DOHA: An Indian national was killed in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, following a dispute that reportedly began during a TikTok live session and later escalated into a deadly confrontation, according to a report by Gulf News. The report said Sharjah Police confirmed the death of Ismail Ponnan Ibrah»»»

As someone who is always searching for authentic and affordable international food in Riyadh, I recently visited Spicy Bowl China in east Riyadh, a small Chinese restaurant that has gained attention on social media for its Nanchang-style noodles. The restaurant is owned and operated by Chinese staf»»»

LONDON: The first sign that something had snapped in Kenya was not a headline on a trading screen but the silence on Nairobi’s usually jammed roads. On a Monday in mid‑May, matatu drivers parked up their minibuses over yet another steep fuel price hike blamed on the war in the Gulf. By the time the»»»

KHARTOUM: Naked, hungry, raped and lying in her own urine, the woman said her captors after two days of misery handed her a phone. Call your friends and family, they said. Tell them to buy your freedom or you’ll be killed. The 38-year-old said she screamed on the calls as horrified loved ones liste»»»

LONDON: Queen Rania reaffirmed Jordan’s commitment to humility and diplomacy in a Middle East troubled by conflict during a speech at the South by Southwest London conference on Wednesday. She said that since late 2023 a prevailing “sense of heaviness” had been felt across the Middle East, particul»»»

LONDON: Security agencies from ‌the “Five Eyes” alliance which includes the United States and Britain issued a warning on Wednesday about Chinese spies aggressively ​using online job platforms to recruit people with access to sensitive information. The “Safeguarding Our Secrets” bulletin says China»»»

Tunis, June 3 (TAP) - Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Mohamed Ben Ayed, met on Wednesday in Tunis, head of the Bulgarian delegation and Director General for Bilateral Relations at the Bulgarian...»»»

The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft undergoes final preparations in September 2013 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After more than 11 years in space, NASA declared the MAVEN spacecraft and mission dead Wednesday. File photo by Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell/UPI | License Photo J»»»

LONDON: Security agencies from ‌the “Five Eyes” alliance which includes the United States and Britain issued a warning on Wednesday about Chinese spies aggressively ​using online job platforms to recruit people with access to sensitive information. The “Safeguarding Our Secrets” bulletin says China»»»

Iran and the United States are reviewing texts exchanged through intermediaries and working toward a “final formula” for a possible understanding, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with Lebanon’s Al Mayadeen television network. “There is currently no negotiation mechanism»»»

WASHINGTON, United States — The US Treasury on Tuesday issued sanctions against Nobitex, Iran's largest crypto currency platform, hitting a sector that has seen increased activity since the start of the war in the Middle East in February.Experts say digital asset platforms have been used to circumv»»»

AMMAN — The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) and the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) activated a new cross-border trading link through the Tabadul Connectivity Platform, to make it easier for investors in Jordan and the UAE to access each other's markets using local brokers and local currencies.Speak»»»

Mexican authorities have discovered an illegal tunnel that is 600 metres long on the US border with Mexico. It links Tijuana with the city of San Diego. Its purpose? Possibly the illegal smuggling of drugs. The discovery was the result of a six-month long investigation.»»»

In an interview with FRANCE 24, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer insisted that despite fresh US tariffs proposed this Wednesday, "both sides are committed to compliance" with the US-EU trade deal. The top US trade official said he saw "a lot of room" for continued compliance, notwit»»»

The deadly crackdown on the December 2025-January 2026 anti-regime protests saw many Iranians killed, tracked or detained. The US-Israel war on Iran has intensified the repression, but it has not stopped families from trying to trace their missing loved ones or from seeking justice for people who h»»»

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, President of Iran Human Rights and Professor of Neuroscience at University of Oslo. He offers a stark assessment of the Iranian regime's response to recent unrest and wartime conditions. Professor Amiry-Moghaddam argues that the authoritie»»»

June 3 (UPI) -- Police officers and a police dog were injured when far-right activists began violent protests in Southampton in southern England, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. The riots happened after police released video footage Monday of a police officer handcuffing 18-year-old stabb»»»

The captain of the Tagor, a tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s “ghost fleet” that was boarded in the Atlantic Ocean by the French Navy, was taken into custody on Tuesday, announced Brest prosecutor Stéphane Kellenberger. French authorities have taken into custody the Russian captain of a sei»»»

Britain’s interior minister accused activists of hijacking a tragedy to stir up violence after police were attacked at a protest over the death of a teenager who was handcuffed as he lay dying while his killer stood nearby. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Aaron Edwards, Honorary Research Fello»»»

Four migrants ​working as fruit pickers in slave-like conditions in southern Italy have been burned to death in a grisly murder case that is prompting fresh national soul-searching over labour exploitation. The migrants were found on Monday in ​a burned-out ‌van parked in a petrol station in Amendo»»»

BOGOTA, Colombia: Colombian lawyer and presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, who secured the most votes in the first round of Colombia’s elections, on Wednesday thanked US President Donald Trump for endorsing his campaign, in an election that serves as a litmus test as the region shifts »»»

Tunis, June 3 (TAP) - The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) decided, during its meeting held on June 3, 2026, to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 7%.The Board reaffirmed the need to pursue a prudent monetary policy,...»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received a phone call on Monday from the, President of the United States of America, HE Donald Trump. During the call, the two leaders reviewed the latest developments in the Middle East in light of the political and security developments tak»»»

JAKARTA: Indonesian officials on Wednesday arrested the former head of the country’s free school meals program, blighted by mass food poisonings and corruption claims, a day after he was fired. The much-hyped billion-dollar feeding scheme was the flagship policy of President Prabowo Subianto’s 2024»»»

Damascus, June 3 (SANA) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani discussed on Wednesday recent regional developments and their implications for the region during a telephone call with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite »»»

Tunis, June 3 (TAP) - Public Works and Housing Minister Slah Zouari called on Wednesday for a proactive strategy to tackle landslides, during the opening of a technical seminar organised in Tunis by the Tunisian Roads Association (ATR) and the...»»»

President Abdel El-Sisi will partake in the next Arab Summit which is will be held on July 25th and 26th in Nouakchott, Mauritania. El-Sisi praised Mauritania for its reception of the Arab Summit, expressing his intention of full cooperation with Mauritania to make the summit successful. El-Sisi re»»»

As the curtain falls on 2024, the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has closed the year with a significant boost, adding nearly EGP 30 billion to its market capitalization. This robust performance during the last trading session underscores a year of strategic growth and investor confidence in Egypt’s capita»»»

Members of the Bolivian police in riot gear deploy tear gas during an operation to regain control of the seized Humberto Suarez Roca plant and oil field, in the municipality of Santa Rosa del Sara, Bolivia, on Wednesday. Hundreds of demonstrators stormed the plant a day earlier, forcing operations »»»

Vienna. June 3 (SANA) A Syrian delegation led by Deputy Justice Minister Mustafa al-Qassem held a bilateral meeting with officials from the Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on the sidelines of the 35th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and»»»

JEDDAH: The National Center for Meteorology said that climate forecasts for summer 2026 indicated above-normal temperatures across all regions of Saudi Arabia, while rainfall was expected to range between near-normal and below-normal levels in several areas. In its seasonal climate report, the cent»»»

Péter Magyar has announced on Facebook that his government has reached a comprehensive agreement with Ukraine concerning the expansion of linguistic, educational, cultural and political rights for the country’s Hungarian minority, numbering around 100,000. In return, Hungary may support the opening»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Iran was "playing with fire" after the Islamic republic carried out an attack on Kuwait. "Iran surely knows what the (U.S.) president has said, that if necessary, there'll be a full-scale return to military action," Netanyahu said in »»»

The fate of Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpiles is at the center of talks with Washington, and Tehran has not yet agreed to a peace deal, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. Washington insists that Iran must turn over its near-weapons-grade enriched uranium, agree to curb its »»»

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Wednesday that any attack on Lebanese capital Beirut would trigger a "full-scale resumption" of the Middle East war, as Israel pressed its campaign against Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. "Any attack on Beirut will have grave consequences and wil»»»

By Wade SheridanA rally to mark the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre was held at the Waseda Hoshien chapel in Tokyo on Wednesday. The massacre occurred in Beijing on June 4, 1989, when the Chinese military launched an attack and ended a pro-democracy movement started by students an»»»

Tropical Storm Amanda formed about halfway between Hawaii and Mexico. Photo courtesy of NOAA Tropical Storm Amanda has formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean, becoming the first named tropical storm of the year within 1,500 miles of the Americas. A separate area of tropical interest, close to Mexico, »»»

A Czech regional court has ordered a transgender neo-Nazi fugitive convicted of multiple offenses to be deported back to Germany, according to Reuters and Agence France-Presse (AFP). Marla-Svenja Liebich, formerly known as Sven Liebich, had previously sparked an uproar over prison placement in Germ»»»

Doha, Qatar: Jassim Al Jassim, CEO of the Local Organising Committee for Football Events (LOC) in Qatar, participated in the Foreign Policy Sports Diplomacy Summit held at the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Washington D.C. to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States and the countdown to th»»»

Bahrain's Ministry of Interior said on Wednesday it had arrested 15 people accused of operating as field agents for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in a major security operation aimed at protecting national security. The arrests were made following intelligence investigations and s»»»

Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, attends the 12th Breakthrough Prize ceremony in April in Santa Monica, Calif. Altman is meeting Wednesday with lawmakers and Trump administration officials in Washington, D.C. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo June 3 (UPI) -- Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, was expected»»»

Doha, Qatar: In a step that reflects Qatar’s ambition to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2036, Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Qatar’s bid file, as part of the State’s efforts to present the first Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Middle East. The appoi»»»

June 3 (UPI) -- A blanket fort designed by Nevada high school students officially broke a Guinness World Record when it was confirmed to cover an area of 14,103 square feet. Clark County announced the fort, designed by students from West Career & Technical Academy, was constructed at the Desert Bre»»»

Tunis, June 3 (TAP) - The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) decided, during its meeting held on June 3, 2026, to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 7%.»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Washington should maintain relations and dialogue with Russia, regardless of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. "At a minimum, we have to have relations and conversations with Russians, we just do," Rubio told a House Com»»»

The estimations suggest that Israel will attack Beirut in the coming days, Israeli officials told Israel's Channel 13 on Wednesday, after Hezbollah claimed a rocket attack on north Israel. "If any violation occurs by Hezbollah, the Israeli army will be able to attack throughout Lebanon, including B»»»

The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) has issued a yellow and orange code warning for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms in 13 regions of Bulgaria on Thursday, according to an announcement published on NIMH's website on Wednesday. An orange code has been issued for Gabrovo Region»»»

Shia Labeouf attends the photo call for "Slauson Rec" at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in France on May 18, 2025. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to three misdemeanor counts of battery in New Orleans. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI | License Photo June 3 (UPI) -- Actor Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty Wed»»»

Scott Pelley and his wife, Jane Boone, arrive for the formal Artist's Dinner honoring the recipients of the 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in 2016. Pelley was fired from CBS Wednesday. File Pool photo by Ron Sachs/UPI | License Photo June 3 (UPI) -- CBS News fired veteran journalist Scott Pelley»»»

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks out at a ministerial meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on Wednesday against announcements from the Trump administration threatening additional tariffs on Brazil over alleged unfair Brazilian trade practices. Photo by Andre Borges/EPA Jun»»»