March 25, 2026

When the M825-series 155mm artillery projectile bursts, expelling its felt wedges containing white phosphorus, it leaves a distinctive knuckle-shaped plume. That is how Human Rights Watch (HRW) researchers said they were able to verify that Israel was again using the notorious weapon over south Lebanon, reigniting accusations that it is breaking the laws of war.

The New York-based rights group said it had verified and geolocated eight images showing airburst white phosphorus munitions exploding over residential areas in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor in the opening days of Israel’s assault during the war on Gaza.

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March 25, 2026

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday said Mexico will continue to have Cuban doctors work in the country at a time when other nations across the Americas have ditched their agreements with Cuba’s government in the face of mounting U.S. pressure.

“It’s a bilateral agreement that helps Mexico a lot,” said Sheinbaum in her morning press briefing when asked if she would uphold the agreement or give in to pressures by the Trump administration.

The leader’s support of the Cuban medical program comes as U.S. President Donald Trump has suffocated Cuba by effectively cutting the island off from oil imports and has sought to isolate the Caribbean nation in an effort to push for regime change. The U.S. has pushed to end such missions, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling it a “form of human trafficking.”

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March 25, 2026

JERUSALEM (AP) — An investigation into the death of a Palestinian teenager in an Israeli prison has been closed by an Israeli judge, who said even though it’s clear the boy was starved, the cause of death is undeterminable, a newly-unsealed court decision has revealed.

The ruling provided insight into Israel’s handling of the flashpoint case of 17-year-old Walid Ahmad, which gained notoriety because he was the first Palestinian under 18 to die in Israeli detention, said Palestinian officials.

Ahmad, who was described by his family as a healthy teenager, spent six months in Israel’s Megiddo prison before he collapsed in March 2025. His autopsy did not establish a single, definitive cause of death, but said that starvation was likely the leading cause, according to the report of an Israeli doctor who observed the procedure.

Press TV outlined five key demands that define Iran’s framework for ending the war.

• The first condition is a complete halt to all military aggression, including airstrikes, targeted assassinations, and covert operations.

• Second, Iran demands firm and verifiable guarantees that such attacks will not be repeated.

• Third, Tehran is insisting on reparations, including compensation for damages caused by the war and clarity on how those payments would be enforced.

• Fourth, Iran requires that any ceasefire apply across all fronts of the conflict, including allied resistance groups operating throughout the region.

• Fifth, Iran demands recognition of its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz as a “natural and legal right.”

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Shares in CATL, BYD and Sungrow, which produce batteries and energy storage equipment, have outperformed global oil majors such as Chevron, ExxonMobil and BP since the war began.

The surge in clean energy shares illustrates how China and other oil importers may respond to the war by investing more in renewables in order to boost their energy security.

Neil Beveridge, who leads Bernstein’s energy research, expects China, the world’s biggest oil importer, to double down on its plan to “electrify everything”. Other large Asian economies, including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, may also seek out clean energy and fuels.

“This totally changes the whole energy paradigm,” he said, adding: “Even if the war ends next month . . . there is no going back.”

Israel has not prosecuted its citizens for killing Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank since the start of this decade, a Guardian analysis of legal data and public records show, creating impunity for a campaign of violence.

Attacks have spurred former prime minister Ehud Olmert to call for an intervention by the international criminal court (ICC), to “save the Palestinians and us [Israelis]” from state-backed settler violence, carried out with the complicity and sometimes participation of the police and military.

“I have decided not only to not remain silent, but to draw the attention of the ICC in The Hague so that it may take enforcement measures and issue arrest warrants,’” Olmert said in written comments to the Guardian.

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Published: March 23, 2026 Helen Yaffe

There were tearful scenes in the central American nation of Honduras on February 23, as locals said goodbye to the Cuban healthcare professionals who had been treating them for free for around two years. It came after the Honduran government abruptly ended the Cuban medical mission under pressure from the administration of the US president, Donald Trump.

,,,the export of medical professionals has become vital to the Cuban economy. For decades the Cuban government sent medical missions around the world as a donation to developing nations. But over the past two decades, it has developed cooperation agreements under which governments or local authorities pay the Cuban government for the medical services of its healthcare professionals.

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So, we have came to point from where we can say US is ready to negotiate with Iran but the thing is that maybe Iran is not ready to negotiate with US. The US has pushed forward its 15 point plan to Iran for Ceasefire through Pakistan.

Yeah..... Pakistan. The same Pakistan that attacked Iran in 2022, saying it was funding terrorism. Pakistan is currently confused regarding who to side with, should it side with one of its biggest monetary ally, US (a.k.a Sugar Daddy) or its so called Islamic brother Iran.

Iran has replied to this with: US is 'negotiating with itself

I think it is perfect opportunity for India to step in. Unlike Pakistan, India has good relation with Israel and US and as well as Iran. India can professionally conduct peace talks, these will greatly favour us.

If the current regime falls and Reza Pehalvi ascends to power, he will be no more than a US puppet. Even historically they have opposed us, like during 1971 Indo-Pak war. Not to mention, the power imbalance caused due to this, with Russian influence reducing significantly will be only negative for us. US can also use Iran in such a situation to pressurise India along with Pakistan then, which we must avoid at all cost. Many people may fantasize about Israel-India friendship, but they forget that all international relations are interest based. Many Indians forget that this same Israel refused to term people who executed the 26/11 terror attack on India as terrorists until only lately.

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The complexity of Lebanon is apparent in few places more than Ras Baalbek, a Catholic Christian town in Lebanon’s northern Bekaa Valley close to the borders with Syria.

The town, which boasts two Byzantine churches, has teamed up with Hezbollah in a bid to preserve its heritage and protect its 6,000 devout Catholic residents.

So close are the two communities that the Iranian-backed militant group buys a Christmas tree each year for the village.

“The relationship between the village and Hezbollah is stronger than with the Pope,” Rifiat Nasrallah, 60, a quarryman and village leader whose marble sarcophagi line the village cemetery, told The Telegraph during a visit in the midst of war.

“The Vatican did nothing for us but Hezbollah spilt their blood to protect us. The Pope only has prayers.”

Two soldiers from the Lebanese army, whose political leaders have vowed to disarm Hezbollah, sit in Mr Nasrallah’s home as he explains the local politics. A crucifix hangs next to a portrait of Hassan Nasrallah (no relation), Hezbollah’s former secretary general, on one of the room’s walls.

The Bekaa Valley is beautiful, dangerous and cosmopolitan in equal measures. Christian, Sunni and Shia Muslim villages sit cheek by jowl.

As The Telegraph drives there, Israeli jets and drones are hunting Hezbollah positions in the hills to the west after the militants let rip one of their long-range ground-to-ground missiles towards “the entity” the previous night.

These missiles are large and said to be launched from adapted shipping containers carried by articulated trucks, which makes the drive there hazardous.

But the threat that brought the Christians of Ras Baalbek and Hezbollah close came from the east. The village sits at the foothills of the arid Qalamoun mountains, over which you can trek just a few kilometres into Syria.

Nobody hides, Mister Telegraph. As for the rest of you, put your beliefs into practice.

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The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon targeted seven Israeli soldier and vehicle concentrations in southern Lebanon and the occupied territories at various times on Tuesday. It also targeted the Kiryat Shmona settlement and the Ramot barracks with drones and missiles.

In nine separate statements obtained by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the Resistance explained that these operations were carried out in defense of Lebanon and its people, and as part of Operation Protective Edge.

In statement number 36, the Resistance stated that at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, its fighters targeted an Israeli soldier concentration in the border town of Qouzah for the fifth time with artillery fire.

In statement number 37, the resistance added that at 5:15 PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, its fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in the border town of Naqoura with a swarm of attack drones.

In statement number 38, the Lebanese resistance confirmed that its fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers at the Misgav Am outpost at 6:25 PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, with a swarm of attack drones.

In statement 39, it was reported that at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, the resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers at the Misgav Am site with a precision missile. At the same time, they also targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy vehicles and soldiers in the vicinity of the Khiam detention center with a rocket barrage, according to statement 40.

In statement 41, the resistance reported that at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, its fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy vehicles and soldiers in Khallat al-Mahafir, on the outskirts of the border town of al-Adisa, with a rocket barrage.

In statement 42, the Lebanese resistance clarified that at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, its fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy vehicles and soldiers in the town of Rabaa Thalathin with artillery shells.

Statement 43 stated, "As part of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Kiryat Shmona settlement with a rocket barrage."

According to Statement 44, at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Ramot Naftali barracks with a rocket barrage.

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon continues its operations in response to the escalation of Israeli aggression since March 2.