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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Istanbul (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 - Turkey's foreign minister advised Saturday against efforts to cause a civil war inside Iran, while warning Tehran after NATO intercepted a Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran this week.
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.
Hong Kong (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 - Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai will not appeal against the national security conviction for which he was jailed for 20 years last month, his legal team said on Friday without providing a reason.
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.
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.
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.
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.
