The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched its massive 58th wave of retaliatory missile and drone strikes against Israeli positions and United States military bases.

Araghchi says US war secretarys threats denote his moral bankruptcy and ignorance about the law of armed conflict.

NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) - Allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior and abuse of young women or girls have emerged against iconic late labor organizer Cesar Chavez, and the union he co-founded will not take part in annual celebrations of him, according to statements on Tuesday. Read full story

WELLINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - New Zealand's government will introduce legislation on Wednesday to tighten deportation, asylum and immigration enforcement rules, saying the changes are needed to tackle serious offending, migrant exploitation and bad-faith claims. Read full story

Two people killed from missile attack near Tel Aviv A man and a woman have died after suffering serious shrapnel wounds in an attack on the Ramat Gan area of Tel Aviv, Israels Magen David Adom emergency service is reporting. We saw smoke rising from a building with extensive damage and shattered glass, MDA paramedic Inbar Green and MDA EMT Naftali Halberstadt said. From among the debris, we saw two unconscious casualties, with no pulse and not breathing, with severe injuries to their bodies.

US targets Iranian missile sites near Strait of Hormuz with 5,000-pound bomb The United States military said Tuesday that it targeted sites along Iran's coastline near the Strait of Hormuz with "multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions". "The Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles in these sites posed a risk to international shipping in the strait", the military's CENTCOM said in a statement. Hours ago, U.S. forces successfully employed multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions on ..

NEW YORK, March 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday as investors navigated an ongoing surge in oil prices and awaited further guidance from the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting. Read full story

March 17 (Reuters) - El Salvador's Congress on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to allow for life sentences for charges including murder, rape, and terrorism, as the government of President Nayib Bukele continues its crackdown on the country's criminal gangs. Read full story

IRGC responds to killing of Larijani Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has responded to the confirmation of Ali Larijanis assassination. In a statement published by Irans Tasnim news agency, the IRGC called Larijani a distinguished figure, thinker [and] revolutionary politician and emphasised that the pure blood of this great martyr, like other dear martyrs, will be a source of honour, strength, and national awakening. The IRGC will certainly not forget the bloodlust of this great ..

By wresting control of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has turned the tables on US Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 20:08 If the US fails to push Iran out of Hormuz or washes its hands of the waterway, the repercussions will ripple across global trade and finance, experts say This frame grab, taken on 12 March 2026, shows smoke emerging from the Source Blessing cargo vessel, filmed from another ship in the Gulf, north of Dubai (Wang Shang/Handout/UGC/AFP) Off Iran spent a decade ..

Iran confirms security chief Ali Larijani killed Iran's security chief, Ali Larijani, has been killed, Iranian media confirmed on Tuesday. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said earlier on Tuesday that he had been killed in an Israeli strike.

March 17 (Reuters) - The spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church for just shy of half a century, Ilia II oversaw its transformation from an institution repressed under the Soviet Union into the most powerful non-state body in one of the world's oldest Christian countries. Read full story

Strait of Hormuz 'wont return to its pre-war status', Iranian official says Irans parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, wrote that the Strait of Hormuz situation wont return to its pre-war status, in a post on X on Tuesday. Ghalibaf did not elaborate further. US President Donald Trump had previously encouraged other countries to send their navies to secure the waterway.

Commander of Iran's paramilitary Basij force killed, Iranian state media says Gholamreza Soleimani, the commander of Iran's paramilitary Basij force, was killed in US-Israel attacks, Iran's state media said on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, Israel had said it killed Soleimani.

Projectile hits area near Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant A projectile hit the area near Iran's Bushehr Nuclear power plant on Tuesday, Iran's Tansim news agency reported, citing the country's Atomic Energy Organisation. No damage had been reported, according to theAtomic Energy Organisation. The projectile hit the vicinity of the nuclear power plant in the port city of Bushehr at around 7 pm local time, the news agency added. Reporting by Reuters.

Seven drones intercepted in 'past several hours', Saudi Arabia says Saudi Arabias defence ministry said on X that seven drones were intercepted and destroyed in the past several hours in the countrys oil-rich eastern region.

Leqaa Kordia, longest-detained pro-Palestine protester, freed from ICE custody Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 15:13 A US immigration judge set her bond at $100,000, despite her not being a flight risk Leqaa Kordia poses for a photo after her release from the Prairieland detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, on 16 March 2026 (Gazamom/X) Off After spending two consecutive Ramadans behind bars, Leqaa Kordia was freed from US immigration detention on Monday, in what her lawyers have ..

Ali Larijani: What does the death of philosopher security chief mean for Iran? Submitted by Rayhan Uddin on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 17:00 Tehran loses versatile operator across military, legislative and cultural spheres, but analysts say the Islamic Republic is 'designed to absorb' it Ali Larijani attends a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of their late leader Hassan Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, on 27 September 2025 ..

Unrealistic to expect 'controlled regime change' in Iran, Germany says Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Tuesday said it was not realistic to expect controlled regime change in Iran and said the war could not have a military solution. "There will be no military solution. And to have a controlled regime change, is, I would say, a hypothetical idea, which is not realistic," he said, speaking alongside his French counterpart Jean-Nol Barrot in Berlin at an event hosted by the ZEIT ..

US embassy and diplomatic facility in Baghdad targeted by rocket and drone attacks Rockets and an explosive drone targeted the US embassy in Baghdad, triggering sirens, and an explosion was heard near the compound, security sources said. The attack comes after a series of earlier strikes on the same day. At least three explosive drones also targeted a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad International Airport, activating C-RAM air defence systems, the sources added. There were no immediate ..

UAE could join international effort to secure Strait of Hormuz, says adviser Anwar Gargash, a diplomatic adviser to the president of the UAE, said on Tuesday that his country could join an international effort led by the US to ensure the safety and security of the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking in an online event organised by American think tank the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Gargash said that the UAE does not currently have active talks with Iran. Iran moved to close the strait last week ..

As the US-Israeli war against Iran continues, we look at a scenario reminiscent of the tanker war of the 1980s

All the build-up and live updates from the first 2026 Women's Asian Cup semifinal between China and Australia.

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March 17 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is due to meet Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London on Tuesday to agree a deeper defence and industrial partnership, the British government said. Read full story

Oil prices jumped over 3% on Tuesday as uncertainty lingered over a U.S.-led coalition to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Iran war has already rattled LPG users. Will Indias piped gas network face the next squeeze?

TOKYO, March 17 (Reuters) - Shigeaki Mori, the survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing whom former U.S. President Barack Obama embraced during a historic visit to the city in 2016, has died at 88, Jiji Press reported on Tuesday. Read full story

The Fujairah oil hub has been hit repeatedly by Iranian drones as the US- Israeli war continues to ignite instability.

From the Valley of Stars to underground missiles, Qeshm Island is strategic ground zero for the US-Israel war on Iran.

The civil trial centres on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control of Twitter, which was renamed X.