US President Donald Trump claimed that “all the Jews” are tired of Benjamin Netanyahu and threatened the Israeli prime minister with “divorce” between the close allies during a phone call, according to a new book by New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. The account comes fro»»»

A court of first instance has ruled that the 30-year-old hospital orderly need not be kept behind bars, despite multiple proceedings having been brought against him. S. Zsolt, the Budapest cannibal, drew international attention yesterday when it emerged that police had seized human body parts from »»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Baha region is witnessing a rise in visitors during the summer season, attracted by its mild weather, mountainous landscape, and attractions, including diverse events and programs held across its governorates and centers. Parks, gardens, and public facilities play a key role »»»

DOHA: Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 'Kahramaa' has signed a series of new project contracts aimed at developing and enhancing the electricity network in the western region. The contracts were awarded to several qualified local and international companies, including Voltage Enginee»»»

NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from Delhi to Amritsar briefly entered Pakistani airspace while carrying out a go-around manoeuvre at Amritsar airport, the airline said on Wednesday. The incident involved flight AI479 on June 22 and occurred during the aircraft’s approach to Amritsar, close to the I»»»

Actor Daniel Peev-Dundi and 11-year-old Desislava Kostadinova were honoured at the annual Worthy Bulgarians awards ceremony organized by newspaper 24 Chasa on Wednesday. President Iliana Iotova presented awards to the two Bulgarians who helped raise funds for medical treatment for cancer patients i»»»

Muscat: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani met on Wednesday in Muscat with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, HE Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations and w»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index slipped on Wednesday, shedding 27.19 points, or 0.25 percent, to close at 11,006.80. The benchmark index recorded a total trading turnover of SR4.99 billion ($1.33 billion), with 158 listed stocks advancing and 98 declining. The Kingdom’s parallel mark»»»

DOHA: Qatar University (QU) announced its new minimum admission requirements for undergraduate programmes, setting the minimum high school average at 75 percent, with the changes set to take effect starting in the Fall 2027 semester. Under the updated requirements, the minimum admission average for»»»

Muscat: HM Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of the sisterly Sultanate of Oman, received on Wednesday HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. At the start of the meeting, His Excellency the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs conveye»»»

Gold prices moved lower in early trading on Tuesday as investors responded to a firmer US dollar and reassessed the outlook for US monetary policy, although uncertainty remains over the Federal Reserve’s next policy moves. Regional financial media reported that spot gold was trading near $4,125 per»»»

Arab Finance: Egyptian ministries and agencies have signed eight cooperation agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on June 24th with the French Development Agency (AFD), the European Union (EU), and several French companies, covering healthcare, education, technical training, green indus»»»

LONDON/DUBAI: Qatari ‌Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani visited Muscat on Wednesday for talks with Oman on initiating negotiations involving Iran, Iraq and Gulf Arab states on the Strait of Hormuz, a diplomat briefed on the talks told Reuters. The discussions are separate from»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon has transferred 128 Syrian convicts to their home country, a Lebanese security source told AFP on Wednesday, the second batch of handovers under an agreement the two sides signed earlier this year.Overcrowded Lebanese prisons host around 2,000 Syrian nationals held on various charge»»»

LONDON/DUBAI: Qatari ‌Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani visited Muscat on Wednesday for talks with Oman on initiating negotiations involving Iran, Iraq and Gulf Arab states on the Strait of Hormuz, a diplomat briefed on the talks told Reuters. The discussions are separate from»»»

BELGRADE - Srbijagas CEO Dusan Bajatovic said on Wednesday Serbia's natural gas deal with Russia had been extended for three more months and that he expected it to also be extended until the New Year. "I have not announced this yet although it has already happened - we have now extended the gas arr»»»

Eight "North Texas Antifa Cell" members were sentenced Tuesday to a combined 450 years in prison for weapons and explosives offenses and the attemped murder of a police officer in a July 4th riot at a ICE facility in Alvarado. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo June 24 (UPI) -- Eight pe»»»

Dubai: Moderated to heavy rainfall was reported along Thokka Road in the UAE's eastern region on Wednesday evening, as active convective (rainy) clouds swept across parts of the country and brought welcome but disruptive downpours to the east. The UAE Storm Centre shared footage of the rainfall on »»»

AMMAN — The government borrowed JD2.075 billion through the issuance of Treasury bonds and bills during the first five months of this year.According to Ministry of Finance data, the government also settled outstanding debts totalling JD1.250 billion during the same five-month period, Al Mamlaka TV »»»

With algae-green water and blue peeling paint, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is set to be drained again, despite US President Donald Trump's recent renovation costing over $14 million. Trump has blamed the problems on "vandalism," claiming a 350-foot gash was deliberately cut into the pool, »»»

The South Beach in Nessebar has once again been awarded the Blue Flag certification, marking its ninth consecutive year, the beach management told BTA on Tuesday. The beach management pointed out that the Blue Flag status is an important indicator of service quality and safety, adding that lifeguar»»»

France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor who had returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The health ministry said the patient has a "very low" viral load and that contacts are "currently being identified". A positive case of »»»

The heat is on. Enough to make Parisians take the plunge into the once notoriously polluted Canal Saint Martin. France this Tuesday awakening from its hottest night on record, enough to test the tempers of city dwellers as they sizzle under the zinc roofs of top floor apartments built for a bygone »»»

Damascus, June 24 (SANA) Syrian Transport Minister Yarub Badr and a delegation from the United Arab Emirates discussed opportunities to expand cooperation in transport infrastructure, logistics and digital transformation during talks in Damascus on Wednesday. The Emirati delegation was headed by Mo»»»

Dubai: Just days after the United States and Iran signed a framework agreement in Switzerland aimed at ending months of tensions, both sides are offering sharply different accounts of what was actually agreed. According to a New York Times analysis of the negotiations, US President Donald Trump and»»»

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cape Coral Fire Department (@capecoralfd) June 23 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Florida responded to a report of a "dog" stranded in a canal and wound up rescuing what turned out to be a coyote pup. The Cape Coral Fire Department said on social media that the»»»

June 23 (UPI) -- A skateboarder traveled from California to Florida in just 39 days in an attempt to break his own Guinness World Record. Chad Caruso made the journey of more than 3,000 miles from Venice Beach, Calif., to Jacksonville, Fla., between May 1 and June 8, averaging 72 miles a day. Carus»»»

Dubai: The UAE on Wednesday launched a landmark national campaign against drug abuse and trafficking after experts warned that organised criminal networks were deliberately targeting the country's youth. The campaign was announced by Sheikh Zayed bin Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, chairman of the Nati»»»

The Israeli army said an Israeli drone and troops attacked Wednesday morning "two Hezbollah gunmen" on the Ali al-Taher ridge, near the security zone in south Lebanon, after they "posed a threat" to its forces. Earlier, the Israeli army fired gunshots at two cars in the southern town of Nabatieh al»»»

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Wednesday that Lebanon went to the negotiations in Washington because it was "the least costly path for Lebanon." "Will we reach an agreement? No one knows the outcome of any negotiation beforehand. But we know very well what we want from them, which is a complete Is»»»

JERUSALEM: Israel's military said it had conducted an airstrike on Wednesday targeting two Hezbollah operatives in south Lebanon who it said posed a threat to troops deployed in the area, despite a truce in the war with the Iran-backed militants. "The IDF struck two armed Hezbollah terrorists in th»»»

RIYADH: The National Center for Wildlife has documented the largest known mass migration of the Asir Garra fish in the Kingdom, in the Wadi Turabah basin in western Saudi Arabia. The documentation enhances knowledge of the behavior of endemic freshwater fish species and supports efforts to protect »»»

Dubai: The UAE will introduce a visa-on-arrival facility for eligible Filipino passport holders starting tomorrow, June 25, according to the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). This move has been expected to simplify travel for thousands of frequent visitors and residents. Get updated f»»»

The EU's ban on petroleum products refined from Russian crude oil in third countries has sharply reduced the flow of Russian-linked fuel into Europe, but significant loopholes remain and products derived from Russian oil continue to reach other Western markets, according to a new analysis by the Ky»»»

The EU's ban on petroleum products refined from Russian crude oil in third countries has sharply reduced the flow of Russian-linked fuel into Europe, but significant loopholes remain and products derived from Russian oil continue to reach other Western markets, according to a new analysis by the Ky»»»

The EU's ban on petroleum products refined from Russian crude oil in third countries has sharply reduced the flow of Russian-linked fuel into Europe, but significant loopholes remain and products derived from Russian oil continue to reach other Western markets, according to a new analysis by the Ky»»»

The problem of water scarcity is becoming one of the main challenges for the sustainable development of Central Asia. American experts shared their opinions on the lack of regulation of water resources in Central Asia and how the United States can help states in the region address existing challeng»»»

RIYADH: AviLease, the global aircraft lessor wholly owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has priced a $650 million offering of 5.50 percent senior unsecured notes due 2031 through AviLease Capital Ltd., a directly wholly owned subsidiary of AviLease, under its Global Medium Term Note Pro»»»

Share: President Joseph Aoun is shown with the Lebanese Writers Union representatives at the Baabda presidential Palace In remarks to a delegation from the Lebanese Writers Union, President Joseph Aoun said that the Lebanese people must realize that they have but one homeland, one flag, and one ide»»»

DUBAI: Model Rawdah Mohamed has collaborated with Danish fine jewelry house Kinraden on a new social media advertising campaign. The Somali-Norwegian model, who has become one of the fashion industry’s most recognizable hijab-wearing figures, recently appeared in an Instagram advertisement for the »»»

MANILA: A school shooting in Tacloban that left three students dead and 20 others injured was apparently planned for weeks by two teenage suspects, Philippine police said, as they stepped up security in the city’s educational institutions on Wednesday. The shooting, which took place at the San Jose»»»

DOHA: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al Thani, chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting held at the Amiri Diwan. Following the meeting, Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi»»»

Dubai: At six-foot-seven, Dyuti Parruck is hard to miss. When we meet at Dubai's Grand Hyatt for an exclusive interview, he towers over almost everyone in sight. But it isn't just his height that makes the setting significant. Long before the flamboyant designer jackets and capes, luxury cars and N»»»

The mystery began with a snake that wasn't supposed to be there. In March last year, residents near a mountain in Taizhou, eastern China, spotted a large python moving through the area and alerted authorities. The sighting immediately raised questions. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the »»»

Continue the Change MP Yordan Terziyski told reporters in the parliamentary lobby on Wednesday that there is a political cover-up surrounding the Baba Alino case, and it is being carried out by GERB. He added that the father of a GERB-elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is Oleg Nevzorov»»»

Paris, France: "Grand Theft Auto VI" could start breaking records months ahead of the game's November 19 release, as preorders open at midnight on Thursday for the long-awaited new instalment in the rollicking gangster saga. On track to outsell any other cultural product this year -- or in recorded»»»