First published in Respekt. Irregular migration and climate change are receding into the background. Decades after the financial crisis, developments in the European Union were dominated first by the issue of uncontrolled migration and later by climate change. Both dominant topics substantially res»»»

Dubai has launched a new rental affordability initiative, ‘Flexi Rents’, aimed at helping tenants manage housing costs through flexible payment plans, monthly rent options and other concessions, a senior official at Dubai Land Department (DLD) said on Tuesday. Speaking on the launch, Khalid Al Shai»»»

Israel is deliberately targeting Palestinian children in what has become a key factor in an ongoing "genocide" in Gaza, United Nations investigators charged on Tuesday. The U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry said it had found evidence that "Palestinian children have been deliberat»»»

A UN Commission of Inquiry has found that the killing of children and other harm inflicted on them has been central to Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, alongside a systematic pattern of war crimes and crimes against humanity that have affected young people in both Gaza and the West Bank since O»»»

LONDON: Brexit fractured the European Union, and broke British politics. The UK is about to get its seventh prime minister since June 23, 2016, a decade ago Tuesday, when the country voted 52 percent-48 percent to leave the EU after more than four decades of membership. Conservative Prime Minister »»»

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is deploying the military to contain the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever, as health authorities warned on Tuesday that hospitals are being overwhelmed with more than 1,000 admissions daily. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s office said army, navy and air force officers w»»»

Rome: Italy's health ministry declared a red heatwave alert in 15 cities including Milan and Rome on Tuesday and said the number would go up to 16 on Wednesday. During a red alert -- the highest level -- the ministry advises people to eat light, stay indoors in the hottest parts of the day and spri»»»

As part of ongoing reforms in the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS), 96 employees have been removed from service. SCNS Deputy Chairman Alisher Erbaev stated during a meeting of the parliamentary committee on international affairs, defense, security, and migration of the Zho»»»

A Budapest court has ordered the pre-trial detention of a teenage boy for one month on suspicion of murdering his great-grandmother, the Budapest Metropolitan Court’s press office said on Monday. Hungarian teenage boy gruesomely murdered his great-grandmother Police previously reported that an 85-y»»»

The International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors seen at site of the uranium conversion plant in Isfahan, central Iran, in February 2007. IAEA inspectors left the country in 2025, and Iran said Tuesday that there has been no change in its relationship with the nuclear watchdog agency. File Photo b»»»

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain this week as the Trump administration has stepped up efforts to end the war with Iran while Gulf countries remain uneasy about a proposed deal. The State Department announced Monday that Rubio would visi»»»

Ship traffic has picked up in the Strait of Hormuz since Iran and the U.S. signed an interim deal to end a war that constricted global oil supplies and fueled inflation, but questions surrounding control of the vital waterway and whether vessels will be charged tolls to cross it could interfere wit»»»

Registrations of new passenger cars in Bulgaria increased by 11.5% year on year in May 2026 to 4,293 vehicles, according to data released by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) on Tuesday. The growth rate was lower than in April, when new car registrations in Bulgaria rose by »»»

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said that a strong and active parliamentary dimension is an integral part of the architecture of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP), addressing the opening of the 13th plenary session of the SEECP Parliamentary Assembly in Sofia on Tuesd»»»

Ukrainian unmanned systems forces Commander Robert Brovdi and Head of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate Oleh Ivashchenko were behind the attack on a bus carrying Belarusian children in Russia's Bryansk Region, Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told Sputnik on Tuesd»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah Drone Threat Haunts Israeli Soldiers in Lebanon: Yedioth Ahronoth 23-06-2026 10:48 AM Hezbollah fighter ahead of a drone strike t»»»

The European Commission has announced that EU Member States have endorsed a proposal to mobilise over €56 million from the agricultural reserve. Farmers from Portugal will receive €30 million, Romania €14.8 million, Cyprus €4.6 million, Croatia €4.4 million, and Slovenia €2.8 million. These funds w»»»

Technical talks between Iran and the United States in Switzerland have concluded, with negotiating groups to be set up on nuclear issues and sanctions, Iran's state media reported Tuesday. The negotiators "decided that four working groups would be established: Sanctions Termination, Nuclear Affairs»»»

Arab Finance: The board of Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company initially greenlighted proceeding with the development of an integrated logistics zone project in Alexandria, according to a bourse statement. The preliminary feasibility study has been presented, while the completion of the»»»

Bulgaria's National Assembly Chair and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Mihaela Dotsova opened the 13th Plenary Session of the organization in Sofia on Tuesday. Dotsova said the organization was marking 30 years since its establishment t»»»

Burgenstock: Tehran voiced Tuesday its intent to maintain control over the vital Strait of Hormuz, a crucial question in the Middle East war talks with Washington that just wrapped up in Switzerland. Vice President JD Vance called the negotiations a "very good foundation" for a final deal to end th»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia welcomes the conclusion of the memorandum between the United States and Iran, Moscow hopes that the negotiations between the countries will be productive, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Tuesday. "The problem of the Middle East is looming over everything, dear colleagues»»»

After a first round of U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland on ending the Middle East war, mediators Pakistan and Qatar said on Monday that Tehran and Washington had agreed to set up a "de-confliction cell" with Lebanon "to ensure the adherence of the termination of military operations" there. Under U.S.»»»

Beijing, China: China has launched the Communication Technology Test Satellite dedicated to conducting technological experiments and verification of new technologies. The satellite successfully reached its designated orbit. The launch occurred on Tuesday morning aboard a modified version of the Lon»»»

Washington, USA: Meta has announced that it will make the Instagram for TV app available on Samsung smart TVs, along with a range of new features specifically designed for group viewing indoors. With this step, the Instagram TV application has become available across three major TV platforms connec»»»

Wellington: An earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Tuesday the Kermadec Islands off the coast of New Zealand. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 140.3 km, and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, the US Geological Survey reported. The Kermadec Islan»»»

The number of avoidable hospitalizations increased by approximately 34% in 2024 compared to 2022, related to the main five pathologies – asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, congestive heart failure, and hypertension – according to the Audit Report on the performance of i»»»

Trust in real estate professionals in 2026 is built mainly on accurate information, transparency, and predictability, according to the latest survey conducted by real estate platform Storia. Overall, the highest trust scores were recorded by notaries public, with 2.78 out of 5, and lawyers speciali»»»

European consumers, including Romanians, could soon notice changes in the way they shop from international online platforms as new EU regulations come into force. Until now, shipments arriving from outside the European Union valued at up to €150 were exempt from customs duties. This exemption contr»»»

Approximately 62% of urban Romanians have bought at least one second-hand product in the last 12 months, and 20% of those who have not made such purchases intend to buy second-hand products in the next year, according to a study conducted by Reveal Marketing Research.According to the research, wome»»»

Ecotourism could become one of the development engines for rural communities in Romania, especially in the Fagaras Mountains area, by turning to account the natural patrimony, local gastronomy and traditions, according to Istvan Szabo, green business development manager, Conservation Carpathia. Acc»»»

The city of Iasi received the FIJET Golden Apple Award 2026 during a ceremony held on Saturday at the Palace of Culture, in the presence of the leadership of the World Federation of Travel Journalists and Writers (FIJET).The Golden Apple Award was presented to Iasi in recognition of efforts to prom»»»

The Government approved on Thursday, by decision, the rehabilitation works for the Roman - Iasi - Border railway line - Phase 1 - electrification of the Iasi - Border section, a project whose technical solution involves "light modernisation" works and electrification of the existing route.According»»»

Air cargo transport (including mail) increased by 13.4% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same period last year, from 12,794 tonnes to 14,510 tonnes, according to the data centralised by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The largest shares of freight traffic were recorded at t»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Zionist settlers storm holy Al-Aqsa Mosque, perform provocative Talmudic rituals near Dome of the Rock: Palestinian media 23-06-2026 09:45 »»»

ATLANTA: When Sweden’s Yasin Ayari scored seven minutes into his World Cup debut he raised his arms in apology rather than celebration out of respect for Tunisia, where his father is from. The case of the Brighton midfielder is far from unique at a World Cup awash with players who could play for mu»»»

ATLANTA: When Sweden’s Yasin Ayari scored seven minutes into his World Cup debut he raised his arms in apology rather than celebration out of respect for Tunisia, where his father is from. The case of the Brighton midfielder is far from unique at a World Cup awash with players who could play for mu»»»

Mumbai, India: A top Indian maker of iPhone parts has confirmed it was hit by a "cybersecurity incident", with media reports alleging that Apple supplier specifications had been leaked. Industrial giant Tata Group is a lynchpin of Apple's growing supply chain within the world's most populous countr»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Hamad Bin Jassim Centre for Computing Education, a strategic partnership between Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, one of Qatar Foundation’s partner universities, and the Jassim and Hamad Bin Jassim Charitable Foundation, organised the Alice Middle East Computer Science Competit»»»

In a significant diplomatic move amid rising maritime tensions, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi convened with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al-Busaidi on Tuesday to negotiate fresh frameworks for managing the strategic Strait of H»»»

Russian Long-Range Aviation Tu-160 strategic bombers have wrapped up a scheduled 16-hour sortie over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas. During the mission, the crews sharpened their in-flight refuelling capabilities — a demanding maneuver that underscores the professionalism and »»»

Officials from Japan and Saudi Arabia held talks on expanding business ties at the Federation of Saudi Chambers in Riyadh on Monday. The Saudi-Japan Business Council meeting began with the officials presenting opportunities available in their respective countries. Yasunari Morino, ambassador of Jap»»»

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, inaugurated Mohamed bin Zayed City Passenger Train Station in Abu Dhabi and witnessed the unveiling of the UAE passenger rail network, which is set to launch on September 30, 20»»»

Geneva: The State of Qatar has reaffirmed its categorical rejection of all forms of violence against women and girls, including violence against mothers, describing such acts as grave human rights violations and assaults on human dignity. It stressed that the consequences of such violence extend be»»»

Doha, Qatar: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) held yesterday a workshop on job description and classification guide for the diplomatic and consular corps. The workshop, organised by the ministry’s Human Resources Department, was attended by Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs H E»»»

The Sheikh Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani Primary Healthcare Centre at Azraq Refugee Camp in Jordan, established by the Jassim and Hamad Bin Jassim Charitable Foundation, has announced its medical service statistics for May 2026, highlighting its continued efforts to provide comprehensive healthcare to c»»»

The Jassim and Hamad Bin Jassim Charitable Foundation has announced the value of the assistance it provided during May, with total support amounting to QR2,803,588. The aid was delivered as part of the foundation’s social responsibility efforts and its ongoing commitment to supporting those in need»»»

Arab Finance: Egytrans NOSCO disclosed that the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) allocated a 114,000-square-meter plot of land to Nafith Egypt, in which Egytrans holds a 30% stake, for 25 years regarding its EGP 200 million logistics yard project for organizing and direct»»»

SANTA CLARA, California: ‌Jordan coach Jamal Sellami said his players’ inexperience may have cost them in a 2-1 defeat by Algeria at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium on Monday, but he was proud of their World Cup campaign despite their early exit.Jordan bow out of their first World Cup after consecut»»»

BERLIN: Outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his departure on Monday amid plunging approval ratings, but there were warm words from European leaders who had generally found him easier to work with ​than his recent predecessors. Starmer, the first non-Conservative prime minister si»»»