International

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 02:56 UTC

  Three foreigners convicted in Uruguay for attempting to obtain a passport with forgeries

  

  A court in Uruguay’s Flores department convicted three foreign nationals —a Russian, a Kazakh and a Mexican woman— after authorities said they attempted to begin identification procedures using false documentation at the National Civil Identification Directorate (DNIC) office in the city of Trinidad.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 00:14 UTC

  Responsible Gambling Online: What It Means and the Tools That Help

  

  Responsible gambling online means you stay in charge. You set a budget and a time limit that fit your life, you treat gambling as paid entertainment, and you step back early if it starts causing stress. Because online play is fast and always available, responsible gambling is also about using safety tools and adding extra barriers when you need them.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 23:36 UTC

  Trump threatens to cut off all trade with Spain after base refusal tied to Iran strikes

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to impose a total trade embargo on Spain after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government refused to allow the use of the Rota and Morón bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 15:14 UTC

  Chile: Kast halts transition talks with Boric, citing lack of trust over China-linked subsea cable briefings

  

  Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast said on Tuesday he is suspending the handover process with outgoing President Gabriel Boric, arguing his team cannot trust the information it has received on key issues, including a China-linked subsea fiber-optic project that would connect central Chile with Hong Kong.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 13:10 UTC

  Trump hits out at Starmer over Iran strikes, says the US-UK “special relationship” has weakened

  

  Donald Trump criticized UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for refusing to take part in strikes against Iran and said the long-standing US-UK “special relationship” is “not what it was,” in remarks carried by Britain’s The Sun and reported by Reuters.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 13:06 UTC

  Uruguay activates Mercosur–Singapore FTA on a bilateral basis, opening preferential access to Southeast Asia

  

  The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Mercosur and Singapore entered into force on a bilateral basis between Uruguay and the city-state on 1 March 2026, after both sides completed domestic procedures and deposited their instruments of ratification, according to a joint statement.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 12:45 UTC

  France and Greece dispatch warships to Cyprus after Iranian attack on UK base

  

  France will deploy anti-missile and anti-drone systems to Cyprus and send a frigate after drones struck the UK’s RAF Akrotiri air base on the island, citing Cyprus’ state-run CNA news agency and a Cypriot government source. The move comes amid a fast-moving regional escalation tied to fighting involving the United States, Israel and Iran.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 02:42 UTC

  Haddad says Iran conflict should not immediately hit Brazil’s economy

  

  Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday that U.S. and Israeli attacks against Iran should not have an immediate impact on Brazil’s macroeconomic indicators, while cautioning that the conflict’s trajectory remains hard to predict and is being monitored “carefully” by his ministry.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 01:53 UTC

  France to boost nuclear arsenal and extend “advanced deterrence” to European partners

  

  President Emmanuel Macron said France will increase the size of its nuclear arsenal and roll out a new “advanced deterrence” doctrine that would involve a group of European partners more directly in exercises, deployments and supporting capabilities—moves Paris framed as a response to a more unstable strategic environment.

• Monday, March 2nd 2026 - 21:16 UTC

  Revolutionary Guard say Strait of Hormuz is “closed”

  

  Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday the Strait of Hormuz is now “closed” and threatened to attack any vessel attempting to transit, in the most explicit warning yet against the Gulf’s main maritime chokepoint. A Guards commander said they would set any ship “ablaze” if it tried to pass, according to remarks carried by Reuters.