Shipping group Maersk posted first-quarter operating profits slightly above analyst forecasts on Thursday and kept its full-year earnings guidance unchanged. Underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) for the January-March period came in at $1.73 billion, comp»»»

Greece is set to roll out nationwide use of electronic ankle monitors for prison inmates this month as authorities seek to ease chronic overcrowding in the country’s correctional facilities, where about a quarter of detainees are awaiting trial. The electronic monitoring system will officially take»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s paid parking network added about 49,000 spaces in the first quarter of 2026, taking Parkin’s total portfolio to 258,000 spaces across public, developer and multi-storey parking facilities. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The increase was announced in Par»»»

May 7 (UPI) -- Federal law enforcement agents have arrested and charged 18 people accused of selling drugs in and around downtown Los Angeles' MacArthur Park, according to authorities who say additional drug operations will be conducted. The 18 people arrested over the last 24 hours in the so-calle»»»

Alaska wildlife agents can resume shooting and killing black and brown bears — including from helicopters — as part of a plan to help recover a caribou herd that was once an important source of food for Alaska Native hunters, a judge ruled Wednesday. Two conservation groups, the Alaska Wildlife All»»»

Mounds of slimey carcasses pile up on a riverbank in Jakarta where authorities are fighting an uphill battle against a fast-breeding invasive fish flourishing in Java island's heavily polluted waterways. The sapu-sapu, a sucking fish introduced from South America decades ago to keep Southeast Asian»»»

‎Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced last Tuesday (5 May) that Mellitah Oil & Gas Company announced the completion of the manufacturing and assembly works of the equipment of the Gas Exploitation Project in the Al-Bouri field. The NOC said this achieves a new qualitative leap following»»»

Dubai: Emirates has retained its position as the world’s most profitable airline, reporting record financial results for 2025–26 despite operational disruption in the final month of its financial year. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Emirates follows an April-to-March »»»

Dubai: TA’ZIZ has secured $2 billion in financing for the UAE’s first world-scale methanol plant, moving one of Abu Dhabi’s major industrial projects closer to production and strengthening the country’s push to build more chemicals and manufacturing capacity at home. Sign up for our daily business »»»

Doha, Qatar: As part of its ongoing efforts to promote inclusive and sustainable tourism, Qatar Tourism and Qatar Foundation for Social Work have announced the signing of a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU). The collaboration aims to support the integration of all segments of society with»»»

DEIR AL-BALAH: As the music comes on in a Gaza refugee camp, a group of boys and girls start showing off their breakdancing moves, kicking and spinning with intense focus on their fast footwork. Two young girls grin at each other as they nailed a tricky part of the routine.It’s a rare moment of res»»»

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India remains “steadfast as ever” in its determination to defeat terrorism and its “enabling ecosystem,” marking one year since a deadly clash with arch-enemy Pakistan. Relations between nuclear-armed neighbors plummeted last year after an April 22 attac»»»

MBOUR: Fallou softly whispers that since his mother’s death he has chosen to remain quiet, while young Sokhna recounts the many nightmares she has had following her father’s disappearance: for the children of Senegalese migrants lost at sea, the torment of grief is long-lasting. Known as “those who»»»

JAKARTA: Mounds of slimey carcasses pile up on a riverbank in Jakarta where authorities are fighting an uphill battle against a fast-breeding invasive fish flourishing in Java island’s heavily polluted waterways. The sapu-sapu, a sucking fish introduced from South America decades ago to keep Southe»»»

BUENOS AIRES: Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.The health emergency aboard the ship that’s moored across the ocean comes as Argentina sees a surge of hantavirus cases tha»»»

In light of the rapid economic transformations taking place globally, localization is no longer merely a matter linked to employment rates or labor market dynamics. It has become a strategic pathway toward building a more resilient economy, one that is better equipped to adapt to change. Strengthen»»»

Two drones entered NATO member Latvia from Russian territory and crashed, the Latvian army said on Thursday morning. The drones were probably launched by Ukraine against targets in Russia, Latvia's Defense Minister Andris Spruds told national broadcaster LSM. Military jets of the multinational NATO»»»

Japan fired surface-to-ship missiles and sank an old warship in waters between the Philippines and Taiwan as part of major military exercises that include US forces, angering China. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has accelerated Japan's shift towards a more muscular defense policy, further casting o»»»

Regional authorities on Lesvos have appealed to the government to allow “targeted” vaccinations to stop the deadly foot-and-mouth livestock disease that’s causing havoc with the northeastern Aegean Sea island’s economy. In a letter to the Rural Development Ministry, the regional official responsibl»»»

Greece is introducing a new Special Spatial Framework for Tourism, setting stricter limits on development in heavily visited destinations while offering incentives for less-developed areas, according to a draft plan presented by authorities. The framework divides the country into five categories, w»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has said that there is a strong possibility that the United States and Iran could reach a diplomatic solution, despite the publicly stated differences between the two sides. In an int»»»

Dubai: As anticipation builds around Daadi Ki Shaadi, Neetu Kapoor has shared an emotional memory from the film’s shoot that revealed just how protective her son Ranbir Kapoor can be. The actress was filming in Shimla when tensions between India and Pakistan intensified during Operation Sindoor in »»»

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has stressed the importance of “national unity” as Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said it was premature to talk of any high-level meeting between Lebanon and Israel. Speaking during a meeting with heads of Akkar municipal federations and mukhtars at Baabda Palace on Wedne»»»

Doha, Qatar: Associate at the Department of Pharmacy and Drug Control at Ministry of Public Health Dr. Latifa Al Khayat has outlined the regulatory framework governing the import and circulation of medicines in the country, emphasising its role in safeguarding patient safety and reducing pharmaceut»»»

65 sky divers and para-motorists from at least 20 countries in the world flew over the great Giza pyramids on Saturday as Sky Sports EG Company in cooperation with the Egyptian Air Sports Federation held Egypt’s first ever air games. “The event is an amazing and important advertisement which will p»»»

Syrian forces have arrested Uzbek fighters during a security sweep in the northwest, after a dispute involving one of them escalated into protests outside a government security facility, two Syrian security officials said. The tensions began after authorities sought to detain an Uzbek fighter accus»»»

The Samos Animal Welfare Association on Wednesday said that a dog found severely abused on the eastern Aegean island of Samos died from her injuries after a two-week struggle for survival. The female dog, estimated to be about 12 years old and weighing just 9 kilograms (20 pounds), was discovered o»»»

The volume of industrial production grew by 6.7% year-on-year in March 2026. Based on working-day adjusted data production rose by 3.7%. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, industrial output was 3.1% higher than in February 2026. Production volume increased in the great majority »»»

In quarter 1 2026, 2,821 new dwellings were built, 4.3% more than a year earlier. The number of dwellings to be built based on issued construction permits and simple declarations was 9,291, 64% more than in the same period of 2025. In the first quarter of 2026, 2,821 dwellings were put to use, an i»»»

The United States is closely monitoring the situation with US travelers on board the luxury cruise ship that was hit by a hantavirus outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday. Three people - a Dutch couple and a German national - have died in the outbreak on t»»»

America's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, will visit the first US pope, Leo XIV, on Thursday, seeking to ease tensions between Washington and the Vatican while also promoting President Donald Trump's interests. The US secretary of state flies in weeks after Trump's extraordinary criticism of Leo, the he»»»

The caretaker government will consider asking the National Assembly to ratify the Treaty Establishing the European Stability Mechanism and amendments linked to Bulgaria’s accession to it, the government press service said on Thursday. Bulgaria became the 21st member of the euro area on January 1, 2»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

The EU imported more Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first four months of 2026 than in any equivalent period since the Yamal LNG project began exporting in 2017, according to new analysis of Kpler shipping data published by campaign group Urgewald — paying an estimated €3.88bn to Moscow»»»

Egyptian contacts with regional leaders and officials continue as part of de-escalation efforts to calm tensions between Washington and Tehran and positive signals over a possible memorandum of understanding to end the war. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed the need to intensify effo»»»

A man from the village of Ippeio on Lesvos was sentenced to six years in prison, suspended, for shooting and seriously injuring a stray kitten in May 2021 because it was tearing his garbage bags and “had to learn,” according to testimony. Witnesses told the court he responded to their protests by s»»»

North Korea's U.N. envoy said Thursday that Pyongyang is not bound by the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. In this photo, North Korea shows off an ICBM at a military parade in Pyongyang in October. File Photo by KCNA/EPA SEOUL, May 7 (UPI) -- North Korea is not bound by the global treaty aimed at »»»

Rudy Giuliani, the former Mayor of New York City, has been removed from the ICU, his spokesman said on Wednesday. File Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo May 7 (UPI) -- Rudy Giuliani has been moved from the intensive care unit but remains hospitalized, a spokesperson for the former New York C»»»