South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Sunday that the "ember of hope" for dialogue and cooperation with North Korea still exists. Lee made the remark during a speech at a mass held at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. Photo by Yonhap SEOUL, June 15 (UPI) -- South Korean Pres»»»

SINGAPORE: Oil prices ​slipped to a three-month low on Monday after US President Donald Trump and Iran's deputy foreign minister said ‌they had reached an initial deal to end the war and to resume traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures fell $3.65, or 4.2 percent, to $83.68 a barr»»»

This week’s agenda — at glance G7 leaders meet Donald Trump in Évian amid growing tensions over Nato, Russia, and Iran EU formally opens accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova EU foreign ministers adopt new sanctions on Russia and discuss measures against Israel MEPs vote on tariffs on US imports»»»

US and Iran agreed to an “immediate and permanent” end to military operations under a surprise memorandum of understanding, announced via mediator Pakistan on Sunday, with both sides confirming a signing ceremony in Switzerland. The agreement includes plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, ease sanc»»»

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday welcomed the US-Iran peace deal with its permanent ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as a “critical step” toward resolving the war in the Middle East. “The Secretary-General hopes that the parties will build on this new m»»»

GENEVA: Protesters in Geneva threw stones and firecrackers at the police, who responded with tear gas and water cannons during a demonstration Sunday against the G7 summit in nearby Evian. Thousands had turned out in the Swiss city, to protest against the gathering of top world leaders, which start»»»

Coffee pricing patterns in Sofia are raising questions about how Bulgaria’s hospitality sector compares with established European markets, particularly in high-traffic tourist zones such as Vitosha Boulevard. In central Sofia, a standard espresso or milk-based coffee now typically costs between 3.5»»»

On the eve of the G7 summit in Evian, France, neighbouring Geneva is expecting thousands of protesters to converge on the city on Sunday, under close police surveillance, more than 20 years after the violence that marred the 2003 G8 summit. The "No-G7" coalition of associations, unions, and left-wi»»»

Swiss police on Sunday fired tear gas at demonstrators protesting the upcoming Group of Seven summit in France after some protesters started targeting buildings linked to the United Nations in Geneva. Swiss ​police fired ​tear gas as protesters opposed to ​a ‌G7 ⁠summit across ‌the border in France»»»

LONDON: The ex-wife of actor Colin Firth has criticized Gwyneth Paltrow over the actress’s appearance in an advert for an Israeli housing development. Paltrow had appeared in the ad promoting 51 Park, a 51-story luxury complex in Herzliya, 90 minutes’ drive from the Gaza Strip, The Independent repo»»»

Damascus, June 14 (SANA) President of Damascus Chamber of Industry Ayman al-Molawi and members of the chamber’s board met Italian Ambassador to Syria Stefano Ravagnan and Italian Trade Agency Commissioner Marina Scognamiglio on Sunday to discuss ways to strengthen industrial and commercial cooperat»»»

London: Britain and Japan on Sunday sealed a sweeping economic and technological partnership, expected to generate over £18 billion ($24 billion) in investment, during a visit to London by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Takaichi held talks at his Dow»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) has established itself as one of the world's leading specialized security organizations for major international sporting events, building on years of operational experience, advanced training, and continuous development. Its growing international »»»

Doha The Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) has established itself as one of the world's leading specialized security organizations for major international sporting events, building on years of operational experience, advanced training, and continuous development. Its growing international reputati»»»

CAIRO: US President Donald Trump is set to hold talks with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France this month, the Egyptian presidency said on Sunday. In a statement, the presidency said El-Sisi is expected to hold a series of meetings with world leaders d»»»

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»»»

A scrappy finish by John McGinn allowed Scotland to mark their return to the World Cup after a 28-year absence with a nervy 1-0 win over outsiders Haiti on Saturday. Aston Villa captain McGinn fired in with the aid of a deflection just before the half-hour mark at the Gillette Stadium just outside »»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will meet leaders from the Middle East and join a working session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during next week's Group of Seven summit in France, senior US administration officials said on Saturday. Trump is scheduled to travel to Evian on Monda»»»

ROME: Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of the Italian capital in anti- and pro- migration demonstrations Saturday, after a far-right citizens’ initiative seeking sweeping measures against migrants garnered enough support to be brought to Parliament. A petition by the initiati»»»

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»»»

Washington: Little is known about what President Donald Trump's intentions are for the G7 summit in Evian, France next week, except maybe the obvious: the American president will impose his schedule and his mood. The latter may depend largely on the peace agreement discussions with Iran, which were»»»

SAO PAULO: FIFA president Gianni Infantino joked that struggling Italy might manage to qualify for the World Cup if the competition was expanded from 48 to 64 teams in 2030. Four-time world champions Italy failed to qualify for Russia 2018, Qatar 2022 and now North America 2026, the first edition t»»»

China and the EU have crossed the threshold beyond which population decline is mathematically irreversible — no matter what fertility policy is adopted. Now they simply don’t have enough women of childbearing age to produce enough children to keep the population stable, irrespective of what happens»»»

The EU appears to be willing to sacrifice both the well-being of its people and its own fiscal stability for the sake of military buildup justified by an alleged Russian threat. The bloc’s members push forward with their defense budget increase plans despite record debt levels, with some of them al»»»

The Israeli occupation entity is facing an unprecedented wave of international isolation, with expanding sanctions, boycotts, and diplomatic pressure targeting government ministers, settlers, academic institutions, and businesses. Observers increasingly describe the occupation entity as becoming “t»»»

Toronto, Canada: Canada coach Jesse Marsch said Thursday the chance to lead the team in a World Cup on home soil was the reason he took the job, hours before the co-hosts' opening match against Bosnia-Herzegovina. "If you do this for a living this is where you want to be," the American told reporte»»»

The ambassadors of France, Germany and the UK have requested a meeting with Russia’s foreign ministry following an E3 London summit at which the three European leaders issued a five-point list of demands aimed at persuading Moscow to begin ceasefire negotiations over the war in Ukraine. Russian For»»»

Azerbaijan has allocated AZN5bn ($2.94bn) to a five-year state programme aimed at overhauling its agricultural sector, with public and private financing split roughly evenly and a set of structural reforms targeting higher-value output, expanded irrigation and improved land use, officials and exper»»»

Bulgaria's State Agency for Refugees (SAR) is ready to implement the requirements of the European Union's Pact on Migration and Asylum, which entered into force on Friday, SAR Chair Ivan Ivanov said, as quoted by the agency's press office. Ivanov explained that the pact introduces a border procedur»»»

TORONTO: Bosnia and Herzegovina know they are underdogs ​heading into their World Cup Group B opener against co-hosts Canada, coach Sergej Barbarez said on Thursday, but the Balkan nation will play with pride as they return to the tournament for the first time in 12 years. Bosnia will look to advan»»»

IRVINE: The long-awaited World Cup opener on home soil Friday promises to contain deep shades of red, white and ‌blue for the United States men’s national team. Manager Mauricio Pochettino might be from Argentina and goal-producing forward Folarin Balogun grew up in England after he was born in New»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Cultural Village Foundation -Katara, in cooperation with the Embassy of Italy in Qatar, hosted a screening of the Maria Montessori documentary at the Drama Theatre yesterday evening in honour of one of the most influential Italian women of the 20th century and one of the most impor»»»

Dogs of the Kyrgyz national breed, the Taigan, have achieved major success at the World Dog Show held from June 3 to 7, 2026, in Bologna, Italy, under the auspices of the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI). Kyrgyzstan was represented at the international event by Taigans from the Favorite-»»»

WASHINGTON: The relationship between US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron started simply enough, with a handshake, nearly a decade ago. But even then, there were signs of strain in their relationship — tensions that could be on full display during next week’s G7 summit in »»»

Mexico City Pop star Shakira led a line-up of Latin singers who helped open the biggest ever world cup before the opening match between co-hosts Mexico and South Africa on Thursday. The storied Azteca Stadium – officially known at the Mexico City Stadium during the world cup – hosted the party and »»»

The summer of 1938 in France was no ordinary one for Hungarian goalkeeper Antal Szabó. He was contesting the World Cup with his national team for the second time, and with Hungary’s forwards scoring freely and propelling the nation towards the final, it meant that he was idle for long stretches bet»»»

PARIS: Leading European nations and their G7 allies will seek to narrow differences with Donald Trump at a summit from Monday chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron but expected to be dominated by the US leader’s presence. Leaders will be looking to put the fizz back into relations with the Un»»»

President Iliana Iotova signed a decree appointing Nikolay Nenovsky as a member of the Governing Council of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), effective June 13, the President’s Press Secretariat said on Thursday. Iotova will attend the official ceremony for Nenovsky’s inauguration, which will take»»»

Milan, Italy: Carbon dioxide removal experts have sounded the alarm in Milan this week over a shortfall in research and investment in the nascent sector viewed as essential for mitigating climate change. Still marginal and costly, CO2 removal, known as CDR, consists of extracting the greenhouse gas»»»

TORONTO: As the FIFA World Cup 2026 gets underway across North America, thousands of Arab football fans are preparing to follow Iraq’s journey on football’s biggest stage. For many, Toronto could become one of the tournament’s most welcoming destinations. Tomorrow, Canada will kick off their campai»»»

Who is Timur Turlov? Where did his billions come from? And how did he turn a small brokerage firm into a transnational financial ecosystem? Freedom Holding Corp. is a Kazakhstan-born international fintech company listed on the Nasdaq and valued at nearly $9 billion. In recent years, the company - w»»»

According to NASA, there is “unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate”, Statista reports. Data from Copernicus, the European Earth Observation program for the European Space Agency, shows that July 22, 2024, was the world’s hottest daily global average temperature since t»»»

The economic fallout from the conflict in the Middle East is expected to slow growth across emerging Europe, Central Asia and parts of Africa and the Mediterranean, as higher energy costs reignite inflation, weaken industrial competitiveness and strain already fragile public finances, the European »»»

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (C) is walking with Ursula von der Leyen (R), president of the European Commission, and Antonio Costa, president of the European Council, ahead of their summit in Brussels on Wednesday. Photo by Yonhap SEOUL, June 11 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung»»»

The launch is anchored by two sites: a strategic head office in the prestigious Chaillot neighbourhood of central Paris, which will focus on leading government engagement, partnerships, and investment across the region, and an engineering and manufacturing hub in Bordeaux, driving design, integrati»»»

Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are set to dominate next week’s Group of Seven summit, as host France crafts an agenda aimed at projecting unity and avoiding confrontation with US President Donald Trump. The June 15–17 gathering in Evian-les-Bains, on the shore of Lake Geneva, brings together t»»»

Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are set to dominate next week’s Group of Seven summit, as host France crafts an agenda aimed at projecting unity and avoiding confrontation with US President Donald Trump. The June 15–17 gathering in Evian-les-Bains, on the shore of Lake Geneva, brings together t»»»

Doha, Qatar: From Uruguay captain Jose Nasazzi becoming the first man to lift the Jules Rimet Trophy in Montevideo in 1930 to Lionel Messi fulfilling his lifelong dream beneath the lights of Lusail Stadium in Qatar in 2022, FIFA World Cup finals have produced some of the most unforgettable moments »»»

Eastern European members of the European Union are facing mounting demographic pressure from population decline, ageing societies and persistently low birth rates, according to new data from the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat, highlighting a widening demographic divide across the bloc. While the E»»»

Bulgaria has barely had time to celebrate joining the eurozone monetary union at the start of this year before the European Commission is set to turn around and throw it into the rapidly growing financial delinquents club. Bulgaria is about to breach the 3% of GDP. budget deficit threshold that wil»»»