Pope Leo XIV celebrates the Easter Mass as part of the Holy Week celebrations at St Peter's Square at the Vatican in April. The Vatican announced that the pope will visit France in September. File Photo by Stefano Spaziani/UPI | License Photo May 16 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV will travel to France in Se»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today offered condolences on the passing of Amna Ahmed Mohammed bin Arar Al Dhaheri during a visit to the family’s residence in Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Mohamed conveyed his heartfelt sympathies to the family of the deceased and pray»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) has announced the extension of the registration period for the third cohort of the “Khebrat” Teachers Fellowship Program until Monday, May 25, 2026, in an effort to provide a wider opportunity for eligible educators to apply. The m»»»

The 6,200km Asia Link Cable (ALC) has officially landed in the newly-built Chung Hom Kok Cable Landing Station in Hong Kong — becoming the highest-capacity submarine cable on the Hong Kong–Singapore route. Led and constructed by China Telecom as the largest investor, this is the first cable landing»»»

The Japanese Ambassador expressed his country’s readiness to provide the necessary technical and technological support and to open broad horizons for bilateral cooperation that serve mutual interests and contribute to improving the quality of medical services provided to Libyan citizens. The sentim»»»

Dubai: The Dh30 million UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw held on Saturday has seen a number of players secure cash rewards, while the top jackpot prize went unclaimed. In Draw No. 260516, the winning numbers in the Days section were 20, 17, 14, 18 , 24, and 12, while the selected Months section number wa»»»

Tartous, May 16 (SANA) The General Authority for Borders and Customs in Syria has launched a project to rehabilitate the phosphate quay at Tartous Port, aiming to align operations with international environmental standards. Director of Relations at the authority Mazen Alloush said the plan includes»»»

The international community must take a more active approach to the plight of displaced Palestinians and the Israeli occupation of their land, Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani said on Friday. Iravani made the appeal on the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, a term used in the»»»

MUNICH: Bundesliga top ‌scorer Harry Kane scored a hat-trick to guide champions Bayern Munich to a 5-1 demolition of visitors Cologne in the league finale on Saturday. Kane volleyed in for a 10th-minute lead and then threaded a free kick past the wall three minutes later to double it. He completed »»»

LONDON: ‌Manchester City won the FA Cup on Saturday, beating Chelsea 1-0 in the final with a deftly finished 72nd-minute goal from Antoine Semenyo to complete an English cup double. Ghana’s Semenyo turned and back-heeled the ball past Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez from an Erling Haaland cross. The »»»

LOS ANGELES: For most national soccer teams, playing a tournament on home turf is a huge advantage. For the United States, it can be the opposite. In the Gold Cup final last year, the US lost in a Houston stadium overwhelmingly packed with rival Mexico fans. The semifinal in St. Louis, Missouri, wa»»»

OSLO: A Norwegian court has blocked the extradition of the founder of a human rights group helping migrants to Greece where he was wanted over human smuggling charges, his lawyer said Saturday. Tommy Olsen, founder of the Aegean Boat Report, which helps migrants in distress in the Aegean Sea, was a»»»

MILAN: A driver injured seven people, two of them badly, when he drove on a sidewalk in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday and then got out possibly holding a knife, the mayor said. Early eyewitness accounts said the driver, aged in his 30s apparently “aimed for the sidewalk, hitting a»»»

Abu Dhabi: More than Dh44 billion in investments is driving the UAE’s accelerating push to expand its space economy, deepen its Mars and asteroid exploration missions and strengthen its position among the world’s leading space nations under the National Space Strategy 2031. The UAE continues to adv»»»

Lebanon is conducting intensive contacts in coordination with the U.S. with the aim of reaching a comprehensive ceasefire with Israel, sources told Sky News Arabia. "The possibility of announcing a ceasefire at midnight tomorrow is still on the table, but no Israeli approval of this agreement has b»»»

DOHA: Qatar will continue their preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2026 with a friendly match against Sudan on Thursday at 6:30pm during their ongoing training camp in Doha, the Qatar Football Association (QFA) announced on Saturday. The match forms part of Al Annabi’s build-up to football’s globa»»»

NEW YORK: New York University hosted Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, for a lecture and discussion on the role of artificial intelligence in amplifying hate speech on social media platforms. The event on Saturday brought together academics and i»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence of Australia. During the meeting, Sheikh Mohamed and the Australian Deputy Prime Minister discussed cooperation between the two countries, as wel»»»

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova held a telephone conversation with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Petrova's ministry reported on Saturday. The call was initiated by the Jordanian side. Safadi congratulated Petrova on assuming the post of Minister of »»»

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's call to gradually end Israel's reliance on US military aid could boost strategic flexibility, analysts said, though a full break from Washington's support remains unlikely anytime soon. The United States currently provides Israel with $3.8 billion annually under »»»

China and the United States have agreed to expand agricultural trade through tariff reductions and tackle non-tariff barriers and market access issues, China's commerce ministry said on Saturday after this week's summit in Beijing. The agreements are "preliminary" and will be "finalized as soon as »»»

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Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent: Moments ago, a series of airstrikes by enemy warplanes targeted the towns of Yuhmor al-Shaqif, Zawtar al-Sharqiyah,»»»

Wes Streeting, who resigned as UK health secretary this week, announced Saturday he will run to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader and prime minister, after the party suffered disastrous local election results. Streeting quit the government Thursday with a withering assessment of Starmer's leade»»»

A rescue diver died of decompression sickness while diving for the remains of four Italian divers killed in the Maldives. File Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo May 16 (UPI) -- A rescue diver has died after an attempt to recover the bodies of four of the five Italians killed on a scuba diving»»»

Fermo, Italy: Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narvaez powered away from his breakaway rivals to win stage eight of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday for his second victory and injury-decimated Team UAE's third so far. Adam Yates, Jay Vine and Marc Soler have all been forced out of the Giro after a gruesome stage t»»»