BETHLEHEM: Mohamad Al-Assi ran beneath the concrete wall as the sun rose over Bethlehem. His Nikes pounded the gravel, his breath fogging the air as graffiti and paint splatter blurred past with each stride.The road along the barrier separating Israel from the occupied West Bank makes up a stretch »»»

DUBAI: Bahrain’s interior ministry said on ​Saturday it had arrested 41 people it said were linked to Iran’s Revolutionary ‌Guards (IRGC), the ‌state ​news ‌agency reported. The ⁠ministry ​said security ⁠authorities uncovered a group linked to Iran’s IRGC, adding that investigations ⁠by the public »»»

Foreign presidents congratulate Sadyr Japarov and the people of Kyrgyzstan on the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The Presidential Administration reported. According to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, this sacred date is forever inscribed in the destinies of the S»»»

NABLUS: Under the bleachers of a West Bank stadium, a dozen men from Gaza live in a former changing room, blocked from returning home by the war that erupted more than two and a half years ago. Among those stranded is Sameer Abu Salah, 54, who had been working odd jobs in Israel’s commercial hub of»»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia's Public Health Authority (Weqaya) said it is closely monitoring reports of Hantavirus infections linked to a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, while stressing that the likelihood of the virus reaching Saudi Arabia remains “very low”. In a statement, the authority said it was c»»»

Deputy Prime Minister Ivo Hristov said he does not expect the government to receive “100 days of tolerance.” Speaking on the Bulgarian National Television here on Saturday, he said he expects resistance “at all levels – in the media, at the level of the ‘deep state,’ and at the level of political f»»»

Paris, France: Teenage substitute Mezian Mesloub gave Lens a 1-0 win over Nantes in Ligue 1 on Friday to clinch his side qualification for next season's Champions League, while relegating Nantes to the second tier. The result also keeps the Ligue 1 title race alive with second-placed Lens the only »»»

Los Angeles, USA: A Frontier Airlines flight departing for Los Angeles from Denver International Airport on Friday appeared to strike an individual walking on the runway during takeoff. The incident occurred at about 1119 p.m. local time Friday (0519 GMT Saturday), according to a statement from Den»»»

Leipzig, Germany: The Ministry of Transport took part in the Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF), held in Leipzig, Germany, on May 6-8, 2026. Held under the Presidency of Azerbaijan, and themed; “Funding Transport Resilience”, the Summit focused on addressing one of the most ur»»»

Bangkok: Thai police are investigating a vast arsenal of military-grade weapons -- including assault rifles, explosives, grenades and anti-personnel mines -- found at the home of a Chinese man, authorities said Saturday. Two M16 assault rifles, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, Russian landmines, p»»»

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that his soldiers in Ukraine were fighting an “aggressive force” backed by all of NATO, and that the Russian army’s cause was “just,” as he addressed an annual Victory Day parade on Red Square. “The great feat of the generation of victors inspi»»»

LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised on Saturday he would “listen to voters” after his Labour party received a historic drubbing in local and regional elections. Disillusioned voters backed hard-right and nationalist parties in Thursday’s ballots — Starmer’s biggest electoral test s»»»

Dubai: Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said security authorities had arrested 41 individuals allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, following investigations into cases involving contact with foreign entities and expressions of support for Iranian aggression. According to the ministry, inves»»»

Dubai: A Saudi medical and surgical team has successfully separated Tanzanian conjoined twins in a complex operation lasting 16 and a half hours at a specialist hospital in Riyadh, in yet another milestone for the Kingdom’s long-running conjoined twins programme. The operation to separate the twins»»»

ISLAMABAD: More than 52,000 Pakistani pilgrims have reached Saudi Arabia via more than 200 flights to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the Pakistani religious affairs ministry said on Saturday. Saudi Arabia hosts millions of Muslims annually for Hajj, one of Islam’s five pillars that must be per»»»

The Presidents of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan congratulated Sadyr Japarov and the people of Kyrgyzstan on Victory Day. The Presidential Administration reported. «This significant date is an eternal symbol of the invincible will, great fortitude, and unity of our fraternal p»»»

Zueitina Oil Company announced last Thursday (7 May) that its General Maintenance teams have begun implementing the crude oil tank (D1) maintenance project in Field 103A, a historic first to be fully supervised and executed internally. It said the current phase includes the installation of scaffold»»»

The Libyan Iron and Steel Company (LISCO) announced last Wednesday (6 May) that it had completed the commissioning and performance tests of the High Cold Rolling Mill, implemented by the Turkish company Partner Teknik, were completed this afternoon. Several board members and employees witnessed the»»»

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 a gathering of Israeli vehicles in the town of Rashaf with artillery rounds: Military Medi»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov took part in a memorial rally at Victory Square in Bishkek dedicated to the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The head of state laid flowers at the Eternal Flame and honored the memory of those who died in the war with a minute of silence.»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for preventing any revision of the outcomes of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal regarding Nazi criminals. "It is important to firmly suppress attempts to falsify the events of World War II, to glorify Nazis and collaborator»»»

Hezbollah said it launched missiles and drones at military bases in Israel in retaliation for a recent attack on Beirut's southern suburbs and ongoing strikes in the south, where Lebanese authorities reported 11 people killed on Friday. Israel has kept up its attacks in Lebanon despite a truce agre»»»

The Israeli military called on residents of more than half a dozen villages in southern Lebanon to immediately evacuate on Saturday ahead of expected attacks against alleged Hezbollah targets despite a truce with Lebanon intended to halt the fighting. "In light of ... Hezbollah's violation of the c»»»

LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised on Saturday he would “listen to voters” after his Labour party received a historic drubbing in local and regional elections. Disillusioned voters backed hard-right and nationalist parties in Thursday’s ballots — Starmer’s biggest electoral test s»»»

A Frontier Airlines passenger jet abandoned its take-off for Los Angeles late on Friday after suffering an engine fire and reportedly striking a pedestrian on the runway at Denver International Airport, the airline and the airport said. Denver ⁠International Airport said ⁠that a brief engine fire h»»»

An informal summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) will take place on May 15, 2026, in the city of Turkistan — regarded as the spiritual capital of the Turkic world. The event will be chaired by Kazakhstan and held under the theme «Artificial Intelligence»»»

Burgas Mayor Dimitar Nikolov congratulated here on Saturday the participants and organizers of the 109th edition of the Giro d’Italia cycling race shortly before the start of the second stage from the coastal city to Veliko Tarnovo. “I want to thank our Italian partners for the excellent organisati»»»

Dubai: Dubai students have eagerly welcomed the opening of Edufair 2026 at The H Dubai Hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road on Saturday, describing it as the “best place” to explore higher education options and make informed decisions about their future careers. The two-day exhibition, running from May 9 to »»»

Israeli strikes on Friday killed 10 people in four locations in southern Lebanon, the health ministry said, raising an earlier toll. The dead include two children and three women, it said. Despite a truce in the war between Israel and Hezbollah, fighting has not stopped in south Lebanon, where an I»»»

Dubai: For decades, America’s UFO files lived in classified archives, congressional hearings and grainy leaked videos passed around the internet. Now, they have a website. The United States Department of Defense has launched a new public portal dedicated to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) — »»»

As Libya battles extreme water scarcity, the Great Man-Made River Project (GMMRP) enters its final phase, promising to transform water access across the nation amidst challenges and hopes.* Libya, ranked among the world’s most water-deficient nations, is preparing to complete the final phase of the»»»

The European Union has finalized a €90bn loan for Ukraine for 2026–2027. This is an important decision. But it should be read correctly. This is not money for Ukraine’s reconstruction. »»»

The European Union has finalized a €90bn loan for Ukraine for 2026–2027. This is an important decision. But it should be read correctly. This is not money for Ukraine’s reconstruction. »»»

A rush of new building permits on the island of Milos followed a government measure suspending new construction licenses through the end of 2026. Between April 30 and May 4, authorities issued 33 permits totaling 9,057 square meters of development, including two five-star hotels, one in a protected»»»

Doha, Qatar: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has marked a significant milestone in cancer care, with 500 patients having successfully transitioned through a Cancer Survivorship Programme, since its launch two years ago, to routine follow-up appointments at Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) hea»»»

Oman: Personnel from the South Al Batinah Governorate Police Command, in collaboration with the Police Special Tasks Unit in Wadi Al Maawil, apprehended 47 expatriates of African and Asian nationalities for violations of labour and residency law. In an official social media post by the Royal Oman P»»»

Washington: The US military said on Friday it had struck another boat alleged to be trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people and leaving one survivor. The latest strike - which follows dozens of similar attacks in recent months - bring the US campaign's death toll to at le»»»

Russia held its most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years on Saturday due to the threat of attack from Ukraine, where victory for Moscow's forces has proven elusive more than four years into the deadliest European conflict since World War Two. The May 9 parade on Red Square marks Russia's most r»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Sadyr Japarov and the people of Kyrgyzstan on the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The Presidential Administration reported. «On this significant day, we pay tribute and express our respect to the generation of victors — our fath»»»

RIYADH: Startup investment activity across the Middle East and North Africa recovered in April 2026, with startups raising $150 million across 27 deals, according to Wamda’s monthly investment report. The figure represents a 211 percent increase compared to March, when regional funding activity had»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is no longer a market multinational companies cautiously test, but one they enter with clear strategies and long-term commitments, according to the CEO of business expansion platform AstroLabs. In an interview with Arab News, Roland Daher outlined how the Kingdom’s investment l»»»

Students and parents are turning out in large numbers at Gulf News Edufair 2026, currently under way at The H Dubai, to explore programmes from top universities designed around job market needs. Here are the trending courses at Edufair this year, from business administration and accounting to engin»»»

South Africa's President is facing the possibilty of impeachment, in a long running scandal known as Farmgate. It involves the dissapearance of over half a million dollars from Cyril Ramaposa's luxury farmhouse, which was stolen in a breakin in 2020. Ramaphosa is accused of serious violations and m»»»

Bulgaria must remain on the Euro-Atlantic path while defending its national dignity and freedom, said the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), Delyan Peevski, in a statement distributed by the party’s press centre here on Saturday on the occasion of Europe Day, May 9. Europe Day ma»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a phone call from Joseph Aoun, President of the Lebanese Republic, during which he renewed Lebanon’s condemnation of the Iranian terrorist attacks targeting civilians and civilian facilities in the UAE. He also affirm»»»

Dubai: The 901 Contact Centre at Dubai Police handled 294,134 calls, emails, and live chat conversations during the first quarter of this year, reflecting the force’s continued commitment to delivering fast and efficient non-emergency services to the public. Abdullah Ibrahim, Director of the Custom»»»

In his speech marking Victory Day, President Putin honored the Soviet people’s decisive role in crushing Nazism - linking that legacy to Russia’s soldiers fighting in the Special Military Operation in Ukraine. “They are confronting an aggressive force armed and supported by the entire NATO bloc. De»»»

Jakarta: Indonesian rescuers resumed the search Saturday for the bodies of three hikers killed in a volcanic eruption in a seismically active no-go zone, officials said. Mount Dukono on Halmahera island erupted Friday morning, sending an ash cloud 10 kilometres (six miles) into the sky, with no tow»»»

President Donald Trump's administration is quietly pushing national park, refuge and wilderness area managers to dramatically scale back hunting restrictions, raising questions about visitor safety and the impact on wildlife. US Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order in Ja»»»

Istanbul: The UAE and Türkiye are seeking to deepen their economic partnership as trade and investment ties between the two countries continue to accelerate under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which came into force in September 2023. Speaking during a series of meetings a»»»