Multiple emergency flights Thursday brought Bulgarians back home from various countries in the Middle East where they were stranded by the disruption of air traffic amid the ongoing escalation. The flights arrived with a total of 706 passengers, according to the official accounts. Two flights carry»»»

A sense of normality is slowly returning to Israel, even as large-scale Israeli-American attacks on Iran show no sign of abating, and as Israel expands its offensive in Lebanon against the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah. Six days on, as the intensity of the Iranian retaliation has diminished, mea»»»

A judicial source said 23 people, including Hezbollah members and civilians, have been arrested so far following a government decision to ban military actions by the party. The arrests have been made across Lebanon after individual weapons, machine guns, and various types of military equipment were»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has announced the arrest of 194 individuals of various nationalities for filming and circulating video clips, as well as publishing misleading information and rumours related to ongoing field developments. In a press release, the ministry said the arrests were c»»»

One of the top officials overseeing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, will leave her role, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, a major staffing move that raises questions about the direction of the Republican president's immigration »»»

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was replacing Kristi Noem, head of the powerful Department of Homeland Security. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullen would take over from Noem at DHS on March 31. Related Topics:US-Israel-Iran war»»»

NielsenIQ (NIQ) Romania has published its analysis of the State of the Nation in Retail for 2025, which shows continued growth in the value and volume of retail sales. Romanian consumers spent RON 139.8 billion on fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and electro-IT products during the year, an increas»»»

The intensity of Iranian missile attacks against the US and Israeli assets in the Middle East does not seem to abate, despite the United States’ claims to the contrary, Konstantin Sivkov, a member of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, tells Sputnik. Despite losing a number of its»»»

Iran's military posture in a widening conflict with Israel and the US suggests it is not fighting for victory in any conventional sense. It is fighting for survival, and survival on its own terms. The Islamic Republic's leaders and commanders have been preparing for this moment for years. They unde»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance Israeli occupation barracks of Yaara with a squadron of combat drones: Statement 5 05-03-2026 20:42 PM Latest News Urgen»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe After detecting a gathering of soldiers at the Israeli occupation site established after 2024 war, the Islamic Resistance targeted it with »»»

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) and the Bulgarian Veterinary Union (BVU) have agreed to hold regular monthly coordination meetings on key issues in the sector as announced by the agency on Thursday. This was discussed at a meeting between the Executive Director of the BFSA, Dr. Angel Mavrov»»»

The Security Council with the Council of Ministers held a meeting here on Thursday to discuss the situation in the Middle East. The meeting, the second since the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran, was attended by representatives of the political forces in Parliament. Speaking at a news briefin»»»

The European Central Bank has no pre-set stance as regards to geopolitical tensions from the conflict in the Middle East and will decide monetary policy on a "meeting-by-meeting" basis, President Christine Lagarde said on Thursday. The ECB will take its decisions "in view of all the ⁠data that we c»»»

The Israeli military has ordered hundreds of thousands of people to leave Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of Hezbollah, as it steps up strikes targeting the Iran-backed armed group across Lebanon. "Save your lives, evacuate your homes immediately," the military's Arabic spokesperson wrote o»»»

Banca Transilvania continues to be the strongest banking brand in Europe, with a brand value exceeding $1 billion, according to Brand Finance Banking 500 2026. The report shows that BT has a top brand score due to its high credibility, attractiveness, and high recommendation level. The analysis is »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir, HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, received a phone call Thursday from the President of the Czech Republic, HE Petr Pavel. During the call, HE the Czech President expressed his country’s solidarity with the State of Qatar following the Iranian aggression, and condemned these»»»

The war is changing fast. Iran's Islamic Revolutionaries threatened to sink the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group with its letal drones and missiles. Now, IRGC's entire naval fleet is no more (20 Iran ships sunk), and the regime's air force has been obliterated. And when one side owns the skies, whe»»»

At the European level, Visa data point to a consumer in a state of relative stability: spending is no longer contracting sharply, but neither is it entering a phase of visible acceleration. Romania, however, follows a different trajectory. According to the Visa Spending Momentum Index, spending mom»»»

In Iran, under ongoing US-Israeli attacks, a mass funeral took place today for 168 Iranian schoolgirls aged 7-12, killed by an Israeli airstrike on February 28. The strike hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ primary school in Minab, southern Iran, in broad daylight, when the children were at school. F»»»

US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have offered conflicting justifications for the American war with Iran, as the White House scrambles to contain a growing political firestorm over contradicting narratives about what necessitated the operation against Tehran. The Pentagon»»»

Savannah Guthrie, a host of NBC's Today programme, has visited the network's office in New York as she makes plans to return to the airwaves while the search for her missing mother continues. Guthrie's 84 year-old mother Nancy has been missing from her home in Arizona since 1 February, when authori»»»

The Community Development Authority (CDA) in Dubai is engaging with senior citizens and People of Determination to check on their well-being and reaffirm its support for them. The initiative reflects the authority’s human-centred approach, which prioritises close connection with the community, stre»»»

Three British men were released on bail after being arrested for allegedly spying for China. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo March 5 (UPI) -- Three British men arrested on Wednesday for allegedly spying for China have been released on bail, and the wife of one is being investigated »»»

Around 200 migrants have reached the southern island of Crete in one day after making the dangerous sea crossing from northern Africa, authorities said Thursday. All are believed to have departed from eastern Libya, after paying smuggling gangs to be ferried to Europe. Together with the roughly 500»»»

US President Donald Trump on Thursday called again on Israel's president to grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a pardon for corruption charges, saying the premier should have nothing on his mind but the war with Iran. Trump, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname, said in an interview with Isr»»»

A suspect in the killing of three women in the US state of Utah has been taken into custody in neighbouring Colorado. Authorities received a call that two women's bodies had been discovered on a hiking trail in Wayne County on Wednesday. Investigators then found a third woman dead at a residence ne»»»

A vote on President Donald Trump's proposed White House ballroom has been postponed after a commission overseeing changes received more than 32,000 comments, mostly in opposition, from the public. They included accusations Trump is seeking a "gaudy, personalized palace", undertaking "personal vanit»»»

Warning: this story contains details which some readers might find distressing ​​Satellite imagery analysis reveals multiple strikes and burn marks around a school in southern Tehran, suggesting it was hit more than once, in an attack Iranian authorities say killed 168 people on Saturday. Verified »»»

Doha, Qatar: Al Jazeera reported on Thursday that a fire sparked by an Iranian missile strike at Bahrain’s main oil refinery has been fully contained, authorities said. In a statement, Bahrain’s National Communication Centre said the blaze broke out at a unit of the Bapco Energies refinery on the i»»»

Iran launched a new wave of attacks Thursday morning at Israeli and American bases and threatened that the United States would "bitterly regret" torpedoing an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean and a religious leader called for "Trump's blood," while Israel said it had begun a "large-scale" attack»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted he should have a role in picking Iran’s next supreme leader after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose son he said he found unacceptable. "Khamenei's son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy," Trump told»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted he should have a role in picking Iran’s next supreme leader after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose son he said he found unacceptable. "Khamenei's son is a lightweight. I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy," Trump told»»»

Argentinian President Javier Milei speaks during the opening of the 144th Ordinary Session of the National Congress in Buenos Aires on Sunday. Milei addressed the nation on key initiatives for his administration. Photo by Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA March 5 (UPI) -- Argentina's main business organization»»»

Skopje, 2 March 2026 (MIA) - Minister of Digital Transformation Stefan Andonovski is on a working visit to Spain on Monday, where he is participating in Mobile World Congress (MWC26) in Barcelona, the world’s largest event bringing together policymakers on digitalization, representatives of telecom»»»

Manama: An Iranian missile strike sparked a blaze at Bahrain's main state-owned oil refinery on Thursday, which was later contained, the Gulf country's communications centre said. "A fire broke out at a unit of the Bapco Energies refinery following an Iranian missile strike. The fire has been fully»»»

An expanded extraordinary meeting of the General Assembly of the Druze Religious Council was held Thursday at the Druze Community Center in Beirut, at the invitation of Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Akl Sami Abi al-Muna, and in the presence of former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat»»»

The US has asked Ukraine for help defending Gulf allies against Iranian drones, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky. He said Ukraine's partners had been reaching out and there had been "requests from the American side". The Pentagon declined to comment. Zelensky made clear Ukraine would help »»»

Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has strongly condemned what he described as an Iranian attack on Azerbaijani territory, calling the strike “a grave and unacceptable act of aggression.” In a public statement following reports of an attack targeting civilian infrastructure in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchiva»»»

Dubai: European Union and Gulf ministers on Thursday demanded Iran to immediately halt attacks across the region, warning that the escalating conflict risks undermining global security as the war in the Middle East entered its sixth day. Foreign ministers from the European Union and the Gulf Cooper»»»

Britney Spears has been arrested in California, US court documents show. The singer was arrested by the California Highway Patrol at around 21:30 PT (05:30 GMT) on Wednesday. She was released in the early hours of Thursday morning and is scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court on 4 May»»»

1 of 4 | Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., attends a dinner in the East Room of the White House in November. He announced Wednesday that he won't seek re-election. File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo March 5 (UPI) -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., announced Wednesday that he won't seek re-elect»»»

In our ongoing weekly digest, we sum up and explain the most important public affairs events of the week from Hungary. We guide readers on the road to the key April 2026 election — a poll without precedent in the region over the past 15 years. This week, we cover: Why Viktor Orbán does not rule out»»»

Nature and EnvironmentInvestors are betting on nature protection Josh AxelrodDebt-for-nature swaps and conservation funds to halt biodiversity loss are gaining traction as governments link ecosystem collapse to geopolitical instability. https://p.dw.com/p/59TjZA UK government assessment warns that »»»

Thousands of students at University College Dublin (UCD) took part in a rally on Wednesday, after a sexually explicit image of a student was circulated to UCD staff emails and to a large WhatsApp group. The students' union called the demonstration in solidarity with victims and survivors of sexual »»»

The US campaign to hunt down and destroy boats allegedly bringing drugs from South America has been so successful it is now hard to find targets, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said Thursday. The United States began targeting these alleged smuggling speedboats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific in e»»»

Sir Keir Starmer has said he stands by his decision not to join the initial US-Israel strikes on Iran on Saturday, and said talks would be the best way forward. At a Downing Street news conference, the PM said the UK had "the strength to stand by our values and our principles no matter the pressure»»»

The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the European Union (EU) strongly condemned the unjustified Iranian attacks targeting GCC states, considering them a direct threat to regional and global security. In a joint statement issued after an extraordinary meeting hel»»»

US President Donald Trump told Axios on Thursday that he needs to be personally ⁠involved in selecting Iran's ⁠next leader. "Khamenei's son is unacceptable to me. ⁠We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran," Axios quoted Trump as saying in an interview. "I have to ⁠be ⁠involved in t»»»

In the UAE, 189 ballistic missiles have been detected since the start of Iranian aggression on Feb 28, with 175 destroyed. However, there have been some cases of debris from the intercepted missiles/drones doing some damage. Stay updated: Get the latest faster by downloading the Gulf News app - it'»»»