Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent in Bekaa reports Israeli airstrikes on Flawa barrens west of Baalbek 27-05-2026 13:38 PM Latest News Urgent News Leb»»»

The Central Bank stated in its directives: “Given the relatively extended Eid holiday period, and to facilitate customers’ money transfers during the holiday, and following coordination with the UAE Banks Federation and the relevant committees, the Central Bank’s domestic funds transfer system will»»»

Ebola-hit DR Congo faces 'catastrophic collision' of disease and conflict, WHO warns 10 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleDan Sales ReutersDR Congo is the epicentre of the outbreak though a few cases have been detected in Uganda Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is ha»»»

Kolkata: A giant statue of football superstar Lionel Messi erected in India to mark his visit last year is "swaying in the wind" and will be removed, a lawmaker told AFP on Wednesday. Workers have scrambled up the 21-metre (70-foot) golden-coloured statue in the eastern city of Kolkata in West Beng»»»

Vientiane: Five of seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos were found alive on Wednesday, Laotian and Thai rescuers said. "We've found 5 people alive and all safe. There are still 2 people we are searching for," Laotian rescue group Rescue Volunteer for People said in a social med»»»

NEW YORK - Serbia will remain a pillar in the defence of the UN Charter and the strongest bulwark of peace, both internationally and in the Western Balkan region, FM Marko Djuric said in the UN Security Council on Tuesday, noting that Serbia advocated a world in which the UN Charter was not a polit»»»

LA PAZ: Zulma Hinojosa waits anxiously in a doctor’s office at La Paz’s Children’s Hospital for her 13-year-old son, who suffers from asthma and heart problems. Oxygen and medicines are in short supply at hospitals in the city following nearly a month of blockades and protests against the Bolivian »»»

KOLKATA: A giant statue of football superstar Lionel Messi erected in India to mark his visit last year is “swaying in the wind” and will be removed, a lawmaker told AFP on Wednesday. Workers have scrambled up the 21-meter (70-foot) golden-colored statue in the eastern city of Kolkata in West Benga»»»

ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s ousted opposition leader Ozgur Ozel on Wednesday ruled out any plans to leave the crisis-hit CHP and form a new party, urging fellow members to stay put, Turkish media reported. The CHP, Turkiye’s oldest political party, has been badly shaken by a May 21 court ruling that overtu»»»

Euro zone banks need to invest more in cybersecurity if they are to get a grip on new AI models that can find flaws in software, the European Central Bank's outgoing Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Wednesday. New large language models such as Anthropic's Mythos are viewed by cybersecurity ex»»»

Rising energy costs are no longer just a budget concern but are increasingly shaping how people live, according to findings from the latest EY global energy consumer research. Based on a global survey of more than 17,200 residential energy consumers across 20 markets, the research shows that afford»»»

For the Romanian economy and for maintaining the pace of convergence at European level, the quality of the institutional framework is of fundamental importance. In recent decades, international experience has shown that development differences between states are influenced not only by natural resou»»»

Borislav Sarafov’s resignation was a personal decision on his part, GERB-UDF MP Stefan Arsov said on Wednesday on the sidelines of Parliament. According to Arsov, if GERB-UDF are asked for support on issues related to the Supreme Judicial Council in the future, they will participate. Sarafov announ»»»

The holiday of Eid al-Adha, one of the two major holidays in Islam, marked by millions of Muslims around the world began on Tuesday. In Bulgaria it is known as Koch Bayram or Kurban Bayram. On the occasion of the holiday, parliamentary groups extended their greeting to the Bulgarian Muslim communit»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters fired rocket barrage targeting gathering of Israeli vehicles and soldiers at Zawtar Al-Sharqiya’s Cultural Comp»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Lebanon’s Sheikh Al-Khatib on Eid Al-Adha: “Either Ceasefire is Comprehensive or Not” 27-05-2026 13:19 PM Sheikh Ali Al-Khatib, Vice Presid»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance fighters targeted Israeli Merkava tank at Zattam orchard in Zawtar Al-Sharqiya with Ababil attack drone: Mil»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Islamic Resistance fighters targeted gathering of Israeli vehicles and soldiers at Al-Khazzan hill in Zawtar Al-Sharqiya with rocket salvo:»»»

New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned of the dangers of "extreme heat" gripping the world's most populous country on Wednesday, with troops battling forest fires and local authorities reporting deaths from heatstroke. International air-quality monitoring platform AQI recorded that t»»»

Mina, Saudi Arabia: Muslim faithful took part in the climactic ritual of the annual hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday, symbolically stoning the devil near Mecca. From dawn, crowds of pilgrims gathered in the valley of Mina, southeast of the holy city of Mecca, to throw pebbles at concrete pillars symbol»»»

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has issued a reminder on Wednesday that Dubai Metro operating hours have been extended during the Eid Al Adha holiday period, as the emirate prepares for increased passenger demand across its public transport network. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the au»»»

Skywatchers in the UAE and around the world are preparing to witness a rare celestial event on May 31, commonly known as a “Blue Moon”, one of the most unusual lunar phenomena of the year. Astronomers said the moon would begin appearing full on the night of May 30, reaching peak illumination at 3:4»»»

Egypt has issued an executive regulation allowing the private sector to import natural gas directly, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s office. Egypt’s parliament last year passed a law establishing a gas regulatory authority that the government hopes will attract greater private se»»»

Lebanon’s central bank (BDL) has formally reappointed consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal to conduct a comprehensive forensic audit on the period from October 2019 through the end of 2023, in a move aimed at uncovering possible misuse, embezzlement, and waste involving more than $20 billion in deplete»»»

In a statement on Wednesday, National Investigative Service chief and Deputy Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov said that he has tendered his resignation. “Today I submitted a request to the Prosecutors Chamber of the Supreme Judicial Council asking to be prematurely relieved of my duties as Direc»»»

Borislav Sarafov has no place in the judicial system, said Vazrazhdane Deputy Floor Leader Peter Petrov in the corridors of Parliament on Wednesday. Sarafov announced his resignation as National Investigative Service chief and deputy prosecutor general earlier on Wednesday. He asked to remain as ra»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent: Islamic Resistance fighters repel large-scale Israeli advance attempt towards the area between Zawtar Al-Sharqiyah »»»

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said the initial news regarding superstar Lionel Messi's fitness "is not that bad" and hopes further examinations will confirm that diagnosis with the World Cup just a fortnight away. Messi has been diagnosed with muscle fatigue in his left ha»»»

Santo Domingo, Ecuador: Moises Caicedo lifted his first trophy, a golden plastic cup, among the tightly packed little houses of a working-class neighbourhood in Ecuador. This summer he is heading to his second World Cup. The tiny prize he won was lent by a neighbour to give a group of children a ta»»»

JIAXING - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Wednesday in Jiaxing, China, that manufacture of robots in Serbia would begin between July 10 and 20 and that, in two months, Serbia would have humanoid robots, something that no other European country would have. On the fourth day of an off»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces have liberated the settlement of Vozdvizhevka in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. "The units of the Vostok battlegroup continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, »»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.4203 dinars for one euro on Wednesday, which is a slight change relative to Tuesday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.1 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative »»»

BEIRUT: Hezbollah said its fighters clashed with Israeli forces in a town north of the Litani river on Wednesday, a day after Israel’s military said it was expanding its ground operations. Israel intensified the scope of its strikes on south and east Lebanon on Tuesday despite a ceasefire, killing »»»

BUDAPEST: ​Hungary's parliament on Wednesday approved legislation to maintain the country's membership in the International Criminal Court, reversing a 2025 decision made by the government of Viktor Orban.Orban's government decided to withdraw from the ‌ICC, saying the court ‌had become "political.»»»

GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief warned Wednesday that conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in a deadly Ebola outbreak and urged an immediate ceasefire.“Eastern DRC now faces a catastrophic collision of disease and conflict»»»

Borislav Sarafov must not under any circumstances be allowed to leave the system before the disciplinary proceedings and the proceedings conducted by the ad hoc prosecutor are completed, because otherwise the traces would deliberately be covered up, which is a crime, said Velislav Velichkov, MP of »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent: Confirmed Israeli casualties as Islamic Resistance fighters engaged in direct clashes with advancing enemy forces t»»»

Every day, across millions of households, someone stands at a bin, deposits whatever they are holding, and considers the task complete. That moment is automatic, shaped more by physical environments than by conscious deliberation. What the object communicates, people tend to interpret as instructio»»»

Dubai: For most teenagers, after-school hours are spent between homework, sports, and social media. But for 16-year-old Karl Hechema, those evenings became the foundation of an education platform now helping thousands of students around the world. The Dubai-based Egyptian student at Lycee Francais »»»

Dubai: US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that peace with Iran was within reach, only for fresh military threats, strikes and new tensions in the Strait of Hormuz to follow days — and sometimes hours — later. For weeks, Trump has alternated between declaring diplomatic progress, threa»»»

New Delhi: Air India said Wednesday it will temporarily reduce or cut several domestic routes after making similar international cuts due to rising fuel prices from the Middle East war. Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following US-Israeli strikes on Tehran on February 28 has sent a»»»

London: Tyson Fury has said he plans to return to the ring in Dublin on August 1 -- one week after fellow former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua makes his comeback. The pair are heading for a long-awaited 'Battle of Britain', probably in November, although it appears that both boxers will»»»

Samsung Electronics Co.'s unionized workers voted to approve a wage agreement, the union said Wednesday. This photo, taken Wednesday, shows Samsung headquarters in Suwon. Photo by Yonhap Samsung Electronics Co.'s unionized workers voted to approve a wage agreement that includes a substantial bonus »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday congratulated Russian Muslims on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, saying the holiday calls believers back to the origins of Islam and promotes mercy and piety. "I congratulate Russia’s Muslims on Eid al-Adha. Following the precepts and ce»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia will do everything to prevent the continuation of anti-Russian insinuations around the Ukrainian armed forces' strike on the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Wednesday. "Russia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the »»»

Russia’s Investigative Committee has obtained evidence of the development of biological weapons of mass destruction involving Ukraine’s Health Ministry and financed by the United States, official SC spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said. “During the investigation of the criminal case launched in 2022»»»

Hezbollah said its fighters clashed with Israeli forces in a town north of the Litani river on Wednesday, a day after Israel's military said it was expanding its ground operations in the country's south. In a statement, the Iran-backed group said its fighters "clashed with the enemy forces at point»»»

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed 31 people on Tuesday, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel said it was intensifying attacks despite a truce in its war with Hezbollah. The Iran-backed group meanwhile said it faced Israeli troops entering the southern town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, a»»»

Hezbollah said its fighters clashed with Israeli forces in a town north of the Litani river on Wednesday, a day after Israel's military said it was expanding its ground operations in the country's south. In a statement, the group said its fighters "clashed with the enemy forces at point-blank range»»»

MINA, Saudi Arabia: Muslim faithful took part in the climactic ritual of the annual Hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday, symbolically stoning the devil near Makkah. From dawn, crowds of pilgrims gathered in the valley of Mina, southeast of the holy city of Makkah, to throw pebbles at concrete pillars symb»»»