Dubai: The 2026 edition of the Cannes Film Festival is shaping up to be a major moment for Indian cinema, with stars, filmmakers, and regional storytellers gearing up to make their presence felt on the French Riviera from May 12 to 23. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now»»»

Evtim Miloshev, Minister of Culture in the new Bulgarian government, said on Friday that over the past 15 years he has approached the ministry from the opposite side, not from the side of power but from the side of non-governmental organizations. Miloshev said he has a wonderful relationship with o»»»

Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov took over the post from his predecessor Andrey Yankulov during a ceremony at the Ministry on Friday. A new Bulgarian government, headed by Prime Minister Rumen Radev, was elected and took the oath of office in the National Assembly earlier in the day. Speaking to r»»»

Lebanon and Israel will hold a third round of direct talks in Washington on Thursday and Friday next week. "Thursday's discussions will focus solely on consolidating the ceasefire, while Friday's discussions will move to other issues related to Israeli withdrawal, the return of captives, the return»»»

Air raid sirens sounded in several cities in northern Israel on Friday after shelling from Lebanon, the Israeli military said, amid a fragile truce with Hezbollah. After the sirens were activated, "a number of launches were detected toward Israeli territory," an Israeli military statement said. "Th»»»

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday formally named Suvendu Adhikari as the next chief minister of West Bengal, sealing a landmark political transition after the party’s sweeping assembly election victory ended the Trinamool Congress’s 15-year rule in the state. The announcement was made at the BJP»»»

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The dollar was down and heading for a second straight weekly fall on Friday as investors stayed cautiously optimistic about a swift end to the Middle East conflict, after President Donald Trump said the ceasefire remained in place despite renewed US-Iran hostilities. The two sides have occasionally»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Rail announced that since its launch seven years ago, the Doha Metro has facilitated travel for nearly 292 million passengers across the country. In a social media post commemorating its seventh year, the transport company noted that 37 stations have been established, serving key»»»

Top universities from the UAE and overseas will present some of their most in-demand and future-focused programmes at Gulf News Edufair, offering students and parents clearer insight into academic pathways aligned with changing industry needs. The 10th edition will showcase programmes across discip»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Niels Annen in Belgrade on Friday. In a post on his buducnostsrbijeav Instagram account, Vucic wrote the discussion had been excellent and substantial, addr»»»

The International Maritime Defense Show FLEET 2026 will run from June 10 to 14, 2026, at the congress and exhibition center located in the Museum of Naval Glory in Kronstadt. The event is a significant occasion for the naval industry, attracting the attention of both domestic and foreign participan»»»

The Zionist enemy continued its military operations across southern Lebanon on Thursday, breaching the ceasefire agreement that it has never respected since its inception, according to field reports. In the latest wave of aggression this afternoon, enemy warplanes struck the towns of Yahmar al-Shaq»»»

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Tourism Minister Ilin Dimitrov of the newly elected Cabinet led by Prime Minister Rumen Radev took over the post from caretaker minister Irena Georgieva during a changing of the guard ceremony at the Ministry on Friday. Speaking to reporters outside the Ministry, Dimitrov said his first step would »»»

Transport safety is the highest priority with which the work of the Ministry of Transport and Communications must begin, said newly-appointed Transport and Communications Minister Georgi Peev during a handover ceremony at the ministry on Friday. Peev underscored that he has always believed there sh»»»

Dimitar Iliev officially handed over the position of Minister of Youth and Sports to his successor, Encho Keryazov. “It is a real pleasure for me to hand over the position to Mr Encho Keryazov. I know Encho as a person who cares about sports and about the children of Bulgaria. Good luck! Make us pr»»»

The government will submit the draft 2026 State Budget Act within a month, newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Galab Donev said during the handover ceremony at the Ministry of Finance. According to Donev, the new cabinet will need between three weeks and one month to prepare »»»

UAE: The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Defence says its air defence systems intercepted two ballistic missiles and three UAV’s launched from Iran, on May 8, 2026 leaving three people moderately wounded. “Since the beginning of the blatant Iranian attacks on the United Arab Emirates, the air def»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s air defence systems intercepted two ballistic missiles and three drones launched from Iran on May 8, 2026, resulting in three moderate injuries, according to the Ministry of Defence. The ministry said that since the start of the “blatant Iranian attacks” targeting the UAE, the »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Djuro Macut said on Friday the timing of early parliamentary elections in the country was a matter of judgement, but that he believed there was no great need to rush. Macut noted that his government would continue to work in its full capacity and would be fully at the parliame»»»

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ISLAMABAD: Congressman Al Green has introduced a resolution commending Pakistan for its efforts to facilitate peace between the United States (US), Israel and Iran, his office said on Thursday. Pakistan, which has positioned itself as a key intermediary, hosted US and Iranian officials on April 11-»»»

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reduced polio cases by 99.8% since launching its eradication campaign in 1994, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, with annual infections falling from about 20,000 to 31 last year. Polio is a highly infectious viral disease that mainly affects children under »»»

ROSARIO: The breeze off the Paraná River brings a chill to the afternoon in Rosario. As the kids warm up, the clatter of their tiny cleats intensifies until the referee signals for the players to enter the pitch. They’re wearing the orange and white-striped jersey of Abanderado Grandoli, the neighb»»»

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Friday the risk to the public of a deadly hantavirus strain in a cruise ship outbreak was minimal, as it spreads only through “very close contact.” An outbreak on the MV Hondius, which is heading to the Spanish island of Tenerife, has sparked international»»»

KAMPALA: A Rwandan academic and government critic died in custody as he was set to be freed from jail, immediately raising concern from a prominent rights group that urged an investigation into the death of Aimable Karasira. Karasira died on Wednesday after he took an overdose of his own medication»»»

The new Minister of Environment and Water, Rositsa Karamfilova-Blagova, took over the post from Julian Popov, who symbolically handed her the key to the Ministry on Friday. “We will continue to build on the achievements of you and your team,” she told him. Earlier in the day, the government led by »»»

‎The Minister of Health, Mohamed Al-Ghouj, along with the WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Hanan Al-Balkhi, and the WHO Country Director in Libya, Ahmed Zweiten, chaired a technical meeting that brought together the directors of the Ministry’s technical departments and their cou»»»

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council, in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority, has launched the Premium Food Mark for locally produced chilled chicken products during its participation at Make it in the Emirates 2026. Get updated faster and for FREE: Dow»»»

President Joseph Aoun on Friday told European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Hadja Lahbib, that "the support provided by the EU to Lebanon must be channeled into exerting pressure to compel Israel to cease fire and refrain from demolishing and bulldozing homes in the»»»

London: Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted Friday that he will not resign after bruising elections that saw his governing Labour Party suffer big losses and the hard-right party Reform UK make major gains. The local and regional elections are widely seen as an unofficial referendum on Starmer, wh»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli warplanes strike towns of Zawtar Al-Gharbiya and Al-Mansouri: Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon 08-05-2026 14:01 PM Latest Ne»»»

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will resume its flight operations to the Sultanate of Oman from next week, the Pakistani embassy said on Friday. The airline suspended flights to China, Malaysia and Gulf countries, except for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in e»»»

Bulgaria's Parliament on Friday set up an Ad Hoc Committee on Legal Affairs that will function until the election of a standing committee of the 52nd National Assembly. The Ad Hoc Committee is chaired by Yanka Tyankova MP of Progressive Bulgaria. It consists of 24 lawmakers: thirteen of Progressive»»»

Armed clashes and exchanges of fire broke out in the city of Zawia overnight, intensifying rapidly as the morning went on. The city clashes included in the early hours of this morning the areas near the Zawia Oil Refinery complex. No injuries or deaths have been officially reported at the time of p»»»

Batam, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities said on Friday they had arrested more than 200 foreign nationals near the island of Sumatra this week for allegedly running an investment scamming ring. Immigration officers raided an apartment building in Batam, in Riau Islands Province, on Wednesday, where»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to HE Louise Arbour on the occasion of her appointment as Governor General of Canada, wishing her success in performing her duties, and for the bilateral relations between the two countries to develop and prosp»»»

Yangon, Myanmar: Myanmar said Friday it had discovered a massive 11,000-carat ruby, one of the largest ever found in the country renowned for its precious gemstones. Unearthed in the Mogok area, the ruby was "exceptionally large, rare, and difficult to find," the new military-backed government said»»»

Sharjah: Sharjah Police has concluded its “Mobile Licensing Services Centre” initiative in the Al Hamriyah area, offering residents a range of traffic and licensing services closer to their communities. The three-day initiative was organised in cooperation with the Al Hamriyah City Council, alongsi»»»

FRANKFURT: Suspects have taken multiple hostages at a bank in the western German town of Sinzig, police confirmed to AFP on Friday, with numerous police officers at the scene.Police said in a statement that there were believed to be “several hostage-takers and hostages inside the bank,” and that th»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Western countries treat the legacy of their military partnership with the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War dismissively -- a legacy that laid the foundations for decades of peaceful development worldwide, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. "Our West»»»

Norwegian pilots closely monitored the movements of Russian aircraft after F-35s were scrambled to identify strategic bombers operating near NATO airspace. One of the Tu-95MS bombers was observed carrying a Kh-101 cruise missile under its wing — the same type of weapon routinely used in strikes aga»»»

“After Orbán here comes another Hungarian nationalist who cannot contain himself. It is clear that the annexation of southern Slovakia to Hungary is still the primary objective of Hungarian politics,” this is how Slovak sports minister Rudolf Huliak commented on Péter Magyar’s fondness for the expr»»»

Doha, Qatar: Instagram carried out a cleanup of bots and inactive accounts that resulted in a noticeable drop in follower counts for several accounts across the platform. Though a routine exercise, the impact was huge and visible across different types of account handles, including those of celebri»»»

Dubai: Oman has signed an agreement to develop a major mountain tourism project in Muscat with investments estimated at around Dh5.3 billion (RO558 million), as the Sultanate continues efforts to expand its tourism sector and attract long-term investment. The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism signed»»»

Tunis, May 8 (TAP) – The National Federation of Tunisian Municipalities and the National Waste Management Agency (ANGED) signed a partnership agreement on Thursday to strengthen cooperation in sustainable waste management and environmental...»»»

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday at a moment of unusual strain between her government and President Donald Trump's administration, driven largely by the war with Iran. Rubio is in Italy for a two-day trip aimed at easing ties with Pope Leo after »»»

Iran said on Friday it redirected a US-sanctioned oil tanker carrying Iranian oil back to its shores, though it was unclear from its statement why it would have returned it, reported AFP. "The Islamic Republic of Iran's navy, through a specially planned operation in the Sea of Oman, seized the offe»»»

The new Education and Science Minister, Prof. Georgi Valchev, took over the post from Prof. Sergei Ignatov during a ceremony at the Ministry on Friday. “There must be continuity in education policies. There must also be political consensus on the vision for the future of education,” Prof. Valchev s»»»