A drone was shot down on Tuesday near Baghdad International airport, Iraqi authorities said. "A small drone was downed... on the outskirts of Baghdad International Airport, with no casualties or material damage reported," the Iraqi government's security media cell said. Baghdad International Airpor»»»

Doha: Qatar’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) on Tuesday issued a series of guidelines to ensure the effective continuation of distance learning, describing it as a “shared responsibility” among schools, students and parents. General Principles - Distance learning is a shared res»»»

Israeli intelligence hacked nearly all of Tehran’s traffic cameras to prepare the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Financial Times has reported, citing sources. The US and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, killing Khamenei and other senior officials. The cameras i»»»

Dubai: The UAE has confirmed that it has not taken any decision to change its defensive posture toward the repeated Iranian attacks. The country stated that it has been subjected to more than 1,000 attacks, a figure exceeding the total number faced by all other targeted countries combined, noting t»»»

Tunis, March 3 (TAP) - A handover ceremony was held in Tuesday at the headquarters of the Administrative Court in the capital, following the appointment of Samira Guiza as First President of the Court, succeeding Abdessalem Mehdi Grissia, who...»»»

Tunis, March 3 (TAP) - The overseas administrative services portal has been set up at Tunisia's Consular Agency in Lille, the Consulate General in Paris announcedThis portal will enable members of the Tunisian community to obtain civil status...»»»

A Chinese satellite picture of US fighter jets standing on the runway Prince Sultan Air Base in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has shaken the military analyst community. Released by Hangzhou-based startup MizarVision, t»»»

China may import more oil from Iran than the US, but it is less exposed to a global oil disruption than the US thanks to its low use intensity. Following the lock down of the Straits by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp»»»

US Senator Lindsey Graham has predicted Cuba's communist government will collapse imminently, suggesting the island could become Washington's next target following joint US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. »»»

Previous to his assassination on Saturday, Ali Khamenei had ranked third among the world leaders with the longest grips on power, reports Statista. The supreme leader of Iran had been at the helm of the country since 1981,»»»

A palaeontologist who worked as an adviser on several Jurassic Park films has left his role at Chapman University, weeks after emails linking him to Jeffrey Epstein were released. The 2012 emails show Jack Horner visited the convicted sex offender's New Mexico ranch and sought research funding. Hor»»»

The world's largest acidic geyser is putting on a show again, erupting for the first time in six years after a quiet hiatus, officials at Yellowstone National Park say. The Echinus Geyser - located in the park's famous Norris Geyser Basin - had been in slumber since 2020, and it's unknown whether t»»»

Dubai: Al Jazeera reported that tens of thousands of travellers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be repatriated in successive phases, the country’s Economy and Tourism Minister Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri says. The first phase includes 17,498 passengers on 60 flights operated by national carrie»»»

The Israeli military said it killed a senior commander of Iran's elite Quds Force on Tuesday in a strike on Tehran, adding that he was responsible for its operations in Lebanon. "Earlier today, the Israeli Air Force... struck and eliminated the temporary commander of the Lebanon Corps of the Irania»»»

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs oversight hearing in February. Ellison announced Monday that he's suing the federal government for withholding state Medicaid funds. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo March 3 (UPI) -»»»

Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, honoured a distinguished group of participants in the Dubai International Holy Quran Award, celebrating outstanding Qur’anic voices from across the world during the holy month»»»

AMMAN — The number of companies registered in the Kingdom during the first two months of 2026 rose by 35 per cent compared with the same period in 2019 and by 0.6 per cent compared with 2025, official data showed on Tuesday.Figures issued by the Companies Control Department indicated that 1,316 com»»»

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said some operations at its massive Ras Tanura refinery on the Gulf coast had been halted on Monday, following an attack that caused a fire at the complex.The Ras Tanura facility along the kingdom's eastern Gulf coast is home to one of the large»»»

US President Donald Trump has threatened to halt all trade with Spain, after the country barred the US from using its military bases as part of its operation in Iran. In comments at the White House, Trump said Spain had been "terrible" and suggested "we're going to cut off all trade". "We don't wan»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that the United States and Israel's military operations in Iran were conducted "outside international law", but placed primary blame on the Islamic republic. "The United States of America and Israel decided to launch military operations, conducted outsi»»»

1 of 5 | President Donald Trump (R) speaks during a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Photo by Samuel Corum/UPI | License Photo March 3 (UPI) -- The cost of war with Iran and increased U.S. tariffs appeared»»»

Israel sent troops into southern Lebanon on Tuesday and warned residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate, as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel, dragging Lebanon into the US-Israeli-Iran conflict. According to the Lebanese health ministry, »»»

Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Susan Marie Ossman, anthropologist, artist, historian, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Professor of Movements, Spaces and Cultural Practices Affiliationat NYU Abu Dhabi. As war rages in Iran and across the Middle East, Professor Ossman's classes have moved»»»

Israel's military chief on Tuesday said his forces would keep attacking Hezbollah until the Iran-backed Lebanese group was disarmed, as the war in the Middle East raged for a fourth day. "We are determined to eliminate the threat Hezbollah poses and will not stop until this organization is disarmed»»»

Several projectiles were fired from Lebanon towards Israel on Tuesday but a majority of them were intercepted, the Israeli military said, as Israel vowed to attack the Lebanese group Hezbollah until it was disarmed. "Several projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory were identifi»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday ordered France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to move from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean to help protect allied assets during the ongoing war in the Middle East. Noting that the war had spread to Lebanon, Macron said the Iran-backed militant Hez»»»