Bulgaria’s response on Tuesday to the escalating Middle East crisis focused on the single practical goal of protecting Bulgarian citizens while drawing up workable evacuation plans amid rapidly changing airspace restrictions, security risks, and limited flight slots. The Foreign Ministry set the in»»»

President Iliana Iotova described March 3 as a measure for belonging, memory, and identity at Bulgaria’s National Day ceremony in Sofia on Tuesday. She accepted the honour guard of representative units of the Bulgarian Army at National Assembly Square. The day marks Bulgaria’s freedom and has long »»»

Israeli and US strikes on Tuesday hit the building of a body tasked with electing Iran's new supreme leader, local media reported. Former leader Ali Khamenei was killed during a wave of US-Israeli attacks on Saturday. "The American-Zionist criminals attacked the Assembly of Experts building in Qom,»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) confirmed that all court hearings are continuing remotely across all courts, with rulings issued electronically through the online portal and applications received via the courts' digital systems, ensuring the uninterrupted and efficient functioning »»»

A suspected migrant smuggler has been arrested in northeastern Greece for allegedly ferrying a group of people away from the border with Turkey, authorities said Tuesday. A police statement said the 11 migrants, who are thought to have just crossed over from Turkey, were all squashed into a car tha»»»

Israel stepped up airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and factories Tuesday, and Iran retaliated across the Gulf region, disrupting energy supplies and travel. As explosions rang out in Tehran and in Lebanon — where Israel said it struck Hezbollah militants — the American embassy in Saudi »»»

The European Union has begun helping member countries Italy, Austria and Slovakia repatriate their citizens stranded due to the war in the Middle East, the bloc's crisis management chief told AFP Tuesday. Commissioner Hadja Lahbib said the three countries were the first so far to ask Brussels to as»»»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi discussed the developments in the Middle East over the phone, following the armed aggression by the United States and Israel against Iran, according to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "The situation in the re»»»

Damascus, March. 3 (SANA) Syria’s Minister of Economy and Industry, Nidal al-Shaar, met on Tuesday with Raqqa Governor, Abdulrahman Salamah to review the current state of the industrial and artisanal sectors in the governorate and explore ways to develop them.During the meeting held at the ministry»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research have announced the extension of distance learning across the country until Friday, March 6, 2026. The decision applies to all students, as well as academic and administrative staff, in public and priva»»»

DOHA: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Dr Majed Al Ansari has stressed in a social media post that the country “has not been part of the campaign” against Iran. “We are exercising our right in self-defence and deterring Iranian attac»»»

China opposes the military strikes launched by Israel and the US against Iran and demands an immediate cessation of hostilities, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar on Tuesday, according to his ministry. "Force cannot truly solve problems; instead, it often creates new»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs, HE Sheikh Saud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al-Thani, received a phone call Tuesday evening from the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Italy, HE Rt Hon Guido Crosetto. During the call, the two sides reviewed latest»»»

Lebanon was pulled deeper into the war in the Middle East on Tuesday as the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah launched missiles at Israel for a second consecutive day and Israel sent troops into the south and carried out waves of airstrikes. The theater of numerous conflicts between Israel and H»»»

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Türkiye was making "intense" diplomatic efforts to end the conflict roiling the Middle East, sparked by the Israeli-US strikes on Iran. "Attacks on Iran, and missile and kamikaze drone attacks (by Iran) on neighboring countries in the Gulf have fueled ins»»»

The father of a teenage boy accused of killing four people in a shooting rampage at a high school in the US state of Georgia has been found guilty of murder, child cruelty and other charges. Colin Gray had pleaded not guilty to all 29 charges against him stemming from the 2024 attack that left two »»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE is set for unsettled weather tomorrow, with the National Centre of Meteorology forecasting partly cloudy to cloudy skies and a chance of rainfall across scattered areas, accompanied by a noticeable drop in temperatures. Winds are expected to be light to moderate, freshening at ti»»»

Dubai: Iran struck the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital with a drone early Tuesday, as it continued to target areas around the region. Across Iran's capital, Tehran, explosions rang out overnight as the US and Israel pounded Iran with airstrikes since killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Kh»»»

Police on Monday dismantled a three-member drug-trafficking ring operating in the greater Athens area, with activity concentrated in the western suburbs, authorities said. The suspects, aged 31, 35 and 31, allegedly trafficked heroin, cocaine and cannabis, each playing a distinct role. Investigator»»»

Thousands of newly built apartments in Poland remain unsold, creating favorable conditions for buyers. If you are considering purchasing your first home, upgrading, or investing, current market conditions could benefit your finances—but the window may not last. Unlike typical pre-construction purch»»»

Central and Eastern Europe has split in two. Poland, the Czech Republic, and the Baltic states are accelerating economically, while Romania and Hungary remain sluggish. In Poland and several neighboring countries, inflation has largely been contained. Romania, however, still faces near double-digit»»»

The war in the Middle East and a sharp surge in natural gas prices have prompted Grupa Azoty, Poland’s state-controlled fertilizer producer, to temporarily suspend new March orders for nitrogen fertilizers, though production continues at full capacity. The company is fulfilling all previously place»»»

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1 of 2 | Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks to reporters after a House Oversight Committee closed-door virtual deposition with Ghislaine Maxwell in the Rayburn House Office Building near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo March 3 (UPI)»»»

1 of 2 | Colt Gray, the 14-year-old charged with the murder of four people at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., on Sept. 4, 2024, is pictured in his booking photo. A jury began deliberations Tuesday in the case against his father, Colin Gray, who bought him the gun he allegedly used in the shoo»»»

Washington, March. 3 (SANA) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Tuesday that the ongoing military escalation in the Middle East could have repercussions on the global economy and financial markets. In a statement cited by CNN, the IMF said it has so far observed disruptions in trade and ec»»»

In line with the implementation of digital transformation plans, the promotion of electronic payment services, and a review of record growth indicators, the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Naji Issa, held an expanded meeting today at the CBL’s Tripoli headquarters. The meeting included the g»»»

Share: Israel sent troops entered southern Lebanon . March 3, 2026 Israel sent troops into southern Lebanon on Tuesday and warned residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an “open war” with Israel in the wake of the U.S.-Israel»»»

Hezbollah said it targeted an Israeli tank on the edge of a Lebanese border village on Tuesday, hours after Israel's defense minister ordered his troops to take control of more strategic positions inside Lebanon. In a statement, the pro-Iran armed group said: "In response to the criminal Israeli ag»»»

Israel struck a headquarters belonging to the Islamist group Jamaa Islamiya, an ally of Hamas and Hezbollah, in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Tuesday, state media reported. "The Israeli enemy carried out an air raid a short while ago, targeting a headquarters of the Jamaa Islamiya" in the »»»

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel was continuing to pound Iran and vowed to hit Hezbollah with increasing force as the war in the Middle East raged for a fourth day. "We continue to strike Iran with force. Our pilots are over the skies of Iran and Tehran, and also over the »»»

Sharjah: The General Command of Sharjah Police has arrested an individual for illegally promoting fireworks after officers seized 18,670 pieces found in his possession, authorities said on Tuesday. According to police, the suspect was using his vehicle to store and distribute the fireworks without »»»

European leaders have been carefully drafting cautious statements urging ‘de-escalation’, ‘respect for international law’ and ‘solidarity’ with those affected by the new and growing regional war in the Middle East over the last few days. But one voice has sounded different. And it speaks Spanish. O»»»

Port Said for Engineering Works, a subsidiary of the Suez Canal Authority, has announced a strategic partnership with an undisclosed Chinese investor to establish an $80 million aluminum foil manufacturing facility in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone). This development marks a significant step »»»

Egypt has commenced crude oil production from the Belayim Offshore 133 well in the Sinai fields, with an initial output of approximately 1,500 barrels per day, according to a statement by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources. The well was drilled and brought online by Petrobel, a joint v»»»

“The Israeli-American bombing campaign is by no means sufficient to bring down Iran,” Jacques Hogard, retired colonel of the French Special Forces Task Group under NATO in Kosovo, told Sputnik. Hogard believes the US and Israel’s objective now is “to disrupt the structures of the state as much as p»»»

Tunis, March 3 (TAP) — Direct flights from Tunisia to Saudi Arabia are currently operating normally and on schedule, with no cancellations reported so far, the Tunisian Federation of Travel and Tourism Agencies (FTAV) said on Tuesday.The...»»»

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent banking, financial services, and markets regulator of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has announced the reopening of Nasdaq Dubai, effective Wednesday, Mar 4 at 10am GST. Nasdaq Dubai is the international financial exchange »»»

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Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Department of Immigration & Emigration has announced a temporary measure to assist passengers affected by the cancellation of Middle East–bound flights effective from February 28, 2026. The Department further announced that authorities have decided to grant a free 14-day visa e»»»

A campaign of police inspections on dogs being walked in Thessaloniki over the past four weeks has resulted in several owners being fined for failing to tag or restrain the animals or pick up their droppings, authorities said Tuesday. A police statement said a total 142 people with their dogs were »»»

Share: Debris at the site of an Israeli strike on a building that houses Al-Manar TV offices in Beirut’s southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 3, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer BEIRU»»»

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to testify on the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Minneapolis. File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo March 3 (UPI) -- Department of Homeland Security Secretary »»»

March 2 (UPI) -- Police in Washington were called out on a report of a "determined beaver" attempting to cross a busy road "with zero regard for public safety." The Redmond Police Department said on social media that officers responded last week to a report of a suspicious subject described as a "d»»»

A network outage that caused government offices to lose phone and Internet services in an Ohio county is now being blamed on a meddlesome squirrel. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo March 3 (UPI) -- A network outage that caused several government offices to lose phone and Internet s»»»

March 2 (UPI) -- Idaho man David Rush caught a tennis ball behind his back from a distance of 199 feet to claim his latest Guinness World Records title. Rush enlisted the help of Chris Stumph, who he has collaborated with on multiple other Guinness World Record attempts, to throw the ball a distanc»»»

Tunis, March 3 (TAP) — The Ministry of Environment announced the official launch of a credit line to finance projects in the green, blue, and circular economy sectors, in a statement published Tuesday.With a total allocation of 20 million dinars...»»»

The Iranian-backed group Hezbollah has fired rockets from Lebanon into Israel for a second day while the Israeli military has sent troops into the south of the country, as Lebanon is dragged into the war between US, Israel and Iran. Israel has also carried out air strikes that have killed dozens of»»»

Tunis, March 3, 2026 (TAP) — Speaker of the Assembly of People’s Representatives Ibrahim Bouderbala, had a meeting on Tuesday at the Bardo Palace with Saber Al-Amri, Dean of the National Order of Judicial Officers of Tunisia (ONHJ), accompanied by...»»»

Tunis, March 3 (TAP) — The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal in Tunis has postponed the trial of the President of the Free Constitutional Party Abir Moussi, in the “Presidential Registry Office” case to March 13, following a request from her...»»»