A truck overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 18 people on board including 10 children, a provincial official told AFP. Deadly traffic crashes are common in Afghanistan, due in part to poor roads after decades of conflict, dangerous driving and a lack of regulation. The vehicle was»»»

Iraqi sources said on Friday that the prime minister’s office is preparing intensive consultations after Eid al-Adha as part of a plan to “reorganize the file of armed factions” and confine weapons to the state, as early moves emerge to dismantle the factions and merge them into official institutio»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s beach volleyball stars Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan advanced to the Round of 16 at the Ostrava Elite16 in the Czech Republic after recording their second victory of the tournament yesterday. The Tokyo Olympic bronze medalists defeated France’s Elouan Chouikh and Joadel Gene»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Three people injured as Israeli drone hits the vicinity of Nabatieh Governmental Hospital in southern Lebanon: Al-Manar correspondent 30-05»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe UNICEF: 77 children killed or injured in Lebanon in the past seven days, an average of 11 children every 24 hours 30-05-2026 09:26 AM Lates»»»

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Dubai: For many overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), moving to the UAE begins with the goal of building a better future for the people waiting back home. For OFWs Jay Esqueta, Delia Rubios, Chrissie Asuncion, and Carla Castro, that journey started with sacrifice, long working hours, and the responsibi»»»

The Russian ruble appreciated 4.9% against the US dollar in May, making it the second-best performing currency among global peers, according to Sputnik analysis of exchange data. The ruble has demonstrated the largest positive exchange rate dynamics against the US dollar among all global currencies»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar is continuing its efforts to strengthen national cybersecurity capabilities through specialised training programmes aimed at enhancing expertise in data protection, information assurance, and cyber governance. As part of these efforts, a new training course focused on the impleme»»»

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to answer questions Friday on President Donald Trump's involvement in the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files as she defended the Trump administration's actions before House lawmakers scrutinizing the process. Bondi, who spent roughly four hours on Ca»»»

The vendors of wild meat at the sprawling Masina Market in the Congolese capital don’t always display their goods openly. Customers must ask for whatever they're looking for, whether it is a giant swamp rodent or the severed parts of an antelope. Others occasionally sell in the open, like the women»»»

BTA will present its internship programmes with its own information stand at the Bulgaria across Five Oceans career forum, organized by the Bulgaria Wants You platform and taking place on Friday at Inter Expo Center in Sofia. A key focus of BTA’s presentation will be its School of BTA internship an»»»

A meeting was held in Astana between First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Daniyar Amangeldiev, and Minister of Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi. The parties discussed current issues related to the development of Kyrgyzstan — UAE cooper»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Katara Cultural Village Foundation concluded its Eid Al-Adha celebrations yesterday. The festivities, which began on Wednesday and continued for three days, transformed Katara into a lively destination, attracting thousands of visitors from within Qatar and abroad. Director of Publ»»»

The football world will have its eyes on Budapest this Saturday as the Puskás Arena hosts the UEFA Champions League final between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain. While many fans were unable to secure tickets for the match itself, there will still be plenty of opportunities to enjoy the occasion ac»»»

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Doha, Qatar: As part of the Eid Al-Adha celebrations, the Protection and Social Rehabilitation Center (Aman), one of the centers affiliated with the Qatar Foundation for Social Work, participated in awareness and entertainment activities in cooperation with the management of the ‘Sa’a Wa Sa’a’ Hour»»»

A new Market Links survey commissioned by bTV shows President Rumen Radev with a record 56% level of public trust, positioning him as the only political figure with a positive balance between trust and distrust, at 56% versus 22%. The poll presents him as a broadly unifying figure in a political en»»»

Repeated Israeli strikes on the medieval Beaufort Castle and its surroundings east of Nabatieh have revived debate over one of southern Lebanon’s most sensitive sites due to its elevated position overlooking Palestinian territories, Syria and Lebanon. For decades, the Crusader fortress was a comman»»»

Greco-Roman wrestlers from Kyrgyzstan took second place overall at the Asian Championships in Vietnam. Kyrgyzstan’s U17 team won one gold, three silver, and four bronze medals, matching the Uzbekistan’s team in points. The Iranian wrestlers took first place. The freestyle wrestlers will compete for»»»

Two earthquakes were recorded in Kyrgyzstan yesterday, May 30, the Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences reported. The first occurred at 2:15 p.m. The second at 4:27 p.m. The epicenter of the subsequent seismic activity was located 3 kilometers northwest of the district center»»»

Doha, Qatar: A new randomised study by Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) has found that children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) who received psychosocial interventions alongside medication showed significantly greater improvements in symptoms and daily functioning than child»»»

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth struck a measured tone towards China at a major defense forum on Saturday, noting "rightful alarm" over Beijing's military build-up but saying the United States sought a "stable equilibrium" in Asia. Hegseth's headline speech at Singapore's Shangri-La Dialogue, which bri»»»

NEW DELHI: Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing arrived in neighboring India on Saturday, in his first trip abroad since becoming civilian leader, for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The former military chief will also hold talks with business representatives during his five-day visit, accord»»»

Doha, Qatar: Many young people struggle with career choices not because they lack ambition, but because they are often pressured into following paths chosen by others, according to Qatari career coach Noora Salem Albuhaddoud Al-Dosari (pictured). Al-Dosari, an experienced human resources profession»»»

Doha, Qatar: A large number of citizens and residents on Friday, May 29, 2026, attended the funeral of former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah following Asr prayer. The funeral prayer for the late leader was performed at the Nasser bin Abdu»»»

Naval blockades, military history has shown, require patience. That is not the leading attribute of the officials in Washington. “So when President Trump imposed a blockade of Iranian ports in April, the quick result he was looking for — a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic — w»»»

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would be making a final decision on a potential deal to end the US-Israeli war against Iran ahead of a high-security meeting in the White House Situation Room. But after more than two hours of deliberations, no decision has yet been forthcoming.  US »»»

From his living room window, Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson can see the paper mill where a chemical tank ruptured this week in Longview, killing 11 people. He used to perform work there as the owner of an environmental cleanup company, and when he heard the sirens go past, he called his son, who»»»

Vice President Iliana Yotova expressed solidarity with the Romanian people following the Russian drone strike on a residential building in the city of Galati that left civilians injured, according to a statement released by the Bulgarian presidency. In a letter addressed to Romanian President Nicus»»»

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited the province of Deir Ezzor on Friday, accompanied by a ministerial delegation, to assess the situation and humanitarian conditions there amid flooding due to rising water levels in the Euphrates River, state news agency SANA said. Syrian naval forces deploye»»»

Satellite imagery has revealed that Iran has started regaining access to its underground missile facilities, reported CNN based on figures from Airbus Defence and Space. The development casts doubt on US President Donald Trump’s claims of having all but obliterated Tehran’s arsenal, said CNN. Durin»»»

Bulgaria ranks first in Europe when it comes to how much of a 100,000-euro annual salary employees actually keep after taxes and social security deductions, according to a comparative analysis covering 31 European countries. The study examined net income levels across all EU member states, along wi»»»

Petar Vitanov, MP from "Progressive Bulgaria" stated that Bulgaria has now officially entered an excessive deficit procedure, adding that this requires urgent fiscal adjustments and institutional responses. Speaking to journalists in the National Assembly, he said the parliamentary group of “Progre»»»

Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova will open Saturday the Bulgaria Across Five Oceans career forum, organized by the Bulgaria Wants You platform, the President's press service said. The event will take place at 11:00 am at Inter Expo Center in Sofia and will bring together representatives of institu»»»

Polish developer Echo Investment said on May 27 its subsidiary Resi4Rent has completed the sale of 18 residential rental projects for over PLN2.437bn (€575mn), marking the largest transaction in Poland's institutional Private Rented Sector (PRS). The portfolio of 5,322 units across Warsaw, Kraków, »»»

A small UK-registered biotech company believes it has found an Alzheimer's treatment that is safer, cheaper and more effective than anything currently on the market — and it has done so by revisiting a molecule that Soviet chemists first synthesised in the 1970s and that Pfizer abandoned as a failu»»»

Poland is signing its first 40 contracts under the European Union’s SAFE defence programme, with agreements worth PLN100bn (€23.66bn), Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on May 28. Under SAFE, Poland may receive up to €43.7bn, or more than PLN180bn, in low-interest loans for arms purchases. After sign»»»

As Latvia awaits a parliamentary confidence vote on Prime Minister-designate Andris Kulbergs’ proposed coalition cabinet, public debate has largely focused on the cabinet’s striking gender imbalance.  Only two women are expected to hold ministerial posts in the 15-member government, despite La»»»

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»»»

Vladimir Putin arrived in Astana on Wednesday for a three-day state visit to Kazakhstan — his second to the country in a single presidential term — trailing a delegation of more than 30 senior officials and business figures and bearing a package of economic agreements designed to anchor Moscow's ti»»»

Canada-based uranium developer Global Atomic Corporation (TSX: GLO, OTCQX: GLATF, FRANKFURT: G12) said it had secured renewed political backing from Niger’s military-led government for the Dasa uranium project, as the West African state seeks to strengthen mining investment and expand trade links f»»»

Washington, United States: Donald Trump's doctor said he was in "excellent health" but advised him to lose weight, the White House said Friday, after the US president's annual medical check-up weeks before his 80th birthday. Republican Trump, the oldest president ever inaugurated, has repeatedly bo»»»

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»»»

Vladimir Putin arrived in Astana on Wednesday for a three-day state visit to Kazakhstan — his second to the country in a single presidential term — trailing a delegation of more than 30 senior officials and business figures and bearing a package of economic agreements designed to anchor Moscow's ti»»»

US President Donald Trump endorsed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on May 27 ahead of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary election, praising him as “a great friend and leader” as Washington steps up its engagement in the South Caucasus. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Pashinyan “completely»»»

For decades, Washington maintained legal and political restraints against assassination, mindful that opening the door would pose a danger to the international order. But after 9/11, and especially during the presidencies of Donald Trump, the US has been more audacious in its use of force against t»»»

President Tamás Sulyok has asked the Council of Europe’s constitutional advisory body, the European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known as the Venice Commission, to assess the existing constitutional issues and provide expert assistance in resolving the controversial situation while »»»

A persisting crisis in the Strait of Hormuz threatens the economies of nations in the Northern Hemisphere, the heads of the IMF, World Bank, International Energy Agency, and World Trade Organization said in a joint statement. "The war in the Middle East is generating substantial and highly asymmetr»»»

During a call with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington expects the Shia movement Hezbollah to take action to reduce tensions with Israel, the US State Department said. "Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. The Secret»»»