New Delhi: In a chilling case from Pune, a woman allegedly wrote the name of her attacker in blood moments after her throat was slit — a final act that helped police identify the prime suspect, reported to be a man she knew personally. According to NDTV, the woman, believed to be in her 30s, was fo»»»

Antigua and Barbuda has sworn in a new government under revised constitutional rules that for the first time removed allegiance to the British monarch from the official oath of office. The twin-island Caribbean state gained independence from Britain in 1981 but remained a constitutional monarchy wi»»»

The US military has fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after President Donald Trump threatened to resume the bombing campaign unless Tehran agrees to end the war on Washington’s terms. US Central Command said the unladen tanker, identified as the M/T Hasna, was »»»

Threats by Donald Trump to withdraw the United States from NATO, expressed on March 27, 2026, at an investment forum in Miami, statements by J.D. Vance about Europe’s loss of its identity during an interview with Fox News on March 15, 2026, along with the refusal of European countries to directly j»»»

Almost five years after 159 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge committing to cut anthropogenic methane emissions by 30% by 2030, coal mines are releasing roughly the same amount of the potent greenhouse gas as they were when the ink was still wet on the agreement. Global production has incr»»»

Almost five years after 159 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge committing to cut anthropogenic methane emissions by 30% by 2030, coal mines are releasing roughly the same amount of the potent greenhouse gas as they were when the ink was still wet on the agreement. Global production has incr»»»

Brazil's manufacturing sector swung back into expansion in April, with the purchasing managers' index (PMI) climbing to a 14-month peak of 52.6 points from 49.0 in March, as a surge in export orders compensated for persistent weakness at home, S&P Global said. »»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

The Emirates Group posted a record profit before tax of AED 24.4bn ($6.65bn) in the 2025-26 financial year, up 7% y/y. This strong performance from the Dubai-based group came despite the Iran war affecting the final month »»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

The Emirates Group posted a record profit before tax of AED 24.4bn ($6.65bn) in the 2025-26 financial year, up 7% y/y. This strong performance from the Dubai-based group came despite the Iran war affecting the final month »»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

Kazakhstan’s services sector returned to growth in April, with business activity expanding at its fastest pace in nine months, according to the Freedom Holding Corp Kazakhstan Services PMI survey on the month published by S&P Global. »»»

State-controlled Telekom Srbija plans to raise €1.95bn through a new bond issue, with Moody's Ratings assigning a B1 rating to the proposed senior unsecured notes, citing a strong market position. The bonds will be issued »»»

Corruption has overtaken the war with Russia as the greatest perceived threat to Ukraine’s future, according to a new poll from Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) released on May 6 that highlights mounting public frustration over governance despite the country’s wartime unity. »»»

RIYADH: A British construction worker convicted of killing a Saudi student in Cambridge last year will be sentenced June 3. Chas Corrigan, 22, was found guilty in March of murdering 20-year-old Saudi citizen Mohammed Al-Qasim, who had been studying English in Cambridge. Corrigan, of Holbrook Road, »»»

Czech consumer prices (inflation) rose by 2.5% year-on-year (y/y) and by 0.5% month-on-month in April, according to the flash estimate released by the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO). Inflation growth accelerated on the 1.»»»

Swedbank downgraded its outlook for Lithuania’s economy, predicting gross domestic product growth of 3% this year, down from the 3.5% forecast issued in January. Its projection for 2027 was also trimmed by 0.2 percentage points to 2.3%, independent Lithuanian news agency BNS reported on May&nb»»»

Corruption has overtaken the war with Russia as the greatest perceived threat to Ukraine’s future, according to a new poll from Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) released on May 6 that highlights mounting public frustration over governance despite the country’s wartime unity. »»»

Russia’s oil and gas revenues rebounded sharply in April as surging crude prices linked to conflict in the Middle East boosted export earnings, offering the Kremlin temporary relief after months of mounting fiscal pressure. But thanks to rebates and fuel price subsidies the gain was relatively mode»»»

NABATIEH: Israel pummelled southern Lebanon on Thursday, state media and AFP correspondents said, a day after it targeted a Hezbollah commander in its first strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs since a truce sought to end weeks of fighting. The Israeli army said Thursday that the strike on the south»»»

A dozen U.S. Democratic Senators have called for the U.S. Central Command to answer questions about American coordination with Israel in declaring broad " evacuation zones " in Lebanon and Iran, alleging that the practice may violate international law. The letter underlines how the Democratic Party»»»

As the US war on Iran drags on and economic pressures mount at home, President Donald Trump is confronting a growing political dilemma ahead of the 2026 midterm elections: a conflict with no clear exit strategy and weakening enthusiasm within key segments of the Republican electorate. Washington in»»»

ConflictsAsiaIs Russian oil becoming a lifeline for Southeast Asia?David HuttWith oil, gas and fertilizer imports squeezed by the Iran war, Southeast Asian governments are brushing off EU pressure and treating Russian energy as a tool of economic survival. https://p.dw.com/p/5DPq9Southeast Asian na»»»

A Greek national aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, on which three passengers have died in a suspected hantavirus outbreak, is a retired 70-year-old male expatriate, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) has determined after communicating with the individual as part of its investigation in»»»

Experts say that a surge of hantavirus cases in Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise ship set sail, is in part due to climate change. The World Health Organization ranks the South American country as having the highest incidence of the rodent-borne disease. »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia urges everyone to take responsibly the warning of the Russian Defense Ministry about attacks on May 9 and ensure the evacuation of citizens from Kiev, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Thursday. "Yesterday, our Foreign Ministry, in a note addressed to all diplomatic missio»»»

A few days ago, we had Mr. Araghchi goes to Russia. Earlier this week, we had Mr. Araghchi goes to China. These two trips mirror in full regalia the power of the new Russia-Iran-China triangle, which has emerged as the driving force behind Eurasian integration and multipolarity.Some of Foreign Mini»»»

With no clear end in sight to hostilities involving the United States, Israel, the Gulf states, Iran, and its regional proxies, the Middle East is passing through an especially tense period. Warfare is being waged overtly, both militarily and economically, but also covertly, with numerous clandesti»»»

Singapore: Two Singapore residents who had been on board a hantavirus-hit cruise ship have been isolated as they await test results for the rare respiratory disease, Singapore's Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) said on Thursday. Two men aged 65 and 67 had been on the ship and also the same flight»»»

A day of reckoning looms, and every political observer in Britain knows it, a day of what President Obama would call ‘a shellacking’. May's local elections promise to be more than a midterm shot across the bows for the Labour government. Polling suggests it will be closer to an extinction event. Th»»»

Race to trace passengers who left hantavirus cruise ship at island 14 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAmy Walker Dozens of people who had been on board a hantavirus-hit cruise ship disembarked on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, including a woman who later died, the Dutc»»»

Oil prices fell and global stock markets traded mixed Thursday awaiting an update on a US plan to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Having plunged more than 10 percent at one point Wednesday on peace hopes, crude futures fell far less sharply Thursday, with losses of around t»»»

DUBAI: Disney’s CEO Josh D’Amaro has told shareholders that Disneyland Abu Dhabi is continuing as planned despite regional instability following the conflict involving the US, Israel, and Iran, which began on Feb. 28. In a letter to shareholders published alongside the company’s latest quarterly fi»»»

Damascus, May 7 (SANA) Over the year since the formation of Syria’s first post-liberation government, the country has recorded notable progress in modernizing its monetary and financial system. Nearly four months after launching the replacement of the old currency, authorities say more than half of»»»

MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard said on Thursday it deployed aircraft to issue radio warnings to a Chinese research ship in a disputed area of the South China Sea “swarming” with vessels from Beijing’s so-called maritime militia. The research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 33, which is capable of suppor»»»

BELGRADE - The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Executive Board decided on Thursday to keep the key policy rate at 5.75 pct, and also kept the deposit and lending facility rates unchanged at 4.5 pct and 7.0 pct, respectively. "In making this decision, the Executive Board primarily took into account ac»»»

Dubai: Nearly 10 weeks into the Iran war, proposals continue to move back and forth between Washington and Tehran through Pakistani mediators, yet no final breakthrough has emerged — highlighting the widening gap between America’s military power and its ability to force a decisive political outcome»»»

St. George Orthodox Cathedral in the Syrian city of Al-Hasakah has reopened its doors following a four-year restoration. The reconstruction of one of the largest Syriac Orthodox churches in the region began in June 2022, after surveyors identified structural damage caused by a combination of age, w»»»

Authorities are investigating an elderly care facility in the Peloponnese accused of exploiting vulnerable residents with Alzheimer’s and other disorders, following a similar case in Athens. A complaint by a former employee triggered an inspection that found 13 residents living in “at least unaccep»»»

The Vazrazhdane parliamentary group will submit a bill to Parliament on Thursday that would allow the Council of Ministers to seek an exemption from import bans on Russian oil and oil products. The party believes this is possible under the EU regulation which imposed the bans and has been transpose»»»