Budapest: Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday approved anti-corruption measures, part of new Prime Minister Peter Magyar's sweeping reform drive and aimed at helping the country get billions of euros in withheld European Union funds. The EU announced late last month it would unlock more than 16 billion »»»

London: The man who appears destined to be Britain's next Labour prime minister received a hero's welcome in parliament on Monday, after incumbent Keir Starmer announced his resignation. Veteran politician Andy Burnham, fresh from his UK by-election victory last week, was sworn in as an MP. Afterwa»»»

Super has announced that it will acquire Crafting Technologies, a Romanian company based in Cluj-Napoca, as part of its plan to develop its first technology hub in Romania. The new centre in Cluj will complement the work of more than 900 technology specialists across Super’s offices in Croatia, Spa»»»

Former MP Duishon Torokulov is in pretrial detention. The Pervomaisky District Court reported that the decision to take him into custody was made on June 19. It was noted that the request of the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ investigator was granted, and the former deputy was remanded in custody un»»»

Dubai: Emirates has been named Best Airline Worldwide at the 2026 Business Traveller Middle East (BTME) Awards, while also receiving honours for Best First Class and Best Airport Lounge in the Middle East for its First Class Lounge at Dubai International Airport. The Business Traveller Middle East »»»

Another post-Brexit prime minister bites the dust. Keir Starmer has owned up to the obvious: that he's too unpopular to lead the Labour Party into the next general election. After replacing the hard left's Jeremy Corbyn, the same Starmer won a landslide election victory two years ago on the promise»»»

Ten years after Brexit, data shows that the decision to leave the European Union has made people in Britain up to 8 percent poorer. Experts predict the economic damage is set to continue, and YouGov polling now finds nearly 60 percent of Britons say it was wrong to leave the EU.  When the UK v»»»

Varna will host the 12th European Geography Olympiad (EGEO 2026) from June 28 to July 3, Varna Municipality said on Tuesday. The prestigious event will bring together top geography students from 14 countries, including traditional European participants as well as strong teams from Kazakhstan, Armen»»»

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar on June 22 announced plans to remove the country's president through a constitutional amendment as part of a broader programme of political and institutional reform. Addressing the parliament, Magyar said his government would initiate changes to the constitutio»»»

Germany is making one of its most visible business pushes into Uzbekistan in years as Berlin looks beyond its traditional European and Asian markets for new sources of growth, raw materials, industrial partnerships and skilled labour. At the fifth annual Tashkent International Investment Forum (TII»»»

LONDON: Andy Burnham, Britain’s newest lawmaker and likely its next prime minister, was meeting Labour colleagues on Tuesday in preparation for a leadership contest in which he may be the only contender. Burnham is the strong front-runner to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who announced Monday»»»

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A British businessman who became known as the country’s ‘first gay father’ has been charged with child sex offenses, according to media reports. Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, was already facing a number of criminal allegations alongside his current husband, Scott Drewitt-Barlow, 32. The couple, who bo»»»

Etihad Rail will launch an introductory operational phase of passenger rail services between Abu Dhabi and Fujairah on June 30, 2026, cutting the journey time to just 1 hour and 45 minutes, it was announced on Tuesday. The Dubai Train Station and Al Dhaid Train Station will open with the official l»»»

First published in Respekt. Irregular migration and climate change are receding into the background. Decades after the financial crisis, developments in the European Union were dominated first by the issue of uncontrolled migration and later by climate change. Both dominant topics substantially res»»»

A UN Commission of Inquiry has found that the killing of children and other harm inflicted on them has been central to Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, alongside a systematic pattern of war crimes and crimes against humanity that have affected young people in both Gaza and the West Bank since O»»»

LONDON: Brexit fractured the European Union, and broke British politics. The UK is about to get its seventh prime minister since June 23, 2016, a decade ago Tuesday, when the country voted 52 percent-48 percent to leave the EU after more than four decades of membership. Conservative Prime Minister »»»

As part of ongoing reforms in the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS), 96 employees have been removed from service. SCNS Deputy Chairman Alisher Erbaev stated during a meeting of the parliamentary committee on international affairs, defense, security, and migration of the Zho»»»

A Budapest court has ordered the pre-trial detention of a teenage boy for one month on suspicion of murdering his great-grandmother, the Budapest Metropolitan Court’s press office said on Monday. Hungarian teenage boy gruesomely murdered his great-grandmother Police previously reported that an 85-y»»»

Mumbai, India: A top Indian maker of iPhone parts has confirmed it was hit by a "cybersecurity incident", with media reports alleging that Apple supplier specifications had been leaked. Industrial giant Tata Group is a lynchpin of Apple's growing supply chain within the world's most populous countr»»»

Manila: The fatal shooting inside a high school in Tacloban City had allegedly been planned weeks in advance, according to the Police Regional Office in Eastern Visayas (PRO-8). The attack unfolded Monday morning at San Jose National High School, where two Grade 9 students, aged 14 and 15, allegedl»»»

Doha, Qatar: For Portugal, the equation is simple. Win or risk entering the final group match under immense pressure. When they face Uzbekistan in their second Group K encounter at the FIFA World Cup, both sides will arrive with very different expectations but a common objective, securing a first v»»»

Romania’s economy goes through a period of deep structural reform and the centralized official data after the first quarter of 2026 show an increased volatility in the entrepreneurial sector, the most seriously affected one being the fact that economic pressure reached the big companies – companies»»»

Acting Transport Minister Radu Miruta said on Friday that seven or eight PESA trains have already been received, and passenger railway operator CFR Calatori must now formally take them over, but wants final assurances that maintenance facilities are available before the units enter service."The sit»»»

Doha, Qatar: Mohamed Salah inspired Egypt to a historic first FIFA World Cup victory as the Pharaohs came from behind to defeat New Zealand 3-1 at BC Place Stadium yesterday, moving to the top of Group G and within touching distance of a place in the knockout stage. The victory marked a landmark mo»»»

Doha, Qatar: The College of Business at the University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST) yesterday launched a new Executive Master of Health Administration (EMHA) programme. In collaboration with the internationally renowned Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) »»»

As Bulgaria approaches the end of the transition period for euro cash exchange, citizens have only a few days left to convert levs into euros free of charge at commercial banks and selected branches of Bulgarian Posts, before fees are introduced. The deadline expires on June 30, 2026, with exchange»»»

Telegram is back on the Google Play Store in India. After a week of being unavailable to Android users, the messaging app quietly reappeared on Tuesday, ending a temporary government block imposed during the country's high-stakes medical entrance exam. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the »»»

President Iliana Iotova will honour the students with the best results in the Presidential Test, part of the Sport with the President initiative, on Tuesday, International Olympic Day, the President’s Press Secretariat said. The official ceremony, which is being held for the fifth year, will take p»»»

KINSHASA: DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi is preparing to pass a law which could open the door to a third term in office by amending the constitution but he may face protests in the street. Tshisekedi, 63, comes to the end of his second — and under the current iron-clad rules — final five-year »»»

PHILADELPHIA: Jordan failed to secure a win in its second World Cup game in California against Algeria on Tuesday. After dominating the first half of the game with a goal by Nizar Al Rashdan in minute 36, Jordan conceded two goals to Algeria. With one game left, Jordan is set to face off reigning c»»»

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, arrived in Muscat on Tuesday leading a senior delegation for talks with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman, as Tehran moves to lock in its post-war arrangements for the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The delegation include»»»

Federal investigators on Monday announced the results of their investigation into the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Fla., finding that the failure had begun weeks before the building failed on June 24, 2021. File Photo By Gary I Rothstein/UPI | License Photo June»»»

WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Monday ruled that a recently revamped version of a federal tool central to the Trump administration’s efforts to nationalize elections can no longer be used. US District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan sided with advocacy groups that argued the recent upgrades to the»»»

Philadelphia: Kylian Mbappe marked his 100th cap by scoring two more World Cup goals on Monday as France eased to a 3-0 win over Iraq in a game delayed by two hours by a severe storm. Mbappe opened the scoring in the 14th minute and added another nine minutes into the second half, with last year's »»»

East Rutherford, United States: Erling Haaland scored his second World Cup brace in a row as Norway beat Senegal 3-2 on Monday to punch their ticket to the last 32. Norway substitute Marcus Holmgren Pedersen struck late in the first half in New Jersey before Haaland doubled the lead shortly after t»»»

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, UFC CEO Dana White and other guests pose inside the Octagon at UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, June 15, 2026. Pool photo by Evan Vucci/UPI | License Photo June 22 (UPI) -- Federal authorities have»»»

When Albanian President Bajram Begaj addressed the Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF) on June 17, he was making the case for a relationship that, by his own government's admission, has barely existed for the past three decades. "Some countries are easy to locate on a map, but difficult »»»

Dubai: Petrofac was once one of the biggest names in energy services, with a market value of more than £6 billion, or about Dh27.5 billion, and a place in the FTSE 100. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Its fall was not sudden. A corruption probe, heavy debt, failed rest»»»

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation on Monday exemplifies the cynical sham of ‘democratic renewal’ in a system dominated by globalist plutocratic interests. Starmer stood outside 10 Downing Street and announced that he was stepping down as leader of the Labour Party and head of govern»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Mahanama College Old Boys’ Association (OBA) Qatar Chapter successfully organised the Golden Bowling Championship (GBC) Season 3 on June 19 at the Qatar Bowling Federation in Doha. Now in its third year, the tournament has become a key community sporting event for Sri »»»

LONDON: The man who appears destined to be Britain’s next Labour prime minister received a hero’s welcome in parliament on Monday, after incumbent Keir Starmer announced his resignation. Veteran politician Andy Burnham, fresh from his UK by-election victory last week, was sworn in as an MP. Afterwa»»»

Tyler Robinson of Utah, is pictured in his mugshot on September 12, 2025. Robinson faces charges in the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in 2025. On Monday, a judge dismissed his attorneys' attempt to subpoena Robinson's former partner to testify in an upcoming hearing. File Photo by UPI»»»

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces detained hundreds of people, including foreigners, on the country’s border with Sudan, accusing them of illegal gold mining and smuggling, the military said Monday. Egypt’s southern region is rich with gold mines and the government has launched big mining projects th»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The main obstacle to stability in Syria is Israel, the country’s envoy to the UN told the Security Council, as he also accused the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of undermining a US-brokered deal to end the war with Iran. It came as senior UN officials described the poli»»»

Emirates has announced a major recruitment campaign for its engineering division, rolling out in-person hiring events across multiple countries in July and August 2026, alongside a wider global push for aviation talent. The airline confirmed that recruitment sessions will be held in Sri Lanka, Mala»»»

CAIRO: The Arab League on Monday confirmed Egyptian veteran diplomat Nabil Fahmy as its new chief during a meeting of foreign ministers in Amman, a statement said. Fahmy’s five-year term as secretary general is to begin at the start of July, succeeding Ahmed Aboul Gheit who served two consecutive t»»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia is considering a major expansion of commercial and community activities within public parks, under proposed regulations designed to boost neighbourhood economies, enhance quality of life and support the Kingdom's Vision 2030 objectives. The Ministry of Municipalities and Housing»»»

Los Angeles, United States: Lionel Messi became the World Cup's all-time leading goalscorer on Monday, scoring twice as holders Argentina powered into the last 32 with a 2-0 victory over Austria. Messi swept home a low finish in the 38th minute of the Group J game in Arlington, Texas to take his ca»»»

DOHA: England and Ghana will battle for top spot in Group L when they meet in a highly anticipated FIFA World Cup 2026 clash on at Boston Stadium. The match, scheduled for 11:00pm (Qatar time), will be the third fixture in Group L, which also includes Croatia and Panama. Both sides opened their cam»»»