Speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyzstan, Marlen Mamataliev, held talks in Moscow with Chairman of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin. The press service of the Zhogorku Kenesh reported. The parties discussed strengthening cooperation in energy, transport, and agriculture sectors. Vyache»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday posted a link on his Truth Social to a report by Just The News about intercepted messages of Ukrainian officials who in 2022 discussed diverting hundreds of millions of dollars intended for clean energy to support Former US President Joe »»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Department of War (DoW) is mulling diverting weapons destined for Ukraine to the Middle East as the ongoing conflict with Iran is rapidly depleting critical ammunition reserves, The Washington Post reported on Thursday citing three sources. The decision has yet to be m»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The global oil market will face a very serious deficit in 2-3 months if the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues, Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft CEO Alexander Dyukov said on Thursday. "The Middle East conflict is already having a significant impact on the global oil mark»»»

Britain's House of Lords voted Thursday to try to force through a social media ban for children only two weeks after lawmakers in the lower house overturned a previous attempt. Photo by Pixelkult/Pixabay March 26 (UPI) -- Britain's House of Lords revived an effort to ban children younger than 16 fr»»»

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick will go before the House Ethics Committee Thursday for allegations that she stole $5 million in FEMA funds. File Photo by Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich/UPI | License Photo March 26 (UPI) -- The House Ethics Committee will have a rare public hearing Thursday on allega»»»

Dubai: The UAE Ministry of Interior has warned of strict penalties for unsafe behaviour during rainy and unstable weather, urging the public to adhere to safety regulations to protect lives and property. Stay updated: Get the latest faster by downloading the Gulf News app - it's completely free. Cl»»»

The Rector of the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Prof. Georgi Valchev, has terminated the contracts of the Dean and Deputy Deans of the Medical Faculty over irregularities in their election, the university’s press center announced Thursday. The decision follows meetings between the Recto»»»

British police said Thursday they had released two men being held in custody on suspicion of carrying out an anti-Semitic arson attack on a Jewish volunteer community organization that destroyed four ambulances. Photo by Andy Rain/EPA March 26 (UPI) -- Two men suspected of arson with intent to enda»»»

Vehicles line up for fuel in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday. The transporters’ union, one of the most powerful in Chile, warned that the historic rise in fuel prices announced by Chile’s new president, José Antonio Kast, will increase costs throughout the country's entire logistics chain. Photo by Elv»»»

The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) expects that tomorrow’s weather will be partly cloudy to cloudy, with some convective clouds, accompanied by heavy rainfall over most areas of the country at intervals, and a drop in temperatures. In a statement, the centre noted that winds will be southeast»»»

The US stressed the importance of the two Libyan western and eastern authorities implementing the unified development spending programme agreement, it had previously brokered in Tunis, and establishing a unified budget. This came after a meeting with the Hafter family in eastern Libya. Specifically»»»

Police in Plovdiv arrested the alleged perpetrator of an investment fraud totalling more than EUR 415,000, the Ministry of Interior's Plovdiv Regional Directorate reported on Thursday. Pre-trial proceedings into the case were launched with 10 cases of financial fraud documented. Officers from the E»»»

Dubai: Rich tributes have been paid after an Indian expat social worker and businessman in Dubai died back home on Tuesday evening. Sayyed Shahul Hameed Maliga Thangal, a UAE resident for 30 years and a veteran community volunteer in Dubai, died after a battle with cancer, a family member told Gulf»»»

"An operation towards Kharg Island might happen, but it might as well be a smokescreen or a way for the US to put pressure on Iran," ex-Swedish army officer and defense politician Mikael Valtersson tells Sputnik, commenting on reports about a possible US ground operation against the Islamic Republi»»»

Two illegal slaughterhouses were uncovered in the Kardzhali region during a joint operation by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) and the Economic Police. The facilities were located on private properties in the village of Chiflik, within Kardzhali municipality, and are believed to have proces»»»

First Sermon (Khutbah One)All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds. By His bounty, we attach themselves to Him in hope and hold fast to trust by His rope. We bear witness that there is nothing worthy of worship but Allah, and we bear witness that our master Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah.»»»

Ministers from Hezbollah and its ally Amal boycotted a cabinet session on Thursday in protest over the government declaring the Iranian ambassador persona non grata. The two Shia parties have a combined four ministers, with one independent Shia also represented in the cabinet present at the meeting»»»

Two back-to-back jury verdicts in the United States this week have delivered one of the strongest legal challenges yet to the business models of social media companies, raising fresh questions about accountability, platform design and child safety. In California and New Mexico, juries found Meta — »»»

Ministers from Hezbollah and its ally Amal boycotted Lebanon's cabinet session on Thursday in protest over the government declaring the Iranian ambassador persona non grata, a Lebanese official told AFP. The two Shiite parties have a combined four ministers, with one independent Shiite also represe»»»

Yaoundé: The global trading system is experiencing the "worst disruptions in the past 80 years", World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala warned as the WTO ministerial conference opened Thursday. "The world order and the multilateral system we use to know has irrevocably changed," she sai»»»

The International Alysh Wrestling Grand Prix Tournament kicked off today at the Kaba uulu Kozhomkul Sports Palace in Bishkek. According to the State Agency for Physical Culture and Sports, the competition is dedicated to the memory of Bayaman Erkinbaev, the founder of the International Alysh Federa»»»

According to Kyzmat state institution, 2,700 deaths were registered with civil registry offices in January 2026. A report of the National Statistical Committee says. According to the data, the mortality rate was 4.3 per 1,000 people. For comparison, in January 2025, it was 5 per 1,000 people. Of th»»»

Construction of an overpass on Min-Oruk—Samarkandek road has begun in Batken region. The project aims to ensure independent transport connectivity, shorten travel time to Leilek district, and minimize border tensions. According to Azattyk, the new road will run at a height of 16 meters, bypassing t»»»

The Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic has submitted for public discussion a draft Cabinet resolution proposing amendments to the procedure for collecting tax arrears. The document provides for the introduction of a mechanism for the automatic deduction of debts from taxpayers’»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Ambassador to the EU Danijel Apostolovic, who also chairs Serbia' Operating Team for EU Accession, said on Thursday a joint call by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Albanian PM Edi Rama for fast-tracked integration of candidate countries into the EU single market and the Sc»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters fired barrages of rockets targeting the Israeli settlements of Avivim, Shtula and Al-Malkiyeh: Hezbollah Milita»»»

“The old world is dying,” Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote in 1930, “and the new world struggles to be born.” His Marxist convictions notwithstanding, Gramsci would feel at home in the Trumpian age. The old world, in this case, is the international order that the United States built in the»»»

“Dubai is home. It’s all I’ve ever known, and it’s a city that encourages entrepreneurship and allows ideas to take shape quickly,” says Mamta Nihalani in an interview with Gulf News. For Mamta, a former UAE figure skater turned mompreneur, that energy became her driving force. “I founded Apothecar»»»

Dubai’s RTA issued an alert on social media, informing bus users that buses to Sharjah and Ajman will be temporarily suspended starting today at 7pm due to weather conditions. Water accumulation on roads are also causing some traffic issues in the emirates and some key Sharjah roads are seeing temp»»»

US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday to engage in talks to end the Middle East war "before it is too late", after Tehran publicly spurned US overtures to resolve the nearly four-week conflict. Trump's warning came as Israel said it had killed the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary »»»

Frankfurt, Germany: The Middle East conflict is a threat to financial stability, a senior European Central Bank official said Thursday, warning that it could spark "systemic stress" in the markets. The turmoil unleashed by the conflict has come at a time of growing worries about a bubble in tech st»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The conflict in the Middle East is causing significant damage to global logistics and industry, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. "The armed conflict in the Middle East is making an increasingly significant contribution to the current situation and causing signif»»»

Skopje, 26 March 2026 (MIA) — Macedonian, and its Cyrillic script, remains the official language of the country, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said Thursday during a parliamentary questions session in response to the European Front coalition's MP Skender Rexhepi regarding language use and equit»»»

US threats to land on Kharg Island – the home of major Iranian oil export infrastructure, is “definitely a smokescreen,” because “you never inform of a place you choose for landing,” Jacques Hogard, a 26-year veteran of the French Army and former KFOR commander, told Sputnik. “Even with preliminary»»»

The 15-point plan that Team Trump presented to Iran is already D.O.A. It’s an imposed capitulation: a surrender document disguised as “negotiation”.The non-plan plan – imposing demands while begging for a one-month ceasefire - includes zero uranium enrichment on Iranian soil; full dismantlement of »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe “Massacre of Tanks”: How Hezbollah Resistance Annihilated Elite Israeli Armored Force in Southern Lebanon 26-03-2026 15:17 PM Illustrative »»»

Dubai: Gulf Air has introduced a series of limited repatriation flights to key cities in the Indian subcontinent, offering a route for passengers travelling to and from Bahrain while the country’s airspace remains closed. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The flights wil»»»

Dubai: Air travellers worldwide are set to benefit from faster airport processing and stronger document checks as the United Nations agency International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) launches a next-generation border verification system on March 27. The upgraded platform, known as the Public »»»

‎Tripoli’s Al-Hadba Al-Khadra General Hospital announced last Tuesday (24 March) that it had, for the first time, performed a procedure to insert battery implants into a patient for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The hospital reported that the procedure was conducted under the supervision an»»»

Dubai: On March 26, 2026, UAE air defences intercepted 15 ballistic missiles and 11 drones launched from Iran. Since the start of what officials described as ongoing aggression, air defence systems have intercepted 372 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles and 1,826 drones. Also Read: Abu Dhabi de»»»

Tunis, March 26 (TAP) - "70 years of diplomatic ties are worth celebrating! Germany and Tunisia stand together for the rules-based international order & a strong economic partnership," Johann Wadephul, Germany's Federal Minister for Foreign...»»»

The Israeli army struck overnight into Thursday several villages and towns in south Lebanon including Srifa, Kafra, Shaqra, Majdalzoun, Kfar Remman, Bint Jbeil, Jibal al-Botom, Siddiqine, Ainata, Harouf and Arab Salim. At least seven people were killed in the strikes and 16 others were wounded. The»»»

The Israeli military said Thursday that its forces had killed around 700 Hezbollah militants since the war with the Lebanese armed group began on March 2. "So far, I can provide you a number of approximately 700 (Hezbollah) terrorists that have been eliminated," military spokesman Lieutenant Colone»»»

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil met Thursday in Baabda with President Joseph Aoun and said he presented a proposal aiming to protect Lebanon through dialogue. "We began a round of meetings with officials, starting with His Excellency the President, due to our awareness of the great dang»»»

A gradual but significant shift in water flows from the Black Sea is already affecting the northern Aegean, with potential consequences for marine ecosystems and fisheries, according to new research. The study, led by scientists from the University of the Aegean and published by Environmental Resea»»»

Preparations for the early parliamentary elections on April 19 are progressing on schedule, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced, presenting both paper and machine ballot samples. According to CEC spokesperson Rositsa Mateva, the design remains unchanged from previous elections, and vote»»»

Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay, France: All Canadian leaders, including corporate bosses, should speak both official languages of English and French, the foreign minister said Thursday, after the Air Canada CEO failed to issue a condolence message in French for a fatal airport disaster. Two pilots were »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli Channel 12: Iran has launched eight waves of missiles since this morning 26-03-2026 13:50 PM Latest News Urgent News Washington Pos»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah Military Media announces two drone strikes targeting Kerem Ben Zimra and Liman barracks: statements no, 34, 35 26-03-2026 14:13 P»»»