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China set to suffer from turmoil in the Middle East, but it stands to benefit long term

China has responded to the joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran with strong diplomatic condemnation. In an article published on March 1, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency called the attacks a “flagrant violation” of the purposes and principles of the UN charter. The same article called the intervention a departure from…

The Conversation

Hundreds of Aussies heading home after US-led strikes

A Sydney-bound flight is on its way to Dubai carrying fleeing Australians as crisis teams are sent to the Middle East to provide extra consular support.

AAP

Melania Trump Chairs UN Security Council on 'Peace' as Iran Reports 180 Dead in School Strike

Melania Trump presides over the UN Security Council, focusing on children's education and safety amidst US-Iran tensions.

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Unesco raises alarm over heritage sites as bombing in Iran intensifies

The United Nations cultural body Unesco has called on warring parties in the Middle East to respect international conventions protecting cultural property after Iran’s heritage-listed Golestan Palace was damaged in US-Israeli air strikes.

Radio France Internationale

Jon Stewart on US attacks in Iran: ‘A war with no clear purpose, no end in sight’

Late-night hosts reacted to Donald Trump’s lack of justification for the US and Israeli military strikes on Iran

The Guardian - US

South Sudan risks return to full-blown civil war as violence escalates

At least 169 killed in raid near Sudan border as clashes between government and opposition forces intensify

The Guardian - UK

Irish Government accused of ‘soft-pedalling’ response to US strikes on Iran

Taoiseach Micheal Martin is to meet US President Donald Trump on March 17.

Evening Standard

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Sheinbaum Says 'The UN Has Stopped Fulfilling Its Role' Amid Iran Conflict: 'Countries With Greater Military Power Prevail'

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the United Nations "has stopped fulfilling its role" in resolving international conflicts.

Latin Times

Burundi nominates former Senegalese president Sall for UN chief

A new secretary-general of the United Nations will be appointed on 1 January, 2027 to succeed Antonio Guterres, with three current nominations on the table – former Senegalese president Macky Sall, plus former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet and the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Argentine Rafael Grossi.

Radio France Internationale

Satellite images appear to show strikes at Iranian nuclear site

Satellite images have captured what appears to be the first known strikes on an Iranian nuclear site since the US and Israel began launching attacks on Iran on Saturday (28 February), an independent policy institute said.

The Independent UK

Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert

Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse

The Guardian - UK

Spotlight on Africa: Reflections on the future of the African Union

African Heads of State convened for the 2026 African Union Summit last month at a critical time for the continent, amid escalating conflicts and democratic backsliding. This episode examines the AU's relationship with the United Nations, the European Union and the United States, and its place within a fractured global…

Radio France Internationale

Why science GCSEs matter more than we think in a post-truth age

Concerns about living in a “post-truth” society – where evidence struggles to compete with misinformation, ideology and emotion – are now familiar. From vaccine hesitancy to climate change denial, public debates increasingly hinge not on a lack of information, but on how people judge evidence, expertise and uncertainty.

The Conversation

UN warns of resurgence of violence in South Sudan following massacre

The United Nations has expressed deep concern following another massacre in South Sudan, in which at least 169 people were killed and buried in a mass grave. Local officials have attributed the weekend attacks to intercommunal violence, which come amid growing political instability in the country.

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The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel skewers Melania Trump’s UN Security Council meeting: ‘Those poor translators’

The late-night host also ripped into the optics of the first lady’s appearance to promote peace as her husband wages war on Iran

Euronews

The market winners: Which stocks are 'boosted' by the Iran war so far?

As US and Israeli jets struck targets in Iran and Lebanon over the last few days and Iranian missiles hit Israel and Gulf states, the death toll has climbed into the hundreds. Yet on trading floors from New York to London, a handful of companies have notched sharp gains.

The Independent UK

Satellite images show Afghanistan’s Bagram air base damaged by Pakistan’s airstrikes

One hangar and two warehouses destroyed in strikes conducted over weekend

The Times of India

From Khamenei's compound to nuclear complex: Satellite images show aftermath of Iranian sites after US-Israel strikes

High-resolution satellite images reveal extensive destruction across Iran following US-Israeli strikes on nuclear, military, and leadership sites. Operation Epic Fury targeted several locations in Iran, including Natanz nuclear facility and Ayatollah Khamenei's compound, with reports indicating that the Supreme Leader's death. Khamenei was killed in one of the initial strikes…

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Evening Standard

No change to threat level in Ireland, Simon Harris says

Mr Harris said ‘all options are on the table’ to assist Irish citizens who need help out of the region.

Euronews

One in five Europeans sees the US as a 'threat': Is public opinion turning to China?

Around 20% of people in Europe's biggest countries now consider the US 'a major threat', higher than North Korea and China.

Euronews

UNESCO expresses concern over the protection of cultural heritage sites in Middle East

The United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, has expressed concerns over escalating violence in the Middle East after Iran's Golestan Palace was damaged by debris after a US-Israeli air strike on Tehran.

The Guardian - AU

Isaac Herzog held secret meeting with Asio boss during Australia trip, intelligence agency confirms

Granting a foreign head of state such as the Israeli president access to domestic intelligence agency ‘unprecedented’, senator David Pocock claims

The Guardian - UK

‘Now they only deport’: Afghans trapped in Pakistan arrested and sent back after ‘open war’ breaks out

Journalists and activists who fled Taliban rule are living in fear as Pakistani police hunt and deport refugees after escalating cross-border strikes

The Conversation

International law or ‘might is right’? Australia’s choice on Iran and other conflicts

The Iranian diaspora has been celebrating and governments around the world have generally not mourned the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in last weekend’s US and Israeli air strikes on Iran.

The Guardian - US

Melania Trump urges protecting children’s education at UN after Iran school strike

The first lady’s UN security council speech came days after Iranian media reported an airstrike killed 165 people and injured 96 others at girls’ school

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