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The US-Israeli war with Iran is affecting the tourism industry on the Arabian Peninsula, which until recently had set new records. After years of rapid growth, the sector is now facing a sudden downturn. Following the latest attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran, and Tehran's subsequent counterstrikes, hundreds of thousands of travelers

After the first military strikes by Israel and the United States, Iran launched counterattacks that mainly targeted US military bases. But the German military, the Bundeswehr, is also stationed at some of the bases that were hit. One attack targeted a military base near Erbil, in northern Iraq; another struck a Bundeswehr base in Jordan

Headlines in Serbia have been dominated recently by revelations from investigations into an investment fund that many Serbs feel hint at corruption at the very highest level of politics and business. At the center of the revelations is what is known in Serbia as an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) called Vista Rica, a Spanish term that roughly

Hungary said Friday it will use "every means" to resolve an escalating row with Kyiv over stalled Russian oil supplies to Budapest and Bratislava. Tensions have flared between Budapest and Kyiv in recent weeks over a damaged oil pipeline, the Druzhba pipeline, that delivers Russian crude to Central Europe. Hungary and Slovakia, both European Union members

As a child, Laura Müller dreamed of becoming a Formula 1 driver – inspired by the legendary Michael Schumacher. "I always watched Formula 1 on Sundays," the German said in an August 2025 interview published by the auto motor und sport portal. But nobody was taking her seriously back then, and since she didn't know how

The massive airstrikes by the US and Israel on Iran and the bitter resistance of the Iranian regime have plunged the Middle East into a state of emergency. According to the latest ARD Deutschlandtrend survey, three-quarters of Germans feel threatened by the global situation and are very concerned. In Germany, the US-Israeli military operation has been

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Iranians attend Friday prayers in the courtyard of the Imam Khomeini Grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 6, 2026. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's president said Saturday that a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a "dream that they should take

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