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US Attorney General Pam Bondi subpoenaed for congressional Epstein probe 

17 March 2026

A subcommittee in the United States Congress has subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi, compelling her to testify in a c...

Colombia’s Petro accuses Ecuador of bombing near border 

17 March 2026

Bogota, Colombia – Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that 27 charred bodies were discovered on his country’...

Rubio says Cuba needs to ‘get new people in charge’ as US ratchets pressure 

17 March 2026

News|Donald Trump United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that Cuba “has to get new people in charge,”...

Congolese President Sassou Nguesso wins fifth term: Provisional results 

17 March 2026

Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected for a fifth consecutive term, extending his nearly ...

US confirms 157 killed in maritime strikes experts call ‘extrajudicial’ 

17 March 2026

News|Military The United States military has confirmed that at least 157 people have been killed in lethal strikes again...

Israel carrying out ‘mass expulsion of Palestinians’ in West Bank, UN warns 

17 March 2026

Israel has forcibly displaced more than 36,000 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank in one year, the United Nation...

Ex-Belgian diplomat ordered to stand trial over murder of Congo’s Lumumba 

17 March 2026

News|Courts A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat has been ordered by a Brussels court to stand trial over the assassina...

Starmer, Zelenskyy urge ‘focus’ on Ukraine as Iran war diverts attention 

17 March 2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London to sign a new defence pact...

Israeli attacks on Lebanon may amount to war crimes, UN rights office says 

17 March 2026

Israeli attacks on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon may amount to war crimes, the United Nat...

US National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent resigns over Iran war 

17 March 2026

News|US-Israel war on Iran The director of the US National Counterterrorism Center, which advises both US President Dona...