Seventy-five corporate leaders and executives were among the targets as South Korean police worked with Thai authorities and Interpol to arrest and repatriate a ringleader from a Bangkok hideout. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. File. Photo by Asia Today May 21 (Asia Today) -- South Korean pol»»»

Venezuela's president will travel to India next week to discuss selling oil, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, an unusual announcement of a foreign leader's travel that shows the new US influence over Caracas. Rubio mentioned the trip by interim President Delcy Rodriguez, in power si»»»

KABUL, Afghanistan: The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage, saying the code further entrenches discrimination against women and girls. The government re»»»

BIG Poland has officially opened BIG Dzierżoniów, a newly built retail park with 17,000 sqm GLA, located in the city centre at Batalionów Chłopskich Street. The investment became the company’s 11th retail park in Poland and opened its doors on 21 May. The project was developed by Redkom Development»»»

Warsaw-listed medical technology company Synektik has begun trading in Ukraine, establishing a local entity and a dedicated sales and service team — the country's first structured market entry by a Polish surgical-robotics firm. The move was made possible by an agreement signed in February 2026, an»»»

How much did you score in your board exams — and did it feel, even for a moment, like you were on top of the world when you saw it, before the mind quietly drifted to what could have been better? It is a question that carries more weight today than it once did, not just about marks, but about expec»»»

Richard Knight, 47, died by lethal injection at Florida State Prison Thursday for the 2000 murders of Coral Springs, Fla., woman and her 4-year-old daughter. Photo courtesy Florida Deptatment of Corrections May 21 (UPI) -- Florida death row inmate Richard Knight was executed Thursday, 26 years afte»»»

British energy giant BP is facing a lawsuit over allegations that improper toxic waste disposal in two remote villages in northeastern Kenya killed thousands of livestock and caused cancer among hundreds of locals. In a petition filed by hundreds of locals, BP is accused of dumping toxins that cont»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and America’s top diplomat on Thursday again raised the specter of US military intervention in Cuba, a renewed threat that takes on greater weight a day after the administration announced criminal charges against the island’s former leader, Raúl Castro.Trump said »»»

JERUSALEM: Israel said on Thursday it had deported all the foreign activists seized by its forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla, as the first group arrived in Turkiye following global outcry over their treatment in custody.Hundreds of activists from countries around the world were placed in detention »»»

HELSINGBORG, Sweden: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet NATO ​allies on Friday for the first time since President Donald Trump called the alliance into question due to divisions over the Iran war and Washington announced plans to pull 5,000 troops from Europe. Before leaving for a meeting »»»

WASHINGTON: Republicans struggled Thursday to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, delaying planned votes on the matter into June. The House had scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, brought by Democrats, that woul»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday said the US will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, stirring confusion following weeks of changing statements from Trump and his administration about reducing — not increasing — the American military footprint in Europe. The Trump administratio»»»

ABU DHABI: Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, has commented on the 50th anniversary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), saying that ADIA has remained focused on its mission of sustaining the prosperity of Abu D»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday said the US will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, stirring confusion following weeks of changing statements from Trump and his administration about reducing — not increasing — the American military footprint in Europe.The Trump administration»»»

The governor of Tennessee granted a reprieve on the execution of Tony Carruthers, who is on death row after his conviction for a triple-murder in 1994, after Department of Corrections medical staff could not insert a backup IV or central line. Photo courtesy Tennessee Department of Corrections May »»»

QNA MAKKAH AL MUKARRAMAH Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs and Head of the Qatari Hajj Mission, HE Ghanem bin Shaheen bin Ghanem Al Ghanem, inaugurated the medical unit of the Qatari Hajj Mission in the sacred sites of Saudi Arabia as part of the mission’s comprehensive preparations to pro»»»

Riyadh: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Al Nassr clinched the Saudi Pro League title with a 4-1 win over Damac on Thursday, ending his long wait for domestic silverware. A trademark free-kick and a close-range finish, both in the final half-hour, sealed the win Al Nassr needed on the last night o»»»

ALKHOBAR: Every year during Hajj, millions of pilgrims converge within a tightly concentrated geographic area over the span of just a few days, creating one of the most complex and demanding connectivity environments in the world. Unlike most large-scale global gatherings, Hajj combines extraordina»»»

RIYADH: Six years after their last title, Al-Nassr are once again champions of Saudi Arabia. A dominant 4-1 victory over Damac on the final matchday of the season secured the Saudi Pro League title for the Riyadh giants, sparking celebrations across Al-Awwal Park after one of the most dramatic titl»»»

NEW DELHI: It began as a satirical online project. Now millions of young Indians are flocking to it as an outlet for their frustration. A parody political party called the Cockroach Janta Party, with the insect as its symbol, has exploded across India’s social media by turning absurdist humor into »»»

Net migration to the UK fell last year by nearly half to 171,000, its statistics agency said on Thursday, providing some relief on a key issue for under-fire Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The number of non-EU citizens arriving for work-related reasons fell by 47 percent in 2025, which was “the main »»»

MONTREAL: Three weeks before kickoff in the first ever World Cup match in Canada, football leaders in the country voiced hope the tournament will finally give the sport the cultural prominence it deserves. Football, which most Canadians call soccer, is the country’s most popular participatory sport»»»

A judge dismissed all charges against a vice principal who allegedly ignored warnings that a 6-year-old boy had a gun. The boy shot his teacher in 2023. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo May 21 (UPI) -- Criminal charges were dropped Thursday against an elementary school vice principal »»»

Egypt is one of the special countries that owns an endless number of antiquities and monuments, estimated at quarter of the World’s antiquities and monuments and valued in trillions of Dollars. The dazzling characteristic about Egypt as an incomparable historical country is that it has a distinct v»»»

Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on May 20 hoping that the Iran war's disruption to global energy markets would finally give him the leverage to close one of the most consequential — and most elusive — energy deals of his presidency. He left the Chinese capital empty handed. The state visit comes »»»

Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on May 20 hoping that the Iran war's disruption to global energy markets would finally give him the leverage to close one of the most consequential — and most elusive — energy deals of his presidency. He left the Chinese capital empty handed. The state visit comes »»»

LONDON: With relationships between governments and social media companies under strain worldwide over the platforms’ impact on young users, Saudi Arabia is attempting a different approach. Rather than restricting access, the Saudi General Authority for Media Regulation and Meta have launched a join»»»

MOSCOW: Trucks carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles rumbled over forest roads, atomic-powered submarines set sail from Arctic and Pacific ports, and crews scrambled into warplanes as Russia and neighboring Belarus held the final stage of their joint nuclear drills Thursday. Russian Presiden»»»

The Gaza high representative of US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace warned Thursday that the status quo in the divided and devastated territory -- including an imperfect ceasefire -- risks becoming "permanent" reality. In its first report to the UN Security Council, the board called militant»»»

Washington, United States: President Donald Trump on Thursday maintained his unprecedented campaign to pressure the Supreme Court, saying it would be a "disgrace" if the independent justices rule against him on US birthright citizenship. Trump has smashed convention by berating justices at the top »»»

US President Donald Trump said he had postponed the signing of an executive order on artificial intelligence with top CEOs at the White House on Thursday because he didn't like parts of the text. "Because I didn't like certain aspects of it I postponed it," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office j»»»

AMMAN — Jordan Export (JE) organised Jordan’s participation in the 2026 World of Private Label International Trade Show, which opened Tuesday in Amsterdam, with the participation of 10 Jordanian companies specialising in food industries, packaging and detergents.The Jordanian pavilion was inaugurat»»»

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against several cruise ship companies for docking in Cuba from 2016 to 2019, when Americans were allowed to travel there. File Photo by Ingo Wagner/EPA May 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday ruled against four major cruise lines who docked ships at the Port of »»»

The United States on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Francesca Albanese, a UN expert critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, after a court order. A Treasury Department notice showed Albanese was removed from a sanctions blacklist that had effectively cut her off from global banking and c»»»

Air France and Airbus were on Thursday found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Paris appeals court in connection to the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France's aviation history. Airbus and Air France later responded to the court decision saying »»»

Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Dr. Flavia Lucenti, Postdoctoral Researcher at LUISS University for the EU Horizon Project REMIT. With Vladimir Putin in Beijing less than a week after Donald Trump’s own visit to China, Dr. Lucent emphasizes the historic significance in the sequencing of vis»»»

A French appeals court Thursday convicted Air France and Airbus of involuntary manslaughter over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in France's aviation history. The Paris Court of Appeal ruling was a dramatic reversal of a lower court decision. Get upda»»»

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed granting Ukraine “associate member” status in the European Union without voting rights while it pursues full membership, according to a letter seen by AFP on Thursday. The plan would allow Kyiv representation at EU summits, the European Commission and p»»»

The Administrative Court in Plovdiv has halted the execution of a Karlovo Municipal Council decision that scheduled a local referendum for June 28, 2026, related to plans for a Rheinmetall military production facility, the municipality confirmed. The ruling concerns a case filed following an appeal»»»

The Sofia City Court found former investigator Petyo Petrov, widely known as “Euroto”/"Evroto" guilty in a document fraud case linked to the “Eight Dwarfs” scandal, sentencing him to a fine of 2,556 euros while also revoking his detention order and canceling the European arrest warrant issued again»»»

Energy Minister Iva Petrova announced a sweeping overhaul at the Bulgarian Energy Holding, confirming that the entire management of BEH is being dismissed and replaced as the government launches a broad strategic review of the energy sector. During her first public briefing as minister, Petrova sai»»»

Lisbon: Portuguese police on Thursday arrested the mother of two young French boys found abandoned by a main road in the south of the country, alone and crying. The boys, aged four and five, were rescued on Tuesday by a passing motorist near the resort town of Comporta, where they had been left wit»»»

ANKARA: A Turkish court effectively ousted the main opposition leader Ozgur Ozel on Thursday, annulling the 2023 party congress that elected him chairman in a ruling that dealt a blow to President Tayyip Erdogan’s challengers and hit financial markets. The appeals court annulled the congress over i»»»

The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an Alabama death penalty case, preventing the execution of Joseph Clinton Smith, 55. File Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI | License Photo May 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday dismissed an appeal from Alabama in a death row case by declining to look at how IQ »»»

Hezbollah sent a message to Arab and other embassies in Lebanon on Thursday, setting out its demands to their governments: an end to assassinations, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory, the return of residents to their villages, and the release of detainees held by Israel. It s»»»

MAKKAH AL MUKARRAMAH: Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs and Head of the Qatari Hajj Mission HE Ghanem bin Shaheen bin Ghanem Al Ghaneminaugurated the medical unit of the Qatari Hajj Mission in the sacred sites of Saudi Arabia as part of the mission's comprehensive preparations to provide t»»»

The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) and Aldar signed a strategic partnership today to accelerate Emiratisation in the education sector through a structured talent development roadmapaimed at driving ninefold increase in UAE Nationals representation across key roles in Aldar o»»»

Amid the conflict in Ukraine, voices in the German establishment increasingly call for strengthening the armed forces to counter the perceived Russian menace. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to make the German army the strongest in Europe, while Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warns of a new»»»

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis waves after speaking at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Polis' own state party voted to censure him for granting clemency to Tina Peters, a former county clerk who allowed someone to steal election information. File Photo by David Banks/UPI | License Ph»»»