Dubai: Israel says it has killed Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy and the man widely seen as running Tehran’s strategy in the Strait of Hormuz — a critical global energy chokepoint. If confirmed, his death could mark a turning point in Iran’s maritime posture — ra»»»

Russia is in contact with the United States about a new round of talks on a Ukraine peace settlement as soon as conditions allow, the Kremlin said on Thursday. "We remain open, we are in contact with the Americans, and we are counting on holding the next round of talks as soon ‌as circumstances per»»»

In February 2026, at least 42,000 cases of infectious and parasitic diseases were registered in Kyrgyzstan. A report of the National Statistical Committee, citing the Ministry of Health, says. According to the ministry, acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) predominated among infectious and par»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran wants to legalize fees for vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian parliament member Mohammadreza Rezaei Kouchi said on Thursday. "We want to develop a bill in which sovereignty, dominance and control over the Strait of Hormuz will be considered law, creating a»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Pentagon plans to withhold its review of US troop deployments abroad for the first time in decades, a document that typically aids Congress and allies in assessing Washington's military priorities and shaping their budgets, media reported, citing US, NATO and European off»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Global oil products prices are hitting record highs due to the Middle East crisis, including export restrictions in a number of countries, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday. "Prices for oil products have risen significantly higher than oil prices. Usu»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump's surprising claim this week that talks with Iran were yielding great progress has only raised more confusion over a war whose goals were already unclear. The most basic question: What talks? A 15-point plan from the Trump administration offering a potential pathway to a»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli media: Hezbollah launched more than 60 rockets and 5 drones toward ‘Israel’ over a six-hour period beginning this morning 26-03-202»»»

Sharjah: Sharjah City Municipality (SCM) has activated a comprehensive operational plan to manage the impact of the ongoing low-pressure weather system, ensuring swift field response and uninterrupted public services. The municipality confirmed that specialised teams are working round the clock to »»»

Meeting with representatives of branch organizations in agriculture and livestock breeding Thursday, Prime Minister Andrey Gurov said the government "is making serious efforts" to prepare crisis-response measures that will not threaten fiscal stability while providing reassurance to citizens and bu»»»

Alerts for violations of the election legislation are about 500-600% higher compared with October 2024, caretaker Interior Minister Emil Dechev said in Vratsa on Thursday. He arrived in the city for a meeting with the leadership of the Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry, together with th»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar National Library announced early closure for today, March 26, 2026, due to weather warning. The library said, "Due to a weather warning, the library will close today at 4pm instead of the usual 8pm. It further apologised for the inconvenience caused to it visitors and expressed a»»»

For more than four decades, Pakistan’s approach toward Afghanistan has been guided by a simple assumption – that Afghanistan’s political trajectory must remain aligned with Pakistan’s security interests. From the Soviet war of the 1980s to the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s and again after the Fa»»»

As Israel trades fire with Hezbollah, calls for mass evacuations and sends ground troops deeper into Lebanon, its leaders have hinted at a long-term occupation modeled on the devastating conquest of much of Gaza after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Israel says it needs to establish a zone of control »»»

The Pentagon is weighing whether to redirect weapons originally meant for Ukraine to the Middle East, as the war in Iran strains supplies of some of the US military's most critical munitions, the Washington Post reported Thursday, citing three people familiar with the matter. The weapons that could»»»

As Israel trades fire with Hezbollah, calls for mass evacuations and sends ground troops deeper into Lebanon, its leaders have hinted at a long-term occupation modeled on the devastating conquest of much of Gaza after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Israel says it needs to establish a zone of control »»»

Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Thursday that an Israeli airstrike had killed Alireza Tangsiri, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' navy. "Last night, in a precise and lethal operation, the IDF eliminated the commander of the Revolutionary Guards' navy, Tangsiri, along with sen»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Minister of State for Energy Affairs, HE Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, met in Doha today with HE Luigi Di Maio, the European Union Special Representative for the Gulf Region. Discussions during the meeting dealt with the impact of the ongoing regional conflict on the global energy industr»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Wednesday evening Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Russian President Vladimir Putin were due to hold a conversation within the next few days to discuss, among other topics, a new natural gas arrangement between Serbi»»»

Dubai: Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways is planning more than 1,000 flights and over 200,000 seats through April 30 as it stabilises operations following recent disruptions, its CEO Barathan Pasupathi announced. “We are planning our operations on a rolling basis of four to six weeks… covering more than 20 »»»

Following the conclusion of a government meeting, Minister of State for Local Government Ervin Demo addressed the media, providing updates on the recent cyberattack targeting the Albanian Post system. Demo confirmed that a detailed analysis is currently underway by the National Cyber Security Autho»»»

During the Eid holiday (23 March), the Hafter-controlled National Development Agency (NDA) announced that it had signed two contracts for the construction of what it referred to as two strategic projects in the city of Sirte. These are the Sirte International Equestrian Track and the new government»»»

The Constitutional Court said on Thursday it had opened a case at the request of the Council of Ministers to establish the unconstitutionality of a National Assembly resolution of March 13 concerning measures to address the price shock caused by high crude oil and natural gas prices. The draft reso»»»

Dubai: The United States and Iran are digging in, raising the risk of a deeper and wider conflict as diplomacy stalls, military pressure builds and Tehran tightens its grip on the Strait of Hormuz — a move already rattling global markets and regional security. The renewed push for talks comes despi»»»

Amid rising Middle East tensions, Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif has offered Islamabad as a neutral venue for US–Iran talks, a move experts say reflects strategic positioning rather than a simple diplomatic gesture. Dr. Maria Sultan, an adviser to Pakistan's Ministry of Defense, explained in an inter»»»

Alaan, UAE-born corporate card and spend management platform, today announced the launch of ‘Alaan Sawa: Better together’, an initiative created to support UAE SME businesses. The initiative will support up to 1,000 businesses across the UAE, with a total commitment of Dh3 million in benefits. As b»»»

Dubai: Motorists and visitors in Hatta have been urged to stay away from water streams and avoid hiking during unstable weather, as police ramp up patrols across valleys and mountainous area. Brigadier Mubarak bin Mubarak Al Ketbi, Director of Hatta Police Station, said patrols have been deployed a»»»

Greece’s highest administrative court rejected a revised plan for a large tourism development on Paros, citing constitutional concerns but referring the judgment to its plenary due to the importance of the legal issues. The Council of State outlined five reasons the amended proposal by EKTER for a »»»

Share: FILE- Hezbollah and Iranian Revolutionary guard (IRGC) flags . Both bare a hand holding up a rifle and a globe. IRGC operatives fired the first rockets at Israel on March 2 , 2026 and Hezbollah is now being commanded by IRGC according to Lebanese PM . Lebanon decided the Iranian ambassador f»»»

Dubai: One of the UAE’s most anticipated public holidays is approaching, with residents set to enjoy an extended break for Eid Al Adha in 2026, offering one of the longest holiday periods of the year and a peak time for travel, family gatherings and leisure activities. Eid Al Adha, the second of Is»»»

In an address on the Day of Thrace, President Iliana Iotova paid tribute to generations of awakeners and revolutionaries, the Siege of Adrianople and the victorious Bulgarian arm, the President's press secretariat said on Thursday. Iotova said: "We relive the terrible summer of 1913 and the upheava»»»

One in two Bulgarians lives with untreated or uncontrolled high blood pressure, Prof. Kiril Karamfilov, head of the Cardiology Clinic at Alexandrovska Hospital and chairman of the Society of Cardiologists in Bulgaria, said here Thursday. He was speaking at a press conference at the National Press C»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.4367 dinars for one euro on Thursday, which is a slight change relative to Wednesday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.2 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe IRGC Launches 82nd Wave of Strikes on US-Israeli Assets with Drones, Missiles 26-03-2026 12:23 PM The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of sraeli soldiers in Raq Naqoura site with a barrage of rockets: Hezbollah Military Media»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s Airport Show will now take place in October instead of May, with organisers shifting the dates to give the aviation industry more certainty and flexibility in planning. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The event, which was scheduled for May 12 to 14, will»»»

Bangkok: Nuclear power is getting a second look in Southeast Asia as countries prepare to meet surging energy demand as they vie for artificial intelligence-focused data centres. Several Southeast Asian nations are reviving mothballed nuclear plans and setting ambitious targets and nearly half of t»»»

Britain's economic ‌growth prospects this year received the sharpest downgrade of any major economy in the OECD's interim forecast update on Thursday following the US-Israeli war ​on Iran, while inflation is set to rise faster too. The Paris-based international body cut its 2026 forecast for Britis»»»

Doha, Qatar: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs, HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al-Thani, met with HE Luigi Di Maio, the European Union Special Representative for the Gulf region, during his visit to the State of Qatar. During the meeting, the two sides revi»»»

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR) has released an updated edition of its Outcome-Based Evaluation Framework (OBEF) University Guidebook, reinforcing a strategic shift toward performance measurement rooted in outcomes, skills acquisition, and real-world impact. The en»»»

Thursday’s news coverage spans a wide range of topics, with fuel prices emerging as a central theme across television programmes. Speaking on Bulgarian National Television, Atanas Katsarchev, Chief Economist of the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour, and Vassil Velev, Chairman of the Governing Board »»»

Amid energy lockdowns from Australia and Bangladesh to New Zealand and Slovenia — the war-induced oil crunch is imposing travel limits on an unprecedented scale. Result: Reduced workweeks, exposing the downside of a fossil-dependent planet. It's all "temporary", or at least until Hormuz Strait gets»»»

Gold prices fell on Thursday, weighed down by increased expectations of US Federal Reserve rate hikes this year as elevated oil prices stoked inflation worries, with investors awaiting clarity on Middle East de-escalation efforts. Spot gold fell 1.2% to $4,451.47 per ounce by 0811 GMT. US gold futu»»»

Israel took Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf off its hit list after Pakistan requested that Washington not target them, a Pakistani source with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters on Thursday. "The Israelis had their coordinates and want»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Tifn base east of the occupied city of Acre with a squadron of attack drones: Hezbollah Military M»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe “Iran Has Upper Hand, Washington Lost the Initiative”: Ex-Head of UK’s M16 26-03-2026 11:42 AM Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger in an inte»»»

UNSMIL called for the immediate release of Mr. Mahdi Abdelati, a political activist who was reportedly arbitrarily detained in Misrata on 18 March by the Internal Security Agency. In its statement released yesterday, UNSMIL said this arrest and detention appears to violate Libyan law and Libya’s in»»»

Dubai: The UAE’s National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) has stressed that the current weather system affecting the country cannot be classified or described as a cyclone, as heavy rains continued across several areas during the final phase of the unstable conditions. As the low-pressure system enters»»»

Dubai Police have made it easy to report lost or found vehicle plates, even during rainy weather. Drivers can submit a lost item report and request a Lost Certificate, or file a found item report, quickly through the Dubai Police app on iOS and Android. Stay updated: Get the latest faster by downlo»»»

Kuwait’s Minister of Defense Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah conducted an inspection visit to Kuwait International Airport on Thursday morning following a drone attack that targeted aircraft refuelling tanks, causing a fire at one of the airport’s vital facilities. In a statement, th»»»