Seoul: Samsung Electronics union members on Wednesday approved a deal with management securing massive annual bonuses after threatening a major strike, as the global artificial intelligence boom causes the South Korean chip giant's profits to soar. The agreement means that around 78,000 employees f»»»

NEW YORK - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with Kyrgyz FM Jeenbek Kulubaev on the sidelines of a UN Security Council session on Tuesday. Djuric said Serbia and Kyrgyzstan were "connected by traditionally good and friendly relations" and expressed gratitude for Kyrgyzstan’s "principled and consistent su»»»

Dubai: Sharjah will open tomorrow, Thursday, as Guest of Honour at the fifth edition of the Warsaw International Book Fair 2026, presenting a wide-ranging cultural programme that spotlights Emirati literature, poetry, arts, heritage, and publishing. Held in the Polish capital from May 28 to 31, the»»»

DUBAI: Iran’s state TV said Tehran had obtained a draft of an initial unofficial ‌framework ‌for a memorandum ‌of ⁠understanding with the ⁠United States.Under the framework, Iran would restore ⁠commercial shipping through ‌the ‌Strait of ‌Hormuz ‌to pre-war levels within a month, while the ‌United »»»

PARIS: Iga Swiatek navigated her way into the third round of the French Open on Wednesday with a 6-2, 6-3 success over world number 35 Sara Bejlek. The four-time Roland Garros champion is seeking to reclaim the title she won three times consecutively between 2022 and 2024, before losing out at the »»»

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has launched an investigation after a widely circulated video showed a woman damaging items inside a perfume shop at a shopping mall in the Kingdom. The incident triggered widespread reaction on social media after claims circulated o»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s delegation participated in the NAFSA 2026 Annual Conference and Expo in the US, with 20 Saudi universities attending under the Council of Universities’ Affairs. The delegation held bilateral meetings with several US universities, including MIT, Stanford, and Yale, to discuss »»»

Ghana welcomes Pope's apology over Catholic Church's role in slavery 9 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleThomas Naadi,BBC Africa, AccraandBasillioh Rukanga AFP via Getty ImagesThe Pope described Church's role in slavery as a "wound in Christian memory" Ghana has welcomed Pope Leo XIV's »»»

1 of 2 | Sunil Joseph earned a Guinness World Record for his collection of 858 different paper cups. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records May 27 (UPI) -- An Indian man with a lifelong passion for collecting earned a Guinness World Record for his collection of 858 different paper cups. Sunil Jos»»»

May 26 (UPI) -- A 98-year-old British World War II veteran officially became the world's oldest wing walker when he stood atop a flying plane in England. Harry Heasman spent more than 9 minutes atop the plane at a height of over 1,000 feet on Saturday at Duxford Airfield in Cambridge. A Guinness Wo»»»

President Lee says Seoul will accelerate wartime operational control transfer while pursuing domestically built nuclear-powered submarines using low-enriched uranium South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (2-R) presides over a defense strategy committee meeting in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province,»»»

Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) is working to transform into a financing platform supporting national projects and productive sectors through the development of market tools and trading mechanisms, alongside efforts to improve operational efficiency and attract more local and foreign inve»»»

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev believes that Europe is late with its efforts to begin negotiations with Russia and must make a very rapid reassessment of its strategy and its approach to the conflict with Ukraine. The pursuit of a "peace through strength" strategy and attempts to achieve a "c»»»

Sofia Municipality and the Centre for Urban Mobility Wednesday presented the new Sofia2Go mobile app, which integrates public transport cards in Sofia into a phone’s digital wallet via Google Wallet. The service enables travel without a physical card and was developed with Google and NXP. Sofia May»»»

ALKHOBAR: For millions of pilgrims, Hajj is a once-in-a-lifetime spiritual journey. For thousands of workers behind the scenes each season, it is something else entirely: a crash course in pressure, unpredictability and human endurance. Nothing fully prepares first-time Hajj workers for the scale o»»»

A dramatic walkout by minority senators halted proceedings in the Senate of the Philippines late Tuesday. It exposed deepening divisions over proposed rule changes that critics say could benefit lawmakers facing legal trouble, including fugitive Senator Ronald dela Rosa. Get updated faster and for »»»

Dhaka: At least six newborn babies died in the same hospital ward in Bangladesh within hours of each other on Wednesday, said health officials, who launched an investigation. The newborns, aged between one and three days, were in the post-delivery ward of Ad-Din Hospital, a private facility in the »»»

Egypt’s transport and storage sector has quickly become a key driver of the country's economic growth, supporting both domestic productivity and international trade. Once viewed as just a supporting service, the sector is now a key part of Egypt's economic transformation. The sector’s growth is not»»»

Arab Finance: Egypt and Eritrea inked a maritime transport cooperation agreement to strengthen logistical connectivity and expand bilateral trade, according to a statement. The deal aims to open new horizons for economic and developmental cooperation, reflecting both sides’ keenness to maximize the»»»

Arab Finance: Toyota Egypt Group announced its entry into Egypt’s electric vehicle market with the launch of two fully electric models, the Toyota bZ4X and the Lexus RZ, marking the company’s first move into the local electric mobility segment after 45 years of operations in the country, as per an »»»

Arab Finance: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Egypt’s aviation sector has strong long-term growth potential, forecasting passenger demand to grow at an annual rate of 3.4% between 2024 and 2050 under its mid-range scenario, above the global average growth rate of 3.1% over t»»»

Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, has called on the EU to urgently accelerate energy efficiency and electrification in Europe as the only scalable, domestic and resilient response to ongoing energy price volatility. With global energy prices expected to surge 24% this year – th»»»

Bolivian Congress allows deployment of troops to quell protests 7 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleVanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, News Online Reuters / Claudia Morales Congress in Bolivia has passed a bill which will make it easier for the president to declare a state of em»»»

Residents of Tyre pore over the site of Israeli airstrike on the southern port city on Tuesday. Photo by Stringer/EPA May 27 (UPI) -- At least 31 people were killed, including several children, and 40 were injured in Lebanon after more than 100 Israeli air strikes targeting what the Israeli militar»»»

Elon Musk’s SpaceX pressured the Pentagon into paying higher rates for Starlink satellite connectivity used by US kamikaze drones during the Iran war, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The dispute reportedly centered on the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS), a cheap loitering munition used »»»

Iran has accused the US of violating the ceasefire after American fighter jets struck targets in Hormozgan province in the south of the country. On Monday, US Central Command said American forces had carried out “self-defense strikes” on missile sites and naval vessels which Washington alleges were»»»

The recently appointed commander of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Odeh, has been killed in an airstrike in Gaza, the Israeli authorities have claimed. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue to carry out attacks on specific targets in Gaza despite a US-brokered ceasefire being in place in the Pal»»»

Cairo: Cairo's new monorail slices across the city skyline, running above the familiar chaos of blaring horns and ageing buses' exhaust fumes that mark rush hour below. The $4.5 billion monorail, opened this month, is among Egypt's most prominent new transport projects, part of a debt-funded infras»»»

Vientiane: Five of seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos were found alive on Wednesday, Laotian and Thai rescuers said. “We’ve found 5 people alive and all safe. There are still 2 people we are searching for,” Laotian rescue group Rescue Volunteer for People said in a social med»»»

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell last year to its lowest level since 2019, according to a report published Wednesday that will be seen as good news for leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. South America's biggest country lost 985,000 hectares (2.4 million a»»»

TEHRAN: Iran’s intelligence ministry said on Wednesday that the goal of the United States and Israel remained to overthrow the Islamic republic and break up the country. “The enemy is now pursuing through other means the objective of overthrowing and partitioning the country, which it openly declar»»»

ATHENS: A decade after his notorious clash with Greece’s international creditors, former leftist prime minister Alexis Tsipras is back — with a new party in a political scene fragmenting under the weight of scandals and income malaise. In a speech in Athens late Tuesday, the 51-year-old said he was»»»

With the Saudi Pro League offseason now upon us, you might think that Al-Kholood owner Ben Harburg would take the opportunity to put his feet up after a relentless past 12 months that saw him take over and overhaul the Saudi minnow. You might even think he would bask in the glow of making the King’»»»

MANILA: As they observed Eid Al-Adha, Muslim Filipinos reconnected with their families and relatives, as well as with memories and special traditions unique to the minority community they form in the predominantly Catholic country. Like Muslims around the world, those in the Philippines also begin »»»

Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Tarek Amer asserted that the Egyptian banking system is very good and strong. Addressing a joint conference of the Arab Banks Federation and the US Federal Reserve in New York, he added that the Egyptian banking system managed to endure several internatio»»»

Borislav Sarafov’s resignation is not a reform, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday. “However, it is a clear sign that the entire ‘Sarafov clique’ in the judicial system realizes that the political forces that have propped it up for years are losing power. Bor»»»

London: The majority owners of Tottenham Hotspur have vowed to restore the club's fortunes after narrowly avoiding relegation from the Premier League in successive seasons. Sunday's 1-0 win at home to Everton on the final day of the campaign enabled Spurs to finish in 17th position -- one place abo»»»

NEW YORK - Serbia will remain a pillar in the defence of the UN Charter and the strongest bulwark of peace, both internationally and in the Western Balkan region, FM Marko Djuric said in the UN Security Council on Tuesday, noting that Serbia advocated a world in which the UN Charter was not a polit»»»

Lebanese Army on Wednesday to retrieved the body of a fallen soldier from Qaraoun Dam road, defying threats by the Israeli enemy which has been since Tuesday obstructing all recovery attempts, Al-Manar correspondent reported. Lebanese Military units advanced into the heavily targeted zone to recove»»»

Borislav Sarafov will not receive severance pay equal to 20 monthly salaries, said Ognyan Damyanov from the Prosecutors Chamber of the Supreme Judicial Council, speaking to journalists on Wednesday. Damyanov's remark came after Sarafov's resignation as National Investigative Service (NIS) Director »»»

The Central Bank stated in its directives: “Given the relatively extended Eid holiday period, and to facilitate customers’ money transfers during the holiday, and following coordination with the UAE Banks Federation and the relevant committees, the Central Bank’s domestic funds transfer system will»»»

Ebola-hit DR Congo faces 'catastrophic collision' of disease and conflict, WHO warns 10 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleDan Sales ReutersDR Congo is the epicentre of the outbreak though a few cases have been detected in Uganda Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is ha»»»

Kolkata: A giant statue of football superstar Lionel Messi erected in India to mark his visit last year is "swaying in the wind" and will be removed, a lawmaker told AFP on Wednesday. Workers have scrambled up the 21-metre (70-foot) golden-coloured statue in the eastern city of Kolkata in West Beng»»»

NEW YORK - Serbia will remain a pillar in the defence of the UN Charter and the strongest bulwark of peace, both internationally and in the Western Balkan region, FM Marko Djuric said in the UN Security Council on Tuesday, noting that Serbia advocated a world in which the UN Charter was not a polit»»»

LA PAZ: Zulma Hinojosa waits anxiously in a doctor’s office at La Paz’s Children’s Hospital for her 13-year-old son, who suffers from asthma and heart problems. Oxygen and medicines are in short supply at hospitals in the city following nearly a month of blockades and protests against the Bolivian »»»

KOLKATA: A giant statue of football superstar Lionel Messi erected in India to mark his visit last year is “swaying in the wind” and will be removed, a lawmaker told AFP on Wednesday. Workers have scrambled up the 21-meter (70-foot) golden-colored statue in the eastern city of Kolkata in West Benga»»»

ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s ousted opposition leader Ozgur Ozel on Wednesday ruled out any plans to leave the crisis-hit CHP and form a new party, urging fellow members to stay put, Turkish media reported. The CHP, Turkiye’s oldest political party, has been badly shaken by a May 21 court ruling that overtu»»»

Euro zone banks need to invest more in cybersecurity if they are to get a grip on new AI models that can find flaws in software, the European Central Bank's outgoing Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday. New large language models such as Anthropic's Mythos are viewed by cybersecurity ex»»»

For the Romanian economy and for maintaining the pace of convergence at European level, the quality of the institutional framework is of fundamental importance. In recent decades, international experience has shown that development differences between states are influenced not only by natural resou»»»

The holiday of Eid al-Adha, one of the two major holidays in Islam, marked by millions of Muslims around the world began on Tuesday. In Bulgaria it is known as Koch Bayram or Kurban Bayram. On the occasion of the holiday, parliamentary groups extended their greeting to the Bulgarian Muslim communit»»»