Lebanon's president and prime minister on Tuesday discussed preparations for a new round of talks with Israel next week, after the U.S. and Iran announced a peace deal that includes Lebanon. Lebanon and Israel have been holding direct talks in Washington since April, seeking to end hostilities and »»»

Hezbollah's chief on Tuesday thanked Iran's top negotiator for helping stop the "Israeli-American aggression" on Lebanon, after the announcement of a U.S.-Iran deal on ending the Middle East war that includes Lebanon. In a message to Iranian parliament speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Gha»»»

Lebanon said Israeli strikes killed four people in the country's south on Tuesday as Israel said it intercepted Hezbollah rockets and launched raids, despite a U.S.-Iran deal that includes Lebanon. Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) said Israeli drone strikes targeted two vehicles in the»»»

Poland’s Ombudsman is receiving more complaints about disputes between landlords and tenants, Ombudsman Marcin Wiącek told Rzeczpospolita. Some landlords claim that dishonest tenants are abusing tenant-protection rules to delay or block eviction, even after lease agreements have been legally termin»»»

Investors welcomed Permira’s sale of its final large stake in Allegro, saying it removes a long-standing share overhang that had weighed on the company’s valuation. The fund sold about 131 mln shares through an accelerated bookbuilding process at PLN 33.6 per share, a 3.5% discount to Monday’s clos»»»

Poland’s Job Offers Barometer rose by 4.7 points in May to 258.2, up from 253.5 in April, according to a report by WSIiZ in Rzeszów and BIEC. Online job postings have been recovering since February and have returned to levels seen a year earlier. Excluding seasonal work, the number of offers increa»»»

Boats in a sailing event fight for position in 2005 off the Isle of Wight. On Tuesday, a Russian frigate fired warning shots toward a British pleasure yacht sailing in the English Channel off the island. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo June 16 (UPI) -- A Russian warship, the Admiral»»»

Évian-les-Bains: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met on Tuesday with Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, on the sidelines of the G7 Summit being held in Évian-les-Bains, France. Sheikh Mohamed and Prime Minister Modi discussed ways to further develo»»»

Doha: The US-Qatar Business Council (USQBC) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) discussed on Tuesday ways to accelerate Qatar's startup, innovation, and investment ecosystem. This came during an event titled 'Qatar as a regional innovation hub: accelerating the startup ecosystem in Qata»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday reaffirmed the importance of restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz as it was prior to the Feb. 28 start of hostilities between the US, Israel and Iran. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz stayed at a trickle Tuesday, maritime trackers in»»»

Évian-les-Bains: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met today with His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, on the sidelines of the G7 Summit being held in Évian-les-Bains, France. Sheikh Mohamed and Prime Minister Modi discussed ways to furt»»»

The parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee Tuesday approved on second reading a raise of the new debt ceiling to EUR 3.8 billion through amendments to the so-called budget extension law (formally the Act on the Collection of Revenues and the Commitment of Expenditures in 2026 until the Passage »»»

Geneva: The State of Qatar strongly condemned the unlawful Israeli decisions and measures in the Occupied West Bank, including the reclassification of large swaths of Palestinian land as so-called "state land" by Israel, and accelerating the pace of settlement activity in a flagrant breach of inter»»»

Beirut: The death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanon since March 2, has risen to 3,826 dead, in addition to 11,851 injured. In a statement, the Health Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanese Ministry of Health said that the total cumulative toll of the Israeli aggression a»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich spotted on Tuesday a UK-flagged yacht in the English Channel, which headed dangerously close to the vessel, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "Today, June 16... the crew of the frigate Admiral Grigorovich discovered the civilian sailing ya»»»

President Donald Trump attends a working session at Hotel Royal during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday. He told reporters that he would send the Iran deal to Congress for approval. Photo by Yoan Valat/EPA June 16 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would send the »»»

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s bombshell confirmation that the Ukrainian biological threat Russia’s biowarfare defense troops have been warning about is real, and directly funded by US taxpayers. 40+ labs across Ukraine given millions of dollars in cities from Lvov and Kiev to Kh»»»

Tunis, June 16 (TAP) - “Digital Transformation and Trade in North Africa” is the theme of a webinar series to be held by the United Nations Economic Commission (ECA) Office for North Africa on Tuesday, June 23.This meeting will examine how digital...»»»

NABATIYEH, Lebanon: Starting in the early hours of Tuesday, Aida Jleilati and her daughter dug through the pile of rubble that was once their home in the city of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon picking up some of their belongings that survived a late May airstrike by Israel. They were among a trickle»»»

MILAN: AC Milan hired Rúben Amorim on Tuesday, five months after he was fired by Manchester United — with the Portuguese coach set to face his old club in one of his first matches. Amorim was regarded as one of the top emerging coaches in Europe before his reputation took a hit in the Premier Leagu»»»

LONDON: The British military is investigating reports that a Russian warship fired warning shots at a UK-registered yacht in the English Channel on Tuesday. The Defense Ministry said it was investigating an “incident” after the yacht said it was fired on by a Russian navy vessel about 460 meters aw»»»

Damascus, June 16 (SANA) Head of the General Authority for Borders and Customs (GABC) Qutaiba Badawi met with UAE Ambassador to Syria Hamad Rashid bin Alwan al-Habsi to discuss prospects for cooperation in ports, free zones and logistics services, the authority said Tuesday. The meeting, held at th»»»

For nearly two decades, Iraqi singer and actress Claudia Hanna has embodied a distinctive model of the modern Arab performer, successfully combining beauty, culture, talent, and determination. After being crowned Miss Arab World in 2006, she refused to be confined to the title, embarking instead on»»»

The United States and Iran will sign a temporary agreement on Friday in Switzerland to end the war, which will immediately allow Tehran to resume oil sales and see the Strait of Hormuz “fully open” by Friday, US President Donald Trump and other officials said on Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines o»»»

Mexico is calling for the return of artifacts included in a Sotheby's auction. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo June 16 (UPI) -- The Mexican government has demanded the withdrawal of two archaeological artifacts of Mexican origin that are scheduled to be auctioned on June 18 by Soth»»»

Doha, Qatar: The 12th Doha Islamic Finance Conference kicked off yesterday, under the theme ‘Islamic Finance in the Age of Agentic Systems’, in the presence of H.E. Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani, Minister of Commerce and Industry; H E Ghanem bin Shaheen bin Ghanem Al Ghanim, Minister »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic met with the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Andreas von Beckerath on Tuesday to discuss defence cooperation, regional security and further advancement of partnership relations. "Gasic emphasised that Serbia is determined to continue to contri»»»

Tunis, June 16 (TAP) - The weather will be cloudy on Tuesday night with stroms and showers expected in midland and northern regions, and partly cloudy in most regions. The wind will blow east in the south strong in the south with local sandstorms,...»»»

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez signed a memorandum of understanding with U.S.-based GE Vernova, General Electric's energy division, and state-owned utility Corpoelec to repair, modernize and stabilize the country's struggling national power grid. File Photo by Miguel Gutierrez/EPA Ju»»»

Dubai: Dubai Police have warned residents against falling victim to fake insurance offers promoted on social media, saying fraudsters are using deceptive advertisements and unrealistically low prices to lure consumers into financial scams. The warning was issued by the Anti-Fraud Centre at the Gene»»»

Doha: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari confirmed that the State of Qatar will be represented at the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Re»»»

Geneva: The Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office at Geneva, in cooperation with Qatar Foundation and Qatar Sports Investments, organized a high-level event on ‘Empowering Women and Girls In and Through Sport - From Words to Deeds’, on the sidelines of the 62nd Sessio»»»

NAIROBI: Uganda’s vice president called on Tuesday ​for countries to lift travel restrictions against Ugandan citizens, saying that his country had controlled ‌Ebola in the ‌current ​outbreak. “Uganda, ‌although ⁠it ​has had ⁠previous epidemics, we would like to state clearly that we have never exp»»»

KANSAS: England defender Tino Livramento has been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering a calf injury and replaced by Trevoh Chalobah on the eve of the team’s opening match against Croatia. The Newcastle right-back, 23, sustained the injury during a training session at the team’s Kansas City b»»»

BEIRUT: Israeli drone strikes targeted three vehicles in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least four people and wounding others, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported. Two people were killed in a double-tap strike, with a drone hitting a car in the village of Mayfadoun followed by a »»»

Doha A committee of Qatar's Shura Council has reviewed a proposal aimed at regulating wedding ceremonies and addressing associated social practices, as part of ongoing discussions on social policy and community traditions. The Committee on Social Affairs, Labor and Housing held a meeting on Tuesday»»»

CAIRO - Serbian PM Djuro Macut visited on Tuesday an EXPO 2027 Belgrade booth at the Africa Health ExCon2026 event in Cairo. Speaking with EXPO 2027 representatives, Macut inquired about the level of interest in the EXPO and wanted to know which of its aspects attracted the most attention among vis»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said at a Council of Ministers' meeting with associations of road transport operators on Tuesday that Government is about to take measures to support the transport industry and its sustainable development, reported the Cabinet's press centre. The measures are foreseen to »»»

Most Bulgarian parents are concerned that their children spend too much time on screens and social media, according to a Eurobarometer survey presented by the European Commission on Tuesday. Overall, 12,750 interviews were conducted across the EU between March 30 and April 16, including 500 in Bulg»»»

Ukraine "intentionally turned off surveillance cameras to remove inconvenient evidence" of a malfunctioning Patriot missile (https://t.me/SputnikInt/105643) fired by Ukrainian air defenses hitting the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra monastery, Alexander Mikhailov, head of the Military and Political Analysis Bu»»»

Dubai: The Holy Kaaba was draped in a new Kiswa on Tuesday as Saudi Arabia marked the beginning of the Islamic New Year, continuing a centuries-old tradition that combines religious significance with one of the most intricate forms of Islamic craftsmanship. The replacement of the black silk coverin»»»

Dubai: Kuwait’s Court of Cassation has sentenced Sheikh Talal Al Khaled, former interior minister, to three years in prison with hard labour and imposed a fine of KD3,000 after ruling in two high-profile public spending cases involving the Ministries of Interior and Defence. The court ordered the s»»»

Doha, Qatar: The 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum will host live screenings of Qatar's upcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 group-stage matches, inviting football fans to come together and support the national team. "Cheer on Team Qatar at the FIFA World Cup 2026," the museum said in a post on social »»»

TBILISI - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday in Tbilisi he expected the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to provide a final, 15-day extension of a deadline for a resolution of the issue of the Serbian oil company NIS. Vucic said this in response to questions from reporters»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi Cinerama Club celebrated its first anniversary on Monday with a special screening of Badr Al-Shibani’s “Seven Summits” documentary at the Sard Cultural Center in Riyadh. “Seven Summits” details Al-Shibani’s journey as he conquers the highest peak on each of the world’s seven conti»»»

PHILADELPHIA, USA: Like many other Haitians, Peguy Joseph is a longtime superfan of Brazil, the world’s greatest soccer power. In a few days, though – for the first time in his life – he won’t root for the Brazilians. He has a World Cup ticket to see them play, in a wildly improbable matchup, again»»»

Egypt’s Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said achieving health sovereignty in Africa has become a strategic necessity rather than a choice, calling for stronger and more self-reliant healthcare systems while maintaining effective international partnerships, during the fifth edition of Africa He»»»

The Internal Trade Development Authority (ITDA), affiliated with the Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade, has announced the launch of a new system based on the use of secure documents for Commercial Registry records, alongside the provision of a number of Commercial Registry services through offi»»»

Ahmed Rostom, Minister of Planning and Economic Development and Chairperson of the National Investment Bank (NIB), held a meeting with Ashraf Negm, Deputy Chairperson and Managing Director of the bank, and Ahmed Saad, Chief Executive Officer of NI Consulting and Project Structuring, a subsidiary of»»»

The British Defense Ministry is investigating reports that a Russian frigate fired warning shots within 500 meters of a UK-registered yacht in the English Channel, the BBC has reported. According to the Press Association, the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich fired the shots at 11:40 am local tim»»»