Canada's government endorsed a plan Wednesday to move the last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park in Ontario to aquariums in the United States and Spain — a plan that could save them from mass euthanasia if the deal goes through. There are 30 belugas and four dolphins left in the »»»

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kyrgyzstan and the head of Khakassia held a meeting on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Kubanychbek Bokontaev and Valentin Konovalov discussed issues of expanding and intensifying cooperation. According to the head»»»

Doha, Qatar: In line with the Third Financial Sector Strategy and as part of Qatar Central Bank's ongoing efforts to develop digital payment systems and services, and to strengthen cooperation among the GCC countries, Qatar Central Bank announced the acceptance of the national payment card HIMYAN i»»»

Observers in Baghdad say a long-delayed confrontation may be looming with factions that reject the principle of “placing arms under state control,” a move announced by political groups and welcomed by the Iraqi government and the United States. The warnings come as reports suggest the US-backed gov»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sent a congratulatory telegram to President Sadyr Japarov and the fraternal people of Kyrgyzstan on the occasion of the country’s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2027-2028. Akorda reported. «This significant event, whic»»»

The Financial Market Regulation and Supervision Service of Kyrgyzstan has revoked TengriCoin’s license to operate as a virtual asset trading operator. The state service announced. The decision was made following supervisory actions due to systematic violations of the law, failure to comply with reg»»»

Cisco used its annual Cisco Live 2026 event to present artificial intelligence as a new test for infrastructure, not merely a software wave or a move toward smarter applications. The main message at the event was that as organizations move from chatbots to AI agents capable of carrying out tasks, n»»»

Hezbollah Political Council deputy chief Mahmoud Qomati said US and Israeli efforts would fail and that the resistance against Israeli aggression continues, Tasnim reported. “No party can force the Lebanese resistance to disarm,” Qomati said.He added that the US and Israel have no right to decide t»»»

The US House of Representatives voted 215–208 to adopt a War Powers resolution aimed at reasserting congressional authority over military action against Iran, American media reported. The vote comes more than three months after President Donald Trump launched military aggression against Iran, with »»»

Ukraine recaptured more territory than it lost to Russian forces in May for the second straight month, according to data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Christina Harward, Russia Deputy Team Lead at ISW, says that successful tactical counterattack»»»

Eleven-year-old Ederson Galicia Alva had just stepped off the plane and into the Miami airport’s dim hallways when federal agents pulled his mother aside for questioning. Again. Panic welled up. His excitement at soon being back at recess with his Florida classmates fell away. Would the government »»»

The Secretary-General of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), Kubanychbek Omuraliev, welcomed the election of Kyrgyzstan as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. «This remarkable achievement reflects the international community’s confidence in the Kyrgyz Republic’s constructive eng»»»

Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire following US-led talks on June 2–3, the US State Department said. The ceasefire depends on a halt to Hezbollah fire and the withdrawal of Hezbollah fighters from the South Litani Sector.The sides also agreed to advance pilot zones where the Lebanes»»»

For the first time in its history, Kyrgyzstan has been elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The country will be a member of one of the main organs of the international organization for 2027-2028. The decision was made on Wednesday. President Sadyr Japarov thanked UN countries »»»

SEOUL: North Korea on Thursday unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear bomb fuels, with leader Kim Jong Un announcing plans to bolster the country’s nuclear forces “at an exponential rate.” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff assessed the site as a uranium enrichment plant and said it was closel»»»

GAZA CITY: Israeli attacks on Gaza killed at least eight people on Thursday, a spokesman for the civil defense agency in the Palestinian territory told AFP. “At least eight martyrs as a result of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City at dawn,” with seven killed in strikes on residential buildings and one»»»

US military forces carried out a lethal kinetic strike on Wednesday on a vessel operated by what it designated as terrorist organisations engaged in narco-trafficking along known routes in the Eastern Pacific, killing two individuals, US Southern Command (SouthCom) announced Thursday. The operation»»»

LOS ‌ANGELES: The ​US military on Wednesday said it carried out a ‌strike ‌on ​a ‌vessel ⁠in ​the eastern Pacific ⁠killing two people. The US Southern Command ⁠said ‌on X ‌that ​intelligence ‌had confirmed ‌that the vessel “was engaged in ‌narco-trafficking operations.” Under the Trump administrati»»»

US President Donald Trump said late Wednesday that talks with Iran are going "very well" and could yield results over the coming weekend. "I hear the negotiation itself is going very well actually," Trump told reporters, adding of a potential deal: "It could happen... over the weekend." Get updated»»»

A Ukrainian strike killed at least three people in Crimea, the region's Moscow-installed authorities said Thursday, a day after Kyiv targeted energy and military sites in Saint Petersburg where Russia was hosting an economic forum. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned of a "real" risk of the Uk»»»

Ukraine hit St Petersburg oil terminals on the morning of June 3 just as Russia’s flagship St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) kicks in a message designed to show that nowhere in Russia is safe from Ukraine’s long-range drones. Ukraine drones flew over the city before diving into oi»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s flagship eco-tourism initiative, Al-Urumah Season, has concluded its fifth edition after attracting more than 800,000 visitors over six months, underscoring the Kingdom’s growing appetite for nature-based tourism and conservation-focused travel. The Imam Abdulaziz bin Mohamme»»»

Share: The State Department on Wednesday announced that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a cease-fire following two days of high-level meetings held in Washington.Credit…Oliver Contreras/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The U.S.-brokered agreement called for “a complete cessation” of fire from H»»»

Dubai: The UAE is set to experience dusty weather, strong winds and rough sea conditions over the coming days as a weak surface low-pressure system affects the country, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said. The NCM said the weather today would be fair in general, with light to moderate win»»»

The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has ordered the administrative closure of a café branch on Abu Dhabi Island after inspectors found repeated food safety violations that posed a risk to public health. The authority said it had issued a closure order against Galleria Café »»»

DOHA: His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, received a phone call on Wednesday from US President Donald Trump. During the call, the two sides discussed the latest updates in the Middle East in light of ongoing political and security developments, as well as regio»»»

Macroeconomic imbalances continue to persist in Hungary, particularly in the areas of competitiveness, public finance funding needs and housing prices, according to the European Commission’s spring package for the 2026 European Semester, published on Wednesday. According to the assessment, inflatio»»»

Kyrgyzstan has been elected a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the first time in its history. The republic will serve on one of the UN’s principal bodies during the 2027–2028 term. The vote took place on June 3 during a session of the UN General Assembly in New York. »»»

Share: BY LAURA KELLY AND FILIP TIMOTIJA Iran is using Lebanon as leverage in peace talks with the U.S., exploiting tensions between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the process. Trump held two expletive-laden calls with Netanyahu earlier this week, dema»»»

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead. The space agency confirmed Wednesday that the mission had ended after more than a decade of observations. “The team really did experience the loss of a loved one with the end of t»»»

Manila: Motorists traveling to Quezon province from the Philippine capital Manila could soon see significantly shorter travel times as the long-awaited South Luzon Expressway Toll Road 4 (SLEX TR4) moves closer to completion, marking a major step in one of the country's most important infrastructur»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, June 3, 2026: The British front pages discuss the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak after the release of shocking police bodycam footage. Next, the Trump administration's appointment of the new director of national intelligence is getting a lot of coverage. Al»»»

Cultural ambition is measured by what a country builds. Cultural strength is defined by who carries it forward. With the launch of Tashyeed, a new phase in the country’s cultural development comes into focus. The focus is no longer only on what has been built, but on how that progress is carried fo»»»

BRUSSELS: Passenger traffic across European airports fell in April for the first time since the post-pandemic recovery began five years ago, driven by escalating disruptions and conflicts in the Middle East. The April 2026 air traffic report released by the Brussels-based Airport Council Internatio»»»

The EU on Wednesday proposed favouring European companies in public contracts for cloud computing and AI services in the most sensitive sectors as part of a bigger package to cut reliance on foreign firms. EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen insisted that "we are not closing anyone out" but told journali»»»

Dubai: After four consecutive months of fuel price increases, many UAE motorists are hoping relief is finally around the corner. There are signs that global oil markets are cooling. Brent crude, the international benchmark, is trading around $97 a barrel, down from the $110-$120 levels seen earlier»»»

1 of 2 | Supporters watch as local politicians and others raise an LGBTQ+ Pride flag in February at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City after the Trump administration had the National Park Service remove it earlier in the week. A Gallup poll released Wednesday shows people in the Unite»»»

In a video posted to his official Tiktok account on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump suggested he may never remove the enormous UFC arena that’s being constructed on the White House lawn for his birthday celebrations. He also compared it to the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris, also initially meant»»»

Français Picard is pleased to welcome Gabriel Oddone, economist, professor and Uruguay's Economy and Finance Minister. He offers a striking defense of the social democratic model at a moment when much of Latin America appears to be espousing hard right socio-political and economic policies. Speakin»»»

Israel and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to renew their fragile ceasefire and create a number of “pilot” security zones inside Lebanon from which Hezbollah militants would be banned. In a joint statement released after a fourth round of US-mediated talks at the State Department, the two sides said the c»»»

French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, detained in Algeria since 2024 on terror charges, may be eligible for a possible presidential pardon, his lawyers said Wednesday. Algeria's Court de Cassation, the country's highest appeals court, rejected prosecutors' calls for a tougher sentence, »»»

Eng. Karim Badawi, the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, recently visited the MOPCO Fertilizers Production Complex in Damietta to evaluate the ongoing production processes. During his visit, he highlighted the importance of advancing development efforts, adhering to stringent safety stan»»»

The missile that smashed into Kuwait International Airport's Terminal 1 on Wednesday was not fired by Iran, but was a US patriot missile launched to defend Washington's regional military base from attack, Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) has claimed. The missile exchange followed an»»»

JEDDAH: The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned on Wednesday the continuous Iranian attacks targeting the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Kuwait. The secretariat stated in an official communique that these operations constitute a flagrant viol»»»

PARIS: Aryna Sabalenka was dumped out of the French Open on a windy Wednesday at Roland Garros as Diana Shnaider staged an inspired comeback to beat the world number one 3-6 7-5 ​6-0 and further blow open the draw heading into the semifinals. In a tournament that has already witnessed several shock»»»

Three people ​were killed and another seven injured in Ukraine’s ‌attack ‌on ​the ‌city ⁠of ​Simferopol in Russia-annexed ⁠Crimea, the Moscow-installed governor ⁠said on Thursday. Sergei ‌Aksyonov, ‌writing ​on ‌Telegram, ‌said the attack was on non-residential ‌facilities. He did not ⁠specify ⁠wha»»»

Lebanon and Israel agreed early Thursday to "the implementation of a ceasefire." Below is the full text of a joint statement issued by the U.S., Lebanon and Israel after two days of talks in Washington: "The United States convened the fourth high-level trilateral meeting between Israeli and Lebanes»»»

BEIRUT: Israel and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to renew their fragile ceasefire and create a number of “pilot” security zones inside Lebanon from which Hezbollah militants would be banned. In a joint statement released after a fourth round of US-mediated talks at the State Department, the two sides sa»»»

The U.S House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass a measure directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. troops from the conflict with Iran unless Congress votes to continue the conflict. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted»»»

Video: Kuwait Airport terminal hit by Iranian drone as Tehran blames US patriot malfunction CCTV footage from multiple angles captured a low-flying drone slamming into a passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport on Wednesday, causing visible damage. This raises questions about the accuracy»»»