Dubai: Dr Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, has said the UAE stands firm and resolute in confronting the Iranian aggression, while stressing the importance of collective responsibility in countering misinformation. In a statement published on his X account, Gargash said that w»»»

Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail met last Saturday with the CEO of the Emirati gas and oil firm Dana Gas in attendance of Egypt’s Investment and International Cooperation Minister, Egypt’s ambassador to Jordan, and a number of officials at Dana Gas. The Premier held this meeting on the sidelin»»»

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Thursday that he had ordered the military to prepare for expanding operations in Lebanon after Hezbollah fired a heavy barrage of rockets ⁠at Israel overnight. "The Prime Minister and I have instructed the IDF to prepare for expanding IDF operations in Leba»»»

A passenger train that departed from the northeastern Chinese city of Dandong arrived in the North Korean capital Pyongyang on Thursday, as rail service between the neighboring countries resumed after six years. The train arrived at a railway station in central Pyongyang, state news agency Xinhua s»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced the postponement of the mid-term second-semester exams for the academic year 2025-2026 for grades one to eleven. The Ministry, in a post on its social media, noted that the postponement was to ensure suitable conditions for condu»»»

Members of the Commission for Protection against Discrimination (CPD) will not bear criminal or civil liability for their official actions and acts, except in cases of intentional criminal offences, according to amendments to the Protection against Discrimination Act adopted at first reading by Par»»»

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INDIAN WELLS - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has failed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells Masters tournament after losing 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) to defending champion Jack Draper of Great Britain in the fourth round on Thursday. World number 14 Draper won after two hours and»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Djuro Macut and government ministers on Thursday laid wreaths on the site of former PM Zoran Djindjic's assassination 23 years ago. Djindjic was assassinated on March 12, 2003, at the entrance to the government building in central Belgrade. He was 50 years old. Djindjic was th»»»

DOHA: Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) His Excellency Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received several telephone calls from the ministers of interior of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, in the context of the recent Iranian attac»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Interior and Commander of Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, has received several messages and telegrams from their Excellencies, Ministers of Interior and security officials of brotherly and friendly countries, following t»»»

The Kremlin accused Ukraine on Thursday of targeting a major gas pipeline in southern Russia that leads to Türkiye with "reckless" drone strikes. Ukraine has hit Russian energy targets throughout Moscow's four-year offensive, a war that has killed thousands and displaced millions. "At night, there »»»

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky have a little something for the ladies for Women’s History Month. They’re apparently going to spend the entire time beaking each other off on the global stage. Get your wads of bills ready to toss, girls! Especially you, Q»»»

Australia has been “hitched at the hip” to the US and Israel’s “catastrophic” war with Iran, Senator Nick McKim has warned, after dozens of Australian troops departed for the Middle East. Australia is deploying surveillance aircraft, stocks of air-to-air missiles, and 85 military personnel to the U»»»

The outbreak of open hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan marks the most serious confrontation between the two neighbors since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. After weeks of escalating cross-border clashes and retaliatory strikes, Islamabad declared it was in a state of “open war” wi»»»

An ongoing military inquiry has found the US preliminarily responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, the New York Times has reported. The February 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh girls’ school came on »»»

A strong earthquake with preliminary magnitude 4.8 was felt across central Greece around noon Thursday, but no severe damage or injuries were immediately reported. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake struck at 12:14 in the mountains of Evritania, some 11 kilometers northeast of the villa»»»

Finance Minister Georgi Klisurski said on Thursday that in the coming hours the Council of Ministers will adopt two decisions related to a 5% increase in the state subsidy for organizations that are not publicly funded but receive a subsidy from the state budget. Klisurski was speaking at a joint b»»»

POLITICS Mediapool features an article on Generation Z’s role in Bulgaria’s political scene three months after the protests that led to the fall of the government and ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. The publication highlights that the caretaker Prime Minister’s first meeting after ta»»»

Dubai: Sahar Karoubi moved to the UAE in 2003 and built her career in marketing after graduating from the American University in Dubai. In 2021, a personal shift pushed her toward entrepreneurship. After becoming a mother of two young children, she began paying closer attention to the everyday prod»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.4080 dinars for one euro on Thursday, which is a slight change relative to Wednesday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.3 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced 15 out of 19 defendants in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack near Moscow to life imprisonment, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the courtroom. Those who receive life sentences include Shamsidin Fariduni, Dalerdzhon Mirzoy»»»

Ukraine lost over 340 soldiers in combat against Russia's Tsentr battlegroup over the past day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. "The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 340 servicepeople, three armored personnel carri»»»

Last year, WDP, the second largest player on the industrial real estate market, reached a milestone by securing a 25% market share in Romania. We sat down with Country Manager Jeroen Biermans to discuss the economic outlook as well as the challenges and opportunities the sector might face in the co»»»

Air strikes killed at least nine Iran-backed fighters in Iraq on Thursday near the Iraqi-Syrian border, two senior security officials told AFP. Another 10 fighters were wounded in the strikes that targeted a base belonging to the US-blacklisted Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, the officials added on »»»

Dubai: The United States is preparing some of its most powerful long-range bombers for possible strikes on deeply buried targets in Iran, even as the widening conflict spills into Gulf shipping lanes and oil infrastructure across the region. Videos taken Wednesday at RAF Fairford in Britain showed »»»

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FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinCopy URL The Egyptian Ethylene and Derivatives Company (ETHYDCO) reported strong operational and commercial performance, with total sales in domestic and export markets surpassing EGP 5.7 billion and exports rising by 5.4 per cent, according to statements made during »»»

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, has succeeded in obtaining the political backing from the Presidency Council and the High State Council (HSC) for his new ministerial appointments made earlier this month. This approval came in the form of a jointly signed declaration yest»»»

Dubai: Dubai Police has announced that its network of 33 Smart Police Stations (SPS) is providing customers across the emirate with round-the-clock services without the need for human intervention. Residents and visitors can access 32 services through the stations, which are organised into four mai»»»

2025 brought an unfortunate first on the Bucharest office market: it was the first year in the last two decades with no deliveries of new office space. Against this backdrop, total leasing demand fell by around 25% year-on-year, to approximately 250,000 square metres, while take-up of new space tot»»»

The war in the Middle East is creating the biggest oil supply disruption in history, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday, a day after it agreed to release a record volume from strategic stockpiles to offset shortages and a spike in prices. Global supply is expected to drop by 8 million»»»

Paris, France: It all started off as a joke, a French researcher told AFP. But what the team found was a piece of history -- a long-lost page from a legendary manuscript by ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes which had been languishing, forgotten, in the archives of a French museum. Archimedes, »»»

Doha, Qatar: The prices of gold in Qatar declined by 0.34 percent during the current week, reaching $5,154.18 per ounce today, according to data issued by Qatar National Bank. Data showed that the price of an ounce of gold fell from $5,172 to what it was last Sunday. In contrast, prices of other pr»»»

An additional EUR 123 million will be provided to Bulgaria's big coal regions of Kyustendil, Stara Zagora and Pernik from the Just Transition Fund of the Regional Development Programme 2021–2027, the Regional Development and Public Works Ministry said on Wednesday. The projects were presented to th»»»

Sharjah: As uncertainty over pending CBSE Class 12 exams weighs heavily on students across the Middle East, the Indian Association Sharjah has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging a "compassionate, pragmatic and pro-student" decision to ensure Indian expat students in the UAE can complet»»»

Dubai: Business leaders in Dubai remain confident about the emirate’s economic resilience and growth prospects – a key takeaway from 35 meetings organised by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce. Industry representatives across sectors have expressed their confidence in Dubai’s ability to sustain economic»»»

Apple does not acquire companies for incremental innovation. It acquires capabilities that signal where the next interface shift is heading. Its recent move into advanced facial sensing technology is not simply about improving device security. It reflects a broader transition in how technology inte»»»

Unrelenting Iranian attacks on shipping traffic and energy infrastructure pushed oil above $100 a barrel Thursday, as American and Israeli strikes pounded the Islamic Republic with no sign of an end to the war in sight. Iran hit a container ship off the coast of Dubai, caused a blaze near Bahrain's»»»

Russia, Iran and a group of regional countries remain interested in the International North-South Transport Corridor project, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. "It is obvious that the implementation cannot be carried out in Iran now, you must understand this yourself. But as for the»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received a number of telephone calls from Their Highnesses and Excellencies, the Ministers of Interior of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. This com»»»

Tunis, March 12 (TAP) - The trade deficit shrank by end of February 2024 to TND 2,784.2 million against TND 3,517 million during the same period in 2025, reads a note on Foreign Trade at Current Prices (February 2026) published on Thursday by the...»»»

Seven people have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a criminal group that systematically stole sheep and lambs from farms in western Greece, and slaughtered them for sale through two butchers’ shops in the town of Agrinio. A police statement Thursday said the gang is believed to have been »»»

Dubai: Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East can request assistance from the Philippine government during emergencies, such as conflicts, natural disasters, and other crisis situations. The process includes several steps handled by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), t»»»

We are entering the era of embedded AI: artificial intelligence that can perceive, reason, plan, and act in the real world. AI began with perception — recognising images, words, and sounds, and moved to generation — creating text, code, and media. Now it is becoming embodied: machines that navigate»»»

The audit profession stands at a pivotal juncture, facing increasing expectations for transparency, integrity, and public trust. In this evolving landscape, the importance of culture and governance within audit firms cannot be overstated. These elements are not just theoretical constructs but pract»»»

For decades, email has been the backbone of corporate communications and for precisely this reason, it remains the attacker’s preferred gateway into organizations. Phishing, Business Email Compromise (BEC), and supply chain attacks continue to increase, with adversaries using AI and compromised acc»»»