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‘Deliberately attacking civilians or civilian objects amounts to a war crime,’ UN says after resurgence in Israeli air strikes and ground operations.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoIsraeli attacks on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon may amount to war crimes, the United Nations human rights office says as the Israeli military pummels its northern neighbour as part of the wider war engulfing the Middle East.At a news briefing on Tuesday in Geneva, a spokesperson for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said hundreds of homes and other buildings, including healthcare facilities, have been destroyed in intensified Israeli strikes…

President Trump’s director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, announced his immediate resignation Tuesday, citing the decision to begin a war against Iran when “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation.”Kent, nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate last year, posted his resignation letter on X Tuesday morning, saying he “cannot support sending the next generation off to fight and die in a war that serves no benefit to the American people nor justifies the cost of American lives.” “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” Kent wrote. “Iran posed no imminent threat…

Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia — The chipmaker traded slightly higher after CEO Jensen Huang said he expects orders for its Blackwell and Vera Rubin chips to reach $1 trillion through 2027. Delta Air Lines — Shares traded more than 4% higher after the company raised its first-quarter revenue growth guidance, calling for high single-digit expansion. The airline previously called for growth between 5% and 7% . Oil stocks — The group rose as crude prices resumed their march higher, with traders casting doubt around a U.S.-backed plan to escort tankers through the Strait of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball star Yaxel Lendeborg suggested in a recent interview he could have been raking in the cash if he chose to play elsewhere.Lendeborg was among the top players in the transfer portal entering the 2025-26 season as he was set to leave the UAB Blazers. He eventually committed to Michigan, but he said he was offered major money to play for the Kentucky Wildcats. Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg celebrates the team’s Big Ten Championship by cutting down a piece of net following their win over Michigan State in Ann…

A view of the Mastercard company logo on its stand during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 1, 2017.Joan Cros Garcia – Corbis | Corbis News | Getty ImagesMastercard on Tuesday said it agreed to acquire BVNK, a London-based stablecoin infrastructure firm, for up to $1.8 billion. It’s the payment network’s biggest bet yet on the mainstreaming of digital currencies.The deal includes $300 million in payments that are contingent on BVNK hitting certain performance metrics and is expected to close this year, Mastercard said in a statement.The acquisition gives Mastercard, the world’s second-largest payment network after Visa, the…

Several airlines raised their revenue expectations for the first quarter on Tuesday, despite carriers dealing with higher jet fuel prices since the war in Iran started.Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC’s Phil LeBeau that Delta had taken a $400 million hit so far for the fourth quarter, but that demand has been “really, really great,” which was leading to higher revenue growth than the airline had originally guided for. “The higher revenue is offsetting the cost of not just the fuel, but we’ve also had a pretty tough winter season in terms of storms,” he said. “So you…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A fire appears to have broken out in Manhattan on Tuesday, which is  St. Patrick’s Day.FDNY indicated that a call came in for a fire on the roof at 6 E43rd street, Fox News has learned.Kevin Gordon, head of macro research and strategy, Schwab Center for Financial Research, posted a photo of thick smoke on X, and commented, “Quite the scene this morning on 43rd street in midtown Manhattan … really hope everyone is alright.”This is a breaking news story and will be updated. Fox News’ Seth Andrews contributed to this report

To Canada’s knowledge, no formal request to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been made to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said after U.S. President Donald Trump’s public appeal to that effect, as the oil shock from the Iran war continues. On Monday, Trump called on members of NATO, which includes Canada, and other nations to help the U.S. secure the Strait, which Iran has throttled for two weeks and through which around 20 per cent of the world’s oil supply passes.“To our knowledge, a request has not been made to NATO for the type…

A Lebanese soldier has died of his wounds following an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese military says.

NEW DELHI: Indian investigators have arrested seven foreigners, including six Ukrainians and an American, on suspicion of illegally crossing into neighbouring Myanmar to train armed militia groups, the public radio broadcaster reported on Tuesday (Mar 17).Myanmar descended into civil war after a junta seized power in a 2021 coup, with pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic-minority armed groups fighting for control of large parts of the country.India has long been suspicious of certain Myanmar factions that have the same ethnicity as populations on the Indian side of the border, fearing a spillover of violence and unrest.On Monday, a closed court in New…