Doha, Qatar: President Donald Trump says the US-Israel war on Iran could be a “short-term excursion,” Al Jazeera reported. He made the remarks at a Republican gathering in Doral, Florida. In an earlier interview with CBS, Trump said: “I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy»»»

MP Mohammad Raad, Head of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, addressed the Lebanese people, saying that for a year and five months, the resistance had fully adhered to the ceasefire against the enemy, implementing an agreement made by the Lebanese state with the Zionist enemy after indirect negoti»»»

DOHA: Qatar Airways has announced a limited flight schedule for the coming days after receiving temporary authorisation from the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority confirming restricted operating corridors. The airline said the flights are intended to support passengers affected by the current disrupti»»»

Dubai: A fresh assessment from S&P Global Ratings highlights the structural strengths that help shield the UAE economy from geopolitical shocks. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The agency says the UAE’s large fiscal and external buffers provide space for policy maneuve»»»

Medical professionals protested outside Gandhi Hospital, which was damaged in an airstrike earlier this week, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday. On Monday, NATO intercepted a second Iranian missile in Turkish airspace. Photo by UPI | License Photo March 9 (UPI) -- NATO shot down a second Iranian missile in»»»

More than 1,400 people nationwide have been fined for not wearing crash helmets on motorcycles in the first week of March as a months-long crackdown on traffic violations continues, authorities said Monday. A police statement said nearly 16,800 people were stopped, and just over 1,000 fines were is»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Airways announced an update to the list of limited flight schedules to and from Doha. Citing the temporary authorisation from the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority confirming limited operating corridors, Qatar Airways said it intends to operate the following flight schedule in the c»»»

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»»»

Escalating hostilities have forced nearly 700,000 people to flee their homes in Lebanon, a UN agency said on Monday, as the war between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah entered a second week. Lebanon has been pulled deep into the war in the Middle East since Hezbollah opened fire»»»

Military confrontations in the Middle East entered their tenth day as Iran continued exchanging strikes with the United States and Israel, while Tehran simultaneously witnessed a major political shift with the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new Supreme Leader following the death o»»»

Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense announced Monday that the armed forces detected a hostile drone in the past 24 hours immediately after it entered the country's airspace. The armed forces' air defense systems successfully intercepted and destroyed it. This came during a media briefing on cur»»»

Dubai: A Dubai court has ordered woman to pay Dh25,000 in compensation to a cosmetic clinic owner after publicly accusing her of theft and illegal earnings, in a case that damaged the businesswoman’s reputation and caused financial losses. According to court records, the incident occurred at a cosm»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pledged to defend Cyprus and dispatch additional warships to the Eastern Mediterranean to strengthen allies' security in the region unsettled by the Iran war. Macron said he was visiting Cyprus primarily to show solidarity with the country, where a Shahed »»»

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»»»

US and Israeli bombing of Iranian fuel depots leave Tehran struggling to breathe, with long-term risks for food supply and public health, historian Maksim Alontsev from the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) tells Sputnik. Trapped by Its Own Geography"Surrounded on multip»»»

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»»»

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»»»

Türkiye said on Monday that NATO air defenses shot down a second Iranian ballistic missile that had entered its airspace and warned that it would move against any such threats, which increasingly pose a test for Ankara and the alliance. The incident in southern Türkiye marks the second intercepted »»»

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»»»

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 »»»

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 »»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

Five members of the Iranian women's football team have taken refuge in a safe house in Australia following their elimination in the Asian Cup, sources have told the BBC. The women had been due to fly home, but supporters had raised fears for their safety after the team declined to sing the national»»»

PoliticsKenyaWhy Kenya's 'massive' State House budget raises eyebrows Andrew Wasike in NairobiNew budget allocation for Kenya's State House shows it has surpassed that of many other countries. While there's a caveat to the increase, economists urge stronger accountability and prioritization. https:»»»

Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, 55, is among 400 current and former Istanbul city employees on trial in Turkey. He was arrested last year after announcing he planned to run for president. File Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA-EFE March 9 (UPI) -- Istanbul's mayor, a political opponent to Turkish President »»»

As the US–Israel–Iran conflict enters its tenth day, authorities across the UAE are continuing to roll out precautionary measures designed to keep residents informed, protected and prepared. While the regional situation remains closely monitored, many updates are simply temporary adjustments — from»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Cyprus on Monday to discuss regional security, while Paris deployed warships to the Mediterranean and the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran stretched into a second week. Macron, who landed in Paphos earlier on Monday, met Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides an»»»

Dubai: Bollywood singer Shweta Subram, who lives in a Dubai Marina tower affected by debris from a successful air interception, has praised the city’s authorities for their swift response and solid safety measures. “It was impressive how quickly this city's emergency and civil defense services brou»»»

While some rushed to pronounce the Hezbollah Lebanese resistance group “weakened”, its fighters continue to prove otherwise, confronting Israeli enemy advances and pounding Israeli targets with dozens of rockets from an area that was claimed to be disarmed. The Lebanese resistance group’s Military »»»

A near 14% jump in oil prices overnight due to the Iran war triggered an emergency meeting of the G7 with plans to release strategic reserves top of the agenda. File Photo by Alexandros Michailidis (EU)/UPI | License Photo March 9 (UPI) -- G7 finance ministers were set to hold an emergency meeting »»»

Iran’s drone attacks on data centers operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS) has laid bare the Pentagon’s lack of strategic foresight, military expert Alexander Stepanov from the Institute of Law and National Security, RANEPA, tells Sputnik. "It is striking that such critical facilities as data cente»»»

Bulgaria will be left without clarity on paying wages and pensions if no budget extension law is passed, CC-DB co-Floor Leader Nikolay Denkov told reporters on Monday. It is very important for the extension law to be passed, he said. "We assume the caretaker finance minister knows best what the cal»»»

A nationally representative survey by Gallup International Balkan, published on Monday, indicates a new parliamentary configuration and a redistribution of the vote, with around 51% of respondents declaring readiness to take part in the early parliamentary elections on April 19. The findings show t»»»

Police in Norway have released pictures of a suspect linked to an explosion outside the US's embassy in Norway's capital Oslo on Sunday. Two heavily pixelated images taken from surveillance footage show a person with their face concealed, dressed in dark clothing and carrying a backpack. Police sai»»»

Hungarian authorities swooped in on two Ukrainian armored trucks near Budapest on Thursday, seizing tens of millions of dollars in cash and nine kilograms of gold, sparking one of the most explosive diplomatic confrontations between the two countries in recent months. The arrest also coincided with»»»

Dubai: Iranian missiles and drones continued to target Gulf countries on Monday, hitting energy facilities and prompting Bahrain’s state oil company to declare force majeure after a strike on its refinery complex. Bahrain’s state-owned energy firm Bapco said its operations had been affected by the »»»

Manila: Metro Manila’s housing shortage is one of the most visible signs of rapid urbanisation. Informal settlements in this city of 14.8 million people account for roughly 3 million people, or about one in four residents. They have grown along riverbanks, railways, and unused government land for d»»»