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The attacks spark large fires as they hit four oil storage facilities and an oil production transfer centre in Tehran and Alborz.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 8 Mar 20268 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThick smoke has filled the sky over Tehran after Israeli air strikes hit Iran’s oil facilities for the first time since the war started, killing at least four people.Joint attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States continued for a ninth day on Sunday, killing more than 1,300 people in Iran and about 300 in Lebanon. About a…

A federal judge ruled Saturday that Kari Lake, President Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, did not have legal authority to take the actions she’s done to largely dismantle the Voice of America. The decision’s effect on VOA operations was not immediately clear.Voice of America, which has transmitted news coverage to countries around the world since its formation during World War II, is operating with a skeleton staff in only a handful of languages after Lake terminated contracts and laid off most of its employees.Lake had been chosen by Mr. Trump to effectively lead the agency…

There are fears Iranian footballers will be persecuted when they return home from the Women’s Asian Cup in Australia, with the government urged to take action.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka discharged 22 Iranian crew members from hospital who were plucked from life rafts after their warship was sunk by a US submarine, officials said Sunday (Mar 8).The crew had been treated at Karapitiya Hospital in the southern port city of Galle since Wednesday, after the IRIS Dena was torpedoed just outside Sri Lanka’s territorial waters.The attack on Dena was the first military strike far outside the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran a week ago.Those discharged overnight had been taken to a beach resort in the same district, as Sri…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Team USA has steamrolled the competition so far in the World Baseball Classic.Kyle Schwarber hit a two-run homer and Gunnar Henderson had four hits and two RBIs in a 9-1 victory over Britain on Saturday night. The U.S. improved to 2-0 in Pool B at Houston. Britain fell to 0-2. Kyle Schwarber #12 of the United States hits a home run during a World Baseball Classic Pool B game between Great Britain and the United States at Daikin Park on March 7, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Houston Astros/Getty Images)Nate Eaton homered on Tarik…

Shah’s party represents a reformist wave reshaping the Himalayan nation’s politics since last year’s youth-led uprising.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 8 Mar 20268 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoNepal’s centrist Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah has secured a majority in the direct parliamentary elections and is heading for a landslide, according to official results and election commission trends.The 35-year-old’s RSP party was also leading in proportional representation vote, according to results declared until early Sunday, in the country’s first election since last year’s youth-led uprising which toppled the government.Recommended Stories…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing renewed scrutiny after a report that she liked a social media post dismissing an investigation into sexual violence committed during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack in Israel as a “mass rape” hoax.Rama Duwaji allegedly liked a February 2024 Instagram post claiming The New York Times’ investigation into sexual violence during the Oct. 7 attack was “fabricated,” according to The Free Press.The report adds to a series of controversial social media interactions by Duwaji that have surfaced in recent days.Duwaji,…

The Nationals will contest the Farrer by-election with Albury local and community leader Brad Robertson as their candidate.Leader of the Nationals, David Littleproud, described Mr Robertson as “a community champion” and praised his selection.“The Nationals are all about local champions,” Mr Littleproud said.“Brad Robertson has dedicated his life to serving Australia. First in uniform and now in his community.”Mr Robertson spent 29 years in the Australian Army and chairs the Albury Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre Trust Fund and Manufacturing BRIDGE, a group supporting regional jobs and industry.Deputy Leader Kevin Hogan said Mr Robertson understands the challenges facing regional communities and…

KATHMANDU: A Nepali political party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide victory in the country’s first parliamentary election since Gen Z protests ousted the old leadership that has ruled the Himalayan nation for decades.The Rastriya Swatantra, or National Independent Party, formed only four years ago, had already won 103 of 165 directly elected seats and led in 21 other constituencies in the results published Sunday morning by Nepal’s Election Commission.Other political parties and independent candidates had won 27 seats in total so far. Officials were still counting the votes Sunday and final results were expected later in…

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – On the blue, wavy surface off the Khan Younis seaport, two Palestinian fishermen paddled their small, battered boat nearly 200 metres (656 feet) into the sea. On the shore, Dawood Sehwail, a 72-year-old Palestinian fisherman, stood inspecting a torn net, his eyes fixed on the waves as if reading a language only he understands.Displaced from Rafah, further to the south, in May 2024 as a result of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Sehwail now comes daily to the water’s edge, not just to fish, but to have an escape, to study the sea, and to…