Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates report that they have intercepted missile and drone attacks from Iran.
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AA 
March 27
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
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AP
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AP
Business and economy
Brent crude oil surpasses US$110 per barrel after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy turned away three container ships and declared the Strait of Hormuz closed.
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UPI
Politics and elections
Following his Rastriya Swatantra Party's landslide victory in the general election, Balendra Shah is sworn as Prime Minister of Nepal, succeeding interim prime minister Sushila Karki.
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Reuters
Russia designates filmmaker and teacher Pavel Talankin, the co-director and subject of the 2025 documentary film , as a foreign agent after authorities accuse him of spreading disinformation about the government and opposing the war in Ukraine.
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AFP via RFI
Lawmakers from the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference protest outside the legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, India, in solidarity with Iran and against the assassination of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei amidst the Iran war. Additionally, a major confrontation breaks out between INC lawmaker Irfan Hafiz Lone and BJP lawmaker Yudhvir Sethi during the protest.
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Times of India
In Mongolia, the State Great Khural accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar.
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AP
March 26
Armed conflicts and attacks
U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff confirms that the United States has shared a 15-point peace plan to Iran through the Pakistani government.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiationsPakistan in the 2026 Iran warPakistan–United States relations
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Xinhua
Pakistani foreign minister Ishaq Dar confirms that indirect negotiations between Iran and the U.S. are taking place.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiationsPakistan in the 2026 Iran warPakistan–United States relations
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The Hindu
U.S. president Donald Trump extends his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by ten days, until 6 April, or "face further assassinations of senior officials".
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The Guardian
Nine people are injured in Israel after seven salvos of ballistic missiles by Iran.
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The Times of Israel
Two people are killed and three others are injured by falling debris from an intercepted ballistic missile in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Hindustan Times
Ugandan military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba says the country is ready to join the war "on the side of Israel" and says the Ugandan military will enter the war soon if Iranian attacks on Israel do not end soon.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran warReactions to the 2026 Iran warIsrael–Uganda relations
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The New Arab
Israel claims to have assassinated Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
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Al Jazeera
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The Jerusalem Post
Zimbabwe confirms that 15 of its citizens have been killed after being recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine, with more than 60 others still on the front line. Cabinet minister Soda Zhemu says that most of them were lured to Russia through social media.
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BBC News
Disasters and accidents
At least 14 people are killed and 27 others are injured when a private bus collides head-on with a tipper-truck in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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The Times of India
At least 10 people are killed and 35 others are injured when a bus collides with a truck and overturns in Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Hindustan Times
Two people are killed, including a child, and at least 90 families are affected in flooding in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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ATN
Mexico's navy launches a search and rescue operation in the Caribbean Sea for two sailboats, which departed from Isla Mujeres with nine crew members, carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after they failed to arrive in Havana as scheduled and lost communication.
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Reuters
Health and environment
A 25-year-old Spanish woman from Barcelona, Catalonia, undergoes euthanasia after her request was approved by authorities and upheld through multiple legal challenges despite opposition from her family.
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CNN
Politics and elections
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Euractiv
The People's Party, led by Beinir Johannesen, wins the highest share of votes, receiving nine seats in the Løgting.
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DR
International relations
The European Parliament approves legislation to implement the EU-US trade deal adopted in 2025.
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BBC
Russia says the United Kingdom's decision to board and detain shadow fleet vessels is hostile and vows a "political, legal and asymmetric" response against the UK to protect Russian interests.
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Reuters
British Chief of the General Staff Roland Walker warns that the UK is now on an "inevitable collision course" with Russia and urges the government to prepare.
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MSN
South Africa says it is no longer invited to the upcoming G7 summit in Haute-Savoie, France, after an initial invitation, with differing statements from its officials on the reasons for the decision.
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Arab News
Australia announces a six-month ban on short-term visa applications from Iranian passport holders for tourism and work, citing concerns that some visitors may not depart Australia once their visas expire due to the Iran war. The new policy includes limited exemptions.
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The Times of Israel
Belarus and North Korea sign a "friendship and cooperation" treaty after North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un welcomed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko to Pyongyang.
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The Guardian
France and the Philippines sign a visiting forces agreement allowing joint military exercises and cooperation in each other's territory.
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Reuters
Tajik president Emomali Rahmon and Uzbek president Shavkat Mirziyoyev inaugurate the Tajikistan embassy in Tashkent during Rahmon's state visit to Uzbekistan.
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Kun.uz
Arts and culture
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The Guardian
Business and economy
Mauritius and South Sudan announce measures restricting electricity consumption due to the international energy crisis, with Juba's main electricity distributor saying the capital will start experiencing daily power cuts on a "rotational basis" from today.
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BBC News
Sports
The Iranian sports ministry bans the men's national football team from travelling to "hostile countries", placing the team's participation in this year's FIFA World Cup tournament in doubt, which is being held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Sports minister Ahmad Donyamali previously stated that Iran will not play in this year's World Cup.
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Reuters
The International Olympic Committee announces that participation in women's events will be limited to athletes classified as female based on biological criteria, with eligibility determined through a one-time genetic test starting from the 2028 Olympic Games. The policy replaces previous rules that allowed individual sports federations to set their own criteria.
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AFP via ABS-CBN News
Law and crime
The Catholic Church in Portugal agrees to compensate 57 victims of sexual abuse with a total of €1.61 million (US$1.86 million) following findings from an independent inquiry into abuse cases over several decades.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Two people are killed, including the perpetrator, in a stabbing attack at a Pokémon Center at Sunshine City in Tokyo, Japan.
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CTV News
March 25
Armed conflicts and attacks
According to Press TV, Iran has rejected a United States proposal to end the war and sets out five conditions for a ceasefire.
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AP
A senior Iranian official says that Iran is still reviewing the proposal despite an initial response that was considered "negative".
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Reuters
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi states that Iran seeks to end the war "on its own terms" but does not plan to enter negotiations with the U.S. and will continue its current policy.
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Al-Ahram
Egyptian foreign minister Badr Abdelatty says that Egypt is ready to host negotiations aimed at ending the Iran war.
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Reuters via Al Arabiya
An Iranian cluster bomb wounds nine people, including six children and an elderly woman, in Bnei Brak, Israel.
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The Times of Israel
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Al Jazeera
A drone strikes a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport, causing a fire at the site.
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Reuters
Seven fighters are killed and 13 others are injured in a strike on a Popular Mobilization Forces base in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. The attack follows an American strike on the same base yesterday.
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Al-Ahram
Iran says it has received intelligence that the U.S. and an "unnamed regional country" are planning to invade and capture its Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf as thousands of U.S. Marines are due to arrive in the region in the coming days.
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The Telegraph
A stray Ukrainian drone strikes a power station in Auvere, Estonia, while another crashes in Latvia during a large-scale drone attack on Russia.
Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
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BBC News
A Ukrainian drone strike kills two people in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, according to Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
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Reuters
The Sudan Doctors Network says that Rapid Support Forces have killed 16 civilians, including three women, in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan.
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Sudan Tribune
The United States Southern Command (Southcom) says its forces have struck a drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing four occupants. This brings the number of suspected narcoterrorists killed in Operation Southern Spear to 163 since U.S. strikes began.
Operation Southern SpearUnited States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
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AP
A ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan collapses with resumed cross-border shelling killing two people in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, while Afghan forces claim to have destroyed three Pakistani military outposts along the border. Both sides accuse each other of breaking the ceasefire first.
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AP
Law and crime
A Chinese court sentences former Aviation Industry Corporation chairperson Tan Ruisong to death with a two-year reprieve after convicting him of corruption-related offenses, including bribery, embezzlement, and insider trading, during his tenure as chairperson.
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Reuters
The Indian enforcement directorate says that it has attached (US$200 million) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and has seized villas in the Burj Khalifa as part of the Mahadev online betting app money laundering investigation.
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The New Indian Express
Kuwaiti authorities arrest six individuals suspected of links to Hezbollah over an alleged plot to carry out assassinations targeting state officials.
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Arab News
A jury in California, United States, rules in favor of a woman who sued Google and Meta Platforms for her addictions to websites Instagram and YouTube as a child.
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CNBC
Business and economy
COSCO Shipping resumes new container shipment bookings from the Far East to several Gulf countries after Iran allowed non-hostile vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since yesterday.
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The Straits Times
India purchases a shipment of liquefied petroleum gas from Iran for the first time since 2019 following a temporary easing of U.S. sanctions, with the cargo set to be distributed among state-run fuel companies, in response to supply disruptions caused by the Strait of Hormuz crisis.
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Reuters
Gold prices in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, rise after a 15-day drop amidst potential diplomacy to end the Iran war.
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Gulf News
Disasters and accidents
The International Organization for Migration reports that 922 migrants have died or went missing along the "Eastern Route" from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula in 2025, marking the deadliest year for Red Sea migration and a significant increase from 2024.
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The Daily Star
At least 26 people are killed, including seven children, 11 others survive and around 13 are reported missing when a passenger bus carrying around 50 people plunges into the Padma River in Goalanda Upazila, Rajbari District, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Xinhua
Politics and elections
Kosovo's Constitutional Court rules that President Vjosa Osmani's decree to dissolve had no legal effect, giving the Kuvendi 34 more days to elect the next president before automatically moving to new elections within 45 days.
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Balkan View
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos signs into law a measure allowing the suspension or reduction of excises on petroleum products when global oil prices reach a specified threshold, subject to time limits and reporting requirements.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Arts and culture
Under the St Peter and Paul Church in Maastricht, Netherlands, the remains of French musketeer d'Artagnan are believed to be found.
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BBC News
Sarah Mullally is enthroned as the first female primate of the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury.
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BBC News
International relations
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko visits Pyongyang, North Korea, to meet with its supreme leader Kim Jong Un in a effort to improve relations between the two countries.
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AP
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán says Hungary will gradually suspend gas supplies to Ukraine until Russian oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline resumes, citing disruptions to deliveries crossing Ukraine.
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AP
British prime minister Keir Starmer authorizes the military to board Russian shadow fleet vessels used by the Russian government to evade international sanctions.
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Reuters
The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution proposed by Ghana recognizing the Atlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity and calling for dialogue on reparations, despite opposition and abstentions from Western countries.
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Reuters
March 24
Science and technology
The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI's US$1 billion investment deal to allow Disney's intellectual properties to be used with Sora is also cancelled in midst of the shutdown.
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The Verge
NASA states that it plans to pause the Lunar Gateway project and redirect efforts toward developing infrastructure for sustained operations on the Moon's surface, including a future moonbase.
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The Witness
Disasters and accidents
At least 84 people are killed in flash floods across Kenya, including in Kisumu, Uasin Gishu, and Tana River counties.
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The Star
Armed conflicts and attacks
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CNBC
Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif says that Pakistan is ready and willing to host Iran–U.S. talks to reach a comprehensive deal to end the war.
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Saudi Gazette
Shrapnel from an Iranian ballistic missile wounds three people, including a two-month-old baby, in a Bedouin community in the Negev, Israel.
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The Jerusalem Post
Fifteen fighters from Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), including a commander, are killed in an American airstrike on a PMF base in the Al Anbar Governorate.
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AFP via BSS
Hezbollah rocket fire kills a woman and injures two others in northern Israel.
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The Jerusalem Post
Israeli defense minister Israel Katz states that the military will control a "security zone" up to the Litani River in southern Lebanon until "the threat of Hezbollah" is removed, while also suggesting that Israel will remain in control of the area after the conflict is resolved.
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The New York Times
The Lebanese government reports that the death toll from Israeli attacks on the country since March 2 has risen to 1,039.
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AA
Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine kill at least three people, including two in Poltava and one in Zaporizhzhia, and injures several others. The attacks also damage residential buildings and infrastructure in the areas.
Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)Zaporizhzhia strikes (2022–present)Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
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AFP via BSS
A Russian Shahed drone strikes and severely damages the Bernardine Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Lviv, western Ukraine.
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Philippine Daily Inqurier
The death toll from the March 20 drone strike on the Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, rises to 70.
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Reuters
A coalition of Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North rebels capture the town of Kurmuk in the Blue Nile region near the Ethopian border.
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Arab News
Suspected Islamic State insurgents kill nine Nigerian troops, one police officer and a civilian during attacks in Kebbi State, Nigeria.
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AP
Arts and culture
The trailer for the upcoming superhero film Spider-Man: Brand New Day released on March 17 reaches 1 billion views on YouTube, becoming the first movie trailer to do so.
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People.com
International relations
The Lebanese foreign ministry declares the Iranian ambassador a and gives him until March 29 to leave the country, due to Iran's financial and military support of Shia paramilitary group Hezbollah.
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Al Jazeera
The Lebanese foreign ministry says that the decision to expel Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani as Iranian ambassador doesn't affect diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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Arab News
The Iranian foreign ministry states that vessels it classifies as non-hostile may pass through the Strait of Hormuz if they comply with its safety and security requirements, while excluding vessels linked to countries it accuses of involvement in the Iran war.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Law and crime
Two people are killed in a school shooting in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Mexico. A 15-year-old suspect is arrested.
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Reuters
Business and economy
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos declares a state of national energy emergency in response to risks to the fuel supply linked to the Iran war.
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Reuters
QatarEnergy declares force majeure on some of its long-term LNG supply contracts for its customers worldwide.
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Al Jazeera
American video game company Epic Games announces that it will lay off more than 1,000 employees along with more than $500 million in savings from cuts to contracting and marketing amid a sharp decline in the number of people playing its flagship video game .
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Reuters
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AP
BMW Brilliance recalls nearly 180,000 vehicles in China due to a defect in the air conditioning wiring that may cause a short circuit and increase the risk of fire.
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The Straits Times
Politics and elections
Danes, Faroe Islanders, and Greenlanders vote to elect 179 seats of the Folketing. Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen seeks a third term in office during the aftermath of the Greenland crisis.
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Reuters
Frederiksen's left-wing bloc wins the most seats but fails to secure a majority.
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Le Monde