions imposed at Islam’s third-holiest site since the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Civil Administration Chief Brigadier General Hisham Ibrahim said on Thursday via the Israeli […]
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Fri 06 March 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Ukraine’s ambassador to SA refuses to mourn Khamenei: Ambassador Olexander Scherba posted on X that “weirdly” the Iranian embassy had informed Ukrainian diplomats that it was opening a book of condolences (to be signed) in memory of Khamenei and the military leadership of […]
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The Israel-US war on Iran has rapidly spilt into neighbouring Gulf nations, all of which host American military bases. / TRT World Thu 05 March 2026: Tehran has widened the scope of its retaliation, with the bulk of its fury directed at targets in the Arab countries of the region. Iran has launched far more […]
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Thu 05 March 2026: To carry out strikes on 1,000 targets on the first day of its assault on Iran, the US military relied on the most sophisticated artificial intelligence system it has deployed in combat to date, technology that the Pentagon may find difficult to abandon even as it ends its relationship with the […]
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