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.
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.
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.
Dover, United States (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - US President Donald Trump said Saturday that 'two aircraft carriers' from Britain are not needed 'any longer' to aid his war in the Middle East - his latest critique of London's stance.
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.
Soran, Iraq (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - On a deserted road not too far from the border between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan, Satar Barsirini looked up at the sky, now streaked with jets and drones.
Paris, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - Global warming has accelerated in a 'statistically significant' way since 2015, according to a study published by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Washington, United States (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 - Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has said the company has 'no choice' but to challenge in court the Pentagon's formal designation of the artificial intelligence firm as a risk to US national security.
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.
Rome (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 - Italy is once again challenging the EU's green transition, pushing for an overhaul of the bloc's carbon trading scheme and changing the way the tool operates to try to cut electricity bills.
