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»»»

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»»»

Seven people died and nine others were injured when a minibus collided with a truck that had stopped in the middle of the road on Emirates Road in Dubai. “Preliminary investigations indicate that the truck had stopped suddenly in the middle of the road due to a technical malfunction. The bus driver»»»

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»»»

Seoul, Republic of Korea: US chip titan Nvidia announced on Monday a raft of artificial intelligence deals in Republic of Korea, where booming business for semiconductor companies is fuelling debate over how much of the profits go to workers. Nvidia, the world's most valuable company, unveiled with»»»

Madrid: Florentino Perez has been re-elected president of Real Madrid by an overwhelming majority, paving the way for Jose Mourinho to return as manager. The 79-year-old Perez, president for 23 years across two spells, took 65 percent of the votes to vanquish his 37-year-old challenger, Enrique Riq»»»

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»»»

TUNIS, June 8, 2026 (TAP) – The Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LTDH) has called for a pedagogical and disciplinary approach to handling cases of cheating in school exams, rejecting prison sentences imposed on students involved in...»»»

Tunis, June 8 (TAP)- The Tunisian Association of Capital Investors (ATIC) is organising its annual congress for 2026 under the motto " Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Investment" The event, due to take place on June 15-18, is expected...»»»

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Srpska lista leader Zlatan Elek said on Sunday evening that, in the elections for the Kosovo-Metohija provincial assembly earlier in the day, the party had won 42,166 votes, or all ten seats guaranteed to the Serbs. Addressing a press conference at the Srpska lista headquarters»»»

The Republic of Armenia held parliamentary elections on June 7. Prime Minister Pashinyan's party received 49.81% of the vote iafter 100% of the ballots were counted, according to preliminary data from Armenia's Central Election Commission. Parliamentary elections in Armenia took place under unprece»»»

Iran's World Cup squad is expected to arrive in Mexico early Sunday under the shadow of a bitter diplomatic row between Tehran and Washington, after the United States refused to issue visas for some team support staff.»»»

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»»»

Israel and Iran exchanged attacks on June 8, for the first time since the start of the ceasefire two months ago, despite US President Donald Trump calling for restraint. This comes as talks between and the US have stalled. FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert looks at what that could mean for the future of »»»

Iran and Israel have exchanged strikes in the first time since the start of a truce on April 8, in a blow to the ceasefire and amid stalled talks between the US and Iran. US President Donald Trump has called for restraint, and has asked Iran to go back to the negotiating table FRANCE 24's. Noga Tar»»»

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»»»

Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization on Monday visited Uganda, where a deadly Ebola outbreak has killed two people after spreading from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The WHO has declared an international health emergency over the current outbreak, which was announced o»»»

Hundreds of women and children who were kidnapped by jihadist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria were freed over the weekend, local representatives said. It was not immediately clear how the victims' release was secured, although the military said it had executed an "intelligence-le»»»

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 19 people, toppling buildings and prompting tsunami warnings across parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, as authorities ordered coastal residents to evacuate and rescuers searched for victims amid st»»»

Dubai: Residents gathered on the outskirts of Jericho in the southern West Bank on Monday after a rocket landed and became partially buried in the ground amid a fresh escalation between Iran and Israel. Images from the scene showed people inspecting the fallen projectile following overnight missile»»»

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»»»

NICOSIA: The European ​Union has imposed sanctions on Iranian individuals and ‌entities for ‌threatening the ​freedom ‌of ⁠maritime ​traffic, EU ⁠foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said ⁠on Monday. Kallas ‌made ‌the ​remarks ‌to ‌reporters at a meeting of EU defence ‌ministers in Cyprus. She ⁠did ⁠no»»»

France's population is expected to peak in 2037, seven years earlier than previously estimated, before shrinking back to around its 2014 level in the following decades, statistics agency INSEE said on Monday. France has long had stronger demographics than most of Europe, but an ageing population an»»»

The head of the World Health Organization on Monday visited Uganda, where a deadly Ebola outbreak has killed two people after spreading from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. The WHO has declared an international health emergency over the current outbreak, which was announced on May 15 »»»

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi is preparing for a trip to the United State at President Donald Trump’s invitation. It will be his first since taking office as his government presses ahead with efforts to bring armed factions under state control. The parliament approved al-Zaidi’s government on M»»»

An Israeli military official said Iran fired nearly 30 missiles towards Israel since Sunday night, in the first exchange of fire between the two countries since a truce in April. "Last night the Iranian regime began firing ballistic missiles towards Israel... they fired close to 30 ballistic missil»»»

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Youth and Sports Minister Encho Keryazov met with representatives of the National Youth Forum (NYF) and youth policy experts to discuss key issues concerning young people's participation in public life and the advancement of youth policies in Bulgaria, the Sports Ministry said on Monday. At the dis»»»

A complaint that we received today alleges administrative obstruction within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bulgarian Embassy in Cairo over visa procedures for a foreign sports delegation scheduled to participate in an international karate event in Bulgaria in June 2026. According to the s»»»

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 »»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s Lottery’s first-ever Dh30 million Grand Prize winner Tayab Khan is a 26-year-old Nepalese security guard who will share the prize money with four of his friends, the lottery operator revealed on Monday. The full name and nationality of the Abu Dhabi resident, who was revealed a»»»

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»»»

US President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post on Monday said that "Israel and Iran ⁠must immediately stop 'shooting.’” Israel earlier ⁠said it hit a petrochemical ⁠plant in Iran's southwest, along with strikes elsewhere on military targets, after Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime ⁠Minister ⁠Be»»»

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»»»

Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Jeenbek Kulubaev, held talks with his Cypriot counterpart, Constantinos Kombos, who arrived in the country on his first official visit. The Foreign Ministry’s press service reported. The heads of the ministries discussed prospects for cooperation in trade, economic, »»»

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»»»

Dubai: US President Donald Trump said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have no option but to accept any agreement Washington reaches with Iran, asserting that the final decision rests with him, not Israel. “He won’t have any choice,” Trump told the Financial Times in a phone interview. “I ca»»»

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 »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received in his office at the Amiri Diwan, on Monday, June 8, 2026, HE Witold Bańka, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, and the accompanying delegation, on the occasion of his visit to the country. During the meeting, a numb»»»

Peru’s conservative presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori kept a slight lead on Monday over her leftist rival in a runoff election, with over 90 percent of the votes counted, an official tally showed.Fujimori, the daughter of hardline former President Alberto Fujimori, secured 50.48 percent ‌of the»»»

An insect infestation is spreading across Berlin, forcing closures and health warnings in parks, sports grounds, and residential areas, German media has reported. The culprit is the oak processionary moth caterpillar, a tree-killing pest covered in toxic stinging hairs. The insect, scientifically k»»»

The US Army is preparing to carry out its first executions of death-row service members since 1961 if President Donald Trump orders them, ABC News reports, citing an internal planning document. Trump has advocated wider application of the death penalty as a deterrent against violent crime. ABC News»»»

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»»»