Israel said Tuesday it had killed the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ all-volunteer Basij force, a key force used to suppress demonstrations in the Iranian Republic, as Gulf Arab nations came under renewed missile and drone fire Tuesday from Iran. Dubai, a major transit hub for internatio»»»

Shares were mixed in Europe and Asia on Tuesday after a drop in oil prices helped send the US stock market to its best day since the war in Iran began. The reprieve in prices for crude was short-lived, with Brent crude climbing nearly 4% early Tuesday to $104.13 a barrel. US benchmark crude also cl»»»

During her participation in a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, caretaker Foreign Minister Nadezhda Neynsky held talks with her Greek counterpart Georgios Gerapetritis, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday. Neynsky expressed gratitude to Gerapetritis for Greece’s »»»

Bulgaria's caretaker Foreign Minister Nadezhda Neynsky has conferred with Matthew Whitaker, Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO, on the sidelines of a Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, the Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday. The two discussed the situation in I»»»

Beijing: China said on Tuesday it will provide humanitarian assistance to Middle Eastern countries, including Iran and Lebanon, targeted in US and Israeli strikes in the conflict now in its third week. Beijing is a close partner of Iran and has urged the United States and Israel to cease their atta»»»

South Korea had 81 products that led global exports in 2024, including memory chips and face masks, a report showed Tuesday. In this photo, containers are stacked at a port in Pyeongtaek on March 12. Photo by Yonhap South Korea had 81 products that led global exports in 2024, including memory chips»»»

A major tournament in the national sport of kok boru, timed to Nooruz holiday, has officially begun in Cholpon-Ata city. The federation’s press service reported. According to it, 24 teams are participating in the competition, competing in the group stages of the Major and First Leagues. Teams are c»»»

Ivan Demerdzhiev, former Minister of Internal Affairs and member of the "Progressive Bulgaria" coalition, emphasized in an interview on BNT that his group is driven by principles rather than political maneuvering. He stated that strategies are meant for “players,” but the coalition sees itself as a»»»

Hamas has held its first talks with the newly established US‑led Board of Peace, as the postwar Gaza reconstruction plan comes under strain from the Iran war and continued Israeli strikes on the enclave, Reuters has reported. The Board of Peace – an international body formally established in mid‑Ja»»»

Questions over who bears responsibility for the killing of over 160 schoolgirls in an airstrike in Iran are irrelevant, former CENTCOM commander Admiral William Fallon has suggested in a heated exchange with Afshin Rattansi on Going Underground. The February 28 strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh eleme»»»

Doha, Qatar: Missile and drone attacks continue to target the Gulf region with Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait reporting interceptions. Stay tuned for live updates: 11:30am Doha Time Sending unverified content to official accounts is a violation, warns MOI The Ministry of Interior warned that s»»»

Amid escalating geopolitical tensions and a widening capital gap, EU leadership has unveiled a multi-pronged offensive to reclaim technological and financial independence, which could impact the future of startup investments in Romania. By Ovidiu Posirca The urgency is underscored by a stark fundin»»»

A three-judge panel of the Sofia Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling by the Sofia City Court that terminated proceedings in a case concerning a proposal for the conditional early release of Evelin "Brendo" Banev, the Appellate Court said in a press release. According to the appellate judges, th»»»

Social work often goes unnoticed, but without it society would fall apart, Denitsa Sacheva, Chair of the parliamentary Committee on Labour and Social Policy, said in a Facebook post marking World Social Work Day. “Today is a day for those who stay when everyone else leaves. For those who do not ask»»»

Dubai: Iraq ‌said it’s in contact ​with Iran to ​allow some oil ​tankers to pass through the ⁠Strait of Hormuz after the OPEC nation was forced to reduce oil output to a quarter. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.“There is ongoing communication with Iran regarding allowi»»»

The office of Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who is seen here outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2026, confirmed Monday that a member of her security team was shot dead by police last week. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo March 17 (UPI) -- The 39-year-old man killed in a »»»

Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back attends a plenary session of the parliamentary defense committee in Seoul on Tuesday. Photo by Yonhap The defense ministry has not received any official request from the United States to deploy warships to the Middle East, Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Tuesday following U»»»

Israeli airstrikes rained down on three neighborhoods in Beirut's southern suburbs early Tuesday, Lebanese state media reported, as Lebanon said more than one million people had been displaced in two weeks of fighting. Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2 when Tehran-backed Hezboll»»»

China said on Tuesday it had "noted" clarifications from the United States about the reasons for a possible delay to a planned visit to Beijing by President Donald Trump. Trump had planned to visit at the end of March, according to the White House, but said on Monday he had asked China to delay his»»»

Iran's influential parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Tuesday that the United States would not create the Middle East's post-war order. "The order here will change, but it will not be an order in which the will of the United States prevails," Ghalibaf said in a recorded video inter»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to visit Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the UK on Tuesday to agree a new defence partnership aimed at tackling cheap attack drones. Downing Street said the deal would bring together "Ukrainian expertise and the UK's industrial base" to manufacture a»»»

Dubai: As the UAE extends its distance learning period, one of the country's largest school operators has laid out a detailed, curriculum-specific roadmap to help families plan ahead, with some students heading online as early as Monday, March 23, and others returning to classrooms on April 6. GEMS»»»

Sputnik international news agency and radio has for the first time hosted a SputnikPro project session for students of Tribhuvan University, Nepal’s largest university. During the session, Vasily Pushkov, director of international cooperation, spoke to students about Russian media approaches to int»»»

Iraq's oil minister said Baghdad is talking to Iran about allowing some of the country's oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the state news agency reported on Tuesday, as Iraq seeks to ease disruptions to crude exports following recent attacks on tankers in its own waters. Iraq is als»»»

Tunis, March 17 (TAP)- The weather on Tuesday is densely cloudy with scattered showers in the north and locally in the midland, the National Institute of Meterology (INM) said. Rainstorms are forecast in eastern coasts with localised...»»»

British holidaymakers are rebooking Easter trips away from Dubai due to the war in neighbouring Iran, causing a spike in demand for "reassuring" destinations, travel firms have told the BBC. There is mass disruption to passenger flights across the Middle East and warnings not to travel to large par»»»

Dubai: TheBlock., the capital of virtual assets, today announced a major milestone driven by the continued expansion of its ecosystem: the ability to support turnkey real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation, including crowd lending and co-ownership structures, for global distribution. Traditionally, man»»»

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) - New Beginning parliamentary group Tuesday will alert the European Public Prosecutor’s Office over a statement by caretaker Health Minister Michail Okoliyski, who said that “a handful of oligarchs are abusing European funds” and that ”the National Recover»»»

Dubai: Lava from the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on France’s Réunion Island has reached the Indian Ocean for the first time in nearly two decades, marking a dramatic phase in the ongoing eruption. The volcano began erupting on February 13, and over the past month, molten rock has steadily advance»»»

The Media Action Platform of Kyrgyzstan issued an appeal calling for the resumption of open dialogue between the state, society, and independent media. Activists note that recent events in the country suggest signs of a gradual normalization of the socio-political atmosphere and provide grounds for»»»

A total of 4,192 criminal suspects remain on the wanted list in Kyrgyzstan. The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan reported. In 2025 alone, 344 individuals were declared wanted in connection with criminal cases. Additional 3,848 suspects have been on the run since previous years. The Prosecu»»»

Restaurant technology startup Choice has secured $7.1 million in new funding and is accelerating its expansion across Central and Eastern Europe, including Romania, where it entered the market in 2025. Since its local launch, Choice has already attracted its first paying restaurants, confirming int»»»

Syria’s capital is witnessing an unprecedented cultural development as preparations got underway for official and popular celebrations of Nowruz, the Kurdish New Year, marking the arrival of spring on March 21. For the first time in modern Syrian history, festivities will take place openly in Damas»»»

The UN on Tuesday urged Israel to immediately halt its dramatic settlement expansion in the West Bank, raising concerns of "ethnic cleansing" with over 36,000 Palestinians displaced in a single year. A fresh report from the United Nations rights office, looking at the 12 months up to October 31, 20»»»

The construction of dwellings fell by 3.14 percent in 2025, with 59,062 homes completed last year, 1,916 fewer than in 2024, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS) data.The situation by area of residence in 2025 compared with 2024 highlights an increase in the share of homes comple»»»

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»»»

Romania is preparing to see a new private passenger rail operator enter the market, with Iasi-based Ferotrafic TFI planning to begin running trains between Suceava and Bucharest by the end of March, https://www.railtech.com/ ...»»»

Romania exports over EUR 10 billion euros in the IT services area every year, and the area's contribution to the country's Gross Domestic Product is 8%, Chairman of the Romanian Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade (ARICE), Daniel Constantin, said on Tuesday at the Digital Innovation Summit Buch»»»

The retail turnover volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles), in January 2026 compared with January 2025, decreased both as gross series by 9.1% and as adjusted series according to the number of working days and seasonality by 6.5%, according to the National Institute of Sta»»»

Romania's chocolate market exceeds 300 million euros, with annual consumption reaching about 35,000 tonnes, as Romanians are eating more chocolate but becoming more selective, increasingly opting for premium, local products and gastronomic experiences, according to industry data.Average chocolate c»»»

The number of patients with mental disorders in Kyrgyzstan is growing by 10-11 percent annually. Nurgul Ibraeva, head of the Primary Health Care Department of the Ministry of Health’s Directorate for the Organization of Medical Care and Pharmaceutical Policy, said at press conference. According to »»»

Rumen Spetsov, the special manager of Lukoil in Bulgaria, has assured that fuel supplies in the country are secure and that there is no reason to expect shortages in the foreseeable future. Currently, meeting domestic demand requires operating at less than half of the refinery’s capacity, and reser»»»

Israel's military says its troops have begun "limited and targeted ground operations" against the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The military said operations had targeted "key Hezbollah strongholds" in recent days with the aim of strengthening the defence of Israeli border c»»»

Two members of Iran's national women's football team who sought asylum in Australia have been pictured training at the grounds of the A-league football team Brisbane Roar. "Everything will be fine," one of them, Fatemeh Pasandideh, posted on Instagram. She and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh were among seven »»»

In the third week of the joint US-Israeli war against Iran, Donald Trump faces decisions that could define the rest of his presidency. But if the American commander-in-chief is grappling with a war of choice that seems in danger of spiralling in ways he can't control, those concerns are not playing»»»

A change in weather is expected as of Tuesday across western and southern parts of Greece, gradually extending to other regions, excluding eastern Macedonia and Thrace. The forecast includes rain and lower temperatures. The National Meteorological Service said the winds will blow from eastern direc»»»

Kabul: Azmat Ali Momand had just finished his rounds, checking patients at the "Camp Omid" drug rehabilitation centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, when the explosion erupted. "The room collapsed on me," the 30-year-old doctor, who has worked at the centre for two years, told AFP on Tuesday. "I got»»»

The other day, an acquaintance repeatedly got my name wrong in a phone call. I didn’t register it, the first few times. I just hmmed as we continued to discussing a pitch. It only dawned after she suddenly apologised, “Have I been calling you by a different name all this time?” “I think so. But it’»»»

Shigeaki ‌Mori, the survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing whom former US President Barack Obama embraced during a historic visit to the city in 2016, has died at 88, Jiji Press reported on Tuesday. The image of Obama's arms wrapped around a tearful Mori at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial ‌Park beca»»»

A Russian attack damaged industrial, port and energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine's Odesa region on the Black Sea overnight, causing disruption to power supplies in separate settlements in the southern part of ‌the region, a ‌local official said ‌on ⁠Tuesday. Regional Governor Oleh ⁠Kiper s»»»