Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar expressed its heartfelt condolences to the government and people of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following the death of two members of the Armed Forces while on duty. In a statement on Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried the State of Qatar's full solida»»»

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has threatened to assassinate anyone who replaces the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader. Khamenei and several other senior Iranian officials were killed in the first wave of US‑Israeli airstrikes launched on February 28. After a week of deliberati»»»

Caretaker Minister of Labour and Social Policy Hasan Ademov introduced European Comission Vice-President Roxana Minzatu to Cabinet's efforts of protecting the most vulnerable people, Ademov's Ministry reported here on Monday. Speaking at the EU Council meeting on employment, social policy, health, »»»

Ohio State President Ted Carter Jr., center, and former head coach Urban Meyer stand on the field before the game against Notre Dame in the 2024-25 College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta in Jan. 2025. The university announced Carter's resignation Mon»»»

Dubai: HSBC remains confident in the long-term prospects of Gulf economies despite escalating conflict across the Middle East, Group Chief Executive Georges Elhedery said in a statement to Gulf News on Monday. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.“Our thoughts are with all »»»

Dubai has retained its position as the world’s cleanest city for the sixth consecutive year, according to the Global Power City Index (GPCI) issued by the Institute for Urban Strategies at Japan’s Mori Memorial Foundation, reinforcing the emirate’s global leadership in quality of life, sustainabili»»»

Eurowind Energy has begun work on a new wind farm project in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The planned wind park in Mały Mędromierz will include 13 turbines with a combined capacity of about 80 MW. The project is currently in the planning stage. In January, the Tuchola council approved the s»»»

Ankara: The Turkish Ministry of Defense has reported that the NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) successfully shot down a ballistic missile launched from Iran after it entered Turkish airspace. An official statement by the Ministry clarified that some missile debris fell in uncrewed fie»»»

Share: Photo- Israeli strike targets a building adjacent to Hezbollah’s Qard al-Hassan bank in Beirut on Monday Turkey, the UAE and Qatar all say they have intercepted Iranian missiles on Monday, while Israel says it has detected more attacksIsrael says it’s carrying out attacks on three parts of I»»»

Ivan Hristanov said the government would take all possible steps to stabilize key structures in the agricultural sector during a meeting with trade union organizations at the Agriculture and Food Ministry, the ministry said in a press release on Monday. Hristanov said that the ministry’s team was a»»»

By Wade SheridanIranians protest outside Gandhi Hospital, which was previously damaged in a U.S. airstrike, in Tehran on Sunday. Thousands of targets within Iran's borders have been hit as the United States and Israel continue to expand the scope of their attacks. Medical professionals protest outs»»»

Airports see long TSA checkpoint lines as the partial government shutdown begins to affect TSA workers. File photo by Gary C. Caskey/UPI | License Photo March 9 (UPI) -- Travelers are experiencing long lines at airport and land crossing TSA checkpoints as a partial government shutdown begins to tak»»»

Rihanna was unhurt Sunday after a woman fired multiple rounds from an assault rifle toward her home in Beverly Hills, Calif. The suspect was arrested by police shorlty aftet the incident. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo March 9 (UPI) -- A suspect was under arrest in Los Angeles on Mond»»»

Albania’s ruling Socialist Party has decided to reject a request by the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecution (SPAK) seeking parliamentary authorization to arrest former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, according to statements made during a meeting of the party’s parliamentary group on Monday. »»»

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama defended former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku during a meeting of the ruling Socialist Party of Albania parliamentary group, as lawmakers discussed whether to authorize her arrest following a request from the country’s anti-corruption prosecutors. Socialist »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has announced that the Eidiya ATM service will be available starting Tuesday, March 10, 2026. In a statement on Monday evening, March 9, 2026, QCB said that a total of 43 Eidiya ATMs will be operated across nine designated locations across the country, in addit»»»

President and chief financial officer of Live Nation Entertainment Joe Berchtold, chief executive officer of Seat Geek Jack Groetzinger, president and chief executive officer of Jam Productions Jerry Mickelson, senior vice president of The James Madison Institute Sal Nuzzo, vice president for Legal»»»

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi’s emergency management authorities say the situation across the emirate remains stable as they continue to monitor regional developments through daily coordination meetings with government entities and key service providers. The Abu Dhabi Emergencies, Crises and Disasters Manag»»»

Poland canceled a bond swap tender and the Czech Republic slashed the size of a planned auction for Wednesday as the Iran war roiled global markets, sending regional yields surging, debt managers said on Monday. Bonds across the globe sank on Monday as the US-Israeli war with Iran pushed surging oi»»»

The US will control almost a third of the world’s oil and make record profits if it succeeds in toppling the Iranian government, hawkish Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told Fox News on Sunday. Graham made the comments as global oil prices surged past $100 per barrel, which US President Donald Tr»»»

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been selected as Iran’s next supreme leader. Ali Khamenei led Iran from 1989 until his death during the opening wave of US-Israeli strikes on Tehran on February 28. Iran’s Assembly of Experts, which is tasked with vetting and selecti»»»

In the initial phases of the testing series commencing now, the pipeline will not operate at full capacity throughout the entire month, as although Slovnaft’s Bratislava refinery is operating at 100%, the Danube Refinery is currently running with limited production capacity. The test of the daily p»»»

Abu Dhabi: Dr. Anwar Gargash stressed that the sacrifices of the UAE’s martyrs will remain a lasting source of pride and honour for the nation. In a post on X, Gargash said: “May God have mercy on the martyrs of the nation, the loyal falcons of our armed forces who fell while carrying out their nat»»»

World sugar prices surged on Monday as the US-Israel war with Iran disrupted oil supplies, pushing crude oil prices to $119 a barrel and sparking fears that Brazilian cane mills would ramp up ethanol production at the expense of sugar. Most ethanol in Brazil, the world's largest sugar producer and »»»

Geneva: The State of Qatar has underscored that it gives importance to children affected by armed conflicts by providing various kinds of support, recalling that Doha hosted several children who were separated from their parents due to war and were fully taken care of, alongside helping reunite sev»»»

Politics can be very rough. Yet, usually, as long as they don’t collapse into war, at least in public a certain minimum pretense of decorum is maintained. Especially by governments vitally dependent on others’ support. Ukraine under the rule of never-reelected Vladimir Zelensky, however, has anythi»»»

Norwegian police are investigating an explosion outside the US Embassy in Oslo as a possible act of terrorism. The incident occurred amid heightened security for American diplomatic missions and the US-Israel war with Iran. The blast happened at around 1:00 AM on Sunday and caused minor damage to t»»»

Iraq’s Kurds are against joining the US attacks on Iran, and have voiced concerns about being left facing Iranian retaliation with no ground or air defense support, Axios reported on Saturday. The CIA began working to arm Kurdish forces hostile to the Islamic Republic after the US and Israel launch»»»

Police in northern Greece say they have arrested a man suspected of trying to traffic more than 11 kilograms of a synthetic drug related to marijuana. A police statement Monday said the suspect was detained in late February in Thessaloniki following a tip-off, when the cannabinoids were found hidde»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received a phone call from the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh. The call addressed the developments of the military escalation in the region an»»»

GENEVA: The State of Qatar has underscored that it gives importanceto children affected by armed conflicts by providing various kinds of support, recalling that Doha hosted several children who were separated from their parents due to war and were fully taken care of, alongside helping reunite seve»»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar expressed its sincere condolences and heartfelt sympathy to the sisterly United Arab Emirates, its government and people, over the martyrdom of two members of the armed forces while performing their national duties. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed the State of Qata»»»

A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people, including around 110 children, were killed, expert video analysis shows. A video published yesterday by Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency, which BBC Verify has confirmed a»»»

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named Iran's new supreme leader and successor to his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war with the US and Iran. Some pro-establishment crowds have taken to the streets to celebrate the appointment of a hardliner close to the powerful I»»»

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani said Monday that security in the strategic Strait of Hormuz cannot be restored as long as the war with the United States and Israel continues, AFP reported. "It is unlikely that any security can be achieved in the Strait of Hormuz amid the fires ignited by the Uni»»»

Police in western Athens say they have broken a gang of robbers that systematically and violently preyed on food delivery riders, posing as customers and then stealing both the food they had ordered and the workers’ cash and phones. A police statement said six suspected members of the gang, aged 17»»»

The US Justice Department has agreed to resolve its long-running criminal prosecution of Turkish state-run lender Halkbank, the judge overseeing the case said in a court filing on Monday, without providing further details of the deal. Manhattan-based US District Judge Richard Berman said in a writt»»»

A south Lebanon parish lost its priest on Monday when Father Pierre al-Rai of Al-Qlayaa died of wounds sustained from Israeli tank fire, according to state media and a medical source. The border village had not previously been caught up in the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. The National New»»»

TradeMiddle EastIran war: How long before Gulf nations stop pumping oil?Nik MartinThe oil price spiked near $120 after strikes on Iran's energy sites and the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz. With tankers stuck and Gulf oil facilities hit, producers are running short on storage to maintain producti»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Government Communications Office (GCO) has clarified facts regarding circulating misleading information and urged the public to rely on official sources for accurate updates. The GCO shared the clarification on its official X platform on Monday evening, March 9, 2026 as part of a m»»»

The Folklore Magic dance ensemble in London, England, will perform Libe Le, Libe Hubavo at the 11th Expats Join Hands in Worldwide Dance travelling folklore festival, which will take place from May 15 to 17 at BMW Park in Munich, Germany. “We chose this dance because that is the theme of the festiv»»»

Shares of Hims & Hers jumped as much as 55% Monday after Novo Nordisk announced it is dropping its lawsuit over Ozempic and Wegovy copycat drugs. File Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard/EPA-EFE March 9 (UPI) -- Shares of Hims & Hers jumped as much as 55% Monday after Novo Nordisk announced it is dropping i»»»

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced three by-elections on 13 April - races that could give his party a majority in the government. Two of the by-elections will be held in Toronto, in constituencies that are considered strongholds for Carney's Liberal party, while the third will be a c»»»

Reports earlier said that US allies in Europe and Asia fear that the Iran war will leave them without US weapons they bought. Washington’s allies are especially concerned about shortages of “critical weapons,” including air and missile defense systems and drones, Russian military expert Alexander S»»»

Hundreds of teenage Croatians have reported for compulsory military service – for the first time since their country scrapped the requirement in 2008. Training will take place at barracks in three locations around Croatia, with recruits expected to report to the facility nearest to their homes. The»»»

Istanbul's jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, argued with the presiding judge on Monday in a chaotic start to a sweeping corruption trial that could extinguish the ambition of Tayyip Erdogan's main rival to become president at Türkiye's next election. Imamoglu, 55, demanded permission to speak and urged»»»

Trade union representatives said that EUR 24.6 million would be needed to finance a 5% salary increase from January 1 for employees working in state-subsidized structures such as urban transport companies, Bulgarian State Railways, National Railway Infrastructure Company, and Bulgarian Posts. The f»»»

The Sofia City Court has sentenced seven individuals for participating in an organized criminal group engaging in large-scale property-related fraud, the public prosecution said on Monday. They were active in Sofia between January 2016 and March 22, 2018. One of the sentenced persons was the master»»»