Following three other similar decisions in April approving a total of 42 foreign companies, the Minister of Economy and Trade, Suhail Abu Shiha, approved yesterday seven decisions related to foreign companies. These decisions included opening branches, extending branch operating licenses, and autho»»»

PARIS: G7 chair France pushed Monday for faster global action to reduce methane emissions at a conference in Paris as the International Energy Agency said discharges from the fossil fuel sector remained near record levels. Using its role as rotating president of the Group of Seven industrialized po»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE's foreign trade minister confirmed on Monday that his country was discussing a currency swap line with the United States, but denied seeking a bailout. Asked whether the UAE had secured the swap line, Minister of Foreign Trade Thani Al Zeyoudi said it was still "under discussion"»»»

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said Monday that he only supports "indirect diplomacy" as he lashed out again at Lebanon's plan for direct talks with Israel. "There is no ceasefire, but rather a continuing Israeli-American aggression," Qassem said, adding that there are no yellow lines or buffe»»»

Skopje, 28 April 2026 (MIA) - A new tranche of Mden 176.6 million (EUR 2.9 million) has been transferred from the Budget to the Development Bank as support to domestic companies. This is the second tranche distributed by the Development Bank, through the commercial banks, in 2026, with a total of M»»»

A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship has brought renewed attention to a rare but potentially deadly disease, after three people died and several others fell ill during a voyage spanning South America and Africa. The vessel, currently off the coast of Cape Verde, has become the focus»»»

Dubai: Property markets in Abu Dhabi and Dubai are holding firm despite seasonal and regional headwinds seen last month, with fresh data pointing to steady demand and pricing, and continued development activity across both emirates. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - »»»

At a time when content about business, entrepreneurship, and personal development is more accessible than ever, the real difference no longer comes from access to information, but from the context in which you consume it — and the experience that surrounds it. On May 21, 22, and 23, 2026, at Sala P»»»

Eni's Bouri Offshore oil terminal is seen off the Libyan coast, in the Mediterranean sea, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2015. The Italian energy company Eni SpA announced Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, it has discovered a "supergiant" natural gas field off Egypt, describing it as the "largest-ever" found in the Mediter»»»

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday that the United States must reduce its demands on the country, with negotiations stalled over ending the two-month-long Middle East war. "At this stage, our priority is to end the war," he said in a briefing broadcast by state televisi»»»

ROME - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic will be playing at the Rome Masters tournament, tennis internet portals have reported. According to the tournament's website, Djokovic has scheduled a training session with Peruvian Ignacio Buse for Monday 6 pm, which suggests that the Serbian»»»

Russian forces struck transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian military over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces carried out strikes on transp»»»

DHL Supply Chain, a global leader in contract logistics, and Pepco, a rapidly expanding pan-European value retailer, are extending their long-standing collaboration to strengthen Pepco’s distribution operations across Europe. The expanded partnership aims to ensure product availability, reduce deli»»»

Pakistan said Monday it had facilitated the transfer of 22 Iranian crew members from a US-seized vessel, describing the move as a "confidence-building measure" amid fragile diplomatic contacts between Washington and Tehran. The sailors, who had been held aboard the container ship Touska, were flown»»»

Hezbollah has paid a heavy price for going to war with Israel on March 2: Israel has occupied a chunk of southern Lebanon, displaced hundreds of thousands of its Shiite constituents and killed as many as several thousand of its fighters, according to previously unreported casualty estimates from wi»»»

Iranian media has released previously unseen footage showing the immediate aftermath of a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab that killed at least 175 people, most of them children. The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in southern Iran was hit on February 28 in the early days of the US-Israeli bo»»»

POLITICS Trud News reports that President Iliana Iotova will begin government-forming consultations with representatives of the parliamentary groups in the 52nd National Assembly on Tuesday. Expectations are that the largest political force, Progressive Bulgaria, will receive the first exploratory »»»

A group of leading players including Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff have expressed “their deep disappointment” at the level on prize money at Roland Garros amid a lingering dispute with Grand Slam tournament organizers. The clay-court Grand Slam event starts later thi»»»

MANILA: More than 300 families have been evacuated after massive amounts of ash billowed from the Mayon volcano over the weekend due to the collapse of lava deposits from its slopes, officials said Monday. There was no explosive eruption from Mayon, which has been erupting mildly on and off since J»»»

STOCKHOLM: The Chinese captain of a ship that Sweden boarded this weekend over suspicions it belonged to Russia’s “shadow fleet” has been arrested, the Swedish prosecution authority said on Monday. Sweden’s coast guard on Sunday boarded the 182-meter (597-foot) Jin Hui, suspected of sailing under a»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.3876 dinars for one euro on Monday, which is a slight change relative to Friday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.2 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative to t»»»

Egypt’s Administrative Prosecution has referred 12 doctors and nurses to an urgent disciplinary trial over the death of a patient, citing a series of medical malpractices and procedural violations, authorities said. The case, which has drawn attention in Qalyubia governorate, involved a patient adm»»»

A teenage girl fatally stabbed her older brother in Egypt’s Sharqia governorate during what was described as a kitchen “joke”, prompting an investigation into whether the incident was accidental or deliberate. According to local media reports, the altercation occurred at the family home in the town»»»

Iran executed three men after they were convicted of involvement in anti-government protests that rocked the country in December and January, authorities said Monday. Arrests and executions in Iran, particularly linked to the protests that began in December over living costs, have been on the rise »»»

‎Chinese state media revealed last Friday that 53 African countries with which China has diplomatic relations, including , will be exempted from customs duties, starting from 1 May until 30 April 2028. The Kingdom of Eswatini is excluded due to its diplomatic relations with Taiwan. ‎Chinese Foreign»»»

Dubai: Dubai airport's passenger traffic plunged by two-thirds in March following Iran's attacks on the United Arab Emirates during the Middle East war, the emirate's media office said in a statement on Monday. Traveller numbers at Dubai International, usually the world's busiest for international »»»

UNESCO has released a rapid overview on the impact of escalating conflict on education systems in the Arab States, highlighting a regional emergency affecting over 100 million children. Across the region, millions of learners are experiencing disruption through school closures, shifts to remote lea»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s exit from OPEC and OPEC+ gives the country greater freedom to produce what its industries require, while allowing it to plan more directly around domestic manufacturing needs and global market demand, Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, said at th»»»

Dubai: Assembly election results across West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry sparked widespread celebrations, as supporters gathered in large numbers to mark victories. Streets filled with party flags, music and cheering crowds, reflecting the political significance of the outcomes»»»

One Palestinian man was killed and four others seriously wounded during an Israeli military raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Sunday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the man's wife was in labor at a local hospital when she was informed »»»

Washington, May 4 (SANA) U.S. Federal Reserve officials warned that a prolonged conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran could push inflation higher and complicate interest rate decisions. Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said the war could increase »»»

European leaders on Monday said that US President Donald Trump’s snap decision to pull thousands of US troops out of Germany came as a surprise but is a fresh sign that Europe must take care of its own security. The Pentagon announced last week that it would pull some 5,000 troops out of Germany, b»»»

The caretaker government has secured EUR 400 million under the second and third payments of Bulgaria's Recovery and Resilience Plan after the deadline for meeting key conditions was extended following negotiations with the European Commission, caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov said on Monday. S»»»

Kyiv: Ukrainian authorities reported that Russian forces launched 868 attacks on the Zaporizhzhia region in the past 24 hours, injuring 11 people, including two children. The region's governor Ivan Fedorov said, in a statement, that the attacks targeted 51 towns and included 30 airstrikes on severa»»»

Dubai: Dubai International Airport continued operating through weeks of regional conflict, managing more than 100 missile alerts while keeping passengers moving and services largely intact, its chief executive told Gulf News. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Paul Griffi»»»

Dubai: Veteran lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar has weighed in on the ongoing debate around so-called “propaganda films,” saying that storytelling, by its very nature, is never entirely neutral. Speaking to reporters in Kolkata after being honoured by a jewellery brand, Akhtar addressed criti»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah’s Sheikh Qassem addresses resistance fighters: “You are building a glorious future, and your sacrifices have shaped the land of L»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: A tribute to our resilient, displaced, and supportive people, who have set a high standard of patriotism and sacrifice 04-05»»»

From opening its own embassy building in Budapest to the growth of trade and cultural exchange, relations between Kyrgyzstan and Hungary are entering a new stage of development. In an interview, Talant Kushchubekov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to Hungary, exp»»»

Israel’s ultranationalist National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir celebrated his 50th birthday this weekend, treating guests to slices of a cake featuring a noose. Attendees included several top law enforcement officials. The cake was an apparent allusion to Ben Gvir’s advocacy for legislation t»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism gross domestic product rose 7.4 percent in 2025 to about $178 billion, outpacing global growth, as the Kingdom accelerates investment to diversify its economy. Travel and tourism GDP expanded nearly twice the global sector growth rate of 4.1 percent and abo»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s mining sector recorded unprecedented growth in 2025, with the number of exploitation licenses soaring by 220 percent and total investments climbing to SR44 billion ($11.7 billion), according to official figures. A report released by the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resour»»»

Doha, Qatar: A passenger on board a Sharjah-Chennai Air Arabia flight jumped out of an emergency exit door while the aircraft was taxiing after landing at Chennai International Airport. The incident that took place on Sunday, May 3, 2026, created panic among passengers on board and prompted an imme»»»

With global geopolitical instability on the rise, Indonesia is exploring the possibility of turning Bali into a safe international financial haven — a move aimed at attracting foreign capital, according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. The government is already layi»»»

Cairo — Egypt’s stock market entered the new trading week on Sunday, 3 May 2026, building on gains recorded in the 29 April session, when foreign buying helped lift the market to near two-month highs, according to data from the Egyptian Exchange (EGX). On 29 April, the benchmark EGX30 rose 0.29% to»»»

Damascus, May 4 (SANA) Overflight traffic across Syrian airspace surged in April, signaling a rapid recovery after a brief disruption caused by regional tensions, official data showed. Figures from the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Air Transport showed that the number of transit flights r»»»

DUBAI: Dubai Basketball has confirmed that Spartak Office Shoes will be their opponents in the quarterfinals of the ABA League playoffs, following a first-place finish in the Top 8 phase that secured Dubai’s home court advantage. The best-of-three series starts on Wednesday, May 6 at Zetra Arena (D»»»

SIOUX FALLS, S.D: The Professional Fighters League returned to Sioux Falls on Sunday where the main event at the Sanford Pentagon saw former interim Bellator lightweight world champion and No. 3-ranked Logan Storley beat 2024 PFL Europe welterweight champion and No. 6-ranked Florim Zendeli. In an a»»»

ISTANBUL: An 11-year-old girl has died of injuries sustained in a school shooting in southern Turkiye more than two weeks ago, bringing the death toll to 10, media reported Monday. Almina Agaoglu died in hospital, the private NTV television reported. A 14-year-old opened fire at a school in the Kah»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE's shock decision to leave Saudi-dominated OPEC was not targeted at anyone, the UAE minister who heads the state oil giant said on Monday. The move aimed at focusing on national priorities and the UAE economy, said Sultan Al Jaber, who is ADNOC's CEO and the country's industry and»»»