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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : l’Iran affirme qu’elle visera des entreprises américaines si ses infrastructures énergétiques sont frappées

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-14T15:24:05+00:00

« L’Iran répondra à toute attaque contre ses installations énergétiques », a mis en garde le chef de la diplomatie iranienne, Abbas Araghtchi, après des frappes américaines sur des sites militaires de l’île de Kharg, le hub pétrolier du pays.

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DWS Group buys 40% in NAIF for ₹733 cr

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-14T15:17:51+00:00

NAIF will issue 3.40 lakh fresh equity shares to DWS at ₹21,569 per share for a total consideration of ₹733 crore

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“Umiliata e derisa perché volevo andare in bagno”. Ragazza disabile costretta a cambiare scuola

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-03-14T15:14:20+00:00

Vittoria Oliva, 17 anni, ex atleta paralimpica, ha bisogno di assistenza e l’ha chiesta e attesa invano, con i suoi genitori, per sei mesi. Le collaboratrici scolastiche: “Sei pesante”. La denuncia in un video su Instagram: “La scuola dovrebbe essere un luogo sicuro, nessuno deve sentirsi così”

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Чохли для смартфонів відходять у минуле: ось чому вони більше не потрібні

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-03-14T15:05:00+00:00

Сьогодні чохли часто використовують не тільки для захисту, а і як спосіб персоналізувати пристрій. Проте в реальному житті вони нерідко виявляються зайвими.

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Palestinian actor says he can’t attend Oscars because of US travel ban

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-14T15:00:48+00:00

Motaz Malhees is an actor in The Voice of Hind Rajab, a film about a Palestinian girl killed by the IDF in Gaza in 2024Palestinian actor Motaz Malhees said a travel ban imposed by Donald Trump is preventing him from attending Sunday’s Academy Awards, whose nominees include a movie in which he has a starring role.The Voice of Hind Rajab, a film about a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza in 2024, has been nominated for best international feature film. Continue reading...

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Pick of BL commodities -March 15, 2026

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-03-14T14:36:34+00:00

Last week, India is likely to harvest record crops of wheat, maize, mustard and sugarcane this crop year to June. With the Indian government cutting natural gas supplies by 30%, production of urea for the key kharif season ahead may be affected. The likely emergence of drought-bearing El Niño results in a rise in sugar, wheat, coffee and palm oil prices. Mauritius has opened its market for Indian onions. Copper prices have come under pressure on a strong dollar, rising crude oil and the Iran war. 

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Lebanon’s Displaced Flee Israeli Strikes One Year Into War

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-03-14T14:36:15+00:00

Israeli calls for the evacuation of huge swaths of southern Lebanon have led 830,000 people, about 14 percent of Lebanon’s population, to flee.

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Face à la baisse de sa population, la Chine cherche comment relancer sa natalité

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-14T14:30:16+00:00

Au cours de la session annuelle simultanée de l’Assemblée nationale populaire et d’une seconde assemblée destinée uniquement aux propositions, des députés ont émis des suggestions, parmi lesquelles l’allongement du congé paternité et la hausse des allocations.

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Au Liban, l’urgence humanitaire sous les bombes

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-14T14:30:11+00:00

Le pays fait face à une crise massive de déplacés. En coordination avec le ministère des affaires sociales, les agences des Nations unies et les ONG apportent de l’aide, mais redoutent que la crise s’installe dans la durée et sans réponse adéquate.

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Face à la baisse de sa population, la Chine cherche comment relancer sa natalité

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-14T14:30:09+00:00

Au cours de la session annuelle simultanée de l’Assemblée nationale populaire et d’une seconde assemblée destinée uniquement aux propositions, des députés ont émis des suggestions, parmi lesquelles l’allongement du congé paternité et la hausse des allocations.

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‘Worst nightmare’: anger and frustration as Gulf states bear brunt of war they did not start

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-14T14:27:01+00:00

Closure of strait of Hormuz puts pressure on region’s economies amid growing resentment about conflict started by US and IsraelMiddle East crisis – live updatesAn eerie quiet hangs over Ras Al Khaimah’s industrial port. Usually a thriving maritime hub of the United Arab Emirates, now ships stand docked and silent. Not far out along the hazy horizon, a backlog of hundreds of tankers have lined up in recent days, halted along a waterway flooded with danger.Any vessel heading past Ras Al Khaimah out to the Arabian Sea must traverse the world’s most treacherous strip of water for shipping today: t

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Home Office U-turn will let some dual nationals use EU passport to enter UK

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-14T14:15:10+00:00

EU citizens with post-Brexit settlement status in UK will not have to present British passport to airlinesBritish dual nationals who are EU citizens with post-Brexit settlement status in the UK will not have to use a British passport to return to the UK, the Home Office has said in a significant U-turn on its controversial dual national border rules.The change, which critics say was “hidden away” on a government web page, comes weeks after controversy erupted over the new rules that came into effect on 25 February. They require British dual nationals to present a British passport or certificat

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Why is Iran’s Kharg Island important?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-03-14T14:07:05+00:00

US President Donald Trump shared a video of strikes on Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub.

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« Nous combattons le mal absolu » : la « guerre existentielle » du général Eyal Zamir, chef d’état-major d’une armée israélienne toujours plus offensive

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-03-14T14:03:43+00:00

Le militaire de 60 ans, qui a pris ses fonctions le 5 mars et n’hésite pas à exprimer son désaccord avec certaines décisions du gouvernement Nétanyahou, jouit d’une grande popularité dans un pays dont l’armée constitue la colonne vertébrale.

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Trump says U.S. struck Kharg Island, core of Iran’s oil economy

Source: Washington Post - World · Published: 2026-03-14T13:57:53+00:00

“U.S. forces successfully struck more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg Island, while preserving the oil infrastructure,” U.S. Central Command said Saturday.

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The ‘Jolene doctrine’: retired US army general likens Trump foreign policy to Dolly Parton song

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-03-14T13:56:07+00:00

Stanley McChrystal said White House has a ‘we should do because we can’ approach to international relationsThe retired US army general who once led Nato forces in Afghanistan says the bellicose foreign policy Donald Trump has pursued during his second presidency can be summed up as “we should do because we can” – invoking the lyrics of the Dolly Parton classic Jolene to emphasize the point.Stanley McChrystal delivered those remarks on Friday at Tulane University’s New Orleans book festival during a fireside chat hosted by the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, who asked in part

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