For most of the post-Soviet era, Central Asia's economic story was written in commodities. Kazakhstan exported oil, uranium and metals. Uzbekistan relied on gold, natural gas and cotton. Turkmenistan sat atop some of the world's largest gas reserves. Technology barely featured in the conversation. »»»

Kerala is witnessing a shigella outbreak that has affected schoolchildren across multiple districts, prompting intensified surveillance by health authorities. The situation escalated after a four-year-old girl from Kozhikode died due to the infection, the state’s first reported fatality linked to s»»»

JAKARTA: Indonesia's Trade Ministry said a new palm oil export regulation, known as Permendag 16/2026, aims to bolster state-owned exporting companies and includes transitional measures to help businesses adapt ahead of its full implementation, state news agency ANTARA reported. The regulation, whi»»»

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its naval forces launched a drone attack against the US Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain early Wednesday, claiming the strike was retaliation for recent US attacks on infrastructure in southern Iran. In a statement, the IRGC said Shahed»»»

By: Sherif Abdel Ghaffar In 30th of June 2013, the Egyptian people took to the streets demanding the end of the brotherhood era. Tariq Al Kholy a current Egyptian youth Parliament member and an active participant in the 25th of Jan revolution and the 30th of June revolution said to Parlamany newspa»»»

Dubai: Dubai continues to cement its position as a top relocation hub for founders, executives, and high-net-worth individuals from Europe, North America, and Asia. The city's zero personal income tax regime is a headline attraction, yet experts warn that achieving full tax efficiency requires more»»»

The UAE’s rise as a global stablecoin and digital asset hub is part of a broader national strategy focused on technology-led economic transformation. Since launching its National AI Strategy in 2017 and accelerating investment into digital infrastructure, the country has consistently positioned its»»»

Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi declared Tuesday that his country's armed forces would respond to recent U.S. attacks, asserting that Washington had "opted to test our determination" despite battlefield setbacks in the ongoing regional conflict. In a post on X, Araghchi wrote: "Despite»»»

An Air Canada plane is shown in 2025 at a gate at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Police said a former Air Canada captain faces fraud charges after flying without the correct license for 17 years. File Photo by Graham Hughes/EPA June 9 (UPI) -- A former pilot and»»»

Thousands of demonstrators blocked a major avenue leading to Mexico City's Azteca Stadium on Tuesday, days before the 2026 World Cup opens at the venue, as teacher-led protests disrupted the capital. The demonstration, organised by a dissident faction of the CNTE teachers' union, followed a week of»»»

Dubai: Six Indian expats and one Sri Lankan were among the seven workers killed in Sunday's deadly minibus crash on Emirates Road in Dubai, the company that employed the victims has confirmed to Gulf News. Four of the nine injured remain in hospital, company sources said. The painstaking process of»»»

The former Japanese prime minister says Seoul and Tokyo should expand cooperation on supply chains, energy, AI and shared social problems. Former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a keynote speech at a South Korea-Japan special session of the Nikkei Forum in Tokyo on Tuesday. Photo by »»»

France and Germany said on Monday they had agreed to abandon a joint fighter jet programme due to disagreements between the companies involved, in a blow to European efforts to boost defence cooperation. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Jeanette Süß, Research Fellow, Study Committee on Franco-G»»»

Dubai: Sharjah is positioning its ports, industrial zones and investor services as a buffer for companies facing higher costs and supply-chain pressure across the region. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Mohamed Juma Al Musharrkh, CEO of the Sharjah FDI Office, Invest i»»»

BELFAST: Anti-immigration protesters torched buildings and vehicles in Belfast on Tuesday evening and blocked roads, a day after a stabbing allegedly by a Sudanese refugee, captured in a graphic video that shocked the country. Hundreds of protesters, many masked, gathered at several locations acros»»»

NEW YORK: NASA on Tuesday revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in the space agency’s plan to eventually land astronauts on the moon. The announcement came two months after Artemis II’s record-breaking trip around the moon that surpassed the distance record of Apollo 13. NASA»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: From explicit calls for murder to sexual harassment, violent threats targeting US lawmakers on Facebook rocketed after tech giant Meta rolled back key content moderation policies last year, a tech watchdog said Tuesday. The report from the nonprofit Center for Countering »»»

The maker of ChatGPT, OpenAI, has kicked off the process of selling its shares on public markets by submitting a confidential filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The AI startup is looking to capitalise on its dominant position on the AI chatbot market in order to boost »»»

BRUSSELS: The European Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib has announced €16.5 million in additional EU support to stop the Ebola outbreak, after visiting frontline responders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and engaging with the African Union and the Africa Centres for Di»»»

For more than a century, the internal combustion engine (ICE) powered the world. They powered economic growth, the transformation of cities and geopolitics. Yet according to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), a pivotal moment in automotive history may have already passed largely unnot»»»

BRUSSELS: The European Union launched the Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy and Clean Tech Cooperation (T-MED) – a flagship initiative under the Pact for the Mediterranean. T-MED aims to accelerate the development of renewable energy, hydrogen, clean technology manufacturing and modern electrici»»»

The United States launched fresh airstrikes against Iran on Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump pledged retaliation for the reported downing of a US Army Apache helicopter. US Central Command said military forces began conducting what it described as "self-defence strikes" at 5 pm5 Eastern »»»

QNA Doha Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met with Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council of the Arab Gulf States (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi in Doha on Tuesday. During the meeting, they discussed prospects for strengtheni»»»

Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan has been dropped from officiating at the World Cup after being barred from entering the United States. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Alexander Cooley, Claire Tow Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, explains that "we're seeing the Trump's»»»

The United States expects to complete construction of President Donald Trump's long-promised southern border wall by late 2027, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said on Tuesday. Speaking at an event in Washington, Scott said the reinforced barrier would extend along most of t»»»

Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli airstrike on Tyre killed at least eight people on Tuesday, with the Israeli military warning the entire city to evacuate shortly after the strike. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported raids on more than a dozen other locations across the »»»

A woman applies sunscreen to her face. On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will allow the first new permitted ingredient in over-the-counter sunscreens in 20 years. File Photo by Bill Branson/National Cancer Institute June 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tu»»»

PAMedia/DPA Lille (France) Northern Ireland were undone by a superb Michael Olise hat-trick as France jetted off to the World Cup with a 3-1 friendly win on Monday. Olise struck either side of half-time, both goals unerring finishes on the rebound, and after Northern Ireland’s Patrick Kelly pulled »»»

NEW YORK: A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Hajji Najibullah’s sentencing capped a daylong proceeding in Manhattan federal court that featured a dramatic few moments when the reporter, David»»»

SIDON, Lebanon: Christian religious leaders from Lebanon’s southern port city of Tyre on Tuesday called on the international community and Lebanese officials to act quickly to prevent Israel from attacking the city’s Christian district. Airstrikes on nearby neighborhoods killed eight people and wou»»»

Conditions are becoming less supportive for tropical development in the Atlantic basin, but one final opportunity for development this month may emerge depending in part on the future of Cristina near Central America. Meteorologists identified low-risk areas of potential development in the southwes»»»

At least one person has been killed during a demonstration protesting the construction of an Ebola quarantine centre in the Kenyan city of Nanyuki. The centre is set to host Americans who have been extracted from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where an outbreak is currently taking place. Ke»»»

France's justice minister Gerald Darmanin on June 8 refused to resign after outrage erupted over judicial lapses in the handling of the suspect in an 11-year-old girl's killing. He&nbs»»»

What do French people really eat in the morning? In this edition of Entre Nous, and to celebrate France’s breakfast day, or Journée nationale du petit-déjeuner, we take a look at the nation's changing breakfast habits. We dive into what is eaten most, how baguettes are becoming less popular, and ho»»»

Amid public outrage growing over the kidnapping and murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna, French ministers have held an emergency meeting to discuss measures aimed at better dealing with sexual offenders and child abuse cases. FRANCE 24's James André is at prime minister's residence, and tells us more.»»»

NEW YORK CITY: Arab and Western powers issued a joint warning on Tuesday over Iran’s nuclear program, in which they called on all UN member states to fully implement recently reinstated Security Council sanctions against Iran. France’s ambassador to the UN, Jerome Bonnafont, read the statement on b»»»

NEW YORK CITY: Arab and Western powers issued a joint warning on Tuesday over Iran’s nuclear program, in which they called on all UN member states to fully implement recently reinstated Security Council sanctions against Iran. France’s ambassador to the UN, Jerome Bonnafont, read the statement on b»»»

WASHINGTON: Recent US sanctions targeting Cuba’s leadership and the indictment of former President Raúl Castro are a “pretext” for the Trump administration to persuade the American people to support a military intervention, Cuba’s top diplomat to the United States told The Associated Press. In an i»»»

Dozens of men on Tuesday took to the streets of the western Afghan city of Herat to protest the multiple arrests of women in recent days. The women were detained by the morality police for not properly adhering to the Taliban-ordered dress code, which requires them to fully cover themselves when in»»»

In late April, 98 of the world's 100 hottest cities were located in India. From mid-April to May 2026, daily maximum temperatures exceeded 46°C across large parts of the country. During extreme heat, lack of access to cooling can mean the difference between life and death in the world's most populo»»»

It takes convincing these days to get China’s leader to go abroad. Xi Jinping’s just wrapped up what was only his first foreign visit of 2026. Why Pyongyang? Hard to deduce from official readouts of that two-day state visit to neighboring North Korea. Politeness after a pair of visits by Kim Jong U»»»

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Monte Francis, Edward Howell, Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford, says that this week's China-North Korea summit was a success for Kim Jong Un "because no mention of North Korea's nuclear program or denuclearisation took place" adding that "it »»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) received a high-level delegation from the Canadaian Qatari Business Forum (CQBF), which is currently visiting the country. The delegation includes companies specialising in medical research, health technology, and the early detection of»»»

Speaker of the Shura Council HE Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim met with Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Qatar HE Saeed bin Abdullah Al Qamzi on Tuesday. During the meeting, they discussed existing bilateral relations between the two countries, particularly in the areas of parliamentary coo»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Foundation’s Pre-University Education, in collaboration with the Qatar Chess Federation (QCF), organised the Qatar Foundation (QF) Schools Chess Tournament, hosted at Academyati in Education City, reflecting its commitment to promoting sports engagement and enriching»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar University (QU) Health Sector highlights the journey of Almayasa Al Anzi, a nursing student whose commitment to patient care reflects the growing role of Qatari youth in strengthening the national healthcare workforce. Almayasa chose nursing as a path of service, gui»»»

Speaker of the Shura Council HE Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim met with Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Qatar HE Saeed bin Abdullah Al Qamzi on Tuesday. During the meeting, they discussed existing bilateral relations between the two countries, particularly in the areas of parliamentary coo»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST) has been awarded the MENASA NASPA Silver Award for Innovative Practices in recognition of its Student Mental Health Ambassadors (SMHA) programme, reaffirming the University’s commitment to student wellbeing, peer sup»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Marking the end of the academic year, the Core Curriculum Program (CCP) at the General Studies Deanship of Qatar University (QU) organised an awards ceremony to recognise students for their outstanding achievements, creativity and contributions throughout their academic jo»»»