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        <title><![CDATA[Romanian to review US request to use local air base for Iran operations]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[BUCHAREST, March 11 (Reuters) - Romanian ⁠President Nicusor Dan has convened the EU and NATO ⁠nation's top defence council on Wednesday to discuss whether ‌to allow U.S. aircraft access to its military bases for support linked to its Tehran operations, political sources said. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/romanian-to-review-us-request-to-use-local-air-base-for-iran-operations">Read full story</a> ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:54:00 +08:00</pubDate>
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                        <media:description><![CDATA[Romania&#039;s President Nicusor Dan attends a press conference on the day of the Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki, Finland December 16, 2025.   Lehtikuva/Heikki Saukkomaa/via REUTERS]]></media:description>
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        <link>https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/australia-expects-iran-war-to-intensify-shuts-some-middle-east-embassies</link>
        <title><![CDATA[Australia expects Iran war to intensify, shuts some Middle East embassies]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[SYDNEY, March 11 (Reuters) - ⁠Australia has closed its embassies in Abu ⁠Dhabi and Tel Aviv as well as ‌its consulate in Dubai, the foreign minister said on Wednesday, amid fears the conflict in the Middle East could ​intensify. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/australia-expects-iran-war-to-intensify-shuts-some-middle-east-embassies">Read full story</a> ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:38:00 +08:00</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Russian drone strike in Ukraine&#039;s Kharkiv kills two, officials say]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[March 11 (Reuters) - ⁠A Russian drone hit ⁠a civilian business in Ukraine's ‌second-largest city of Kharkiv, killing two people and injuring five, local officials ​said. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/russian-drone-strike-in-ukraine039s-kharkiv-kills-two-officials-say">Read full story</a> ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:58:00 +08:00</pubDate>
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        <link>https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/trump-says-white-south-africans-are-persecuted-some-are-returning-to-a-better-life</link>
        <title><![CDATA[Trump says white South Africans are persecuted; some are returning to a better life]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG, March 11 (Reuters) - Andrew Veitch left South Africa ⁠after being held up at gunpoint in his car. But now he feels there are greater threats in the United States, he said, citing mass shootings in public places as well as violence by ⁠U.S. immigration officers. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/trump-says-white-south-africans-are-persecuted-some-are-returning-to-a-better-life">Read full story</a> ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:09:00 +08:00</pubDate>
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                        <media:description><![CDATA[Naomi and Danny Saphire pose with their children and dogs at their new home in Plettenberg Bay after returning from the U.S., in the Western Cape, South Africa, March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Esa Alexander]]></media:description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Three vessels hit by projectiles in Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - Three ⁠vessels have been hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait ⁠of Hormuz, maritime security agencies and sources said on Wednesday, ‌as one of the strikes led to a fire onboard a ship and forced most of its crew to evacuate it. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/cargo-ship-hit-by-projectile-in-strait-of-hormuz-crew-evacuates">Read full story</a> ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:03:00 +08:00</pubDate>
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        <link>https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/thailand039s-new-parliament-to-open-this-weekend</link>
        <title><![CDATA[Thailand&#039;s new parliament to open this weekend]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[BANGKOK, March ⁠11 (Reuters) - Thailand's new parliament will hold ⁠its opening ceremony on March ‌14 following last month's election, a Royal Gazette announcement said on Wednesday. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/thailand039s-new-parliament-to-open-this-weekend">Read full story</a> ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:01:00 +08:00</pubDate>
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                        <media:description><![CDATA[Thailand&#039;s caretaker Prime Minister and Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul gestures as he walks to attend a cabinet meeting at the Government House, after the party won the general election, in Bangkok, Thailand, February 10, 2026. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa]]></media:description>
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        <link>https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/iran-state-media-says-strikes-carried-out-on-us-israeli-targets</link>
        <title><![CDATA[Iran state media says strikes carried out on US, Israeli targets]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN: Iran has launched new strikes on Israeli and American targets in the Middle East, state broadcaster IRIB said on Wednesday. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/iran-state-media-says-strikes-carried-out-on-us-israeli-targets">Read full story</a> ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:40:00 +08:00</pubDate>
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                        <media:description><![CDATA[TOPSHOT - A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beiruts southern suburbs overnight March 10 to 11, 2026. (Photo by FADEL itani / AFP) / Attention editors: Photo taken with approval from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (Ershad) --
AFP covers the war in the Middle East through its extensive regional network, including bureaus in Tehran, Jerusalem, and several neighboring countries. Since the start of the conflict, journalists have been working under increasingly restrictive conditions. Authorities in several countries have limited reporters&#039; movements, photo and live video coverage from sensitive locations. Some governments and armed groups have banned images of missile or drone strikes and other security-related sites. / ]]></media:description>
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        <title><![CDATA[El Salvador likely committed crimes against humanity during state of emergency, jurists say]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[March 10 (Reuters) - A ⁠group of international jurists on Tuesday accused ⁠Salvadoran authorities of committing crimes against humanity ‌in a report filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/el-salvador-likely-committed-crimes-against-humanity-during-state-of-emergency-jurists-say">Read full story</a> ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:46:00 +08:00</pubDate>
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                        <media:description><![CDATA[People wait for a bus by a produce store in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, February 2, 2026. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas]]></media:description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Six die in Swiss bus blaze after reports of person setting themselves on fire]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[KERZERS, Switzerland, March 11 (Reuters) - ⁠At least six people died and three were injured in a bus fire in western Switzerland in what police said may have been a deliberate ⁠act with one media outlet reporting that a person set fire to themselves. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/at-least-six-people-die-in-coach-fire-in-switzerland-local-police-say">Read full story</a> ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:31:00 +08:00</pubDate>
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                        <media:description><![CDATA[Emergency personnel work at the site of a deadly bus fire in Kerzers, Switzerland, March 10, 2026. STATE OF FREIBURG/Handout via REUTERS]]></media:description>
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        <title><![CDATA[UN says fuel shortages push Cuba into humanitarian crisis]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Fuel shortages in Cuba have triggered a humanitarian crisis with the island nation's health system approaching a critical point, a UN spokesman said Tuesday. <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/03/11/un-says-fuel-shortages-push-cuba-into-humanitarian-crisis">Read full story</a> ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:29:00 +08:00</pubDate>
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