Bahraini state media reports the discovery of the nation's largest known deposit of
oil and gas in an offshore field.
(Bloomberg)
Iraq's Oil Ministry brings forward the proposed date for awarding oil exploration contracts for new fields offshore and near the
Iranian and
Kuwaiti borders to April 15.
(CNBC)
Indian Minister of State for External Affairs
V.K. Singh travels to
Iraq to reclaim the bodies of 38 workers abducted in
Mosul by
ISIL in 2016 after they were found in a mass grave near
Badush last month.
(Iraqi News)
An
Ilyushin Il-76 jet carrying Russian diplomats and their families who were expelled from the United States as a reaction to the poisoning arrives at
Moscow's
Vnukovo Airport.
(Sky News)
Zambian President
Edgar Lungu requests that Cuba recall its ambassador, Nelson Pages Vilas, for allegedly expressing support for a new opposition party.
(News24)
Law and crime
In response to the suicide of a student, protestors attack Crossroads Higher Secondary School in
Pampady,
India, and clash with police.
(Gulf News)
California Highway Patrol says a crash that left five dead and three children missing after a car fell off a cliff into the sea may have been intentional.
(NBC News)