Qatar intercepts 9 Iranian drones; no casualties reported
Doha [Qatar], March 7: The Ministry of Defence of the State of Qatar announced that the country was subjected to waves of attacks from Iran...
Kuwait thwarts missile barrage, Iranian drone strikes
Kuwait City [Kuwait], March 7: The State of Kuwait announced that the Kuwait Armed Forces intercepted and destroyed on Friday 12 drones and 14 missiles...
Bahrain Defence Force: 84 missiles, 147 drones destroyed since start of Iranian...
Manama [Bahrain], March 7: The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) General Command announced that air defence systems continue to intercept successive waves of Iranian aggression.
UAE President receives phone call from President of the Kurdistan Region of...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 7: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received a phone call from His Excellency Nechirvan Barzani,...
Partial resumption of air navigation in Qatar
Doha [Qatar], March 7: Qatar Civil Aviation Authority announced the partial resumption of air navigation in the State of Qatar, through designated navigational contingency routes...
Four drones shot down over Erbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region
Baghdad [Iraq], March 7: The Counter-Terrorism Service in Iraq's Kurdistan Region announced Friday that four drones were shot down over the city of Erbil.
Arab Media Union urges vigilance against misinformation
New York [US], March 7: The Arab Media Union has called for heightened vigilance and rigorous verification of information sources before dissemination, particularly under current...
UAE expresses solidarity with Bahrain, Qatar; condemns unprovoked Iranian attack
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 7: The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the unprovoked Iranian attack targeting buildings in the Kingdom of Bahrain that house...
Latest UAE-US mediation efforts succeed for second consecutive day with exchange of...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 7: The United Arab Emirates has announced the success of new mediation efforts conducted jointly with the United States of America...
Abdullah bin Zayed holds phone calls with several officials, foreign ministers to...
Abu Dhabi [UAE], March 7: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held phone calls with...
More than 200 killed in landslide in eastern DRC coltan mine
Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo], March 6: A landslide triggered by heavy rains has killed more than 200 people at the Rubaya coltan mine...
Unable to rule out military role in Iran war: Canada PM
Canberra [Australia], March 6: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that he could not rule out his country's military participation in the escalating war in...
Israel strikes Beirut suburbs, kills 10 across Lebanon
Beirut [Lebanon], March 6: Israeli strikes have hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, state-run media say, while 10 people are reported killed...
Iranians are ready to disgrace US troops if they invade: Official
Tehran [Iran], March 6: Top Iranian official Ali Larijani has stressed that his country is prepared to confront a possible invasion from the United States,...
GCC, EU affirm GCC states' right to self-defence
Doha [Qatar], March 6: The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union (EU) on Thursday called for dialogue and diplomacy...
Russia says Ukraine hit one of its gas tankers
Moscow [Russia], March 5: Moscow accused Ukraine on Wednesday of having attacked a Russian tanker carrying liquefied natural gas in the Mediterranean Sea the day...
UN commission condemns US-Israel attacks on Iran as violating UN Charter
Geneva [Switzerland], March 5: A UN commission of inquiry condemned the attacks by Israel and the United States on Iran, saying they violate the UN...
Russia, China raise diplomatic voices against attacks on Iran
Moscow [Russia], March 5: Russia and China have criticised the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, with Moscow saying it had seen no evidence that...
IRGC says Iran in 'complete control' of Strait of Hormuz amid Trump...
Tehran [Iran], March 5: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it maintains full control of the Strait of Hormuz, where United States President...
Iran threatens to carry out attacks on Israeli embassies worldwide
Tehran [Iran], March 5: Iranian Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi has threatened attacks on Israeli embassies worldwide if Israel attacks the Iranian embassy...
Mexican drug lord 'El Mencho' buried in golden coffin
Mexico city [Mexico], March 4: Infamous Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho", was buried in a golden casket by his...
Trump says ending Ukraine war is a key priority for him
Rome [Italy], March 4: The Russian war against Ukraine is high on US President Donald Trump's priority list, he said on Tuesday.
UK to send Royal Navy warship 'HMS Dragon' to Cyprus
London [UK], March 4: The UK government will deploy a Royal Navy warship to the Mediterranean to bolster security around RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
US sanctions Rwandan army and top officials for supporting M23 in DRC
Washington DC [US], March 4: The United States has imposed sanctions on Rwanda's military and four of its top officials for "direct operational support" of...
US First Lady Melania Trump presides over UNSC meeting
New York [US], March 4: US First Lady Melania Trump on Monday became the first spouse of a world leader to chair a meeting of...
China calls for security for ships passing through Strait of Hormuz
Beijing [China], March 4: China has called for security to be ensured in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel war with Iran...
Putin and Orban discuss 'drastically escalating' Middle East situation
Moscow [Russia], March 4: Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the war in the Middle East in a telephone conversation with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor...