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Mar 14, 2026 - World

Anti-regime Iranians who initially embraced President Donald Trump's promise to "rescue" them from their oppressive government are now expressing deep disillusionment with his military campaign, according to new reporting from The Guardian.Many Iranian dissidents had harbored hope that Trump's administration would intervene militarily against the Islamic Republic. That hope transformed into despair after a fortnight of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes that have killed hundreds of civilians, destroyed critical infrastructure, and damaged irreplaceable cultural heritage sites."They are also lying! Like the regime has been lying to us," said Amir, a University of Tehran student and anti-regime protester, speaking to The Guardian. "You are all worse than each other."The turning point came when Israeli forces struck fuel depots in Tehran, coating the capital in toxic oil rain and blackening the sky. The strikes also damaged ancient landmarks including the 14th-century Golestan Palace and the 17th-century Chehel Sotoon Palace in Isfahan."I genuinely believe now they [the US and Israel] didn't have a plan," Amir told The Guardian. "If the regime is what you want to hit, where do you draw the line? What about us, the ordinary Iranians? We rely on this civil infrastructure."Many protesters now fear the conflict mirrors the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, which promised liberation but delivered civil war. Other Iranian dissidents report viewing the bombing campaign as "carpet bombing" that has killed civilians indiscriminately."A significant portion of the people I've been speaking to, after witnessing the killing of civilians, have altered their perception of military intervention," one Tehran protester told The Guardian.Read the full report here.

Mar 14, 2026 - World

Rare action began peacefully but ‘degenerated into vandalism’ according to state-run newspaperFive people have been arrested in Cuba for acts of “vandalism” after a small group of protesters broke into a provincial office of the Cuban Communist party and set fire to computers and furniture.The incident, which also affected a pharmacy and another shop, took place in the town of Moron, a little more than 300 miles (500km) east of Havana. Continue reading...

Mar 13, 2026 - World

Bolivian interior ministry says Sebastián Marset is being extradited to US, where he’s wanted for money launderingSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxSebastián Marset, an alleged Uruguayan drug trafficker and one of South America’s most wanted criminals, has been arrested in Bolivia.Marset, 34, is accused of trafficking tonnes of cocaine from South America to Europe, and also of having ordered the murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor who was shot dead as he honeymooned on a Colombian beach in 2022. Continue reading...

Mar 13, 2026 - World

Oscar, Ana and their children fled violence for safety in the US. Now Oscar, afraid and alone, is back in Honduras – ‘at the mercy of God and his will’ As soon as Oscar’s deportation flight landed at the La Lima airport in Honduras, he put on his baseball cap. On the airport shuttle toward the terminal, he pulled his cap even lower – trying to obscure his face at various police checkpoints.His parents picked him up in a car, and drove him to a lodging they had arranged for him – miles away from his family home. He has hardly stepped outside since. “Because I can’t trust anyone – not the authorities, not the government, not a police officer,” he said. He has visited his mother a handful of times since the US deported him three weeks ago, and only under the cover of night. “They will kill anyone here. There is death everywhere.” Continue reading...

Mar 13, 2026 - World

The move, which lowers fees to 25%, is a breakthrough for Chinese developers Tencent and ByteDanceSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxApple announced late on Thursday it would lower the commission fees collected in its App Store in mainland China. The move follows pressure from regulators in the tech company’s second-largest market, as well as global scrutiny of its payment requirements.Fees for in-app purchases and paid transactions will be lowered to 25% from 30% starting on Sunday, Apple said in a statement on its blog for developers. Continue reading...