International from Monday, March 9th, 2026

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was "nowhere near" deciding whether to send U.S. troops into Iran to secure the stockpile of highly enriched uranium there.

France is deploying about a dozen naval vessels, including its aircraft carrier strike group, to the Mediterranean, Red Sea and potentially the Strait of Hormuz as part of defensive support to allies threatened by the conflict in the Middle East.

Lebanon’s parliament extended its own mandate for two years on Monday, a statement from the speaker's office said, pushing back elections that were meant to take place in May of this year.

At least 32 civilians have been injured after Iranian drones targetted Bahrain's Sitra region on Monday morning.

Bangladesh will close all universities from Monday, bringing forward the Eid al-Fitr holidays as part of emergency measures to conserve electricity and fuel amid a worsening energy crisis linked to the conflict in the Middle East.

Rescuers are still searching for five missing people after a large stack of garbage collapsed at Indonesia's biggest landfill site over the weekend, killing at least four people, an official said on Monday.

Saudi Arabia has renewed its strong condemnation of Iranian attacks against it and neighbouring countries, stressing that such attacks cannot be accepted or justified under any circumstances.

Qatar's General Directorate of Criminal Investigation has announced on Monday that it arrested 313 individuals of various nationalities for filming and circulating unauthorised clips, and publishing misleading information.