The Hungarian government announced a series of significant policy decisions during Thursday’s government press briefing, ranging from the release of European Union funds and urban development projects in Budapest to major reforms affecting law enforcement, the military and public asset protection. »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Residents of Hadatha manage to reach the town’s square and eastern neighborhoods, accompanied by the Lebanese Army and medics: Al-Manar rep»»»

Keir Starmer isn’t on the ballot, but the U.K. prime minister’s future is on the line in a special election on June 18. Voters in the Makerfield district of northwest England are electing a new lawmaker. The leading contender is Andy Burnham, the current Labour mayor of Greater Manchester and the f»»»

The sweltering heat returning to France is hitting farmers particularly hard. Temperatures are set to reach up to 40 degrees celsius , but those in the agriculture sector have no choice but to carry on with their daily work.»»»

Bulgaria is positioning itself in the middle tier of NATO defense spending rankings, with 2025 data showing the country allocating 2.05% of its GDP to defense, a level that matches France and slightly exceeds Italy. The figures place Sofia within what analysts describe as the Alliance’s “golden mea»»»

The pro-Russian “Revival” party has called for the expulsion of Ukrainian Ambassador Olesya Ilashchuk, demanding that she be declared persona non grata in connection with the so-called “Baba Alino” case. Speaking from the parliamentary podium, MP Kosta Stoyanov argued that the case goes far beyond »»»

The United States’ war against Iran represents a more serious strategic setback than the Vietnam War, contending that it directly damaged core US interests and weakened Washington’s position on the global stage, a Foreign Policy analyst has reported. Writing in Foreign Policy, Paul Musgrave, an ass»»»

DUBAI: Filipino conjoined twins Olivia and Gianna Manuel were successfully separated on Thursday as surgeons completed a major stage of a complex operation under Saudi Arabia’s Conjoined Twins Program. The twins, who were born joined at the chest and abdomen, were separated during the procedure, wh»»»

A new poultry farm Kirovets has been opened in Kyrgyzstan. It can produce up to 180,000 eggs per day and will create 25 new jobs. The poultry farm is part of the Tri T breeding poultry farm. According to the company, together with its other production facilities, it meets approximately 16.5 percent»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Telecom Co., also known as stc, and Public Investment Fund-backed Humain have extended by six months a memorandum of understanding to establish a Saudi AI data center joint venture. The extension, disclosed in a Tadawul filing on June 18, follows the expiry of the original agreement s»»»

Lithuanian lawmakers are preparing legal changes that could prevent companies maintaining commercial ties with Russia or Belarus from operating at the country's strategic infrastructure facilities, including airports and other nationally important sites, independent Lithuanian news agency BNS »»»

Uzbekistan is an unusual case in the Islamic world. Its population of nearly 40mn is overwhelmingly Muslim — around 90% — yet the country has operated since independence as a resolutely secular state, with a conventional western-style banking system inherited from the Soviet era. Islamic finance ha»»»

BusinessGermanyProtests target private equity industry at Berlin summitVanessa Guinan-BankActivists gathered to protest the SuperReturn private equity summit in Berlin, accusing the industry of driving inequality, job cuts and rising costs as investors representing trillions gather to seek high ret»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.3899 dinars for one euro on Thursday, which is a slight change relative to Wednesday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.1 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative»»»

The solemn naming ceremony, including raising the Russian flag, took place in Russia's Far Eastern town of Bolshoy Kamen. The Konstantin Posyet will be able to transport liquified natural gas year-round along the Northern Sea Route, including its eastern sector.Due to its optimized design and effic»»»

Bulgarian surgeons at the Queen Ioanna - ISUL Hospital in Sofia have performed the country's first small-intestine transplant reconstruction of the cervical esophagus, preserving speech and swallowing in a patient with advanced cancer. The surgery lasted more than 10 hours and was performed on a 58»»»

BELGRADE - After a retrial, the Higher Court in Belgrade on Thursday handed prison sentences to the parents a teenage boy who killed nine pupils and a security staff member and wounded six more people in a shooting spree in his primary school in central Belgrade on May 3, 2023. His father Vladimir »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Airways Group has restored its network to 85 percent of pre-crisis levels and created two new executive roles to sharpen its operations and deepen its focus on customers. The milestone was reached with the launch of the airline's summer 2026 schedule this week, which sees more th»»»

Doha, Qatar: HE Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, Minister of Finance, attended the opening session of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the Islamic Development Bank Group, which were inaugurated by HE Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The meetings were held in Baku from June 16 to 19, 2026 u»»»

The event took a practical approach, featuring plants sampled from the field, comparative analyses, and open discussions about yield losses, the impact of drought, soil compaction, diseases, and pests, as well as solutions that can stabilize results at the farm level. “This year, the field speaks v»»»

The political and strategic decisions adopted at NATO and European Union level mark the beginning of a new economic cycle for the defence industry. The accelerated increase in military budgets, the adoption of unprecedented investment targets, and the pressure on existing production capacities are »»»

DUBAI: Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of the FIA, says the federation’s Extraordinary General Assembly and Annual Conference in Macau next week has an important part to play in guiding the future of motorsport and mobility. Hosted in partnership with the Automobile General Association Macao-China »»»

JERUSALEM: Israel’s foreign minister said Thursday that he was severing all contact with the European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas over reported remarks in which she allegedly compared Israel to the apartheid regime that once ruled South Africa.“Recently, it was published that during her visit »»»

In the first 11 matches out of the 33 scheduled for the 2026 women’s T20 World Cup, there have been several surprises, coupled with strong expressions of intent by Australia, India, and England. Margins for error are fine in T20 cricket and New Zealand illustrated that in abundance against the West»»»

Dubai: The UAE has become the latest nation to ban children under 15 from social media, following strict new under-16 restrictions in the UK and Australia. Driven by rising concerns over cyberbullying, mental health, and online predators, a growing wave of global governments are shifting away from »»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Thursday that Bulgaria won't allow sanctions against Russia, that harm the Bulgarian economy. "We won't allow sanctions against Russia, that impact negatively the Bulgarian economy," he told reporters ahead of the opening of a national meeting of local and central ex»»»

Almost all Bulgarian administrative structures are experiencing a decline in their administrative capacity, according to the results of the National Survey of the Administrative Capacity of the State Administration for 2025, presented at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) on Thursd»»»

Parliament on Thursday adopted at second reading amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) introducing judicial review of 72-hour detention orders issued by prosecutors. The new provision is set to enter into force one month after its promulgation in the State Gazette. The amendments also req»»»

Due to the introduction of «Carpet» plan in Moscow, flight schedule between Kyrgyzstan and Russia has been changed. The press service of Airports of Kyrgyzstan OJSC reported. According to it, Aviatrafic flight YK883 en route from Bishkek to Moscow has been diverted to an alternate airfield in Nizhn»»»

Talks between President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov and the President of the Republic of Albania, Bajram Begaj, have concluded as part of his first official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic. They discussed the development of cooperation between the two countries. Sadyr Japarov stated that Kyrgyzstan vi»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, met on Thursday with HE Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the State of Qatar Ahmad Abdulrahman Al Shuraim. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation relations between the two countries and ways to support»»»

Dubai: United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued a decision regulating children's access to social media platforms. This resolution, passed in its cabinet, aims to enable children to benefit from it within a safe, balanced and age-appropriate digital environment. The decision comes in light of the increasi»»»

Madrid: Real Madrid confirmed the arrival of defender Ibrahima Konate from Liverpool on Thursday on a four-year deal at the end of his contract at Anfield. Los Blancos and centre-back Konate "reached an agreement for him to become a Real Madrid player for the next four seasons, until June 30, 2030,»»»

Israel's foreign minister said Thursday that he was severing all contact with the European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas over reported remarks in which she allegedly compared Israel to the apartheid regime that once ruled South Africa. "Recently, it was published that during her visit to Mexico,»»»

Nearly 24% of tested imported raw milk samples contained somatic cells, an indicator of poor hygiene during production or transport, Prof. Svetla Yancheva, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, said at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint on Thursday. She pointed out that the fi»»»

A chilling mystery that haunted New York for more than a decade has finally reached a definitive end. On June 17, a Long Island architect was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a horrifying string of serial killings. The "Gilgo Killer" targeted young women mostly in their 20s, who worke»»»

Russian air defenses managed to intercept and destroy 4 Ukrainian Flamingo long-range cruise missiles, as well as 3 HIMARS rockets, 10 guided bombs and 992 drones, Russia's Defense Ministry said. Meanwhile in the Ukrainian conflict zone:Units of Russia's Yug Battlegroup liberated the settlement of »»»

President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday signed an interim deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran. The two countries now have 60 days to hammer out a lasting agreement that would see Tehran diluting its enriched uranium stocks in exchange for sweeping sancti»»»

The solution enables the rapid alerting of certified Red Cross volunteers located nearby, transforming a residential management application into an active community safety tool. Developed by Realtynno in partnership with Cosmopolis and the Romanian Red Cross, the new feature expands the role of res»»»

A Canadian court has dismissed Ghanaian star midfielder Thomas Partey's appeal against the government's refusal of his visa last week, meaning he won't be able to play at the World Cup. Partey is facing seven charges of rape in the UK; he denies the allegations. Next, Kenyan Pre»»»

DUBAI: Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of the FIA, says the federation’s Extraordinary General Assembly and Annual Conference in Macau next week has an important part to play in guiding the future of motorsport and mobility. Hosted in partnership with the Automobile General Association Macao-China »»»

The Swiss foreign ministry confirmed Thursday that "initial negotiations" on implementing a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding on ending the Middle East war were planned to take place in Switzerland on Friday. "Currently, the plan remains for the United States and Iran, along with the mediators »»»

No single topic dominates Thursday's news media. ECONOMY Speaking on Nova TV's morning show, former economy minister Nikolay Vassilev criticized the government, arguing that it had failed to present any meaningful ideas for the budget. He said annual spending needed to be reduced by some EUR 6 bill»»»

Washington, June 18 (SANA) Oil prices fell by more than $1 per barrel on Thursday, extending earlier losses after the United States and Iran signed an agreement aimed at de-escalating tensions and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures dropped $1.64, or 2.06%, to $77.91 a barrel, while»»»

An ethnocultural program was presented to the First Lady of the Kyrgyz Republic, Aigul Japarova, and the First Lady of the Republic of Albania, Armanda Begaj, at the Ruh-Ordo Cultural Center named after Chingiz Aitmatov in Cholpon-Ata. During the event, guests were introduced to the rich cultural h»»»

Kyrgyzstan welcomes the achievement of a peace agreement between the United States and Iran. The statement was published on social media by presidential press secretary Askat Alagozov. The statement notes that the Kyrgyz side expresses gratitude to all participants in the negotiation process, inclu»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Justice Walid Al-Samaani has said that the new enforcement system, approved by the Cabinet in April, is built on a balanced philosophy that preserves the creditor’s right to obtain their due while taking into account the fundamental rights of the debtor and their family. A»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Interior (MOI) has reminded residents and citizens that the Metrash app allows users to apply for work visa issuance easily and conveniently. In a social media post, the MOI stated that users do not need to visit the General Directorate of Passports or unified services »»»

Romania has recorded its sharpest decline in recent years in the 2026 World Competitiveness Yearbook, published on Thursday by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Agerpres reports. Compared with the previous edition, Romania fell 12 places to 61st out of 70 eco»»»

Smoke rose over Moscow Thursday morning after Ukraine launched its largest drone attack in years, hitting the Moscow oil refinery and sparking fires in and around the capital. The attack on the oil refinery was a "justified response" to Russian strikes in Ukraine, said President Volodymyr Zelensky.»»»