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»»»

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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»»»

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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»»»

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Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the settlement of Nahariya in northern occupied Palestine with a rocket barrage: Military Media statem»»»

TradeMiddle EastIran war: How long before Gulf nations stop pumping oil?Nik MartinThe oil price spiked near $120 after strikes on Iran's energy sites and the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz. With tankers stuck and Gulf oil facilities hit, producers are running short on storage to maintain producti»»»

Reports earlier said that US allies in Europe and Asia fear that the Iran war will leave them without US weapons they bought. Washington’s allies are especially concerned about shortages of “critical weapons,” including air and missile defense systems and drones, Russian military expert Alexander S»»»

Hundreds of teenage Croatians have reported for compulsory military service – for the first time since their country scrapped the requirement in 2008. Training will take place at barracks in three locations around Croatia, with recruits expected to report to the facility nearest to their homes. The»»»

Istanbul's jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, argued with the presiding judge on Monday in a chaotic start to a sweeping corruption trial that could extinguish the ambition of Tayyip Erdogan's main rival to become president at Türkiye's next election. Imamoglu, 55, demanded permission to speak and urged»»»

Trade union representatives said that EUR 24.6 million would be needed to finance a 5% salary increase from January 1 for employees working in state-subsidized structures such as urban transport companies, Bulgarian State Railways, National Railway Infrastructure Company, and Bulgarian Posts. The f»»»

The Sofia City Court has sentenced seven individuals for participating in an organized criminal group engaging in large-scale property-related fraud, the public prosecution said on Monday. They were active in Sofia between January 2016 and March 22, 2018. One of the sentenced persons was the master»»»

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Five members of the Iranian women's football team have taken refuge in a safe house in Australia following their elimination in the Asian Cup, sources have told the BBC. The women had been due to fly home, but supporters had raised fears for their safety after the team declined to sing the national»»»

Spain's Finance Minister Carlos Cuerpo said on Monday that current discussions among European governments would be an opportunity to integrate energy markets in Europe after the war in Iran caused oil prices to jump to their highest since 2022. "We can take advantage of the situation to put an addi»»»

Fifteen defendants were acquitted in a case involving an alleged €43 million overpricing of works on the Egnatia Odos highway, running across northern Greece, a court said. The Thessaloniki court cleared all defendants following over 30 hearings in the trial concerning projects carried out between »»»

Officers from the Economic Police Department of Sofia's Interior Ministry Directorate seized shipments of pharmaceuticals of unknown origin, ready for dispatch to the European Union, the Interior Ministry said in a press release. The operation was carried out on March 6 following a tip-off on upcom»»»

PoliticsKenyaWhy Kenya's 'massive' State House budget raises eyebrows Andrew Wasike in NairobiNew budget allocation for Kenya's State House shows it has surpassed that of many other countries. While there's a caveat to the increase, economists urge stronger accountability and prioritization. https:»»»

Łódź blends six centuries of history with forward-looking urban development. Today, it stands among Poland’s most innovative cities. The key to becoming a city of the future is implementing strategies that create multifunctional, people- and environment-friendly areas aligned with regeneration and »»»

The United States said Monday it will label the Muslim Brotherhood in Sudan as a terrorist organization and accused the group of receiving support from Iran. The designation, which will be effective in a week, comes after the United States in January declared several other Muslim Brotherhood branch»»»

An airstrike on Monday hit a base belonging to the paramilitary coalition Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) coalition in northern Iraq, according to officials from the former paramilitary alliance, which includes pro-Iran factions. One of the officials blamed the strike on the United States, saying»»»

An 82-year-old retired doctor in Patra, western Greece, has been detained after appearing Monday before an investigating magistrate over allegations of distributing child sexual abuse material online, police said. Authorities said the case began after a report from the US-based National Center for »»»

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Twenty-three people have been rescued by helicopter crews in Ontario, Canada, after the ice shelf they were standing on broke, sending the group floating into Lake Huron. Ontario Provincial Police said on social media that the rescue began around noon (16:00 GMT) on Sunday after "winds and current »»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani spoke about the cascading effects of Iranian aggression not only on the region but on the entire world. Speaking in an interview with Sky News, HE the Prime Minister said that what is»»»

Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, 55, is among 400 current and former Istanbul city employees on trial in Turkey. He was arrested last year after announcing he planned to run for president. File Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA-EFE March 9 (UPI) -- Istanbul's mayor, a political opponent to Turkish President »»»

New York officials and the FBI have launched an investigation into "an act of ISIS-inspired terrorism", following the attempted use of two homemade explosives near the official residence of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Saturday. The devices - which were both ignited, and at least one of wh»»»

As the US–Israel–Iran conflict enters its tenth day, authorities across the UAE are continuing to roll out precautionary measures designed to keep residents informed, protected and prepared. While the regional situation remains closely monitored, many updates are simply temporary adjustments — from»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Cyprus on Monday to discuss regional security, while Paris deployed warships to the Mediterranean and the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran stretched into a second week. Macron, who landed in Paphos earlier on Monday, met Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides an»»»

President Iliana Iotova awarded Argentina’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, Alejandro Zothner Meyer, the Madara Horseman First Class order on Monday. The decoration recognized his contribution to Bulgaria’s bilateral relations with Argentina. During his two years in Bulgaria, Zothner Meyer did a great deal»»»

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Bulgaria’s tourism sector is facing a significant setback after the cancellation of trips by Israeli visitors due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. According to the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (BHRA), the country may lose more than 70,000 tourists from Israel, particularly »»»

Tripoli Business Incubator announced yesterday that it has accepted the registration of the first 50 private online stores to participate in the Intensive E-Commerce Camp. The trainings will be carried out in two groups in an intensive training programme aimed at developing and promoting the growth»»»

A fire in Glasgow, Scotland, has shut down the central train station indefinitely. File Image courtesy of UPI ⚠️ Update: Monday, 9 March - Glasgow Central high level The upper level will remain closed until further notice, with no services in and out of the station. Glasgow Central low level Low le»»»

Agra Asigurări, the national leader in agricultural insurance, announces the launch of a new insurance product dedicated to field-grown vegetable crops, designed to offer farmers additional financial protection against climate risks, particularly hail. This initiative comes at a time of significant»»»

Sharjah: The Sharjah Charity International has begun receiving donations from benefactors to support its Eid clothing project, launched as part of the association’s Ramadan campaign “Jood.” The initiative aims to bring joy to underprivileged families as Eid Al Fitr approaches. This year, the projec»»»

The city of Sirte witnessed the reopening of the Al-Sabah Mill at the Sirte Milling and Grinding Complex, thanks to the efforts of the National Development Agency (NDA). This follows the completion of construction and the mill’s return to service, a crucial step towards revitalizing the city, Sirte»»»

Dubai: Bollywood singer Shweta Subram, who lives in a Dubai Marina tower affected by debris from a successful air interception, has praised the city’s authorities for their swift response and solid safety measures. “It was impressive how quickly this city's emergency and civil defense services brou»»»