NEW YORK, March 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday as investors digested rebounding oil prices, mixed U.S. economic data, and ongoing geopolitical developments. Read full story

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Hundreds of British families will test social media bans, curfews and app time limits to see how they impact children's sleep, family life and schoolwork, the government said. Read full story

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man who said he was wrongfully identified as a gang member and deported to a notorious El Salvador prison in violation of a U.S. court order has sued the U.S. government for at least $1.3 million in damages. Read full story

March 24 (Reuters) - German plans for a 10 billion euro ($11.6 billion) military satellite network independent of a parallel European programme are raising red flags among some EU lawmakers over potential duplication, fragmentation of efforts and cost. Read full story

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM: Less than 48 hours before the US-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone to President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war the American leader once had campaigned against. Read full story

SINGAPORE, March 24 (Reuters) - Pakistan was ranked the world's smoggiest country in 2025, with concentrations of hazardous small particles known as PM2.5 up to 13 times higher than the recommended World Health Organization level, research showed on Tuesday. Read full story

SYDNEY, March 24 (Reuters) - The EU and Australia finalised a long-awaited free trade deal on Tuesday as Europe seeks to diversify its export markets and expand ties beyond its traditional partners. Read full story

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - The detention by federal officers of a crying woman at the San Francisco International Airport on Sunday drew condemnation from local officials in California after the clips went viral. Read full story

COPENHAGEN, March 24 (Reuters) - Danes vote in an election on Tuesday that might hand Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen a third term thanks to her staunch line against U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland even though cost-of- living worries have hurt her leftist credentials. Read full story

NEW YORK, March 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks saw solid growth on Monday as reports of potential diplomatic progress in the Middle East sparked a sharp pullback in oil prices and revived investor risk appetite. Read full story

SAO PAULO, March 23 (Reuters) - Brazil's hospitalized former President Jair Bolsonaro has been discharged from the intensive care unit, local media reported on Monday, citing his doctor. Read full story

SEOUL, March 24 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would permanently strengthen its nuclear forces and treat South Korea as its most hostile state, as he set out policy priorities in a speech to parliament, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday. Read full story

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - Senior U.S. officials traveled to Kyiv this week for a meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund, with both sides hoping to move forward soon with a first investment project, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said. Read full story

KYIV, March 23 (Reuters) - Russia plans to open four ground control stations for long-range attack drones in Belarus, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, citing information from Ukraine's military intelligence service. Read full story

March 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine's military intelligence has "irrefutable" evidence that Russia continues to provide intelligence to Iran and such activity can only prolong the war in the Middle East, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. Read full story

ATHENS, March 23 (Reuters) - The long-awaited trial over a train crash that killed 57 people in Greece in 2023 begins on Monday amid protests and strikes against what many see as the state's role in the incident. Read full story

NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) - The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional jet were killed after it collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, in an incident that closed the airport, authorities and U.S. media said. Read full story

March 23 (Reuters) - Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organisation in north London were set ablaze, police said on Monday, adding that the incident was being treated as an antisemitic hate crime. Read full story

HANOI, March 23 (Reuters) - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party started a week- long meeting on Monday that is set to make key state and government personnel decisions, the government said. Read full story

GENEVA, March 23 (Reuters) - The years between 2015 and 2025 have been the hottest since records began, the U.N. weather agency said on Monday, with 2025 ranking either second or third overall. Read full story

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - The White House has installed on its grounds a statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in the latest bid by President Donald Trump's administration to reshape depictions of U.S. history and culture. Read full story

SEOUL, March 23 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was reappointed as president of state affairs, state media KCNA reported on Monday, after the isolated nation convened the first session of its Supreme People's Assembly a day earlier. Read full story

LJUBLJANA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Slovenia's ruling Freedom Movement (FM), led by Prime Minister Robert Golob, secured a narrow victory in the country's parliamentary election on Sunday, according to preliminary results. Read full story

NEW YORK, March 22 (Reuters) - Cuba is prepared for the unlikely possibility of a military engagement with the U.S., Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio said over the weekend in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to take over the Caribbean island nation. Read full story

BERLIN, March 22 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) held a lead over their centre-left Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners in an election in the western state of Rhineland- Palatinate on Sunday, a forecast on public television showed. Read full story

TBILISI, March 22 (Reuters) - Large crowds of Orthodox Christians gathered in the centre of the Georgian capital on Sunday to mourn Ilia II, the spiritual leader who led the church through nearly half a century of Georgia's often tumultuous history. Read full story

DUBAI, March 22 (Reuters) - Iran will completely shut the strategic Strait of Hormuz if U.S. President Trump executes threats to target Iranian energy facilities, the country's Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on Sunday. Read full story

MOSCOW, March 22 (Reuters) - Russia launched a Soyuz rocket from a repaired launch pad at its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Sunday, restoring its capability to fly to the International Space Station for the first time since the launch pad was damaged last year. Read full story

HAVANA, March 22 (Reuters) - Cuba said it had begun efforts early on Sunday to restore power after its grid collapsed for the second time in a week amid a U.S. oil blockade that has dealt a major blow to the island's already ailing energy infrastructure. Read full story

LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - British cabinet minister Steve Reed said on Sunday that U.S. President Trump spoke for himself when he threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if Tehran did not fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. Read full story

MOSCOW, March 22 (Reuters) - Russian air defences thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Ufa in Bashkortostan region, regional governor Radiy Khabirov said. Read full story

CAIRO, March 22 (Reuters) - Six people were killed in a helicopter crash in Qatar's territorial waters while operations continue to find the last missing person, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Read full story

ROME, March 22 (Reuters) - Italians began voting on Sunday in a referendum to confirm a contested judicial reform put forward by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a key test for her right-wing coalition ahead of a general election due next year. Read full story

March 22 (Reuters) - An American-operated Patriot air defense battery likely fired the interceptor missile involved in a pre-dawn explosion that injured dozens of civilians and tore through homes in U.S.-ally Bahrain 10 days into the war on Iran, according to an analysis by academic researchers examined by Reuters. Read full story

PARIS/MARSEILLE, March 22 (Reuters) - French voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors in Paris, Marsei

ISTANBUL: US President Donald Trump has threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants, starting with the largest, if Tehran does not open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. Read full story

ANKARA: With the Strait of Hormuz largely blocked, Iran's parliament is preparing to pass a law that would impose fees on ships for safe passage through the waterway, reports Iranian media. Read full story

March 21 (Reuters) - Cuba's national electric grid collapsed on Saturday, the country's grid operator said, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the island's already obsolete generation system. Read full story

Flash: Cuban energy ministry announces "total disconnection" of national electric system Read full story

PARIS, March 21 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries said on Saturday they stood ready to take necessary measures to support global energy supplies and reaffirmed the importance of safeguarding maritime routes, including in the Strait of Hormuz. Read full story