BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday detentions of directors of Serbian health care and educational institutions in central Kosovo-Metohija on orders from Albin Kurti represented an attempt by Pristina to exert impermissible pressur»»»

Israel’s Knesset (parliament) approved a bill for its dissolution in a preliminary reading on Wednesday with support from both coalition and opposition lawmakers. Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana said 110 lawmakers voted in favor of the proposal, while no members opposed it, according to the Knesset’s of»»»

Brussels, May 20 (SANA) The European Parliament and European Union member states reached an agreement on Wednesday paving the way for implementation of a trade deal concluded with the United States last year, in a move aimed at easing escalating trade tensions between the two sides. According to Ag»»»

More die of suspected Ebola as WHO warns that numbers will rise further Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleHafsa Khalil AFP via Getty ImagesAuthorities say 51 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in DR Congo The World Health Organization (WHO) says there have now been 600 suspected cases of E»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance Launches More Bloody Attacks: Israeli Officers, including Commander of Brigade 401, Listed among Casualties 20-05-2026 1»»»

DUBAI: Dubai Basketball have announced that all ticket proceeds from their relocated home games in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be donated to humanitarian initiatives supporting local communities across the country. The UAE-based club were forced to relocate their home fixtures at the beginning of M»»»

The World Health Organization on Wednesday said the risk of the Democratic Republic of Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak was currently high at the national and regional levels but low worldwide. WHO experts said that while investigations into its origins were ongoing, given the scale of the situation i»»»

Dubai: Class 12 students of India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have been dealt another blow, this time by technical glitches on the re-evaluation portal, just as hundreds of students, including Indian expats in the UAE, were attempting to dispute their results and seek a fresh revi»»»

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the release of 956 inmates from correctional and punitive institutions across the country ahead of Eid Al Adha. The inmates had been convicted in various cases. The President pledged to settle the pardoned inmates' financial obli»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon reports Israeli air strikes on the towns of Kafra, Yatar and Siddiqin in Tyre district 20-05-2026 1»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli Broadcast Corporation: Hezbollah dealt severe blow to the “national immunity” of Israelis in the north 20-05-2026 13:32 PM Latest N»»»

Doha, Qatar: Art Basel is pleased to announce the appointment of Iraqi curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi as Artistic Director of the 2027 edition of Art Basel Qatar, presented in partnership with Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) and QC+. Al-Khudhairi succeeds Wael Shawky, artist and Director of Qatar Museu»»»

An Israeli strike on several houses in the southern town of Dweir killed five people Wednesday and wounded two others. Two other people were killed in a strike on Tebnine, and several were wounded across south Lebanon, despite the truce. The Israeli army struck overnight into Wednesday several sout»»»

Berlin, Germany: A US doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the current deadly outbreak has been admitted to an isolation ward in a German hospital, health officials told AFP Wednesday. The patient -- named as medical missionary Dr Peter Stafford -- arrived in Germa»»»

The US University of New Haven is set to open its Riyadh campus in September, marking the launch of the first American university branch campus in Saudi Arabia as the kingdom pushes to expand international higher education under Vision 2030. The university said the new campus, located in the Mohamm»»»

Dubai: Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, shaking hands with the Russian leader outside the Great Hall of the People ahead of bilateral talks. Xi and Putin highlighted their countries’ strategic partnership and expanding energy cooperation during talk»»»

Dubai: Warner Bros. World Yas Island in Abu Dhabi has been named the best theme park in the world, becoming the first attraction in the Middle East to win the prestigious 2026 Liseberg Applause Award. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The Applause Award is an internation»»»

Damascus, May 20 (SANA) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met Chinese Ambassador to Syria Shi Hongwei on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments, the Foreign Ministry said. In a statement posted on its Telegram channel, the ministry said»»»

Egypt has signed agreements valued at approximately $3 billion with energy giants Shell and TotalEnergies. These deals will secure 60 shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the year 2025, multiple market insiders disclosed to S&P Global Commodity Insights. While Shell has chosen not to commen»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli Broadcast Corporation: A mounting sense of frustration is taking hold, accompanied by eroding confidence in both the government and»»»

New market research has found that 4 out of 10 Romanians say they currently have savings or active investments, and saving behavior is driven primarily by the need for financial security rather than the desire to grow wealth. The study “Saving and Investment Attitudes in Romania,” commissioned by T»»»

MAKKAH: The Roads General Authority has implemented road-cooling projects at three Al-Mashaaer Al-Mugaddassah Metro sites in Makkah. Spanning 14,000 sq. meters, the initiative aims to improve the transportation environment and enhance pilgrim comfort during the Hajj season. The specialized road-coo»»»

Geneva: The World Health Organization on Wednesday said the risk of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak was currently high at the national and regional levels but low worldwide. The WHO assesses "the risk of the epidemic as high at the national and regional levels and low at the globa»»»

Youssef Shtayyeh came home from school on an April afternoon, dropped his bag in the hallway and headed straight back out to join his friends. Minutes later, he was dead -- shot by an Israeli soldier, just 100 meters (yards) from his home. He was 15. His is not an isolated case. Since Israel launch»»»

Israel moved closer on Wednesday to a snap election after lawmakers gave an initial nod to dissolve parliament, with opinion polls showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would lose the first national vote since the 2023 Hamas attacks. Lawmakers voted almost unanimously for an early ballot in a p»»»

German police on Wednesday arrested a married couple on charges of spying for China, accusing them of seeking information on advanced technology with military uses. The couple, German nationals partially named as Xuejun C. and Hua S., were arrested in the southern city of Munich, said the federal p»»»

Dubai: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to examine allegations that the blockbuster spy thriller Dhurandhar: The Revenge disclosed sensitive operational details linked to India’s armed forces and intelligence agencies. The court w»»»

Dubai: The global investment landscape is undergoing a fundamental recalibration. The defining question for investors is no longer how quickly capital can grow, but how reliably it can endure. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.This is not a cyclical»»»

A major international investment is set to support the modernization and expansion of Sofia’s Vasil Levski Airport, with €70 million allocated to the project by global investment firm M&G. According to the company announcement cited by BTA, the funding is directed toward SOF Connect, the operat»»»

The planned construction of Units 7 and 8 at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant could generate up to 55 billion euros for Bulgaria’s economy over their operating lifetime, according to project representatives presenting updated progress on the initiative. The briefing, held in Sofia with participatio»»»

Pakistan's interior minister headed to Iran on Wednesday for the second time this week amid an impasse between Tehran and Washington over a proposal to end the war, Iranian state media reported. "Mohsin Naqvi travelled to Tehran to meet officials from the Islamic republic," Iran's official IRNA new»»»

Bulgaria's new Prime Minister Rumen Radev met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on May 18 on his first official visit abroad since taking office, seeking to deepen economic and defence ties while calling for renewed diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Radev was welcomed with mili»»»

Russian leader Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing late on May 19 to address a range of supposedly highly sensitive bilateral matters with his Chinese counterpart, later convening with Xi Jinping for talks in the Great Hall of the People, reports from Chinese state media on May 20 state. Accordi»»»

Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov Wednesday said that he had proposed the dismissal of Daniela Miteva as Executive Director of the Registry Agency following a review and analysis of the agency’s work. He spoke during a news briefing after a Council of Ministers meeting. "I came across shocking and »»»

JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament on Wednesday voted 110-0 in favor of a preliminary reading of a government-backed bill to dissolve the Knesset, potentially bringing forward by a few weeks the next national election, which surveys predict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lose. When is the ballo»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Municipality, in collaboration with Visit Qatar and Qatar Calendar, announced the 2026 Eid Al Adha Family Festival at 974 Beach as part of the Eid celebrations in Qatar. In a social media post, the Ministry said the beach will welcome visitors on May 28 and 29, 2026, fr»»»

Pakistan's Interior Minister headed to Iran on Wednesday for the second time this week amid an impasse between Tehran and Washington over a proposal to end the war, Iranian state media reported. "Mohsin Naqvi travelled to Tehran to meet officials from the Islamic republic," Iran's official IRNA new»»»

South ​Korea's ​labour minister will personally mediate talks ​between ‌Samsung ⁠Electronics and ‌its South Korean ⁠union, the ministry announced Thursday after the union threatened a strike following the collapse of talks on bonus payouts. South Korea's labour minister is set to mediate talks betw»»»

Armenia continues to hold six Russian citizens on espionage-related charges linked to alleged filming activities for Azerbaijan, despite what their supporters describe as weak evidence and the absence of any classified material, RT reports. The individuals—Artem Makhmutov, Daniil Semenyuk, Viktor T»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.4000 dinars for one euro on Wednesday, which is a slight change relative to Tuesday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.1 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative »»»

Dubai: Emirates has completed the retrofit of its first two-class Airbus A380, marking a new phase in the Dubai airline’s multi-billion-dollar fleet upgrade programme and bringing Premium Economy seating to a part of its fleet that previously did not offer the cabin class. Sign up for our daily bus»»»

Citizens and insurance policyholders protested on Wednesday demanding the resignation of Financial Supervision Commission's (FSC) leadership team in front of the Council of Ministers building. The demonstration was organized by the DallBogg: Life and Health Insurance Company and its clients. Police»»»

POLITICS Incumbents and opposition clashed over proposed revisions to the National Assembly rules of procedure on Tuesday as the majority were accused of trying to restrict the rights of the other MPs, 24chasa.bg reports. The proposals were published on Monday afternoon and enraged GERB, Democratic»»»

BENGALURU: Novak Djokovic heads to ‌the French Open with the singular goal of winning a record 25th Grand Slam title, but his chances of making history have dimmed thanks to a disrupted 2026 campaign that has left the Serb searching for sharpness. Djokovic has played sparingly since losing to Carlo»»»

AMMAN: The Jordanian armed forces on Wednesday intercepted and shot down an unidentified drone after it entered Jordanian airspace, state news agency Petra reported. The drone was brought down in the Balila area of Jerash Governorate during the early morning hours, Petra said, quoting a military st»»»

RIYADH: Egypt’s mining sector is set to benefit from a new agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development aimed at supporting its development and growth. The memorandum of understanding aims to strengthen frameworks for joint cooperation, contributing to the North African count»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Wednesday Serbia was making major efforts to advance its position on the EU path and that an initiative aimed at the Western Balkans' accelerated admission to the Schengen zone, launched together with Albania, was important because it demonstrated that Ser»»»

Rome: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took selfies at the Colosseum and admired the view over Rome ahead of talks focused on trade on Wednesday. In a video posted on X, Meloni also thanked Modi for bringing along a packet of “Melody” toffees on his visi»»»

Dubai: Days after Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader and decapitated much of Tehran’s military leadership, Washington and Tel Aviv were already looking beyond the battlefield — toward a dramatic and deeply controversial plan for a post-war Iran. According to a detailed report by The New Y»»»

Dubai: Dubai has unveiled an ambitious vision to strengthen its position as one of the world’s leading media hubs, as the Dubai Media Council convened top executives, creatives and investors at the Dubai Media Retreat to chart the future of the industry. The retreat, held on Tuesday, brought togeth»»»