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Detained Briton in Iran urges UK PM Starmer to 'step out of the shadows'

LONDON, March 23 (Reuters) - A British man detained in Tehran urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer on M...

23rd March, 2026

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Israeli airstrikes kill four in Gaza, Palestinian officials say

CAIRO, March 22 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on a police vehicle on Sunday killed three people i...

22nd March, 2026

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Allegations against ICC war crimes prosecutor still under review despite report he was cleared

By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM, Netherlands March 22 (Reuters) - Allegations of sexual misconduct agai...

22nd March, 2026

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Trump's envoy Coale meets Belarus leader Lukashenko, seeking to win more prisoner releases

March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. presidential envoy John Coale met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenk...

19th March, 2026

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Syria unveils plan to eliminate Assad's chemical weapons

NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) - Syria on Wednesday launched a plan supported by Washington to rid the...

18th March, 2026

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Top Vatican cardinal urges Trump, Israel to end war 'as soon as possible'

By Joshua McElwee ROME, March 18 (Reuters) - The Vatican's top diplomat on Wednesday called on U.S....

18th March, 2026

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Swedish citizen executed in Iran, Sweden's foreign minister says

COPENHAGEN, March 18 (Reuters) - A Swedish citizen was executed in Iran on Wednesday, Sweden's forei...

18th March, 2026

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Ilia II, patriarch who led Georgian Church out of the Soviet Union, dies at 93

By Lucy Papachristou March 17 (Reuters) - The spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church for j...

17th March, 2026

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Belgium orders ex-diplomat to stand trial for 1961 murder of Congo's Lumumba

By Inti Landauro BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) - A Brussels court on Tuesday ordered a former high-pr...

17th March, 2026

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Spain's king makes rare acknowledgement of country's colonial abuses

MADRID, March 16 (Reuters) - Spain's King Felipe VI acknowledged abuses in his country's colonial pa...

16th March, 2026

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Pope Leo decries 'atrocious violence' in Iran war, urges ceasefire

VATICAN CITY, March 15 (Reuters) - Pope Leo made an impassioned plea on Sunday for an immediate ceas...

15th March, 2026

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Russian attacks cause casualties, injuries in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia regions, local officials say

March 13 (Reuters) - Russian shelling killed one person and wounded six in southeastern Ukraine's Dn...

13th March, 2026