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The global trading order is under siege, World Trade Organization director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned as delegates convened for the WTO ministerial in Yaounde, calling the disruption the most severe the system has faced in eight decades. "The world order and the multilateral system we used to know has irrevocably changed," she said, stressing: "We cannot deny the scale of the problems confronting the world today." With 166 member states represented, the WTO meets in the Cameroonian capital amid stark divisions among…

Uganda’s top military commander signaled Wednesday that Kampala could be pulled into a wider Middle East war — and would back Israel — even as he urged an immediate end to the fighting. “We want the war in the Middle East to end now. The world is tired of it. But any talk of destroying or defeating Israel will bring us into the war — on the side of Israel,” Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the chief of defense forces and son of President Yoweri Museveni, wrote on the US social media company X. His warning comes as regional tensions…

Iran Says Non-Hostile Ships Can Use Strait of Hormuz Amid War with US and Israel  TEHRAN — Signaling it does not intend to shutter one of the world’s busiest energy corridors, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations said vessels that steer clear of hostilities will be permitted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, so long as they abide by Iranian safety rules and avoid actions Tehran views as aggressive.…

At least 15 Zimbabweans have been killed in the Russia-Ukraine war after being deceived into joining foreign militaries, a development officials say exposes a trafficking pipeline preying on job seekers. Information Minister Soda Zhemu said employment agencies tied to criminal syndicates are enticing Zimbabweans with promises of lucrative pay before steering them into foreign armed forces. Recruiters have leveraged social media and bogus job listings to hook applicants, he added, with victims later stripped of their…

Somalia: Southwest State Accuses Federal Government of Waging “Direct War” MOGADISHU, Somalia — South West State officials accused the Federal Government of Somalia of effectively launching a “direct military war” against the regional authority, warning the standoff could ignite fresh nationwide conflict. In a blunt statement, the regional presidency said conditions had “significantly deteriorated,” alleging that federal leaders had recast the Somali National Army into a force acting on clan lines. “Local communities…

Israel launched strikes on Tehran, Israeli military officials and Iranian media reported, as President Donald Trump said the United States was making headway toward negotiating a halt to the war — with reports that a 15-point proposal has been sent to Tehran. The Israeli Defense Forces posted on Telegram that it had carried out a wave of strikes against infrastructure across Tehran. The semi-official Iranian SNN News Agency reported that one of the strikes struck a residential neighborhood in Tehran, and rescuers were…

Serdar DincelSunday March 22, 2026 Iran fired what Israel described as its first long-range missile since the latest round of regional escalation erupted on Feb. 28, a launch the Israeli army said on Saturday carried a range of about 4,000 kilometers (2,485 miles). In a post on the US social media company X, Israel’s army said Iran’s missile capabilities extend far beyond the Middle East, asserting that Tehran has weapons able to reach major European capitals including Berlin, Paris, and London. Tehran "has carried out…

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For Kyiv, Tehran has become a belligerent power. Over the past four years of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Iran has supplied Moscow with thousands of Shahed kamikaze drones — weapons responsible for killing hundreds of Ukrainian civilians and wounding thousands more. At first glance, a US war with Iran — a partner of Russia — and resultant regime change in Tehran might be expected to strain US-Russian ties and indirectly help Ukraine’s cause. Yet that rupture has not occurred, even after Russian President Vladimir Putin…

Spain plans a sharp cut to its value-added tax on fuel, dropping it to 10% from 21% to soften the economic fallout of the Middle East conflict, SER radio reported, citing sources familiar with the plans. Madrid also intends to suspend the excise duty on hydrocarbons, a step that would immediately trim the price of diesel and petrol by between 0.30c and 0.40c per litre, the SER report said. The government will also scrap the 5% tax on electricity consumption, according to the report. A government spokesperson declined to…