Members of the public gathered in front of the Albanian Embassy in Sofia on Monday to support protests in Albania against building development on protected areas in the Zvernec Peninsula near Vlora on the southern Albanian Adriatic coast and the wider Vjosa-Narta protected landscape. "We have gathe»»»

Doha, Qatar: President of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani met with Ambassador of the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the State of Qatar HRH Prince Saad bin Mansour bin Saad bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the close fra»»»

Copenhagen: Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen is "doing well" after being admitted to hospital due to collapsing during Denmark's friendly against Ukraine, five years after suffering a cardiac arrest during the European Championships. The 34-year-old former Manchester United midfielder, who had »»»

By order of Prime Minister Rumen Radev, Reneta Koleva has been appointed Deputy Minister of Environment and Water as announced by the government press service on Monday. At the end of May, Kostadin Geshev was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment and Water. In 2008, Koleva graduated from the New»»»

As preparations for the 2026 World Cup heat up, a massive hiring boom is sweeping across the US service industry. But local businesses are growing increasingly worried that skyrocketing costs and FIFA price hikes could ruin what was expected to be a historic economic celebration.»»»

Carys Garland is pleased to welcome Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies and International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin. Amid the latest escalation between Iran, Israel, and the US, Lucas warns that both Tehran and Jerusalem are increasingly willing to act inde»»»

Tunis, June 8 (TAP) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced the appointment of George Akhalkatsi as its new Head of Operations in Tunisia, succeeding Nodira Mansurova. Akhalkatsi will take up his new position on...»»»

Tunis, June 8 (TAP) - Tunindex closed Monday's session up 0.36% to 18,488.12 points with a traded volume of TND 13.6 million, said broker Tunisie Valeurs. TAWASOL GROUP HOLGING shares were the best performers after rising by 3.8% to TND 0.830,...»»»

French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin has ordered public prosecutors to review 70,000 allegations of violence against minors, by July 14, amid fury at the death of an 11-year-old schoolgirl that has exposed cracks in the country’s judicial system. The death of an 11-year-old schoolgirl in southwe»»»

Famed French singer and actor Patrick Bruel has been ​placed in police custody over allegations of rape, attempted rape, ​sexual assault and harassment from 13 victims, ‌the Nanterre prosecution office ⁠said on Monday. Bruel has publicly denied wrongdoing. ⁠French singer ​and actor P»»»

Jonathan Rinderknecht pleaded not guilty to three charges related to the setting of the Palisades Fire in 2025. File Photo courtesy of Acting United States Attorney Bill Essayli | License Photo June 8 (UPI) -- Jury selection was set to begin Monday for the man accused of starting the Palisades Fire»»»

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., introduced a bill Monday that seeks to limit the Department of Defense’s use of artificial intelligence in lethal strikes. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 8 (UPI) -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., introduced a bill Monday that seeks to limit the Departmen»»»

Tunis, June 8 (TAP) - Minister of National Defence Khaled Shili met on Monday morning at the Ministry’s headquarters with Admiral George M. Wikoff, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa, in the presence of the U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia,...»»»

Global supply chain pressures have risen again in recent months, returning to levels last seen during the height of pandemic-related disruptions, Statista reports. According to the Global Supply Chain Stress Index (GSCPI) published by the World Bank, shipping container capacity tied up due to delay»»»

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Galab Donev held a working meeting with State Councillor of the People's Republic of China Shen Yiqin, at which bilateral relations between Bulgaria and the People's Republic of China were discussed, the Ministry of Finance reported on Monday. The two s»»»

Doha, Qatar: The General Directorate of Penal and Correctional Institutions at the Ministry of Interior celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of inmates who completed their studies and earned a Business Administration Diploma from the Community College of Qatar (CCQ). The ceremony was atten»»»

Tunis, June 8 (TAP) - The recovery of assets that have been misappropriated and unlawfully transferred abroad cannot rely solely on the efforts of the requesting State, it also depends on the willingness of the countries holding these assets to...»»»

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the United States’ food supply is not at risk after confirming two more cases of the New World screwworm in Texas. The first case in the United States in 60 years was detected in a calf in La Pryor, Texas, last week. File Photo by Bill Greenblat/UPI | License»»»

As part of strategic efforts to attract more visitors from the Chinese market, CEO of Visit Qatar Eng. Abdulaziz Ali Al Mawlawi, led an official delegation to China, signing two strategic Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with industry leaders Fliggy and Huawei to elevate the visitor experience thr»»»

Primark is accelerating its expansion in Poland, where it currently has eight stores. The Irish fashion retailer plans to open four new locations, bringing its Polish network to 12 stores by the end of 2027. The new shops will open in CH Kaskada in Szczecin, Forum Koszalin, Atrium Biała in Białysto»»»

Warsaw City Hall has announced a major unrestricted oral tender for the sale of a developed property at 78 Okopowa Street in Wola, one of the capital’s key business districts. The site covers 16,043 sq m, or more than 1.6 ha, and has a starting price of PLN 310 million. The sale is VAT-exempt. The »»»

Kraków has recorded the largest office lease transaction on Poland’s regional markets in 2026. Brown Brothers Harriman, a global financial and investment services company, has leased 13,300 sq m of office space in Echo Investment’s WITA project, currently under construction in the city center. The »»»

Poland is among the EU countries with the highest cost of servicing public debt, according to Eurostat. In 2025, the indicator reached 4.5%, placing Poland second in the bloc, behind only Romania at 5.2%. By comparison, Czechia recorded 3.1% and Italy 3%. The lowest debt-servicing costs were seen i»»»

Israel cannot restart the war on Iran without US backing, Mehran Kamrava, professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar, tells Sputnik. US President Donald Trump reportedly warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday not to respond to Iranian missile attacks, but Israel h»»»

Foreign workers have become one of the key pillars of Poland’s labor market, according to an analysis cited by “Rzeczpospolita.” Many sectors, including construction, logistics, agriculture, hospitality and gastronomy, increasingly struggle to fill vacancies with domestic workers. As a result, migr»»»

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said in Świnoujście that Poland’s military will support, not obstruct, the development of energy independence, including wind power investments. Speaking at the PSEW 2026 wind energy conference, he stressed that energy security, a»»»

Syria and Iraq have reopened their airspace after temporary closures caused by recent regional hostilities, signalling a tentative easing of tensions in the Middle East. Meanwhile, Iran has cancelled all domestic flights and closed its western airspace until further notice. The move follows Iran's »»»

Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power plans to establish a membrane manufacturing plant in Egypt as the state targets an increase in its daily desalinated water production to 10 million cubic meters from a current 1.8 million cubic meters, the government said on Monday. ACWA Power Chairperson Mohammad Abunayya»»»

Doha Minister of Municipality HE Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiyah met with Mayor of the Municipality of Westland HE Bouke Arends, during his visit to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The two sides discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in the fields of modern agriculture, agricultural in»»»

Doha, Qatar: As part of strategic efforts to attract more visitors from the Chinese market, Eng. Abdulaziz Ali Al Mawlawi, CEO of Visit Qatar, led an official delegation to China, signing two strategic Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with industry leaders Fliggy and Huawei to elevate the visitor »»»

TIRANA: Albania will plow on with a luxury resort planned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on a remote stretch of ​Balkan coast despite persistent protests over its environmental impact, Prime Minister Edi Rama told Reuters on Monday. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the c»»»

Athens, June 8 (SANA) Syria, represented by the General Authority for Fish Resources and Aquatic Life, took part in the 14th session of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ) under the UN‘s General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), held on the Greek island of Rhodes»»»

Damascus, June 8 (SANA) Agriculture Minister Basel al-Suwaidan discussed with International Rescue Committee (IRC) Country Director Cord Jossem on Monday ways to strengthen cooperation and support priorities for Syria’s agricultural sector. During the meeting held at the ministry’s headquarters in »»»

It's a disruption from above. Despite a sharp shift in US energy policy under President Donald Trump, solar power continues to dominate the country's electricity expansion, official government data shows. This underscores one reality: economics. New data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissio»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev Monday met with Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin, who is also President of the All-China Women's Federation, the government information service said. The two discussed the development of the strategic partnership between Bulgaria and China, the prospects for expanding e»»»

Bulgaria's acting Interior Ministry Secretary General Georgi Kandev announced in a Facebook post on Monday that he was leaving the Ministry, effective June 8. "Choosing between my position and my principles is impossible. Promising action when I am required to remain silent is impossible as well. I»»»

According to NASA, there is “unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate”, Statista reports. Data from Copernicus, the European Earth Observation program for the European Space Agency, shows that July 22, 2024, was the world’s hottest daily global average temperature since t»»»

Two fraudsters established a fake online company using the name of a well-known trading firm and persuaded an Arab woman to invest in cryptocurrencies. The result: the victim lost Dh1.1 million after being lured by promises of quick profits through a fraudulent investment scheme conducted under the»»»

Israeli authorities released a player on the Palestinian national women's football team after six days in detention in Jerusalem, her mother and police told AFP on Monday. Wissam Halawani said Israeli police released her daughter Rand Halawani, 20, on Sunday evening, with an order to remain under h»»»

Tunis, June 8 (TAP) - The weather will be cloudy and locally stormy in western regions with scattered sshowers and hailstorms expected in some areas at the end of the night, getting generally bit cloudy. The wind will blow east, relatively strong in...»»»

Dubai: Oman is expected to experience a hotter and drier than usual summer, with below-average rainfall forecast across much of the country between June and August, according to the latest seasonal outlook issued by the National Multi-Hazard Early Warning Centre. The forecast, released by the centr»»»

Doha Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), has opened applications for Season 18 of Stars of Science - QF's flagship innovation platform dedicated to supporting the next generation of Arab innovators and entrepreneurs. Applications are now officially open for »»»

The Abu Dhabi Police GHQ has urged motorists to refrain from stopping or parking within yellow boxes at intersections. The police warned that such behaviour disrupts traffic flow, contributes to congestion, increases the risk of accidents, and obstructs movement from other directions. The initiativ»»»

Divers removing abandoned ‌fishing nets from the central Mediterranean, between Italy and North Africa, have captured what they believe is the first-ever underwater footage of an adult great white shark in the region. The sighting occurred as a team led by the Healthy Seas Foundation recovered so-c»»»

Dubai: Companies in Kuwait that violate the country's midday outdoor work ban will face penalties, authorities said, as the Public Authority for Manpower intensified inspections to protect labourers from extreme summer heat. The authority said it had assigned a dedicated inspection team to monitor »»»

Mexican teachers block an avenue during a national teachers' strike organized by the National Coordination of Education Workers in Mexico City on Tuesday. The CNTE union vowed to maintain their national strike indefinitely over their demands, which include a salary increase and a reversal of the cu»»»

Doha The Executive Committee of the Community Development Forum (CDF) Qatar held an official meeting with Her Excellency Mrs Sitara Khan Azad, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the State of Qatar, and Umarath, Third Secretary of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Doha. The CDF Qatar delegation was comprised of t»»»

BELGRADE- Serbian PM Djuro Macut chaired on Monday a session of a council coordinating activities and measures aimed at GDP growth, at which it was said that the Q1 GDP growth rate stood at 3.2 pct. "According to this parameter, only a few countries in Europe are ahead of Serbia, it was said at the»»»

Baltic Power, the offshore wind farm developed by Orlen and Canada’s Northland Power, has signed a series of operations and maintenance contracts ahead of its planned launch in the Baltic Sea. The agreements cover three main areas: underwater infrastructure inspections, above-water infrastructure m»»»

Poland is becoming one of Europe’s key digital infrastructure markets as cloud computing and AI drive investment in data centers. The country already accounts for more than one third of data center capacity in Central and Eastern Europe, while the market could grow from about 300 MW today to nearly»»»