MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian defense systems and tactical nuclear weapons stationed in Belarus ensure a counterbalance to Ukraine and NATO groupings in neighboring countries, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. "The joint Regional Group of Troops (Forces) deployed on the territory of B»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran does not rule out that signing of the memorandum on ending the conflict with the United States will take place in the coming days, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Saturday. "Considering the exact timing of the memorandum signing, we need to wait. Ev»»»

Tunis, June 13 (TAP) - Secretary of State to the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in charge of water Hammadi Lahbib chaired a coordination meeting dedicated to monitoring the status of various water and electricity facilities...»»»

The letters spelling out President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of the Kennedy Center have been removed, according to a top official at the performing arts venue in a court filing on Saturday. The executive director said the removal was completed in compliance with a court order, though a tarp»»»

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) Egypt has launched its first investment fund in the Egyptian market through a strategic partnership with EFG Hermes Asset Management, marking a significant step in the bank’s efforts to diversify its investment offerings and enhance wealth management solutions for c»»»

Daily News Egypt reviews the key performance indicators of banks operating in the Egyptian market in 2025, based on the latest report issued by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). Total Assets The CBE revealed that total assets of the Egyptian banking sector, excluding the Central Bank, stood at EGP 2»»»

The key message in May’s data is that headline inflation continued to fall, while core inflation raised a yellow card to markets. Egypt’s inflation data for May 2026 carried a blend of positive signals and cautionary messages at the same time. On the one hand, the annual headline urban inflation ra»»»

Momentum for a deal to end the Iran war appeared to grow Saturday as key mediator Pakistan said an agreement was closer than “ever before,” while US President Donald Trump is expected to discuss demining the Strait of Hormuz at next week’s G7 summit. A senior US official, speaking on condition of a»»»

Idlib, June 13 (SANA) Syrian Public Works and Housing Minister Mustafa Abdul Razzaq inspected work on the expansion of the Idlib-Ariha highway on Saturday, describing the route as a key transport corridor for trade and movement across northwest Syria. The project, which passes through the al-Mastum»»»

Munich, German: US tennis great Serena Williams, on the comeback trail nearly four years after retiring, will partner Czech Karolina Muchova in the doubles at next week's Berlin Open grass court tournament. "We're going to play doubles. I'm pretty excited about it, it doesn't happen every day that »»»

Doha Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry HE Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Sayed met with United States Secretary of Commerce HE Howard Lutnick and several senior US officials during a visit to Washington DC. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a»»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other world leaders during next week's G7 Summit in France, with discussions expected to focus on economic growth, supply chains, Artificial Intelligence (AI), investment partnerships and a range of global security cha»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that alleged Tren de Aragua leader Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores was killed in Venezuela during a joint strike between U.S. and Venezuelan security forces this week. File Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/UPI | License Photo June 13 (UPI) -- Hector Rusthenford Gu»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, HE Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Sayed met with the United States Secretary of Commerce, HE Howard Lutnick and several senior US officials during a visit to Washington D.C.The Ministry of Commerce and Ind»»»

Share: Illustration- Iran’s FM is insisting that strait of Hormuz will remain under Iran’s control . Iran’s “sword will remain poised over the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely”, he said and insisted that Iran will charge service fee for using it . Iran recently changed the fee name from Toll fee to na»»»

So the Baltic and Nordic countries recently hosted a regional summit. And Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky dropped by, having apparently traded his lawn ops uniform for that of a nightclub bouncer. If the Western press is to be believed, he was there to “share drone technology” with them. Who better to »»»

San Francisco, United States: Anthropic said Friday it has suspended access to two powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, to comply with a US national security order. Just three days after publicly launching Fable 5, the company said in a blog post that it received a government directive banning»»»

CAIRO: Iranians are living between confusion and exhaustion as the country and its economy are squeezed between war and multiplying crises at home. US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he called off fresh strikes on Iran as he claimed a deal to end the war was imminent. Back-and-forth strik»»»

Attorneys for Tyler Robinson, who is accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk, asked a Utah judge on Friday to bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty as a sanction for what they described as a “media tour” concerning a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body. The request c»»»

Islamabad, Pakistan: A fresh case of monkeypox has been confirmed in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi of Sindh province, the provincial health department said on Saturday. According to the health department officials, a 40-year-old man tested positive for the virus via a PCR test and is bei»»»

LOS ANGELES: Five-time winners Brazil roll into the World Cup on Saturday when they play surprise 2022 semifinalists Morocco in one of the standout group-stage matchups. On the first day featuring four matches at a tournament expanded this year to 48 teams, Scotland return to the World Cup for the »»»

BRICS nations adopted a joint declaration rejecting unilateral trade restrictions that threaten food security and agreed to launch new mechanisms for seed and fertiliser cooperation, a move welcomed by Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Alaa Farouk during the bloc’s ministerial m»»»

Egypt and Uzbekistan signed two memorandums of understanding for diplomatic cooperation on Saturday during the first bilateral visit by an Uzbek foreign minister to Cairo, where talks focused on establishing a joint chamber of commerce and expanding Central Asian market access for Egyptian pharmace»»»

Vienna: Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was reconnected to the grid Saturday, nearly three days after a strike cut off its external electricity supply, the UN nuclear watchdog said. Power was restored after repairs to a back-up line, carried out while a local ceasefire was in place, the Internatio»»»

Doha Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani held a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Pakistan HE Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, during which the two leaders discussed bilateral relations and ways to further strengthen cooperat»»»

“All of the Ukrainian bioweapons labs are administered by the US military,” Bioweapon Truth Commission co-founder Jeff J. Brown told Sputnik, commenting on DNI Gabbard’s bombshell confirmation that everything Russia’s NBC Protection Troops have been saying about these labs is true. The US “benefits»»»

“Unless the US offers terms that address Iran’s fundamental security concerns rather than simply demanding unilateral concessions, waiting remains a rational strategy” on Tehran’s part, political analyst and Anti-Zionist America PAC director Dr. Michael Rectenwald told Sputnik. “Any deal that emerg»»»

Cuba is mired in a deepening energy crisis, driven by a US oil blockade and government mismanagement. Ordinary Cubans are struggling more and more to get by. Power outages in Havana last more than 20 hours a day. https://p.dw.com/p/5FL4WAdvertisementCuba is facing one of its most severe energy cris»»»

SEOUL: North Korea denounced on Saturday a joint statement by South Korea and the European Union that condemned Pyongyang’s military ties with Russia throughout the Ukraine war. The statement, adopted on Wednesday during South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s visit to Brussels, decried the “illegal»»»

LONDON: A tanker was struck ​by an unknown projectile in its port bow off the coast ‌of ‌Oman, ​the ‌United Kingdom ⁠Maritime ​Trade Operations (UKMTO) ⁠said on Saturday. UKMTO said the incident had ⁠occurred on Friday, ‌6 ‌nautical miles ​east ‌of Oman. ‌ The crew were reported safe and ‌there was»»»

DUBAI: French-Algerian model Loli Bahia fronts a new campaign for YSL Beauty’s latest skincare launch. The luxury beauty brand unveiled the campaign on Instagram, introducing its YSL Care Crush Hand & Body Serum-In-Cream with the caption: “Ready for your next crush?” The campaign also features New »»»

Poland’s poultry industry fears growing competition from outside the EU, including planned additional Mercosur quotas, imports from Ukraine and China’s stronger global position. Poland produced about 3.23 mln tons of poultry meat in 2025 and remains the EU’s largest producer, with around 60% of out»»»

Tadeusz Gołębiewski left behind one of the most remarkable stories in Polish business. He began with modest wafer production, which grew into Tago, a major sweets producer exporting worldwide. In 1991, he entered the hotel industry and created a new category in Poland: large-scale hotels combining »»»

Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna Południe could become a major driver of growth for southern Gdańsk, improving the area’s appeal and increasing real estate values. According to Damian Tomasik, CEO of Alter Investment, the market is already starting to recognize the potential impact of this transformat»»»

Foreign direct investment projects in Poland rose 10% y/y in 2025 to 285, while Europe as a whole recorded a 7% decline, according to EY’s investment attractiveness report. Poland outperformed major economies such as France, Germany and the UK, which saw double-digit drops in project numbers, altho»»»

Poland’s Energy Ministry plans to choose the technology and strategic partner for the country’s second nuclear power plant in 2027. U.S., French and Canadian companies are competing for the project. Preferred locations remain Bełchatów and Konin, with Kozienice and Połaniec as backup sites. The fir»»»

Breast cancer and retinal diseases such as AMD and DME cost Poland’s economy nearly PLN 27.5 bln in 2024, according to EconMed Europe reports. Experts argue that NFZ spending shows only part of the real burden, as illness also affects work, productivity, families and personal finances. Breast cance»»»

The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has suspended 21 Umrah service companies following performance evaluations from the previous season, which identified declining service quality and regulatory violations among several operators, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The ministry said the decision is pa»»»

As part of its strategic priority of “Proactive Security” and strategic objective of “Cybercrime Readiness,” Abu Dhabi Police has warned community members against fraudulent websites and online platforms impersonating consumer protection authorities and appearing in search engine results to lure vi»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign AffairsHE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani has held a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, HE Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. Discussion during the call, addressed bilateral relations and ways»»»

Stockholm: Sweden said Saturday it had scrambled two pairs of JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets a day earlier to intercept two Russian combat aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea near its airspace. The two incidents occurred on Friday in the southern and northern parts of the Baltic Sea. NATO fighter jets »»»

San Jose The artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic has blocked access to its newly released cutting-edge artificial intelligence software, following an order by the US government. In a blog post published on Friday, the company said government agencies had instructed it to prevent all foreign»»»

YANGON, Myanmar: An American consultant and author of a memoir about Myanmar’s 2021 coup is being detained in the country over a property dispute, a police source told AFP on Saturday. Security consultancy founder Adam Castillo published a book recently detailing his work in the business community »»»

MONTMELO, Spain: George Russell built confidence ahead of the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix by topping the timesheets in the final practice session on Saturday. The Mercedes driver has endured some difficult weeks but has led the way in two of the three practice sessions at Montemelo. McLaren’s Os»»»

SEATTLE: Belgium veteran Axel Witsel senses ‌a renewed energy in his country’s World Cup squad, looking to put a disastrous tournament four years ago behind them and have an outside shot this time in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Few footballers at the World Cup have had as long an internat»»»

RIYADH: Saudi soccer fans in the US took part in a celebratory march in Miami on Saturday as the countdown begins to the Green Falcons’ opening World Cup game. Organized by the Saudi National Team Fans Council, the march was a joyous event, with supporters proudly waving their national flags and ch»»»

ACCRA: Ghana’s government ‌on Saturday called Canada’s decision to deny midfielder Thomas Partey a visa for his country’s World Cup game against Panama next week “high-handed and extremely unfair.” The West African nation’s foreign ministry said in a statement that it understood the decision to be »»»

TUNIS, June 13, 2026 (TAP) — Tunisia’s grain collections reached 2.234 million quintals as of June 12, 2026, the Office des Céréales announced on Saturday, as harvesting operations continue to gain momentum across the country.The total includes...»»»

NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia has called for stronger international efforts to protect older people, particularly those with disabilities. The call to safeguard older people’s rights, dignity, and full participation in society was made by Abdulaziz Alwasil, the Kingdom’s permanent representative to the UN»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Interior, MOI urged parents and guardians to closely monitor their children and dependents to help prevent deviant behaviour and protect them from potential risks. In a social media post, the ministry stressed that maintaining close communication with children and keepi»»»