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»»»

The EU's top diplomat called Monday for a 2024 ceasefire to be upheld to prevent Lebanon from "sliding into chaos," saying Israel's "heavy-handed" response to Hezbollah attacks was further destabilizing the region. "Israel should cease its operations in Lebanon," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas»»»

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»»»

Tunis, March 9 (TAP/Interview by Amal Ben Hajiba) - After four years of existence, it is still premature to draw a definitive conclusion about the future of communitarian companies in Tunisia, said tax adviser and academic Mohamed Salah...»»»

The decision to order remote work and instruction in Lima and another city follows a major failure in the Camisea gas transportation system, the backbone of Peru’s energy supply. File Photo by Paolo Aguilar/EPA March 9 (UPI) -- Peru's government has ordered an immediate return to virtual classes an»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»