PARIS: From the outset, China wasn’t included when major powers gathered in 1975 at a chateau outside Paris to fix the slumping global economy, the first of what have become annual summits by the G7 club of wealthy nations to forward their interests. No surprise there. Imagining Chinese revolutiona»»»

Paris: Dozens protested Saturday outside a foreign ministry office in Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad, chanting slogans against top diplomat Abbas Araghchi after a televised interview in which he discussed signing a peace deal with the US. In a video shared by Fars news agency, women in black c»»»

Events move fast in Britain nowadays. Just as I finished writing this article, Sir Keir Starmer lost one of his most important ministers. When the news came in that his Defence Secretary, John Healey, had resigned, it was clear I’d have to go back to the beginning and start again. Soon after, Minis»»»

On 7 June, US President Donald Trump remarked in an interview that he would “like to see a more surgical attack on Hezbollah...we can help with that, or we can recommend Syria...They have a very good leader (President Ahmed al-Sharaa)...and he would love to help.” In the days that followed, multipl»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has sent a cable of condolences to Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn following the death of Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. King Salman extended his deepest condolences and sincere sympathies to the Thai monarch, the royal»»»

Saudi Arabia has inked a series of significant agreements at the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) in Riyadh, aiming to secure vital raw materials for its burgeoning iron and steel sector. The conference marked a pivotal moment as 126 agreements and memorandums of understanding were sealed, amassing an i»»»

Dubai: In communist-era Romania, the world outside often felt like a locked door with no visible key. But even in that environment, curiosity found a way to survive. “Around me, in my family and among friends, there were always quiet conversations, often almost whispers, about seeing the world, exp»»»

PARIS: Dozens protested Saturday outside a foreign ministry office in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad, chanting slogans against top diplomat Abbas Araghchi after a televised interview in which he discussed signing a peace deal with the US.In a video shared by Fars news agency, women in black ch»»»

Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups appealed to the international community in France on Friday to keep pursuing a two-state solution, warning that the window for peace is narrowing. The call came as world powers gathered amid mounting concern over settlement expansion and violence in the »»»

Tribune News Network Doha With the support of donors in Qatar, Qatar Charity (QC) has distributed 198,000 ready-to-eat meals across the Gaza Strip as part of its efforts to alleviate the suffering of patients and displaced families amid ongoing humanitarian challenges. The meals, which included pas»»»

QNA Zurich Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Khulaifi has highlighted the growing complexity of modern conflicts and the need for stronger international cooperation to support mediation and peacebuilding efforts. Speaking during a keynote dialogue»»»

QNA Doha Al Markhiya Gallery at Fire Station: Artist in Residence, in collaboration with the Dalloul Artist Collective, announced yesterday the launch of an art exhibition titled ‘Lines of Belonging’, featuring Qatari artist Salman Al Malek and Lebanese artist Fawzi Baalbaki. The exhibition will op»»»

QNA Doha The Qatar National Library’s (QNL) Qatar Reads Initiative has announced the launch of a new scientific, research-based initiative within the “Me and My Family” programme. The new initiative has been launched in collaboration with the Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC) at Hamad Med»»»

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was among tech leaders who raised concerns to senior Trump administration officials this week about security risks in Anthropic’s most advanced AI models, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.Jassy’s involvement sheds light on the extraordinary move by Anthropic on F»»»

The international aid group Doctors Without Borders found a pattern of abuse and sexual exploitation by some local and foreign staff working in Chad along the Sudanese border, in some cases targeting underage girls or trading food or jobs for sex with refugees, according to a confidential internal »»»

Manuel*, a Latin American asylum seeker, was snatched by ICE as he headed to a FIFA match in New Jersey with his sons last summer. He has now been separated from his wife and sons for almost a year. Detained at MetLife stadium in Newark, where the World Cup final will be held in mid-July, his exper»»»

RIYADH: Startups in the Middle East and North Africa raised $454.7 million across 33 deals in May, a 202 percent monthly increase and a 76 percent annual rise as funding activity showed signs of recovery. The increase was largely driven by debt financing, which accounted for 66 percent of total cap»»»

Billionaire Elon Musk’s AI and aerospace giant SpaceX has banned investors from Hong Kong and mainland China from buying its shares as it goes public on Friday – a rarely seen restriction that shows just how geopolitically sensitive the world’s tangled financial markets have grown. But Chinese inve»»»

JOHANNESBURG: A mass shooting in South Africa this week was the latest in a trend of killings in some of the country’s poorest areas that experts say is a symptom of organized crime gangs taking advantage of the failures and sometimes absence of police. The shooting carried out by multiple suspects»»»

Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), expressed his condemnation and denunciation of the malicious media allegations and undocumented information circulating that target the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the State of Qatar, which seek to cast doubt on th»»»

Russian Chargé d’Affaires in Egypt Yuri Matveev said that his country has long regarded Egypt as a strategic partner, noting that the two nations share common positions on most regional and international issues. He highlighted cooperation in several major projects, including the construction of Egy»»»

Dubai: In Saturday’s Dh30 million UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw, multiple participants have walked away with cash rewards across different categories. For Draw No. 260613, the winning numbers in the Days section were 7, 23, 16, 15, 30, 18, while the Months section number drawn was 6. In addition, thre»»»

Dubai: In Saturday’s Dh30 million UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw, multiple participants have walked away with cash rewards across different categories. For Draw No. 260613, the winning numbers in the Days section were 7, 23, 16, 15, 30, 18, while the Months section number drawn was 6. In addition, thre»»»

Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been re-elected as chairman of Fidesz for another year, securing an overwhelming mandate at the party’s 32nd congress in Budapest on Saturday. The backbone of Fidesz stays Orbán, who was the sole candidate for the position, received 729 votes from 73»»»

Attorneys for Tyler Robinson, who is accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk, asked a Utah judge on Friday to bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as a sanction for what they described as a “media tour” concerning a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body. The request c»»»

SEOUL: North Korea denounced on Saturday a joint statement by South Korea and the European Union that condemned Pyongyang’s military ties with Russia throughout the Ukraine war. The statement, adopted on Wednesday during South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s visit to Brussels, decried the “illegal»»»

DUBAI: French-Algerian model Loli Bahia fronts a new campaign for YSL Beauty’s latest skincare launch. The luxury beauty brand unveiled the campaign on Instagram, introducing its YSL Care Crush Hand & Body Serum-In-Cream with the caption: “Ready for your next crush?” The campaign also features New »»»

Poland’s drone exports could exceed €1 bln this year, driven largely by demand from Ukraine’s military. Although Poland is the EU’s leading drone exporter, much of this reflects re-exports and logistics rather than a mature domestic industry. Many drones and components pass through Poland or are as»»»

Empires tend to last about a hundred years, and true to form the Pax Americana has passed its peak. What follows is several decades of instability and lower growth as the leading countries of the world vie to fill the void. The Interregnum has started.  The Chinese, Dutch, Portugese and B»»»

Buraidah: The Buraidah Summer Festival, part of the Qassim Summer Season, will begin June 25 at King Abdullah National Park. Running for 60 days, the festival will feature more than 100 entertainment, cultural and tourism activities for all age groups, offering a wide range of experiences for visit»»»

Dubai: Long before the heat sets in, Al Qudra Cycling Track was already alive. Jerseys in various colours lined the desert edges. Bikes clicked into place. Flags were raised. And slowly, what is usually a quiet stretch of road became something else entirely, a Filipino village on wheels. By the tim»»»

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed for Europe on Saturday to participate in the Group of Seven Summit, where India is expected to call for unrestricted navigation through the Strait of Hormuz following US attacks on vessels carrying Indian seafarers. Modi will be visiting France and S»»»

Catapulted by the market debut of his rocket company SpaceX, Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire. That level of wealth, all owned by just one person, was once unfathomable. Before Friday, the trillion-dollar mark was reserved for measures like the GDP (or staggering debt ) of a handful »»»

An evening of inspiration, recognition and celebration unfolded at Dubai's Museum of the Future yesterday as Excellence Awards 2026 honoured 35 exceptional leaders and organisations whose work is transforming industries and advancing women's progress across the UAE. Against a backdrop of entertainm»»»

The leader of the Tren de Aragua gang Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, for whom the US government had offered a reward of up to $5 million, was killed during a joint operation with the United States in southern Venezuela, the two countries announced on Friday. US President Donald Trump said Frid»»»

DAKAR: The meetings have become routine. Every few months, jihadists in Mali affiliated with Al-Qaeda summon the men of Poutchi to a mud-brick mosque to collect tax on their crops and cattle, and later distribute food, medicine and animals to the poor. Five years ago, the same militants threatened »»»

The first plane carrying Iranian, Afghan, Turkish and Georgian migrants deported from the United States arrived in Bangui in the Central African Republic on Friday evening as part of a controversial US programme to send undocumented foreigners – some of whom have legal protections – to th»»»

Dubai: Dubai Police Academy has launched a specialised master's programme in anti-money laundering in virtual environments, as law enforcement agencies seek to strengthen capabilities against increasingly sophisticated financial crimes emerging in digital ecosystems. The one-year programme combines»»»

Dubai: The UAE and the Philippines have begun preparations for the next phase of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue (ADD), setting out plans for a series of workshops and technical meetings aimed at strengthening cooperation on labour mobility and migrant worker welfare. The roadmap has been discussed during a»»»

Washington: A major US surveillance authority expired Saturday, deepening concerns over national security as the World Cup gets underway and Washington remains deadlocked over President Donald Trump's intelligence leadership. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allowed US spy a»»»

Los Angeles, United States: The World Cup arrived in the United States on Friday in a blizzard of celebrity and glamour, with Los Angeles pulling out all the stops for the opening game between Team USA and Paraguay. The stands at SoFi stadium were a who's who of famous folk in the world's entertain»»»

Activist Mavlyan Askarbekov has been detained by officers of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) for 48 hours, journalist Adilet Aitikeev reported on social media. According to him, the Leninsky District Court of Bishkek is expected to consider a preventive measure agains»»»

Any attempt by an outside power to gain control of the Gulf region would be treated as an attack on the vital interests of the United States and repelled by any means necessary, including military force. That is the essence of the 1980 Carter Doctrine, which established the foundations for the Rapi»»»

Any attempt by an outside power to gain control of the Gulf region would be treated as an attack on the vital interests of the United States and repelled by any means necessary, including military force. That is the essence of the 1980 Carter Doctrine, which established the foundations for the Rapi»»»

Dubai: When Judy Dimayuga was eight years old, her classroom was often a rice field. Growing up in Bicol in the Philippines, she spent her childhood helping her grandparents work on the family farm and sell rice and vegetables to supplement the household income. Long before she has learned about en»»»

BANGUI, Central African Republic: An Iranian woman is among around two dozen migrants who arrived Friday in the Central African Republic on a deportation flight from the United States, lawyers said, in the latest example of the Trump administration’s widely criticized deals with African and Latin A»»»

by Maye Kabil On a seven-day Asian tour, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi started Sunday a visit to Singapore, a first-of-its-kind visit that coincides with the south-east Asian country’s 50th anniversary of independence. El-Sisi’s visit to Singapore, which is the first by an Egyptian leader»»»

Gold is increasingly being weaponised by states, criminal networks and sanctioned regimes as a strategic financial tool, while regulatory systems are failing to keep pace with rapidly evolving illicit supply chains, according to a new report from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organize»»»

Nearly five years ago, the Taliban seized control of Kabul and imposed Sharia law in Afghanistan. The women's cycling team, which was due to take part in international competitions, found itself more threatened than ever before. An unprecedented plan was put in place to smuggle the professional cyc»»»

In a week that began with President Trump pronouncing that a ceasefire extension was so close with Iran, two or three days max, and that would only take an hour to finalise. Hours later Tehran downed a US Apache helicopter off the Gulf of Oman with the crew rescued from the sea, the attack reported»»»