Cuba restores power after 29-hour blackout amid US oil blockade | Business and Economy News

The national power grid comes back on after Cuba’s 10 million people were plunged into darkness overnight. Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026 Cuba has reconnected its power grid and brought online its largest oil-fired power plant, energy officials said, putting an end to a nationwide blackout that lasted more than 29 hours amid … Read more

Killing of Larijani will not destabilise Iranian political system: Minister | US-Israel war on Iran News

Israel’s killing of Ali Larijani, the powerful secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, will not deal a fatal blow to Iran’s leadership, the country’s foreign minister said. In an interview with Al Jazeera, aired after the killing of Larijani was confirmed by Tehran early on Wednesday, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi said … Read more

Over 200 Ukrainian military experts in Gulf region to counter Iran’s drones | US-Israel war on Iran News

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says Moscow and Tehran are ‘brothers in hatred’; claims Iran’s drones ‘contain Russian components’. More than 200 Ukrainian military experts are in the Gulf region and wider Middle East helping governments in their defence against Iran’s drone attacks, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. In an address to dozens of members of … Read more

Chile’s President Kast tosses out dozens of environmental protections | Environment News

Chilean Environment Ministry suspends 43 measures touching on issues such as pollution, emissions and national parks. Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026 The new Chilean government has announced the suspension of 43 rules to safeguard the environment, as part of a pivot towards more conservative policies under newly inaugurated President Jose Antonio Kast. The … Read more

Pakistan denies hospital strike in Afghanistan as death toll hits 400 | Taliban News

Pakistani minister ‘strongly refutes and rejects’ Afghan government’s accusation, saying his country only targets military sites. Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026 Islamabad has denied the accusations of Afghanistan’s Taliban government that Pakistani forces hit a hospital treating drug users in the Afghan capital, Kabul, saying that its strikes in the neighbouring country have … Read more