US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had halted plans for new military strikes on Iran, claiming negotiators were close to extending a fragile ceasefire, just hours after threatening to intensify the conflict by targeting Iran’s oil industry. US President Donald Trump said Thursday he had cal»»»

RIYADH: Al-Qadsiah winger Julian Quinones got FIFA World Cup scoring off the mark as he netted the tournament’s first goal and helped co-host Mexico defeat South Africa on Thursday. The 29-year-old attacker’s powerful low strike on the 9th minute helped the home side to a 2-0 victory at a packed Me»»»

CAIRO: Egypt urged the United States and Iran to seize what it called an “available opportunity” for a deal to end the war, after President Donald Trump withdrew his threat to carry out further strikes on Tehran. Cairo’s foreign ministry said in a statement late Thursday it hoped “the available opp»»»

PARIS: More than half of civilian deaths caused by explosive weapons in 2025 were attributed to the Israeli military, according to a new Explosive Weapons Monitor report, which warned of a growing “normalization” of civilian harm in global conflicts. The report released on Wednesday said over 22,60»»»

OTTAWA, Ontario: A Toronto police officer was shot and killed Thursday by a suspect in the investigation into a shooting attack that damaged the facade of the US Consulate in the Canadian city in March, police said. One 19-year-old suspect was in custody at a hospital in critical condition while of»»»

WASHINGTON American pop star Ariana Grande told President Donald Trump’s administration on ​Thursday to stop using her music to promote its policies. The comment came after the White House shared a video on TikTok earlier this week highlighting its immigration policy. The video, which depicts feder»»»

SEOUL: South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday for sending drones into North Korea, a move prosecutors argued was aimed at creating a pretext for his disastrous martial law declaration in 2024.Special prosecutors said back in April that Yoon’s effort t»»»

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Europe’s technology chief warned Thursday about the risks of relying too heavily on US tech companies in sensitive areas such as cybersecurity and defense. EU tech sovereignty chief Henna Virkkunen was speaking in Brazil at Web Summit Rio — the Americas’ largest tech summit,»»»

Bir Duino-Kyrgyzstan human rights movement has issued an appeal to the country’s authorities in connection with Kyrgyzstan’s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The authors of the appeal noted that membership in the UN Security Council is a great responsibility and called»»»

Schoolchildren from Kyrgyzstan won 13 medals at the Al-Khwarizmi International Olympiad in Mathematics and Informatics, held at the Renaissance Health Center in Tashkent region of Uzbekistan. According to the Ministry of Education, 219 schoolchildren from 16 countries (Malaysia, Mongolia, Kyrgyzsta»»»

The second meeting of the Kyrgyz-Georgian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation was held in Bishkek, marking the resumption of its activities after a ten-year hiatus. The Ministry of Economy reported. The parties noted the significant potential for cooperation between Kyrgy»»»

Dubai: The UAE will see generally fair weather on Friday, with low cloud cover developing over eastern areas and temperatures climbing to as high as 47°C inland, according to the National Centre of Meteorology forecast. Humidity is expected to increase overnight and into Saturday morning across som»»»

Construction of the second phase of an eco-technological plant for processing municipal solid waste and generating electricity has begun in Bishkek. Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev attended the capsule-laying ceremony. Speaking at the event, the head of the Cabinet called th»»»

Skyliner II, the second phase of the Skyliner office complex developed by Karimpol Group near Rondo Daszyńskiego, has reached its planned structural height of 130 meters, marking a significant milestone for one of Warsaw's largest office projects currently under construction.The building forms part»»»

RIYADH: Riyadh region police have detained five Bangladeshi residents for begging and initiated legal proceedings against them, the Ministry of Interior’s Public Security directorate announced on Friday. The arrests, reported by the Saudi Press Agency, form part of the ministry’s continuing efforts»»»

GENEVA: Extreme heat has claimed more than 200,000 lives across Europe over the past four years, according to the UN World Health Organisation (WHO). The agency warned that heatwaves are becoming an increasingly frequent and deadly public health emergency driven by climate change. “We need a coordi»»»

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s children, has died at 47, the Bureau of the Royal Household said. She died Thursday evening at a Bangkok hospital where she had been cared for since falling unconscious due to illness three ye»»»

The stage is set for a dazzling celebration of leadership, innovation and inclusion as Excellence Awards 2026 honours inspiring women and organisations at Dubai’s Museum of the Future today evening. Organised by Gulf News and BeingShe, the sixth edition of the awards will recognise 35 exceptional w»»»

First Sermon (Khutbah One) All praise is due to Allah, the Protecting Friend, the Praiseworthy, who by His grace has allowed us to witness the beginning of a new Hijri year. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that our master and prophet Muhammad is the Messenger of Al»»»

Dubai-based Jennifer Blandos, an entrepreneur building health tech, never really thought about leaving the UAE. She is self-sufficient, built her own business and bought her own home in 2015, and then acquired the Golden Visa in 2024, after the 1 Billion Followers Summit. As a single mother, it mad»»»

The officer was investigating a string of shootings earlier this year, including at a U.S. consulate. A police officer in Toronto was shot and killed on Thursday while executing a search warrant at an apartment linked to a string of shootings, including one at the U.S. consulate. File Photo by Just»»»

RIYADH: The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has launched its first office dedicated to cybersecurity, establishing a new global hub in Riyadh to support efforts to strengthen cyber resilience through training, research, policy development and knowledge exchange. The Riya»»»

OTTAWA, Ontario: A Toronto police officer was shot and killed Thursday by a suspect in the investigation into a shooting attack that damaged the facade of the US Consulate in the Canadian city in March, police said. Police officer Marc Pinizotto, who was 43 and had been on the force for 18 years, d»»»

Dubai: Koshy Joseph still remembers what unsettled him most when he first arrived in Dubai in 1994. It was not the heat, the unfamiliar city, or even the pressure of starting life over in another country. It was the uncertainty, the feeling that everything could change overnight, and that surviving»»»

BY: Sherif Abdel Ghaffar “They don’t represent Islam!” It is not acceptable, anymore On July 26, 2017 Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi decreed the formation of The Supreme Council for Combating Radicalism and Terrorism. An action that some might look at with skepticism while others might hold»»»

TOLEDO, Spain: Saudi Arabia and France signed a joint action program on Thursday to strengthen tourism cooperation, focusing on investment, innovation, sustainability, skills development and destination marketing. The agreement was signed during a meeting between Saudi Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-»»»

GENEVA: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has launched the Just Transition Policy Gateway, the first global platform dedicated to supporting the implementation of just transition policies. The Gateway provides policymakers and social partners with practical examples, lessons learned and p»»»

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s children, has died at 47, the Bureau of the Royal Household said. She died Thursday evening at a Bangkok hospital where she had been cared for since falling unconscious due to illness three ye»»»

KUWAIT: The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to Kuwait, Prince Sultan bin Saad, affirmed on Wednesday his commitment to strengthening diplomatic cooperation and reinforcing the principles of joint action to address current challenges. Speaking to »»»

Something fundamental has shifted in how many of the world’s most forward-looking economies think about healthcare. Traditionally, healthcare occupied a distinct place in national priorities. Governments funded it, managed it, and protected it as a social necessity. In many countries, it was measur»»»

GENEVA: Extreme heat has claimed more than 200,000 lives across Europe over the past four years, according to the UN World Health Organisation (WHO). The agency warned that heatwaves are becoming an increasingly frequent and deadly public health emergency driven by climate change. “We need a coordi»»»

British Defense Secretary John Healey, pictured leaving 10 Downing Street in London in March, on Thursday resigned from his position after a proposed military budget settlement was half the requested funding, which he said could pose future danger to the United Kingdom. File Photo by David Cliff/EP»»»

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Thursday the return of El Nino: the warm phase of a natural climate cycle linked to higher global temperatures and wild weather. The seesawing shift in ocean temperatures and winds forms across the tropical Pacific Ocean but ca»»»

Dubai: The UAE and Sri Lanka could finalise a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement within a year once formal negotiations begin, opening the door for deeper trade, investment and services flows between the two countries, according to Alexi Gunasekera, Consul General of Sri Lanka to Dubai an»»»

Sharjah: When Indian expat Jeevan OV last saw his childhood friend Ismail Ponnan Ibrahim Kutty, he was in a coffin at a Sharjah embalming centre on Thursday evening, 11 days after he was fatally stabbed in what has been described as a ‘TikTok war’ that escalated into a street fight. "He looked diff»»»

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, pictured in 2025 at the White House, is poised to move even closer to being the world's first trillionaire as the company's IPO goes live on the NASDAQ on Friday. File Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI | License Photo June 11 (UPI) -- The final price for the SpaceX initial public offeri»»»

ABU DHABI: Abdullah Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, Minister of Justice, has affirmed the UAE’s readiness to host the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi in September. During a speech delivered at the current session of the United Nations Commission on Crim»»»

ABU DHABI: Abdullah Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, Minister of Justice, has affirmed the UAE’s readiness to host the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi in September. During a speech delivered at the current session of the United Nations Commission on Crim»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: The US House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a short-term extension of a major warrantless surveillance program, leaving one of Washington’s most powerful intelligence tools on course to expire within hours. The failed vote on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligen»»»

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced on Thursday that it has dispatched a third official letter of protest to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regarding the continued hostile Iranian attacks targeting Kuwait International Airport, the latest of»»»

US President Donald Trump has promised a "great" settlement with Iran, including security guarantees for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which may be signed in Europe over the weekend. Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump said: "We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran, and we're g»»»

The opening of a new bridge connecting Canada and the United States that President Donald Trump previously criticised has been delayed at the last minute over "unresolved issues," officials said Thursday. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who said on Tuesday that the $4.7-billion Gordie Howe Bri»»»

US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a "great settlement" with Iran to end the Middle East war, saying he expected a deal to be signed in Europe in the coming days. Trump's claim came just hours after he promised fresh strikes against Iran, before saying that he was calling them off as a»»»

President Donald Trump called off new U.S. military strikes on Iran on Thursday, saying "final points" of an initial peace deal had been approved and details of a signing ​ceremony would ‌be announced shortly. Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported that Tehran had not approved ⁠the text of »»»

For the first time ever, Cape Verde is heading to the World Cup. The West African island nation – home to fewer than half a million people – will be one of the smallest countries in tournament history. In the capital Praia, preparations are in full swing, with qualification sparking huge »»»

With the frenzy for the World Cup underway, we take a closer look at the debate over what to call the world's most popular sport: football or soccer? We explore the origins of both terms and discover that while the French may call it “le foot” rather than “le pied”, the language is full of expressi»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Chamber recently concluded the 34th session of its training programme for customs brokers andrepresentatives. Organised by the Chamber in collaboration with the General Authority of Customs (QAC), the month-long programme aimed to qualify customs clearance operators »»»

DPA Mexico City World Cup co-hosts Mexico got off to the perfect start with goals from Julian Quinones and Raúl Jiménez sealing a 2-0 win over nine-man South Africa in the tournament opener on Thursday. Yaya Sithole’s mistake - from a risky pass by keeper Ronwen Williams - allowed Erik Lira to squa»»»

QNA Oslo Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari met with State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik, on the sidelines of the annual Oslo Peace Forum in the Norwegian c»»»

Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani on Thursday conferred with Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management of Syria Raed Al Saleh on the sidelines of the conclusion of the Joint Trilateral Exercise in Urban »»»