• Baghdad (AFP) | 16/03/2026 - 20:52:56 | Fire at Baghdad hotel after drone attack: security sources

  • Berlin (AFP) | 16/03/2026 - 20:51:29 | 'Significant' Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon 'must be averted': Western leaders' statement

  • Dubai (AFP) | 16/03/2026 - 20:19:19 | Drone strike causes fire at a major UAE oil field: authorities

  • Maiduguri (AFP) | 16/03/2026 - 20:15:46 | Multiple blasts hit northeast Nigeria's city of Maiduguri: govt

  • Baghdad (AFP) | 16/03/2026 - 20:13:09 | Loud explosion heard in Baghdad: AFP journalist

  • Beirut (AFP) | 16/03/2026 - 19:59:22 | Hezbollah says it targeted Israeli troops in Lebanese border towns

  • Islamabad (AFP) | 16/03/2026 - 19:49:37 | Pakistan govt says hit military, 'terrorist' targets in Kabul

  • Baghdad (AFP) | 16/03/2026 - 19:24:53 | Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah says security spokesperson killed

  • Havana (AFP) | 16/03/2026 - 19:23:26 | Cuba announces total electricity blackout

  • Baghdad (AFP) | 16/03/2026 - 18:55:01 | Drone attack targets major southern Iraqi oil field: officials

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