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Pakistan was responding to “unprovoked fire” by Afghan forces at multiple locations along the border, the Information Ministry in Islamabad said. Source link

A US judge rejects a preservationist group’s request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $560 million ballroom to replace the demolished East Wing of the White House. Source link

Nurul Amin Shah Alam’s family had expected him to be released from a New York jail and reported him missing. He was found dead after temperatures dropped below freezing. Source link

While the US did not comment after the talks ended, Iran’s foreign minister told Iranian state television they had been the most intense exchanges between the two countries. Source link

As Myanmar’s junta celebrates Chin National Day in an effort to project control, air strikes on civilians underscore a deepening civil war.  Source link

As the United States and Iran held their third round of nuclear talks on Thursday in Geneva amid heightened regional fears of the prospect of another war in the Middle East, Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi says now is the time to move forward with military intervention. Source link

Denmark will hold a parliamentary election on March 24, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announces, seeking to capitalise on a surge in support for her defiant stance against US pressure over Greenland. Source link

Cuban coastguard troops shot dead four people and injured six others they claimed were approaching the country on a speedboat filled with weapons set to be used in an act of terror. Source link

Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal overturns the lower court ruling against Jimmy Lai on a fraud offence. Source link

US President Donald Trump says two Muslim Democratic politicians should be sent back to “where they came” from after a heated exchange during his State of the Union address. Source link