Global shipping lanes are the lifelines of international commerce. They carry vast amounts of goods, energy, and raw materials. Disruptions in one can cascade worldwide, affecting energy security, inflation, and supply chains. Also In This Package Cheap insurance to crush Iran's oil chokehold: Trum»»»

Damascus, March. 7 (SANA) Shipping through the vital Strait of Hormuz, which carries about one-fifth of global energy supplies, has nearly come to a complete halt for the sixth consecutive day since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war against Iran, causing major disruption in global energy markets. »»»

Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received a phone call on Friday from Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sweden HE Maria Malmer Stenergard. During the call, the two sides discussed developments related to the mil»»»

The US president who likes to keep the world guessing about his endgame in Iran is now telling the world what he wants. In a war widely described as his "war of choice", Donald Trump says he also wants to choose who will rule Iran now that its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and dozens of ot»»»

Eighty years ago, on March 5, 1946, one of the most famous leaders of World War Two delivered a fairly short but stern message which helped lock humanity into a future of open-ended and high-risk Cold War. That was the essence of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s Fulton Speech (if w»»»

The Duchess of Sussex's lifestyle brand has ended its partnership with Netflix, it has been announced. As ever was launched by Meghan last year and supported financially by the streaming giant, in a separate deal to that of her TV content. On Friday, both As ever and Netflix released statements con»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Defense announced that the State of Qatar was subjected to a series of drone attacks launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran, involving 10 drones, from dawn until early evening. The armed forces successfully intercepted nine drones, while one drone targeted an uninhabited are»»»

Doha: Qatar’s Ministry of Defense has announced that the country was subjected to waves of attacks from the Islamic Republic of Iran involving (10) drones, starting from dawn on Friday until early evening today. “Our Armed Forces, by the grace of God, successfully intercepted (9) drones, while one »»»

Brent Crude oil was trading at about $93 Friday as prices continue to rise largely because of oil tanker disruption in the Strait of Hormuz. File Photo by Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA March 6 (UPI) -- The military escalation in the Middle East has shaken global energy markets and put Latin America on a»»»

The day after Cuba was crippled by another 24-hour nationwide blackout, US President Donald Trump implied regime change in the country "will be just a question of time". Standing in front of an awkward-looking Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and the other stars of the Inter Miami soccer team on Thursday,»»»

Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, visited patients receiving treatment at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, where individuals injured during recent regional tensions are undergoing medical care. During the visit, Sheikh Mohamed checked on the condition of the patient»»»

Dubai: Saudia has announced the partial resumption of its operations to and from Dubai, starting Saturday, March 7, according to an update issued by the airline. In the first phase, the airline will operate a limited number of flights between Saudi Arabia and Dubai, with a gradual increase in servi»»»

New York, March 6 (SANA) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that the escalating conflict in the Middle East risks spiraling out of control, urging all parties to halt the fighting and return to diplomacy. According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), Guterres condemned unlawful att»»»

Damascus, March 6 (SANA) – Global financial markets are witnessing a shift toward safer assets as investors reassess geopolitical risks following the escalation of military conflict between Israel and the United States on one side and Iran on the other since Feb. 28. Investment funds have begun red»»»

Share: Al-Jadeed TV reported that a French initiative was proposed overnight, leading to communication between Baabda Palace and Ain al-Tineh. The initiative reportedly includes a proposal for Hezbollah’s complete surrender in exchange for a ceasefire in Lebanon. The channel’s sources indicated tha»»»

Cargo shipping containers sit at Port Jersey container terminal in Jersey City, N.J., in April. Customs and Border Protection argued that it can't comply with a court order to refund illegal tariffs. File Photo by Angelina Katsanis/UPI | License Photo March 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protec»»»

New York: The State of Qatar has sent a fifth identical letter to Secretary-General of the United Nations HE Antonio Guterres, and Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of March HE Michael Waltz, regarding »»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received a phone call from Ferdinand Marcos Jr, President of the Republic of the Philippines, during which they discussed the concerning situation in the region amid the ongoing military escalation. During the call, Pres»»»

Smoke and flames rise after an Israeli airstrike on Dahieh, a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb in the south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday. Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 6 (UPI) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam warned Friday of a "humanitarian disaster" after Israel ordered m»»»

Regime change in Cuba is “just a question of time,” US President Donald Trump has said, renewing threats against the island’s government and suggesting Washington could turn its focus on Havana, once the war on Iran ends. Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Trump praised Secretary of State Mar»»»

FBI documents summarising interviews with a woman who made unsubstantiated claims of sexual assault against Donald Trump have been released as part of the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) trove of Epstein files. The release follows reports that the documents were missing from the DOJ's database, pr»»»

Officials with one of the armed Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq told The Associated Press that they are not planning an imminent cross-border attack on Iran but would join a ground invasion if the US were to launch one. The comments appeared to be aimed at reassuring Iraqi K»»»

The Iraqi government and the autonomous Kurdistan region said Friday that Iraq must not be a launchpad for attacks against neighboring countries, following reports that militants might attempt to cross into Iran. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Kurdistan's regional president Nechirvan Ba»»»

American forces were likely responsible for the bombing of an elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab that left at least 168 children dead, as well as teachers and staff, the New York Times concluded in an analysis published on Thursday. The February 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyeb»»»

Israel's military Friday said that Iran had launched cluster bombs "multiple times" since the start of the war that began with a US-Israeli attack on the country last week. "They (the Iranians) are using cluster munitions", military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani said during a press br»»»

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday the Middle East war must not lead to the collapse of the Iranian state, warning of the impact this would have on migration to Europe. "An endless war is not in our interest. The same applies to a collapse of Iranian statehood or proxy conflicts fought on»»»

Pokémon Company International has condemned the White House's use of its imagery, including a tiny version of the popular character Pikachu, in a meme posted online with the phrase "Make America Great Again". "We were not involved in its creation or distribution, and no permission was granted for t»»»

Canada's minister for US-Canada trade, Dominic LeBlanc, is in Washington on Friday for meetings with Trump administration officials — the first high-level talks between the two countries since negotiations broke down late last year. LeBlanc will be meeting with US trade representative Jamieson Gree»»»

Abu Dhabi: Earlier this Ramadan, Lulu Group International Chairman Yusuff Ali MA made a personal donation of Dh150 million to the Mother of the Nation Endowment for Orphans initiative and now his group is doubling down on that commitment with a landmark Dh100 million commercial partnership. The End»»»

In the basement of a church in Alma al-Shaab, a Lebanese village near the border with Israel, dozens of residents gathered amidst the sound of Israeli bombing, defying the Israeli army's order to flee. "It is our right to preserve and remain in our land," town mayor Shadi Sayah told AFP over the ph»»»

The United Nations on Friday demanded swift investigations into fatal Israeli strikes across Lebanon to decide if they complied with international law. "Lebanon is becoming a key flashpoint," UN rights chief Volker Turk told reporters in Geneva. "I call for an immediate cessation of hostilities." L»»»

Microsoft's Xbox division has confirmed it's working on a new console, code-named Project Helix. The company said the "next-generation" device would "lead in performance" and play both Xbox and PC games, in a departure from its previous machines. Rumours have swirled for some time that the company »»»

The number of jobs in the US economy fell last month, an unexpected contraction that has renewed questions about whether the labour market in the US might be starting to crack. Payrolls in the US dropped by 92,000 and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4%, according to the latest official figures»»»

Aid agency the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said Friday that 300,000 people in Lebanon had been forced to flee after Israel launched a wave of evacuation orders and airstrikes. The aid agency also questioned the legality of the mass-evacuation orders Israel had issued there. The orders cover hun»»»

President Donald Trump said Friday that only Iran's "unconditional surrender" would bring an end to the Middle East war, as Tehran was rocked by some of the heaviest US-Israeli strikes of the spiraling, week-long conflict. Now in its seventh day, the war has embroiled nations beyond the region, upe»»»

People line up to shop at a state-owned store in Havana in September 2025, before widespread food shortages started. File Photo by ERnesto Mastrascusa/EPA March 6 (UPI) -- A television report in Mexico said food products sent as humanitarian aid to Cuba are being sold in stores instead of reaching »»»

Almost all the Gulf states, including the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, that host American military bases or troops, have been targeted by Iran in the latest military confrontation between the Islamic Republic and the US and Israel. The current war between arch-foes I»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Economy and Tourism said that, in light of ongoing regional developments, the tourism sector in the UAE continues to operate in accordance with directives issued by the relevant authorities, with close and continuous monitoring of various developments. The Ministry clarif»»»

DOHA:Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani received a telephone call from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland HE Radoslaw Sikorski. Discussion during the call focused on the military escalati»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah fighters fire missile salvos at the Israeli settlements of Malkiyeh, Ramot Neftali and Shomera in the context of the evacuation w»»»

Aid agency the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said Friday that 300,000 people in Lebanon had been forced to flee after Israel launched a wave of evacuation orders and airstrikes. The aid agency also questioned the legality of the mass-evacuation orders Israel had issued there. The orders cover hun»»»

Israeli air strikes battered Lebanon on Friday, sending the death toll since Monday up to at least 217, according to Lebanese authorities, as the premier warned "a humanitarian disaster is looming". The Israeli military renewed its strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs Friday afternoon, Lebanese sta»»»

The US has been unable to suppress the Iranian air defenses, Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences’ member Konstantin Sivkov tells Sputnik. The US, he points out, seems reluctant to send its aircraft into Iranian airspace, opting instead to rely on long-range missile strikes, which indic»»»

Ukraine is preparing to dispatch military drone specialists to Gulf states to help them fend off Iranian-designed drones -- something the Ukrainian army has been doing since the start of Russia's invasion. The military assault launched in February 2022 spawned a cat-and-mouse game of aerial drone w»»»

President Donald Trump said Friday that only Iran's "unconditional surrender" would bring an end to the Middle East war, as Tehran was rocked by some of the heaviest U.S.-Israeli strikes of the spiralling, week-long conflict. Now in its seventh day, the war has embroiled nations beyond the region, »»»

There is fear and confusion on the streets of Beirut as people displaced from their homes by sweeping Israeli evacuation orders wait to see what happens next. Communities across huge swathes of Lebanon - including the south of the country and the capital's southern suburbs - have been told by Israe»»»

Tehran: President Donald Trump said Friday that only Iran's "unconditional surrender" would bring an end to the Middle East war, as Tehran was rocked by some of the heaviest US-Israeli strikes of the spiralling, week-long conflict. Now in its seventh day, the war has embroiled nations beyond the re»»»

Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) of the Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) coalition said Friday that it is in Bulgaria's best interests to join a French initiative for an extended nuclear umbrella to include more EU countries in it. Two parties reacted to the idea, one dismissing»»»

1 of 4 | President Donald Trump said Friday he will not agree to end deadly military strikes on Iran without an unconditional surrender as Israel launches new attacks. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo March 6 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Friday he will not agree to end deadly milita»»»

Beside Israel's northern border fence, the bursts of machine-gun fire from inside Lebanon are loud and long, as new Israeli forces push in to take strategic positions near the border. The regular rumble of air strikes echoes over the shattered remains of Shia villages, destroyed during Israel's las»»»