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By Our International Desk

From left, candidate of La France Insoumise, Sophia Chikirou, French socialist candidate Emmanuel Gregoire, and Conservative candidate, Rachida Dati, pose prior to a TV debate between the two rounds of the Paris municipal elections, March 18, 2026

Western Europe / 20 March 2026

Left alliances being forged as France heads into municipal run-offs

20 March 2026

Cargo ships sail in the Arabian Gulf towards Strait of Hormuz in United Arab Emirates, March 19, 2026

Middle East / 19 March 2026

Iran war intensifies with barrage of strikes on energy facilities

19 March 2026

A hospital worker carries medical supplies donated by members of the European Convoy to Cuba in Havana, March 16, 2026

Cuba / 19 March 2026

Activists deliver medical aid to Cuba

19 March 2026

A partially constructed gas refinery at the South Pars gas field is seen on the northern coast of Persian Gulf in Asalouyeh, Iran, on January 22, 2014

Middle East / 18 March 2026

Qatar blames Israel for attack on gas field it shares with Iran

18 March 2026

A rescue worker carries a child at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon, March 18, 2026

Middle East / 18 March 2026

China to send humanitarian aid to Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq

18 March 2026

Residents and Taliban police gather the remains of a projectile at the site of a strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 13, 2026

Central Asia / 17 March 2026

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of killing at least 400 in air attack on Kabul hospital

17 March 2026

Palestinians mourn at the funeral of four members of the Odeh family who were killed in their car by Israeli security forces during an army operation in Tammun, West Bank, March 15, 2026

Israel-Palestine / 17 March 2026

UN concerned by possible ‘ethnic cleansing’ in the occupied West Bank

17 March 2026

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent (left) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (right) during a bilateral meeting between the United States and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 10, 2025

World / 16 March 2026

China-US trade talks pave the way for Xi-Trump summit

16 March 2026

A view of the peace Palace housing the International Court of Justice, the UN's top court, in The Hague, Netherlands, February 2, 2024

International Court of Justice / 13 March 2026

US defends Israel against South African allegation of genocide

13 March 2026

Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit patrol during a rally for Dagalo, in Garawee town, north of Sudan, June 15, 2019

Northeast Africa / 12 March 2026

Drone attack on Sudanese school kills at least 17

12 March 2026

A police officer stands guard in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 3, 2026

Haiti / 10 March 2026

Rights group details drone attacks by Haitian security forces

10 March 2026

Iranian warship IRIS Dena is seen in the Bay of Bengal during International Fleet Review held at Visakhapatnam, India, February 18, 2026

Indian Ocean / 9 March 2026

Iran and US row over status of Iranian warship sunk by submarine

9 March 2026

People welcome activists who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla that attempted to sail to Gaza after they were released from Israeli prison, at Tunis–Carthage International Airport, October 5, 2025, in Tunis, Tunisia

North Africa / 8 March 2026

Tunisian authorities detain pro-Palestinian activists preparing new Gaza aid flotilla

8 March 2026

A youth jumps into the sea during a blackout in Havana, March 4, 2026

Cuba / 6 March 2026

Power slowly being restored to Cuba as crews work round the clock

6 March 2026

Mourners sit outside a hospital morgue where two bodies were brought, identified as Palestinian brothers Mohammad and Faheem Mo'mar, who according to the Palestinian Health Ministry were shot by Israeli settlers in their home village of Qaryut, March 2

West Bank / 5 March 2026

Israeli forces enforce strict clampdown on the occupied West Bank, wounding at least eight Palestinians

5 March 2026

Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in Dahiyeh, southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, March 4, 2026

Lebanon / 4 March 2026

Israel orders evacuations ahead of strikes on southern Lebanon

4 March 2026

Smoke rises from Israeli air strikes in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, March 3, 2026

Lebanon / 3 March 2026

Hezbollah rejects Lebanese government ban on its military activity

3 March 2026

Yazid Al-Zayan, 9, mourns during the funeral of his father Khaled Al-Zayan, a Palestinian policeman, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2026

Middle East / 27 February 2026

Israeli attacks kill at least six Palestinians in Gaza

27 February 2026

Palestinians walk along the beach next to a tent camp in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, February 25, 2026

World / 26 February 2026

Israel has killed more journalists than any nation on record, says media watchdog

26 February 2026

Women sit with malnourished children at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, May 14, 2025

Somalia / 25 February 2026

Millions at risk of severe hunger in Somalia, says UN

25 February 2026

Soldiers stand guard in Cointzio, Michoacan state, Mexico, February 22, 2026, after the death of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as ‘El Mencho’

Mexico / 24 February 2026

Security forces and cartel gunmen continue to clash in Mexico

24 February 2026

A soldier stands guard by a charred vehicle after it was set on fire in Cointzio, Michoacán state, Mexico, February 22, 2026

Latin America / 23 February 2026

Mexican army kills major drugs cartel leader

23 February 2026

The USS Gerald R. Ford embarked on the first of its sea trials to test various state-of-the-art systems on its own power for the first time, April 8, 2017, from Newport News, Va. Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/U.S. Navy via AP

Iran / 20 February 2026

Trump gives Iran 10 days to reach a nuclear programme deal

20 February 2026

People watch a TV screen showing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's televised briefing at a bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea, December 3, 2024

South Korea / 19 February 2026

South Korea's ex-president Yoon found guilty of rebellion and handed life sentence

19 February 2026

Democratic presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson with his wife, Jacqueline, salutes the cheering crowd at Operation Push in Chicago, March 10, 1988

United States / 17 February 2026

US Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson dies

17 February 2026

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (right) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi (left) hold a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, February 16, 2026. Photo: Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP

Iran / 17 February 2026

Iran temporarily closes the Strait of Hormuz

17 February 2026

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the audience during a session at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2026

Russia-Ukraine / 16 February 2026

Ukrainian drone strike hits Russia’s Black Sea port ahead of peace talks

16 February 2026

Palestinians walk along the separation barrier between the West Bank and east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Beit Hanina

World / 15 February 2026

Israel approves proposal to register occupied West Bank lands as 'state property'

15 February 2026

Chairman of the African Union Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf delivers a speech during the annual African Union Summit at the Addis International Convention Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

World / 15 February 2026

African Union summit opens as youth anger grows

15 February 2026

A municipal worker cleans a road near the chairman office of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a day after the national parliamentary election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 13, 2026

South Asia / 13 February 2026

Bangladesh National Party claims general election victory

13 February 2026

People attend an annual rally marking 1979 Islamic Revolution as they gather around the Azadi (Freedom) monument tower in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2026

Iran / 11 February 2026

Activists call out the hijacking of the 1979 Iranian revolution

11 February 2026

Striking nurses walk a picket line outside NewYork Presbyterian Hospital in New York, February 9, 2026

US / 10 February 2026

New York City nurses reach deal to end 2 hospital strikes

10 February 2026

A family travels on their electric motorbike during a power cut in Santa Cruz del Santa Cruz del Norte, home to one of Cuba’s largest thermoelectric plants, February 3, 2026

Latin America / 9 February 2026

Mexico sends more than 800 tons of aid to Cuba

9 February 2026

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Sudan / 8 February 2026

Drone attack by paramilitary group kills at least 24

8 February 2026

South Sudan / 5 February 2026

South Sudan hospital hit by government air attack, say medics

5 February 2026

Palestinian Raed al-Khabba carries his 3-month-old daughter Mira al-Khabbaz, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, February 4, 2026

Gaza / 4 February 2026

Israeli forces kill another 19 Palestinians in Gaza

4 February 2026