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UN panel accuses Trump of ‘racist hate speech’
AFP, Published on 11/03/2026
» GENEVA - A UN watchdog warned on Wednesday that “racist hate speech” by US President Donald Trump and other political leaders coupled with intensified immigration crackdowns were fuelling grave rights violations.
Thai oil fund spending B1 billion a day on subsidies
Published on 11/03/2026
» The Thai government is widening efforts to curb demand for fuel, as it burns through cash fighting to keep domestic diesel prices artificially low amid surging global energy costs.
Oil jumps, stocks drop as war keeps markets on edge
AFP, Published on 11/03/2026
» LONDON - Oil prices rallied and equities mostly dropped on Wednesday as traders assessed the latest developments affecting global markets as a result of the Middle East war.
DR Congo air strike kills French aid worker
AFP, Published on 11/03/2026
» GOMA - A French aid worker for the UN children’s agency has been killed in an air strike in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a city controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia.
Iran’s new supreme leader injured but ‘safe’
AFP, Published on 11/03/2026
» Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is injured but “safe and sound”, the son of the president said Wednesday, offering the first official explanation for why the 56-year-old has not been seen since his appointment at the weekend.
G7 leaders closer to tapping oil reserves
AFP, Published on 11/03/2026
» PARIS - The Group of Seven advanced economies inched closer on Wednesday to tapping strategic oil reserves to tackle the rise in crude oil prices due to the Middle East war as energy ministers said they stood ready to take “all necessary measures”.
UK braces for release of ‘Mandelson files’
AFP, Published on 11/03/2026
» LONDON - Britain’s government was due Wednesday to publish the first tranche of documents relating to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s controversial appointment of a Jeffrey Epstein associate as UK ambassador to Washington.
Poland investigates Epstein trafficking links
AFP, Published on 11/03/2026
» WARSAW - Polish prosecutors said on Wednesday they were investigating human trafficking tied to Jeffrey Epstein that they suspect took place in the country.
Repatriations pick up as more Mideast flights resume
Online Reporters, Published on 11/03/2026
» More flights are now able to depart from the Middle East as conditions stabilise in some countries, while the repatriation of Thais continues, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Middle East war: global economic fallout
AFP, Published on 11/03/2026
» PARIS — Here are the latest economic events in the Middle East war on Wednesday: