Cebu Pacific will resume flights between Dubai and Manila from July 2 after suspending operations on the route in March due to escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and regional airspace restrictions. The Philippine low cost carrier said it would operate four weekly flights on Tuesday»»»

PARIS: Venus Williams will not play in the women’s doubles at the French Open alongside Hailey Baptiste. They withdrew on Thursday and no reason was given by organizers. But Baptiste was forced to retire during her second-round singles against Wang Xiyu on Wednesday after landing awkwardly on her l»»»

The proposed power for the Justice Minister to challenge all decisions of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) with automatic suspension of their implementation constitutes a disproportionate interference by an executive body in the work of the highest administrative body of the judiciary. Such a pro»»»

Share: HERE IS THE LATEST Iran accused the U.S. on Thursday of another ceasefire violation and said it retaliated by targeting an American base after a second round of what the Pentagon calls “purely defensive” strikes against drone operations. CENTCOM said Kuwait intercepted an incoming Iranian mi»»»

Pilgrims performed the stoning of the three Jamarat on Thursday, the first day of Tashreeq, beginning with the small Jamarah, followed by the middle and the major Jamarah, amid smooth crowd movement and tight security measures. The ritual was carried out under an organized crowd-management plan coo»»»

The District Prosecution Office in Kardzhali Thursday said it was not informed about any procedural actions carried out at the Kardzhali municipal administration in connection with the questioning of Kardzhali Mayor Erol Emin Mumun. Earlier, the mayor had been taken in for questioning at the Region»»»

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the launch of the Trump Accounts app Thursday, setting up an interface for the new child savings accounts. File Photo by Shawn Thew./UPI | License Photo May 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the launch of the Trump Accounts app T»»»

A federal judge refused, for now, to block President Donald Trump's executive order on mail-in ballots. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo May 28 (UPI) -- A federal judge has declined, for now, to block an executive order restricting who can receive mail ballots. U.S. District Judge Carl»»»

Madrid: Nearly 300,000 foreigners obtained Spanish nationality in 2025, the highest figure since official statistics began more than a decade ago, authorities said Thursday. In contrast to much of Europe, Spain has adopted a comparatively welcoming approach to migrants, arguing people are needed to»»»

OSLO: Norway’s Queen Sonja, 88, left hospital on Thursday after a night of treatment for heart troubles, her husband King Harald said while adding his fears for Crown Princess Mette-Marit. “As far as I know she is feeling much better,” the 89-year-old king told reporters when asked about his wife w»»»

Amazon’s cloud computing business is growing fast and will grow from $4.6 billion in revenue in 2014 to $6.6 billion in 2015 and $9.2 billion in 2016, according to estimates by Citi. But its margins are razor-thin — Citi estimates it lost $123 million in 2014, and will earn only $69 million by 2016»»»

A mining company linked to Viktor Orbán’s nephew has suffered a major financial collapse and appears to have shut down operations following years of rapid growth and a fatal accident at its quarry site. According to Hungarian media reports based on the firm’s latest financial filings, the company M»»»

Tunis, May 28 (TAP) - A delegation from the Tunisian Foreign Bank (TFBank) paid a visit to Muscat, Oman, to promote the financial institution and present the various services and financial facilities it can offer to the Tunisian community residing...»»»

Paris, France: The Ballon d'Or ceremony for 2026 will take place for the first time in London on October 26 to mark the 70th anniversary of the trophy being awarded to England's Stanley Matthews in 1956, organisers announced on Thursday. The most prestigious individual prize in football is an award»»»

Vientiane: Rescuers rushed on Thursday to pump water from a flooded cave in Laos, where seven Laotians have been trapped for more than a week, with the fate of two of them unknown. Specialist divers found five men alive and huddled in a narrow passage around 300 metres (984 feet) from the exit of t»»»

WASHINGTON: The ​US and Iran have reached an agreement ‌on ‌a ​60-day ‌memorandum ⁠of ​understanding to extend ⁠the ceasefire and launch ⁠negotiations ‌on Iran’s ‌nuclear program, ​but ‌President ‌Donald Trump still needs ‌to give final approval, Axios ⁠reported ⁠on Thursday, citing two US official»»»

EASTERN UKRAINE: In a corn field in eastern Ukraine, soldiers fired drones into the sky using a slingshot, aiming at military targets in the country’s Russian-occupied east, dozens of kilometers away. “We’re focusing on the enemy’s bases in the field, ammunition depots and air-defense systems,” sai»»»

PARIS: The Champions League trophy is at stake in the final at Budapest on Saturday. For Paris Saint-Germain and Luis Enrique, it doesn’t end there. On the line against Arsenal for the defending champion and their serial-winning Spanish coach is the chance to stake their claim to be considered the »»»

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Brazil forward Neymar is a doubt for the start of the World Cup after injuring his calf, requiring two to three weeks of treatment, the national team's doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said on Thursday. The 34-year-old Santos star will miss Brazil's two pre-World Cup friendlies against»»»

A meeting between Hungary and the European Commission on Friday (29 May) has been described by the new prime minster Péter Magyar as its “most important talks of recent years.” Magyar is hoping to unblock over €10.4bn in frozen EU post-pandemic Covid funds following a planned meeting on Friday with»»»

1 of 6 | South Korea’s leading beauty and wellness retailer Olive Young will open its first U.S. store in California on Friday. In this March photo, a visitor browses at the company's flagship store in Seongsu, Seoul. File Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI SEOUL, May 28 (UPI) -- South Korea's leading bea»»»

The far-reaching effects of the conflict in the Middle East are prompting countries and companies to rethink energy investment strategies in response to heightened concerns over energy security and the reliability of trade flows, according to a new IEA report. The 2026 edition of the IEA’s annual W»»»

Egypt’s capital Cairo ranked fourth among the world’s 12 most beautiful cities in 2026, according to a classification by Civitatis magazine. The magazine attributed the selection to Cairo’s deeply rooted history, saying that a single glance at the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of »»»

Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader Delyan Peevski called the questioning of Kardzhali Mayor Erol Emin Mumun a major scandal and an act of police abuse on the Muslim holiday of Kurban Bayram. He arrived in Kardzhali to meet with Mumun, after the mayor had been taken in for questioning at »»»

The National Assembly will not go on recess during a campaign for parliamentary elections, the MPs decided Thursday by adopting provisions from the draft Rules of Organization and Procedure of the National Assembly. The MPs removed the provision whereby no regular plenary sessions or committee meet»»»

During a specialized operation by the Sofia police, a drug storage facility was discovered, and over 1 kg of cocaine, over 2.5 kg of marijuana and about 1,000 amphetamine-derivative pills were seized, Lyubomir Nikolov, director of the Sofia Directorate of the Interior, announced at a briefing on Th»»»

The average time for examining cases at the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) in 2025 was 112 days per case, the court's press office said on Thursday. The SAC and the lower administrative courts across Bulgaria examined more than 56,000 cases in 2025. The figures come from the annual report on th»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, May 28, 2026: Papers discuss whether Russia could potentially invade Europe. But first, Spanish front pages cover the latest developments in the political corruption scandal that has hit the Socialist Party. Elsewhere, US President Donald Trump's renovat»»»

Washington, United States: The US Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure rose in April by its highest year-on-year rate since 2023, government data showed on Thursday, as the economic fallout of President Donald Trump's Iran war hits Americans. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) pri»»»

GENEVA: The head of the WHO, heading to the Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, pledged to do “everything in my power” to help conquer the deadly outbreak. “I want to be with you during this time. And I want you to know that you are not alone,” the World Health Organization’s direct»»»

United Group founder Dragan Šolak and former chief executive Viktoriya Boklag have launched legal proceedings in London against private equity owner BC Partners, seeking to block the planned sale of the group’s Southeast European media assets, according to a statement on May 26. The case, filed thr»»»

Russian, Tajik and Uzbek intelligence officials combined to prevent several terrorist attacks in Russia planned by radical groups, according to Alexander Bortnikov, director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Bortnikov made a statement on the joint anti-terrorist work at a meeting of the C»»»

Customs officers have seized over 1,000 shipments of narcotics in various forms, purchased online, during Operation Hydra, said Thursday Stefan Bakalov, Deputy Director of the Customs Agency, and Desislava Petrova, spokesperson for the Sofia City Prosecution Office. Operation Hydra was carried out »»»

There is a map that used to hang in the offices of Soviet central planners in Moscow, showing the five republics of Central Asia as a single administrative unit — roads pointing inward toward Russia, railways terminating at Russian junctions, pipelines flowing north. The region was designed, quite »»»

Russian, Tajik and Uzbek intelligence officials combined to prevent several terrorist attacks in Russia planned by radical groups, according to Alexander Bortnikov, director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Bortnikov made a statement on the joint anti-terrorist work at a meeting of the C»»»

Doha, Qatar: Hamad International Airport has announced a series of operational measures to ensure the smooth arrival of passengers in Doha following the Eid Al Adha holidays and Hajj season. In a statement, HIA unveiled guidelines on immigration and baggage services, as well as ground transport ope»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron gave the country's plans to move away from fossil fuels another boost on Tuesday, announcing big private investments, including a €1 billion EV project from Stellantis. Some 200 companies signed onto a national pact to join the government's efforts to double the sha»»»

SHANGHAI - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday his official visit to China had been exceptionally successful, and announced potential new Chinese investments in Serbia worth hundreds of millions of euros. "I will wait until we get that work done. I believe we will get a lot of thing»»»

Dubai: Three months after the war between the United States and Iran began with massive strikes on Iranian targets, the conflict appears to be entering a new and uncertain phase — one defined less by large-scale bombardment and more by brinkmanship, maritime pressure, sanctions and fragile diplomac»»»

The District Prosecutor’s Office in Kardzhali Thursday said it was not informed about any procedural actions carried out at the Kardzhali municipal administration in connection with the questioning of Kardzhali Mayor Erol Emin Mumun. Earlier, the mayor had been taken in for questioning at the Regio»»»

The participants in the first meeting of the Network of National Preventive Mechanisms from South-Eastern Europe for 2026 adopted a declaration on Thursday, calling for the detention of migrants to be applied only as a measure of last resort and in strict compliance with international human rights »»»

Dubai: A global jet fuel crisis triggered by the Iran conflict is exposing deep vulnerabilities in the aviation industry that analysts, regulators and airlines say could persist long after disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz ease. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - si»»»

A former CIA agent is charged with stealing $40 million in gold bars, $2 million in cash and lying to the agency about his background. Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI | License Photo May 28 (UPI) -- A former CIA agent is accused of stealing nearly $40 million worth of gold bars and about $2 million in »»»

Share: In an interview with the French newspaper Libération, Walid Jumblatt—the former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party—remarked: “I am no longer able to speak with Hezbollah, nor do I know how. In the era of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, I was able to communicate and engage in dialogue with hi»»»

An Israeli strike hit a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Thursday, the first strike to hit near Beirut in weeks amid a ceasefire that has failed to halt fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah in south Lebanon. The Israeli military said it had conducted a precise st»»»

MINA: The Ministry of Municipalities and Housing, represented by Makkah municipality, removed more than 16,000 tonnes of waste from the holy sites during the Hajj season. This averaged more than 200 tonnes a day as part of cleaning and sanitation efforts to maintain a healthy environment for pilgri»»»

Doha, May 28 (SANA) Qatar condemned on Thursday missile and drone attacks targeting Kuwait, calling them a violation of the country’s sovereignty and a breach of international law. In a statement carried by Qatar News Agency (QNA), the Qatari Foreign Ministry urged efforts to prevent further escala»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent reports Israeli warplanes carried out two airstrikes targeting the town of Sohmor in the western Bekaa 28-05-2026 16»»»