A seventh U.S. soldier has been killed in action during combat in Iran, less than 24 hours after the remains of six service members returned to the United States. The six died in a March 1 Iranian drone attack against a command center they were stationed at in Kuwait. The seventh was killed in Saud»»»

Share: At least 1,230 people killed in Iran, Iranian Red Crescent Society says. Mourners carry the coffin of a man who was killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike, What we know OIL PRICES SOAR: Stocks opened sharply lower and oil prices surged past $100 per barrel as the war intensifies, a spike Trump said»»»

AI company Anthropic has filed suit against the federal government after it labeled the company a supply-chain risk. File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo March 9 (UPI) -- Artificial intelligence company Anthropic filed a lawsuit Monday against the federal government for labeling it a »»»

London: Prominent politician in the United Kingdom's (UK) Conservative Party and former Secretary of State for Wales, Alun Cairns said that the world will need Qatar's leadership and wisdom to end the ongoing war in the Middle East. Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Cairns stressed that Iranian »»»

Abu Dhabi: Qatar expressed its heartfelt condolences to the government and people of the UAE following the death of two members of the Armed Forces while on duty. Also Read: Two UAE Armed Forces personnel martyred in helicopter crashIn a statement on Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresse»»»

Iran's hardliners staged a show of force on Monday, taking to the streets to proclaim their loyalty to new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose rise appeared to dash hopes of a swift end to war in the Middle East causing havoc on global markets. The prospect that one of the most severe disruption»»»

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wants to bar Internet casinos to protect families from debt. Photo by janeb13/Pixabay March 9 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced in a YouTube video he will push for a ban on digital casinos to curb online gambling addiction»»»

CI Games could generate about PLN 243.5 million in revenue from Lords of the Fallen 2 in its release year if the PC version remains exclusive to the Epic Games Store, according to an analysis by Dom Maklerski INC. Most revenue would come from console sales. If the game is also distributed on platfo»»»

In Poland, the public sector processed over 12 million digital payments in 2025, up nearly 23% y/y, under the Polska Bezgotówkowa Foundation program. By the end of the year, more than 3,600 public offices and institutions had joined the initiative, installing over 20,100 cashless payment devices. A»»»

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday declared his support for his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun in the latter's effort to disarm Hezbollah, state media reported. The Middle East war expanded to Lebanon on March 2, after Tehran-backed Hezbollah fired rockets towards Israel in response to th»»»

1 of 2 | Iranian players salute during their national anthem before the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Group A match between Iran and Philippines at the Gold Coast Stadium in Gold Coast, Australia, on Sunday. Photo by Dave Hunt/EPA March 9 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump is calling on Australia to grant asy»»»

A high school teacher in Georgia was accidentally run over and killed outside his home when a toilet-paper prank carried out by his students went terribly wrong, officials said. Jason Hughes, 40, came out of his home to surprise the students who were tossing toilet papers over trees as part of a pr»»»

Dubai’s real estate brokerage sector witnessed a notable transformation in scale and impact in 2025, reaffirming its position as a key regulatory and economic driver within the real estate ecosystem. This development was driven by higher levels of activity and the expansion of the broker base, alon»»»

Russia would supply oil and gas to European buyers, provided such cooperation was "long-term" and did not put political pressure on Moscow, President Vladimir Putin said Monday. Oil prices have skyrocketed since the United States and Israel began striking Iran on February 28, trading above $100 thi»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir, HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received on Monday a phone call from the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, HE Friedrich Merz. At the outset of the call, HE the Chancellor inquired about the situation in the State of Qatar and discussed the latest developments »»»

An 80-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly driving his car into the glass front of a bank branch near Thessaloniki in an apparent protest over the seizure of his home. Police said nobody was hurt in the pre-dawn incident Monday, well before the bank opened for business, in the town of Therm»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Department of Meteorology has warned of thundery rain accompanied by strong winds and high sea conditions across Qatar in their daily report published on Monday. Inshore, the weather will be partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a chance of scattered rain, which may be thundery, un»»»

Attempts to destabilize the Middle East would put the global fuel and energy sector at risk and drive up oil and gas prices, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “Attempts to destabilize the situation in the Middle East would inevitably put the global fuel and energy sector at risk, push up oil a»»»

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was "nowhere near" deciding whether to send US troops into Iran to secure the stockpile of highly enriched uranium there. "We haven’t made any decision on that. We’re nowhere ‌near it,” Trump ‌told the New ‌York ⁠Post when asked ⁠about reported discussi»»»

Bulgaria has received assurances from Iran that it faces no danger and is not considered a target, caretaker Foreign Minister Nadezhda Neynsky said Monday in an interview on the programme “Face to Face” on bTV. Neynsky said: “At the start of the conflict, the charge d’affaires of the Bulgarian emba»»»

DOHA: His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received a telephone call from Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany HE Friedrich Merz. At the beginning of the call, the chancellor inquired about the situation in the State of Qatar. The two leaders also»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has joined the International Bus Benchmarking Group (IBBG), becoming the first public bus operator in the Middle East to be part of the global network. The group brings together leading bus operators and transport authorities from different countries to »»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

Authorities on Crete have rescued another 34 migrants crossing over from Libya, officials said Monday, after hundreds of people reached the southern island in recent days using the increasingly popular Mediterranean route. A Coast Guard statement said 32 men and two children were located in a small»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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: 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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»