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UN body finds Saudi executions on drug charges 'inexcusable', document shows
By Emma Farge GENEVA, March 17 (Reuters) - A U.N. body said the execution of Egyptians in Saudi Arabia on drug-related charges was inexcusable and urged Riyadh to pay reparations and change its laws t...
Mar 17, 2026
Cuba reconnects electrical grid but millions still without power
By Dave Sherwood and Daniel Trotta March 17 (Reuters) - Cuba has reconnected its electrical grid across much of the island, the Energy and Mines Ministry said early on Tuesday, just hours after U.S. P...
Mar 17, 2026
Israeli spy firm's alleged visit to Slovenia raises tensions on eve of vote
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO, March 17 (Reuters) - Slovenia's prime minister on Tuesday accused "foreign services" of interfering in Sunday's election after a report alleged officials from Israeli pri...
Mar 17, 2026
France will never take part in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait amid hostilities, says Macron
By John Irish and Michel Rose PARIS, March 17 (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday France would never take part in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, pushing back on comments...
Mar 17, 2026
Some small US airports may have to shut due to TSA absences, official says
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - Some small U.S. airports may have to shut due to a shortage of security screeners if a government funding impasse continues, a senior Trump adminis...
Mar 17, 2026
Mexico open to hosting Iran's World Cup games, president says
MEXICO CITY, March 17 (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday that her country would have no problem hosting Iran's matches in the 2026 World Cup, if soccer governing body FIFA...
Mar 17, 2026
Somalia's South West state says it has severed ties with the federal government
MOGADISHU, March 17 (Reuters) - Somalia's South West state said on Tuesday it was suspending all cooperation and relations with the government in Mogadishu, the latest sign of strain in the Horn of Af...
Mar 17, 2026
Belgium orders ex-diplomat to stand trial for 1961 murder of Congo's Lumumba
By Inti Landauro BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) - A Brussels court on Tuesday ordered a former high-profile Belgian diplomat to stand trial over the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime min...
Mar 17, 2026
Netherlands probing if Rotterdam synagogue attack has Iran link, minister says
AMSTERDAM, March 17 (Reuters) - The Netherlands is investigating whether Iran was involved in the attack on a Rotterdam synagogue on Friday, Justice Minister David van Weel has said, adding that the s...
Mar 17, 2026
Chad to gradually replace Kenyan force in Haiti through October, Dominican Republic says
SANTO DOMINGO, March 17 (Reuters) - The U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force - an international mobilization intended to help Haiti's police fight powerful armed gangs in the Caribbean country - should ...
Mar 17, 2026
