Doha: The Arab national teams competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be counting on a host of standout players, as these stars aim to make their mark and deliver eye-catching performances during the tournament, which will take place in the United States, Canada, and Mexico from June 11 to July 1»»»

Romania ranks 7th in the Central and Eastern Europe region according to the newly launched CEE AI Index 2026. The report highlights that while Romania possesses one of the most robust public policy foundations for artificial intelligence in the region, it also exhibits a significant gap between str»»»

Customs officers from the Department for Combating Drug Trafficking seized more than 60 kilograms of cannabis during an inspection at the Gyueshevo checkpoint on the border with North Macedonia on Saturday, the Customs Agency said on Monday. Using risk analysis methods, customs officers selected fo»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) is expanding its community participation model in education, bringing parents and teachers into formal decision-making discussions for the first time alongside students. The move builds on the success of the Dubai Students Council, lau»»»

The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said there is a 98 per cent probability that El Niño conditions will prevail between July and November 2026, with temperatures and rainfall expected to be near to above seasonal averages. In its latest seasonal forecast, the NCM said the Niño 3.4 sea surface»»»

Israel has carried out nearly 3,500 air strikes on Lebanon and hundreds of controlled explosions since the US announced a ceasefire for the country on April 16, Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Monday. The US-brokered ceasefire came into effect just after midnight on April 17, with Isra»»»

Dubai: A surprise late-night raid led by a young IPS officer has exposed alleged immoral activities and multiple regulatory violations at a popular pub in Hyderabad’s Kukatpally area, according to NDTV. The operation was led by DCP Kukatpally Riti Raj, a 2018-batch IPS officer of the Telangana cadr»»»

Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova said Monday that she firmly opposes viewing the Black Sea region solely as a militarizing area, stressing that the sea is a major geographical and natural asset for Bulgaria. Addressing the conference "Towards Shared Regional Security for Peace, Stability and Coope»»»

Saudi Arabia's National Centre for Meteorology (NCM) has forecast thunderstorms and rainfall across parts of the Mecca, Jazan, Asir and Al Baha regions through Friday, with some areas expected to receive moderate to heavy downpours. The NCM said, based on outputs from the Saudi Numerical Model, tha»»»

ROME: Roberto Vannacci’s new far-right party, Futuro Nazionale, is fast becoming a political headache for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Just four months after deserting Meloni’s coalition ally, the League party, the former general says he has attracted almost 100,000 paying ​members to his»»»

BEIRUT: Israel has carried ‌out nearly 3,500 air strikes on Lebanon and hundreds of controlled explosions since the US announced a ceasefire for the country on April 16, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Monday. The US-brokered ceasefire came into effect just after midnight on April 17, »»»

Protesters in the al-Hol area east of Hasakah province blocked the main route used by fuel tankers heading into other parts of Syria, demonstrating against worsening living conditions. The move came amid calls for demonstrations in Hasakah, Qamishli, al-Shaddadi, al-Yarubiyah, Ras al-Ain, Tell Hami»»»

US President Donald Trump on Monday called for Israel and Iran to stop "shooting", as the two countries attacked each other for the first time since a ceasefire two months ago. As the hostilities pursued, a massive blast rocked central Tehran, followed by repeated explosions believed to be from air»»»

As Israel continue their campaign to eradicate Hezbollah, the death toll of Israeli strikes in Lebanon now stands at 3,613 with more than 11 thousand wounded. In some areas, it is now too dangerous to bury the dead. Our reporters Antonia Kerrigan and Elena Volochine travelled to Saïda, where a ceme»»»

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun earned on Monday approval from US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa who praised the man in Beirut’s Baabda Palace over remarks he recently made regarding the direct negotiations with the Israeli enemy and anti-Iran rhetoric. Talking to reporters after a meeting with A»»»

Pyongyang, North Korea: China's President Xi Jinping made a rare visit to North Korea on Monday, where he met Kim Jong Un who has drawn closer to Moscow while expanding his country's nuclear weapons programme. Xi's trip to Pyongyang was his first since 2019, and came after he hosted a series of wor»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri receives US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa: Al-Manar correspondent in Beirut 08-06-2026 13:04 PM Latest New»»»

Abu Dhabi: An interactive community initiative aimed at reducing textile waste and encouraging recycling has drawn strong public engagement in Abu Dhabi, as the UAE steps up efforts to build a circular economy and promote more sustainable consumption habits. Organised by Naseej, the UAE’s National »»»

DUBAI: American ambassador Michel Issa met Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday to discuss the course of negotiations and efforts aimed at ending Lebanon’s current crisis. Speaking after the meeting, Issa said he conveyed Washington’s appreciation for positions recently expressed by Aoun in a t»»»

While Hungarian employers have been largely satisfied with Filipino labour, citing workers’ precision, it is precisely from the Philippines that small and medium-sized Hungarian firms will find it hardest to recruit new guest workers. By contrast, according to Tamás Székely, head of the Chemical Wo»»»

Sharjah: In a dramatic pre-dawn rescue operation, firefighters from the Sharjah Civil Defence Authority (SCDA) saved a newborn baby trapped inside a smoke-filled apartment after a fire broke out in a residential building in Al Nasserya on Friday morning. The infant was safely reunited with her fami»»»

MADRID: Pope Leo said on Monday that escalating conflicts and polarization were ‌pushing the ‌world into a “profound ‌spiritual ⁠and cultural crisis.” In ⁠an address to Spain’s parliament during ⁠a week-long ‌tour of ‌the country, ‌Leo, ‌the first US pope, also firmly ‌reiterated his opposition to »»»

US President Donald Trump stormed out of an interview with ‘Meet the Press’ host Kristen Welker after a heated exchange over his election-fraud claims. “You’re crooked, your press is crooked and ‘Meet the Press’ is crooked,” the visibly annoyed president said. Before ending the interview with the N»»»

Canada has temporarily banned imports of livestock, including horses, from the US state of Texas over the outbreak of screwworm fly, a flesh-eating and potentially deadly parasite. The first case of screwworm was identified in Texas on Wednesday, marking the first detection of the parasite in the U»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance fighters targeted Israeli soldiers, vehicle in the outskirts of Beit Yahoun southern Lebanese town with a ba»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli shares drop, shekel weakens as fighting with Iran restarts: Israeli media 08-06-2026 11:32 AM Latest News Urgent News Israeli army:»»»

HEADLINES The leading topic across Monday’s coverage is the Government’s attempt to curb prices of basic foods through the National Initiative Basket with Care and the broader debate over Bulgaria’s fiscal policy, the flat tax and public-sector spending. bTV and Nova TV focused on the Government’s »»»

U.S. Ambassador Michel Issa met Monday with President Joseph Aoun, as Israel and Iran traded fire after Israel's bombing of Beirut's southern suburb. Issa said the U.S. places great importance on Lebanon and has decided that Sunday's events must not expand further. "What happened yesterday is a pol»»»

Pope Leo XIV on Monday called global peace a "true moral imperative" and said weapons could only lead to a "temporary silence" not a "genuine and lasting peace". "Peace emerges as a political aspiration and, even more so, as a true moral imperative," he said in a speech to the Spanish parliament, c»»»

Dubai: Terrifying scenes unfolded at an elementary school in the southern Philippines when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on Monday, sending children into panic and causing part of a corrugated iron roof to collapse near a crowd of frightened students. Video footage from the school show»»»

Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations has issued a weather alert due to expected deterioration in weather conditions. According to meteorologists, high temperatures combined with forecast localized heavy rains may trigger mudflows in foothill and mountainous areas of the country today. In a»»»

Dubai: The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced the launch of the fourth edition of the Emirates Labour Market Award, expanding the programme to recognise businesses and individuals helping shape the future of work in the UAE. Held under the patronage of His Highness »»»

Unable to stay, unwilling to leave. Dubai-based Kira Brewer (name changed on request) remembers how she settled into a complacency at her old job. There was nothing wrong there: The boss was pleasant and the work was easy enough. She knew it all like the back of her hand, and at the same time, she »»»

An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the southern Philippines Monday, killing at least 19 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in damaged buildings and sending a 1-meter (3-foot) tsunami into nearby coasts. A few buildings collapsed and key infrastructure sustained quake damage in th»»»

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the government is planning fully integrated industrial zones across Upper Egypt as part of efforts to expand industrial development beyond traditional economic hubs. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, June 7, 2026, following an inspection tour of Alexandr»»»

Payment request no.4 of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) worth 2.62 billion euros received favourable opinion on the part of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Union, and Romania is close to collecting the full amount of the funds, the ministry of finance announced»»»

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed solidarity with Romania following Friday's incident in the Constanta Port, where a drone crashed and exploded."Solidaritate cu Romania! (Solidarity with Romania)," Ursula von der Leyen said in Romanian, in a post on the X social media pla»»»

The naval drone that exploded on Friday morning in the Port of Constanta was part, along with other similar means of combat, of a military operation led by Ukraine against Russian aggression, and Ukrainian forces lost control as a result of electronic warfare actions undertaken by Russia, President»»»

The Government transmitted, on Friday, the chronology of events regarding the drone that self-detonated in the Port of Constanta, noting that the Coast Guard received at 6:20 a.m. a notification from the Romanian Agency for Life Saving at Sea regarding the appearance of the drone and that, after id»»»

Romania’s Competition Council has penalised ten commercial banks with record fines totalling RON 3.73 billion, equivalent to approximately EUR 710 million, for allegedly coordinating their behaviour during the ROBOR rate-setting procedure. According to the antitrust authority, the credit institutio»»»

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's ruling party has won parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results on Monday, setting the stage for a renewed mandate to pursue closer ties with the West after threats from Moscow. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's ruling party has won p»»»

Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev has described the case surrounding the controversial construction in the Baba Alino area as far more than a simple example of illegal building activity, arguing that it exposes serious institutional failures and raises questions that touch on national security. Speaking »»»

Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov has said that disagreements over the Italian-design proposal are currently holding up progress on the planned construction of a temporary field camp in the Kabile military area near Yambol, according to a written response to a parliamentary question, BGNES reported»»»

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a position confirming that it will continue to monitor the case of Bulgarian citizen Iva Mihaylova from Kocani and provide, within its mandate, the necessary assistance and support. The statement follows a report by Bulgarian National Television describing»»»

Bulgarian authorities have intercepted a large shipment of marijuana worth nearly 500,000 euros at the Gueshevo border checkpoint, after customs officers discovered the drugs hidden inside a truck entering Bulgaria from North Macedonia. The vehicle, carrying Albanian license plates, was selected on»»»

Malawians repatriated from South Africa amid xenophobia concerns 6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleDamian Zane AFP via Getty ImagesMigrants from southern Africa have been leaving Mossel Bay in Western Cape Province after violence in the area A group of 150 Malawians repatriated from S»»»

The Israeli military has vowed to press ahead with its military campaign in Lebanon and said it would step up operations against Hezbollah. "The (Iranian) regime is attempting to establish a new equation through direct attacks on Israeli territory in response to IDF operations in Dahieh," military »»»

RIYADH: Middle Eastern carriers generated an estimated $7.2 billion in net profit in 2025, delivering the highest profit margins globally among all regions, according to the International Air Transport Association’s Annual Review. In its latest report, IATA revealed that this strong performance, co»»»

Israeli strikes targeted overnight into Monday Habboush Srifa, Zefta, Yater, Nabatieh, Safad al-Battikh, Sojod, Jabal Safi, al-Mansouri, Ainqana, al-Sharqiyeh and al-Hallousieh, as Israel and Iran exchanged attacks over Israel's bombing of Dahieh. Four people were killed in the strike on Zefta, the»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondents in southern Lebanon reports Israeli airstrikes on the towns of Kfar Tibnit and Tibnin 08-06-2026 11:03 AM Latest Ne»»»