Damascus, May 29 (SANA) The Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce (FSCC) has defined the tasks of its newly formed “Franchises Committee,” in a move aimed at strengthening franchise culture and expanding the presence of Syrian brands locally, regionally, and internationally, supporting the inve»»»

The Atlantic flows up to a restaurant during the aftermath of Hurricane Milton in Vero Beach, Fla., on October 10, 2024. File Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring areas in the Gulf and waters off the west coasts of Central America and Mexico for possible»»»

Mexico approved a constitutional reform that adds foreign intervention or interference in electoral processes as a new ground for annulling elections. File Photo by Sashenka Gutierrez/EPA May 29 (UPI) -- Mexico's Congress approved a constitutional reform that adds foreign intervention or interferen»»»

Art AlUla’s Madrasat Addeera — billed as “a platform dedicated to heritage-led creativity” — has teamed up with Saudi fashion label HINDAMME to release a limited-edition handmade collection. “The collection is rooted in AlUla’s landscape — its tones, its textures, its quiet intensity,” HINDAMME’s c»»»

LONDON: Some walked out of Syria’s Sednayah prison unable to remember their own names. After years inside what rights groups described as a “human slaughterhouse,” survivors of the country’s most notorious prison emerged in late 2024 unsure whether their families were alive or whether their homes w»»»

BUSAN, South Korea: Talor Gooch surged into the lead at LIV ‌Golf Korea with a 7-under 63 in the second round Friday at Asiad Country Club in Busan, South Korea. Gooch carded eight birdies — six on the front nine — and a lone bogey at the par-4 fifth hole to move to 8-under, one stroke ahead of Bry»»»

VIRGINIA: A bus struck six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Virginia early Friday as traffic slowed for a work zone, killing five people and injuring 34, including the driver, authorities said. The crash happened at about 2:35 a.m. on southbound I-95 in Stafford County, near Quantico, Virginia. All fiv»»»

MIAMI: The Trump administration has extended protections shielding about 11,000 Lebanese from deportation, allowing them to stay and work in the United States for another six months. The decision, announced Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security, marked a rare reprieve for people protected»»»

The international Special Operations Forces exercise Trojan Footprint 26 brought together 3,000 military personnel from Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the United States, the Republic of North Macedonia, Hungary, and Croatia, who participated in trai»»»

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Protesters march in sub-zero temperatures in Minneapolis, Minn., in January. An immigration agent who allegedly shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis was arrested Friday in Texas. File Photo by Craig Lassig/UPI | License Photo May 29 (UPI) -- An Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent charged in a»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has expressed its solidarity with Kenya following a fire at a girls’ school dormitory in Nakuru that left several students dead and injured. In a statement issued on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveyed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the victi»»»

Hungary will not supply weapons or military equipment to Ukraine, the country’s newly elected prime minister, Peter Magyar, said on Thursday shortly after meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels. Magyar’s center-right Tisza party defeated Viktor Orban’s Fidesz last month, securin»»»

Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., announced on Friday that she will not seek re-election for a ninth term in Congress. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo May 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D.-Fla., said she has decided not to run for what would be her ninth term in the House of Rep»»»

Sputnik International News Agency and Radio Broadcaster has held its first SputnikPro workshop for students at Al-Azhar University in Gaza. Acting Head of Sputnik’s Arabic Editorial Department Karina Mhanna and Chief Editor of Sputnik Arabic Wasim Suliman addressed students and faculty members, spe»»»

In a letter to Romanian President Nicusor Dan, Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova expressed sympathy with the Romanian people, after a residential building in Galati, eastern Romania, was hit by a Russian drone, the press office of the presidential institution reported on Friday. The incident result»»»

The bodies of the victims of a overnight fire at Utumishi Girls Academy are moved outside the burned dormitory in Gilgil, 77 miles northwest of Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday. At least 16 students were killed in a fire in the school dorm. On Friday, eight girls were arrested on suspicion of arson. Pho»»»

London: A recent British study has revealed that a simple blood test measuring proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease and dementia may be capable of detecting the condition years - or even decades - before symptoms begin to emerge. Researchers behind the study said the findings suggest that Alzheim»»»

Damascus, May 29 (SANA) Former United Kingdom envoy to Syria Ann Snow said Friday that the discovery of chemical weapons dating back to the ousted regime era constituted an important step toward addressing “one of the darkest aspects of the conflict’s legacy.” In a post published Friday on the soci»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s fintech race is no longer being defined by consumer-facing apps, but by the infrastructure powering them, according to Mohamed Oueida, founder and CEO of Stitch. As the Kingdom’s financial sector matures under Vision 2030, attention is shifting away from user interfaces towar»»»

GAZA: The ​German government is concerned about ‌Israeli ‌plans ​to ‌take ⁠more ​of Gaza, ⁠a Foreign Ministry spokesperson ⁠said ‌on ‌Friday, ​adding ‌that ‌Germany opposes a permanent ‌division of the ⁠Palestinian territory. Palestinians view Israel’s widening Gaza buffer zone as a part of a strat»»»

DEIR EZZOR: The Syrian Arab Republic’s government has continued its emergency operations in Deir Ezzor after surging water levels along the Euphrates River affected about 2,400 families. The crisis prompted widespread evacuations, urgent shelter preparations, and a sweeping humanitarian relief effo»»»

The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald’s family and from his lifelong publisher. This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn W»»»

PARIS: France’s government said on Friday that it’s asking prosecutors to investigate Israel’s alleged violent mistreatment of activists from a flotilla to Gaza, potentially opening a route for criminal proceedings. France had already announced an indefinite ban from French territory of Israel’s fa»»»

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Colombia will head to the polls Sunday to elect President Gustavo Petro's successor. File Photo by Tannen Maury/UPI | License Photo May 29 (UPI) -- Colombia will head to the polls Sunday to elect its next president under an unprecedented security deployment that includes 246,000 members of the secu»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran's final agreement with the United States depends on Washington abandoning excessive demands and contradictory actions, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Friday, citing the country's top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi. "Explaining the situation around the diplomatic process medi»»»

When President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia has the capability to eliminate a potential aggressor, he may have been referring to the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons, National Defense magazine editor-in-chief Igor Korotchenko told Sputnik. "The systems in question include the Iskander-»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia continued preparations in New York on Friday ahead of a friendly against Ecuador as the Green Falcons build toward the World Cup, which starts next month. The match against Ecuador on Saturday forms part of a series of warm-up fixtures for the Saudi squad, which also includes f»»»

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Aleksandar Todorov has been appointed as Chair of the Management Board of the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) as of Friday by order of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Ivan Shishkov. The Minister has appointed a new Management Board of the agency, and the previous members of t»»»

Salil Parekh, Chief Executive Officer of Infosys, earned a total remuneration of ₹826 million in fiscal year 2026, slightly higher than ₹806 million in FY25, according to the company’s annual report. A Reuters report said Parekh received a fixed salary of ₹79.7 million along with bonuses worth ₹233»»»

The government has established an organizing committee to run and coordinate the preparation and holding of the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria, the government press service said on Friday. The committee will be chaired Deputy Prime Minister Ivo Hristov. The rest of the members will be the»»»

Tokyo, May 29 (SANA) Official Japanese data released on Friday showed that the country’s crude oil imports fell by nearly 66 percent in April compared with the same month a year earlier, amid the ongoing repercussions of the US Israeli–Iranian war in the Middle East on oil supplies from the region.»»»

Iranian Commander of the Mohammad Rasoolullah Corps Hassan Hassanzadeh attends an event with Iranian officials at the Imam Khomeini Mosque in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. President Donald Trump is expected to make a decision on the proposed Iran cease-fire Friday. Photo by Behnam Tofighi/UPI | License »»»

1 of 3 | A coordinator with U-Reporters, an UNICEF program to engage and inform local communities, wears a protective gown as he takes part in a campaign to raise awareness against Ebola in Goma, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Friday. Photo by Jeanne Munyerenkana/EPA May 29 (UPI) »»»

May 29 (UPI) -- Five people died and more than two dozen were injured Friday morning after a bus crashed into multiple vehicles along a Virginia interstate, state police said. The crash happened around 2:35 p.m. on Interstate 95 in Stafford county, the Virginia State Police said in a statement to U»»»

NEW YORK: A newly released UN report has accused Israeli military, prison, and security personnel of committing widespread sexual violence against Palestinian detainees, including rape, gang rape, torture targeting genitals, forced nudity, and threats of sexual assault. Presenting the Secretary-Gen»»»

PARIS: Mayar Sherif’s journey at this year’s Roland Garros came to an end on Thursday with a second-round defeat to defending champion Coco Gauff but the Egyptian says she leaves Paris feeling “proud” of her performances and “motivated” for what’s to come. Sherif, who won four matches in Paris thro»»»

Severe prison overcrowding, judicial backlogs, and selective justice resulting from political interference -- much of it linked to years of Syrian and Hezbollah influence -- have left Lebanon with a ticking bomb ready to explode, while sectarian disputes continue to delay a new general amnesty law.»»»

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday that message exchanges with Washington continue, but no final understanding has been reached, dismissing any notion that Tehran takes orders from abroad. “We said goodbye to the language of ‘must’ 47 years ago,” Esmaeil Baghaei told state television on »»»

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli occupation forces closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron to Palestinian worshipers on Friday and tightened military measures around the site. Palestinian officials said worshipers and mosque staff were forced to leave, while all checkpoints and gates leading to the mosque »»»

Washington: The Trump administration claimed that its campaign of military and economic pressure has succeeded in bringing Iran to the negotiating table on its nuclear programme, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arguing that Tehran is now discussing issues that previous US administrations coul»»»

Tunis, May 28 (TAP) - In the Central African Republic, where the scars of conflict continue to shape people's daily lives, Tunisian Major Mouafek Elargui embodies, within the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the...»»»

Abu Dhabi: Dr. Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, on Friday paid tribute to former Yemeni president Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi following his death on Thursday, recalling a pivotal moment during Yemen’s conflict and expressing hope for lasting peace in the country. In a post on X, G»»»

The US is deliberately causing hunger in Cuba as part of its economic strangulation of the island, City University of New York professor Danny Shaw has said in an interview with RT’s Rick Sanchez. Speaking on the Sanchez Effect show, Shaw, an ethnography scholar, discussed his recent visit to Cuba »»»

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