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25.03.2026 20:40 A Colombian Air Force plane crashed shortly after takeoff in the south of the country, leaving at least 66 people dead and dozens injured, BBC reports citing officials.

25.03.2026 20:40 As tensions escalate in the Middle East, the international community must not lose sight of the situation in Gaza, an official with US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace across the shattered enclave said on Tuesday in his first appearance in the UN Security Council.

25.03.2026 20:40 The death toll from a horrific attack on a hospital in Sudan's Darfur has risen further, amid a "sharp increase" in drone attacks against civilians this year, UN agencies said on Tuesday.

25.03.2026 20:40 Deadly gangs in Haiti are expanding their reach to include control over key sea and road routes as police in the beleaguered Caribbean island nation are being accused of using "unnecessary and disproportionate lethal force and summary executions."

25.03.2026 20:40 Longtime rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan are increasing trade in ways that analysts say could support peace-building, ease Armenia's longstanding blockade, and gradually weaken Russia's role in the region as Moscow remains preoccupied with its war in Ukraine.

25.03.2026 20:40 A ranking naval official said Tuesday that the Philippines does not have to respond violently to a Chinese warship's fire control radar scanning of a Philippine Navy guided missile frigate at the Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea last March 7.

25.03.2026 20:40 US lawmakers are raising concerns after the Trump administration took additional steps to allow more Russian oil shipments to reach global markets despite existing sanctions.

25.03.2026 20:40 The war in Iran and the resulting energy shock could revive China's interest in a long-stalled pipeline to import Russian gas, analysts told RFE/RL, potentially reshaping Beijing's energy strategy.

25.03.2026 20:40 Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, made an important policy speech, titled, "On the Tasks Facing the Government of the Republic at the Present Stage of Socialist Construction", at the First Session of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK on March 23.

25.03.2026 20:40 In his keynote speech at the first session of North Korea's 15th Supreme People's Assembly, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un officially declared South Korea a hostile state.

25.03.2026 20:40 Australia and the European Union are strengthening cooperation through a new Security and Defence Partnership.

25.03.2026 20:40 As the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran drags on, a series of conflicting signals has recently emerged over whether U.S. and Iranian officials are holding talks.

25.03.2026 20:40 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday held a phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi over the current situation in the Middle East.

25.03.2026 20:40 The Government of Israel, today , approved a proposal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa'ar and Construction and Housing Minister Haim Katz to allocate land at the Allenby Complex in Jerusalem for the construction of the permanent US Embassy in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.

25.03.2026 20:40 Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun on March 23 in phone talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi pressed for safety guarantees for ships in the Strait of Hormuz.