Iraq will keep crude oil production at around 1.4 million barrels per day, Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani ​was quoted as saying on Thursday, less than a third of the level before the US-Israeli conflict with Iran. According to the state news agency, the minister said that 200,000 bpd is being trans»»»

Share: People inspect a damaged car in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in Ramlet al-Baida at Corniche Beirut, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 12, 2026. REUTERS/Claudia Greco TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY The death t»»»

Ecuador formalized the opening of the first permanent FBI office in Quito, a step that strengthens cooperation with the United States. File Photo courtesy U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation March 12 (UPI) -- Ecuador formalized the opening of the first permanent FBI office in Quito, a step that st»»»

Tunis, March 12 (TAP) - Private agricultural investments in Tunisia showed mixed dynamics in 2025. According to data recently published by the National Agricultural Observatory (ONAGRI), the number of projects slightly declined, while their total...»»»

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon continued on Thursday confronting the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, carrying out several attacks on the Zionist soldiers and settlements. Hezbollah Military Media issued consecutive statements to detail the attacks and their outcomes. As part of the warning issued»»»

At an extraordinary sitting on Thursday, the parliamentary Defence Committee backed a draft resolution concerning Bulgaria's accession to the Board of Peace, as well as a bill to amend and supplement the Social Assistance Act. The MPs voted, 9-0 with one abstention, to approve a draft resolution re»»»

Dubai: Iran’s new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first public message since taking office, but the unusual manner in which it was delivered — and his continued absence from public view — has raised fresh questions about who is truly directing the country’s war strategy. Instea»»»

BELGRADE - Presenting a national development strategy until 2035 to businesspeople, Serbia's First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Thursday it was the most significant and the most extensive programme aimed at accelerating the growth and development of Serbia and its economy, the»»»

Tunis, March 12 (TAP) - Scattered rain is expected in the north and locally in central regions early in the night, followed by passing clouds across most areas, with local fog forming late at night.Winds will blow from the north in the north and...»»»

Share: Photo- Hundreds of people buried their parish priest Father Pierre Rai who was killed by Israeli shelling while inspecting the site of an attack. © Rabih DAHER / AFP After narrowly escaping death in her border village, Myriam Nohra is among the people in south Lebanon imploring the army for »»»

Prosecutors in Italy are seeking charges against the parents of a nine-year-old girl alleged to have been infected with HIV and deprived of medical care for years. The girl's mother is said to have hidden her HIV-positive status during pregnancy and travelled to Spain to give birth in 2017. The cou»»»

Doha, Qatar: Hotel and tourism establishments have been permitted to resume suspended activities, provided they are conducted indoors and in compliance with safety and security procedures, according to a circular issued by Qatar Tourism to managers and operators. The circular stated that activities»»»

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Sharjah: Recording aerial threats or air defence interceptions on smartphones and sharing the footage on social media could unintentionally provide valuable intelligence to attackers, a UAE data analyst has warned. Mohammad Al Shehi, data analyst and lecturer at the Higher Colleges of Technology, s»»»

Urban indicators recorded in Abu Dhabi during 2025 reflect a notable acceleration in the pace of urban development, with the Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) approving nearly 75 million square metres of total gross floor area for development projects. This figure is equivalent to bu»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Airways announced that since the beginning of March it has made the necessary arrangements to ensure the arrival of essential goods to the State of Qatar, with approximately 300 tons of essential goods being transported to the country, including health medicines, baby milk, fresh»»»

A UK judge on Thursday jailed for 13 years a mother-of-10 who forced a vulnerable woman to work as a "house slave" for more than two decades. Amanda Wixon subjected the woman, who was a teenager when the ordeal began, to more than 25 years of abuse at her squalid home in Gloucestershire, western En»»»

Two people were injured and the gunman is dead following a shooting on Thursday at Old Dominion University in the southern US state of Virginia, the school said. The gunman opened fire in a building on the campus in Norfolk, injuring two people, the university said in a statement. The victims were »»»

Brussels: The European Union warned that it would respond "firmly and proportionately" to any breach by the United States of the trade agreement reached between the two parties last summer, after Washington launched trade investigations that could pave the way for new tariffs. European Commission s»»»

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Baghdad: Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani announced that Iraq will continue producing crude oil at a level of approximately 1.4 million barrels per day. In a press statement, the minister said Iraq's oil transport fleet is prepared to handle the shipment of around 200,000 barrels per day by tan»»»

Damascus, March 12 (SANA) – Mahmoud Fadila, Director of the General Company for Cement and Building Materials Industry and Marketing (OMRAN), said that 12 Arab and foreign companies have applied to invest in the Al-Muslimiyah cement plant in Aleppo and the Adra cement plant in the Damascus countrys»»»

Ravi Bellamkonda will be Ohio State University's 18th president. Photo courtesy of Ohio State March 12 (UPI) -- The Ohio State University has named Ravi V. Bellamkonda as president after Saturday's resignation of Ted Carter. Bellamkonda will take up the position immediately, according to a press re»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with the chairman and CEO of the French power company EDF Bernard Fontana in Belgrade on Friday. The meeting in the building of the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic is scheduled for 9 am, the presidential press office has a»»»

Baghdad: A security source announced today that an Iraqi army camp in Nineveh province was attacked by two explosive-laden drones. The source stated that the camp is located in the Makhmur district, southeast of Mosul, and is the headquarters of the engineering battalion of the 14th Division. He in»»»

The price of oil rarely makes it into dinner table conversation. But over the last two weeks it has dominated headlines, with huge and unusual rises and falls starting to feel like the new norm. It is currently trading over a third higher than before the conflict began, pushed up by air strikes on »»»

The caretaker government is preparing targeted measures to support vulnerable households and businesses in response to rising fuel prices, it was announced at a briefing at the Council of Ministers on Thursday. Caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov said the government has been working intensively o»»»

An Israeli strike on a campus of Lebanon's public university killed two academics. The director of the faculty of sciences at the south Beirut campus of the Lebanese University, Hussein Bazzi, and professor Mortada Srour were killed by an Israeli drone strike on the university, the National News Ag»»»

OMNIYAT Group announced it has contributed Dh5 million to support the Edge of Life campaign to rescue five million children from hunger. The campaign was launched in Ramadan by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with »»»

British forces based in Iraq shot down two Iranian drones overnight, Defence Secretary John Healey has confirmed. However, some drones hit the coalition base in the Iraqi city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, and injured a number of US troops. Brigadier Guy Foden said the base and ano»»»

The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) reported yesterday that its Chairman and CEO, Ali Mahmoud Hassan, held a meeting on the same day in Paris, with the Libyan Ambassador to France and several officials from the French Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Treasury. The meeting focused on discussi»»»

Missiles hit a building in the Beirut neighborhood of Bashoura, near the center of the city, on Thursday, after the Israeli military issued a warning of an incoming strike. An AFPTV live broadcast showed dark smoke rising into the sky above the heart of the Lebanese capital, and an apparent fire st»»»

Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji on Thursday summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires in Lebanon, after the Lebanese government decided to protest a declaration by Iran's Revolutionary Guard about a joint operation with Hezbollah against Israel. A statement said Rajji tasked the Ministry's secretary-ge»»»

BELGRADE - Presenting a national development strategy until 2035 to businesspeople, Serbia's First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Thursday it was the most significant and the most extensive programme aimed at accelerating the growth and development of Serbia and its economy, the»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has reaffirmed the safety of all citizens, expatriate residents and visitors, underscoring the solidarity that unites the country under the guidance of its wise leadership. The Ministry of Interior shared a video message emphasising that the UAE remains safe and secure, and that »»»

Infosan, the only private ophthalmopediatric hospital in Romania, recorded a turnover of approximately 20 million RON (approx. €3.9 million) in 2025, generated entirely from medical services. These results reflect a steady increase compared to the previous year, when medical revenues stood at appro»»»

Four employees of Greece’s electricity distribution operator, DEDDIE, have been called to provide unsworn explanations as suspects in a preliminary investigation into a deadly wildfire that broke out in Keratea last August. Prosecutors are examining possible charges of negligent forest arson by omi»»»

The European Commission has closed the infringement procedure against Bulgaria concerning the removal of barriers to access to justice in relation to air quality plans under the Air Quality Directive, the Ministry of Environment and Water said on its website on Thursday. The EC's decision was taken»»»

Walking through the aisles of his grocery store in Brooklyn, New York, Alap Vora points to a box of breakfast cereal. He says he paid roughly $5 (£3.75) to his distributor to get the pack of Honey Bunches of Oats onto the shelf. But his much larger rivals, the big US supermarket chains, can sell th»»»

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Abu Dhabi: The UAE has allowed expatriate residents currently abroad whose residency visas have expired to return to the country without obtaining a new entry permit, under a temporary measure announced by the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security (ICP). The decisi»»»

Combinatul de Îngrășăminte Chimice Năvodari (CICh), the only Romanian producer of niche technological fertilizers and professional biostimulants, has obtained the updated Integrated Environmental Permit for its fertilizer and nitrogen-based product manufacturing operations. In this context, the com»»»

AFI Romania announces that all four buildings within the AFI Arad retail park – AFI Arad Strip Mall, AFI Arad McDonald’s, AFI Arad Leroy Merlin and AFI Arad Shopping Gallery – have achieved LEED Gold certification. The certification reconfirms the company’s commitment to developing energy-efficient»»»

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Thursday that oil prices are unlikely to reach $200 a barrel, with President Donald Trump touting US gains from higher prices as the war with Iran disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. "I would say unlikely, but we are focused on the military opera»»»

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first statement on the war on Thursday, saying that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used. Khamenei called on people in Gulf countries to “shut down” US bases, saying promised US protection is “nothing more than a lie»»»

Cairo: The Arab League condemned in the strongest terms on Thursday the blatant Iranian aggression that targeted the strategic port of Salalah in the Sultanate of Oman with drones, leading to damage to a number of fuel tanks inside the port. In a statement, Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahme»»»

Economic power is increasingly built on ideas protected by intellectual property, said Habip Asan, Director of the Division for Transition and Developed Countries at the World Intellectual Property Organization. He stated this during the high-level intellectual property conference "Innovation Empow»»»

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (pictured) and right-wing Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro are each polling 41% in a potential runoff election. Photo by Sebastiao Moreira/EPA March 12 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro are tied for the fir»»»

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has criticized Armenia's rejection of humanitarian aid for refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Armenian government's reasons for refusing Russian aid "raise suspicions" she stated.Zakharova stressed that despite the Yerevan's refusal, »»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, received a phone call from Minister of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation in the Kingdom of Spain, HE José Manuel Albares. During the call, they reviewed the develop»»»