UNITED NATIONS, United States: UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday that it will be necessary to maintain peacekeepers in Lebanon after the mandate of the current mission expires at year-end. In a report to the Security Council seen by AFP, Guterres proposes three options ranging from nearly 2,000»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday pulled the brakes on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to bomb Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs after Iran threatened to abandon its negotiations with the U.S. over Israel's actions in Lebanon. An Israeli official told U.S. news por»»»

Share: Photo- Trump and Netanyahu last December at Mar-a-Lago. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images President Trump on Monday pulled the brakes on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to bomb Hezbollah targets in Beirut after Iran threatened to abandon its negotiations with the U.S. over Isra»»»

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With much of the world’s attention on the still unresolved conflict between the US and Iran, the average consumer of news may be forgiven if they had forgotten that the US had, on January 3 of this year, launched a mini-invasion of Venezuela which resulted in the death of scores of people, includin»»»

PadelCity plans an aggressive expansion in Poland, targeting major cities and surrounding suburban areas while integrating padel clubs into shopping centers, retail parks and potentially office developments. Following the launch of its first Polish club at Westfield Arkadia in Warsaw, the company w»»»

Kilauea burst back to life on Monday morning, setting a new record at one of the most active volcanoes in the world. The event marked the 48th episode of the ongoing Halema'uma'u eruption, which began in Hawaii on Dec. 23, 2024. That broke the previous record of 47 episodes during the Pu'u'o'o erup»»»

BRUSSELS, Belgium: The EU reached a deal Monday on a new tightening of migration rules allowing for so-called “return hubs” to be set up outside the bloc, as countries seek to boost deportations. European lawmakers and countries struck a provisional compromise on the reform, which was launched in r»»»

Authorities said they found 577 pounds of hashish Saturday aboard a Bombardier Challenger 604 that arrived at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Luque, Paraguay, after a flight from from Panama. File Photo by Juan Pablo/EPA ASUNCION, Paraguay, June 1 (UPI) -- Paraguayan authorities are inve»»»

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The United Nations on Monday expressed its alarm and called for all sides to respect the ceasefire as Israel expanded its offensive into Lebanon, while negotiations to end the U.S.-Iran war appeared in peril. "We are deeply alarmed by the escalation in military activities across southern Lebanon an»»»

Lebanon said an Israeli strike hit near a hospital in the southern city of Tyre on Monday as the health ministry shared footage showing heavy damage to the facility. The state-run National News Agency said a strike targeting an intersection near the Jabal Amel hospital "hit a building and the parki»»»

Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to open "new fronts" and keep the Strait of Hormuz closed over Israel's offensive in Lebanon, state media reported on Monday. "Iran considers crossing the red lines in Lebanon and Gaza to mean direct war," state TV quoted the Guards' intelligence organisation »»»

Lebanon's U.S. embassy said on Monday that Hezbollah had accepted a U.S. proposal for a "mutual cessation of attacks", after Israel threatened more strikes on south Beirut on the eve of a fourth round of Israel-Lebanon negotiations. The announcement came after U.S. President Donald Trump said Monda»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he told U.S. President Donald Trump that Israel would strike Beirut if Hezbollah doesn't stop attacking Israel. "I spoke this evening with President Trump and told him that if Hezbollah does not cease attacking our towns and our citizens, Isr»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Ali Akbar Velayati: Iran and the Resistance Front will always stand by all »»»

West Asia LLC is an investment-focused company within the PJSC Gazprom structure, incorporated and tax-registered in St Petersburg. The company had remained under PJSC Gazprom Neft ownership until late February 2025. West Asia LLC’s main role is to manage overseas upstream assets. It handles admini»»»

The US President Donald Trump said that the negotiations with Iran are continuing at a “rapid pace”. His social media comments appeared to contradict an earlier report by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, which said Tehran was suspending talks with Washington over Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. T»»»

Advisor and assistant to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Mohammad Mokhber, visited on Monday Hezbollah’s office in Tehran, emphasizing the unity of the resistance axis. During his meeting with Sayyed Abdullah Safieddine, Hezbollah’s representative in Tehran, Mokhber asserted that any »»»

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani received a phone call on Monday from Iranian Foreign Minister HE Abbas Araghchi. During the call, both sides discussed Pakistani mediation efforts between the US and Iran, as well as the latest dev»»»

LONDON: The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has turned something as mundane as jet fuel into aviation’s biggest strategic vulnerability, sending costs soaring, scrambling flight plans and raising uncomfortable questions about whether the era of cheap, plentiful long-haul travel is over. What began a»»»

PARIS: Anna Kalinskaya reached her maiden French Open quarterfinal with a 6-4 2-6 7-6(10-7) win over 28th seed Anastasia Potapova on Monday, marking only the second time the Russian has entered that stage of a Grand Slam. Kalinskaya, who also made the Australian Open quarterfinals in 2024, will att»»»

Share: An Israeli flag flies over the medieval Beaufort Castle, known locally as Qalaat al-Shaqif or Shaqif Arnoun, as seen from the Marjayoun area of southern Lebanon on May 31. Israel says the 900-year-old fortress is playing a key role in its military assault against Hezbollah. The Israeli milit»»»

Children play on a sculpture in Havana in April. The Cuban energy crisis and a shortage of teachers and supplies have impacted education at all levels, File Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA June 1 (UPI) -- Cuba's ongoing energy crisis is taking a heavy toll on the country's education system, as fre»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani received a phone call from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran HE Abbas Araghchi. During the call, the two sides reviewed the Pakistani mediation efforts be»»»

HOMS: Strawberry farmers in western Homs are projected to harvest around 9,500 tonnes of fruit this season from nearly 11,800 greenhouses concentrated in the Talkalakh region, local officials said. According to the Homs Agriculture Directorate, roughly 5,000 tonnes of the current yield have already»»»

A visit to Abha is incomplete without a trip to Honey Cottage in Rijal Almaa. It is heavily featured by visitors across social media and often touted as one of the Asir region’s premier tourist destinations. And quite rightfully so. The rustic wooden cottage nestled between mountains looks like som»»»

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly chaired a high-level meeting to review proposals for establishing a global logistics distribution hub within the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), as part of Egypt’s strategy to attract foreign direct investment and reinforce its position as a regional and i»»»

Euroclear has filed a complaint with the Moscow Arbitration Court against the immediate enforcement of a ruling to recover RUB18.2 trillion ($256bn) under a lawsuit by Russia's central bank, on May 30, citing a source familiar with the proceedings. The complaint against immediate enforcement of the»»»

President Iliana Iotova Monday attended an event marking 80 years since the founding of UNICEF and 20 years since the opening of UNICEF’s office in Bulgaria. "Bulgaria has been an exceptionally strong and solid partner of UNICEF for the past 20 years," she said. The event was held under Iotova's au»»»

President Iliana Iotova Monday attended an event marking 80 years since the founding of UNICEF and 20 years since the opening of UNICEF’s office in Bulgaria. "Bulgaria has been an exceptionally strong and solid partner of UNICEF for the past 20 years," she said. The event was held under Iotova's au»»»

1 of 2 | Florida is suing OpenAI and its CEO and founder Sam Altman over safety and design concerns about ChatGPT. File photo by Wu Hao/EPA-EFE June 1 (UPI) -- Florida's attorney general announced Monday that the stateis suing OpenAI and its founder and CEO, Sam Altman, saying the company chose "pr»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 18:56 on Monday 01-06-2026 a house in which “Israeli” enemy army soldiers were fortified on the eas»»»

Romania is preparing to bring a newly modernized port into operation at Sulina, a development that could significantly strengthen the country’s position in regional logistics and Black Sea trade corridors. The project, financed largely through European funds, is entering its final reception phase a»»»

THE HAGUE: Britain will not have to pay Rwanda tens of millions of pounds over the ​canceled deal to deport asylum seekers to the East African nation, the Permanent Court of Arbitration said on Monday. The Hague-based body said it had rejected all financial claims made by Rwanda, which had argued B»»»

The opening of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization has been a long awaited big national project that has come to end on the 3rd of April with a magical ceremony that has rocked the whole world. With more than 400 international media channels covering the convoy of the 22 royal mummies of E»»»

TEL AVIV: Israel’s defense ​ministry said on Monday France had banned Israeli government officials from a major weapons show in Paris, and had imposed restrictions on companies from the country exhibiting there.France’s defense ministry — which barred Israel from taking part in the 2024 Eurosatory »»»

TEL AVIV: Israel’s defense ​ministry said on Monday France had banned Israeli government officials from a major weapons show in Paris, and had imposed restrictions on companies from the country exhibiting there. France’s defense ministry — which barred Israel from taking part in the 2024 Eurosatory»»»

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Paris: Four-time Grand Slam champions Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka will go head-to-head in the first French Open women's night match in three years on Monday, after Matteo Berrettini reached his first major quarter-final in four years. World number one Sabalenka will likely face a stern test in »»»

Q Mobility announced the launch of a new smart parking experience in Abu Dhabi, enabling auto deduction parking fee payments through users’ Darb app wallet. The initiative marks a significant step toward enhancing the parking experience and delivering more seamless, efficient, and user-centric digi»»»

Dubai: A cargo vessel sailing in the Gulf was struck by what Iraqi security officials believe was a drone attack on Monday, sparking a fire aboard the ship. The officials told Reuters that preliminary assessments indicated a second explosion aboard the vessel, located about 40 nautical miles southe»»»

Oil prices have rebounded from a six-week low, with Brent crude surpassing $94 a barrel, amid persistent uncertainty over a temporary peace agreement between the United States and Iran that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end a blockade that has fractured Gulf economies. West Texas Intermedia»»»

Disengaged employees cost the global economy $8.9 trillion in lost productivity last year, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report, roughly 9% of global GDP. For European businesses, the figures are particularly sobering: only 13% of employees in Europe describe themselves as eng»»»

Ethiopians are heading to the polls for general elections that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party is expected to win. Ahmed, who has been in power since 2018, is accused of authoritarianism and of cracking down on dissent. With his "corridor project", launched in 2024, he w»»»

Tunis, June 1 (TAP) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Mohamed Ali Nafti, stressed the need to transform the Africa–Korea partnership into a renewed model of equitable and balanced cooperation.Speaking on Monday during...»»»

Lebanon said an Israeli strike hit near a hospital in the southern city of Tyre on Monday as the health ministry shared footage showing heavy damage to the facility. The state-run National News Agency said a strike targeting an intersection near the Jabal Amel hospital "hit a building and the parki»»»

Israel's defense ministry said on Monday France had banned Israeli government officials from a major weapons show in Paris, and had imposed restrictions on companies from the country exhibiting there. France's defense ministry — which barred Israel from taking part in the 2024 Eurosatory arms exhib»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation army soldiers in the town of Qantara, southern Lebanon, with a qualitative mi»»»

Standard Bank Group (JSE:SBK) and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) are at the centre of a legal and regulatory dispute over how crypto assets should be treated under South Africa’s exchange-control regime after the Pretoria High Court found that cryptocurrencies do not fall within the existing»»»