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Montevideo, April 17th 2026 - 14:30 UTC

Stories for March 21st 2026

  • Saturday, March 21st 2026 - 22:08 UTC

    US bolsters military presence in the Gulf with thousands of Marines and amphibious ships

    Trump, for his part, said Thursday he was not considering sending troops “anywhere,” though he added that if he did, he would not announce it.

    The United States is deploying roughly 5,000 Marines and half a dozen warships toward the Persian Gulf in the largest force expansion since the war against Iran began on February 28. The buildup comes as American aircraft intensify strikes against Iranian positions along the coastline and islands of the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime chokepoint through which approximately 20% of global oil transits and which Iran has effectively closed since the start of the conflict.

  • Saturday, March 21st 2026 - 10:54 UTC

    London condemns Iranian attack on Diego Garcia, confirms RAF defending the base

    Diego Garcia lies approximately 4,000 kilometres from Iranian territory — double the 2,000-kilometre range that Iranian Foreign Minister had cited as the limit of Tehran's missile capability

    Britain's Ministry of Defence condemned on Saturday the launch of two Iranian intermediate-range ballistic missiles at the joint US-UK military base on Diego Garcia, in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Neither projectile struck the installation.