RIYADH: Funeral prayers were held on Monday for the 14 victims of the Saudi Aramco helicopter crash in Ras Tanura, according to the Saudi Press Agency. Eastern Province Gov. Prince Saud bin Naif, Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, and Deputy Gov. of the Eastern Province Prince Saud bin»»»

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Bulgaria is turning digital sciences into its priority policies, ahead of countries with much more opportunities, said President Iliana Iotova in her speech upon being awarded the title Doctor Honoris Causa by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on Tuesday. The ceremony took place in the central buil»»»

Gaza: Mother and Infant Daughter Martyred in Israeli Strikes A mother and her young daughter were Martyred, and several displaced civilians wounded, in an overnight Israeli airstrike that ignited a tent encampment in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, according to local correspondents an attack tha»»»

Doha, Qatar: QatarEnergy has signed a commercial discovery declaration for the Glaucus and Pegasus fields in Block 10, offshore Cyprus, as well as a collaboration statement, together with the Government of Cyprus and ExxonMobil. Signed in Nicosia, the declaration represents an important milestone i»»»

Construction of Khan-Teniri-8 residential complex, designed for 702 apartments, has begun in the town of Gulcho in Alai district. The State Mortgage Company reported. The residential complex will be one of the largest projects in Alai district. According to the project, 12 nine-story buildings will»»»

RIYADH: The Ministry of Municipalities and Housing concluded its urban beautification volunteer initiative after achieving its field and public awareness goals. A total of 10,213 volunteers participated, contributing more than 50,000 volunteer hours across all regions of the Kingdom. The initiative»»»

BEIJING (Sputnik) - China is ready to constructively and appropriately resolve trade disputes with the EU, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday. On Monday, the two sides formally established a mechanism for bilateral consultations on trade and investment, with the first mee»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a phone conversation with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. "Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev," the Kremlin said in a statement. P»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia intends to further strengthen trade, economic and investment cooperation with African countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. "Russia's trade with the continent exceeded $27 billion last year. It is growing at a rapid pace, but in absolute terms,»»»

GERB threatened to sue Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev over his allegations that GERB leader and former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is connected to road companies supplying crash barriers in generous public procurements. "Demerdzhiev, while he was a lawyer with a dubious reputation, could say w»»»

Dubai: A series of landmark rulings by the US Supreme Court on Monday significantly strengthened President Donald Trump’s authority over the executive branch while also placing limits on his power in key areas, including the Federal Reserve and election law. According to media reports, including CN»»»

DOHA: QatarEnergy announced fuel prices in the State of Qatar for July, with diesel and 95-octane gasoline (super) maintained at current levels, while 91-octane gasoline (premium) was increased. QatarEnergy set the prices of Diesel at QR2.05 per liter, Super Gasoline (95) at QR2.10 per liter, and P»»»

Dubai: Emirates Group-owned aviation services provider dnata announced it has been re-awarded a ground handling license at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) in the Netherlands. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The seven-year ground handling licence at AMS allows dnata to»»»

Qorden AI, a Dubai-headquartered real-time language AI company, today launched Qordenate, a fully multilingual, simultaneous-translation video conferencing platform. Built in the UAE and rolling out internationally, Qordenate lets participants on a video call hear the conversation in their own lang»»»

In May 2025, Joseph Nye, the American political scientist and Harvard professor who coined the term ‘soft power’, died. For more than three decades, his concept shaped how governments, journalists, scholars, and diplomats thought about influence. Nye insisted that countries could get what they want»»»

Germany could reinstate the draft as early as July 2027 because the volunteer-based system is not sufficient to meet its military buildup plans, senior lawmaker Thomas Rowekamp told AFP. Following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, Germany has pursued a major recruitment drive, aiming »»»

Manila: Thousands of demonstrators, many of them members of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), gathered Tuesday (June 30) along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) near the People Power Monument. The public protest prompted traffic closures as the influential religious group voiced support for Sen. Roda»»»

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Cairo — Egyptian equities closed mixed on Monday, with the benchmark EGX30 falling below the 50,000-point level as foreign selling weighed on blue-chip stocks, while small- and mid-cap shares advanced and investors assessed Egypt’s plan to internationalise parts of its state IPO programme through d»»»

Doha, Qatar: Naseem Healthcare, a premier healthcare provider in Qatar, commemorates its two-decade-long service, reinforcing its commitment to clinical excellence and continuous professional development. As part of this landmark celebration, Naseem Healthcare announces the robust expansion of the »»»

Russia has temporarily introduced a complete ban on the export of gasoline and aviation kerosene. President Vladimir Putin announced it at a meeting with members of the government and heads of the largest energy companies. According to him, the restriction was adopted to stabilize the domestic mark»»»

SAKAKA: Prince Faisal bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, governor of Al-Jouf region, chaired the second-quarter 2026 meeting of the Supreme Coordination Committee for Supporting and Facilitating the Implementation of Projects and Services in the region at his office. During the meeting, Prince Faisal reviewe»»»

Opposition questions feasibility, alleges political pressure. The facilities of Samsung Electronics in South Korea. The company plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars to build a semiconductor cluster in the country’s southwestern region. Photo by Samsung Electronics June 30 (UPI) -- Two So»»»

Mediator Qatar said on Tuesday that no high-level meetings or direct talks between the United States and Iran were planned in Doha after Washington said it had sent a top delegation for negotiations. "To the best of my knowledge, there are no direct meetings scheduled between the two parties in the»»»

The Bishkek City Council adopted a resolution at its regular session «On Approving the Additional Service Coefficient for Reserving Burial Sites in the City’s Municipal Cemeteries.» The coefficient is calculated based on the area of ​​each plot, the maintenance period (10 years), sanitary cleaning »»»

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Share: Beirut-A security deal between Israel and Lebanon risks entrenching a stalemate rather than resolving Israel’s underlying conflict with Hezbollah by tying Israel’s pullout from southern Lebanon to the Iran-aligned group’s disarmament, a condition regional analysts and politicians say is unat»»»

MADRID: More than one million undocumented migrants in Spain have sought legal status under a scheme that has defied a wider European crackdown on irregular immigration, the government said on Tuesday, the final day for submissions. The vast scheme was predicted to benefit around 500,000 people, mo»»»

GENEVA: The UN trade ‌and development agency warned on Tuesday that while the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will bring immediate relief ​to energy markets, vulnerable economies remain at risk from prolonged increases in food and fuel costs. Food and transport systems are likely to take longer t»»»

DUBAI: While up-and-coming musicians in the Middle East may have no shortage of talent or inspiration, promotional campaigns can be a challenge. Pierre Carnet, the managing director of MassiveMusic’s regional outpost, spoke to Arab News about how to raise the profile and oeuvre of musicians. Pierre»»»

One of Uktraine's wealthiest businessmen and his partner and 13-year-old son were seriously injured Monday after a parcel bomb detonated in a residential building in Monaco. Photo by Sebastien Nogier/EPA June 30 (UPI) -- A Ukrainian construction mogul and his partner and 13-year-old son were seriou»»»

A Budapest court on Tuesday handed a 27-year-old man a suspended prison sentence of between six months and one year for sending emails threatening acts of terrorism to several police headquarters and Hungary’s counter-terrorism unit. Budapest man sent multiple threatening emails According to the in»»»

Dubai: There was a time when home arrived not through a video call, but through an audio tape. For Nicolai De Guzman and his brothers, those recordings were the closest thing they had to their father, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Japan. Every tape has carried stories from thousands of kilom»»»

Knauf Gips Romania is progressing with the construction of a new plasterboard plant in Huedin, Cluj County, with works now reaching several key logistical milestones, according to a company press release. The project, a strategic investment worth EUR 88 million, is one of the largest recent develop»»»

Romanian companies will no longer be required to prepare and submit half-year accounting reports as of 30 June 2026, the Ministry of Finance has announced. The measure applies to 2026 only and is aimed at simplifying reporting requirements and reducing administrative burdens for businesses, without»»»

Arab Finance: Orascom Pyramids plans to increase its total investments in the area of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) and the Giza Pyramids to around EGP 2 billion by 2027, with an additional EGP 500 million earmarked for next year, the company's Executive Chairman Amr Gazarin told Al Arabiya Busin»»»

Arab Finance: The Egyptian Transport & Commercial Services Co. (Egytrans NOSCO) has received notification from Africa Global Logistics of its intention to submit a mandatory tender offer (MTO) to acquire the company's shares, paving the way for its voluntary delisting from the Egyptian Exchange (EG»»»

Tunis, June 30, 2026 (TAP) — The 7th edition of the COMESA Federation of Women in Business (COMFWB) Regional Trade Fair and Business Summit will be held in Tunis from July 1 to 3, 2026, in a hybrid format, bringing together more than 6,000...»»»

Bucharest City Hall has announced the completion of the feasibility study for the Gara de Nord Bucureşti – Chitila – Crivina section of the Bucharest-Ilfov Metropolitan Train project, an investment estimated at more than RON 1.5 billion. The feasibility study, carried out by the Bucharest-Ilfov Pub»»»

Italian energy behemoth Eni has announced the commencement of operations for three new drilling rigs. These rigs, slated to become operational next week, will enhance production capabilities for the Egyptian Agiba Petroleum Company. The announcement was made by Eni’s CEO, Claudio Descalzi, during a»»»

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has reinforced Egypt’s ambition to transform the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) from a global waterway operator into a regional maritime manufacturing and export hub, as the Authority secured its first exports of locally built tug boats to Europe while reporting a recover»»»

Justice is the highest-rated sector in child policy in Bulgaria, while the biggest gap is in child well-being, the National Network for Children (NNC) said on Tuesday in Stara Zagora. Georgi Elenkov, head of the Children’s Policies department at the NNC, presented the report, according to which the»»»

Vaslui-based Familia Safir Holding has announced the completion of the acquisition of poultry platforms in Tătărăşti and Parincea, Bacău County, as well as in Simila-Zorleni, Vaslui County, following a EUR 16.5 million transaction, excluding VAT, through which Sagem acquired assets held by Ferma Av»»»

Doha, Qatar: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Majid bin Mohammed Al Ansari confirmed on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, that US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are in Doha, but will not engage in direct negotiations with Iran. "Mr. Steve »»»

Ras Al Khaimah: Wynn Al Marjan Island is adding a new attraction to its upcoming Ras Al Khaimah resort — an immersive theatre experience created by British theatre company Punchdrunk — as construction of the landmark project moves closer to its planned 2027 opening. Sign up for our daily business n»»»

President Sadyr Japarov said a mandatory requirement for local officials to hold regular meetings with residents has been introduced in Kyrgyzstan. He made the announcement during a nationwide meeting with representatives of regional and state authorities. Under the new decision, the president’s pl»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov announced new measures to strengthen oversight of government bodies in the regions and reform the local governance system at a nationwide meeting, the presidential press service reported. According to Japarov, one of the main problems today is that government i»»»

NEW YORK: The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition participated in the Fourth UN High-Level Conference on Counter-Terrorism at the world body’s headquarters in New York. The coalition’s participation, led by its secretary-general, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Al-Moghedi, reflects its ongoing role in »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Tuesday in Belgrade with UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sultan bin Saif Al Neyadi, the first Arab astronaut to carry out a space walk. "Thank you for the friendship. We, too, will have to follow your example and have Serbs who will go to»»»