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Trump on Iran: we don't know if new leader is still alive
WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that it was unclear whether new Iranian leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was still alive, given reports he had been injured...
Mar 16, 2026
Cuba to allow nationals living abroad to own businesses on island, NBC News reports
HAVANA, March 16 (Reuters) - Cuba plans to allow nationals living abroad, including in the United States, to invest in and own businesses on the island, the country's deputy prime minister told NBC Ne...
Mar 16, 2026
Rotterdam synagogue blast had terrorist intent, prosecutors say
AMSTERDAM, March 16 (Reuters) - Dutch prosecutors on Monday said the four men suspected of causing an explosion at a synagogue in Rotterdam on Friday had acted with terrorist intent. "The acts were me...
Mar 16, 2026
Russia has taken 12 settlements in Ukraine in first two weeks of March, top general says
MOSCOW, March 16 (Reuters) - Russia has taken control of 12 settlements in Ukraine in the first two weeks of March, Russian state-run news agencies cited Russia's top general, Valery Gerasimov, as say...
Mar 16, 2026
Trump says some countries are not enthusiastic about helping unblock Hormuz strait
By Bo Erickson and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday repeated his call to nations to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, and complained that some were not ...
Mar 16, 2026
Pakistan-bound oil tanker passes through Hormuz Strait amid Iran war
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, March 16 (Reuters) - Ship-tracking data shows a Pakistan-bound oil tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, indicating that some countries are able to neg...
Mar 16, 2026
UN Afghan mission gets limited extension after US review call
March 16 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voted on Monday to extend the mandate of the UNAMA assistance mission in Afghanistan for a shorter-than-usual three-month period, after Washington called...
Mar 16, 2026
Kyrgyzstan accuses sacked security chief of corruption as purge widens
By Aigerim Turgunbaeva BISHKEK, March 16 (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's tax authority on Monday published a video accusing ex-security chief Kamchybek Tashiev of corruption, amid a widening purge of his all...
Mar 16, 2026
El Salvador forcibly disappearing nationals deported from the US, rights group says
March 16 (Reuters) - El Salvador has subjected some nationals deported from the U.S. to enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention without revealing their whereabouts or bringing them before a jud...
Mar 16, 2026
Rubio and Japan counterpart talk after Trump Iran coalition call
March 16 (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump called on allies to create a coalit...
Mar 16, 2026
