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Mar 13, 2026 - World

Iraq is getting caught in the crossfire of the Iran war as the only country facing strikes from both sides, and that threatens to drag the nation that has so far avoided two years of regional turmoil into a full-blown crisis.

Mar 13, 2026 - World

Washington has temporarily waived sanctions on some Russian oil and petroleum shipments, the U.S. Treasury Department announced Thursday, removing a tool previously used to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine economically.

Mar 13, 2026 - World

Iran's ballistic missile production capacity has been "functionally defeated" since the start of Operation Epic Fury, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Friday.

Mar 13, 2026 - World

NSW premier says latest distribution calculation, with a reduction in the state’s share of revenue relative to its population, is unfair and ‘past its use-by date’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s richest state will receive an extra $5.5bn in GST revenue thanks to a sweetheart deal struck with Western Australia in 2018, as the New South Wales premier attacked the latest distribution calculation as unfair and “past its use-by date”.The Commonwealth Grants Commission on Friday released its recommendations on how a projected $102.5bn in goods and services tax should be carved up between the states and territories in 2026-27. Continue reading...

Mar 13, 2026 - World

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government has held recent talks with the U.S., marking the first time the Caribbean country confirms such speculations