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Assembly of Experts closes in on successor as US-Israeli strikes on Iran enter second week A woman holds an image of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on the day of an anti-Israeli and US rally, in Tehran, Iran on March 6, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS The clerical body that will choose Iran’s next supreme … Read more
Our business reporter Peter Eavis looks at the global implications of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway to the south of Iran. He analyzes ship activity in the strait, comparing it before and after the United States and Israel initiated attacks on Iran. By Peter Eavis, Sutton Raphael, Leila Medina, Stephanie Swart, Blacki Migliozzi, … Read more
Brett Randell. PHOTO COURTESY: Kerry Marshall / Photosport Central Stags fast bowler Brett Randell became the first player to take five wickets in five balls in first-class cricket on Sunday, producing a remarkable burst on the second day of the Plunket Shield match against Northern Districts in Napier. The 30-year-old right-armer also became the first … Read more
ISPR says terrorists linked to ‘Indian proxy Fitna Al Khwarij’ killed in five engagements in Bajaur, Bannu, DI Khan Pakistan Army soldiers. PHOTO: ISPR/FILE Pakistan’s security forces killed at least 13 terrorists in a series of intelligence-based operations conducted on March 6-7 across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Sunday. The operations were part of … Read more
A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Asif Merchant on Friday of planning to kill American politicians, in a scheme backed by the Iranian government. Mr. Merchant faces life in prison.
Trump justifies the attack by saying Iran poses a threat to the United States, without providing evidence Smoke rises following an explosion, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said his remarks were “misinterpreted by the enemy that seeks to sow division with neighbours”, state TV reported on … Read more
‘The world cannot return to the law of the jungle; Resorting to force at every turn does not prove one’s might’ Members of the media raise hands to ask questions as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds a press conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress (NPC), in Beijing, China, March 8, 2026 … Read more
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Balendra Shah, the onetime rap artist and former mayor of the country’s capital, is on course to become the country’s next prime minister.
PUBLISHED March 08, 2026 The cinema of a region is never merely a sequence of images, it is a choreography of belonging. To speak of South Asia on screen is to invoke not a stable geography but a vibrating field of memory, partition, aspiration and loss. The image flickers between village and megacity, shrine and … Read more