Qatar Airways will operate a limited flight schedule in the coming days after receiving temporary approval from the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority to run select routes following recent disruptions. The Doha-based carrier said the temporary schedule is designed to help travellers continue their jour»»»

Specialists linked to Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, arrived in Hungary last month under diplomatic cover for a hybrid operation aimed at influencing the April 12 election, investigative website VSquare said on March 6. Russia’s embassy in Budapest denied the reports while cr»»»

The Open Ice Climbing Championship of Kyrgyzstan was held in Ala-Archa Gorge, dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the mountaineering section of Skif-Polytech mountain club, organizers reported. According to the Directorate for Non-Olympic Sports and the Federation of Mountaineering and Sport Climb»»»

In Kyrgyzstan, 6,576 cases of acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) and influenza were recorded for a week from March 2 to 8, the Department of Disease Prevention and State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance reported. According to specialists, the incidence rate has decreased by 14.7 per»»»

A magnitude 3 earthquake was recorded in Kyrgyzstan. The Seismology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences reported. According to the Institute, the tremors occurred at 7.23 a.m. on March 9. The earthquake’s epicenter was located in Kyrgyzstan, 6 kilometers northeast of the village of Bor-De»»»

International rating agency Moody’s has completed its periodic review of Romania’s sovereign rating, maintaining the country at Baa3 — the lowest investment-grade level — with a negative outlook, and signalling that further rating decisions will depend on the clarity and implementation of the gover»»»

Serbia unveiled on an ambitious €48bn economic development plan on March 7 aimed at boosting growth, infrastructure and living standards through 2035, according to a government press release. President Aleksandar Vucic pre»»»

Romania’s statistics office, INS, has confirmed an economic slowdown in 2025 (chart), slightly revising the annual growth rate to 0.7% from the 0.6% flash estimate, according to preliminary data published on March 6. The g»»»

Global temperatures in 2025 ranked as the third-highest on record, according to analyses released by three major climate monitoring agencies, highlighting the continued acceleration of human-driven warming despite cooling influences from natural climate cycles, Bloomberg reports. »»»

The rollout of 5G technology remains far from bridging the global digital divide. Quite the contrary, the connectivity gap between high-income and low-income regions has widened in recent years, Statista reports. According»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “No more Mr Nice Guy. It’s just business now,” after the US softened sanctions on India’s purchase of Russian oil to alleviate a growing supply side squeeze. »»»

Ukraine has begun deploying its hard-won battlefield expertise in drone warfare beyond Europe, sending its interceptor drones and specialist teams to help defend US military installations in the Middle East as regional tensions escalate, Bankova said on March 9. »»»

US President Donald Trump has said the military campaign against Iran is close to conclusion, telling CBS News journalist Weijia Jiang in a phone interview on March 9. He said that the country had been stripped of its key »»»

Specialists linked to Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, arrived in Hungary last month under diplomatic cover for a hybrid operation aimed at influencing the April 12 election, investigative website VSquare said on March 6. Russia’s embassy in Budapest denied the reports while cr»»»

Iran has dumped reliance on the US GPS satellite network to guide drones and missiles and switched to China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system that is complicating Israel’s air defence operations. Since the 12-day war wi»»»

ANI Birmingham India’s Lakshya Sen will return with a silver medal from the All England Open 2026 after the 24-year-old went down in the men’s singles final 21-15, 22-20 against Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chun-Yi on Sunday. Sen, who had spent more than five hours on the court in the run-up to the final, »»»

The Ministry of Interior has warned of a potential missile threat. Residents are urged to move to the nearest secure building, stay away from windows, doors, and open areas, and await official instructions. Authorities have stressed the importance of staying in safe locations, following official ch»»»

The Open Winter Road Cycling Championships of Kyrgyzstan for junior men and women were held in Cholpon-Ata city. The Secretariat of World Nomad Games reported. According to the Secretariat, the riders had to cover a distance of 96 kilometers. «Athletes from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan to»»»

The Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan initiated a discussion on an initiative to improve excise regulations on products that have a negative impact on public health. According to the ministry’s press center, representatives from the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, the Stat»»»

MANILA — Faced with soaring prices and disruptions to their oil and gas supplies, Asian countries heavily dependent on fossil fuels from the war-struck Gulf are moving to protect their domestic markets.Here are some of the measures being considered to limit the war's impact:South Korea eyes price c»»»

NEW YORK — Wall Street stocks fell early Monday as a surge in oil prices due to the Middle East war dampened the global economic outlook.All three major US indices dropped more than one per cent, joining a global equity market rout, as oil prices rose in response to output cuts by leading Middle Ea»»»

PARIS, France — French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday the G7 will discuss a possible release of strategic oil reserves, as finance ministers of the world's leading industrialised nations prepared to meet for crisis talks on the Middle East war.Macron, whose country holds the rotating preside»»»

AMMAN — Representative of the financial and banking sector at the Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC), Firas Sultan, said inflows of remittances from Jordanian expatriates, particularly in the Gulf states, have stimulated local exchange companies.The local market is currently witnessing a "steady" inf»»»

Almazbek Usenov has been relieved of his post as Director of the State Agency for Personal Data Protection. The presidential press service reported. According to it, Kutman Mamyrov has been appointed to the vacant position. Photo Internet. Kutman Mamyrov Kutman Mamyrov was born on March 24, 1984. H»»»

Colombia on Sunday voted in legislative elections that delivered a divided congress but saw President Gustavo Petro's leftist coalition expected to maintain dominance in both the lower chamber and the senate. The country will hold a presidential vote in May in which Petro cannot run for re-ele»»»

Venezuela continues to burn natural gas produced as a byproduct of oil extraction in a process called gas flaring, which wastes a valuable resource and also has negative consequences for the environment and poses health risks. We spoke to people in Venezuela with knowledge of gas flaring and its ef»»»

In Colombia's congressional elections, preliminary results show President Gustavo Petro's left wing block has come out on top in the senate with the right wing Democratic Center party, founded by former President Álvaro Uribe edging ahead in the House of Representatives. Voters had to fill 102 Sena»»»

Speculation has been growing surrounding the fate of a high-ranking Iranian commander, Esmail Qaani as some unconfirmed reports allege the general has been executed by Iran for spying for Israel. The report circulating in Arab media that he was arrested and executed for Israeli espionnage have not »»»

"When Cyprus is attacked it is Europe that is attacked" said French President Emmanuel Macron as he spoke during a visit to Cyprus after it was targeted by Iranian-made drones. He also mentioned that France and its partners are preparing a 'purely defensive' mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. »»»

Lebanese officials say nearly 400 people have been killed and more than half a million displaced amid fresh Israeli strikes on Beirut and in the south of the country. In the meantime, Hezbollah says it is fighting Israeli forces that have landed in eastern Lebanon by helicopter, while the Israeli a»»»

Finance Ministers from the G7 group of the world's leading economies are meeting on March 9 to discuss a potential release of stocks from Strategic Petroleum Reserves. The talks will be joined by the executive director of the International Energy Agency. The organisation was formed in the wake of t»»»

The supply of weaponry and drone interceptors could shape the future of the war with Iran, as the US and Gulf nations are trying to find cheaper ways to intercept Iranian drones, before they hit their targets. And it's actually Ukraine actually may have role to play here.»»»

One week after hostilities resumed between Israel and Hezbollah, UNICEF has sounded the alarm over the situation for children in Lebanon. According to the health ministry, more than 80 children have been killed in the fighting. Christophe Boulierac, UNICEF Lebanon’s chief of advocacy and communicat»»»

The Iran crisis has sent oil prices surging, and the G7 finance ministers are meeting later today to discuss possibly releasing strategic oil reserves to stabilise oil prices. The Brent oil barrel has reached its highest price since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Solange Mougin has more on the fa»»»

Iran's council of 88 clerics appointed Mojtaba Khamenei, son of late Ayatallah Ali Khamenei, as new supreme leader of the country. This as US-Israeli strikes keep pounding the country, targeting oil, civilian and military infrastructure. Now, US President Donald Trump is 'gauging' whether the new a»»»

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has become Iran's new supreme leader. The secretive 56-year-old cleric is only the third supreme leader in the history of the Islamic Republic and has close ties to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. But what will his role actually entail?»»»

Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of "unlawfully" using white phosphorus over residential parts of southern Lebanon last week. White phosphorus ignites on contact with oxygen, can be used as an incendiary weapon and can cause fires, horrific burns, respiratory damage and death.»»»

FRANCE 24 spoke to Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, about the impact of the Israeli and US military campaign on Iran’s nuclear programme. He said only limited damage has been observed at key nuclear sites so far, with no rise in radiation levels detected. G»»»

France and its allies are preparing a "defensive" mission to reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday as the Middle East war entered its second week. The French leader landed by helicopter on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, dispatched to the Med»»»

Iran’s choice of Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his slain father, Ali Khamenei, as supreme leader signals the entrenchment of hardline cleric power and a continued resistance amid the US-Israeli military onslaught. It also underscores US President Donald Trump’s policy failure to detail the goals of t»»»

Several more explosions were heard across Doha and warning sirens sounded in Manama on Monday, as Iran pressed its aerial campaign against Gulf neighbours. The oil-rich Gulf states have been targeted by waves of drones and missiles since Tehran launched its retaliation campaign in the wake of the U»»»

Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but they have appeared in the war in the Middle East with strikes on desalination plants -- critical infrastructure for millions of people in the arid region. Bahrain's interior ministry said Sunday that an Iranian drone attack damaged a water desal»»»

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, says that "the skyrocketing price of oil, the collapse of the stock market, the increasing casualties and the Iranian ability to continue to hit infrastructure are beginning to sober up" U»»»

U.S. President Donald ​Trump said on Monday he had spoken to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Iran women's soccer team after reports that five players had sought asylum in Australia. FRANCE 24's August Hakansson reports.»»»

Second week of a war seen more than ever as a massive gamble by the US and Israel: the hitting of oil installations in Tehran prompting retaliation across the Gulf. Also blown away, claims that disruptions to global energy security would be a passing blip. As the price of crude shoots past 100 doll»»»

Influencers in Dubai have taken to social media to post near-identical videos praising Dubai's safety, and glorifying its leadership, using the same template, music and captions. It comes just a week after videos of panic in Dubai circulated across social media following intercepted Iranian st»»»

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Peter McNally, Global Head of Sector Analysts at Third Bridge, says that "the duration of the outage in the Middle East is going to be the biggest factor" in the G7's decision to tap into strategic oil reserves, adding that US President Donald Trump has "ve»»»

Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Israel of unlawfully using white phosphorus munitions over residential areas of the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor on March 3. The New York-based group said it verified and geolocated images showing airburst munitions over homes, with civil defence workers res»»»

It is raining in Dubai and other parts of the UAE as unsettled weather moves across the region, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) reports. A surface low-pressure system, supported by an upper-air extension, is driving the rainfall. Videos shared by Storm_ae on Instagram show showers across R»»»

Dubai: As the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran enters its 11th day, authorities in the UAE continue to monitor developments closely while maintaining security readiness and ensuring the continuity of essential services. Officials confirmed that the country’s air defence systems»»»