Euro zone manufacturers faced soaring input costs and supply chain disruptions in March due to the Iran war, even as underlying tepid demand threatened to undermine the sector's fragile recovery, a survey showed. The conflict in the Middle East has disrupted global logistics networks, causing deliv»»»

Pakistan and Afghanistan are holding talks in China to end months of conflict, two officials from Islamabad told AFP on Wednesday. The meeting in the northwestern city of Urumqi comes after Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Mohammad Ishaq Dar, travelled to Beijing on Tuesday to meet his Chinese counterp»»»

Tunis, April 1 (TAP) – The weather, on Wednesday, will be cold with scattered showers affecting the north and, locally, central regions. Rainfall is expected to be occasionally thundery and at times heavy, particularly along the northern coasts,...»»»

Libya’s Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) announced last Monday (30 March) that it had boosted production at its L-82 HR well in the Sarir oil field to 3,200 barrels per day. AGOCO said this was a significant new milestone by successfully completing a directional re-drilling of the L-82 HR well. Uti»»»

At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the caretaker government approved funding for the Council of Ministers for 2026 in the amount of EUR 713,412 for capital expenditures, for the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese in Western and Central Europe, in connection with the purchase of a church and an adjacent b»»»

With 19 days to go before polling day, 807 alerts about election irregularities have been received, up from 109 for the like period ahead of the 2024 parliamentary elections, acting Interior Ministry Secretary General Georgi Kandev said during a hearing at an extraordinary National Assembly sitting»»»

“No combat aircraft are flying over Bulgaria, and no combat aircraft involved in military operations are being refueled over Bulgaria,” said Deput Foreign Minister Marin Raykov during a briefing at the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. Raykov stressed that there are no grounds for increased concer»»»

There Is Such a People (TISP) showed a note served by Iran on Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated March 18 concerning US tanker aircraft at Sofia Airport and asked whether the note is genuine. The parliamentary group issued declaration on the matter that was by Deputy Floor Leader Stanisla»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Meteorology Department has reported varying levels of rainfall across the country yesterday, March 31, 2026, with some areas recording significantly higher precipitation. In a social media post by the department, Al Sadd recorded the highest rainfall at 16.1mm, followed by Sa»»»

Tunis, April 1 (TAP) – The Tunisian Embassy in Iraq announced on Wednesday that Tunisian citizens wishing to travel to Tunisia or return to Iraq from Tunisia can now fly via the Jordanian airline Royal Jordanian to Queen Alia International Airport...»»»

The head of the electrical appliances division at Cairo Chamber of Commerce, Ashraf Helal, announced that the electrical appliances market has witnessed a significant price increase of up to 10 percent due to several factors. The biggest of these is the US-Israeli war on Iran, which has greatly imp»»»

DOHA: His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met in his office at Lusail Palace on Wednesday morning with Minister of National Defense of the Hellenic Republic HE Nikolaos Georgios Dendias. During the meeting, they reviewed developments in the region and their r»»»

DOHA: His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has issued Amiri Decree No. (16) of 2026, reconstituting the Board of Directors of the Qatar Leadership Centre. The decree stipulates that the Board of Directors of the Qatar Leadership Centre be reconstituted under t»»»

Bishkek Mayor Aibek Dzhunushaliev met with Sodnom Gankhuyag, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Kyrgyz Republic. The meeting participants discussed development of inter-municipal cooperation and implementation of previously reached agreements. According to the Bishkek C»»»

A supply and distribution channel for psychotropic substances has been dismantled in Bishkek. The Interior Ministry’s Drug Control Service reported. According to it, on March 3 law enforcement officers carried out a search of a rented apartment where two suspects, 34 and 26, were residing. During t»»»

An incident involving the fall of ammunition from a military aircraft has been recorded in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul Region, law enforcement sources said. Photo social media According to preliminary information, the incident occurred on March 31 in the evening over fields near the upper part of Sary-K»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Volodymyr Zelensky should make a decision on the withdrawal of the Ukrainian armed forces from Donbas today, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Zelensky claimed that Moscow had given Kiev two months to withdraw its forces from Donbas, otherwise the ter»»»

Iran hit an oil tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait's airport on Wednesday while airstrikes battered Tehran — an unrelenting tempo hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was nearly ready to wind down the war. Trump, who is scheduled to address the nation later in the day, said he coul»»»

Should the U.S. decide to send in military forces to secure Iran's uranium stockpile, it would be a complex, risky and lengthy operation, fraught with radiation and chemical dangers, according to experts and former government officials. U.S. President Donald Trump has offered shifting reasons for t»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump said the military could end its Iran offensive in two to three weeks and will shift responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz to countries that rely on it for oil and shipping as the White House announced a prime-time presidential address Wednesday evening on the war. Trum»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued Wednesday Amiri Decision No. 17 of 2026 to reconstitute the Board of Directors of the Free Zones Authority. The decision stipulated that the Board of Directors of the Free Zones Authority will be reconstituted under the chairmanship of»»»

Romanians are entering the 2026 Easter spending season with more pragmatic and better-informed consumer behaviour than in previous years, according to the 5th edition of the EY Consumer Index study on Romanian consumer behaviour during the Easter holidays. Price has become a dominant criterion for »»»

Carys Garland is joined by Jan Onoszko, our correspondent from Rio, standing at a site where history is embedded in stone, a physical threshold through which nearly a million enslaved Africans were forced into Brazil over four decades. The UN General Assembly just passed a resolution declaring»»»

Dubai: The war is raging. The real question isn’t who wins — it’s who breaks first. As the war enters its second month, pressure is no longer building quietly — it is beginning to show cracks across markets, governments and economies. At the centre of it all lies the Strait of Hormuz. Also Read: US»»»

Acting Deputy Foreign Minister Marin Raykov has commented on the diplomatic note sent by Iran to Bulgaria, stressing that it should not be interpreted as a reason for public alarm. He stated that, although the document is a fact, it does not change the nature of Bulgaria’s current diplomatic or sec»»»

Marek Noetzel, who officially takes the helm of NEPI Rockcastle today as CEO, has announced the new composition of the company’s Executive Committee, including the promotion of Anca Nacu to the position of Chief Investment Officer and Justyna Bartosz to the role of Group Leasing Director. These app»»»