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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, March 17 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes on residential buildings, displaced people and healthcare workers in Lebanon raise concerns under international law and may amount to war crimes, the United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday. The Israeli military has been carrying out airstrikes in Lebanon since the Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel from Lebanon early in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is seeking other sources of fertilizer amid the ongoing Iran war's shipping constraints, including from Venezuela and possibly Morocco, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Tuesday. "We've ... established licenses for Venezuela to produce more fertilizer. We've had discussions with Morocco," he said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" program, calling it "an insurance policy against disruption" for U.S. farmers.
WARSAW, March 17 (Reuters) - Poland will not send troops to Iran as the conflict does not directly affect its security, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, adding that the United States and other powers understood Warsaw's decision. U.S. President Donald Trump called on allies over the weekend to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as Iranian forces continue attacks on the vital waterway amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, now in its third week.
Exclusive: Macquarie walks away from Kuwait oil pipelines deal amid Iran war, sources say Reuters
Delay complicates what Beijing’s top diplomat describes as ‘big year for China-US relations’
Iran is both Trump’s war and Netanyahu’s war The Hill
After years of war, Arab Catholics in LA find new worries with US-Iran conflict Angelus News
Iran says at least 56 of its heritage sites damaged or destroyed in war.
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the IDF's new 'targeted' ground operation in Lebanon, and threats and intimidation he faced from furious Polymarket gamblers over a report The post Daily Briefing Mar. 17 – Checkmate? Iran’s ‘de facto leader’ and top oppressor killed appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Could the Iran war could actually strengthen China’s energy position? CGEP
Alternative supply routes emerge as Iran war tests Gulf food security CGEP
Iran wages economic war in hopes of outlasting U.S. and Israel CGEP
Chief executive Gavin Slark said events over the last few weeks had already been affecting prices for the industry.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the Iran conflict cannot be resolved militarily and must be resolved politically.
Taliban says hundreds killed in Pakistani air strike on Kabul hospital MEE staff on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 10:37 Islamabad rejects claim that 400 people were killed in attack on drug rehabilitation facility A Taliban security officer patrols the site of a Pakistani attack on Kabul on 17 March (AFP/Wakil Kohsar) Off A Taliban official has accused Pakistan of killing at least 400 people at a drug rehabilitation facility in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Taliban government of Afghanistan, said the 2,000-bed Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital was attacked late on Monday evening. Images taken by the AFP news agency showed Afghan members of the Red Crescent removing bodies from the rubble. Surviving patients were also pictured gathered in a holding area near the ruins of the targeted building. "As a result of the attack, large sections of the hospital have been destroyed, and there are serious concerns about a high number of casualties," Fitrat wrote on X. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "Unfortunately, the death toll has so far reached 400, while around 250 others have been reported injured." Pakistani denial Islamabad has rejected the claim, with an official calling it “false and aimed at misleading public opinion”. Pakistan insists that only a military facility was targeted. Pakistan's information minister, Attaullah Tarar, said: "All targeting has been done with precision only at those infrastructures which are being used by Afghan Taliban regime to support its multiple terror proxies including Fitna Al Khawarij and Fitna Al Hindustan." Tarar was referring to two armed groups that have attacked Pakistani military and civilian targets in the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa regions. Pakistan’s growing ties to Bangladesh raise alarm bells in India Read More » Islamabad accuses India and Afghanistan of funding, training and harbouring such groups. Tensions have been high between Pakistan and the Taliban since the latter’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 following the US retreat from the region and consequent collapse of the government it supported. The former allies have been in open conflict since February. Pakistan says it has killed hundreds of Taliban fighters in air strikes and skirmishes along the 2,640km border it shares with Afghanistan. The Taliban also claims to have killed hundreds of Pakistani soldiers. While there is no accurate tally of civilians killed, both sides regularly accuse the other of targeting non-combatants. The Taliban is largely made up of members of the Pashtun ethnic group, who also have a large population in Afghanistan. Around 40 million of Pakistan's estimated population of over 200 million are ethnic Pashtuns. Afghanistan News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0
The Iran war throws Trump's China trip into doubt, but Beijing doesn't seem to mind waiting NBC News
Qatar says it intercepted second wave of missiles Qatar’s Ministry of Defence says its armed forces intercepted a second wave of missiles aimed at the country. In a brief statement, the ministry said Qatari air defences successfully engaged the incoming projectiles. تعلن وزارة الدفاع القطرية عن تصدي القوات المسلحة لموجة صاروخية ثانية استهدفت دولة قطر. pic.twitter.com/i5bN58mn0l March 17, 2026
Probe says Israel guilty of 'intentionally directing attacks against civilian object'; IDF: Strike carried out in precise manner to mitigate harm to imprisoned civilians The post UN report: Israeli strike on Iran’s notorious Evin Prison last year was a war crime appeared first on The Times of Israel.
Israel says it killed 2 of Iran’s top security officials as war intensifies - National Global News
Israel says it killed 2 top Iranian security officials in a blow to Tehran’s leadership AP News