Tunis, June 23 (TAP)-The Criminal Division of the Tunis Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld the sentence of Saâdia Mosbah, president of the "M’nemty" organisation, to eight years’ imprisonment without parole. This decision upholds the first-instance...»»»

QNA Doha Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Thani attended the graduation ceremony for the 26th cohort of national service recruits at the National Service Academy on Tuesday. The graduates completed a year-long training pro»»»

QNA Doha Qatar’s General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has secured first place in the Government Services Redesign Challenge 2026, an initiative organised by the Civil Service and Government Development Bureau with the participation of government and semi-government entities. In a st»»»

GODOLLO, Hungary: The leaders of four Central European countries signaled the revival of their regional alliance on Tuesday as they met in Hungary to repair relations that had fractured over the pro-Russian stance of former Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán. The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, H»»»

LONDON: It is a measure of the importance that successive UK governments have placed on close economic and political ties with the Gulf, to say nothing of Britain’s historic connections to the region, that since 2007 and the premiership of Gordon Brown, British prime ministers have paid no fewer th»»»

Beirut, June.23 (SANA) Lebanese President General Joseph Aoun reaffirmed on Tuesday that coordination between Lebanon and Syria is maintained across multiple sectors, particularly in the security and judicial fields. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), Aoun made the remarks during a »»»

The Netherlands faces off against Sweden in a FIFA World Cup match at NRG Stadium in Houston on Saturday. The TSA didn't specify how many drones at each of the 11 U.S. cities hosting the World Cup have been seized. Photo by Christian Brunskill/UPI | License Photo June 23 (UPI) -- Federal air marsha»»»

Manila: The Philippines is entering a new phase of investment in power generation, raising hopes for the eventual lowering of power rates. As of June 11, 2026, the Board of Investments (BOI) announced that 13 renewable energy projects worth ₱344.62 billion ($5.63 billion) were certified by the gove»»»

TENNESSEE, USA: Spain forward Mikel ‌Oyarzabal has a sore body, a cool head and no appetite for a rest as his side prepare to face Uruguay banking on the mayhem teammate Lamine Yamal can cause at the World Cup. Oyarzabal, who impressed with two goals and an assist for Yamal in Spain’s 4-0 win over »»»

TUNIS: A Tunisian court on Tuesday upheld an eight-year prison sentence slapped on anti-racism activist Saadia Mosbah for financial misconduct, two of her lawyers said. Mosbah, the head of the anti-discrimination Mnemty association, was detained in 2024 as part of a wider crackdown on several NGOs »»»

EASTS RUTHERFORD, N.J.: After Lionel Messi scored two goals to set the World Cup record and Kylian Mbappe kept pace in the career chase, Erling Haaland delivered another dazzling performance on a showcase day for the tournament’s top stars. Haaland scored twice for Norway in the first 15 minutes of»»»

Polish rail carriers and logistics companies are facing customs claims linked to alleged fraud in imports from China transported by rail via Poland’s eastern border. According to the ProKolej Foundation, customs authorities are demanding duties from Polish firms under joint liability rules, even th»»»

DUBAI: Instagram did not exist. Lionel Scaloni was still pulling on the Argentina shirt rather than coaching from the touchline. And Lionel Messi was a teenager scoring his first FIFA World Cup goal. Twenty years since his World Cup debut at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Messi is still making hist»»»

A severe heatwave gripping France on Tuesday forced the early closure of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum, two of Paris's most visited tourist attractions, as authorities grappled with soaring temperatures that have disrupted daily life across the country. The severe heatwave sweeping France »»»

Polish authorities issued building permits for 119,900 homes and apartments in the first five months of 2026, up 16.3% y/y, according to Statistics Poland. Developers drove the increase, receiving permits for 79,500 units, 21.7% more than a year earlier, while individual investors obtained 36,900 p»»»

Poles are increasingly buying property in southern Europe as a way to diversify assets and lifestyle options, says Agnieszka Marciniak-Kostrzewa, owner of Agnes Inversiones, the oldest Polish real estate agency on the Costa del Sol. Demand grew strongly after the pandemic, which normalized remote w»»»

Private equity and venture capital funds invested €994 mln in Polish companies in 2025, accounting for 39% of total investment value in Central and Eastern Europe, according to Invest Europe. Funding went to 100 Polish firms, up from 83 a year earlier. Venture capital investment more than tripled t»»»

From 2027, Polish employers may be required to suspend work when temperatures exceed 35°C indoors or 32°C during heavy outdoor work, under draft health and safety regulations prepared by the Ministry of Family, Labor, and Social Policy. Currently, employers must mainly provide drinks when temperatu»»»

Polish industry is urging the government to act on existential challenges linked to high energy prices, CO₂ emission costs, and weakening competitiveness, both globally and within the EU. At the first Congress of Polish Industry in Warsaw, representatives of energy-intensive sectors warned that Pol»»»

In South Korea, the AI frenzy has sent the value of the country's top chipmakers skyrocketing. Korea's Samsung Electronics and its chief rival SK Hynix have been trading places as the world's most valuable producer of memory chips. Following some strident union organizing at the firms, their worker»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a delegation of the fifth Make it in the Emirates event. Sheikh Mohamed commended the efforts of those behind the initiative, which has evolved into a key platform for supporting national industry and fostering indust»»»

The Indian military is on a long and arduous journey to modernise its capabilities and force structure. Under its new direction, the Indian Ministry of Defence, in all three services is pivoting away from traditional methods of human surveillance and toward autonomous systems across all domain»»»

A court in Kenya again halted the construction of a field hospital there to quarantine Americans that have been exposed to Ebola during the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Uganda. The proposed construction has been the subject of protests over worries that it could»»»

Reporters from the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal were issued subpoenas from the Department of Justice, which later withdrew them. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 23 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice subpoenaed four journalists for a grand jury hearing, though it la»»»

Dubai: Dubai: The General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA Dubai) has strengthened its position as a global leader in government communication by transforming years of institutional expertise into innovative knowledge-based models, methodologies and intellectual property assets»»»

Iran and Oman said Tuesday they would examine charges for what they called maritime service fees in the Strait of Hormuz through a joint working group, pressing ahead with discussions over the strategic waterway despite US opposition to any sort of toll system. Iran and Oman will study the costs to»»»