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News As Facts
03-27-2026 23:30 UTC
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This world news was downloaded with permission from www.newsasfacts.com
and formatted for BBS by Andrew K4EXA.
== Financial Markets ==
S&P 500 -1.67% $6,368 BTC -3.70% $65,974 OIL (WTI) +7.09% $101
== Armed conflicts and attacks ==
Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates report that they have
intercepted missile and drone attacks from Iran. (AA)
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/3-gcc-states-say-they-intercepted-
missiles-and-drones/3881144
Iranian ambassador to the United Nations Ali Bahreini says that Iran
will facilitate and expedite humanitarian aid to cross the Strait of
Hormuz. (AP) https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-
march-27-2026-195444c54cbb7545d0a77f8ffbc0e4c0
The foreign ministers of the G7 nations reach an agreement to protect
passage through the Strait of Hormuz if the war ends. (Euronews)
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/27/g7-agrees-to-secure-
strait-of-hormuz-but-only-after-war-in-iran-ends
One man is killed and several are injured by Iranian ballistic missile
attacks on central and southern Israel. (The Jerusalem Post)
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-891444
== Business and economy ==
Brent crude oil surpasses US$110 per barrel after Iran's Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy turned away three container ships and
declared the Strait of Hormuz closed. (AFP via South China Morning
Post), (UPI) https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-
east/article/3348177/iran-says-hormuz-closed-shipping-and-enemy-ports
== Disasters and accidents ==
Landslides triggered by heavy rain kill at least 20 people in Mbeya
Region, Tanzania. (AP) https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-mbeya-
landslides-rainfall-flooding-climate-
kenya-65e63cf2a2e1186d4d98b90469a86c8e
Three people are killed in a helicopter crash at Kalalau Beach on
Kaua?i, Hawaii, United States. (AP) https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-
kauai-helicopter-crash-fd89fbd743330bd2c787e52541a82036
== Politics and elections ==
Following his Rastriya Swatantra Party's landslide victory in the
general election, Balendra Shah is sworn as Prime Minister of Nepal,
succeeding interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/ex-rapper-shah-sworn-nepal-prime-
minister-after-sweeping-election-win-2026-03-27/
Lawmakers from the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference protest outside
the legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir, India, in solidarity with
Iran and against the assassination of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei
amidst the Iran war. Additionally, a major confrontation breaks out
between INC lawmaker Irfan Hafiz Lone and BJP lawmaker Yudhvir Sethi
during the protest. (Kashmir Convener), (Times of India)
https://kashmirconvener.com/nc-lawmakers-protest-outside-jk-legislative-
assembly-express-solidarity-with-iran-amid-tensions/
Russia designates filmmaker and teacher Pavel Talankin, the co-director
and subject of the 2025 documentary film Mr Nobody Against Putin, as a
foreign agent after authorities accuse him of spreading disinformation
about the government and opposing the war in Ukraine. (AFP via RFI)
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260327-russia-labels-mr-
nobody-against-putin-teacher-a-foreign-agent
In Mongolia, the State Great Khural accepts the resignation of Prime
Minister Gombojavyn Zandanshatar. (AP)
https://apnews.com/article/mongolia-prime-minister-resign-zandanshatar-
boycott-687a953be2131d06c2a459699fd23fe1
== End News As Facts 03-27-2026 23:30 UTC ==
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