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Mar 3, 2026 - World

Colombian police say they have arrested 121 suspects in a nationwide crackdown on kidnapping and extortion tied to major criminal groups

Mar 3, 2026 - World

Tens of thousands of people are stranded across the Middle East as the Iran war spreads throughout the region

Mar 3, 2026 - World

The American decapitation strikes on Iranian and Venezuelan leadership should raise alarms for Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by China.

Mar 3, 2026 - World

The recent US strikes on Iran proved to be a successful distraction from peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, a European diplomat believes.The unnamed insider claimed Donald Trump's recent shift in focus to war with Iran is a distraction from his failings in Eastern Europe, particularly in brokering peace between Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Ukraine and Vladimir Putin's Russia. Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022, entered peace talks held by the US last year, but a proposed peace deal has cooled off in recent months.Trump's commitment to brokering peace in Eastern Europe has now been brought into question, with one diplomat suggesting the president simply does not have the focus necessary to contend with more than one geopolitical struggle.A European diplomat told Politico, "It's going to be challenging to keep the bandwidth. Before the war against Iran - the Americans were already showing less interest and losing patience with Ukraine. Were they leading anywhere anyhow?"European Union staffers are said to be working on rescheduling a meeting to bring Ukraine closer to membership status in the EU, which was set to take place in Cyprus later this week. The meeting has been suspended after an Iranian drone struck a British air base. “It’s important not to lose the momentum,” the diplomat said. “We don’t want to allow the situation in the Middle East to affect this.”Yehor Chernev, deputy head of the national security and defense committee in the Ukrainian parliament, believes the war in Iran will run parallel to the war in Ukraine, with the conclusion of peace talks with Russian diplomats now dependent on the US' strikes in the Middle East. Chernev said, "They are interconnected. The faster and more effectively the U.S. acts against Iran, the more chances there are to achieve progress in peace negotiations with Russia. "The only risk for us will be if the U.S. and Israeli campaign against Iran drags on and does not achieve any goals. Then, indeed, attention to Ukraine may weaken."

Mar 3, 2026 - World

Spectre of military upheaval will hang over annual meetings where Beijing’s five-year plan will be launchedThe standing committee of China’s top political advisory body has voted to remove three generals from its ranks as a sweeping purge of the military continues before this week’s annual Two Sessions gathering.The advisory body will meet on Wednesday, while China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC) – which removed nine generals last week – will start its annual session on Thursday. Collectively the concurrent meetings are referred to as Two Sessions, one of the most important events in China’s political calendar when thousands of delegates arrive in Beijing. Continue reading...