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JAKARTA, March 12 (Reuters) - Indonesia and Australia are planning to expand their security cooperation to include Japan and Papua New Guinea, Jakarta's Defence Minister said on Thursday after a meeting with his Australian counterpart.

Displaced families from southern Lebanon have taken refuge in a school in Sidon after fleeing Israeli attacks.

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Thousands of Americans decline evacuation flights from UAE The US State Department said it offered nearly 9,000 Americans and their family members seats on evacuation flights from the UAE. Officials said around 300 seats were available on Wednesday’s flights but some remained empty after passengers boarded. At least one charter flight scheduled over the weekend was cancelled after no passengers arrived.  Many Americans in the region have chosen to arrange their own travel or remain in the Middle East.  Meanwhile, over 43,000 Americans have returned to the US since February 28, most on commercial flights.

Fribourg canton's public prosecutor Raphael Bourquin said the man allegedly responsible for the fire likely died.

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, March 11 (Reuters) - The United Nations aid chief warned on Wednesday that the conflict in the Middle East is straining humanitarian operations worldwide, disrupting supply chains and slowing the delivery of life‑saving assistance to numerous crisis zones. “We are in a moment of grave peril for the Middle East and, actually I believe, for the wider world,” Tom Fletcher, the U.N. aid chief, told Reuters.

Maersk halts operations at Oman’s Port of Salalah after incident Shipping giant Maersk said it has suspended all operations at the Port of Salalah in Oman following an incident near the facility, according to a company statement on Wednesday. The Danish shipping company said activities at the port have been paused “until further notice” due to an ongoing incident near the general cargo terminal. Maersk did not provide further details about the nature of the incident.

Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not spoken or been seen in public since his appointment at the weekend, is injured but "safe", officials said Wednesday. "I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections," the Iranian president's son, Yousef Pezeshkian, wrote in a post on his Telegram channel. "They told me that, thank God, he is safe and sound," added Pezeshkian, who is a government advisor.

The United Arab Emirates is home to Dubai Internet City, which hosts more than 4,000 businesses, including US tech giants such as Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, Amazon, Mastercard and Visa. Several of these companies also have offices in Abu Dhabi.

The prime minister said the planned rise would be ‘kept under review’ - paving the way for yet another U-turn

Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is injured but "safe and sound", the son of the president said Wednesday, offering the first official explanation for why the 56-year-old has not been seen since his appointment at the weekend. "I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked some friends who had connections," Yousef Pezeshkian, who is also a government adviser, wrote in a post on his Telegram channel. "They told me that, thank God, he is safe and sound," added the son of President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Exhausted Afghans cross the border from Iran in a sandstorm, leaving behind a country in the grip of war to return to a homeland that is battered by conflict and humanitarian crisis. At the Islam Qala crossing point in Herat province, western Afghanistan, Talibshah, who did not to give his family name, said he had been working in agriculture northwest of Tehran. He was cheated by money changers at the border and was trying to figure out how to get back to Sar-e-Pol province in the north, hundreds of kilometres away on difficult, mountainous roads.

SEOUL, March 11 (Reuters) - South Korea's senior presidential secretary for AI, Ha Jung-woo, said on Wednesday that artificial intelligence cooperation with the United Arab Emirates could accelerate after the Middle East conflict ends, given the UAE's need to strengthen its defence capabilities.

Seven agreed to humanitarian visas to stay permanently, but one later reverses course and contacts the Iranian embassy to arrange her return The post After some accept asylum, most of Iran women’s soccer team declines and leaves Australia appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Two drones come down in vicinity of Dubai airport, injuring four people Two drones came down in the vicinity of Dubai airport on Wednesday, injuring four people, Dubai's media office said. Air traffic is operating as normal, it added.

France to provide 60 tons of humanitarian aid for Lebanon France will provide 60 metric tons of humanitarian aid for Lebanon, French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday. "And what we have decided is to triple the volume of aid that will arrive this week. This aid will reach ... 60 tons of humanitarian aid for the Lebanese, including sanitation kits, hygiene kits, mattresses, lamps, and also a mobile medical post," Barrot said in an interview with French radio TF1.

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's nominee for a senior State Department position withdrew from consideration on Tuesday after his controversial comments about Jewish people and diminishing white power stirred rare Republican opposition to the president's choice. In a statement on X, Jeremy Carl, Trump's nominee for assistant secretary of state for international organizations, thanked Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for their support, but said their backing was not sufficient.

Members of the squad arrived in Kuala Lumpur on a flight from Sydney after Australia granted some of their teammates humanitarian visas. Seven players sought asylum over safety concerns on their return home for not singing the national anthem Two more Iranian football team members granted asylum in Australia as rest of squad land in Kuala Lumpur Continue reading...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY, March 11 (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday granted humanitarian visas to two more members of the Iranian women's soccer team who decided to stay in the country due to fears for their safety if they returned home. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said a player and a support staff member accepted the government's offer, after five players from the team were granted asylum a day earlier. "I made them the same offer that I made the five players the night before," Burke told reporters.

Two more members of Iran's visiting women's football team have claimed asylum in Australia after they were branded "traitors" at home over a pre-match protest, the government said Wednesday. One player and one support member sought sanctuary before the side flew out of Sydney on Tuesday evening, joining five other athletes who had already claimed asylum, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said. "When I met with them, I made the same offer that I had made the five players the night before," Burke told reporters.