First Sermon (Khutbah One)All praise is due to Allah, the Originator and the Restorer, who spreads His mercy over His servants— “And He is the Protecting Friend, the Praiseworthy.” (Qurʾān 42:28). Glory be to Him, the Breaker of every tyrant and stubborn oppressor— “Indeed, the seizure of your Lord»»»

The UAE announced temporary measures to support residents and maintain public safety amid regional tensions. Expats abroad with expired visas can return without a new entry permit until March 31, while Sharjah issued emergency alert guidelines. UAE air defences intercepted missiles and drones, scho»»»

A United Nations watchdog has warned that "racist hate speech" used by President Donald Trump and other US politicians has fuelled human rights violations. A report by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), a UN-backed panel of independent experts, urged the US to respect»»»

The U23 national football team of Kyrgyzstan will play two friendly matches during a training camp in Turkey, the Kyrgyz Football Union (KFU) reported. The camp will be held on March 23-31 in Antalya. Edmar Lacerda’s team will play against their counterparts from Serbia on March 26 and Albania on M»»»

Following President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of the SAFE Act, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced an alternative strategy to secure defense financing. An extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers was scheduled for Friday at 9 a.m. to discuss the government’s response. According to Magdale»»»

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Friday claimed that American negotiators dismissed Iran's proposal aimed at ensuring "no nuclear weapons" because they failed to grasp its technical details. He said that Iran had proposed mechanisms to ensure there would be "no nuclear weapo»»»

Drones, cruise missiles and fighter jets have become a common sight for many sailors stranded on oil tankers and freight ships in the Gulf, after Iran threatened to open fire on any vessels trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, in response to US-Israeli attacks. In recent days there has been a grow»»»

HAVANA: Cuba’s government said Thursday night that it would release 51 people from the island’s prisons in an unexpected move. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the release in the upcoming days stems from a spirit of goodwill and close relations with the Vatican. The government did not identify »»»

An attack has killed a French soldier in Erbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region, says President Emmanuel Macron. A member of the armed forces "died for France during an attack in the Erbil region of Iraq," Macron posted on X, confirming the first French military death in the Middle East war.»»»

Israel renewed its strikes on Beirut on Thursday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that if the Lebanese government did not disarm Hezbollah, Israel would do the job "on the ground". "You are playing with fire," Benjamin Netanyahu said to Lebanese authorities during a press conference,»»»

US President Donald Trump said Thursday the war against Iran was moving "very rapidly," even as Tehran's new leader vowed defiance in his first public message. "The situation with Iran is moving along very rapidly. It's doing very well, our military is unsurpassed," Trump said at the White House. A»»»

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering waivers to the 106-year-old Jones Act, which requires cargo on all shipping vessels to be owned and operated by 75% U.S. citizens, with the vessels registered in the United States, in order to ease rapidly rising gas and fuel prices. Photo by Bonnie »»»

France is preparing to vote in town council elections, whose results will be closely analysed for trends ahead of next year's presidential votes. A strong showing for Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) would be a boost for the nationalist right - even as she awaits a judicial decision on whether s»»»

The effort is expected to meet some opposition from the House GOP. A housing affordability bill sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-MA, and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., easily passed the Senate on an 89 to 10 vote, but it may face a tough time in the House of Representatives. File Photo by Jemal Count»»»

It has been nearly two weeks since Americans woke to the news that the US had carried out strikes against Iran. Donald Trump has said "we're achieving major strides", but the US president and his administration have offered conflicting statements about what they hope to ultimately achieve. The oper»»»

Share: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. Hezbollah’s wars with Israel have devastated Lebanon . A peace deal with Israel will eliminate Hezbollah’s role as a resistance movement in Lebanon President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam are forming a Lebanese d»»»

Manama: The General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force announced that air defences have intercepted and destroyed 114 ballistic missiles and 190 drones targeting the Kingdom of Bahrain since the onset of the hostile terrorist Iranian aggression. In a statement carried by Bahrain News Agency (BNA)»»»

ABU DHABI: The UAE air defence systems on 12 March intercepted 10 ballistic missiles and 26 UAVs launched from Iran. Since the onset of the blatant Iranian aggression, UAE air defences have engaged 278 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles and 1,540 UAVs. Also Read: UAE air defences intercept six »»»

Iran vowed Thursday to make the United States regret attacking the Islamic republic and said it would keep up a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz that has sent oil prices soaring. The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that the Middle East war could lead to "the largest supply disruption" in »»»

A drone attack wounded six French soldiers in Erbil in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, the French military said on Thursday. The troops were "engaged in training activities on counterterrorism with Iraqi partners," a member of the general staff told AFP, adding the troops were taken to the near»»»

Doha: The Ministry of Interior (MOI) confirmed that environmental monitoring indicators reported that air quality in Qatar has reached 100 percent, noting that environmental monitoring stations across various regions of the country operate around the clock to ensure accurate and continuous monitori»»»

Nasa says it's on track to launch its Artemis II mission in early April, which will see astronauts fly around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. The rocket had been set to blast off in March, but after a helium leak was discovered it was returned to the Vehicle Assembly Building in »»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he had warned Lebanon's government that Israel would act to disarm Hezbollah "on the ground" if Beirut failed to do so. "I told the Lebanese government a few days ago: you are playing with fire if you continue allowing Hezbollah to operat»»»

Doha: The UAE air defense systems on Thursday, March 12, engaged 10 ballistic missiles and 26 UAVs launched from Iran, the UAE Ministry of Defense said in a statement. “Since the onset of the blatant Iranian aggression, UAE air defenses have engaged 278 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles, and 1»»»

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says the formal recognition Delcy Rodríguez as interim president of Venezuela is aimed at speeding the country's political transition. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo March 12 (UPI) -- Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize»»»

Iran has learned from decades of US wars in the Middle East and beyond and has been preparing for war for at least 25 years, Iranian-American international affairs analyst Mohammad Marandi tells Sputnik. US Wars in Middle East and North AfricaIraq War, spring 2003: Rationale: Toppling Saddam Hussei»»»

Volunteer divers have discovered fresh debris – including tires, refrigerators, motors and tanks – on the seabed near Agistri island, raising concerns that illegal dumping continues despite a 2009 closure of the island’s landfill. The Aegean Rebreath organization surveyed three underwater sites aft»»»

Bulgaria's Central Election Commission (CEC) conferred with the core team of the election observation mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), CEC said in a press release on Thursday. That was th»»»

A Costco customer in the US has taken the retailer to court, demanding that the company use potential tariff refunds to return money to shoppers who paid more due to the levies. In a proposed class action lawsuit, customer Matthew Sockov argues that Costco is in the position to potentially recoup i»»»

The UAE air defence systems today engaged 10 ballistic missiles and 26 drones launched from Iran, the Ministry of Defence tweeted. Since the onset of the blatant Iranian aggression, UAE air defences have engaged 278 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles and 1,540 drones. These attacks have resulte»»»

Iraq will keep crude oil production at around 1.4 million barrels per day, Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani ​was quoted as saying on Thursday, less than a third of the level before the US-Israeli conflict with Iran. According to the state news agency, the minister said that 200,000 bpd is being trans»»»

Prosecutors in Italy are seeking charges against the parents of a nine-year-old girl alleged to have been infected with HIV and deprived of medical care for years. The girl's mother is said to have hidden her HIV-positive status during pregnancy and travelled to Spain to give birth in 2017. The cou»»»

Baghdad: Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani announced that Iraq will continue producing crude oil at a level of approximately 1.4 million barrels per day. In a press statement, the minister said Iraq's oil transport fleet is prepared to handle the shipment of around 200,000 barrels per day by tan»»»

Damascus, March 12 (SANA) – Mahmoud Fadila, Director of the General Company for Cement and Building Materials Industry and Marketing (OMRAN), said that 12 Arab and foreign companies have applied to invest in the Al-Muslimiyah cement plant in Aleppo and the Adra cement plant in the Damascus countrys»»»

The price of oil rarely makes it into dinner table conversation. But over the last two weeks it has dominated headlines, with huge and unusual rises and falls starting to feel like the new norm. It is currently trading over a third higher than before the conflict began, pushed up by air strikes on »»»

British forces based in Iraq shot down two Iranian drones overnight, Defence Secretary John Healey has confirmed. However, some drones hit the coalition base in the Iraqi city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, and injured a number of US troops. Brigadier Guy Foden said the base and ano»»»

The Israeli military said it had begun a wave of strikes across Beirut on Thursday, after it warned residents of a central neighborhood of the Lebanese capital it would target a building there. "The IDF has begun a wave of strikes targeting Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure across Beirut," a milit»»»

The European Commission has closed the infringement procedure against Bulgaria concerning the removal of barriers to access to justice in relation to air quality plans under the Air Quality Directive, the Ministry of Environment and Water said on its website on Thursday. The EC's decision was taken»»»

Walking through the aisles of his grocery store in Brooklyn, New York, Alap Vora points to a box of breakfast cereal. He says he paid roughly $5 (£3.75) to his distributor to get the pack of Honey Bunches of Oats onto the shelf. But his much larger rivals, the big US supermarket chains, can sell th»»»

Warning: This story contains graphic sexual descriptions. "If I had disobeyed my mother and gone to New York, what might have happened to me?" asks Gláucia Fekete. In 2004, as a 16-year-old living in the Brazilian countryside, she was taking her first steps in the modelling world. She says French m»»»

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Thursday that oil prices are unlikely to reach $200 a barrel, with President Donald Trump touting US gains from higher prices as the war with Iran disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. "I would say unlikely, but we are focused on the military opera»»»

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first statement on the war on Thursday, saying that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used. Khamenei called on people in Gulf countries to “shut down” US bases, saying promised US protection is “nothing more than a lie»»»

Economic power is increasingly built on ideas protected by intellectual property, said Habip Asan, Director of the Division for Transition and Developed Countries at the World Intellectual Property Organization. He stated this during the high-level intellectual property conference "Innovation Empow»»»

The Israeli military said it had begun a wave of strikes across Beirut on Thursday, after it warned residents of a central neighborhood of the Lebanese capital it would target a building there. "The IDF has begun a wave of strikes targeting Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure across Beirut," a milit»»»

1 of 2 | Iranians gather on Revolution Street in Tehran to show support for Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on Monday. Photo by Hossein Esmaeili/UPI | License Photo March 12 (UPI) -- Mojtaba Khamenei shared his first message since being named Iran's new sup»»»

In our ongoing weekly digest, award-winning journalist Veronika Munk summarises and explains the most important political developments in Hungary. We guide readers on the route to the crunch 12 April 2026 election — a poll without precedent in the region over the past 15 years. This week, we cover:»»»

The Israeli military on Thursday warned it would strike a building in the center of the Lebanese capital that it said was a Hezbollah facility, and told surrounding residents to evacuate. "You are located near a facility of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, which the Israeli Defence Forces will»»»

The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in a purported assault partially caught on camera. It's a bombshell development in a case that has divided Israel ever since the country moved to arrest the soldiers at»»»

The White House says it is not currently considering a ground operation in Iran. At least that is what Donald Trump has suggested, assuring reporters that he is not preparing to send American special forces to Isfahan, home to one of the Islamic Republic’s key nuclear facilities. His remarks were q»»»

Patents protect and stimulate investment in new products and technologies by turning ideas into assets and creating legal certainty for innovators, European Patent Office (EPO) President Antonio Campinos said on Thursday during an industrial property conference held at the Hyatt Regency hotel in So»»»