DOHA: Early signs of the domestic rutab (semi-ripe date) season are starting to emerge, as farmers are sanguine over the outlook for a strong harvest this year. The season is one of the most consequential agricultural periods in Qatar and across the Gulf, closely tied to cultural and social traditi»»»

Agencies JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has long spoken about succession, but a clear timeline for stepping aside has remained elusive. This time, however, sources say, the plan is real. Dimon plans to stay as CEO for up to three more years, with insiders hoping that the bank will name his successo»»»

DPA Houston Brazil substitute Gabriel Martinelli struck in stoppage time to complete a thrilling 2-1 comeback win over Japan in the World Cup last 32 on Monday. Record five-times winners Brazil, whose World Cup title drought stands at 24 years, had gone behind to Mainz midfielder Kaishu Sano’s firs»»»

QNA Doha Early signs of the domestic rutab (semi-ripe date) season are starting to emerge as farmers are sanguine over the outlook for a strong harvest this year. The season is one of the most consequential agricultural periods in Qatar and across the Gulf, closely tied to cultural and social tradi»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has announced the launch of two new specialised services in paediatric allergy: skin allergy testing to accurately identify food and environmental allergens, and food and drug challenge tests, which are considered the internationally recogni»»»

Tribune News Network Doha As part of its ongoing efforts to support vulnerable communities , enhance religious and social life, Qatar Charity (QC) has constructed 11 new mosques across the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan, benefiting more than 8,150 worshippers, includi»»»

Wladimir Klitschko said lasting peace in Ukraine can only be achieved if Russia is held accountable for its actions, emphasizing that justice and consequences for the aggressor are essential to ending the war. Speaking in interviews with Bulgarian National Television and bTV during his visit to Sof»»»

Today marks the final day on which people in Bulgaria can exchange levs for euros at commercial banks and participating post offices without paying service charges. Beginning tomorrow, both banks and Bulgarian Post will introduce fees for the currency exchange service, while the Bulgarian National »»»

A plan to divert shipping through an alternative corridor off the Omani coast to avoid the threat of mines in the Strait of Hormuz has come under scrutiny after two attacks on ships in recent days. Though Iran and Oman agreed to engage in talks on Monday on the strait's management, the incidents il»»»

Peru's conservative president-elect Keiko Fujimori pledged on Monday to restore "order and hope" after narrowly defeating left-wing rival Roberto Sanchez in a presidential run-off dominated by surging crime. Fujimori, declared the winner of the June 7 election, said on X Peru was moving closer to "»»»

US President Donald Trump said on Monday Iran had requested a meeting in Doha on Tuesday, despite Tehran denying direct negotiations with Washington. Trump said the talks would occur in Qatar, while the White House said US envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner would travel there for high-le»»»

Beneath the Central and Southeast Europe region lies one of Europe’s most underexploited energy resources. Geothermal energy, long associated with Iceland’s volcanic landscapes, is attracting fresh attention as countries seek cleaner, more secure and less import-dependent sources of energy. The app»»»

Ukraine left the two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk, Poland, with some 200 agreements worth over €10bn, Ukrainian Economy, Environment and Agriculture Minister Oleksiy Sobolev said after the June 25-26 meeting. The package included the launch of the first €3.2bn tranche of a wider €»»»

As rescue efforts continue in Venezuela after the twin earthquakes struck, social media has been flooded with misleading videos falsely claiming to show the devastation. Viral clips have been recycled from disasters in other countries, old footage from Venezuela presented as current, and AI-ge»»»

The French parliament on Monday passed a bill aimed at curbing the rise of fast fashion, targeting major Asian e-commerce platforms such as Shein and Temu. French senators on Monday passed a revised anti-fast-fashion bill targeting e-commerce platforms including Shein, Temu and AliExpress, after ye»»»

EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic and his Chinese counterpart are meeting in Brussels as Europe prepares countermeasures to battle a flood of cheap imports. Also, oil prices climb after a weekend of renewed strikes between the US and Iran, and South Korea unveils a massive new investment in chip»»»

The US Supreme Court on Monday boosted presidential power, upholding President Donald Trump’s firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception: the Federal Reserve. The US Supreme Court on Monday expanded President Donald Trump's powers to fire members of independen»»»

The Syrian foreign ministry on Monday condemned Israeli incursions and bombardment in the country's south a day after Israeli forces advanced into the village of Abidin, where angry residents tried to block the road with stones to stop the patrol. The Israeli military has conducted at least 70»»»

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye will call a referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment that would strengthen the power of parliament and the prime minister, the country's justice minister said Monday. The country's National Assembly overwhelmingly backed the reform in a vote earlie»»»

At least six people have been killed in a shooting in the northern German city of Stade, police said Monday. Two people have been detained, including the suspected shooter. ⁠ Six people were killed in a shooting on Monday at a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade, police said»»»

Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov announced that the mission of the U.S. military aircraft deployed in Bulgaria has officially concluded, while also confirming that the Bulgarian Armed Forces are entering the wildfire season with expanded aerial capabilities and fully prepared crews. Speaking after»»»

The transition process from the Bulgarian lev to the euro is progressing in line with expectations, with authorities stressing that there is no cause for public concern over remaining cash in circulation. Economic journalist and “ReVizia” host Yordan Barzakov said in an interview on NOVA that the w»»»

The ASEAN summit held in Russia last week was one of the Kremlin’s biggest diplomatic successes since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Despite Western sanctions, a lack of progress on the battlefield, growing economic problems, and more frequent Ukrainian drone attacks, Putin was able to»»»

LONDON — Stocks mostly rose while oil prices climbed on Monday after the United States and Iran exchanged fire over the weekend, underscoring the fragility of their tentative agreement to end the war.While Washington said it had agreed with Iran to halt the attacks and continue talks, the strikes a»»»

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Europe and China were seeking to gauge Monday whether trade frictions can be resolved without a fight, as top EU trade official Maros Sefcovic hosts his Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao in Brussels for day-long talks.The European Union has turned its attention to China as Brussel»»»

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said his country is "disappointed by the increasingly biased US mediation" in the conflict with DR Congo. He also accused the US of sanctioning Kigali alone while Kinshasa fails to honour the 2025 Washington Accords betwe»»»

Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists, the Malian army and its Russian allies have all committed "grave abuses" against civilians during and after the April attacks that rocked the West African country, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Monday. Malian civilians suffered serious abuses at the hands of Isla»»»

At least 36 civilians have been killed and more than 160 others injured in Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan, officials said. Pakistani forces launched a military operation along the border with Afghanistan overnight to Monday in response to multiple militant attacks across Pakistan. Overnight ai»»»

Debris from downed Ukrainian drones sparked a blaze at a major oil refinery in Russia on Sunday, according to local authorities. This comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country was “going through a difficult period”. In recent months, Ukraine has stepped up its long-range attac»»»

Bulgaria remains among the lowest-priced countries in the European Union, but the gap with the EU average continues to narrow, according to comparative price level data covering 2021-2025, the Institute for Market Economics reports. The indicators, which benchmark countries against the EU-27 averag»»»

The death toll from Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes neared 1,500 on Sunday as rescue workers raced against the clock to find survivors among the nearly 50,000 people still unaccounted for.  Rescue teams raced on Sunday to find more survivors of the two powerful earthquakes that struck Vene»»»

Thousands of people have fled South Africa in recent weeks ahead of a June 30 "deadline" for foreign nationals to leave the country announced by anti-immigrant groups. We spoke to Congolese refugees in KwaZulu-Natal province who were forced to leave their homes and livelihoods after anti-immigrant »»»

With less than a year to go until France's April 2027 presidential election, the far-right National Rally party still hasn't designated a candidate. As Marine Le Pen appeals a graft conviction that barred her from seeking office for five years, her young protégé Jordan Bardella is poised to step in»»»

France estimates that its death rate rose by at least 1,000 people during the devastating heatwave that swept the country last week – but that is at the cautious end of the estimate. As authorities continue to tally the number of heat-related deaths, mortuaries in Paris and its immediate region rep»»»

Turkish police on Sunday detained at least 50 people, including a journalist, during a LGBT+ Pride event in Istanbul that went ahead despite a ban by local authorities. Homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey, but since 2015, the annual Pride march has been almost systematically banned and supp»»»

Finance Minister Galab Donev has defended the 2026 state budget, describing it as a realistic reflection of Bulgaria’s public finances after years of accumulated obligations and unresolved structural issues. Speaking on bTV’s “120 Minutes,” Donev said the document does not conceal financial difficu»»»

Speaker of the National Assembly Mihaela Dotsova held talks in Istanbul with the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Numan Kurtulmus, focusing on parliamentary cooperation and broader bilateral relations. The meeting took place during a visit by a Bulgarian parliamentary delegation at»»»

The head of the water and sewerage operator in the Nessebar area has been formally charged in a corruption case involving an alleged 8,000-euro bribe, while the second detained official has been released without charges, authorities confirmed following a multi-day investigation. The case centers on»»»

The Iran war has switched up government’s priorities and energy investments are now driven less by climate targets than by security concerns, as governments respond to the second major energy crisis in five years. Green goals have been downgraded as diversifying supply routes, strengthening electri»»»

More than three days after Venezuela was struck by its most powerful earthquake in over a century, hopes of finding survivors are fading. Experts say the first 72 hours are critical for rescues, after which the operation increasingly becomes one of recovering bodies. The confirmed death toll has cl»»»

A skydiving plane crashed in eastern France on Sunday, killing all 11 people on board. The crash in the town of Tomblaine killed five instructors, five students and the pilot, according to local officials. The cause of the incident was not immediately clear, and a technical investiga»»»

Two Bulgarian children, an 8-year-old boy and his 10-year-old sibling, were found dead inside a parked car in the Cypriot village of Xylofagu, in the Famagusta district, an area that falls under the jurisdiction of the British Sovereign Base of Dhekelia. The children had recently traveled from Bulg»»»

The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) expects a slowdown in economic growth over the next two years, while inflation is projected to rise sharply in 2026, according to its latest macroeconomic forecast. The central bank attributes the outlook mainly to higher energy prices driven by the ongoing conflic»»»

Iran launched fresh drone and missile attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday after new US airstrikes, while warning it would completely halt negotiations and close the Strait of Hormuz if Washington continues its attacks. Iran again launched drone and missile attacks targeting Bahrain and Kuwait o»»»

Turkish police on Sunday detained at least 50 people, including a journalist, during a LGBTQ+ Pride event in Istanbul that went ahead despite a ban by local authorities. Homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey, but since 2015, the annual Pride march has been almost systematically banned and sup»»»

The United States and Iran will continue their talks aimed at ending the Middle East war, a US official said on Sunday, adding that both sides will stand down after recent clashes. This comes hours after Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri rejected a US–Israel–Lebanon framework deal, calling it»»»

New Caledonia's provincial elections are a crucial test of the territory's political future, with independence from France remaining the central issue. The possibility of independence from France remains the central political issue, with today’s vote taking place peacefully. The election comes two »»»

The record-breaking heatwave in France is set to come to an end on Sunday, with the country's extreme weather alert expected to be lifted by the evening, bringing relief after temperatures climbed as high as 40°C this week. But the heatwave is far from over, as it shifts eastward, with Germany and »»»

The resignation of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer less than two years after his election victory, extreme heat grips France, fans fete the World Cup and twin earthquakes ravage Venezuela: FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images. »»»

New Caledonia goes to the poll on Sunday in crucial elections. The possibility of independence from France remains the central political issue, with today’s vote taking place peacefully. The election comes two years after plans to expand voting rights to thousands of non-Indigenous residents trigge»»»