Politics can be very rough. Yet, usually, as long as they don’t collapse into war, at least in public a certain minimum pretense of decorum is maintained. Especially by governments vitally dependent on others’ support. Ukraine under the rule of never-reelected Vladimir Zelensky, however, has anythi»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received a phone call from the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh. The call addressed the developments of the military escalation in the region an»»»

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani said Monday that security in the strategic Strait of Hormuz cannot be restored as long as the war with the United States and Israel continues, AFP reported. "It is unlikely that any security can be achieved in the Strait of Hormuz amid the fires ignited by the Uni»»»

TradeMiddle EastIran war: How long before Gulf nations stop pumping oil?Nik MartinThe oil price spiked near $120 after strikes on Iran's energy sites and the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz. With tankers stuck and Gulf oil facilities hit, producers are running short on storage to maintain producti»»»

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced three by-elections on 13 April - races that could give his party a majority in the government. Two of the by-elections will be held in Toronto, in constituencies that are considered strongholds for Carney's Liberal party, while the third will be a c»»»

Hundreds of teenage Croatians have reported for compulsory military service – for the first time since their country scrapped the requirement in 2008. Training will take place at barracks in three locations around Croatia, with recruits expected to report to the facility nearest to their homes. The»»»

Istanbul's jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, argued with the presiding judge on Monday in a chaotic start to a sweeping corruption trial that could extinguish the ambition of Tayyip Erdogan's main rival to become president at Türkiye's next election. Imamoglu, 55, demanded permission to speak and urged»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, received a phone call from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Cho Hyun. During the call, both sides reviewed developments of the military escalation in the»»»

DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani received a telephone call from Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia HE Penny Wong. The call addressed the developments of the military escalation in the region and its serious repercussi»»»

Five members of the Iranian women's football team have taken refuge in a safe house in Australia following their elimination in the Asian Cup, sources have told the BBC. The women had been due to fly home, but supporters had raised fears for their safety after the team declined to sing the national»»»

Spain's Finance Minister Carlos Cuerpo said on Monday that current discussions among European governments would be an opportunity to integrate energy markets in Europe after the war in Iran caused oil prices to jump to their highest since 2022. "We can take advantage of the situation to put an addi»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received a telephone call from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, HE Penny Wong. The call addressed the developments of the military escalation in the region and its s»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani spoke about the cascading effects of Iranian aggression not only on the region but on the entire world. Speaking in an interview with Sky News, HE the Prime Minister said that what is»»»

Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, 55, is among 400 current and former Istanbul city employees on trial in Turkey. He was arrested last year after announcing he planned to run for president. File Photo by Sedat Suna/EPA-EFE March 9 (UPI) -- Istanbul's mayor, a political opponent to Turkish President »»»

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Cyprus on Monday to discuss regional security, while Paris deployed warships to the Mediterranean and the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran stretched into a second week. Macron, who landed in Paphos earlier on Monday, met Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides an»»»

Bulgaria’s tourism sector is facing a significant setback after the cancellation of trips by Israeli visitors due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. According to the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association (BHRA), the country may lose more than 70,000 tourists from Israel, particularly »»»

Andrey Yankulov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice in the caretaker government, expressed institutional support for any magistrate willing to speak openly about dependencies and criminal influence within the judicial system, the Justice Ministry press centre reported on Monday. The mini»»»

A fire in Glasgow, Scotland, has shut down the central train station indefinitely. File Image courtesy of UPI ⚠️ Update: Monday, 9 March - Glasgow Central high level The upper level will remain closed until further notice, with no services in and out of the station. Glasgow Central low level Low le»»»

The development of cooperation in defence, education, the economy and innovation was discussed by caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov and the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria, Nathaniel Copsey, the Bulgarian government reported on Monday via Facebook. The sides underscored the excelle»»»

Bulgaria will be left without clarity on paying wages and pensions if no budget extension law is passed, CC-DB co-Floor Leader Nikolay Denkov told reporters on Monday. It is very important for the extension law to be passed, he said. "We assume the caretaker finance minister knows best what the cal»»»

Police in Norway have released pictures of a suspect linked to an explosion outside the US's embassy in Norway's capital Oslo on Sunday. Two heavily pixelated images taken from surveillance footage show a person with their face concealed, dressed in dark clothing and carrying a backpack. Police sai»»»

Bratislava is ready to block a planned EU loan for Ukraine if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is voted out of office in the upcoming election, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. It would be a justified means of compelling Kiev to resume Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeli»»»

Hungarian authorities swooped in on two Ukrainian armored trucks near Budapest on Thursday, seizing tens of millions of dollars in cash and nine kilograms of gold, sparking one of the most explosive diplomatic confrontations between the two countries in recent months. The arrest also coincided with»»»

Dubai: Iranian missiles and drones continued to target Gulf countries on Monday, hitting energy facilities and prompting Bahrain’s state oil company to declare force majeure after a strike on its refinery complex. Bahrain’s state-owned energy firm Bapco said its operations had been affected by the »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Shura Council on Monday held its regular weekly session in Tamim bin Hamad Hall at the Council's headquarters, chaired by HE Speaker Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim. The council renewed its condemnation and denunciation, in the strongest possible terms, of Iran's heinous attack on th»»»

Skopje, 6 March 2026 (MIA) - The data on a 14.6 percent growth in the construction sector in the last quarter of 2025 are very encouraging and represent an incentive for future investments, leading to larger GDP growth in the coming period, Deputy PM and Transport Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski told»»»

A synagogue in the Belgian city of Liège was damaged in an explosion in the early hours of Monday, police have said. The blast happened at around 04:00 local time (03:00 GMT) in front of the synagogue and damaged windows across the street but caused no injuries, according to officers. Willy Demeyer»»»

Damascus, March 9 (SANA) Syria’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor signed a memorandum of understanding Monday with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to enhance cooperation in supporting refugees and internally displaced people. The agreement was signed at the ministry’s »»»

Dhaka: Bangladesh has tightened security at filling stations, sent students home and even scrapped light displays for independence and Ramadan celebrations, officials said Monday, as the situation in Middle East worsens the country's energy crunch. The South Asian nation of 170 million people impor»»»

Kuwait: Kuwait held funeral ceremonies on Monday for two members of the General Directorate of Land Border Security who were martyred while performing their national duty. The funeral ceremony was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al Sabah, al»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Cyprus on Monday to discuss regional security, while Paris deployed warships to the Mediterranean and the US-Israeli war on Iran stretched into a second week. Macron, who landed in Paphos earlier on Monday, met Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and »»»

Vienna, March 9 (SANA) A Syrian delegation from the Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is participating in the 69th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, held at the United Nations headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Syria’s Interior Ministry said. The delegation includes Dep»»»

Dubai Duty Free has joined a growing list of contributors to the Edge of Life campaign to rescue five million children from hunger with a donation of Dh7 million. The campaign was launched in Ramadan by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE»»»

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»»»

Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his slain father as supreme leader on Monday, signaling that hardliners remain firmly in charge and appearing to close off any path to a swift end to war in the Middle East. The prospect that the disruption to global energy supplies - already one of the most s»»»

The complete deterioration of relations between Ukraine and Hungary was illuminated by Volodymyr Zelensky’s outburst and threat last week. “We hope that a certain person will not block the €90bn in the EU, or its first tranche, and that Ukrainian soldiers will receive the weapons. Otherwise, we wil»»»

Jakarta, Indonesia: A landslide on Indonesia's biggest landfill buried trucks and food stalls, killing five people, rescuers said Monday as they searched for at least four more reported missing. The landslide struck at 2:30 pm (0730 GMT) on Sunday at Bantargebang, a landfill just 25 kilometres (16 »»»

Dubai: Iran’s decision to elevate Mojtaba Khamenei as supreme leader signals that the Islamic Republic intends to maintain its hardline course even as US and Israeli air strikes pound the country and regional tensions escalate. For years, Mojtaba Khamenei has been one of the most enigmatic figures »»»

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy: Russia won its first Winter Paralympic gold medal under its own flag since 2014 as skier Varvara Voronchikhina was crowned women's super-G standing champion on Monday in Cortina. Already a bronze medallist last weekend, when she claimed Russia's first podium appearance at »»»

The topic of rising fuel prices on the international market dominates Monday's news media, with dailies and online media reporting various crude oil prices, ranging from USD 90 to over USD 120 per barrel. ECONOMY 24 Chasa’s front-page story is about the effect of the war in the Middle East on price»»»

Dubai: Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism, said ensuring food availability for the public and protecting consumer rights remain a “red line” for the UAE, warning that authorities will not tolerate any unfair commercial practices that could disrupt market stability. The mini»»»

CAIRO — Egypt is in talks with Austria’s Plasser & Theurer, a leading manufacturer of railway maintenance machinery, to establish a regional rail maintenance and technology hub that would support rail networks across Africa and the Middle East. The proposal was discussed during a meeting between Tr»»»

Japan will deploy a batch of long-range, counter-strike missiles in a southwest region near China by the end of March, officials said Monday. The Ground Self-Defense Force plans to position its Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles, with a reported range of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), in Kumamoto, Kyu»»»

A committee of the Zhogorku Kenesh has approved an agreement to build two overpasses and 3.2 kilometers of road in Osh. The decision was made at a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on International Affairs, Defense, Security, and Migration. To implement the project, Eurasian Development Bank w»»»

China said Monday that Iran's decision to name Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader following the killing of his father was a domestic matter, and it opposed any attempt to target him. Israel's military has threatened to target any successor to former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was kill»»»

Nepal's centrist RSP party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah had secured a majority in the direct parliamentary elections, partial official results showed Sunday, and was heading for a landslide according to official trends. The 35-year-old's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was also leading »»»

Despite gradual progress, women still hold only slightly more than a quarter of the seats in national parliaments worldwide, UN News Service reports. According to it, the rate of growth in representation remains the slowest since 2017 for the second consecutive year. According to a new report from »»»

London: Scotland's busiest train station was closed Monday after a blaze engulfed a neighbouring historic building, sparking a huge emergency response and causing travel disruption. Glasgow Central Station was shut with "no estimate on when the station will reopen" and disruption was expected to co»»»

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced in a post on X that the Parliamentary Group of the Socialist Party of Albania will convene today at 10:00 a.m. to discuss a prosecutor’s request seeking to restrict the freedom of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure Belinda Balluku. Rama s»»»

Fuel costs in Bulgaria have jumped sharply over the past week, rising between 6 and 9 percent, according to data from the platform Fuelo. The spike is being driven by the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, which is disrupting both production and transportation of crude oil. Brent crude h»»»