A Socialist candidate was leading in Paris while the far right looked strong in several southern cities as projections arrived from first-round local elections held on March 15, seen as a political barometer ahead of France's presidential polls.
A fire at a government-run hospital in eastern India killed at least 10 critically ill patients who were admitted in the trauma care unit, officials said Monday.
Several countries appeared reluctant to heed a call from U.S. President Donald Trump on March 16, as he urged nations to deploy warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
The Iranian women’s football team is set to leave Malaysia on March 16 night, ending days of uncertainty after most of the seven squad members who sparked a diplomatic furor by seeking asylum in Australia reversed their decisions and rejoined the team in Kuala Lumpur.
Voters in Vietnam cast their ballots yesterday for members of the National Assembly, the country's top legislative body that serves mainly to ratify decisions by the ruling Communist Party.
Ukraine does not want to lose United States support for its struggle against Russia as a result of Washington's war with Iran, President Volodymyr Zelensky has told journalists.
Israel is preparing to deploy an international force in the Gaza Strip starting in May as part of the next phase of a plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a report by Israel’s public broadcaster KAN published on March 14.
The top U.S. broadcast regulator on March 14 threatened media outlets over negative coverage of the Middle East war, after President Donald Trump slammed critical headlines from the "Fake News Media.”
Lebanon is preparing to form a delegation to negotiate with Israel in a bid to stop the war with Iran-backed Hezbollah, an official told AFP on March 14, as Israel is planning to launch a “massive” ground invasion of southern Lebanon.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry on Sunday announced that 14 people, including four children, were killed, and eight others injured in three airstrikes carried out by Israel in southern Lebanon.
Dubai is scrambling to preserve its image as a safe haven despite Iran's onslaught, with influencers rallying behind the government's message as authorities crack down on those sharing footage of strikes.
U.S. President Donald Trump urged other nations to help secure a vital shipping lane choked off by the war with Iran that showed no signs of slowing on Saturday, as strikes hit the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and a major Emirati energy facility.
Syria said Saturday that its army had taken control of a military base in the country's northeast after forces from a U.S.-led international coalition against the ISIL terror group withdrew.
An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed a dozen medical staff at a clinic, Lebanese health authorities said Saturday, after Iran-backed Hezbollah's leader said his group was ready for a long confrontation with Israel.
Israel said the war against Iran was entering its "decisive phase" on Saturday, as explosions rocked cities across the Middle East, with strikes on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and a major Emirati energy facility.
Iran threatened Saturday to reduce U.S.-linked oil facilities to "a pile of ashes" as the two-week-old Middle East war spilled over into a global oil price crisis.
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