Stories for March 2026

Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 02:38 UTC
Iran threatens to destroy regional energy infrastructure after Trump's Hormuz ultimatum

Iran warned on Sunday that it will treat energy and oil infrastructure across the Middle East as “legitimate targets” if the United States attacks its power plants, responding to President Donald Trump's ultimatum issued late Saturday.
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Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 02:25 UTC
Falklands’ Veteran ex Gurkha captain sits as elected member of Nepal’s parliament

A Falkland Islands Veteran former Gurkha captain has been elected to the Nepalese parliament as a member of the Sharm Sanskriti party. For Captain Purna Limbu it is the culmination of a lifelong of struggle and persistence, from a modest rural environment to lawmaker, through international military service and social activism.
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Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 01:53 UTC
Lula and Peña agree to accelerate Itaipú treaty review

The presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Paraguay, Santiago Peña, agreed on Sunday in Campo Grande to intensify negotiations over Annex C of the Itaipú treaty, the instrument that governs the financial terms and energy sales of the binational hydroelectric dam, one of the largest in the world.
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Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 01:00 UTC
Paraguay and Germany seek to deepen trade ties under EU-Mercosur agreement

Relations between Paraguay and Germany are at a positive juncture, with prospects for growth in trade, investment and tourism, according to German Deputy Ambassador in Asunción Jörg Herrera, in an interview with state broadcaster Paraguay TV.
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Sunday, March 22nd 2026 - 21:32 UTC
Peña promotes Paraguay as investment destination at meeting with Brazilian business leaders

Paraguay's President Santiago Peña met on Sunday in Campo Grande, the capital of Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state, with business leaders from the state's Federation of Industries (FIEMS) to promote investment opportunities in his country. The meeting, organized at the association's request, brought together representatives from sectors including bioenergy, food, construction and logistics.
Saturday, March 21st 2026 - 22:08 UTC
US bolsters military presence in the Gulf with thousands of Marines and amphibious ships

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

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.
Friday, March 20th 2026 - 20:31 UTC
Falklands end of working horse? British Army decides to retire iconic Land Rover fleet

British soldiers will use a new fleet of thousands of modern vehicles, following the start of the retirement of the iconic Land Rover fleet. The retirement marks the end of an era for the vehicle that has been a cornerstone of UK military operations for more than 70 years, as reported by MoD.
Friday, March 20th 2026 - 18:55 UTC
Trump ally asked ICE to detain mother of his child amid custody dispute

Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and special envoy to President Donald Trump, contacted a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official in June 2025 requesting that his Brazilian ex-girlfriend, Amanda Ungaro, be placed in immigration custody while she was being held in a Miami jail on fraud charges. Zampolli and Ungaro were locked in a custody battle over their teenage son.
Friday, March 20th 2026 - 16:40 UTC
Argentina's Cabinet Chief under judicial scrutiny for hidden assets and questionable state tenders

Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni is confronting a growing list of criminal complaints ranging from the alleged omission of real estate assets in his sworn financial disclosure to suspected irregularities in public contracts linked to Tecnópolis, a public state-owned fairground located in Buenos Aires.