Paris, France: A large asteroid that will zoom harmlessly past Earth on Saturday will be visible to stargazers using a small telescope or large binoculars, the European Space Agency announced Wednesday. The asteroid will come within 2,560,000 kilometres of Earth at 1114 GMT on Saturday, which is mo»»»

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that "even if there is an American request," Israel "will not withdraw from southern Lebanon." Katz added that "200,000 residents will not be allowed to return" to southern border areas. According to the minister, the decision is based on Israel's»»»

Changer.ae Limited, a regulated virtual asset custodian based in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with UPAY Global Technology, a UAE-incorporated technology company providing blockchain infrastructure, IT systems, and FinTech software solutions.»»»

MINSK - Serbia-Belarus political relations are on an exceptionally high, friendly level, Serbian Minister without portfolio in charge of international economic cooperation Nenad Popovic said on Tuesday in Minsk, where a Serbia-Belarus intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation h»»»

Doha, Qatar: Weekend plans just got better as this one is packed with vibrant experiences for every taste and age. Breathe in the scent of fragrant oud, savour juicy mangoes, and dive into creative workshops and cultural conversations. Explore Doha's most exciting lineup of events and make every mo»»»

French Resistance fighter and pioneering historian Marc Bloch entered France's Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first historian to receive one of the nation's highest honours. The ceremony comes amid renewed political debate over his anti-nationalist legacy less than a year before France's preside»»»

Medical University - Sofia announced Tuesday that it is launching three new English-language programmes - two Bachelor's and one Master's - designed specifically for international students. The programmes are in Nursing, Kinesitherapy, and Clinical Trial Management, and will be added to its well-es»»»

The Council of Ministers decided on Wednesday that the social old-age pension will be increased to BGN 183.81 as of July 1, Labour and Social Policy Minister Nataliya Efremova announced at a briefing following Wednesday’s government meeting. According to her, the increase is in line with the percen»»»

Dubai: The latest heatwave scorching Britain, France, Spain, Italy and other countries is not an isolated event. Scientists say Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, warming much faster than the global average. According to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the world is curren»»»

Azerbaijan's parliament is considering legislation that would bar children under 16 from creating accounts on social media platforms, triggering a debate over child protection, free expression and the practical enforceability of the rules against global technology companies. The draft amendments to»»»

Republika Srpska Prime Minister Savo Minić strongly condemned the desecration of an Orthodox cross and cemetery near Travnik and called on the authorities of the Central Bosnia Canton to sanction those responsible. “It is especially troubling that this happened in a place where the number of Serbs »»»

Serbian Prime Minister Đuro Macut said during a visit to the University Clinical Centre /UCC/ of Republika Srpska in Banja Luka that the successful cooperation between Republika Srpska and Serbia in the field of healthcare will continue and be further enhanced. “Our cooperation is long-standing and»»»

As Europe swelters under a major heatwave, the energy-intensiveness of artificial intelligence has come into the spotlight.  At a climate conference in London, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on AI companies to disclose the environmental impact of their systems.  Plus, Iran r»»»

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday warned of "serious consequences" if governments fail to step up regulation of artificial intelligence as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Dalian, known as the "summer Davos". The world risks "losing control" of frontier technology such as artificial int»»»

Regional Development and Public Works Minister Ivan Shishkov told Parliament on Wednesday that checks into the issuance of controversial tolerance certificates for properties lacking approved detailed development plans in Varna will be expanded to cover the period before 2023. He was heard by lawma»»»

RIYADH: The UAE has unveiled its inaugural Sovereign Retail T-Sukuk Program, opening subscriptions to individual investors for the first time in the country’s history. According to a statement from the Ministry of Finance, the two-year sukuk sized at 50 million Emirati dirhams ($13.6 million) will »»»

Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, on Wednesday launched the Dubai-it Award that recognises individuals, projects, companies, and institutions that embody the Dub»»»

Paris, France: A large asteroid that will zoom harmlessly past Earth on Saturday will be visible to stargazers using a small telescope or large binoculars, the European Space Agency announced Wednesday. The asteroid will come within 2,560,000 kilometres of Earth at 1114 GMT on Saturday, which is mo»»»

Arab Finance: El Gouna Red Sea, the year-round destination developed by Orascom Development Egypt, has launched SIBA El Gouna, a new residential development that introduces a multi-architect design approach while building on the town’s longstanding focus on low-density, human-scale living, as per a»»»

Arab Finance: The extraordinary general assembly (EGM) of the Holding Company for Roads, Bridges, and Land Transportation Projects has approved increasing the company's issued capital to EGP 1.5 billion from EGP 1 billion, as per a statement. Moreover, total revenues generated by the Holding Compan»»»

DUBAI: A new public artwork in the UAE wrapping the former Dubai Zoo site is inviting residents to reflect on the city’s natural heritage while looking ahead to the landmark’s next chapter. Puerto Rican-born multidisciplinary artist Solimar Miller has unveiled “Flora of Light,” a series of 12 origi»»»

A suspected organizer of an illegal migration network has been detained in Osh. The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) reported. According to the state committee, it uncovered a scheme facilitating the transit of foreign nationals through Kyrgyzstan, where migrants allegedly»»»

Saudi utility giant Acwa is seeking to expand its investments in Morocco’s renewable energy sector and is also exploring opportunities in seawater desalination and green hydrogen, Omar Alaoui Mhamdi, the company’s country manager in Morocco, said in an interview with Asharq Bloomberg. The company’s»»»

RIYADH: Three local industrial companies are preparing for initial public offerings and listings on the Saudi stock market in the coming period, with some planning to list by the end of this year, according to executives and managers at those organizations who spoke to Al-Eqtisadiah. These moves re»»»

France on Wednesday announced its first confirmed case of Ebola identified on its territory, a doctor back from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is fighting a major outbreak. The case is the first of the deadly haemorrhagic fever identified outside the African continent during the current ou»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Djuro Macut met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix in Belgrade on Wednesday. Macut said that "Serbia values the role that UNMIK, the UN mission in Kosovo-Metohija, has when it comes to the protection of the non-Albanian population in the s»»»

Russian researchers cultured retina pieces to test gene therapy on real human tissue, as animal models often fail to predict human response due to significant retinal differences, according to a paper in Retinal Gene Therapy: Methods and Protocols. Scientists take retinal tissue from donors within »»»

North Korea commissioned its Choe Hyon 5,000-ton destroyer, seen here in a March photo, state media reported Wednesday. File Photo by KCNA/EPA North Korea has commissioned a new 5,000-ton destroyer with leader Kim Jong-un voicing expectations that the Navy's combat capabilities will be strengthened»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Sports and Youth HE Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and national team player Assim Madibo visited injured Canada player Ismail Koné in Vancouver to inquire about his condition after the player sustained an injury during the World Cup game against Qatar. Kone sustained a b»»»

Qatar's Ministry of Interior have arrested 25 people of various Arab nationalities following a fight at a restaurant in Doha's upscale Dafna district and referred them to the Public Prosecution for legal action. The ministry said the arrests were made after authorities investigated an altercation t»»»

The US has eased travel restrictions on Iran’s national football team at the 2026 World Cup after Tehran protested what it called unequal treatment. Iran’s delegation will leave its base camp in Tijuana, Mexico on Wednesday and travel to Seattle ahead of Friday’s Group C match against Egypt, accord»»»

A North Korean soldier was taken into custody after crossing the heavily fortified Military Demarcation Line separating the two Koreas, Seoul's military said Wednesday. This February 2021 photo shows a South Korean military guard post near the DMZ in Paju. File Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI | License»»»

Sharjah: Paid public parking hours across Sharjah emirate will be extended until midnight from July 1, 2026, under a new decision announced by Sharjah City Municipality. The move will apply to all paid parking spaces in the cities of Sharjah, Kalba, Khorfakkan and Al Dhaid, including parking areas »»»

“Is the line moving?” “The stick figure is at the same place.” “It has been three hours, how has he not moved?” Such were the conversations, during the booking of BTS Arirang tickets for Bangkok. Most ARMY’s assumed that it would be the most affordable option as Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Man»»»

Israeli military commanders say claims by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz of maintaining “absolute freedom of action” in southern Lebanon sharply contradict the reality on the ground, according to Israeli media reports on Wednesday. The newspaper Haaretz quoted co»»»

MOSCOW: Nuclear weapons are the “only” bulwark preventing the world from slipping into a global war, the Kremlin said Wednesday amid fears of a fresh multi-country arms race. The last nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States, New START, expired in February, releasing restric»»»

WASHINGTON: Three candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani won Democratic primary elections for seats in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, according to US media projections.Mamdani, 34, was swept to office in January on a wave of support for his Democratic socialist policies.His»»»

On June 24, 2026, Jeenbek Kulubaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, received Sándor Dorogi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary, on the occasion of the completion of his diplomatic mission. During the conversation, the parties noted with satisfaction the prog»»»

Kiev cannot carry out terrorist attacks against Russia without UK and US support, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. Russia will not support any temporary solutions in the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, Sergey Lavrov said."For Russia, the issue is of a fundamental nature»»»

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has praised Iran’s steadfast support for the Palestinian cause and people. During a telephone conversation between Hamas Political Bureau member Bassem Naim and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi early on Wednesday, Naim conveyed the greetings of Hamas leadership »»»

Foreign and Arab investors remain buyers, but large-cap weakness pulls benchmark below 52,000 points Cairo — Egyptian equities fell sharply on Tuesday as parliament’s approval of amendments to the stamp-duty regime added a new test for market liquidity, pushing the benchmark EGX30 below the 52,000-»»»

Documents containing results obtained through the use of special surveillance measures (SSMs) that should have been destroyed were instead attached to an operational case file, according to the National Special Intelligence Means Control Bureau annual report for 2025. The violation was identified d»»»

Tokyo: A Tokyo suburb has announced an emergency spending plan to buy 700 anti-bear sprays for schools and community organisations, the local government told AFP on Wednesday, as the animals increasingly encroach into built-up areas around Japan. Hachioji is on the outskirts of the vast Japanese ca»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Milos Vucevic, who is also adviser to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, said on Wednesday Vucic might announce the name of an SNS electoral list at Saturday's rally outside the Serbian parliament building in central Belgrade. "At the gathering, Vu»»»

In a bold statement, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly outlined Egypt’s ambitious targets to attract over $20 billion in Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) annually and elevate exports to more than $140 billion by the year 2030. “This is an achievable dream,” Madbouly confidently remarked during a rec»»»

Hagag Energy, the energy investment platform of international investor Hagag Europe, advances the consolidation of its local management structure through the appointment of Pavel Ciubotaru as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Natural Gas Division. With over 25 years of experience in the energy s»»»

The Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water (RIEW) in Stara Zagora has terminated the registration of Energy-2 OOD and revoked its permit for waste treatment activities at its biogas plant in Nova Zagora, the RIEW said on Wednesday. The decision was published on the inspectorate's website an»»»

Toulouse, France: Airbus has announced it will inspect 16 of its A380 superjumbos, five of them immediately, after cracks were found in a key wing component on some of the jets used by the Emirates and Qantas airlines. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) ordered urgent inspections requ»»»

Dubai: Every expatriate arrives in the UAE carrying some version of the same promise. A promise to parents growing older back home. To children whose school fees need to be paid. To a spouse waiting for a better future. Or simply to themselves, that the sacrifice of living far from family will one »»»

Dubai: The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced that labour accommodations must be at least five kilometres away from family residential areas and close to industrial zones and transport networks, as part of standards aimed at ensuring safe and integrated living condi»»»