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Sanae Takaichi announces running for presidential election of the LDP
Aflo via Reuters
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What We’re Watching: Japan critical minerals deal, Military take over in Madagascar, Argentina week in NYC

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​Women prepare a makeshift memorial in tribute to Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on a street, after he was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes on Saturday, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2026.
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After decapitation, what’s next?

​Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on March 6, 2026.
REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
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For Hezbollah, is the writing on the wall?

​German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds the framed birth certificate of U.S. President Donald Trump's grandfather as Merz and Trump shake hands during a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 5, 2025.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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German lesson: Merz tries a balancing act at the White House

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​Share of Colombian voters who participated in Sunday's right-wing primary.
Natalie Johnson
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A strong day for Colombia’s center-right

Cargo ships are unloading newly arrived chemical fertilizers at the port terminal in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu province, on February 27, 2024. ​
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Iran conflict fueled food crisis, Rapper set to win in Nepal, US gives Russia sanction relief

Disruptions to a key Gulf waterway in the Iran conflict aren't just threatening the world’s oil and gas supplies; they could also cause a food security crisis.

​Bangladeshi women hold placards as they take part in a rally to mark International Women's Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 8, 2021. (Photo by Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto)
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Hard numbers, in honor of International Women’s Day on March 8

27.5%: The share of parliamentary seats women hold worldwide, as of Jan. 1, 2026, per a report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. It’s a modest gain – 0.3 points – from a year prior, but marks an overall slowdown since 2017.

​An explosion in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, Iran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in this still image from a social media video released on March 5, 2026.
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New fronts of Iran conflict, A better week for Russia than Ukraine, US and Spain butt heads

Two Iranian drones hit Azerbaijan, Iran’s northern neighbor, on Thursday, injuring four people and expanding the Iran conflict onto another front.

​Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez and US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 4, 2026.
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US strikes gold with Venezuela, DRC landslide kills hundreds, Parts of Cuba plunged into darkness again, China’s military budget to grow again

​People attend the funeral of a person who was killed in alleged Pakistani airstrikes, in the Ghani Khel district of Nangarhar province.
Analysis

From allies to enemies: Pakistan and Afghanistan in “open war”

While Iran fights in a new war against Israel and the United States, its neighbors to the east have been drawn into a conflict of their own.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah's office in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2024.
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Khamenei’s son emerges as favorite to succeed him, Nepal to hold election, US helps Ecuador in drug raids

When the Islamic Republic’s senior clerics met yesterday to decide on the next supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly emerged as the favorite to succeed his assassinated father, Ali Khamenei.

A man holding a South Sudan flag takes part in a national day of prayers for peace in Juba, South Sudan, on September 19, 2019.​
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Fears rise of another South Sudan civil war, Democrats see opening after Texas primary, Shots fired at Toronto synagogue, Iran conflict has India seeking alternative oil sources

​Fighters from the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), an Iranian Kurdish opposition group, are pictured near the border with Iran in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, in the outskirts of Sulaimaniya, Iraq, June 21, 2025.
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The US and Israel reportedly court the Kurds, The race for US Congress begins, China’s new five-year plan

​FILE PHOTO: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands before posing for a photo during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, in Alberta, Canada, June 17, 2025.
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Two “middle powers” make deals, Power struggle in Senegal, France to boost nuclear arsenal

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney struck a series of deals during a meeting in New Delhi on Monday, including a 10-year nuclear energy deal under which Canada will provide India with uranium.