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NewsDesk MC March 25, 2026 advanced avionics, arms delivery delays, China military threat, China Taiwan dispute, cross strait tensions, defense procurement, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, F-16V fighters, geopolitical tensions Asia, Indo Pacific security, J-20 stealth jet, Lockheed Martin, Michael Miller, military modernization Taiwan, Taiwan air force, Taiwan defense, United States arms sales, US defense policy, US foreign military sales, US Taiwan relations, Wellington Koo

U.S. accelerates Taiwan arms deliveries amid mounting China threat, Taipei says

Taipei — Taiwan said on Wednesday the United States has a “quite high” sense of urgency in expediting delayed weapons

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NewsDesk MC March 25, 2026March 25, 2026 crude production, El Feel oilfield, ENI, Equinor, exploded projectiles, geopolitical risk, Libya oil, Libyan Interior Ministry, Mellitah Oil and Gas, National Oil Corporation, North Africa energy, oil disruption, oil infrastructure, OMV, pipeline attack, Repsol, sabotage concerns, Sharara oilfield, TotalEnergies, Tripoli energy, Zawiya refinery

Exploded munitions found near Libya’s Sharara pipeline after blast disrupts output

Tripoli— Libyan security authorities recovered exploded projectiles from a damaged crude pipeline at the Sharara oilfield, the interior ministry said

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NewsDesk MC March 25, 2026March 25, 2026 air transport disruption, airport fire, aviation safety, civil aviation authority, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, drone strike, drone warfare, emergency response, fuel tank fire, geopolitical instability, Gulf Security, infrastructure attack, Iran Israel conflict, Kuwait airport attack, Kuwait International Airport, Middle East conflict, no casualties, oil infrastructure risk, regional tensions, security threat, US Middle East

Drone strike ignites fuel tank fire at Kuwait airport amid regional tensions

Kuwait City— Drones struck a fuel storage tank at Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday, triggering a fire with no reported

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NewsDesk MC March 25, 2026March 25, 2026 energy markets, geopolitical risk, global energy security, global shipping, Gulf crisis, innocent passage, International Maritime Organization, Iran Strait of Hormuz, Israel Iran conflict, maritime law, maritime security, Middle East conflict, naval passage, oil prices surge, oil supply route, regional instability, shipping restrictions, tanker routes, Tehran foreign ministry, trade disruption, US Iran tensions

Iran allows limited Hormuz transit, bars U.S., Israeli-linked vessels

London— Iran said “non-hostile vessels” may transit the Strait of Hormuz if they comply with security requirements and coordinate with

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NewsDesk MC March 25, 2026March 25, 2026 Adloun strike, Avichay Adraee, Beirut suburbs, civilian casualties, conflict zone, cross border tensions, displacement crisis, Habboush attack, hezbollah, humanitarian impact, Israel Lebanon conflict, Israeli airstrikes, Israeli military, Lebanon health ministry, Litani River, Middle East war, Mieh Mieh camp, regional escalation, rocket attacks, Sidon, southern Lebanon

Israeli strikes kill nine in southern Lebanon as conflict intensifies

Beirut — Israeli airstrikes killed at least nine people in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanese state media reported, as Israel

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NewsDesk MC March 25, 2026March 25, 2026 asylum policy, asylum seekers, Barack Obama, border control, Brett Kavanaugh, department of justice, donald trump, federal courts, Immigration and Nationality Act, immigration law, joe biden, John Roberts, Ketanji Brown Jackson, legal dispute, metering policy, migrant crisis, Ninth Circuit, refugee protection, US immigration system, US Mexico border, US Supreme Court

U.S. top court weighs revival of Trump-era asylum curbs at border

Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday examined whether the administration of Donald Trump can reinstate a restrictive immigration

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NewsDesk MC March 25, 2026March 25, 2026 Anita Anand, Canada Israel Lebanon, cross border conflict, diplomatic response, geopolitical risk, global reactions, international law, Israel Lebanon conflict, Israeli occupation history, Israeli strikes, Lebanon crisis, Lebanon sovereignty, Litani River, Middle East Diplomacy, Middle East tensions, military operations, Ottawa foreign policy, regional escalation, security tensions, southern Lebanon, territorial integrity

Canada rebukes Israeli push toward southern Lebanon, cites sovereignty breach

Ottawa — Canada on Tuesday condemned Israel’s reported plans to occupy parts of southern Lebanon up to the Litani River,

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NewsDesk MC March 25, 2026March 25, 2026 82nd Airborne Division, ceasefire proposal, diplomatic negotiations, donald trump, energy crisis, global oil supply, Gulf tensions, International Maritime Organization, Iran Nuclear Program, Israel Iran tensions, maritime security, Middle East war, military buildup, Pakistan mediation, proxy groups, Shehbaz Sharif, Strait of Hormuz, Tehran Washington relations, UN Security Council, US military deployment, US-Iran conflict

Trump signals headway in Iran war talks as U.S. advances 15-point settlement plan

Jerusalem — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington was making progress toward ending the ongoing war with

NewsDesk MC March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 biodiversity loss, climate resilience, coastal erosion, concrete production, construction materials, economic impact, environmental governance, environmental impact, extraction industry, global construction, global demand, illegal mining, infrastructure development, natural resources, policy regulation, recycling materials, resource depletion, river ecosystems, sand mining, supply chains, sustainability, UNEP, urbanisation, water systems

Global sand demand surges as construction boom strains natural resources

“Rising urbanisation is accelerating demand for sand, exposing a critical but often overlooked pressure on natural ecosystems.” Global demand for

NewsDesk MC March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 Arctic Council, Arctic shipping, China Polar Silk Road, climate change, environmental risk, fuel efficiency, Geopolitics, global trade, Global warming, ice melt, insurance risk, logistics, marine ecosystem, maritime routes, navigation systems, Northern Sea Route, Polar Code, port infrastructure, Russia Arctic, sea ice decline, shipping industry, shipping lanes, supply chains, trade corridors

Global shipping routes shift as Arctic ice melt opens new trade corridors

“The gradual retreat of Arctic sea ice is altering global shipping dynamics, creating shorter but geopolitically sensitive trade routes.” The