Updated: Mar 9th, 2026 International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva reportedly has cautioned that escalating tensions in the Middle East could trigger fresh inflationary pressures worldwide if energy prices remain elevated for an extended period. Speaking at a symposium hosted by Japan’s finance ministry on Monday, Georgieva said the global economy was once again facing uncertainty due to geopolitical...

Updated: Mar 9th, 2026 Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and owner of X, has reacted to the recent suicide of two college students in a temple washroom in Surat, after police said the victims had searched for information about suicide methods using ChatGPT. Responding to reports about the incident, Musk posted a brief reaction on X, writing a...

In the early morning of March 9, Iran’s fresh drone hit the Sitra city of Bahrain, which left 32 citizens injured, including children. Four citizens are believed to be in critical condition, as per reports. Reportedly, the health ministry of Bahrain confirmed Iran’s drone attack in the Sitra city of Bahrain early morning on Monday. In this attack, two children...

Updated: Mar 9th, 2026 At least 41 people were killed and about 40 others injured after an Israeli military operation in eastern Lebanon failed to recover the remains of missing Israeli pilot “Ron Arad”. The raid took place overnight in the town of Nabi Chit, as per reports. The Israeli army said the mission was carried out by special forces...

Updated: Mar 9th, 2026 Police investigations have revealed the modus operandi adopted by the two accused in the killing of Bangladeshi political activist Sharif Osman Hadi, detailing how they escaped from Bangladesh and managed to remain in India for several months after committing the crime.  According to a senior intelligence officer of the West Bengal Police, the two accused —...

Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader, succeeding his father Ali Khamenei, in a move that signals the continued dominance of hardliners in Tehran even as the country remains locked in an escalating conflict with the United States and Israel. Mojtaba Khamenei, a mid-ranking cleric believed to wield significant influence within Iran’s security establishment and the...

Another American service member has died from injuries sustained in attacks linked to the expanding conflict with Iran, the US military said, bringing the number of US troops killed in the war to seven.  US Central Command said the service member had been “seriously wounded at the scene of an attack on US troops in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...

A loud explosion was reported near the US Embassy in Oslo on early Sunday morning, prompting a major response from local authorities. According to Oslo police, the blast-like sound was heard around 1 am, after which emergency services deployed significant resources to the area surrounding the embassy. Officers secured the vicinity and began coordinating with officials from the embassy to...

Rapper-turned-politician Balen Shah has secured victory from Jhapa-5 in eastern Nepal in the elections for the House of Representatives, defeating former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli by a wide margin in what was described as a battle for the next prime ministership. However, the contest remained utterly one-sided as Shah, the prime ministerial candidate from the Rastriya Swatantra Party...

At least 1,332 Iranian civilians, including women and children, have been killed in US-Israeli airstrikes and thousands more injured, Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani said.  Over 180 children across the country have been killed and more than 20 schools have been damaged, Iravani told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, quoting the Iranian Red Crescent Society, Chinese...