The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has strongly warned that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz is only possible via routes officially designated by the Islamic Republic. In a statement issued on Thursday, the force described any alternative transit routes as “unacceptable and co»»»

Houston: Cristiano Ronaldo declared “I’m back” and said those “attacking” him should never write him off after making FIFA World Cup history in a 5-0 defeat of Uzbekistan on Tuesday in Houston. The 41-year-old, under pressure to deliver after a barren recent run at major tournaments, pounced after »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) celebrated Olympic Day 2026 by organising a boxing championship for junior, youth, and senior categories (Knockout) at Oasis of Mall of Qatar. The event, held on Tuesday, formed part of the QOC’s ongoing commitment to promoting Olympic values and princ»»»

Arlington: Japan will be determined to not slip up when they face Sweden in their final FIFA World Cup 2026 Group F tie. Hajime Moriyasu’s side are level on four points with the Netherlands but second in the standings on goal difference and know avoiding defeat against Sweden will be enough to exte»»»

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday expressed condolences to Venezuela after powerful twin earthquakes killed at least 32 people and injured more than 700, saying Pakistan stood in solidarity with those affected by the disaster. The earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, »»»

A woman weeps in front of rubble in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday. Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, including a magnitude 7.5 earthquake, causing buildings to collapse as authorities assessed damage and possible casualties, according to the US Geological Survey and local officials. Pho»»»

Doha, Qatar: Based at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium during the FIFA World Cup 2026, Wasan Yousef Al Jaber is serving on secondment as a FIFA Media Officer, supporting media operations for all teams competing at the venue. Alongside this role, she also serves as the dedicated media officer for »»»

Doha, Qatar: Germany and Ecuador meet in their final group-stage match with very different objectives. Germany have already secured their place in the knockout rounds and will look to complete a perfect group campaign by finishing top of the standings. Ecuador, meanwhile, know that only a victory w»»»

Admission to higher education institutions in Kyrgyzstan will begin on July 13. Ainura Isiralieva, head of a department at the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Innovation, said on Birinchi Radio. She stated that enrollment will continue to be based on the results of the Nationwide Testing,»»»

Finance Minister: The state is committed to its main role in providing social justice and protection Egypt has a promising economy with abundance of resources and potentials The government’s economic policies, in coordination with the central bank, seek to control inflation rates gradually: Through»»»

France has recorded its first case of Ebola — in a doctor who returned from Congo. The country’s Ministry of Health announced. The patient recently arrived from Congo, which, according to the WHO, is experiencing the largest outbreak of the virus in modern history. The first case of Ebola has been »»»

BEIRUT: The biggest casualty of the US-Iran deal may not be Israel’s Iran strategy, but the political brand Benjamin Netanyahu spent decades building as the Israeli leader who could uniquely bend Washington to his will on Iran, analysts, former US officials and diplomats say.Netanyahu shaped ​his p»»»

Dubai: Dubai gold prices fell again on Thursday morning, extending a steep June decline that has taken 24-karat gold to its lowest level of the month. (Check latest UAE gold prices here, alongside prices in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and India.) Sign up for our daily business newsl»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev will attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdansk, Poland, the government press service said here Thursday. The international forum, which will be held on Thursday and Friday, will bring together heads of State and government, representatives of international org»»»

Doha: Researchers at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) have developed an innovative decentralised wastewater treatment system that could reduce treatment energy consumption by up to 50 percent while transforming wastewater and organic waste into valuable resources for urban greening and agricultu»»»

MANAMA: Top US diplomat Marco Rubio was in Bahrain on Thursday after promising Gulf allies that Washington would protect their interests as it seeks to hammer out a final settlement to end the war with Iran. With diplomacy in full swing, Brent crude fell to its lowest price since the start of the w»»»

NAIROBI: Police in Kenya set up roadblocks on Thursday to prevent access to the capital, Nairobi, ahead of a planned demonstration marking two years since at least 60 people died in anti-government protests that also saw protesters storming the parliament. Families whose loved ones died in the 2024»»»

Dubai: There are moments in life that divide everything into “before” and “after.” For the Mariano family, that moment came with the passing of their father. In an instant, the home they knew in the Philippines changed. The laughter grew quieter, the future became uncertain, and responsibility arri»»»

Caracas: "Antonio, it's your mom, I'm right here," a mother's desperate cries bounced off the rubble of a 22-story building in Caracas that collapsed following two powerful earthquakes in Venezuela on Wednesday. Neighbors looked on helplessly at the home's remains as one of them clambered around th»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent Thursday a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Mozambique HE Daniel Francisco Chapo on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.»»»

Construction of apartment buildings under the State Mortgage Company’s program will soon begin in At-Bashy district of Naryn region. President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov gave this order during a meeting with local residents. According to district authorities, the State Mortgage Company has been al»»»

Six people were killed by mudflows at kilometers 58-59 of Osh-Alay road. Two more people were taken to the hospital. According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Osh region, the incident was reported at around 2 p.m. An emergency response team was dispatched to the »»»

Dubai: ADNOC Drilling has delivered and accepted AD-300, its first AI-enabled fully automated walking island rig, nearly three months ahead of schedule, giving the company an earlier start to revenue generation under a six-rig offshore drilling programme. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, »»»

US President Donald Trump again refused to acknowledge US responsibility for the deadly strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh Girls’ Primary School in Iran’s Minab, claiming he had “seen nothing” proving it was a US missile. “It’s horrible what happened, but there were missiles flying all over the place,»»»

“The contradictory statements by US officials regarding the memorandum of understanding to end the imposed war will do nothing to reduce the accumulated distrust of Iranians and will merely serve as a reminder of past breaches of faith,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei wrote on X.»»»

Republicans in the U.S. Senate late Wednesday rejected a resolution directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 25 (UPI) -- Senate Republicans late Wednesday narrowly defeated a Democratic resolution directing»»»

A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Venezuela. Authorities have issued a tsunami warning for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. According to the United States Geological Survey, the death toll from the earthquake in Venezuela could range from 10,000 to 100,000 people. The exact number of »»»

"It is a carrot that we can always pull back. We want them to see what it feels like not having the sanctions on and then we can always put them back on," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, exposing the blatant hypocrisy of US negotiators. Under Article 13 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Unde»»»

The National Assembly is set to debate amendments to the Judiciary Act on second reading. The item is first on the agenda for Thursday’s plenary sitting. The amendments were approved on second reading by the National Assembly Legal Affairs Committee at two consecutive meetings earlier in June. The »»»

A Regional Project Support Center for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries has been opened in Bishkek. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kyrgyzstan reported. The center was created as part of the implementation of the priorities of the Kyrgyz Republic’s SCO presidency in 2025»»»

Dubai: A few years ago, electric vehicles (EVs) in the UAE were considered a niche choice. Today, they’re moving firmly into the mainstream. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.In 2021, fewer than 3,000 new EVs were registered in the UAE. By 2024, annual registrations had »»»

Shamshy reservoir is scheduled to be commissioned in Kochkor district in 2026. President Sadyr Japarov announced this during a meeting with residents of Naryn region. According to him, the facility will improve the irrigation system in the region. Once operational, the reservoir will ensure a stabl»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov said during a meeting with residents of At-Bashy district in Naryn region that the state intends to independently develop Zhetim-Too iron ore deposit. The issue of the deposit was raised by local resident Beishen Momunaliev, who noted that amid the rapid growth»»»

A meeting was held in Bishkek between Bakyt Torobayev, Special Representative of the President of Kyrgyzstan for Special Assignments, and Antje Grawe, the UN Resident Coordinator in the Kyrgyz Republic. The parties discussed the current socio-economic situation in Kyrgyzstan, as well as the outcome»»»

Thapelo Maseko’s second-half goal lifted South Africa to ‌a must-win 1-0 result against South Korea in their Group A finale in Guadalupe, Mexico, on Wednesday, sending Bafana Bafana to the World Cup knockout stage for the ​first time. Maseko put South Africa in front in the 63rd minute with a clini»»»

TEHRAN: Tehran accused NATO on Thursday of “complicity” in the US-Israeli war against Iran, after the bloc’s chief noted its support for the United States in the conflict. Responding to US President Donald Trump’s criticism of allies for not supporting the war, NATO boss Mark Rutte told Fox News th»»»

SEATTLE: Bosnia-Herzegovina reached the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time after beating 2022 hosts Qatar 3-1 in their final Group B match on Wednesday. Bosnia finished on four points and hours after their game had completed, FIFA announced they will be one of the best eight third-»»»

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the ​two earthquakes that hit Venezuela earlier in the day had “left a devastating number of deaths,” without ‌citing any official ‌casualty ​figures. “The ‌two ⁠major ​earthquakes that ⁠just hit the great people of Venezuela are both massive in scale and»»»

MEXICO CITY: Mateo Chávez and Julián Quiñones scored in a six-minute span early in the second half, and Mexico beat the Czech Republic 3-0 on Wednesday night to win all three of its World Cup group-stage matches for the first time. The 22-year-old Chávez, in his first World Cup, opened the scoring »»»

WARSAW: When Ewa Lutka-Krawczyk was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer, her first thought was for Gaja, a shelter dog she took in three years ago. She asked her doctor to assure her she would live a few more years so the deeply attached Gaja “wouldn’t be left behind.” But the prognosis was grim, and»»»

Climate change is increasingly acting as a threat multiplier in the Lake Chad Basin, exacerbating insecurity, displacement and competition over natural resources across the central and western African region, according to research by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and »»»

US President Donald Trump signs a voting-related executive order in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 25, 2025. On Wednesday, a judge permanently blocked key provisions of the order. File Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI | License Photo June 25 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Wednes»»»

The women’s volleyball team of Kyrgyzstan (U18) secured its first victory at the international tournament in Thailand. The Volleyball Federation reported. The Princess Cup tournament is currently underway in Nakhon Ratchasima, with eight teams participating, divided into two groups. On June 24, in »»»

At least six people were killed after a mudflow hit the 58th kilometer of Osh—Alay road. Information on the number of fatalities and injured is being clarified. Emergency services received reports of the incident on June 24 at 2:17 p.m. Rescuers and a task force were dispatched to the scene. Accord»»»

Dubai: Morning traffic across the Sharjah–Dubai corridor is showing a mixed flow, with several key highways moving steadily while a few busy stretches are slowing down during peak hours, according to the live Google map. The E11 Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Al Ittihad Road stretch between Sha»»»

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday assured Gulf allies that Washington would protect their interests as it pursues a final settlement with Iran. President Donald Trump said talks were progressing well, while requesting nearly $88 billion in supplemental funding for the Pentagon after Congr»»»

Poland and Turkey used high-level talks in Ankara to reinforce economic and strategic cooperation ahead of next week's NATO summit, underscoring how the relationship between the two countries has evolved beyond security concerns into a broader commercial partnership. Officials highlighted that bila»»»

Polish fintech Autopay is refocusing its international expansion on Europe after concluding that its strongest growth opportunities lie in digital payments and mobility services rather than wider global markets. The Sopot-based company generated PLN 1.3 billion in revenue in 2025, up 10 percent yea»»»

Poland's state development bank BGK has signed financing agreements worth PLN 169 million under a programme designed to help Polish companies participate in Ukraine's reconstruction effort. The initiative offers loans of up to PLN 10 million on preferential terms and targets businesses looking to e»»»

Hungary’s Monetary Council cut the key interest rate by 25 basis points to 6%, as widely expected. This is the second rate cut of the year, following the first in February. The move had been anticipated because the inflation rate remained below the Hungarian National Bank‘s 2–4% target range at 1.8»»»