BAKU, March 7, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Azerbaijan said on Friday it had foiled a series of Iranian "terrorist" attacks on its territory, including on a key oil pipeline. In a video statement, Azerbaijan's state security service said it had "prevented terrorist acts and intelligence operations in Azerbaijan organised by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)." - Drone attacks -Thursday's attacks involved at least four drones that crossed from Iran into Azerbaijan's exclave of Nakhchivan bordering Iran. Iran has long expressed concern that Israel -- a close ally of Azerbaijan and a key arms supplier -- could use Azerbaijani territory to stage attacks. In June 2025, Azerbaijan reassured Tehran that it would not allow such use of its territory after Israel launched a large-scale strike on Iranian targets.

MIAMI, March 7, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump will meet Saturday with a dozen right-wing leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss issues facing the region, from organized crime to illegal immigration. Trump has already staked bold claims in Latin America with the ouster of former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and working with his replacement, Delcy Rodriguez, to claim Venezuelan oil reserves for America. Trump has also implied in recent days that communist-run Cuba is "next" after taking out leaders in Venezuela and Iran. Just this week, the US and Ecuador announced joint operations to combat drug trafficking that has turned one of the previously safest countries in Latin America to among the deadliest in just a few years. For Mia, the support of the right-led Latin American countries for US interests "is quite fragile because the relationship between Latin America and the US is so problematic."

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Fuel Sales Cap Set: Motorcycles 2 Liters, Private Cars 10 Liters Per Day Staff Correspondent, Dhaka (Friday, March 6, 2026)The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has set daily fuel supply quotas based on vehicle types. According to the new directive, motorcycles will be allowed to purchase a maximum of 2 liters of octane or petrol per day, while private cars will be allowed up to 10 liters. The corporation also requested cooperation from all concerned to maintain normal fuel supply across the country. In this context, negative reports regarding fuel stock on various media outlets and social media have triggered a tendency among some consumers and dealers to collect excess fuel. Dealers must supply fuel according to the prescribed quota and submit information on stock and sales to the depots.

US says it struck more than 3,000 targets in first week of Iran warWASHINGTON, United States, March 7, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The United States struck more than 3,000 targets during the first week of the Iran war, the US military said on Friday. Targets include command-and-control centers, air defense systems, missile sites, and Iranian navy ships and submarines, US Central Command, which is responsible for American forces in the Middle East, said in a fact sheet.

UNITED NATIONS, United States, March 7, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Iran's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday condemned US interference after President Donald Trump insisted that he should be involved in selecting the successor of slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Amir Saeid Iravani said that Trump's reported comments "constitute a clear violation of the principles of non-interference in the internal affairs of states and enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations." "The selection of Iran's leadership will take place strictly in accordance with our constitutional procedures and solely by the will of the Iranian people, without any foreign interference," he added. In an interview with news outlet Axios, Trump said Thursday he must be "involved in the appointment" of Iran's next leader and rejected Khamenei's son as a suitable candidate. "Our initial assessment indicates that some of these incidents may have resulted from the interceptions or interference by the United States defense system, which could have diverted from intended military targets."

VERONA, Italy, March 7, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics started on Friday with an opening ceremony marked by Russian athletes being booed as they paraded behind their national flag for the first time since 2014. The Russian delegation of four athletes was booed by sections of the spectators, as well as some volunteers in the arena. The boycotting nations were represented by two volunteers carrying the countries' flags but no athletes or dignitaries paraded with them. Double Summer Paralympic gold medallist Lauren Parker will make her Winter Games debut when she represents Australia in the biathlon and cross-country events. El Salvador's cross-country skier David Chavez will make history when he becomes the first person from the Central American country to take part in a Winter Games -- either Olympics or Paralympics.

PARIS, France, March 7, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Only nine oil tankers, cargo and container ships, some of which at times concealed their position, have been recorded crossing the Strait of Hormuz since Monday, according to MarineTraffic data analysed by AFP. Nearly 20 percent of the world's crude oil and about 20 percent of liquefied natural gas (LNG) usually transit through the Strait of Hormuz. One example is the tanker Kavomaleas, which emitted a signal east of the strait on March 3 and then another in the Gulf about 14 hours later. The Danuta I, a 225-metre natural gas carrier under US sanctions, crossed the Strait of Hormuz at dawn on Friday. The Athina, spotted by the Financial Times, was east of the strait on February 28 and transmitted a position to MarineTraffic west of Hormuz on March 1.

DOHA, March 7, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Qatar's aviation authority said Friday the Gulf state would partially reopen to limited air traffic after it closed its airspace at the start of a retaliatory Iranian missile and drone campaign following US-Israeli strikes. "Qatar Civil Aviation Authority announces the partial resumption of air navigation in the State of Qatar, through designated navigational contingency routes with limited operational capacity," the body said. "This phase includes the operation of a limited number of flights designated for passenger evacuation, in addition to the operation of air cargo flights," it added. Hamad International Airport, Qatar's main airport, confirmed "the operation of a limited number of flights solely for the evacuation of stranded passengers and air cargo operations, on Saturday, March 7". On Tuesday, the Gulf state said Hamad International Airport had been targeted in Iranian attacks but all of them had been thwarted.

New strikes blamed on Iran hit Iranian Kurdish opposition group targets in the northern Kurdistan region, following reports that militants might attempt to cross into Iran. A security official in Basra said late Friday that "two drones were shot down over the Burjesia oil complex, but a third got through" and hit the site. - Hotels warning -The northern autonomous Kurdistan region, which hosts US troops, has been a main target of attacks. Tehran threatened Friday to target "all the facilities" of the region if Kurdish Iranian militants were allowed to enter Iran. On Friday, fresh strikes hit the Kurdish militants, said an official from the exiled Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.

Cluster munitions explode in mid-air and scatter bomblets. Iran and Israel are not among more than a hundred countries that are party to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits the use, transfer, production and storage of cluster bombs. The Iranians "are using cluster munitions", Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani told a news briefing, without providing details on when or where those munitions were allegedly launched. Israeli police said on Wednesday that bomb disposal experts found evidence of cluster munitions after incoming missiles from Iran were detected. Both Iran and Israel have been accused of using cluster munitions.

TEHRAN, March 7, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Israel announced a new wave of "broad-scale" strikes on Tehran on Saturday as US President Donald Trump said only Iran's unconditional surrender would bring an end to the escalating Middle East war. The Israeli military said early Saturday that it had launched a "broad-scale wave of strikes" on government targets in Tehran. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Israel of targeting them, and French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the attack as "unacceptable." Tehran was pummeled by Israeli strikes on Friday, which AFP journalists described as among the heaviest days of bombardments yet. According to Iran's health ministry, the US and Israeli strikes have killed 926 people, a number AFP could not independently verify.

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