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Sri Lanka moving 208 rescued Iranian ship crew to naval camp, sources say
By Uditha Jayasinghe GALLE, Sri Lanka, March 6 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan authorities said on Friday they were escorting a second Iranian naval vessel to harbour and moving 208 of its crew to a camp, two ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2026
UN official: 100,000 Lebanese in shelters after 'unprecedented' Israeli warnings
BEIRUT, March 6 (Reuters) - About 100,000 people have fled to shelters in Lebanon and the number of displaced is expected to rapidly increase following "unprecedented" Israeli warnings ordering people...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2026
Russia and Ukraine swap 300 soldiers each on second day of exchange
KYIV, March 6 (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia exchanged 300 service personnel each on Friday in the second day of a twoday prisoner swap, with some of those released having been held since 2022 in the ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2026
Indonesian court acquits four activists accused of inciting deadly 2025 student protests
By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA, March 6 (Reuters) - An Indonesian court on Friday acquitted an activist accused of inciting the country's worst riots in over two decades in August last year, a ruling descr...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2026
Middle East situation is 'major humanitarian emergency', UN refugee agency says
GENEVA, March 6 (Reuters) - The U.N. refugee agency said on Friday that nearly 100,000 people have been displaced within Lebanon and tens of thousands of Syrian refugees there have fled back over the ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2026
UN human rights chief to travel to Washington amid concerns over Middle East crisis
GENEVA, March 6 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief will travel to Washington this month, he said on Friday, but expressed doubt he could influence the development of the Middle East cri...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2026
Azerbaijan says it is evacuating its diplomats from Iran for their own safety
BAKU, March 6 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan is evacuating its diplomats from Iran for their own safety, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Friday, a day after Baku said four Iranian drones had crossed ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2026
Russia warns Finland it will be more vulnerable if its hosts nuclear weapons
By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW, March 6 (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it would respond if Finland placed nuclear weapons on its territory, saying such a move would make the Nordic country more vulnerabl...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2026
Blanket evacuation orders in Lebanon raise international law concerns, says UN human rights chief
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, March 6 (Reuters) - Large-scale evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army for southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs raise serious concerns under international...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2026
Iran war chokes aid corridors, obstructing global relief efforts
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA, March 6 (Reuters) - Key humanitarian air, sea and land routes are being constricted by disruption from the war in the Middle East, delaying life-saving shi...
Thomson Reuters Mar 06, 2026

