Inspectors from the Environmental and Technical Supervision Service conducted inspections during the May holidays. The press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. It is noted that from May 1 to 10, at least 125 inspections »»»

Telekom Srbija said on May 8 that the Export-Import Bank of the United States has given final approval for financing to support the continued expansion of its 5G network in Serbia. The approval from EXIM Bank will facilita»»»

European Union Ambassador Luigi Soreca urged Bosnia & Herzegovina’s leaders on May 8 to accelerate reforms needed for EU accession, warning the country risked losing hundreds of millions of euros in funding if political deadlock continues. »»»

The European Union plans to significantly increase military assistance for Moldova by doubling the funding allocated through the European Peace Facility (EPF), EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas announced in Chișinău during a joint press conference with Presi»»»

Christian Schmidt, the international official overseeing the implementation of the Dayton peace accords in Bosnia & Herzegovina, said on May 11 he would step down after nearly five years in the role, ending one of the longest mandates held by a High Representative since the office was establish»»»

In the late 20th century, a handful of countries — led by Brazil and the United States — turned to liquid biofuels to reduce their dependence on foreign oil markets, producing transport fuels from cheap crops instead. In t»»»

The world's oil buffer is disappearing faster than at any point in recorded history. Two months into the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz, global inventories are drawing down at a pace that has already exceeded the previous quarterly record — and the investment banks tracking the depletion are »»»

A fourth vessel has been hijacked by Somali pirates, this time off the coast of Yemen. The oil tanker MT Eureka was captured in the Gulf of Aden on May 2 and reportedly taken toward Somalia, marking the latest incident in a renewed wave of Somali piracy, which resurfaced in 2023, Sta»»»

Thousands of Colombian veterans are fighting in Ukraine's armed forces, drawn by salaries up to eight times their domestic military pensions, a flow of combat labour that has made Colombia the single largest source of foreign fighters on Kyiv's front lines. They account for an estimated 40% of all »»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would discuss the topic of arms sales to Taiwan and the case of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week. “I’m going to have that discussion with President Xi,” Trump told reporters at the White Hous»»»

BEIRUT: Israeli strikes on a town in southern Lebanon killed six people and wounded seven others, state media said Tuesday, as fighting continued despite a ceasefire agreement. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that Israeli strikes Monday night hit a house in Kfar Dounine, a t»»»

VIENNA: Competition starts Tuesday at the Eurovision Song Contest, with divisions over Israel’s participation hanging over the 70th birthday of the over-the-top pop music extravaganza. Host city Vienna has been bedecked in hearts and the contest’s “United by Music” motto for a week in which singers»»»

Dubai: Dubai Holding has become the largest shareholder in Emaar Properties after acquiring a 22.27% equity stake from the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), the companies announced Tuesday. The deal increases Dubai Holding’s total stake in the Dubai-listed developer to 29.73%, solidifying its »»»

Abu Dhabi: More than one million school students across the UAE, alongside university students, resumed in-person learning yesterday, in a move that conveys a strong message of confidence and reassurance while underscoring the education system’s readiness and its capacity to sustain learning and no»»»

ATHENS — Greece on Monday announced early repayment of some of its debt to European countries dating back to the 2010 financial crisis.Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis told reporters that the country would repay 6.9 billion euros ($8.13 billion) of loans next month.The finance ministry has est»»»

AMMAN — The Cabinet approved on Sunday a draft law amending the Securities Law for 2026 and referred it to the Lower House of Parliament to proceed with the constitutional process for its enactment.The draft law aligns the responsibilities of the Jordan Securities Commission with those set out in t»»»

AMMAN — Chairman of the Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI) Fathi Jaghbir said on Monday the European Chamber of Commerce in Jordan (EuroCham) has a key role in cementing economic ties between Jordan and the EU, underscoring the need for closer cooperation to increase Jordanian exports to EU markets.In»»»

AMMAN — The value of certificates of origin issued by the Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) for exports to Arab and foreign countries increased by 22.3 per cent during the first four months of 2026 compared with the same period last year.According to statistical data obtained by the Jordan News Agenc»»»

Varna will host on Tuesday the HealthXChange Summit 2026, an event dedicated to the future of sustainable health tourism. The international forum aims to position Europe and, more specifically, Bulgaria as a top destination for sustainable health and spa tourism. The opening is scheduled for 9:30 a»»»

Fashionable A-listers evoked the theme “fashion is art” to embody works of art at the Met Gala, Moscow held a modest annual Victory Day parade that didn’t include heavy weapons for the first time in nearly two decades and anti-immigration party Reform UK made significant gains across England in loc»»»

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US ceasefire with Iran is on “life support” and that he is still aiming for "complete victory" in the war after rejecting Iran's latest proposal for not including concessions on its nuclear programme. Read our blog to see how the day's events»»»

Washington (United States) (AFP) – US President Donald Trump warned Monday that the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East war was on 'life support' after rejecting Iran’s latest counterproposal, as Tehran vowed its military was ready to respond to any aggression and fears of a pr»»»

Athletes from Kyrgyzstan will take part in an international para judo tournament in Astana, the official tournament website says. The Grand Prix stage is scheduled for May 12–13. The Kyrgyzstan’s national team will be represented by four athletes. The team:»»»

A total of 19 lots will be put up for bidding at the final stage of the auction for the sale of land plots within the ski resort project Ala-Too Resort. The press service of the President of Kyrgyzstan reported. The third and final stage of the auction will take place on May 27–29, 2026. The State »»»

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday aims to promote France’s new approach to Africa at the inauguration of the Africa Forward Summit in Kenya, which is being held for the first time in an Anglophone country. The French leader is meeting 450 young people from across the continent and France, who are»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced €23 billion investment in Africa focused on energy transition, digital and AI, the maritime economy and agriculture. Macron was attending the two-day Africa Forward summit in Nairobi aimed at renewing France's engagement with the contin»»»

Videos posted online document the new wave of deadly anti-migrant violence that has been sweeping South Africa since late March 2026, killing at least seven people. Organised anti-migrant movements are inflaming tensions, which are exacerbated by widespread unemployment and persistent inequality. V»»»

At the conclusion of the Africa Forward Summit, French President Emmanuel Macron will answer questions from FRANCE 24, RFI and TV5Monde journalists in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Watch the interview on FRANCE 24 on Tuesday, May 12, at 9pm (Paris time). Around thirty African heads of state a»»»

Yinka Oyetade is pleased to welcome Paul Melly, Consulting Fellow of the Africa Programme, Chatham House. Emmanuel Macron is co-hosting the Africa Forward Summit in Kenya, the first time France has staged such a gathering in an English-speaking African nation. this comes on the heels of France’s un»»»

It is one of France's most beautiful but most embattled castles. The Château de Chambord, in central France, is crumbling. The Renaissance structure is rife with holes, cracks and moisture. Renovation works are underway in the François I wing, but the massive project to restore the château is estim»»»

Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released from prison on parole on Monday after serving eight months of a reduced sentence tied to corruption charges. His return to public life marks another chapter in a political saga that has dominated and deeply divided Thailand for nearly two d»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is slated to have his annual dental and medical evaluations on May 26 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the White House said Monday. “This will include the President’s routine annual dental and medical assessments as part of his regular preventiv»»»

PARIS: Ever felt like mosquitoes bite you while ignoring everyone else? Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the complex chemical cocktail that makes particular people more enticing to these disease-spreading bloodsuckers. “It’s not a misconception — mosquitoes are attracted to some pe»»»

The epidemiological situation regarding infectious diseases in Kyrgyzstan remains stable, and monitoring continues on a daily basis. The Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan reported, citing the Department for Disease Prevention and State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance. There is no reason fo»»»

Minister of Health of Kyrgyzstan Damir Osmonov held a working meeting with a delegation of specialists from the Republic of Korea. The meeting focused on dental diseases in the Kyrgyz Republic, developing cooperation in orthodontics, and implementing modern medical technologies. During the meeting,»»»

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under growing pressure following disappointing local election results, which saw Labour lose a significant number of council seats and marked a strong advance for Reform UK. The outcome has reignited questions about his leadership and fuelled speculation about»»»

Embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday vowed to prove his "doubters" wrong in a major speech aimed at quelling a mounting rebellion within his party after Labour suffered the worst local election results for a governing party in more than three decades last week. In a bid to restor»»»

PRESS REVIEW – May 11, 2026: First, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure following the Labour Party's disastrous results in the local elections. Next, the Guardian features an exclusive extract from Iranian Nobel Prize winner Narges Mohammadi's diaries. Meanwhile, the sit»»»

The European Union on Monday approved new sanctions on Israeli settlers "guilty of supporting the extremist and violent colonisation of the West Bank", French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on social media. Israel called the sanctions “arbitrary and political” and vowed to stand '”for »»»

Peter Magyar had only been Hungary’s prime minister for a few minutes on Saturday before he turned to the country’s president, renewing calls for him to resign. The move is the clearest sign yet that the new leader intends to make good on his promise to rid the country of Viktor Orban’s vast networ»»»

Calls for Keir Starmer to resign as British prime minister intensified Monday after heavy local and regional election defeats, with dozens of Labour MPs reportedly urging him to step aside despite his vow to “prove doubters wrong” and push a more ambitious agenda. Calls mounted late Monday for Brit»»»

The US Department of the Treasury slapped sanctions on 12 individuals and entities over their alleged role in facilitating the oil trade between Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and China. "The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating 12 ind»»»

A boat carrying 37 undocumented migrants believed to be from Indonesia sank off Pangkor island on Malaysia's west coast, leaving 14 people still missing, maritime authorities said. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in Perak said it was alerted early Monday by a local fisherman who fo»»»

A US transparency advocacy group has opened a temporary exhibition in New York with only one text on display: a print-out of all the files released by the US Department of Justice -- roughly 3.5 million pages -- relating to financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. Get updated faster an»»»

A 27-year-old citizen of Kyrgyzstan, Kubat Amanbekov, was killed in a road accident in Antalya. The crash occurred at around 3 a.m. on the night of May 11 in Serik district on Belek tourist highway. According to Turkish media reports, a taxi collided with the bicycle ridden by Kubat Amanbekov. The »»»

Iran's 14-point plan for resolving the Middle East conflict has no alternative, Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said. "There is no alternative but to accept the rights of the Iranian people as laid out in the 14-point proposal. Any other approach will be completely inconclusive;»»»

The global oil market will not return to normal until next year unless shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz resumes within a month, Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said. "The longer the supply disruptions continue, even for another few more weeks, it is going to take a much longer time for the oil»»»

With the Iran-US ceasefire on the edge, Donald Trump is more seriously weighing a resumption of American combat operations as negotiations with Iran falter, sources familiar with internal discussions told US media, including the CNN. Trump sharply criticised Tehran’s latest reply to a proposed fram»»»

UK leader Keir Starmer swept to power promising to end years of chaos in British politics, but numerous policy U-turns, controversies and rock-bottom poll ratings see him teetering on the precipice. In his first speech as prime minister on July 5, 2024, Starmer promised a government of "service" th»»»