MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is extremely skeptical about negotiations with Iran and wants to resume hostilities, a news portal reported, citing sources. On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu discussed new attempts to reach an agreement with Iran during»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Ukraine's willingness to host American biological laboratories on its territory directly indicates Kiev's desire to involve the United States in a conflict with Russia, former UK Ambassador to Syria Peter Ford told Sputnik. "Ukraine's willingness to make itself a hospitable s»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s flagship travel trade event, Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2026, has been moved to new dates, with organisers confirming that the show will now take place from September 14 to 17 at Dubai World Trade Centre. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The date change »»»

A damaged mosque is shown Wednesday, a day after an Israeli airstrike hit the village of Maashouk in southern Lebanon. According to the Disaster Management Unit of the Lebanese government, Israeli attacks across Lebanon have killed more than 3,045 people and injured more than 9,310 others since the»»»

DR Congo cancels World Cup training camp over Ebola outbreak 11 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleWedaeli Chibelushi Getty Images The Democratic Republic of Congo has cancelled its pre-World Cup training camp in the capital, Kinshasa, because of an Ebola outbreak in the east of the coun»»»

Five black vultures from Spain will be released in the Eastern Rhodope Mountains, according to an announcement published on the official website of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB). After arriving in Bulgaria, the birds will first be placed in an adaptation aviary, where the»»»

BEIJING: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Beijing from Saturday to Tuesday for talks, the Chinese foreign ministry said, without specifying whether the war in Iran would be discussed. Pakistan and China have both sought to mediate in the Middle East conflict, sparked by US and Isra»»»

DUBAI: The UAE-based Lebanese influencer talks jobs, productivity and travel. Best job you’ve ever had? Working on my mom’s jewelry brand, Hiba Hasbini. I love being able to design, create, and build a business with my mom. I really enjoy seeing the fruits of my labor and bringing ideas to life. Wo»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The inspection by the United States of biological laboratories in Ukraine is the first step towards recognizing the problem and resolving it, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. "Now the Americans will be inspecting ... We consider the revelatio»»»

Dubai: Ships stranded in Gulf waters for weeks are now facing an unusual new problem — barnacles, algae and jellyfish are building up on their hulls and propellers, raising concerns that some vessels could struggle to leave even after the regional conflict eases. Sign up for our daily business news»»»

Romania’s private equity market is entering a new stage of maturity, driven by founder transitions, regional consolidation opportunities, and growing institutional interest across Central and Eastern Europe. In an exclusive interview for Business Review, Anthony Stalker, Managing Partner at CEECAT »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Commander of the Israeli military’s 401st Brigade, who was seriously wounded in Lebanon, remains under anesthesia and on a ventilator after»»»

Turkey’s Ambassador to Libya, Güven Beginç, said Turkish institutions are ready to contribute to the implementation of joint Libyan-Turkish marine projects in coordination with the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA). The Turkish Ambassador was quoted by the Libyan Ministry of Marine»»»

The Plovdiv Administrative Court has suspended a decision of the Karlovo Municipal Council to hold a local referendum on June 28, 2026, on plans to build an ammunition and gunpowder plant in the area, the municipal administration said on Thursday. The referendum was set to ask residents whether the»»»

Elon Musk announced plans Wednesday for one of the biggest stock sales ever by taking public a space company that is currently losing billions of dollars a year. A filing shows that his SpaceX lost $2.6 billion from operations last year on $18.7 billion in revenue, and the losses kept piling up at »»»

A leading Norwegian newspaper has come under intense criticism after publishing a cartoon depicting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a snake charmer, triggering accusations of racism, colonial stereotyping and cultural insensitivity across India. The cartoon, published by Norway’s largest dai»»»

Bulgarian livestock breeders are warning that the sector is approaching a breaking point because of low purchase prices, weak market oversight, and growing pressure from imported products. Boyko Sinapov, chairman of the Association “United Bulgarian Livestock Breeders,” said producers are strugglin»»»

Pakistan's army chief was due in Iran Thursday, Iranian media reported, with Islamabad mediating as Iran examines a new US proposal to end the Middle East war. The reported visit by Field Marshal Asim Munir, a powerful figure with a growing role in Pakistan's foreign relations, comes a day after Pr»»»

“Salary isn’t the issue.” That’s what the chairman of a family-run trading firm told me a few weeks ago in his office off Sheikh Zayed Road. His CEO of 19 years had just left for a competitor. He shrugged. Said they’d find a replacement. He wasn’t wrong about the salary. The trouble is, that’s exac»»»

Martin Phillips of Phuket Plus, a developer specialising in condominium projects on Thailand's most sought-after island. We sat down with him to find out why Warsaw is increasingly looking east — far east. Martin Phillips is a partner of Phuket Plus What is driving the recent surge of interest from»»»

An Air France flight en route to Detroit on Wednesday we re routed to Montreal due to a Congolese passenger being denied entry to the United States. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo May 21 (UPI) -- An Air France flight bound for the United States was diverted to Canada after a passen»»»

BEIJING: China said it supported Cuba and urged the United States to “stop brandishing the judicial stick” against the country, after Washington indicted the Caribbean island’s former leader Raul Castro on murder charges. The US charges against the 94-year-old former president — announced Wednesday»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Ben-Gvir’s ‘Shameful Display’ Sparks Global Fury Over Abuse of Gaza Flotilla Activists 21-05-2026 11:09 AM Israeli National Security Minist»»»

The organization of the Eurovision Song Contest, which Bulgaria will host in 2027, is expected to cost between EUR 20 million and EUR 30 million, with good returns on expenditure, Deputy Prime Minister Ivo Hristov said on the Bulgarian National Television's (BNT) morning programme on Thursday. Hris»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Construction Cost Index rose 2.4 percent year on year in April, driven by higher equipment rental and labor costs, with both residential and non-residential sectors recording increases, official data showed. According to the General Authority for Statistics, residential const»»»

President Donald Trump's administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador refuses to end his candidacy for the vice presidency of the UN General Assembly, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters. »»»

Manila: At least two infrastructure projects worth ₱186.8 million fully paid by Filipino taxpayers but turned out to be non-existent — or "ghosts" — are now the subject of court battles, amid an ongoing crackdown on infrastructure anomalies tied to politicians. One project, worth ₱94 million, invol»»»

Doha, Qatar: The University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST) yesterday continued its celebrations for the Class of 2026 graduation ceremonies, honouring a new group of graduates from various academic disciplines. The occasion, held under the patronage of the Prime Minister and Minister of »»»

Amira Elhamy covers “Rise up summit 2019”, hosted in its new destination AUC new Campus for the first time, with exclusive quotes for MEO With its 2019 slogan “ Journey to Growth” Rise up summit” 2019 was held on a bigger scale, on Dec 5th at the American University new Campus at the fifth settleme»»»

Airbnb, facing tighter local regulations on short-term home rentals, announced Wednesday it is adding boutique hotels, car rentals and grocery delivery to its app in a bid to transform itself into a one-stop travel shop. The rollout marks the latest step in Airbnb's push to capture more of the trav»»»

The Iranian body overseeing the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf has delineated a specific supervisory zone for managing the strategic waterway. In a statement posted late Wednesday on its official X account, the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) defined the supervisory management zone of th»»»

London, United Kingdom: British no-frills airline EasyJet said Thursday that its losses deepened in the six months to end-March after the Middle East regional tension sent jet fuel prices soaring. The headline loss after tax came in at £377 million ($506 million) for first half of its financial yea»»»

Bangkok, Thailand: The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said on Thursday that it has elevated surveillance and prevention measures for the Ebola virus disease within the country's civil aviation system. This move follows the World Health Organization (WHO)'s declaration of the Ebola viru»»»

DUBAI: The US State Department’s internal watchdog is investigating the now defunct Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) over how it spent millions of dollars in emergency aid allocated for Gaza. The inquiry, led by the State Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), is reportedly focused on a »»»

TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday hanged two men convicted of armed rebellion and membership in “separatist terrorist groups,” the latest in a string of executions during the Middle East war. Since the start of the conflict with Israel and the United States in February, Iran has ramped up executions, with m»»»

Gold edged lower on Thursday as higher Treasury yields and a firm dollar weighed on the metal, while hopes of a resolution to the US-Iran conflict limited losses. Spot gold was down 0.3% at $4,528.03 per ounce, as of 0611 GMT. Bullion had gained more than 1% on Wednesday after falling to its lowest»»»

Dubai: Dubai gold prices slipped slightly on Thursday, giving UAE shoppers a small breather after recent volatility in bullion markets. The price of 24K gold dropped to Dh546.75 per gram, down from Dh547.50 yesterday, while 22K fell to Dh506.50 from Dh507.00. The decline tracks softer international»»»

This photo, taken Thursday, shows the trading room of Hana Bank in Seoul as South Korean stocks spiked more than 8 percent as Samsung Electronics averted a strike. Photo by Yonhap South Korean stocks spiked more than 8 percent Thursday on tech gains, after Samsung Electronics averted a strike and s»»»

The U.S. military said Wednesday that it boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was suspected of trying to violate the American blockade, the latest action by the Trump administration to try to push Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But President Donald Trump is facing »»»

Doha, Qatar: A panel discussion organised by the Qatar Press Center examined the future of the Gulf region in the aftermath of the recent war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, highlighting four possible regional scenarios and outlining ten strategic priorities for Gulf countries in the»»»

They have been our meat and our messengers, a source of fertilizer and a religious symbol: while pigeons are now mostly reviled as dirty city pests, they long played an important role in human society. Now, research published on Thursday has revealed that the humble birds were first domesticated 3,»»»

The average price of fertilizers and soil improvers in the European Union increased by 8% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, in line with the price of natural gas and hydrocarbons, and among the member states the highest price increase was recorded in Romania, data p»»»

Dubai: In a makeshift studio carved out of a modest Dubai apartment, a man holds a canvas inches from his face. His eyes, once sharp enough to capture the subtlest shifts of light, now strained. Slowly, deliberately, he drags a palette knife across the surface, coaxing thick, heavy ridges of paint »»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained in power for most of the past 17 years due in part to a tight alliance with ultra-Orthodox religious parties. But that alliance is tearing apart his governing coalition and proving to be another major liability for the long-serving Israeli lead»»»

As negotiations with the United States hang in the balance, a hard-line Iranian general linked to notorious attacks at home and abroad over the past decades is believed to have seized a place near the center of power. Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, who heads Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, has b»»»

DOHA: The View Hospital has successfully performed the first robotic proximal redo ureteroureterostomy, setting a new benchmark in complex urological reconstruction in the private sector. This advanced minimally invasive procedure offers a highly precise solution for patients with recurrent uretera»»»

The deadly plane attack at the centre of Castro's indictment 13 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAtahualpa AmeriseBBC News Mundo Getty ImagesCarlos Costa was one of the four activists who died in the attack by Cuba The fatal crash of two planes off the coast of Florida more than 30 years»»»

On May 21, 1832, the first Democratic Party national convention convened in Baltimore. 1 of 5 | Balloons fall on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 22, 2024. On May 21, 1832, the first Democratic Party national convention convened in Baltimore. Fil»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained in power for most of the past 17 years due in part to a tight alliance with ultra-Orthodox religious parties. But that alliance is tearing apart his governing coalition and proving to be another major liability for the long-serving Israeli lead»»»

Doha: The View Hospital, has successfully performed the first robotic proximal redo ureteroureterostomy, setting a new benchmark in complex urological reconstruction in the private sector. This advanced minimally invasive procedure offers a highly precise solution for patients with recurrent ureter»»»