The Syrian government is betting that removal from Washington’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, a designation in place since 1979, will clear the biggest political and legal hurdle to its economic recovery. Alongside remaining sanctions, the designation has blocked any tangible gains from what»»»

Trump says he does not know where the ongoing talks with Iran may lead, even as he insists they “have been going on continuously”. “Where they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, ‘It’s time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal,'” Trump wrote on Truth Social.»»»

Egypt will adopt a “Greening Cairo” project aimed at converting evacuated urban spaces into green areas to increase the per capita share of green spaces, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Tuesday. Speaking during a meeting at the government headquarters in the New Administrative Capital,»»»

Alexandria has completed 173 developmental projects under the “Decent Life” presidential initiative and processed 93.32% of building reconciliation requests, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly reviewed during a meeting on Tuesday. Meeting with Minister of Local Development and Environment Man»»»

Partnerships and innovation are fundamental pillars for building an Africa that is more inclusive of persons with disabilities, Eman Karim, General Supervisor of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), stated during the “Inclusive Africa 2026” conference, which saw the announceme»»»

The Kremlin said Saudi Arabia will be featured as the “guest of honor” at the 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, SPIEF, in 2026, which opens this week. The Russian presidency said Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman will lead a high-level delegation of major national in»»»

Israel has a clear interest in prolonging US hostilities with Iran and has been successfully sabotaging efforts to reach a peace agreement, Tehran-based Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi has told RT. The political analyst was commenting on the latest escalation of Israeli military operations against»»»

The facade of the CIMEX building, a conglomerate that belongs to the military-run business conglomerate GAESA, in Havana on Tuesday. The Cuban government denied that GAESA is an "opaque structure" that operates 'parallel to the state' in its first statement on the matter since the entity was sancti»»»

Tunis, June 2 (TAP) - Tuesday night will be partly cloudy over most regions, according to forecasts from the National Institute of Meteorology (INM). The wind will blow southward, relatively strong near eastern coasts, and light to moderate...»»»

The potential deal with Iran that US President Donald Trump is seeking would benefit Israel, but not Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is using the war to stay in power, security expert Dr. Simon Tsipis told Sputnik. "Everything hinges on whether Benjamin Netanyahu is granted a pardon,»»»

New Delhi: India's cricket board on Tuesday appointed former international Sairaj Bahutule as spin bowling coach of the men's national team. Bahutule, 53, represented India in two Tests and eight one-day internationals but had a more prolific domestic career, scoring 6,176 runs and claiming 630 wic»»»

IRBIL, Iraq: Two of Iraq’s most powerful Iran-backed militias said on Tuesday they would begin handing in their weapons to the authorities, a major step in the new government’s effort to rein in militias that have long operated on their own even though they were nominally under state command. One o»»»

Tunis, June 2 (TAP) - National consultations on the development of Tunisia’s e-commerce strategy for the 2027–2031 period kicked off on Tuesday in Tunis, with the participation of stakeholders from the public and private sectors, professional...»»»

LONDON: The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the UAE, Qatar and Turkiye have condemned the storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday. The settlers raised Israeli flags on the steps leading to the Dome »»»

LONDON: The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the UAE, Qatar and Turkiye have condemned the storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday. The settlers raised Israeli flags on the steps leading to the Dome »»»

Protectionism is pushing the EU toward economic decline, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has told Bloomberg, arguing that barriers to investment between Europe, China and the US are hurting growth. Vucic made the remarks on Tuesday shortly after returning from Beijing, where he secured more than»»»

Defense tech contractor Anduril is currently valued at $61 billion, with plans to expand and go public. But it’s a valuation that depends on its founder’s ability to hawk vaporware to the Pentagon, and to talk the US to the edge of a cataclysmic war with China. Read more Wired for War: What’s in Pa»»»

DUBAI: Iran is reviewing a proposed agreement with the US to halt their war but has not communicated with Washington for a few days, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump said negotiations were ongoing. More than three ​months after the US and Israel launched strikes ag»»»

Paris: Alexander Zverev breezed past Rafael Jodar to stay on course for an elusive Grand Slam title at the French Open, where Marta Kostyuk and Mirra Andreeva will meet for a place in the women's final. Zverev, the highest-ranked player left in the men's draw, put an end to Spanish teenager Jodar's»»»

A now hiring sign is seen in the window of a fast food restaurant in Orange California on January 27, 2021. Job openings rose to 7.6 million in April 2026. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo June 2 (UPI) -- The number of job openings in the United States increased to 7.6 million in April,»»»

Egypt pitched its Suez Canal Economic Zone and status as a strategic gateway to African markets to attract new South Korean investments on Tuesday, while declaring its water security an “existential issue” during talks on regional crises. The investment push came during the first round of the Egypt»»»

The German Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Serap Güler, has underscored Egypt’s pivotal role in promoting peace, security, and stability across the Middle East during her visit to Cairo, the first stop on a regional tour that will also take her to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab E»»»

“My hair is on fire.” This was reportedly how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted after a phone call with US President Donald Trump, following Trump’s announcement on Truth Social that he would refrain from launching additional strikes against Iran. Few phrases better capture the curr»»»

JEDDAH: Abu Dhabi’s AD Ports Group has entered the Latin American market through the acquisition of Brazil’s Corredor Logistica e Infraestrutura, a leading independent agri-bulk port terminal operator, in a deal valued at 3.1 billion dirhams ($835 million). The move strengthens AD Ports Group’s exp»»»

A senior source at the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) revealed to that the bank has begun implementing a programme to sell foreign currency to commercial banks totalling $3.5 billion. This programme aims to meet the demand for foreign currency and support market needs, the source added. The source exp»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at 17:20, a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in the vicinity of the histo»»»

Red Sea Global (RSG) announced on Tuesday a major sustainability milestone, revealing that it successfully avoided 117,879 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO₂e) emissions during 2024. The achievement was independently verified and officially certified by DNV, confirming the company's full relia»»»

Dubai: A driver who had just survived a rollover crash in Oman allegedly repaid a passer-by's kindness by stealing his vehicle and fleeing the scene, according to police, in an incident that quickly drew widespread attention across the country. The unusual sequence of events unfolded on Monday morn»»»

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who was wounded in US-Israeli attacks and has not been seen in public since assuming office, is alive and increasingly active. “I think there are indications out there that he is increasingly eng»»»

Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov said on Tuesday that he will defend the free expression of magistrates' will and oppose any undue influence in the upcoming election of members of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the professional quota. The statement came in response to a declaration submit»»»

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson on Tuedday to focus strictly on the bilateral agenda and refrain from commenting on Mexico's domestic political affairs. Photo by Mario Guzman/EPA June 2 (UPI) -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly urged U.S. Ambassa»»»

British police have released bodycam footage showing officers ignoring the dying pleas of an 18-year-old stabbing victim, after his attacker falsely claimed that he had been the victim of a racist attack. Released on Monday, the footage shows officers handcuffing student Henry Nowak as he lay dying»»»

LONDON: The UAE is set to introduce its first Arabic language law, requiring customer-facing businesses to employ Arabic-speaking staff as part of a broader push to strengthen national identity. The initiative forms part of a comprehensive policy to enhance the role and status of Arabic across the »»»

New York, USA: Anthropic on Tuesday gave approximately 150 organizations around the world access to Mythos, its powerful new AI model whose rapid ability to identify weaknesses in computer security has sparked global concern. The California AI company had initially restricted access to Mythos in ea»»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday creating a voluntary framework under which AI developers could share advanced models with the government before public release. The central provision allows companies such as OpenAI, Google or Anthropic to give t»»»

New York Attorney General Letitia James and six other state attorneys general filed suit Tuesday against the Trump administration for a deal me made with a French company to end a lease for an offshore wind farm. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo June 2 (UPI) -- Seven Democrat-led states »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, to discuss the further development of bilateral allied cooperation, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. "During a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir P»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Cultural Village Foundation Katara announced the launch of the Katara One Loft Race 2026, an international homing pigeon competition offering a total prize pool of 205,000 US dollars. According to the announcement, registration is open to pigeon breeders and enthusiasts from both i»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Foreign Ministers of the State of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Türkiye, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemn in the strongest terms the c»»»

Fujairah: Fujairah Police has urged parents and motorists not to leave children unattended inside vehicles, even for brief periods, warning that temperatures inside parked cars can rise rapidly and become life-threatening. In a post on X, the General Command of Fujairah Police stressed that the tem»»»

Abu Ubaida, the military spokesman for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, affirmed that the Palestinian resistance continues its struggle despite assassinations and losses, emphasizing that the martyrdom of its leaders will not weaken it or halt its project. He also called on mediators to assume th»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Tuesday progress had been made in talks with Hungary's MOL on its acquisition of a Russian-majority stake in the Serbian oil company NIS and that MOL's response to the latest proposal by the Serbian side was due later in th»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Djuro Macut held a meeting with representatives of the relevant ministries to discuss implementation of activities from the Reform Agenda, aimed at accelerating economic development, strengthening institutions and bringing Serbia closer to European standards. "Macut stated tha»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's negotiating team has not offered Iran sanctions relief in exchange for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and insisted that any sanctions relief was tied to Tehran giving up its nuclear program. "Right now, everything that'»»»

One of Iraq’s most powerful Iran-backed armed groups said Tuesday it would begin putting its weapons under government control, a major step in the new government’s effort to bring armed factions that have long operated on their own under state command. Asaib Ahl al-Haq said it had formed a committe»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Minister of Labour, HE Ali bin Samikh Al Marri met with the Minister of Social Affairs and Labour of the Syrian Arab Republic HE Hind Kabawat, the Minister of Labour of the Lebanese Republic, HE Mohammad Haidar and Minister of Human Resources and Social Welfare of the Republic of S»»»

Cairo — Egypt’s tourism industry is entering the peak summer season from a position of strength despite heightened geopolitical tensions across the Middle East, as hotel occupancy rates surged during the Eid Al-Adha holiday and Gulf carriers expanded services to the Mediterranean resort city of Ala»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has been working through Iranian channels to secure Hezbollah’s commitment to a ceasefire while his country presses ahead with negotiations aimed at ending the war, political sources have told Arab News. The Amal Movement leader remains central to ef»»»

Restoring peace in the Middle East will strengthen Europe's stability, which is directly affected by disrupted supply chains and, in particular, rising energy prices resulting from the military conflict in the region, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said during a meeting with Lebanon's Minister of Natio»»»

Dubai: Al Ansari Exchange said it recorded a more than 151 per cent increase in the number of companies processing salaries through its Wage Protection System (WPS) platform on June 1, as UAE private sector employers adjusted payroll processes to comply with new salary payment requirements. The inc»»»