[2026-03-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: Roy‑Tho 49th One‑Dayer turns to day game - DailyNews

Snippet: The Organising Committee of the 49th Mustangs Trophy, the Royal‑Thomian One‑Day Cricket Encounter has announced that the match scheduled for March 28 will be a day event instead of a day‑night fixture.

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2026/03/18/sports/968536/roy-tho-49th-one-dayer-turns-to-day-game/

[2026-03-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: Call for urgent reform - DailyNews

Snippet: All of us hope to live out our lives free of harm. But what happens when a life is cut short, or forever altered, by someone else’s negligence? What if a moment’s recklessness leaves a person permanently disabled? These are not abstract questions; they demand urgent and sustained attention. So far in 2026, Sri Lanka has recorded 457 fatal road accidents, claiming 475 lives.

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2026/03/18/editorial/968559/call-for-urgent-reform/

[2026-03-18 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: Cartoon of the day - DailyNews

Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2026/03/18/cartoon/968562/cartoon-of-the-day-832/

[2026-03-18 06:28 UTC+10:00] [Kemi Badenoch] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Kemi Badenoch calls Trump’s repeated criticisms of Starmer ‘childish’

Snippet: Tory leader says US president’s words ‘completely wrong’ as she tries to distance herself from his war on Iran

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/17/kemi-badenoch-trump-criticisms-starmer-childish

[2026-03-18 06:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Arizona charges Kalshi with criminal misdemeanors, alleging it's an illegal gambling operation

Snippet: Arizona's attorney general has filed misdemeanor criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing the predictions platform of running an illegal gambling and election wagering operation in the state.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/17/arizona-kalshi-criminal-misdemeanor-charges.html

[2026-03-18 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]

Source: New York Post

Title: Benjamin Netanyahu wishes Iranians freedom on Persian new year

Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday wished the “brave people of Iran” a Happy Nowruz, the Persian new year, which falls on the March equinox, the first day of Spring.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/03/17/world-news/benjamin-netanyahu-wishes-iranians-freedom-on-persian-new-year/

[2026-03-18 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Rep. Jasmine Crockett confirms security team member killed by Dallas police in standoff

Snippet: Primary candidate for U.S. Senate Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks during a campaign event in Richardson, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/mike-king-jasmine-crockett-law-enforcement-general-news-dallas-00949312b2b94883e5086286883d0e99

[2026-03-18 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Wisconsin Senate passes $133M package to combat forever chemicals

Snippet: This Wisconsin State Capitol is seen on Dec. 31, 2020, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/pfas-wisconsin-bill-senate-passage-evers-fbfe59d8cabcbab6296ec088fcb36d2a

[2026-03-18 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: The Fed issues its latest interest rate decision Wednesday. Here's what to expect

Snippet: The Federal Reserve has little choice but to stay on the sidelines this week as it navigates a mix of complicated and conflicting forces playing out in the U.S. economy.

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/17/the-fed-issues-its-latest-interest-rate-decision-wednesday-heres-what-to-expect.html

[2026-03-18 05:57 UTC+10:00] [Gerry Adams] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: ‘I don’t distance myself from the IRA’: Gerry Adams brings his ‘dead true’ denials to court | Esther Addley

Snippet: Former politician tells court he was never a member of the IRA in case brought by survivors of republican bombings

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/17/gerry-adams-beret-high-court-benny-hill

[2026-03-18 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Density push to allow for 20-storey towers in Melbourne's north

Snippet: Towers of up to 20 storeys will be allowed in select parts of Brunswick and Coburg, under the Victorian government plan to increase housing density across inner and suburban Melbourne.

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/melbourne-activity-centre-building-heights-final-maps-released/106465496

[2026-03-18 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: 'A slow burning disaster': National court transcript service calls in administrators

Snippet: VIQ Solutions were responsible for court transcripts around the country, including the Federal Circuit and Family Court. (ABC News: Millie Roberts, Patrick Thomas)

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/court-transcripts-viq-solutions-voluntary-administration/106463942

[2026-03-18 05:51 UTC+10:00] [Colombia] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Colombian president accuses Ecuador after ‘27 charred bodies’ found near border

Snippet: Relations deteriorate as Gustavo Petro claims government of Trump ally Daniel Noboa bombing targets in Colombia

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/colombian-president-ecuador-bodies

[2026-03-18 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: A federal judge brings RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine crusade to a halt

Snippet: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. enters the House Chamber before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-vaccines-judge-ruling-maha-aad16db9d014f9c024d8c42b2e2365bf

[2026-03-18 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: US, Venezuela play for WBC title at an uncomfortable political moment

Snippet: The Venezuela team celebrates after defeating Italy at a World Baseball Classic semifinal game, Monday, March 16, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/united-states-venezuela-score-wbc-6aee920fd528b59a752e6e2beb7bcb7b

[2026-03-18 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Forget the word games. The capital gains tax question is how, not if

Snippet: Topic:Federal Government

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/capital-gains-tax-labor-policy-federal-government/106465976

[2026-03-18 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: USAID watchdog ‘expanding’ probe into more than 100 UNRWA employees linked to Hamas, Oct. 7 attack

Snippet: WASHINGTON — A US government agency is “expanding” its probe into more than 100 officials at a UN relief agency who had links to Hamas or were participants in the terror group’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed dozens of Americans, The Post has learned.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/03/17/us-news/usaid-watchdog-expanding-probe-into-more-than-100-unrwa-employees-linked-to-hamas-oct-7-attack/

[2026-03-18 05:14 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Security lines persist at US airports as Congress negotiates DHS funding

Snippet: Senate Democrats sent counteroffer on Monday aimed at resolving budget standoff

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/17/dhs-funding-congress-airport-security-lines

[2026-03-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: These $78m Sydney wharves opened without ferries. Now there’s a second chance

Snippet: The NSW government is making another attempt to entice a private operator to run ferry services between Sydney’s new $78 million ferry wharves in Botany Bay, less than two years after a previous shot at drumming up interest failed.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/these-78m-sydney-wharves-opened-without-ferries-now-there-s-a-second-chance-20260303-p5o729.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-03-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Syd)] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: Iconic vegie cafe Badde Manors to be reborn as Goode Manors with meat on the menu

Snippet: When Glebe cafe Badde Manors opened in 1982, Malcolm Fraser was prime minister and the luckless Swans had just relocated from South Melbourne to Sydney. Now the inner-west cafe institution is set for its biggest shake-up in 44 years, reopening with a name tweak and meat on the menu.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/sydney-eating-out/iconic-vegie-cafe-badde-manors-to-be-reborn-as-goode-manors-with-meat-on-the-menu-20260316-p5oawx.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-03-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: ‘People have had a gutful’: South Australia is about to be hit by One Nation’s orange wave

Snippet: You have reached your maximum number of saved items.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/people-have-had-a-gutful-south-australia-is-about-to-be-hit-by-one-nation-s-orange-wave-20260317-p5ob4e.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-03-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: Labor goes back to the future to replace ‘uncomfortable’ C-Series train seats

Snippet: The Cook government is adopting a back-to-the-future approach as it sets out to replace the drivers’ seats across its entire C-Series train fleet with the same model used in A-Series trains.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/labor-goes-back-to-the-future-to-replace-uncomfortable-c-series-train-seats-20260317-p5ofl8.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-03-18 04:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Starmer, Zelenskyy urge ‘focus’ on Ukraine as Iran war diverts attention

Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London to sign a new defence pact as the unfolding US-Israeli war on Iran threatened to divert international attention away from Russia’s attacks on Ukraine.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/17/starmer-tells-zelenskyy-focus-on-ukraine-as-iran-war-diverts-attention

[2026-03-18 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Colombian government seeks US approval for Venezuelan energy projects

Snippet: BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia said Tuesday it is seeking an exemption from U.S. sanctions to invest in Venezuelan electricity projects and natural gas ventures that could include the reopening of a gas pipeline between the neighboring South American countries.

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/colombia-venezuela-gas-pipeline-ofac-license-trade-138a925f9d2aa4daf9ed0b5952417557

[2026-03-18 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Unrealistic to expect controlled regime change in Iran, Germany says

Snippet: Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Tuesday said it was not realistic to expect controlled regime change in Iran and said the war could not have a military solution.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrealistic-expect-controlled-regime-change-iran-germany-says

[2026-03-18 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Democratic US Senate race heats up as Mills targets Platner's online comments

Snippet: Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 30, 2024, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/platner-mills-collins-senate-2026-32aac6a4e04fe7e173367439034cb89a

[2026-03-18 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: How many rate cuts? Iran war upends Federal Reserve's next steps

Snippet: FILE -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/fed-interest-rates-jerome-powell-1b3a287688c864a681fd0bd73560890f

[2026-03-18 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Al Jazeera

Title: Ex-Belgian diplomat ordered to stand trial over murder of Congo’s Lumumba

Snippet: A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat has been ordered by a Brussels court to stand trial over the assassination of Congo’s first prime minister and anti-colonial icon, Patrice Lumumba, in 1961.

Read full article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/17/belgium-diplomat-ordered-to-stand-trial-over-killing-of-patrice-lumumba

[2026-03-18 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: What to know about Joe Kent, Trump's former counterterrorism chief

Snippet: Joseph Kent appears before a Senate Committee on Intelligence hearing for his pending confirmation to be director of the National Counterterrorism Center, on Capitol Hill, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/joe-kent-resignation-iran-donald-trump-6d87b1f4852913d7d55ff1f195d7fc87

[2026-03-18 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israel 'assessed Iranians would be slaughtered' if they rise up against Islamic Republic

Snippet: Israel has privately assessed that Iranians would be "slaughtered" if they took to the streets against the Islamic Republic, despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly calling for them to do so.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-assessed-iranians-would-be-slaughtered-if-they-rise-against

[2026-03-18 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Turkiye calls Israel’s killings of Iran leaders ‘illegal’

Snippet: Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has lashed out at Israel after it claimed to have killed Iran’s powerful national security chief Ali Larijani, denouncing its targeting of Tehran’s leaders as “illegal”.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/turkiye-calls-israels-killings-iran-leaders-illegal

[2026-03-18 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Zelenskyy and Starmer urge continuing support for Ukraine against Russia as Iran war steals focus

Snippet: LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought support Tuesday from U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, at a time when the Iran war has revived Russia’s ailing economy through increased oil revenue, robbed US-brokered talks to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine of momentum — and could soon limit Kyiv’s access to vital Western air defense systems that are needed in the Middle East.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/03/18/world/zelenskyy-and-starmer-urge-continuing-support-for-ukraine-against-russia-as-iran-war-steals-focus/2302128

[2026-03-18 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: WATCH: No Tourism chief yet, says Palace

Snippet: Undersecretary Claire Castro in a press briefing on March 17, 2026, at the Bagong Pilipinas Studios in Mandaue City, says Malacañang has not yet named a replacement for Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco at the Department of Tourism, noting that a decision may come in the next few weeks. Castro said that Marcos appointed Frasco as presidential adviser for Sustainable and Resilient Communities because he trusted her to handle the role effectively.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/03/18/videos/watch-no-tourism-chief-yet-says-palace/2302125

[2026-03-18 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israel 'assessed Iranians would be slaughtered' if they rise up against Islamic Republic

Snippet: Israel has privately assessed that Iranians would be "slaughtered" if they took to the streets against the Islamic Republic, despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly calling for them to do so.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-assessed-iranians-would-be-slaughtered-if-they-take-streets-against-islamic-republic

[2026-03-18 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Israeli press review: Confusion over army's plan in Lebanon

Snippet: On Monday, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the army had launched “a ground manoeuvre in Lebanon to remove threats and protect” the residents of northern Israel.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-press-review-confusion-over-armys-plan-lebanon

[2026-03-18 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Trump postpones his China trip to focus on war in Iran

Snippet: President Donald Trump points to a bust of Winston Churchill as he speaks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in the Oval Office of the White House, on St. Patrick’s Day, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/trump-delays-china-trip-iran-3ef73e58116cc0d89aab39ed15219bf6

[2026-03-18 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Travelers still plagued by hundreds of flight cancellations, delays after snowstorms swept eastern US

Snippet: ATLANTA — Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed Tuesday, one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and upended air travel in a cross-section of cities. Travelers have been facing additional jams at airport security checkpoints as a partial government shutdown strains screener staffing.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/03/17/us-news/flight-cancellations-and-delays-continue-after-snow-in-the-midwest/

[2026-03-18 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: The week the world stopped: The Hormuz crisis

Snippet: SINCE Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s rise to power in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, removing him and his regime have always existed on the margins of American strategic thinking. However, it became a geopolitical obsession of one man: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/03/18/opinion/columns/the-week-the-world-stopped-the-hormuz-crisis/2302020

[2026-03-18 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Meet the business leaders shaping industries, policy national progress

Snippet: THE inauguration of Donald Lim as the 78th president of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) signals a renewed call for the country’s business leaders to step beyond the boardroom and take a more active role in shaping national progress. With the theme “Leadership in action, lifting the nation,” MAP’s 2026 leadership sets out a vision that recognizes the crucial role of professional management in strengthening institutions, driving innovation and expanding opportunities across industries.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/03/18/supplements/meet-the-business-leaders-shaping-industries-policy-national-progress/2301588

[2026-03-18 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: Diouf, Means earn Senate approval

Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/03/18/sports/diouf-means-earn-senate-approval/2301975

[2026-03-18 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Manila Times

Title: CPC Central Committee Political Bureau Member and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets press, answers questions on China’s foreign policy and external relations

Snippet: ON March 8, 2026, a press conference was held on the margins of the Fourth Session of the 14th National People’s Congress at the Media Center, during which Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi answered questions from Chinese and foreign media about China’s foreign policy and external relations.

Read full article: https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/03/18/supplements/cpc-central-committee-political-bureau-member-and-foreign-minister-wang-yi-meets-press-answers-questions-on-chinas-foreign-policy-and-external-relations/2302036

[2026-03-18 02:38 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Measures to streamline Northern Metropolis land-use procedures unveiled

Snippet: Proposed Development Bureau legislation aims to cut process from nine months to just two and remove bottlenecks

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3346930/measures-streamline-northern-metropolis-land-use-procedures-unveiled

[2026-03-18 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Adams, Wright, Luna to miss US friendlies vs. Belgium, Portugal while Reyna makes roster

Snippet: Brentford’s Nathan Collins, left, and Bournemouth’s Tyler Adams battle for the ball during an English Premier League soccer match in Bournemouth, England, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Adam Davy/PA via AP)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/us-soccer-roster-adams-luna-wright-dest-6e6324eee7db40f471974630c783bd39

[2026-03-18 02:19 UTC+10:00] [Gerry Adams] [Factuality: 90]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Being in Sinn Féin not the same as being in the IRA, Gerry Adams tells high court

Snippet: Party’s former leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, says opponents have repeatedly tried to conflate Sinn Féin and IRA

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/17/gerry-adams-high-court-sinn-fein-ira

[2026-03-18 02:15 UTC+10:00] [Free and Open Indo-Pacific] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Singapore’s Lawrence Wong seeks stronger ties with Japan amid global tensions

Snippet: Wong and Takaichi are expected to discuss economic stability and AI, and tread cautiously amid superpower rivalries, analysts say

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3346929/singapores-lawrence-wong-seeks-stronger-ties-japan-amid-global-tensions

[2026-03-18 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Van de Ven insists Tottenham players 'care so much' amid criticism in season to forget

Snippet: Tottenham Hotspur’s Micky van de Ven,top, fouls Crystal Palace’s Ismaila Sarr resulting in a red card and a penalty kick during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace in London, Thursday March 5, 2026. (John Walton/PA via AP)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/tottenham-vandeven-tudor-champions-league-84fe6e6bae5103dc4cccad9d45a78e46

[2026-03-18 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]

Source: Middle East Eye

Title: Macron rules out French participation in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait

Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out the country's participation in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, adding that France was carrying on with work to prepare a coalition that could provide freedom of navigation once hostilities ended.

Read full article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/macron-rules-out-french-participation-operations-unblock-hormuz-strait

[2026-03-18 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The Moscow Times

Title: FSB Arrests Krasnodar Region Health Minister for Alleged Fraud

Snippet: Russia’s FSB security service has arrested the health minister of the southern Krasnodar region on suspicion of fraud, the state-run news agency TASS reported Tuesday.

Read full article: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/17/fsb-arrests-krasnodar-region-health-minister-for-alleged-fraud-a92248

[2026-03-18 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AfricaNews

Title: Cameroon's National Assembly gets new leader after 34 Years

Snippet: Cameroon's National Assembly elected Théodore Datouo as its new president on Tuesday, ending the 34-year tenure of Cavaye Yeguié Djibril, who had led the lower house of parliament since 1992 .

Read full article: http://www.africanews.com/2026/03/17/cameroons-national-assembly-gets-new-leader-after-34-years/

[2026-03-18 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Canada was not consulted on Iran war and won’t join offensive action, minister says

Snippet: A map showing travel advisory risk levels in the Middle East is shown behind Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand as she speaks at a news conference at the Emergency Watch and Response Centre at Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/canada-foreign-minister-iran-offensive-b2fd01da9d620e7c86e6b7846970ae01