Dubai: The global fallout from the ongoing Middle East conflict has officially reached an unexpected place: potato chip packaging. Japanese snack giant Calbee said it will temporarily simplify packaging designs for several popular products after supply instability linked to tensions in the Middle E»»»

Early on Monday morning, sunlight spilled over the Wenchang Space Launch Site located in the South China's tropical island province of Hainan, glinting off the towering combination of the Long March-7 Y11 rocket and the Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft atop the launcher. At 8:14 am, the rocket engines »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev has discussed cooperation on the peaceful use of nuclear energy with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, Rosatom said on Tuesday. "On May 12, 2026, as part of a working visit to Indonesia, Alexey Likhach»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The BRICS economy has a significant potential, it already surpasses the G7, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told Sputnik ahead of the meeting of the Board of Governors of the New Development Bank. "The BRICS countries and other shareholders of the New Development Bank hav»»»

Madrid: A Spanish man who tested positive for hantavirus after being evacuated from a cruise ship struck by a deadly outbreak of the illness is showing symptoms, the health ministry said Tuesday. The man was one of more than 120 passengers and crew evacuated from the Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, whose»»»

ISLAMABAD: For nearly a decade, Safdar Khan held onto a single hope: to perform Hajj, the once-in-a-lifetime Islamic pilgrimage to Makkah that Muslims are required to undertake if physically and financially able. But for the 66-year-old Pakistani retiree, the journey was repeatedly delayed by faile»»»

ROME: Casper Ruud strolled into the Italian Open quarter-finals on Tuesday after easily beating home hope Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-1, as Jannik Sinner gets set for a derby with qualifier Andrea Pellegrino. Clay court specialist Ruud is yet to drop a set in Rome and he looked in fine form on a windy c»»»

JEDDAH: The Francophonie Festival celebrated the diversity of the French-speaking world and its growing academic and cultural ties with Saudi Arabia at the consul general’s residence in Jeddah on Sunday. Participants at the event included ambassadors and consuls general from Francophone countries. »»»

The EU could be on the verge of a new migrant crisis, with more than half a million people waiting in Libya alone to cross into Europe, Greek Migration Minister Thanos Plevris has said. The bloc was first inundated by asylum seekers from the Middle East and Northern Africa during the 2015 refugee c»»»

A draft law in Kyrgyzstan proposes expanding the capabilities of banks and financial institutions to work with virtual assets. The bill has been submitted for public discussion. The document introduces amendments to the Law «On Virtual Assets.» If adopted, banks, non-bank financial credit organizat»»»

In a letter leaked to Libyan media outlets yesterday, the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Naji Issa, addressed the Minister of the Interior and the heads of the Internal Security, Criminal Investigation, and Municipal Guard agencies to take more decisive action against unofficial forei»»»

BELGRADE - Editor-in-chief of the Energija Balkana internet portal Jelica Putnikovic said on Tuesday a shutdown of the Pancevo oil refinery or a reduction of crude processing at the plant would be a red line for Serbia in talks with Hungary's MOL on its acquisition of a Russian-majority stake in th»»»

Mexico cancels plans to end school year early for World Cup 12 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleVanessa BuschschlüterLatin America online editor Sashenka Gutierrez/EPA/Shuttersto The Mexican government has cancelled plans to end the school year more than a month early to ease traffic d»»»

DOHA: Iran should not use the Strait of Hormuz, which it has blocked since the start of the Middle East war, as a means to blackmail Gulf states, Qatar’s top diplomat said Tuesday. “Iran should not use this strait as a weapon to pressure or to blackmail the Gulf countries,” said Qatari Foreign Mini»»»

NAIROBI: Calls for mutual respect dominated the Africa Forward Summit on Tuesday as French President Emmanuel Macron announced new investments and said sovereignty will be key in the new partnership that France hopes to build with Africa. Investments worth €23 billion ($27 billion) will fund variou»»»

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness. The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alarm after three passengers died in an outbreak»»»

Dubai: Luxury hotel renovations in the UAE are becoming significantly more expensive, with consultants saying some upgrades now cost as much as Dh600,000 per room — and in certain cases even more. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Hospitality asset managers, interior des»»»

Comments on the measures proposed by the Radev Cabinet aimed at curbing prices dominated the media on Tuesday. On Bulgarian National Television’s (BNT) morning show, sociologists Genoveva Petrova of Alpha Research and Evelina Slavkova of Trend discussed the new package of measures aimed at curbing »»»

Kuwait: Kuwait announced on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, that the four individuals arrested a week earlier for attempting to illegally enter the country by sea had confessed during investigations to being affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The country's official news agency, KUNA, stated this, a»»»

London, May 12 (SANA) Gold prices rose on Tuesday as investors monitored developments in the Middle East and awaited a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Reuters reported that spot gold rose 0.5% to $4,757.59 per ounce, while U.S. gold futures for June del»»»

MADRID: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday “our work is not over” to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness. The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alarm after three passengers died in an »»»

The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan amended the regulations for Bishkek, Karakol, Leilek, Maimak, and Naryn free economic zones (FEZ). The document was adopted to improve conditions for attracting foreign investment and regional development. Free economic zone managers were made personally liabl»»»

Dubai: As part of its commitment to community wellbeing, the UAE Lottery has partnered with Zulekha Hospital to conduct a practical orthopaedic workshop eyed to support workers in physically demanding jobs. The initiative has been held on April 30 and was organised for residents at Berkeley UAE’s s»»»

Madrid - ESP Madrid, May 12, 2026 (AFP) - - World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness. The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alar»»»

NEWTOWN SQUARE: Alex Fitzpatrick was whisked around Aronimink by golf cart to make some national media hits — life is good when you’re trendy in the golf world — and could only laugh at one stop when asked about comments made by his older brother earlier in the day suggesting that Alex is the messy»»»

BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said Tuesday that his Iran-backed group’s weapons were not part of upcoming negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, and vowed his fighters would turn the battlefield into “hell” for Israeli forces. “Nobody outside Lebanon has anything to do with the weapons, the