Finance Minister: The state is committed to its main role in providing social justice and protection Egypt has a promising economy with abundance of resources and potentials The government’s economic policies, in coordination with the central bank, seek to control inflation rates gradually: Through»»»

France has recorded its first case of Ebola — in a doctor who returned from Congo. The country’s Ministry of Health announced. The patient recently arrived from Congo, which, according to the WHO, is experiencing the largest outbreak of the virus in modern history. The first case of Ebola has been »»»

BEIRUT: The biggest casualty of the US-Iran deal may not be Israel’s Iran strategy, but the political brand Benjamin Netanyahu spent decades building as the Israeli leader who could uniquely bend Washington to his will on Iran, analysts, former US officials and diplomats say.Netanyahu shaped ​his p»»»

Dubai: Dubai gold prices fell again on Thursday morning, extending a steep June decline that has taken 24-karat gold to its lowest level of the month. (Check latest UAE gold prices here, alongside prices in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and India.) Sign up for our daily business newsl»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev will attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdansk, Poland, the government press service said here Thursday. The international forum, which will be held on Thursday and Friday, will bring together heads of State and government, representatives of international org»»»

Doha: Researchers at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) have developed an innovative decentralised wastewater treatment system that could reduce treatment energy consumption by up to 50 percent while transforming wastewater and organic waste into valuable resources for urban greening and agricultu»»»

MANAMA: Top US diplomat Marco Rubio was in Bahrain on Thursday after promising Gulf allies that Washington would protect their interests as it seeks to hammer out a final settlement to end the war with Iran. With diplomacy in full swing, Brent crude fell to its lowest price since the start of the w»»»

NAIROBI: Police in Kenya set up roadblocks on Thursday to prevent access to the capital, Nairobi, ahead of a planned demonstration marking two years since at least 60 people died in anti-government protests that also saw protesters storming the parliament. Families whose loved ones died in the 2024»»»

Dubai: There are moments in life that divide everything into “before” and “after.” For the Mariano family, that moment came with the passing of their father. In an instant, the home they knew in the Philippines changed. The laughter grew quieter, the future became uncertain, and responsibility arri»»»

Caracas: "Antonio, it's your mom, I'm right here," a mother's desperate cries bounced off the rubble of a 22-story building in Caracas that collapsed following two powerful earthquakes in Venezuela on Wednesday. Neighbors looked on helplessly at the home's remains as one of them clambered around th»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent Thursday a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Mozambique HE Daniel Francisco Chapo on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.»»»

Construction of apartment buildings under the State Mortgage Company’s program will soon begin in At-Bashy district of Naryn region. President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov gave this order during a meeting with local residents. According to district authorities, the State Mortgage Company has been al»»»

Six people were killed by mudflows at kilometers 58-59 of Osh-Alay road. Two more people were taken to the hospital. According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Osh region, the incident was reported at around 2 p.m. An emergency response team was dispatched to the »»»

Dubai: ADNOC Drilling has delivered and accepted AD-300, its first AI-enabled fully automated walking island rig, nearly three months ahead of schedule, giving the company an earlier start to revenue generation under a six-rig offshore drilling programme. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, »»»

US President Donald Trump again refused to acknowledge US responsibility for the deadly strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh Girls’ Primary School in Iran’s Minab, claiming he had “seen nothing” proving it was a US missile. “It’s horrible what happened, but there were missiles flying all over the place,»»»

“The contradictory statements by US officials regarding the memorandum of understanding to end the imposed war will do nothing to reduce the accumulated distrust of Iranians and will merely serve as a reminder of past breaches of faith,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei wrote on X.»»»

Republicans in the U.S. Senate late Wednesday rejected a resolution directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 25 (UPI) -- Senate Republicans late Wednesday narrowly defeated a Democratic resolution directing»»»

A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Venezuela. Authorities have issued a tsunami warning for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. According to the United States Geological Survey, the death toll from the earthquake in Venezuela could range from 10,000 to 100,000 people. The exact number of »»»

"It is a carrot that we can always pull back. We want them to see what it feels like not having the sanctions on and then we can always put them back on," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, exposing the blatant hypocrisy of US negotiators. Under Article 13 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Unde»»»

The National Assembly is set to debate amendments to the Judiciary Act on second reading. The item is first on the agenda for Thursday’s plenary sitting. The amendments were approved on second reading by the National Assembly Legal Affairs Committee at two consecutive meetings earlier in June. The »»»

A Regional Project Support Center for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries has been opened in Bishkek. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kyrgyzstan reported. The center was created as part of the implementation of the priorities of the Kyrgyz Republic’s SCO presidency in 2025»»»

Dubai: A few years ago, electric vehicles (EVs) in the UAE were considered a niche choice. Today, they’re moving firmly into the mainstream. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.In 2021, fewer than 3,000 new EVs were registered in the UAE. By 2024, annual registrations had »»»

Shamshy reservoir is scheduled to be commissioned in Kochkor district in 2026. President Sadyr Japarov announced this during a meeting with residents of Naryn region. According to him, the facility will improve the irrigation system in the region. Once operational, the reservoir will ensure a stabl»»»

An earthquake with magnitude 4 hit Uzbekistan and was felt by residents of Kyrgyzstan, the Institute of Seismology under the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. The seismic activity was recorded on June 24 at 10:07 p.m. The epicenter was located in Uzbekistan, 7 kilometers»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov said during a meeting with residents of At-Bashy district in Naryn region that the state intends to independently develop Zhetim-Too iron ore deposit. The issue of the deposit was raised by local resident Beishen Momunaliev, who noted that amid the rapid growth»»»

A meeting was held in Bishkek between Bakyt Torobayev, Special Representative of the President of Kyrgyzstan for Special Assignments, and Antje Grawe, the UN Resident Coordinator in the Kyrgyz Republic. The parties discussed the current socio-economic situation in Kyrgyzstan, as well as the outcome»»»