Washington, United States (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - Tornados tore through the central United States in a series of storms that continued into Saturday, leaving eight people dead and at least a dozen others injured, authorities said.
Pargas, Finland (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - Skipper Sampsa Jalo greets three young children on their way home from school as they board an unusual amphibious vessel docked and humming at a wooden pier on the frozen Baltic Sea.
Geneva (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Ghana condemned on Saturday an attack a day earlier on a UN base in southern Lebanon that seriously wounded three Ghanaian UN peacekeepers.
Erbil, Iraq (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - Several strikes hit Kurdish Iranian militants in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday, officials from the exiled groups told AFP.
Aboard Air Force One (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - US President Donald Trump evoked Saturday the idea of sending ground troops into Iran to secure the country's stockpiles of enriched uranium, as part of efforts to dismantle Tehran's nuclear program.
New Delhi (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - India said Saturday it was pushing ahead with imports of Russian oil, after a temporary US waiver to import crude from Moscow due war in the Mideast - but adding it did not need Washington's permission.
Paris, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology's use in war remains hotly debated.
Paris, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - Lion-emblazoned flags of pre-revolution Iran fluttered in cities across the world on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets a week after the start of the war in the Middle East.
Dubai (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - Dubai airport, the world's busiest for international traffic, suspended operations Saturday before partially resuming services, after an air defence interception in the area during attacks from Iran.
Nairobi (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - At least 23 people have been killed in flash flooding in Nairobi, police said Saturday, as search and rescue operations continued amid widespread devastation.
Washington, United States (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the United States is 'not concerned' about reports that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on US troop positions and movements.
Washington, United States (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - Donald Trump has plunged the United States into its most significant conflict in decades over a 'feeling.' It's not his political opponents saying this, but the White House itself.
Paris, France (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 - Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of high resolution images taken from space, said Friday it would hold back for 96 hours images of Gulf states targeted by Iranian drone attacks.
New York (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 - Four years ago, NASA purposely smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid to see if they could deflect it - a test to prove humanity could protect Earth from threatening space rocks.
Moscow (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 - Russia said on Friday it saw Finland's move to lift restrictions on hosting nuclear weapons as a potential threat and vowed to respond if Helsinki followed through with the plan.
Beijing (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 - China's leaders are 'clearly aware' of challenges facing growth, the head of the country's top economic planning body said on Friday, vowing to boost sluggish domestic consumption.
