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MANILA: The Philippines has allowed the temporary and limited use of a cheaper but dirtier type of fuel to ensure supply as it finds ways to cope with the impact of the Middle East crisis.The Department of Energy (DOE) said only vehicles from model year 2015 and earlier, traditional jeepneys, power plants and generators, and the marine and shipping sectors would be allowed to use Euro-II compliant petroleum products.”The measure is intended to help maintain a continuous, adequate and accessible fuel supply, while allowing limited flexibility for sectors that may be affected,” the DOE said in a statement.It ordered oil…

By AFP, AP, EPA and ReutersPublished On 22 Mar 202622 Mar 2026Iranian missiles struck two communities in southern Israel, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not far from Israel’s main nuclear research centre.The Iranian strikes late on Saturday came after Tehran’s main nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz was hit earlier in the day. Israel denied responsibility for the strike on Natanz, nearly 220km (135 miles) southeast of Tehran.The Pentagon declined to comment on the strike on Natanz, which was also hit during the first week of the war and the 12-day war last June. Russian Ministry of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sidestepped Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s Nazi-linked tattoo in her glowing endorsement Thursday, despite previously expressing alarm over Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Christian tattoos.Warren, one of the Senate’s most liberal members who is seeking to recruit progressive candidates, endorsed Platner’s campaign in a video posted to social media Wednesday, calling him “the real deal.” “Graham Platner has the grit to go against the grain and to fight for what is right,” Warren said. “And the people in Maine are fired up and excited for change.”The 41-year-old…

Jewish security org keeps community safe In the backdrop of conflict in the Middle East, synagogues and Jewish spaces are on high alert for any potential threats. Magen Am is a Jewish-run nonprofit focused on community security. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! PHOENIX, Ariz. – Law enforcement agencies across the United States are on high alert over an elevated terror threat, prompting Jewish communities in particular to ramp up security after a series of recent attacks, including an incident at Temple Israel synagogue in Michigan.Experts warn that the most pressing danger comes from so-called lone wolf attackers…

Australia has joined 21 other countries in signing a joint commitment to safeguard oil tanker transit through the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel-Iran war.The joint statement, which condemns Iran’s retaliatory attacks on vessels, was released last week but was updated on Sunday with a string of new signatories, including Australia, Estonia, Romania, Sweden and Norway, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.The coalition of nations has expressed “readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts”, however, the Australian government has not revealed what, if any, assets it will deploy to the critical trade waterway.Since the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran…

TAIPEI: Deliveries of delayed F-16V fighter jets for Taiwan will begin this year with production at “full capacity”, the island’s defence ministry said after senior defence officials visited the United States. Taiwan, which faces a rising military threat from China, has complained of repeated delays to weapons ordered from the US, the most important international backer and arms supplier for the island, which Beijing claims as its territory.The United States in 2019 approved an $8 billion sale of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, a deal that would take the island’s F-16 fleet to more than 200 jets, but the…

NewsFeedVideo footage, published by Israeli media and verified by Al Jazeera, shows Israeli firefighters attempting to put out a fire engulfing vehicles caused by a missile attack from Lebanon on vehicles in the Misgav Am area of northern Israel.Published On 22 Mar 202622 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2SharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE – Former Vice President Mike Pence says his fight to keep the Republican Party from drifting too far from its conservative roots and principles, amid a rise of populism in the GOP and big government creep in President Donald Trump’s second administration, is “the calling of my life right now.”And Pence takes issue with the conventional wisdom that Trump, since he first won the White House a decade ago, has upended and completely transformed the Republican Party.”I’m convinced that while President Trump has changed some aspects of the agenda of the…

new video loaded: How the Supreme Court Could Change Voting by MailThe Supreme Court is ruling on whether ballots received after Election Day should be disqualified. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti explains how a Supreme Court ruling could affect hundreds of thousands of Americans in rural and urban areas.By Nick Corasaniti, Gilad Thaler, Léo Hamelin, June Kim, Christine Zhang and Coleman LowndesMarch 22, 2026

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Major League Baseball’s Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) had arguably its best moment on Saturday afternoon in spring training.In a game between the Cleveland Guardians and San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale, Arizona, Robbie Ray was facing Sean Mooney, who was at the plate as the tying run in a 3-0 game and an 0-2 count with two outs in the top of the fourth.Mooney took a low sinker that was called a ball by home plate umpire Bill Miller, but catcher Patrick Bailey challenged the call. Only a batter, catcher or pitcher can challenge…