BELGRADE - Addressing a special sitting of the Serbian parliament, the Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council Saqr Ghobash said on Wednesday his country saw Serbia as an important partner and that bilateral cooperation was an opportunity to boost development, expand investments and build bridg»»»

US President Donald Trump thinks the two Republicans most likely to jockey to succeed him would make an unbeatable ticket if they run together, he told an interviewer Wednesday. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are both widely seen as strong contenders to run for the 2028 »»»

Israeli strikes killed ‌three Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials said, and the Palestinian group Hamas said an end to such attacks was crucial to further talks on safeguarding a US-brokered ceasefire. Medics said one Palestinian was killed in an airstrike near the Mughraqa area in »»»

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev will hold talks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is due to arrive in Sofia on Thursday at the invitation of his Bulgarian counterpart, the Government Information Service reported on Wednesday. The discussions will focus on the development of bi»»»

People often make irrational decisions, and while artificial intelligence can help predict and overcome these mistakes, it should not be trusted blindly because it has vulnerabilities of its own, Anton Suvorov, rector of the Russian Economic School and a specialist in behavioral economics, told Spu»»»

ISTANBUL (Sputnik) - The Turkish authorities are in talks with Saudi Arabia over the route of a railroad largely following the Hejaz Railway, with plans for the new line potentially to extend to Oman and serve as an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructu»»»

NATO chief Mark Rutte said in Kyiv on Wednesday that Russia was growing desperate as it faced mounting military and economic difficulties in its four-year-long invasion of Ukraine. Rutte arrived in the Ukrainian capital hours after Kyiv launched drone attacks on the Russian city of Saint Petersburg»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that he and US President Donald Trump are aligned on the goal of disarming Hezbollah in order to achieve peace between Israel and Lebanon. Hezbollah "is an Iranian proxy that puts all the citizens of Lebanon at gunpoint and uses Lebanon as a »»»

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi condemned “brutal” Iranian attacks targeting Kuwait and Bahrain on Wednesday. An Iranian attack killed an Indian national and injured 63 people at Kuwait's international airport on Wednesday, forcing »»»

Doha: Katara Cultural Village has announced the operating hours for Katara Beach during Summer 2026, with beach access available daily from 3:30pm to 11pm starting June 1, 2026. Visitors will be able to enjoy the summer atmosphere, swimming activities and a variety of water sports during the evenin»»»

Four sentenced to death for attacking Catholic church in Nigeria 8 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleChukwunaeme ObiejesiBBC Africa, Abuja ReutersFive men were on trial but only four were sentenced after one was acquitted A court in Nigeria has sentenced four men to death for attacking »»»

WASHINGTON: US Secretary Marco Rubio voiced hope Wednesday that the latest round of talks in Washington between Israel and Lebanon will produce a security roadmap, despite Israel and Hezbollah's continuing hostilities. Israeli and Lebanese envoys meeting Wednesday for the fourth round of direct tal»»»

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday relieved Evgeni Simeonov of his duties as Chair of the State Agency for Metrological and Technical Surveillance, the Government Information Service reported. Stoyan Stoev, who has served as Deputy Chair of the agency, was appointed acting Chair until a permanen»»»

Great Britain created a new rule that gives media companies more power to protect their intellectual property against Google's AI Overviews. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo June 3 (UPI) -- Publishers in Britain will now have stronger negotiating power to protect their intellectual »»»

Sharjah: A community-wide effort spanning social media and Sharjah Police’s collaboration led to the reunion of a young non-verbal autistic boy with his family in several hours after he was found alone near a residential building. The boy was spotted outside a building in Sharjah’s Al Nahda area on»»»

The pattern of solar flares has begun to resemble a heartbeat on a cardiogram, according to the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Space Research Institute. "It really does look like a cardiogram. We're waiting for the next 'heartbeat'," the laboratory said on its Tel»»»

Ukraine's stepped-up strikes deep inside Russia enable Kyiv to negotiate the end of the war on an equal footing, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, just after one of the barrages struck an oil terminal and naval base hundreds of kilometers away. For months, Kyiv's troops have been conducting attac»»»

French authorities have taken into custody the Russian captain of a seized oil tanker believed to be part of Moscow's "shadow fleet", a prosecutor said Wednesday. The French navy detained the Tagor on Sunday in international waters with British help on suspicion the ship was flying a false flag and»»»

H.E. Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, will pay an official visit to the Republic of Korea on 4 June 2026.»»»

Since Notre Dame Cathedral reopened to the public in 2024 following a devastating fire, it has been one of the most popular tourist destinations in Paris. What many don’t realize is that the work continues near the cathedral underground. To make way for trees and shade on the square in front of the»»»

French influencers are set to play a key role in the 2027 presidential campaign. More than half of under-25s cite social media and video platforms as their main source of information, according to a survey published in January 2026 by French media regulator Arcom. Politicians want to meet them»»»

The Saint-Germain-des-Prés book fair is a literary rendez-vous at the famous Parisien café, Les Deux Magots. To the delight of book lovers, the event is returning for its third year, bringing a rich and modern programme to the Left Bank historical venue where Boris Vian, Jean-Paul Sartre and Ernest»»»

MANILA: The long-delayed rehabilitation of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), Metro Manila’s busiest highway, is moving ahead of schedule as government agencies prepare to launch the next phase of a project aimed at modernizing the country’s most heavily used thoroughfare before major internatio»»»

Paris, France: A UN report on Wednesday urged artificial intelligence firms to disclose their environmental footprint, warning that the AI boom is putting growing pressure on power grids, water supplies and land resources. The study also urged governments to require standardised environmental repor»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that he and U.S. President Donald Trump are aligned on the goal of disarming Hezbollah in order to achieve peace between Israel and Lebanon. Hezbollah "is an Iranian proxy that puts all the citizens of Lebanon at gunpoint and uses Lebanon as »»»

LONDON: Amnesty International has joined a criminal complaint against FedEx Belgium over the alleged unlawful transit of military equipment destined for Israel through Belgium, the rights organization said on Wednesday. The complaint, filed with prosecutors in the Belgian city of Liege, was initial»»»

Bulgaria has officially signed Amendment No. 1 to the Framework Agreement with US defence company Lockheed Martin under the Industrial Cooperation Programme linked to the acquisition of F-16 Block 70 fighter aircraft, the Ministry of Economy, Investments and Industry said during the HEMUS 2026 inte»»»

NGO, Refugees in Libya, yesterday strongly condemned the growing campaign of dehumanization directed against migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Libya. The NGO is based in Bologna, Italy. It describes itself as a self-organized refugee movement which exposes abuse in Libya, Tunisia & Niger. I»»»

Ukrainian long-range drones hit an oil terminal in the Russian city of St Petersburg on June 3, setting the facility ablaze. It came hours before Vladimir Putin's showcase economic forum got under way in the city, apparently an attempt to embarrass the Kremlin chief. Moscow said it would keep strik»»»

Ukrainian drone attacks in St. Petersburg targeted military and energy infrastructure overnight into Wednesday, setting ablaze a Russian warship and oil depots on the Baltic coast. This attack deep in Russian territory came on the opening day of Putin's three-day economic forum held in the city and»»»

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) sends a clear signal to the world: Russia is an influential power with strong growth potential, actively seeking to expand multilateral cooperation, Egyptian economic expert Hanan Ramsis tells Sputnik. Key topics on this year's agenda:Fighting»»»

Doha, Qatar: As part of efforts to enhance road user safety and ensure the quality of products available in the local market, the Qatar General Organization for Standardization and Metrology (QS) has announced the adoption of new technical requirements regulating the extension of the permitted sale»»»

Russia has collected RUB225bn ($3.1bn) in "voluntary contributions" from major businesses as of late May as the Ministry of Finance (MinFin) scrambles to raise more money for the increasingly pressured budget. MinFin expects to collect a total of RUB300B ($4.2bn) by year-end from Russia’s largest c»»»

LONDON: The Palestinian Authority condemned on Wednesday an Israeli plan to build 2,162 new settlement housing units in the occupied West Bank. It called on the US administration to intervene immediately to halt Israeli actions, which risk further escalation in the region, according to the Palestin»»»

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved substantial amendments to the draft Agreement between the Republic of Bulgaria and the Principality of Andorra for the Avoidance of Double Taxation, which had previously been approved as the basis for negotiations. Under the same decision, the Governme»»»

Tunis, June 3 (TAP) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohammed Ali Nafti on Wednesday received Pakistan's Ambassador to Tunisia Javed Ahmed Umrani, who paid him a farewell visit on the conclusion of his mission.Nafti...»»»

RIYADH: When food-tech entrepreneur Sara Amini wanted to see where Gulf businesses were still spending despite the Iran war, she flew to Riyadh. In Saudi Arabia, she found restaurants full and companies still talking expansion, in contrast to other Gulf economies in Iran’s firing line where the hos»»»

Public debate is increasingly disrupted by viral misinformation circulating on social media. Behind this sensationalist content regularly lie actors driven by pure profit. To truly understand the spread of online misinformation, author and academic Carlos Diaz Ruiz suggests it must be analysed as t»»»

1 of 3 | Rep.Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, lost Tuesday's Republican gubernatorial primary despite an endorsement from President Donald Trump. File Pool Photo by Rod Lamkey/UPI | License Photo June 3 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will be part of a runoff election in November while the president's»»»

Doha, Qatar: The mercury has crossed 45°C and a northwesterly wind is on its way, but that is no reason to stay home. This weekend is packed with a variety of indoor events across the country. From shopping offers to winter sports and theatre, there is something to match every interest. Read on to »»»

Brutal scenes unfolded on the first day of summer in central Budapest, when a minor collision that caused significant damage escalated into violence. Following the incident, foreign passengers in a taxi leapt out and began seriously assaulting the driver of the minivan involved. Street violence in »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic and the speaker of the UAE Federal National Council Saqr Ghobash signed on Wednesday in Belgrade a joint statement and the general secretariats of the two parliaments also signed an agreement on cooperation. At a ceremony in the parliament building,»»»

Sberbank has launched a program that reimburses 50% of the value-added tax (VAT) paid on merchant acquiring services, a targeted measure aimed at supporting small businesses, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board Anatoly Popov said at SPIEF 2026. "We launched a program to reimburse 50% of the VAT»»»

Dubai: Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al Ahmad Al Sabah visited Terminal 1 at Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday to inspect damage caused by the brutal Iranian drone and missile attacks that struck the facility earlier today. During the visit, Sheikh Ahmad was briefed on the c»»»

by Mahmoud Hammad Sharif Al-Kilani, a partner with Ernst and Young for North Africa and the Middle East region, said that the institution plans to establish new companies and acquisition deals for investors and Arab and foreign companies of Egyptian companies worth EGP20 billion over the coming six»»»

U.S. Secretary of State said Wednesday that he hopes the latest round of high-level political talks between Israel and Lebanon will result in a joint statement on ending hostilities. In testimony before lawmakers that started Wednesday shortly after the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the U.S. »»»

The Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bulgaria has submitted to the National Assembly observations on a consolidated Bill to Amend and Supplement the Judicial System Act that was passed on first reading on May 14, the prosecution service reported on its website on Wednesday. The prosecutors ex»»»

The Islamic Resistance continued on Wednesday targeting the Israeli occupation forces in South Lebanon and northern Palestine with missile salvos and loitering gliders. In this regard, Hezbollah Military Media issued the following statements: Statement 1 In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in»»»

Pakistan has reinstated early closing hours for businesses across the country, reviving a key component of its energy conservation strategy after a temporary suspension during the Eid Al Adha holiday period. Under fresh directives issued by the federal government on Wednesday, shops, markets, shopp»»»

Dubai: Iraq is moving to sharply increase crude oil exports through northern and western routes as the prolonged disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz continues to undermine the country's oil-dependent economy. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply c»»»