Contacts and meetings between the Hamas movement, other Palestinian factions, head of the Board of Peace Nickolay Mladenov and mediators are ongoing in Cairo to reach a ceasefire agreement following the factions’ positive response to the latest proposal. Palestinian sources told Asharq Al-Awsat tha»»»

Bridge demolition works have begun today, May 2, in Chui region on the 54th kilometer of Bishkek—Naryn—Torugart bypass road, the Traffic Safety Department of the region reported. Due to the works, traffic on this section will be temporarily restricted. In certain segments, vehicles will be allowed »»»

Doha, Qatar: The short track ice racing competitions of the Schools Olympic Program ended yesterday evening. The event was organized by the Qatar Winter Sports Committee in cooperation with Qatar School Sports Federation. It lasted for two days at Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena, in a competitive at»»»

Yemen is reeling from floods caused by seasonal rainfall that have swept vast swathes of the country in recent weeks, claiming dozens of lives and causing major damage in infrastructure. Relief agencies said 200,000 people have been affected by the rainfall in April, with the number expected to ris»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump informed the leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate that hostilities against Iran have ended. In a message addressed to Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson and President Pro Tempore of the US Senate Chuck Grassley, Trump s»»»

The Town Hall of Gulcho has expressed gratitude to the Ministry of Emergency Situations for its prompt assistance in eliminating the consequences of a mudflow caused by heavy rains. The rainfall lasted for two days, affecting 96 families. According to the municipality, a deputy head of the Ministry»»»

The Director of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan, Kanat Abdrakhmatov, published photographs on social media demonstrating the changing state of glaciers in Issyk-Kul region. According to him, the glaciers are rapidly disappearing. As an example, Abdrakhmatov cited the Jerooy glacier, »»»

Turin, Italy: In a workshop in Turin -- the historic home of Italian carmaker Fiat -- vintage 500 models are getting a makeover with electric engines. Classic Fiat 500s, made between 1957 and 1975, are being brought "into the 21st century", said Giovanni Gentile, owner of Officine Gentile. Outside »»»

Emergency rescue archaeological excavations are being carried out in Cholpon-Ata in connection with the construction of a bypass road on the northern outskirts of the city. The Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan reported. The work is aimed at preserving and comp»»»

The International Dance Olympiad of Central Asia will be held in Bishkek. The event is scheduled for June 5-7. The press service of the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports, and Youth Policy reported. More than 5,000 people from 10 countries are expected to participate. Dancers will present per»»»

The President of Kyrgyzstan signed the law on exchange of credit information. According to the document, credit histories will no longer include information about the subject of the credit information’s obligations to pay a sum of money if more than: Furthermore, credit bureaus are required to ensu»»»

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday broadening US sanctions against the Cuban government, two White House officials told Reuters, as he seeks to put more pressure on Havana after ousting Venezuela's leader. The fresh sanctions target people, entities and affiliates that su»»»

Some military officers in Mali worked with extremists and separatists who recently launched their biggest round of attacks in over a decade in the conflict-battered country, authorities said late Friday. The separatist fighters, meanwhile, said earlier in the day that they captured a strategic mili»»»

Washington: Iran and its allies have damaged at least 16 US military sites across eight Middle Eastern countries during the US-Israeli war with Iran starting on February 28, rendering some of those positions virtually unusable, a CNN investigation has found. The damaged facilities constitute the ma»»»

Dubai: A community-driven initiative in Dubai is set to support around 1,500 beneficiaries this weekend through a “Gift It Forward” drive, bringing together organisations and volunteers in a coordinated effort to assist low-income families and mothers within the community. The programme is set to t»»»

Keremet Bank may be removed from U.S. and UK sanctions lists, First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Daniyar Amangeldiev, told journalists. According to him, the authorities continue dialogue on the issue of restrictions and have developed a special roadmap. «We have trave»»»

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of about 5,000 troops from Germany within the next year, the Pentagon said on Friday, in the latest rift in transatlantic ties over the Middle East war. The move came as US President Donald Trump announced that tariffs on cars and trucks »»»

Russian airline Red Wings has opened ticket sales for direct flights from Dagestan to Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Eto Kavkaz portal reports. The first flight is scheduled for June 3. «The new international route will be launched for the first time, making one of the oldest cities in Central Asia along the Gre»»»

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, exchanging views on freedom of navigation and issues surrounding Iran's nuclear program, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The two sides continued a thorough exch»»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump informed the leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate today that hostilities against Iran have ended. In a message addressed to Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson and President Pro Tempore of the US Senate Chuck Grassley, T»»»

WASHINGTON: President ‌Donald Trump said on Friday the US Navy was acting “like pirates” in carrying out Washington’s naval blockade of Iranian ​ports during the US and Israel’s war against Iran. Trump made the comments while describing the seizure by US forces of a ship a few days ago. “We took ov»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry said 13 people were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes in the south, including in a town where Israel’s army had issued an evacuation order despite a ceasefire. The strikes in Habboush killed eight people, including a child and two women, and wounded 21 others, th»»»

Iran delivered its new proposal for US talks to Pakistani negotiators, Iranian state media reported Friday. While details of the proposal have not yet been released, President Donald Trump said he was "not satisfied" with Iran's latest offer, but negotiations were taking place by phone. Follow our »»»

A resolution to the conflict in Ukraine is only possible if NATO abandons its goal to strategically defeat Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Andrey Belousov, the head of the Russian delegation to the 2026 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, said. "At the sam»»»

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that hostilities against Iran, which began on February 28, have terminated, though the Pentagon continues to update its military posture in the region as the threat remains. "On April 7, 2026, I ordered a 2-week ceasefire. The ceasefire has since been extend»»»

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed to RIA Novosti the Pentagon's decision to withdraw 5,000 American troops from Germany within a year. Analysis'Unwinnable’ US War in Afghanistan Exposed Systemic NATO Failure – Ex-DoD OfficialYesterday, 15:25 GMT"The Secretary of War has ordered the wi»»»

Washington: The US blockade in the Straight of Hormuz and surrounding maritime routes has been claimed to have cost Iran nearly $4.8 billion in oil revenue, significantly tightening financial pressure on Tehran, according to a report by Axios citing Pentagon estimates. The Department of War assessm»»»

In many respects, US President Donald Trump has much in common with the British monarch, King Charles III. Both men were born in the 1940s into families that enjoyed wealth and privilege, and both, for different reasons, waited for decades before achieving their ultimate goal of becoming heads of s»»»

HAIL: A convoy of Iraqi pilgrims arrived Friday at the Hail Pilgrim City, a key transit hub in northern Saudi Arabia, as the Kingdom accelerates preparations for the 2026 Hajj season, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The integrated facility offers a full range of services, including round-the-clock»»»

Riyadh: The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier has left the Middle East after taking part in operations against Iran, local media reported, citing a US official. The move leaves two US aircraft carriers in the region -- the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS George H.W. Bush. The Ford had been at sea for»»»

The United Arab Emirates is hitting back at emerging competitors, such as Turkey, in the fight to become the prime destination for offshore international investors. The Iran-US-Israel war significantly crippled the UA»»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

Emerging Europe is facing a fresh geopolitical shock linked to tensions involving Iran, but the impact is unlikely to match the severity of the 2022 crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) said. »»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

Kazakhstan has emerged as Central Asia’s leading market for green and sustainable bonds, while there is strong potential in other countries in the region, according to Manas Gizhduaniyev, chief executive of the AIFC Green Finance Centre (GFC). »»»

Kazakhstan has emerged as Central Asia’s leading market for green and sustainable bonds, while there is strong potential in other countries in the region, according to Manas Gizhduaniyev, chief executive of the AIFC Green Finance Centre (GFC). »»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

Kazakhstan has emerged as Central Asia’s leading market for green and sustainable bonds, while there is strong potential in other countries in the region, according to Manas Gizhduaniyev, chief executive of the AIFC Green Finance Centre (GFC). »»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

China's ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that there was a need to revisit the UN Security Council's decision to end the mandate of a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon at the end of this year. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established in 1978, patrols Lebanon's »»»

Lebanon's health ministry said 13 people were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes in the south, including in a town where Israel's army had issued an evacuation order despite a ceasefire. The strikes in Habboush killed eight people, including a child and two women, and wounded 21 others, the minist»»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

People are gathering in cities worldwide to mark International Workers' Day, taking to the streets to demand higher wages and better working conditions. Long observed as a public holiday led by unions advocating for workers’ rights, May 1 has seen large demonstrations this year. In Istanbul, tensio»»»

Gavin Lee welcomes Adrian Blomfield, Senior Foreign Correspondent at The Telegraph. His reporting from the Strait of Hormuz offers a rare, intimate view beyond satellite imagery and policy abstraction. “One of the things you get a sense of when you're out on the water,” he reflects, “is just how mu»»»

Gavin Lee welcomes Adrian Blomfield, Senior Foreign Correspondent at The Telegraph. His reporting from the Strait of Hormuz offers a rare, intimate view beyond satellite imagery and policy abstraction. “One of the things you get a sense of when you're out on the water,” he reflects, “is just how mu»»»

'This tree was planted by my ancestor hundreds of years ago and my family settled here' 10 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMark WilberforceApam, Ghana Mark WilberforceThe family home has been built around the tree At the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Ghanaian fishing town of Apam»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s mineral resources are becoming a key driver of industrial diversification under Vision 2030, as policymakers aim to shift the sector from raw extraction toward downstream manufacturing, technology transfer, and strategic supply chain development. With an estimated $2.5 trilli»»»

The first transaction involving refined gold of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC has been carried out on the Kyrgyz Stock Exchange, totaling 3,939 million soms. According to the exchange, the buyer was Pension Savings Fund Kyrgyzstan OJSC. The deal was executed under a trilateral agreement between the Kyrgyz Stock»»»

Early apricot varieties have ripened in the village of Kyrgyz-Kyshtak, Kadamdzhai district of Kyrgyzstan, and are already on sale. According to the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry, local farmer Tolubai Zhalilov imported saplings of Mikado, Prisiya, and Fuego varieti»»»