The statement by Mojtaba Khamenei, the Iranian Supreme Leader, that “control over the Strait of Hormuz is equivalent to possessing a deterrent power on the level of a nuclear weapon, and it is a vital card we will never relinquish,” is far from a passing remark. Rather, it reveals the pinnacle of T»»»

On May 1, 2025, during a White House event marking the National Day of Prayer, US President Donald Trump announced the creation of the White House Religious Liberty Commission, a body he said was designed to “protect the religious and spiritual values of American society.” Yet the event quickly bec»»»

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met with Minister of Planning and Economic Development Ahmed Rostom to review the progress of the country’s FY2025/26 economic and social development plan and discuss measures to enhance the governance of public investments. During the meeting, Madbouly reaff»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is "100% confident" that Iran will stop enriching uranium and will hand over the enriched material that it possesses to the U.S. In a radio interview, Trump also emphasized that Washington will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons, and claimed th»»»

Kevin Warsh speaks during a hearing on his nomination to the Federal Reserve on April 21 in Washington, D.C. The Senate confimed Warsh as a member of the Fed's Board of Governors on Tuesday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo May 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Kevin Wars»»»

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves No.10 Downing Street on April 20. On Tuesday, four junior ministers on his Cabinet resigned. Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo May 12 (UPI) -- Four junior members of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Cabinet resigned from their roles Tuesday, »»»

A member of the Bolivian Workers’ Union sets off a firework during a protest against the government’s economic policies in La Paz, Bolivia, on Monday. Photo by Luis Gandarillas/EPA May 12 (UPI) -- Bolivia's largest labor union federation launched a nationwide strike Tuesday, with road and street bl»»»

Tunis, May 12 (TAP) - Tunisia remains committed to respecting international law and continues to build long-term partnerships deep across the African continent, Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri stressed Tuesday in Tunisia’s speech during the...»»»

Nitro-Chem has signed an agreement with General Dynamics and Paramount Enterprises International to develop production capabilities for Hydra 70 mm rockets in Bydgoszcz. The unguided air-to-ground rockets are used by military helicopters including the AH-64 Apache. The project will initially focus »»»

YIT plans to increase annual apartment sales in Poland to around 1,000 units within three years, while expanding strongly in the private rental sector (PRS). The developer currently has more than 500 apartments on sale and will launch another 400 units in mid-2026, including new projects in Warsaw,»»»

MLP Group has started construction of a new logistics center called MLP Bieruń West in Upper Silesia, near Tychy. The project is being developed on a speculative basis, meaning construction began without signed lease agreements, reflecting the developer’s confidence in strong regional demand for wa»»»

CTP plans to continue its rapid expansion in Poland after surpassing 1 million square meters of warehouse space in the country last year. The company’s long-term goal is to reach 3 million square meters, with annual construction targets of 300,000 to 500,000 square meters. CTP is developing both la»»»

New apartment prices in smaller Polish regional capitals are increasingly exceeding PLN 12,000–13,000 per square meter, making home ownership more difficult outside the country’s largest cities. According to data from Otodom, Olsztyn recorded the sharpest increase, with average asking prices for ne»»»

MADRID: Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said Tuesday he was counting on wingers Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams to be fit and available for the World Cup next month. Yamal, 18, suffered a hamstring injury in late April, which has caused him to miss the rest of the season for Barcelona, though his club»»»

MADRID: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez on Tuesday called club elections and announced that he would stand again. “I am not going to resign,” the 79-year-old Perez told a press conference toward the end of a season which Real Madrid will finish trophyless. Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2-0 »»»

Tunis, May 12 (TAP) - Between 250 and 300 players from the automotive industry will take part in the 2026 edition of the Industry Innovation Day, which will be held on Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Tunis, the Tunisian Automotive Association (TAA)...»»»

Tunis, May 12 (TAP) - A new research & development (R&D) centre, run by the German group "LAPP" – a world leader in the manufacture of cables for the electrical and electronics industries – was officially inaugurated on Tuesday by Economy and...»»»

Iran's chief negotiator said Tuesday that Washington must accept Tehran's latest peace plan or face failure, after U.S. President Donald Trump warned the truce in the Middle East war was on the brink of collapse. The war, which erupted more than two months ago with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, has»»»

Fujairah: Fujairah’s population rose to 328,495 by the middle of 2025, up from 314,829 a year earlier, as the emirate also recorded strong economic growth with gross domestic product climbing to Dh32.65 billion, according to new figures released by the Fujairah Statistics Centre. The data, publishe»»»

Tunis, May 12 (TAP) - The Criminal Division of the Tunis Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday to uphold the first-instance verdict against journalists Borhan Besaies and Mourad Zghidi, sentencing them to three years and six months’ imprisonment for...»»»

The Judges Chamber of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) opened disciplinary proceedings against Dian Vasilev, a judge at the Sofia Regional Administrative Court, the SJC press office said on Tuesday. A disciplinary panel consisting of Tsvetinka Pashkunova, Boyan Magdalinchev and Boyan Novanski, th»»»

Iraqi authorities are still trying to contain the embarrassment caused by reports that an Israeli force was stationed in a desert area between Najaf and Karbala in early March, taking what observers describe as belated security measures while issuing conflicting accounts of the incident. The Wall S»»»

The General Union of Chambers received last Sunday (10 May) Daniel Schemsky, Deputy Ambassador of Germany, as part of efforts to strengthen economic and trade relations between the two countries. He was received by the Chairman of the Union, the Director General of the Union, and Union advisors. Th»»»

"Someone should ask the U.S. Secretary of State about the fable of the alleged offer of $100 million in humanitarian aid to Cuba, which nobody here knows anything about,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla wrote on social media. File Photo by Hector Retamal/EPA/Pool May 12 (UPI) -- Cub»»»

The Minister of Commerce and Industry, HE Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani, met with Iqbal Khan, Co-President of Global Wealth Management and President of UBS Bank for the Asia Pacific region, during President Khan’s visit to Qatar. The meeting reviewed opportunities for cooperation in i»»»

Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior announced that the four detainees who had infiltrated Boubyan Island earlier this month, have admitted to belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Based on the suspects' confessions, relevant authorities have begun investigating the foil»»»

Kuwait City: Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday summoned the Iranian ambassador Mohammad Totonji and delivered a formal protest note following an armed infiltration by members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps into Bubiyan Island and their clash with Kuwaiti forces. Kuwait's »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Two Israeli helicopters carry military casualties from South Lebanon into Rambam Hospital in Haifa: Zionist media 12-05-2026 19:28 PM Lates»»»

About 10 masked individuals stormed the University of West Attica on Tuesday afternoon, injuring two people in a violent incident on campus. The attackers, reportedly wearing helmets, entered the university grounds and assaulted victims with knives and hammers. One student was struck in the head an»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar condemns the infiltration of an armed group affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) into Bubiyan Island to carry out hostile acts against the sisterly State of Kuwait, following clashes with Kuwaiti armed forces before being arrested. The incident re»»»

Residents of South Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs are caught between grief and resilience, a feeling unlike any other, and one that is suffocating most families. Some have the courage to raise their voices and express the pain, grief, and regret they feel over their losses. Others feel asham»»»

KABUL: Afghan authorities said Tuesday they had arrested two Afghan journalists from leading private channel TOLOnews, with media rights groups calling for their release. TOLOnews said in a post on X on Sunday that two of their journalists, Imran Danish and Mansoor Niazi, had been detained in Kabul»»»

The Hague,May. 12 (SANA) Syria’s Justice Minister Mazhar al-Wais met on Monday with U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Nicole Shampaine, to discuss mutual issues at the Syrian Mission in The Hague. Syria’s envoy to the OPCW, Mohammad Kattoub, attende»»»

President Vladimir Putin described the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as “the world’s most powerful missile,” saying the power of its warhead exceeds that of the strongest Western equivalent by “more than four times.” One of Sarmat’s key features is its multiple independent re-ent»»»

US President Donald Trump is considering resuming the bombing campaign against Iran as peace talks remain stalled, Axios reported on Monday, citing three US officials familiar with the matter. On Sunday, Trump rejected Iran’s latest terms as “totally unacceptable” and said the ceasefire reached aro»»»

Transportation, Railways, Roadways, Bridges and Tunnels Client : Egyptian Company For Metro Address : Hammamat Al Kouba, Cairo Tender : Reference No. 11/2017 supply of materials and components for painting Metro cars for (24) units Tender documents : EGP2,000 A bid bond of EGP10,000 to be submitted»»»

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at the United Nations Office at Nairobi after a groundbreaking and office inauguration ceremony for a major expansion of the U.N.’s Nairobi headquarters in Kenya on Monday. Photo by Daniel Irungu/EPA May 12 (UPI) -- »»»

EBay's board of directors rejected GameStop's unsolicited offer to buy it. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo May 12 (UPI) -- EBay on Tuesday rejected the proposed offer from GameStop to buy it, calling the offer "neither credible nor attractive." In a letter posted Tuesday, eBay Boar»»»

Salvage work continues on the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge as it lies on the container ship Dali on April 22, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. Two companies who operated the ship and a technical superintendent face charges related to the incident. File Photo by Julia Nikhinson/UPI | License Photo May »»»

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in the presence of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of The Executive Co»»»

Damascus, May 12 (SANA) UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi affirmed that the rapid positive development in fraternal UAE-Syrian relations reflects shared will and mutual commitment from both countries’ leadership. In a post on platform X Tuesday, Al Zeyoudi said the »»»

South Africa's top court bars repeat asylum applications 7 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleNomsa MasekoBBC Africa, Johannesburg Getty ImagesHome Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says the refugee system is being abused South Africa's highest court has ruled that foreign nationals cannot»»»

He was a refugee – now he's Lord Mayor of Bristol 12 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAlastair McKeeBristol BBCCouncillor Yassin Mohamud has represented Lawrence Hill in Bristol since 2021 Bristol's next Lord Mayor says he wants to bring "unity, working together and helping each other" t»»»

LONDON: Netflix has invested ‌over $135 billion in films and television series over the past decade, the company said on ​Tuesday, underscoring the dominance of the streaming giant and the growth of on-demand entertainment. During the same period, Netflix contributed more than $325 billion to the g»»»

BARCELONA: Barcelona star Lamine Yamal waved a Palestinian flag during an open top bus parade as the team celebrated winning the Spanish title. The 18-year-old winger, who is already widely regarded as one of the best soccer players in the world, held the flag as the team bus drove through the stre»»»

Minister of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform, Hala Al-Saeed confirmed that Egypt has managed to safely cross the difficult economic conditions after successfully passing the unprecedented reforms during the past period, stressing that it is now on the right track. Al-Saeed said in an i»»»

Dubai: The UAE’s labour market continued its upward trajectory in the first quarter of 2026, with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) reporting a 2.5 per cent increase in workforce growth alongside a rise in the number of registered establishments. According to ministry statis»»»

The Tripoli based Libyan Ministry of Economy and Trade issued Statement No. 5 of 2026 last Sunday (10 May) regarding directing businesses to use legal distribution channels to control prices in the local market. Through the Statement, the Minister directed all import companies to regulate product m»»»

Tunis, May 12 (TAP) - Tunisia and Iraq have agreed to revive their economic partnership on a new basis, following a meeting held on Sunday in Baghdad between Tunisia's Ambassador Chokri Latif, and Chairman of the Federation of Iraqi Chambers of...»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran has filed a lawsuit in the arbitration court in The Hague against the United States aggression against Tehran, the Mizan news agency, linked to the Iranian judiciary, reported on Tuesday. In particular, the complaint included accusations of US "military aggression against Ir»»»