Family enterprises are the backbone of economic life across much of the Middle East. They are also among the most emotionally charged organisational forms we know. That combination creates extraordinary resilience and, occasionally, spectacular failure. Family ownership brings advantages that liste»»»

Sharjah: The parents of the two girls allegedly involved in the death of a Pakistani toddler from a Sharjah building staircase window have been released on bail, while the girls remain under the care of the Child Protection Department as investigations continue, Gulf News can confirm. The latest de»»»

Israel continued to strike southern Lebanon on Tuesday as Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked its troops there despite an apparent Washington-brokered de-escalation deal and a fourth round of US-hosted talks between Lebanon and Israel. FRANCE 24's Jerusalem correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky explains that "»»»

Dubai: UAE residents are paying more at the pump, and retailers are warning that higher fuel costs will lead to larger grocery bills if current geopolitical tensions continue to disrupt regional trade and energy markets. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click»»»

MANILA: The House of Representatives expelled Cavite 4th District Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Barzaga, one of the most severe disciplinary actions available to Congress. The vote on Tuesday came after lawmakers found him guilty of "disorderly behaviour", "conduct unbecoming of a legislator" and repeated »»»

PARIS, France: Alexander Zverev breezed past Rafael Jodar to stay on course for an elusive Grand Slam title at the French Open, while Jakub Mensik halted Joao Fonseca’s scintillating run in the quarter-finals on Tuesday. Zverev, the highest-ranked player left in the men’s draw, put an end to Spanis»»»

Abu Dhabi: Rafael Mariano Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has reiterated the agency’s unequivocal opposition to any attack on peaceful nuclear facilities and stressing that such installations are fully protected under international humanitarian law. Gr»»»

BEIRUT, Lebanon: Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed five people, including a child, and wounded 48, the Lebanese health ministry said. Those wounded in the strikes across the south included “a doctor and five employees of Tebnine Governmental Hospital, which sustained damage in y»»»

Protesters in the southern British city of Southampton on Tuesday attacked police at the site of the murder of an 18-year-old student who was handcuffed as he lay dying in December from stab wounds after his killer falsely alleged a racist attack. Far-right firebrand figure Tommy Robinson addressed»»»

Share: Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike Tuesday that hit Qlaileh village, as seen from the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon.Mohammed Zaatari / AP President Donald Trump said “all shooting will stop” in Lebanon and that talks with Tehran were ongoing. Iran had signaled it could pull out of p»»»

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday allocations of 13 billion shekels (more than $4.5 billion) to secure and develop northern communities along the Lebanon border, battered by weeks of fire from Iran-backed Hezbollah. “The government made dramatic decisions tod»»»

WASHINGTON: As part of the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign to pressure Iran into a deal that would end an ongoing war with the US and Israel, the US placed sanctions on Iran’s largest digital asset exchange and three other exchanges, Tuesday. Included in the sanctions are Iran’s largest dig»»»

As the 2026 hurricane season begins, a fleet of remote vessels known as Saildrones will continue to gather data for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the sixth year in a row. Saildrone, a maritime defense company, will deploy 10 Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vehicles dur»»»

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to enable leading AI developers to voluntarily ​submit their most capable models for government cybersecurity tests before releasing them to the public. The order was triggered by concerns over Anthropic's Mythos model, which the company r»»»

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed five people, including a child, and wounded 48, the Lebanese health ministry said. Those wounded in the strikes across the south included "a doctor and five employees of Tebnine Governmental Hospital, which sustained damage in yet another episod»»»

CHICAGO: Lebanese community leaders in the US have said they will file a federal lawsuit against government agencies and private companies that supply Israel with weapons, military equipment and financing used in the bombing of civilian targets in Lebanon. Israel’s ground invasion began on March 16»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: US forces on Tuesday fired a missile at a ship that was attempting to sail toward an Iranian port in violation of an American blockade, disabling the vessel, the US military said. Washington has now forcibly halted six ships it said were attempting to violate the blockade»»»

Share: Leaders of Lebanon’s major Christian and Muslim communities convened in Beirut at the Druze Community center for a spiritual summit and issued a set of recommendations in a joint statement emphasizing national unity in the face of escalating Israeli attacks and regional uncertainty The Summi»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah Looks More Capable than It Did When War Began: NYT 03-06-2026 00:46 AM An Israeli campaign that started with high hopes has devol»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance targeted a second Merkava tank in the town of Bayyada in southern Lebanon with a guided missile: statement 13 03-06-2026»»»

EU lawmakers and state representatives have agreed in principle on new rules aimed at speeding up the deportation of rejected asylum seekers amid growing pressure across the bloc to curb illegal migration. The agreement reached on Monday would allow EU countries to transfer rejected asylum seekers »»»

US forces disabled an empty oil tanker Tuesday after it ignored repeated warnings and attempted to sail toward an Iranian port in the Arabian Gulf, US Central Command said. A US aircraft fired a Hellfire missile into the engine room of the Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie, preventing it from reaching Kha»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The United Nations Population Fund, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, has warned that women and girls in Lebanon are facing a worsening humanitarian emergency as Israeli attacks on healthcare facilities continue despite a ceasefire agreement. It came a day after an Isra»»»

Tribune News Network Doha This June, Qatar Calendar has lined up a series of vibrant events and experiences as part of the ‘Hala Summer’ campaign, inviting residents and visitors to enjoy a season filled with world-class sport, major exhibitions, cultural performances, and family-friendly entertain»»»

Following the success of her debut work Reflections, which earned praise for its thoughtful exploration of life, emotions and human expression, Pakistani author and engineer Fatima FSK has released her second book, Shadowrift, a deeply introspective work that delves into the hidden dimensions of th»»»

QNA Geneva Minister of Labour HE Dr. Ali bin Samikh Al Marri met with a number of ministers of labour, on the sidelines of the 114th International Labour Conference, currently organised by International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The labour minister held separate meetings wit»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Prof. Hilal A. Lashuel, professor of neuroscience in neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner university, has been awarded a $9 million three-year research grant from Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) in partnership with The Mi»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a Merkava tank in the town of Al-Bayyada in southern Lebanon with a guided missile: statement 12 03-06»»»

Secret Service officers rush to the sound of gunfire April 25 in the Washington Hilton after shots were heard during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, D.C. The dinner has been rescheduled for July 24. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo June 2 (UPI) -- Officials have res»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 19:20 on Tuesday, 02-06-2026, a command headquarters belonging to the Israeli enemy army soldiers »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted an Israeli force in the town of Al-Bayyada in southern Lebanon with a rocket salvo: statement 10 02-06»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted an Israeli force in the town of Al-Bayyada in southern Lebanon for the second time with a rocket salvo»»»

BEIRUT: The war ‌between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah has devastated swathes of Lebanon, though a partial de-escalation agreement announced on Monday has averted renewed airstrikes on the capital Beirut for now. Israel seeks to end the threat posed by Hezbollah rocket fire and force the gro»»»

TIRANA: Thousands of Albanians protested Tuesday against a coastal tourism complex allegedly linked to US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Chanting “Cancel the project” and holding banners reading “Albania is not for sale” and “Ivanka, go home” — a reference to Kushner’s wife — th»»»

Damascus, June.2 (SANA) The Syrian Council for the Coordination of Business Councils launched the Charter of Joint Syrian Business Councils and the Operational Guide for Council Presidents and Founders during the National Conference for Private Sector Dialogue held in Damascus, with the aim of esta»»»

LONDON: As renewed conflict in Lebanon forces a fresh wave of Syrian refugees to return to their home country, joining the roughly 3.5 million people who have gone back to their towns and villages since December 2024, many are finding a health system that is still a long way from recovery. Many are»»»

Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski ranks among the top 5.2% of 21,291 higher education institutions worldwide in the Global 2000 ranking for 2026, the university said on its website on Tuesday. The ranking is based on results published by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), a consul»»»

Donald Trump appointed a loyalist with no national security experience as head of US intelligence on Tuesday, while allowing him to keep his housing and mortgage oversight roles. Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte – who is known for publicly attacking Trump's political enemies&nbs»»»

Protestors and federal agents clash Wednesday outside Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark, N.J. New Jersey's attorney general announced a lawsuit Tuesday seeking access for health officials into the facility. Photo by Angelina Katsanis/UPI | License Photo June 2 (UPI) -- The New Jersey attorney»»»

For more than 15 years, the fate of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès has remained one of France’s biggest mysteries. The 50-year-old is suspected of having murdered his entire family and burying them in concrete under their home before fleeing the scene. Now, the discovery of an obscure online account – a»»»

Tensions along the Lebanese-Israeli border escalated sharply on Tuesday as Israeli military operations continued in southern Lebanon and both Israel and Hezbollah exchanged threats, prompting intensified international diplomatic efforts to preserve the ceasefire and prevent a broader regional confr»»»

MADRID: Spain have spent the last two years ‌making international football look like a problem someone else has to solve and as the World Cup looms the question for the other 47 teams is blunt enough — who can stop Luis de la Fuente’s red machine? The European champions arrive at the tournament wit»»»

The foreign ministry is in the process of terminating employment by mutual agreement of 45 government officials as part of an internal review and restructuring, György László Velkey, the ministry’s parliamentary state secretary, said on Facebook on Tuesday. Hundreds dismissed? In contrast, sources »»»

Azerbaijan is accelerating both fossil fuel and renewable energy development as it seeks to entrench its role as a reliable supplier to Europe and emerging markets, Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov said at the 31st Baku Energy Forum. The minister's remarks, delivered across several forum sessions, »»»

US President Donald Trump has tapped housing finance chief Bill Pulte to serve as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in the wake of Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation. Trump announced Pulte’s appointment in a post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, describing Pulte as someone with “deep »»»

Dubai: In Dubai, an ordinary shopping trip can sometimes turn into a story that people talk about for the rest of their lives. One week it was visitors at Dubai Hills Mall who found themselves unexpectedly crossing paths with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Pr»»»

Authors: William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley Groundwater is essential for a healthy environment and thriving communities, but around the world, aquifers are drying up. Over-pumping, climate change, and pollution threaten to deplete this vital resource, with dire consequences for people and landsca»»»

JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox demonstrated across Israel on Monday, blocking roads and trains and setting cars on fire to protest mandatory enlistment in Israel’s military. Israel’s police said demonstrators blocked major intersections and attacked a soldier who disembarked from a »»»

Chinese steel giant XinFeng has announced plans to develop an ultra-modern industrial complex in the Ain Sokhna Integrated Zone, part of the Suez Canal Economic Zone. This ambitious project, with an investment of $1.65 billion, underscores Egypt’s growing appeal as a hub for international industria»»»

RIYADH: Four years after suffering the ignominy of becoming the first host nation to lose all three group-stage matches at the FIFA World Cup finals, Qatar return to football’s biggest stage in search of redemption. The Maroons once again line up as continental champions, having retained the AFC As»»»