A man wanted in Serbia for alleged participation in a string of gangland morders has been arrested in southern Athens, authorities said Tuesday. A police statement said the 40-year-old suspect was taken into custody in Voula on April 2, on the basis of an international arrest warrant from Serbia. H»»»

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court on Tuesday unanimously issued a decision dismissing a petition from the Varna Court of Appeal regarding a Judicial System Act provision on the term in office of an acting prosecutor general or a supreme court president. The Court decided that the performance of the f»»»

A banned books display is seen at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California on Sept. 22, 2022. A 2023 Iowa law banning LGBTQ books and topics from being discussed in public schools is taking effect after an appeals court lifted an injunction against it on Tuesday. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | Li»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic met on Tuesday with the heads of subgroups in an inter-departmental expert working group set up to examine the justifiability of Serbia's approach to nuclear power development to discuss preparation of studies in the firs»»»

A Bulgaria-based criminal network that targeted elderly people in northern Greece through phone scams managed to make more than €600,000 from 41 victims, police said Tuesday. A police statement said authorities were seeking a 48-year-old foreign national who coordinated the fraudulent operation, to»»»

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, met on Tuesday with Dr. Constantinos Kombos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, who is visiting the country. According to Qatar News Agency (QNA), they disc»»»

Share: If U.S. threats go unenforced, Iran won’t just test Washington—it will control the world’s most critical chokepoint. Donald Trump has once again drawn a red line—this time giving Iran a deadline to agree to a deal, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or face severe consequences. But this is not the»»»

US President Donald Trump threatened that "a whole civilization will die tonight" as Iran showed no sign of accepting his ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening, Washington time. Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. in Washington - 3:30 a.m. in Tehran - to end its blockade of Gulf o»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted infrastructure belonging to the Israeli enemy army in the occupied city of Acre with a barrage of rock»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters launched at 13:20 on Tuesday 07-04-2026 an aerial attack using swarms of loitering drones targeting gatherings »»»

Caretaker Justice Minister Andrey Yankulov has submitted a request to the Supreme Judicial Council Prosecutors Chamber for the launch of disciplinary proceedings against Emilia Rusinova and her dismissal as acting Sofia City prosecutor, Yankulov told a media briefing on Tuesday. The request is reas»»»

Skopje, 6 April 2026 (MIA) - The total value of exported goods from the Republic of North Macedonia in the period January – February 2026 amounted to EUR 1.26 billion, a 2.4-percent increase compared to the same period last year. The value of imported goods in the same period was EUR 1.18 billion, »»»

A court in Bishkek handed down a verdict in a criminal case on child trafficking and abusive acts against minors. The State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. According to the SCNS, in September 2024, as part of the investigation, a citizen of Kazakhstan identif»»»

Washington, April 7 (SANA) US Vice President J.D. Vance said on Tuesday that Washington still has tools it has not yet used in dealing with Iran, as the deadline set by the United States approaches. According to AFP, Vance said during a visit to Hungary that the United States retains additional opt»»»

Amman, Apr. 7 (SANA) A trilateral meeting held in Amman brought together Syrian Minister of Transport Yarub Badr, Jordanian Minister of Transport Nidal al-Qatamin, and Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, resulting in the signing of agreements and memorandums of und»»»

Doha, Qatar: Children’s literature holds a unique ability to shape values in subtle yet lasting ways. In her latest release, The Invisible Crowns, published by Dar Al Sharq, author Ghada Kofa presents a heartfelt story that reminds young readers of a simple but profound truth: kindness is the trues»»»

Tunis, April 7 (TAP) - The Tunisian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (French: CCITF) is set to publish a white paper in June 2026 to serve as a model for the business of tomorrow, said CCITF Secretary-General Mohamed Louzir. "This white...»»»

Oil prices are up again on Tuesday on the heels of President Donald Trump posting on social media "a whole civilization will die tonight," discussing Iran and his deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI | License Photo April 7 (UPI) -- Oil prices are up again on Tuesday on t»»»

Dubai: The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) has forecast fair to partly cloudy weather across the UAE tomorrow, with conditions expected to turn cloudier by night and a chance of rainfall in some western areas by Thursday morning. In its daily update, the NCM said winds will freshen during the »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in a house in the town of Taybeh with a drone and a missile stri»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted infrastructure belonging to the Israeli enemy army in the occupied city of Safed and in the settlement»»»

Cairo — Egypt’s stock market closed the 29 March–2 April 2026 trading week with a mixed but volatile performance, as a steep foreign-led sell-off at the start of the period was followed by a strong mid-week rebound before profit-taking resumed on Thursday. By the close on 2 April, the benchmark EGX»»»

1 of 3 | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomes Vice President JD Vance in front of his office, the former Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, in this handout photo from Orban's communications team. Vance is on a two-day visit to Hungary. Photo by Akos Kaiser/EPA April 7 (UPI»»»

Ainura Akhmedzhanova, Director of the Kyrgyz Accreditation Center under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, is participating in the 1st International Halal Accreditation Congress, which is held from April 6 to 8, 2026, in Ankara, Turkey. The Ministry of Economy’s press service reported. The Congr»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah fighters targeted gatherings of IOF vehicles and soldiers in the Taybeh project with rocket barrages and artillery shells and str»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah fighters targeted IOF gatherings in the town of Maroun Al-Ras, around the Moussa Abbas complex and the Tahrir Triangle in Bint Jb»»»

Tourists walking an a beach near Vartholomio in the western Peloponnese have found and handed over to authorities a kilogram of cocaine, state ERT television reported Monday. ERT said the drugs were discovered on Sunday afternoon and sent for testing to a state laboratory. Police with sniffer dogs »»»

New Delhi: An Indian court has sentenced nine policemen to death for the torture and killing of a father and son in 2020 who were detained for allegedly breaching Covid lockdown rules. The additional district judge in Madurai, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, found the officers guilty in the cu»»»

The Russian oil tanker Anatoli Kolodkin steers into Matanzas Bay, Cuba, on March 31, marking the island's first major oil shipment in three months. The United States did not intervene, despite its announced blockade of Russian oil headed to he island nation. Photo by EPA April 7 (UPI) -- A floating»»»

Ever wonder what it’d be like to ride with the authorities? Well, Dubai is giving you that opportunity. The city’s police is launching a cycling initiative called “Ride with Police” in partnership with Dubai Autodrome, this Wednesday. So what will this initiative entail? Every Wednesday throughout »»»

Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance in Lebanon launched on Tuesday a meticulously coordinated wave of strikes across the occupied territories under the codename “Operation Eaten Straw,” demonstrating unprecedented precision and operational intensity. The attacks targeted Israeli military and strategic s»»»

Washington, April 7 (SANA) U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his rhetoric toward Iran, warning of imminent strikes on key infrastructure if no political progress is made before a deadline set for later in the day. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said, “A whole civilizat»»»

Sri Lanka will purchase crude oil from Russia after reaching an agreement with Moscow amid the energy crisis spurred by the Middle East conflict, the island nation’s transport minister, Bimal Rathnayake, has said. Rathnayake told TASS on Monday that “energy is our priority today,” adding that the U»»»

Ivaylo Mirchev and Bozhidar Bozhanov, the co-chairs of Yes, Bulgaria, part of the Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria coalition, have rejected Rumen Radev's claims that the caretaker government is illegitimate and that its request for European Commission support against hybrid threats during »»»

Responding to alerts about ambient air pollution, experts of the Sofia Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water carried out a non-routine inspection of the Bobov Dol Thermoelectric Power Plant on Monday, the Ministry of Environment and Water said on Tuesday. The inspectors found diffuse emiss»»»

The Egyptian government last week tapped the international bonds markets for the first time since the January revolution in 2011. Egypt sold $1.5 billion of 10-year bonds at a yield of 6 per cent, the offering received a noticeable interest with more than $4.5 billion of investor orders offered , a»»»

Bangkok: A pet ostrich went for a speedy jaunt down a busy Thai highway on Tuesday, before being returned safe and sound to its enclosure at an animal-themed cafe. The six-month-old male ostrich raced along a three-lane highway in Thailand's coastal Chonburi province as cars and trucks sped by the »»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has taken measures to limit the impact of fuel price increases on consumer goods, Suhail Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, said. He added that global fuel price rises, driven by developments involving Iran, have disrupted supply chains and affected the »»»

Dubai: NASA’s Artemis II mission has delivered a historic moment as astronauts journeyed around the far side of the Moon, offering a rare and breathtaking perspective of Earth’s closest celestial neighbor. The crewed spacecraft, launched from Kennedy Space Center, carried three American astronauts »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian authorities have information that the individual who was to damage the Turkish Stream international gas pipeline near Kanjiza, northern Serbia, had a military rank in their country's army, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday. Two large packages of explosives with d»»»

The leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), is traveling to mainland China, marking the first such visit since 2016. Known as a vocal opponent of the island’s possible independence, Cheng Li-wun was invited by Chinese President Xi Jinping for what she has described as a peac»»»

According to the private sector solar power system provider, Zadco, for the first time in Libya, solar-powered single pivot agricultural irrigation circles have been launched in southern Libya. The company reported yesterday that an off-grid solar energy system has been implemented to operate a piv»»»

‎The Minister of Housing and Reconstruction, Essam Al-Tamouni, discussed yesterday, with the Chairman of the Savings and Real Estate Investment Bank and representatives of a Chinese company, ways of joint cooperation in the implementation of a number of development projects within the country.‎ The»»»

A 33-year-old woman with Dutch and Turkish citizenship has been charged after attempting to smuggle undeclared gold worth nearly EUR 100,000 through Bulgaria’s Kapitan Andreevo border crossing, prosecutors said. A court imposed bail of EUR 3,000 as part of a pre-trial investigation into failure to »»»

Tunis, April 7 (TAP)- The Tunis stock exchange and UN Women Tunisia observed Ring the Bell for Gender Equality ceremony on International Women's Day, the Tunis stock exchange said.The global event, led by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and...»»»

Turkish police and security forces at the scene of a shoot out Tuesday in which one gunman was killed and two others were "neutralized" near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul. Photo by Stringer/EPA April 7 (UPI) -- One man was killed and two others were "neutralized" on Tuesday after gunmen exchang»»»

Dubai: After headliner Kanye West was denied entry into the UK to headline Wireless Festival, organisers have now announced that its 2026 event will be cancelled. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.According to The Independent, the cancellation comes»»»

Despite ultimately recovering the aviators, the US operation to rescue F-15 crew members downed in Iran “was a debacle,” political analyst Tobias Nase tells Sputnik. He argues that the true outcome of the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) effort was concealed from the public “to hide the fact that it»»»

Bulgaria recorded only a limited and one-off increase in inflation after joining the euro on January 1, with the impact estimated at 0.3% to 0.4%, Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev said in an interview with Reuters. He stressed that the effect was in line with Croatia’s experience and »»»

WASHINGTON: NASA has revealed scientific details and rare observations documented by the Artemis 2 mission crew during their historic flyby of the Moon, the first crewed mission to its vicinity since Apollo 17. The agency explained that the lunar observation period, which lasted approximately seven»»»