On 17 February, the Indian Navy posted a cheerful message on X. "Welcome!" it wrote, greeting the Iranian warship Iris Dena as it steamed into the port of Visakhapatnam to join an international naval gathering. Photographs showed sailors in crisp whites and a grey frigate gliding in the sea harbour»»»

Bulgaria is set to purchase a coastal defense missile system from the United States valued at approximately USD 620 million, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The planned arms sale includes a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) system and three multifunctional tactical information»»»

Scientists can now come face to face with an early human ancestor nicknamed Little Foot who lived 3.67 million years ago, thanks to digital reconstruction technology, according to CNN. Renowned paleoanthropologist Ronald Clarke identified four tiny bones in the University of the Witwatersrand’s mus»»»

Malaysia said Sunday that the latest search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 ended in January without locating the aircraft, 12 years after the jet carrying 239 people disappeared in one of aviation’s enduring mysteries.  The latest search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which went missi»»»

Bulgaria is not being used as a logistical base for U.S. operations in Iran, clarified Acting Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov in an interview with bTV. He emphasized that Bulgarian territory is not considered a target by Iranian authorities. The Minister explained that the deployment of U.S. plan»»»

American intelligence agencies said Iran could retrieve its primary store of highly enriched uranium even though it was entombed under the country’s nuclear site at Isfahan by US strikes last year. Multiple officials familiar with the classified reports told The New York Times on Sunday Iran can no»»»

On March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, with one dissent, that the enslaved Africans who seized control of the Amistad slave ship had been illegally forced into slavery and thus were free under U.S. law. 1 of 7 | On March 9, 1841, the U.S. Supreme Court, which met at the time in the Old Sup»»»

Doha, Qatar: Oil prices spiked to nearly $120 per barrel before falling back slightly on Monday as Iran continued its attacks on several Arab countries, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East and pummelling financial markets. Bahrain News Agency reported that Bapco Energies, the Kin»»»

Doha, Qatar: Oil prices spiked to nearly $120 per barrel before falling back slightly on Monday as Iran continued its attacks on several Arab countries, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East and pummelling financial markets. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international »»»

Chants hostile to Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei were heard in Iranian capital Tehran shortly after his appointment, according to a video posted on social media Sunday. In the 17-second clip, filmed at night from a building window, women's voices can be heard shouting "Death to Mojtaba"»»»

Several Lebanese MPs from the Change parliamentary bloc and independent lawmakers launched a wave of criticism against Lebanese Army Commander General Rodolphe Haikal, suggesting that the army has been lenient in implementing government decisions regarding the disarmament of Hezbollah north of the »»»

Employees of Bulgarian Posts who are members of the Communications Federation at the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) staged a nationwide protest on Monday, the union's press centre said. According to the statement, at 7:30 a.m., when their working day begins, employees»»»

Manama: Bahrain News Agency reported that Bapco Energies, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s integrated energy company, serves notice of Force Majeure on its Group operations which have been affected by the on-going regional conflict in the Middle East and the recent attack on its Refinery complex. It furthe»»»

Doha, Qatar: Active trading and strong investor participation marked the last week at the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) as the market remained open and operating normally. In a post on its X platform QSE revealed that the market remained open and operating normally, providing investors continuous acce»»»

Iran fired missiles at Israel and Gulf nations early Monday after Tehran named Mojtaba Khamenei its new leader to succeed his late father despite threats by the United States and Israel to target him next. Nine days after US-Israeli strikes killed Ali Khamenei and plunged the Middle East into war, »»»

Every year on March 8 many countries celebrate International Women’s Day. The holiday was officially recognized by the United Nations in 1975 and today symbolizes the struggle for women’s rights, equal opportunities, and international solidarity. Photo Internet According to the National Statistical»»»

Global oil markets opened the week with an abrupt surge in prices, pushing crude benchmarks above the symbolic USD 100 per barrel mark for the first time since the early stages of the war in Ukraine in 2022. The U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) jumped roughly 20 percent at the start of »»»

Manama: A strike targeting Bahrain's sprawling Al Ma'ameer oil facility caused a fire at the complex along with material damage, state media said on Monday, in the latest attack against Gulf energy installations. "Outbreak of a fire due to the Iranian aggression targeting a facility in Al Ma'ameer,»»»

The parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) - New Beginning will submit amendments to the Public Social Insurance Budget Act providing Easter allowances for pensioners below the poverty line, the party's press centre said on Monday. The proposal envisages a one-off payment»»»

Former Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Felix Kulov has proposed establishing a branch of the Special Financial and Investment Territory Tamchy in Bishkek. He presented the initiative on social media. According to Kulov, the launch of the main infrastructure of Tamchy Special Financial and Investment T»»»

An official Lebanese source revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat that the only guarantee the United States has offered Lebanon in the latest war with Israel is the safety of Rafik Hariri International Airport and the road leading to it. The Americans “are not responding to Lebanese contacts because they hav»»»

Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Israel of "unlawfully" using white phosphorus over residential parts of a southern Lebanese town last week. "The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor," th»»»

Manilw: Filipina actress Bea Alonzo is scripting her own happily ever after. The beloved Kapuso actress, known for her captivating roles in hits like Start-Up PH and her effortless charm on and off screen, has found her real-life leading man in Ferdinand Vincent Pe Co, the dashing president of Pure»»»

Kyrgyzstan produced 141 tons of gold over the past five years, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision Asel Raimkulova said at a meeting of the Committee on Agrarian Policy, Water Resources, Subsoil Use and Environmental Protection of the Zhogorku Kenesh. According t»»»

The population of the snow leopard in Kyrgyzstan has exceeded 550 individuals. Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision Asel Raimkulova said during a meeting of the Committee on Agrarian Policy, Water Resources, Subsoil Use, Ecology and Environmental Protection of the»»»

Hezbollah said on Monday it was fighting Israeli forces who landed in eastern Lebanon by helicopter across the Syrian border, the second such operation since the outbreak of the latest conflict with Israel. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war last week when Iran-backed militant group Hezboll»»»