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March 11, 2026 12:05 PM
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A UN spokesman said that fuel shortages in Cuba have triggered a humanitarian crisis with the island nation's health system approaching a critical point. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that hospitals face frequent power outages, shortages of essential medicines, the ...
March 11, 2026 11:25 AM
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In Switzerland, a bus caught fire in the town of Kerzers last evening, killing six people and severely injuring three others. Police spokesperson Frederic Papaux said an unspecified voluntary act could have caused the fire. Police said that ambulance and helicopter teams ferried three injured people...
March 11, 2026 10:53 AM
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Sri Lanka says it will not curb economic activity to cut fuel consumption despite surging global oil prices linked to tensions in the Middle East. Cabinet Spokesman Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa told reporters yesterday that the government expects to maintain a continuous fuel supply and does not plan to cl...
March 11, 2026 9:01 AM
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The US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, has declared that the United States is winning in the fight against Iran, but he declined to provide a timeline as to when the war would end, stressing that the decision lies with President Donald Trump. Hegseth told reporters yesterday that the US is focuse...
March 11, 2026 8:53 AM
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President Donald Trump has announced a historic 300 billion US Dollars partnership with India’s Reliance Industries Ltd to open America First Refining, the first new major oil refinery in the US in 50 years. Trump made the announcement in a post on the social media platform Truth Social, describing ...
March 11, 2026 8:47 AM
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The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Esmaeil Baqaei paid tributes to the sailors of IRIS Dena who were killed after the frigate was torpedoed and sunk by a US submarine approximately 40 nautical miles off the coast of Galle, Sri Lanka. He called the US action a war crime and v...
March 11, 2026 9:04 AM
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As the conflict in West Asia enters its second week, commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a halt, with tanker traffic down by more than 80 percent. Approximately 150 tankers are currently anchored in open waters outside the strait, holding an estimated 16 billion litres of ...
March 10, 2026 10:38 PM
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Continuing its steadfast commitment towards supporting Sri Lanka in times of need, India has commenced the installation of additional Bailey Bridges as part of its humanitarian assistance following Cyclone Ditwah. The Indian Army’s engineer corps have begun preparatory works for launching a 240-foot...
March 10, 2026 10:14 PM
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The External Affairs Ministry's Fact Check Unit has debunked claims on social media that India shared the Iranian ship location with Israel, terming these claims as false and baseless. It has asked people to stay alert against such false and baseless claims on social media. The Ministry has also ter...
March 10, 2026 10:00 PM
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India has mounted a multifaceted response to support the people of Mozambique in the wake of the devastating floods impacting its central and southern provinces. The External Affairs Ministry said in a social media post that, as part of its Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief efforts, India ...
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