DAKAR: Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Friday sacked Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government after months of mounting tensions between the former allies, deepening uncertainty in the debt-stricken West African nation. The shock announcement was made late Friday on state»»»

THE UNITED NATIONS, United States: Talks at the UN to reaffirm nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament goals failed on Friday, according to the leader of the talks, after four weeks of negotiations held amid low expectations. Vietnam’s Do Hung Viet, the president of the conference, said that “desp»»»

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas: SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft splashed down into the Indian ocean Friday after the company performed a test flight of the latest version of the enormous rocket. The voyage was not without a few glitches, but SpaceX employees shown on a livestream roared in delight followin»»»

WASHINGTON: Foreigners in the US who want a green card will need to leave and apply in their home country, the Trump administration announced Friday, in a surprise change to a longstanding policy that sowed confusion and concern among aid groups, immigration lawyers and immigrants. For over half a »»»

A series of explosions killed one and injured dozens on Friday night in Staten Island, New York. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- One civilian has died and 36 others -- many of whom were first responders -- were injured on Friday after a series of explosions in a New Yo»»»

Dubai: If you have left your Eid Al Adha plans to the last minute, there is still plenty happening across the UAE — from discounted staycations and shopping deals to free treats for children, family-friendly museum activities and desert getaways. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques &»»»

The White House is weighing possible renewed military action against Iran amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Axios reported, citing US officials familiar with the discussions. President Donald Trump with senior national security advisers as key signs of escalation toward war are once agai»»»

US President Donald Trump has abruptly canceled plans to attend his son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding this weekend, saying he must remain in Washington due to unspecified “circumstances pertaining to government." The Trump administration was preparing for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran»»»

The Trump administration was preparing Friday for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran, sources with direct knowledge of the planning told U.S. TV network CBS, even as diplomacy continued. No final decision on strikes had been reached as of Friday afternoon Washington time. "Circumstances»»»

'Speed, money and compassion' - lessons from an Ebola survivor and other experts Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleThomas MukhwanaAfrica correspondent AFP via Getty ImagesWest Africa experienced the world's worst and most complex Ebola epidemic more than a decade ago "I saw the burial team»»»

MARSEILLE, France: When Kegham Djeghalian photographed daily life in Gaza last century, the Palestinian territory was synonymous with Hollywood-inspired brides, fancy dress parties and excursions to smoke a hookah at the beach. They are images from a time far removed from the rubble and tent cities»»»

WASHINGTON: Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to leave office as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet member to depart during Trump’s second term, all of them women. In her resignation letter, which she»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not attend the wedding of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, because he has to stay in Washington for government business. “While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest memb»»»

President Emmanuel Macron endorsed repealing centuries-old royal decrees that codified slavery in French colonies on Thursday, calling their continued existence “an offence” to the Republic. Marking 25 years since France recognised slavery as a crime against humanity, Macron also reopened debate on»»»

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., speaks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 2024. She announced Friday that she will run again in a new Broward County district. File Photo by Tannen Maury/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., announced»»»

NEW YORK CITY: Shortly after the UN Security Council met to discuss the first report by the Board of Peace and the implementation of Resolution 2803 in the language of diplomacy, international aid leaders stood before reporters to describe a far harsher reality in Gaza. Speaking at UN headquarters »»»

MADRID: Álvaro Arbeloa confirmed what many in Spain took for granted for weeks — he won’t be Real Madrid’s coach beyond the final game of the season on Saturday. When asked in a press conference Friday if the La Liga game against Athletic Bilbao would be his last, Arbeloa said, “Yes.” Arbeloa was w»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, May 22: Some 13 candidates are vying to defeat Karen Bass next month for the Los Angeles mayorship. Among them is former reality TV villain Spencer Pratt, whose social media savvy and debate skills have garnered support. Also, the controversial pro-doping Enhanced Games »»»

Haiti’s powerful gangs nearly tripled their recruitment of children in 2025. This year, a new UN-backed security force has begun deploying – but for the thousands of children already caught up in armed groups, the path back to a stable future remains uncertain.  As a new multinationa»»»

Dubai: There is something particularly haunting about the Twisha Sharma case, and it goes beyond the disturbing details now dominating headlines and television debates in India. Perhaps it stings deeper because the story feels painfully familiar. Beneath the allegations, the investigations, the com»»»

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden, Friday. Photo by Johan Nilsson/EPA May 22 (UPI) -- The United States and Iran implied Friday that there was progress in peace talks but Tehran's uranium and tolls for the Strait of Hormuz were stick»»»

A United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon soldier stands guard as farmers harvest olives in the village of Odaisseh, located close to the Blue Line border with Israel, in southern Lebanon, in October. File Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 22 (UPI) -- Lebanon's agriculture sector emerge»»»

After more than three years of war, Sudan is facing a different political and humanitarian moment. The fighting has not stopped, and neither side has won. But the cost of prolonging the war now appears to have outgrown what Sudan, its neighbors, and the wider international community can bear. As in»»»

Our guest has an important role in promoting social policies in the European Union, at a time when much of the political oxygen is being sucked out by the competitiveness and simplification agenda, as well as by defence and security issues. Roxana Minzatu is Executive Vice-President of the European»»»

Head of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance Parliamentary bloc, Hajj Mohammad Raad addressed the Resistance community, stressing that it is the criteria of honesty and commitment. MP Raad stressed that the Resistance fighters are protecting the existence amid the absence of the state, warning against»»»

Speculation swirled Friday over the last-minute collapse of President Donald Trump's planned executive order on powerful AI models, with fingers pointing at the president's allies in Silicon Valley who oppose government oversight of the technology. A draft of the shelved order leaked to US media sh»»»

Tulsi Gabbard on Friday resigned as Director of National Intelligence to support her husband, who has been diagnosed with a rare type of bone cancer. File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- Tulsi Gabbard resigned as director of national intelligence Friday to support her »»»

1 of 3 | Kevin Warsh (L) takes the oath of office as he is sworn in as the new chairman of the Federal Reserve by U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- Kevin W»»»

Georgi Kandev, the Interior Ministry's Acting Secretary General, said in a Facebook post on Friday evening: "The noose tightened. The handcuffs snapped shut. The fugitive known as 'the prosecutor's son' has just been captured by the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime (GDCOC)." "I told yo»»»

Ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, gas prices are at a four-year high, averaging $4.55 per gallon Friday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- Gas prices in the United States were at a four-year high Friday, and those traveling for Memorial Day weekend should expect a bl»»»

Soldiers of the “Black Jack” brigade ritually furled and packed their unit’s colours in Fort Hood, Texas, in early May, as the tank unit’s 4,000 troops prepared to deploy to Poland to help defend NATO against the Russian threat. “When an armoured brigade combat team deploys forward, it sends a clea»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that “slight progress” was made during talks with Iran as Pakistan's army chief traveled to Tehran in a renewed effort to mediate a peace deal and uncertainty loomed over whether war will resume. Rubio spoke days after US President Donald Trump said he »»»

PARIS: Coco Gauff is keen to sidestep any pressure that might come with starting Roland Garros as the defending women’s champion as she returns to the site of her most consistent Grand Slam success. “Last year feels like ten years ago,” the American said at media day on Friday. Gauff comes into the»»»

BERLIN: Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany said former mentor Pep Guardiola, who announced on Friday he is leaving Manchester City, gave him the belief to become a manager. Speaking in Berlin ahead of Saturday’s German Cup final against Stuttgart, Kompany — who captained City under Guardiola for t»»»

KYIV: Diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine should be reinvigorated, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday, adding that he expected new US proposals on how that diplomacy will be conducted. Zelensky, speaking in his nightly video address, also said the frontline situation was favo»»»

Citizens from various sectors in at least five regional capitals across Bolivia took to the streets Thursday to demand an end to the roadblocks organized by peasant unions and groups aligned with former Bolivian President Evo Morales, who are calling for the resignation of the Bolivian President Ro»»»

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has announced her resignation, citing her husband’s recent diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer, Fox News reported on Friday. Her resignation comes a week after she revealed she was investigating US-funded biolabs in Ukraine. Gabbard discussed»»»

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., stands during an executive order signing event in the Oval Office on April 30. Trump will do a campaign visit in Lawler's district Friday. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo May 22 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump will visit Rockland County, N.Y., Friday alongside »»»

Idris al-Ridah wept as he carried the lifeless body of his 6-year-old son Amir, wrapped in a yellow and brown blanket, in northwest Syria. The father collapsed to the ground as he laid his son to rest, his small body lowered into a grave next to two other young children who were siblings, Aya al-Fa»»»

MONTEVIDEO: Marcelo Bielsa hinted on ‌Thursday that he may not remain as manager of Uruguay beyond July, saying that his job with the team ends with the World Cup. “Our job ends with the World Cup,” Bielsa said at an event organized by the Uruguayan Football Association. Although he did not elabora»»»

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday. Photo by Martial Trezzini/EPA May»»»

BELGRADE - The wife of Aleksandar Nesovic, a man believed to have been killed in a restaurant in Belgrade's Senjak district, appeared for a hearing at the Higher Public Prosecutors' Office in Belgrade on Friday. Testifying as the injured party, the woman confirmed that her husband had had no confli»»»

PRAGUE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said on Friday in Prague Serbia needed EU membership for its citizens and its businesses, and not for the sake of having the right of veto or a commissioner. Brnabic said this at a GLOBSEC 2026 panel on The Role of South East Europe in the Global Syst»»»