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In super-organised Singapore, disputes over public space are a battle between control and chaos.
SATURDAY, 14 MARCH 2026, 07:37

In super-organised Singapore, disputes over public space are a battle between control and chaos.

The UAE, billed as a global luxury destination, has received the bulk of Iran’s attacks in the region so far.

The U.S. and Israeli war with Iran has entered a second week, with drones and missiles crisscrossing much of the Middle East and death tolls rising.

The premier of the Canadian province of British Columbia, David Eby, explains why this Sunday is the beginning of a new era of permanent daylight saving time there.

Kim Ghattas, author Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East,” talks about the impact of the widening war with Iran on life in Lebanon, and the impact on the geopolitics of the gulf region.

A group of Ukrainian musicians is touring the world to remind people that thousands of Ukrainian children have been kidnapped by Russia.

Four people were killed in Michigan and two died in Oklahoma, officials say, as severe storms swept across parts of the US.

Europeans are divided over how to respond to the US/Israel war with Iran. German leaders have been measured, while Spain’s prime minister has been critical of the Trump Administration and of Israel.

NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Michael Wahid Hanna of the International Crisis Group about how the spillover of the war between Iran, Israel, and the U.S. into other countries might change regional dynamics.

Iranians are streaming across the border with Turkey, fleeing constant bombardment. But some are also going the other way — returning to Iran out of worry for loved ones they can’t otherwise reach.
President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday the United States would hit Iran “very hard” and threatened to expand strikes to include new targets.
The US State Department approved the “emergency” sale of 12 000 bomb casings to Israel on Friday as the countries engage Iran in an escalating Middle East war.

The war is no longer just about the U.S., Israel and Iran. More countries are getting caught in the political crossfire or being drawn into the fighting themselves.

President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that a demand by the U.S. for an unconditional surrender is a “dream that they should take to their grave.” He also apologized for Iran’s attacks on regional countries.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says ten other people – including children – are injured as rescuers continue to search through rubble.

Ordinary Iranians reflect on seven days of conflict and where they see their country going next.

President Trump is set to gather with Latin American leaders on Saturday at his Miami-area golf club as his administration looks to turn attention to the Western Hemisphere, at least for a moment.

The move is backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, which says the current fee is unjustified because of the high cost of living.

The president also calls on Tehran to pick new leaders who are “acceptable” to the White House after six days of war.

US President Donald Trump will meet with ideologically-aligned Latin American leaders to try and counter China’s influence in the region.

The sinking of an Iranian ship by the US near Sri Lanka brings the conflict uncomfortably close to India.