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Quds Force commander Qaani has posted a taunt to Netanyahu saying the resistance "war room is one" and telling Israel to accept a new regional order, as questions over Qaani's own fate remain unresolved.

Elections were treated by the Serbian authorities authorities as a key political test ahead of national elections expected by 2027.

Serbia has secured a three-month extension of its gas supply agreement with Russia on favourable terms, President Aleksandar Vucic said on March 30 after a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Finance Ministry Director General Ilan Rom announced his resignation on March 30, hours after Israel's parliament approved the 2025-2026 state budget following an overnight session, with protests erupting outside the Israeli parliament.

An Iranian economist says controlling the Strait of Hormuz could generate $60bn a year in transit tariffs for Tehran.

Tech

Saudi Arabia has launched a new autonomous vehicle passenger route between two Riyadh malls.

Iran's AI-generated Lego propaganda videos, depicting Trump, Netanyahu and the devil launching missiles, have shocked the internet.

Core district with 272-metre landmark skyscraper to offer panoramic views of surrounding Tian Shan mountains.

Six financial institutions agreed to finance Firebird AI’s artificial intelligence data centre project in Armenia.

Montenegro has chosen Hungary’s 4iG Group to implement large-scale ICT projects aimed at modernising law enforcement technology and establishing a state-of-the-art data centre.

Opinion

A tentative thaw between Washington and Minsk is gathering pace. The US has lifted some sanctions after Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko release hundreds of political prisoners. But time for deal-making is running out.

As war threatens Middle East, just outcomes for the Kurds and the president's jailed chief rival are needed to build solidarity, say analysts.

Iran's deadliest weapon is not airborne. Seventeen submarine cables on the Persian Gulf floor carry 30% of global internet traffic and the world's financial bloodstream. The IRGC may already have orders to cut them.

The world has fixated on oil prices and LNG disruption. It has almost entirely missed the far more consequential story: Iran’s asymmetric strike on Qatar’s Ras Laffan facility has severed one-third of the global supply of helium.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) is taking a big gamble. He is pressing Washington for a more aggressive stance in its Iran campaign betting the short term damage cost is the price of leaving the Kingdom as the dominant regional power.

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Agaoglu Avrasya REIT cleared for lift-off. Consternation among scores of non-property firms awaiting permission to list.

Trust in Russian President Vladimir Putin has fallen to its lowest level since before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as economic pressures and prolonged war fatigue weigh on public sentiment, according to new survey data reported.

Iran’s oil revenues have climbed sharply in March, rising by an estimated $25mn per day from the previous month to reach $139mn per day, as exports increase and price discounts narrow despite tensions in the Middle East, says Goldman Sachs.

Protests in the United States against President Donald Trump or the Trump administration by far outweigh rallies organized by Trump supporters, Statista reports.

All of Nato’s members have met the alliance’s 2% of GDP defence spending target for the first time, pushing total military expenditure to a record $1.4 trillion, according to data reported by Euractiv on March 20.

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In the eyes of the government of Iran, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) is a terrorist organisation operating its own armed group as part of its push for self-determination for the Kurdish people of Iran.

What could have been a routine procedural issue has turned into a prolonged institutional standoff, with a 34-day countdown from March 25 to elect a new president.

There are 14,000 Russian companies registered in the UAE, and 150,000 Russians live there. Without the need for visas and the can-do attitude to business, Dubai has become a favourite destination for Russian entrepreneurs escaping from sanctions.

The world was already dedollarising thanks to rising East-West tensions and the US decision to weaponize the dollar in 2022 by seizing the Russian central bank’s reserves. Trump has gone a step further.

The Israeli Army took its heaviest tank losses in over 40 years after Hezbollah ambushes destroyed 21 Merkavas main battle tanks in a single day on March 26. Israel and the US have armed themselves for the wrong war.

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For more than 3,000 years, Nowruz has been Iran's national festival, but this year's war has darkened the mood.

US Commander-in-Chief, meanwhile, says he told Netanyahu “don’t do that”. But he did do that.

America and Iran have two very strategies for fighting this war.The US is still using the old school approach of building extremely powerful and incredibly accurate flying bombs that will definitely destroy anything they hit and are hard to stop.

A “permits-for-passage" system emerges as the US heads towards a strategic defeat in Iran after the White House makes a string of strategic blunders.

Caracas stands to gain from surging crude prices triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but Washington's control over its oil income means the bonanza may consolidate authoritarian rule rather than rebuild a broken state.

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Sales of EVs overtook standard petrol cars in the EU for the first time in December 2025, marking a milestone in the bloc’s transition to cleaner transport and reducing its reliance on oil imports.

Dubai was underwater after torrential rain overwhelmed the sewage system and left roads under water and street level shops swimming in water on March 28.

Three quarters of the world's population live in fossil importing countries and bleed out at least 3% of GDP every year to import oil to run their cars and power plants.

With the Middle East in turmoil, the new Bangladesh government faces a critical moment in its power and energy landscape.

Poorer countries are projected to suffer sharply higher mortality from the increasing frequency of extreme heatwaves than wealthier nations, with death rates potentially rising by as much as tenfold.

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