Until the evening of March 2, the exact position of the Russian gas tanker Arctic Metagaz was known — it was located east of the European island state of Malta. But a few hours later, the ship's tracking system stopped working.
Millions of Cubans were plunged into darkness once again on Saturday as the island's national electric grid collapsed for a second time in less than a week and for a third time this month. The nationwide power outage hit Cuba's communist government struggles with a run-down infrastructure and a US-imposed oil blockade.
People walk on a street in the dark during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, March 21, 2026.
A US federal jury on Friday found Elon Musk liable for misleading Twitter shareholders by deliberately trying to drive down its stock price in the months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion (€38 billion).
The tail section of a ballistic missile fired from Iran sticks out of the ground at a vineyard in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on March 20.
Elon Musk attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 250 political prisoners on Thursday in exchange for easing sanctions from Washington, according to the US embassy in nearby Lithuania. It is reportedly the largest one-time release of its kind so far, as Belarus is ramping up efforts to normalize ties with the United States.
German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche on Thursday urged caution over new relief measures as fuel prices surge because of the US-Israeli war against Iran. Prices at the pumps have surged with global supplies under pressure because of Iran's stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, attacks on Iranian fuel infrastructure and Tehran's counterattacks in the Gulf.
On Wednesday (March 18), Israel attacked Iran's South Pars gas field, targeting onshore refinery units and gas storage tanks in Asaluyeh as well as offshore facilities connected to the gas field.
Standing in a 1960s industrial building by the German Baltic Sea coast, Florian Grose, holds a dosimeter as he moves towards a corner of the room. It starts beeping furiously. "That's around 10 microsieverts," he says, dressed in protective overalls. A normal dose rate is under 0.2 microsieverts.
Two women and a child holding an Iranian flag walk toward the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque to attend Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, on Friday.