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Iran ready to let Japanese vessels transit Hormuz, Kyodo reports

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-21T05:01:49+00:00

Tehran has ‌started talks with Tokyo about possibly opening the strait, Araqchi told ‌the Japanese news agency in a ‌phone interview ⁠on Friday

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Death, power and paranoia: painting that shocked German society finally returns to Berlin

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-21T05:00:43+00:00

Mors Imperator caused a scandal in 1887 amid fears it mocked the German kaiser – more than 100 years later it is being displayed in a state museumWrapped in a cloak with ermine fur and wearing a jagged iron crown, a hulking skeleton rests one foot on a globe and knocks over a royal throne with a dramatic flick of its ivory wrist.Entitled Mors Imperator (“Death is the Ruler”), the German artist Hermione von Preuschen’s 1887 symbolical painting was meant to express the transience of fame and power. But authorities feared the picture could be seen as mocking the ageing German Emperor Wilhelm I, w

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Iran’s willingness to escalate this high-stakes war is its greatest weapon

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-21T05:00:42+00:00

Regime will do whatever it takes to cling on to power – including sacrificing economies of other Gulf statesMiddle East crisis – live updatesBrinkmanship, the ability to take a country to the edge of war without plunging it into the abyss, was the cornerstone of cold war diplomacy. But in our different, more unstable times – in which the line between state and non-state actors has blurred, and weapons of war have diffused – the world this week finally tipped over the edge, and suddenly it is in freefall.The first six days of the Iran war cost the US $12.7bn (£9.5bn), but now the Pentagon is se

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Trump Says U.S. Is Considering ‘Winding Down’ Iran War

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-21T04:57:32+00:00

The president made the comment on social media a short time after telling reporters on the White House lawn that he wasn’t interested in a cease-fire because the U.S. was “obliterating the other side.” The Treasury Department lifted sanctions on some Iranian oil.

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« La guerre tend à être vécue à travers les logiques du jeu vidéo, mais il ne faut pas oublier qu’elle n’est pas une simulation »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-21T04:30:11+00:00

Le général d’armée aérienne Eric Autellet et le chirurgien Patrick Houvet confrontent, dans une tribune au « Monde », leurs expériences des conflits et s’inquiètent de leur « gamification », au risque d’une transformation de la violence armée en une performance mesurable.

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La Europa inane y pusilánime

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-03-21T04:30:01+00:00

Ante la deriva brutal del mundo, “a Europa le corresponde saber decir que no”, como bien dice Sergio Mattarella. Desgraciadamente, no lo ha conseguido aún

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1976-2026: la memoria

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-03-21T04:30:01+00:00

¿Por qué es importante recordar la dictadura militar en la Argentina? Porque el silencio dice: “No nos arrepentimos”

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Bienvenidos al Aeropuerto Internacional Donald J. Trump Washington Dulles

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-03-21T04:30:01+00:00

Tras la Casa Blanca y el Kennedy Center, el presidente amenaza con dejar su impronta en el principal aeródromo de la capital, cuyo pintoresco sistema de transporte de viajeros quiere fulminar

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : Washington autorise la vente et la livraison du pétrole iranien stocké sur des navires, Téhéran affirme ne disposer d’aucun surplus en mer

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-21T04:00:10+00:00

Israël a annoncé, dans la nuit, frapper des « cibles du régime » à Téhéran, après avoir fait état de plusieurs salves de missiles iraniens tirées en direction de son territoire. Des frappes ont également été menées au Liban, faisant un mort dans le sud du pays.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : nouvelles frappes israéliennes sur Beyrouth ; Téhéran met en garde les Emirats contre toute attaque contre les îles iraniennes d’Abou-Moussa et de Grand Tunb

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-21T04:00:05+00:00

L’Agence nationale de l’information libanaise (ANI) a également fait état de nouvelles frappes sur la ville côtière de Tyr, dans le sud du pays, et sur la ville de Naqoura, à proximité de la frontière avec Israël.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : nouvelles frappes israéliennes sur Beyrouth ; Téhéran met en garde les Emirats contre toute attaque contre les îles iraniennes d’Abou-Moussa et de Grande Tunb

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-21T04:00:05+00:00

L’Agence nationale de l’information libanaise a également fait état de nouvelles frappes sur la ville côtière de Tyr, dans le sud du pays, et sur la ville de Naqoura, à proximité de la frontière avec Israël.

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​At Least 10 Killed in South Korean Factory Fire

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-21T03:49:26+00:00

Survivors jumped from windows to escape the blaze, the deadliest at a factory in South Korea in two years. Four people are still missing.

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Israel launches fresh strikes on Tehran and Beirut - as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-21T03:40:41+00:00

This blog is now closed – our live coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran continues in a new blog hereKuwait’s state oil firm KPC said its Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery was hit by multiple drone attacks early on Friday, causing a fire in some units, with no initial casualties reported, the state news agency said.Firefighters responded immediately, with several units shut down as a precaution to ensure workers’ safety. Continue reading...

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Middle East crisis live: Trump considering ‘winding down’ war as US eases sanctions on Iranian oil; Israel launches retaliatory strikes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-21T03:40:02+00:00

Move to allow shipments already at sea comes amid a supply crisis and after US president says he does not ‘want to do a ceasefire’; IDF says it is attacking regime targets in Tehran after missiles fired at Israel from IranUS to send three more warships and thousands more troops, reports sayHow the Iran war has sent shocks rippling across the globeHello and welcome to our continuing live coverage of the US-Israel war on Iran and its repercussions for the Middle East, the world and the global economy.President Donald Trump said on Friday he was considering “winding down” military operations agai

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Aid flotilla for Cuba sets sail from Mexico

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-21T03:31:10+00:00

An aid flotilla from Mexico is sailing for Cuba as the country suffers under a tightening US fuel blockade.

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DeepStateMap, l’application qui cartographie la guerre en Ukraine

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-21T03:30:08+00:00

La première carte développée par des Ukrainiens pour observer l’évolution du conflit est, aujourd’hui, consultée par la plupart des centres d’analyse internationaux.

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US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil at sea for one month

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-21T03:18:14+00:00

The temporary measure will make available 140 million barrels of Iranian oil to global markets, says US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

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