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BANGKOK: Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday (Mar 18) accepted ​for consideration a petition challenging the legality ‌of election ballots used in last month’s polls.The Election Commission has been given 15 days to ​provide clarification, the court said in ​a statement. It did not specify any ⁠other orders, meaning Thursday’s planned vote by ​the new parliament on a prime minister would ​go ahead. The complaints alleged that barcodes and QR codes on the ballots could potentially be used to identify ​which candidate and party a voter had ​chosen, undermining the secrecy of the ballot, according to ‌the ⁠Office of the Ombudsman, which…

The Trump administration says it wants to remove Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel by the end of the year.So who is he? And why has Washington been trying to overthrow Cuba’s leaders for 65 years? Al Jazeera’s Marthe van der Wolf explains.Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2SharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul fiercely criticized Senator Markwayne Mullin during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, calling him a “man with anger issues” after Mullin previously called Paul a “freaking snake” and that Mullin said he understood why a neighbor attacked Paul in 2017. Mullin is appearing before the Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs after President Trump nominated him to replace Kristi Noem as the Secretary of Homeland Security. Mr. Trump said earlier in March that Noem would leave the position at the end of the month. During his opening remarks, Paul addressed political violence, recounting being attacked in his yard.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New video shows the moment one of the accused terror suspects was tackled to the ground after allegedly throwing a homemade bomb during a protest in New York City.Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, and 18-year-old Emir Balat are accused of throwing live explosive devices into a protest taking place outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Gracie Mansion residence on March 7, after driving from Bucks County to Manhattan, according to federal officials.SIGN UP TO GET TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER 18-year-old Emir Balat was tackled by a law enforcement officer after he allegedly threw a…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Bank of Canada left interest rates unchanged at 2.25 per cent on Wednesday as the Iran war rattles economies around the world. Oil prices have spiked in recent weeks as the Strait of Hormuz puts about 20 per cent of the world’s oil supply in jeopardy, which risks higher prices for fuel and just about everything else.The Bank of Canada said in a statement that the war has “heightened the risks to the global economy,” and the full impact will depend on how long the conflict goes on for and how…

Bulldozers are digging pits in a cemetery in Kabul in order to bury the hundreds allegedly killed in a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation hospital.

BEIJING: China likely views United States President Donald Trump’s abrupt postponement of a much-anticipated summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping – just two weeks before the initially scheduled date – as further evidence of Washington’s unpredictability, even as it seeks to turn the delay to its advantage, say analysts.While the rescheduling adds uncertainty to a pivotal moment in US-China ties, Beijing is expected to maintain a calibrated response, avoiding public escalation while keeping communication channels open, observers add.Trump said on Monday (Mar 16) he was looking to push back the much-anticipated summit with Xi in Beijing by around a…

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – Historic landmarks often withstand centuries of volatile change, but when rockets and missiles fall, even the most enduring stones become fragile.For generations of families in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, the Grain Market was the first stop when they went shopping.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listReaching it meant walking past the historic Barquq Castle, a centuries-old structure dating back to 1387 and the very foundation of Khan Younis.But for residents, the castle was more than an old monument; it was a familiar landmark marking the entrance to one of the city’s liveliest…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge in Minnesota declined to step aside from an immigration-related case despite a conflict-of-interest challenge tied to his spouse’s legal work.The U.S. Department of Justice plans to appeal the judge’s order, which called the government’s motion “improper, untimely, and lacking merit.”Last week, the DOJ formally moved to disqualify U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan, arguing his impartiality could reasonably be questioned because his wife serves as Minnesota’s solicitor general under Democrat Attorney General Keith Ellison and is leading a separate lawsuit against federal immigration enforcement actions at issue in Bryan’s courtroom.In…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A retired K-9 officer is raising questions about the public handling of the Nancy Guthrie case, arguing that the decision not to deploy cadaver dogs “defies logic” as the investigation stretches into its seventh week with few answers.”We’re just chasing shadows,” said Michael Gould, a former K-9 investigator with the NYPD and Nassau County Police Department.Still, he told Fox News Digital that it’s very likely investigators are following up on leads behind closed doors and may be further along than observers think.”Cadaver dogs, [or] human remains detection dogs, they are the primary…