The Peninsula 2m

Islamweb launches ‘Doha of the Qur’an’ platform featuring over 50 complete recitations

Doha, Qatar: The Islamweb network, affiliated with the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs through its Department of Da’wah and Religious Guidance, has launched a new Ramadan initiative titled ‘Doha of the Qur’an’. The platform represents one of the network’s most comprehensive seasonal projects,»»»

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Al Awsat 2m

Gold Prices Fall on Dollar Strength, Fading US Rate-cut Hopes

Gold prices fell on Monday, as a stronger US dollar weighed on the greenback-priced bullion, while higher energy costs fueled inflation concerns and further dimmed the prospects for near-term reductions in interest rates. Spot gold shed 1.4% to $5,097.70 per ounce as of 0750 GMT, after falling more»»»

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The Peninsula 14m

Iran attacks grave threat to world peace: Arab League

Cairo: The Arab League Council yesterday expressed strong condemnation of the Iranian attacks on the State of Qatar; the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the Sultanate of Oman; the State of Kuwait; the United Arab Emirates; the Kingdom of Bahrain; the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; and the Republic of Iraq, »»»

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Naharnet 14m

Israel fires white phosphorus at residential areas in Yohmor

The human rights group Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday that the Israeli military "unlawfully" hit a village in southern Lebanon with shells containing white phosphorus, a controversial incendiary munition. Through geolocating and verifying seven images, Human Rights Watch said Israel fir»»»

Naharnet 14m

Hezbollah fights Israelis landing in Nabi Sheet, soldiers entering border towns

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 Hezbollah attacked Israel in respo»»»

Al Awsat 14m

World Shares Tumble as Iran War Pushes Crude Prices Over $110 a Barrel

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index plunged more than 5% and other Asian markets also tumbled Monday after oil prices soared to nearly $120 a barrel, casting a shadow over economies heavily dependent on imported crude and gas from the region. The futures for the S&P 500, Nasdaq composite index and t»»»

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Gulf News 14m

Indian rupee hits record low, giving UAE remitters stronger value

Dubai: Indian expatriates in the UAE are seeing stronger value when sending money home after the Indian rupee weakened sharply against the UAE dirham, touching an all-time low in early Monday trading. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Currency tracking platforms such as »»»

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Actmedia 18m

Robert Anghel takes over as CEO of Salt Bank

Robert Anghel has been appointed CEO of Salt Bank, taking over from Gabriela Nistor, who will stay on as a member of the Board of Directors. Anghel has over 25 years of experience in digital transformation and banking and has been involved in the Salt Bank project from its early stages as Chief Bus»»»

Actmedia 18m

A new Fidelis edition debuted on Friday with tax-free interest rates of up to 7.10%

Resident and non-resident individuals over 18 years of age can subscribe to Fidelis government bonds denominated in lei and euros, starting from Friday, March 6, until Friday, March 13, and the interest rates reach up to 7.10%, according to a press release from the Ministry of Finance.The subscript»»»

BNE 23m

Oil price spike at over $100 per barrel as market faces possibly worst crisis in history

Oil prices surged to over $100 per barrel in early trading on March 9, as the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for nearly a week now has led to production shut-ins across the Gulf as storage space for unexported oil runs out. »»»

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BNE 23m

Oil price spike at over $100 per barrel as market faces possibly worst crisis in history

Oil prices surged to over $100 per barrel in early trading on March 9, as the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for nearly a week now has led to production shut-ins across the Gulf as storage space for unexported oil runs out. »»»

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BNE 23m

Oil price spike at over $100 per barrel as market faces possibly worst crisis in history

Oil prices surged to over $100 per barrel in early trading on March 9, as the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for nearly a week now has led to production shut-ins across the Gulf as storage space for unexported oil runs out. »»»

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BNE 23m

Oil price spike at over $100 per barrel as market faces possibly worst crisis in history

Oil prices surged to over $100 per barrel in early trading on March 9, as the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for nearly a week now has led to production shut-ins across the Gulf as storage space for unexported oil runs out. »»»

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BNE 23m

Oil price spike at over $100 per barrel as market faces possibly worst crisis in history

Oil prices surged to over $100 per barrel in early trading on March 9, as the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for nearly a week now has led to production shut-ins across the Gulf as storage space for unexported oil runs out. »»»

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BNE 23m

Oil price spike at over $100 per barrel as market faces possibly worst crisis in history

Oil prices surged to over $100 per barrel in early trading on March 9, as the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for nearly a week now has led to production shut-ins across the Gulf as storage space for unexported oil runs out. »»»

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BNE 23m

Oil price spike at over $100 per barrel as market faces possibly worst crisis in history

Oil prices surged to over $100 per barrel in early trading on March 9, as the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for nearly a week now has led to production shut-ins across the Gulf as storage space for unexported oil runs out. »»»

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Actmedia 25m

Women accounted for 51.2% of total resident population on 1 January 2025

Women accounted for 51.2 percent of the total resident population on 1 January 2025, or 9.752 million people, according to a National Institute of Statistics (INS) release published on Friday, on the occasion of the International Women's Day.On that date, there were 19.043 million people with usual»»»

Al Awsat 26m

Governments Scramble to Limit Fallout of Iran War as Oil Prices Surge

Governments scrambled to limit the impact on economies and consumers from the widening Iran war, which fueled a record surge in oil prices on Monday after key producers cut output and Tehran signaled that hardliners would remain in charge. In a sign of mounting governmental concern over supply disr»»»

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Al Awsat 38m

World’s Oldest Icebergs is Nearly at an End

The story of one of the world’s oldest icebergs is nearly at an end, after a breathtaking 40-year journey that has captivated scientists. The iceberg, known as A23a, was once the largest on Earth, covering an area more than twice the size of Greater London, according to BBC. But after a path full o»»»

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Naharnet 50m

Hezbollah fights Israelis who landed in east Lebanon, soldiers entering border towns

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»»»

BBC 59m

The final voyage of the Iranian warship sunk by the US

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»»»

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Al Awsat 1h

Digital Reconstruction Reveals Face of ‘Little Foot,’ A 4 Million-Year-Old Human Ancestor

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»»»

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France24 1h

New search for flight MH370 ends without breakthrough

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»»»

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Al Awsat 1h

Iran Could Retrieve Uranium Entombed at Isfahan Site

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»»»

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UPI 1h

On This Day, March 9: Supreme Court rules in Amistad case - UPI.com

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»»»

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Al Awsat 1h

Lebanese Army Faces Criticism over Delay in Enforcing Monopoly on Arms

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 »»»

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Al Awsat 1h

Iran Launches Missiles as Khamenei’s Son Takes Charge

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, »»»

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Novinite 1h

Oil Explodes Past 100 Dollars as War Fears Grip Global Markets

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 »»»

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Al Awsat 2h

US Only Guarantees Security of Beirut Airport, Road Leading to it

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»»»

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Al Awsat 2h

HRW Accuses Israel of 'Unlawfully' Using White Phosphorus in New Lebanon Attacks

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»»»

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24 News Agency 2h

Kyrgyzstan produces 141 tons of gold over five years - | 24.KG

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»»»

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Al Awsat 2h

Hezbollah Says Fighting Israeli Forces Who Landed in East Lebanon

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»»»

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The Peninsula 2h

Over 300 arrested for filming and circulating misleading information

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Interior announced that the Economic and Cyber Crimes Prevention Department at the General Directorate of Criminal Investigations has arrested 313 individuals of various nationalities. The arrests were made for filming and circulating unauthorized video clips, spreading»»»

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Gulf News 2h

Philippines: Fuel rationing on, price caps set until March 9 by the Department of Energy

Manila: In a move to protect consumers from potential profiteering amid volatile global oil markets, the Department of Energy (DOE) has imposed nationwide price ceilings on various petroleum products, effective immediately and lasting through March 9, 2026. The directive, issued under the guidance »»»

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24 News Agency 3h

Kloop case: Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan to hear appeal over extremism ruling - | 24.KG

The Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan will today, March 9, hear an appeal filed by the editorial team of Kloop media outlet against a decision by the Oktyabrsky District Court of Bishkek that declared materials published on its website extremist. Earlier, the district prosecutor’s office asked the court »»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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BNE 3h

Asian stocks slide as oil prices surge past $100 per barrel

Equity markets across Asia fell sharply at the week’s opening on March 9, with indices in Japan and South Korea leading regional losses following a steep rise in global oil prices, The Business Times reports. Singapore’s b»»»

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