Tunis, March 23 (TAP) - The Technical Centre for Packaging and Conditioning (French: PACKTEC) has announced the launch of the 13th edition of the National Best Packaging Competition "Tunisia Star Pack 2026." This competition, open to packaging...»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iran has not held talks with the United States, and fake news is being used to manipulate markets, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Monday. "No negotiations have been held with the US, and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets an»»»

BusinessReport: Hungary using more Russian oil, despite EU phase outArthur SullivanA new report by the Center for the Study of Democracy, shared exclusively with DW, says that Hungary has increased its dependence on Russian oil since 2021. It has also become highly dependent on Russian gas. https:/»»»

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court on Monday decided to institute a case on a petition from Sofia City Court judge Ivo Hinov, who challenges the constitutionality of the voter disqualification of persons serving custodial sentences. Desislava Atanasova has been designated judge rapporteur for the case»»»

Muscat: Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi has emphasised that Oman is ramping up extensive efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Oman News Agency (ONA), Al Busaidi pointed out that the war in the region has engendered large-scale economic probl»»»

The International Committee of the Red Cross demanded Monday a halt to the "war on essential infrastructure" in the Middle East, warning of potential "irreversible consequences" including harm to nuclear facilities. "What we have seen in recent days in the Middle East risks reaching a point of no r»»»

Iran has not updated its official death toll figures for weeks, while human rights groups outside the country are struggling with chronic communication problems, meaning the number of people killed during the war remains largely unknown. The last time Iran's health ministry gave a full update about»»»

Critical Raw Materials at the Geopolitical Crosshairs—and Crosswire - Institute of Energy for South-East Europe About UsMission and VisionBackgroundAnnual ReportArticles of AssociationBoard of GovernorsOrganizationExecutive CommitteeScientific CommitteesResearchInternational Advisory GroupCo-operat»»»

Dubai: Air India and Air India Express will operate a combined 24 flights, both scheduled and non-scheduled, between India and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries on March 24, 2026. The airlines will run 10 additional non-scheduled flights to and from the UAE, subject to slot availability and »»»

Damascus, March 23 (SANA) – Arbitration is emerging as a key tool to strengthen Syria’s investment environment, offering faster and more flexible dispute resolution compared to traditional courts, and helping build trust between investors and local institutions. Legal experts say arbitration plays »»»

Bulgaria’s caretaker government is working on a comprehensive package of measures to curb rising prices, which are a direct result of the conflict in the Middle East, caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov said in a video on Facebook. Gurov highlighted that in times of crisis, people expect not just»»»

NEW DELHI: Two more Indian-flagged tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, India's shipping ministry said. Tehran, following US-Israel military strikes, has all but halted maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of »»»

US President Donald Trump said Monday the US was talking with a “respected” Iranian leader and claimed the country was eager for a deal to end the war. He also extended a deadline for Iran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on its power plants, saying it has an additional five d»»»

Poland signed an agreement in Łódź between Military Aviation Works No. 1 and Lockheed Martin to service AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. The deal is part of a broader contract signed in August 2024, with offset commitments worth about $10.8 billion. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the purchase stre»»»

Construction has begun on underground infrastructure for the Góraszka project near Warsaw, marking the first stage of a major mixed-use development. The works, expected to last about six months and finish in September 2026, will prepare the site for future buildings, including a Leroy Merlin store »»»

Pharmena has launched a new R&D platform, Synerixa, focused on developing innovative topical products. The platform enables parallel development of multiple projects at different stages and supports building a scalable portfolio in selected medical and specialist areas. Currently, two main projects»»»

Marvipol reported a consolidated net profit of PLN 58.17 million in 2025, up from PLN 31.72 million a year earlier. Operating profit rose to PLN 97.46 million from PLN 53.28 million, while revenues increased to PLN 547.7 million, marking a 19% annual growth. The company described its financial perf»»»

Europe’s automotive parts industry is losing ground to Asian competitors, with structural shifts happening faster than European firms can adapt. Since 2018, EU production has fallen by about 15%, while China’s output has surged nearly 40% to over $380 billion annually, more than double Europe’s lev»»»

The BBC has been accused of restricting Gaza war coverage and misleading the public in a case brought by five of its former Arabic journalists. The allegations emerged during a UK employment tribunal hearing, where the journalists accused the British state broadcaster of discrimination and unfair d»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Tehran has not held direct talks with Washington but has received messages from the United States via mediators regarding its desire to begin negotiations to end the war, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday "We have not held talks with the US. Over t»»»

The US has announced it is delaying power plant strikes after US-Iran talks – but Iran denies any negotiations took place. "Delaying the 48-hour ultimatum [Washington] gave Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is a strategic defeat," global energy expert Dr. Mamdouh G. Salameh tells Sputnik, casting»»»

BusinessHungary's Russian oil reliance tests EU ban efforts: reportArthur SullivanA new report from the Center for the Study of Democracy, shared exclusively with DW, says that Hungary has increased its dependence on Russian oil since 2021. It has also become highly dependent on Russian gas. https:»»»

Abu Dhabi: Miral has announced that its latest expansion of Yas Waterworld Yas Island, Abu Dhabi will open to guests on 4th April 2026. The expansion marks the next stage of the waterpark’s Lost City theming expansion, building on Yas Waterworld’s story of The Legend of The Lost Pearl. The developm»»»

New cases of measles have been registered in Byala Slatina Municipality in Vratsa Region (Northwest Bulgaria), the Ministry of Health's press centre reported here on Monday. A total of 17 children have currently contracted measles. Since last week, nine cases have been laboratory-confirmed, while c»»»

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has denied and condemned claims that he leaked the details of EU meetings to Moscow. The allegations were reported by the Washington Post and Politico some three weeks prior to the Hungarian parliamentary election scheduled for April 12. On Friday, the WaP»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) announced on Monday the opening of applications for the third cohort of the Hamdan bin Mohammed Scholarship Programme for the 2026-27 academic year. Eligible students can apply through the ‘Emirati’ section on the Dubai Now app, with a»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Operations Center at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) has carried out intensive inspection campaigns and responded to complaints and reports to safeguard consumer rights. The Ministry on Monday released statistics on its inspection campaigns, as well as the reports and »»»

Russia and Vietnam on Monday signed a cooperation agreement on the construction of Vietnam's first nuclear power plant, Russia's Rosatom nuclear agency said on Monday. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh was visiting energy-rich Russia as Vietnam seeks to shore up its fuel reserves at a time of disrupti»»»

Four ambulances operated by a Jewish volunteer organization in London were set on fire overnight in what authorities are investigating as a hate crime. The incident took place in the Golders Green area of the Barnet borough at around 1:45 AM local time, officials said. CCTV footage reportedly shows»»»

A US-fired Patriot missile was connected to the injury of dozens of civilians in Bahrain on March 9, Reuters reported on Sunday. Washington and Manama initially attributed the casualties to an Iranian drone strike. According to the agency, analysis by researchers at the Middlebury Institute of Inte»»»

The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced Monday that its headquarters in Naqoura had been hit by a projectile, probably launched by a "non-state actor", after Hezbollah declared it had targeted Israeli forces in the same town. Since Saturday, the coastal town in Lebanon's far south»»»

The Vazrazhdane party in Pazardzhik Monday opened its campaign booth at Konstantin Velichkov Square, where party representatives will meet with citizens and present their priorities, said the party's lead candidate in Pazardzhik, Stoyan Taslakov. He spoke with residents, outlining the main points o»»»

Dubai: Directed by Bollywood's man-of-the-moment Aditya Dhar and led by Ranveer Singh, with R. Madhavan and Arjun Rampal in the mix, Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge is undoubtedly one of Hindi cinema's biggest releases. And, the spy thriller about a secret Indian agent in neighbouring nation does a prett»»»

Ahmed Bahgat, a father in his late twenties, was surprised when taking his family to a movie at Cinema El Tahrir in the Dokki district. He found that evening ticket prices had surged by 20%, reaching 120 EGP ($1 equals 52.3 EGP in banks), forcing him to abruptly increase his budget for the first ni»»»

BusinessGlobal issuesAsian markets tumble, but Europe, US rally on Trump optimismMark Hallam with AFP, AP, ReutersMarkets Asia nosedived as trading restarted on Monday. Europe's indices were headed in the same direction, until optimistic Iran comments from Donald Trump prompted traders in Europe an»»»

An Israeli strike on Hazmieh east of Beirut killed at least one person, Lebanon's health ministry said, the second strike on the residential Christian area in the ongoing Israel-Hezbollah war. The Israeli military said around the same time that it had "struck an IRGC Quds Force terrorist in Beirut"»»»

Mayors of several towns in southern Lebanon said the Israeli military had ordered them to force out the displaced who had escaped their Shia-majority towns, considered Hezbollah strongholds, during the war with Israel. Since Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war following Iran-backed Hezbolla»»»

As it engages in heated battles with Hezbollah in a number of Lebanese border villages, Israel has bombed at least five of the six principal bridges across a river dividing the country's south. Military experts agree the strikes are an attempt to cut off the region south of the Litani river from th»»»

The Israeli military on Monday struck a bridge linking southern Lebanon with the eastern Bekaa region, state media reported, after warning it would hit the crossing. The strike is part of a series of attacks on bridges over Lebanon's Litani River, located around 30 kilometers north of Israel, inclu»»»

Keiko Fujimori, the Popular Force party's presidential candidate, reacts during a campaign event in Lima on March 8. Fujimori holds a slight lead over former mayor Rafael Lopez Aliaga for first place in voting intentions for the April 12 elections. Photo by Renato Pajuelo/EPA March 23 (UPI) -- With»»»

Dubai: Hundreds of thousands of students logged on to begin their third academic term on Monday from homes scattered across the UAE and far beyond its borders, as public and private schools following the national and international curricula resumed distance learning following the spring break. The »»»

Houston: Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE's Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Managing Director and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Chairman of Masdar and Executive Chairman of XRG, said today weaponising the Strait of Hormuz is an act of economic terrorism wi»»»

A 35-year-old bodybuilder has been released on restrictive conditions in Thessaloniki after testifying on charges of dealing in performance-enhancing substances, authorities said. Authorities said searches in private residences and a gym led to the seizure of 1,266 anabolic capsules and tablets, 30»»»

Montana Region is not poor but rather a plundered region, said Bogdan Bogdanov, top-of-the-list candidate of the Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) coalition for the region, who also leads the party list in Pleven Region, during a press conference at the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) N»»»

US President Donald Trump's promise of "good" and "productive" talks with Iran are perhaps his most conciliatory remarks since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, but leave significant unanswered questions. Early on Monday morning - just hours before markets opened - Trump took to Truth Social, p»»»

For weeks, the US and Israel have insisted that Iran's military capacity has been severely degraded. US President Donald Trump and his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, have repeatedly claimed that sustained strikes have crippled Iran's command structure and weakened its ability to respond. By their»»»

Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha said Monday that Albania is facing “autocracy” under Prime Minister Edi Rama, warning that protests will intensify and spread nationwide following a ?????? demonstration held a day earlier in the capital. Speaking at a press conference from the Democratic Party »»»

The German Embassy in Tirana on Monday strongly condemned acts of violence reported during an opposition protest a day earlier, stressing that democratic rights must not be used to justify unrest. In an official statement, the embassy underscored that political protests and the right to demonstrate»»»

Fatih Birol said Monday at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, that energy assets across nine countries have been “severely or very severely” damaged in the Iran war. File Photo by Ole Berg-Rusten/EPA-EFE March 23 (UPI) -- More than 40 energy sites in the Middle East have been damaged s»»»

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on whether Mississippi's mail-in voting deadline is valid. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo March 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday about mail-in voting in Mississippi and whether the state's ballot deadline »»»