US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of about 5,000 troops from Germany within the next year, the Pentagon said on Friday, in the latest rift in transatlantic ties over the Middle East war. The move came as US President Donald Trump announced that tariffs on cars and trucks »»»

Russian airline Red Wings has opened ticket sales for direct flights from Dagestan to Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Eto Kavkaz portal reports. The first flight is scheduled for June 3. «The new international route will be launched for the first time, making one of the oldest cities in Central Asia along the Gre»»»

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, exchanging views on freedom of navigation and issues surrounding Iran's nuclear program, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The two sides continued a thorough exch»»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump informed the leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate today that hostilities against Iran have ended. In a message addressed to Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson and President Pro Tempore of the US Senate Chuck Grassley, T»»»

WASHINGTON: President ‌Donald Trump said on Friday the US Navy was acting “like pirates” in carrying out Washington’s naval blockade of Iranian ​ports during the US and Israel’s war against Iran. Trump made the comments while describing the seizure by US forces of a ship a few days ago. “We took ov»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry said 13 people were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes in the south, including in a town where Israel’s army had issued an evacuation order despite a ceasefire. The strikes in Habboush killed eight people, including a child and two women, and wounded 21 others, th»»»

Iran delivered its new proposal for US talks to Pakistani negotiators, Iranian state media reported Friday. While details of the proposal have not yet been released, President Donald Trump said he was "not satisfied" with Iran's latest offer, but negotiations were taking place by phone. Follow our »»»

A resolution to the conflict in Ukraine is only possible if NATO abandons its goal to strategically defeat Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Andrey Belousov, the head of the Russian delegation to the 2026 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, said. "At the sam»»»

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that hostilities against Iran, which began on February 28, have terminated, though the Pentagon continues to update its military posture in the region as the threat remains. "On April 7, 2026, I ordered a 2-week ceasefire. The ceasefire has since been extend»»»

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed to RIA Novosti the Pentagon's decision to withdraw 5,000 American troops from Germany within a year. Analysis'Unwinnable’ US War in Afghanistan Exposed Systemic NATO Failure – Ex-DoD OfficialYesterday, 15:25 GMT"The Secretary of War has ordered the wi»»»

Washington: The US blockade in the Straight of Hormuz and surrounding maritime routes has been claimed to have cost Iran nearly $4.8 billion in oil revenue, significantly tightening financial pressure on Tehran, according to a report by Axios citing Pentagon estimates. The Department of War assessm»»»

In many respects, US President Donald Trump has much in common with the British monarch, King Charles III. Both men were born in the 1940s into families that enjoyed wealth and privilege, and both, for different reasons, waited for decades before achieving their ultimate goal of becoming heads of s»»»

HAIL: A convoy of Iraqi pilgrims arrived Friday at the Hail Pilgrim City, a key transit hub in northern Saudi Arabia, as the Kingdom accelerates preparations for the 2026 Hajj season, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The integrated facility offers a full range of services, including round-the-clock»»»

Riyadh: The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier has left the Middle East after taking part in operations against Iran, local media reported, citing a US official. The move leaves two US aircraft carriers in the region -- the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS George H.W. Bush. The Ford had been at sea for»»»

The United Arab Emirates is hitting back at emerging competitors, such as Turkey, in the fight to become the prime destination for offshore international investors. The Iran-US-Israel war significantly crippled the UA»»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

Emerging Europe is facing a fresh geopolitical shock linked to tensions involving Iran, but the impact is unlikely to match the severity of the 2022 crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) said. »»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

Kazakhstan has emerged as Central Asia’s leading market for green and sustainable bonds, while there is strong potential in other countries in the region, according to Manas Gizhduaniyev, chief executive of the AIFC Green Finance Centre (GFC). »»»

Kazakhstan has emerged as Central Asia’s leading market for green and sustainable bonds, while there is strong potential in other countries in the region, according to Manas Gizhduaniyev, chief executive of the AIFC Green Finance Centre (GFC). »»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

Kazakhstan has emerged as Central Asia’s leading market for green and sustainable bonds, while there is strong potential in other countries in the region, according to Manas Gizhduaniyev, chief executive of the AIFC Green Finance Centre (GFC). »»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

China's ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday that there was a need to revisit the UN Security Council's decision to end the mandate of a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon at the end of this year. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established in 1978, patrols Lebanon's »»»

Lebanon's health ministry said 13 people were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes in the south, including in a town where Israel's army had issued an evacuation order despite a ceasefire. The strikes in Habboush killed eight people, including a child and two women, and wounded 21 others, the minist»»»

The West has launched a “large-scale information campaign” to discredit Russia’s Rosatom and hinder its plans to construct nuclear power plants in “fraternal” countries of Central Asia, according to a Russian Security Council official. »»»

People are gathering in cities worldwide to mark International Workers' Day, taking to the streets to demand higher wages and better working conditions. Long observed as a public holiday led by unions advocating for workers’ rights, May 1 has seen large demonstrations this year. In Istanbul, tensio»»»

Gavin Lee welcomes Adrian Blomfield, Senior Foreign Correspondent at The Telegraph. His reporting from the Strait of Hormuz offers a rare, intimate view beyond satellite imagery and policy abstraction. “One of the things you get a sense of when you're out on the water,” he reflects, “is just how mu»»»

Gavin Lee welcomes Adrian Blomfield, Senior Foreign Correspondent at The Telegraph. His reporting from the Strait of Hormuz offers a rare, intimate view beyond satellite imagery and policy abstraction. “One of the things you get a sense of when you're out on the water,” he reflects, “is just how mu»»»

'This tree was planted by my ancestor hundreds of years ago and my family settled here' 10 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMark WilberforceApam, Ghana Mark WilberforceThe family home has been built around the tree At the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Ghanaian fishing town of Apam»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s mineral resources are becoming a key driver of industrial diversification under Vision 2030, as policymakers aim to shift the sector from raw extraction toward downstream manufacturing, technology transfer, and strategic supply chain development. With an estimated $2.5 trilli»»»

The first transaction involving refined gold of Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC has been carried out on the Kyrgyz Stock Exchange, totaling 3,939 million soms. According to the exchange, the buyer was Pension Savings Fund Kyrgyzstan OJSC. The deal was executed under a trilateral agreement between the Kyrgyz Stock»»»

Early apricot varieties have ripened in the village of Kyrgyz-Kyshtak, Kadamdzhai district of Kyrgyzstan, and are already on sale. According to the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry, local farmer Tolubai Zhalilov imported saplings of Mikado, Prisiya, and Fuego varieti»»»

Share: Em Ali Khodor, 75, looks through her damaged apartment hit a few weeks ago by an Israeli airstrike in Tyre, Lebanon. Israel’s military and Hezbollah kept up their attacks despite a ceasefire in place since April 17 TYRE, Lebanon — Israel carried out several airstrikes Friday on southern Leba»»»

MADINAH: Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah began receiving the first and inaugural Hajj pilgrim flights from the Philippines, Algeria, Somalia and Morocco on Thursday, as the kingdom ramps up its annual mass pilgrimage operations, the Saudi Press Agency r»»»

Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s purported suicide note has remained locked up at a courthouse for years, out of reach of investigators, the New York Times has reported. The message was allegedly discovered by Epstein’s cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, in July 2019 after the disgraced U»»»

Dubai: Fair conditions are expected across the UAE on Saturday, with partly cloudy skies at times and light to moderate winds, according to the national weather forecast. Winds may freshen intermittently, while seas are forecast to remain slight to moderate in both the Arabian Gulf and the Oman Sea»»»

Ghana has rejected a proposed health deal with the US over provisions that would have allowed US entities access to the nation’s sensitive health data without necessary safeguards, an official told The Associated Press on Friday. It was the latest African country to walk away from the deal over sim»»»

LIMA: Public prosecutors in Peru said they were investigating an alleged trafficking network offering fake jobs in Russia to Peruvians, before forcing them to fight in Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Individuals, including former military personnel and police officers, were allegedly recruited through soc»»»

MIAMIA, Florida: Fourth-ranked Cameron Young rode a hot start and surged to a five-stroke lead after Friday’s second round of the PGA Cadillac Championship. Young birdied four of the first seven holes on his way to firing a five-under par 67 and stand on 13-under 131 after 36 holes at Trump Nationa»»»

Dubai: A man has shot dead three of his friends at a birthday gathering in northern India after a dispute over a prank escalated into violence, according to local police. The shooting took place at a sports club in the Khurja area of Bulandshahr district, where a group of friends had gathered to ce»»»

Dubai: Airfares for Indian expats in the UAE and wider Gulf are likely to rise as fuel costs surge, with airlines warning of knock-on disruptions in the weeks ahead. Travellers could also face reduced flight frequencies if Indian carriers cut capacity, as well as less flexibility when booking durin»»»

A federal appeals court on Friday night blocked the nationwide sale of mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill, after the state of Louisiana sued the federal government for allowing it to be sold during telehealth appointments and mailed to patients. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | Licens»»»

Dubai: A new tomato farm in Al Ain is set to produce 150,000 kilograms of fresh tomatoes a year, adding to the UAE’s push to grow more food locally at a time when global supply chains remain exposed to shipping delays, freight costs and regional disruption. Sign up for our daily business newsletter»»»

Dubai: The US’ conflict with Iran has entered what President Donald Trump described as a “pause,” easing immediate fears of escalation but leaving the core geopolitical standoff unresolved. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click hereThe halt in hostilities re»»»

DUBAI: Dubai chef Shaw Lash at Mexican restaurant Lila Molino flies in her avocados and tomatillos, small, tart green fruits native to Central America that are a staple of Mexican cuisine and key ​for her colorful and spicy dishes. Now the two-month-old war in Iran is making such ingredients harder»»»

Former U.S. Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., was found guilty for acting as an unregistered agent of the country. Former U.S. Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., was convicted on Friday of lobbying on behalf of the Venezuelan government without declaring himself to be a foreign agent. Photo by U.S. House of Repre»»»

WASHINGTON: The past weeks have not been reassuring for those who thought that Europe could navigate its tricky relationship with US President Donald Trump. Trump this week lashed out at German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over his criticism of the Iran war, calling him “totally ineffective.” ​On Frid»»»

WASHINGTON: The United States is withdrawing 5,000 troops ​from NATO ally Germany, the Pentagon announced on Friday, as a rift over the Iran war widens between President Donald Trump and Europe. Trump had threatened a drawdown in forces earlier this week after sparring with German Chancellor Friedr»»»