Algeria and Namibia have been removed from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) grey list after strengthening anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing controls, a move expected to improve investor confidence and facilitate access to international finance. In a statement, the Paris-»»»

ATLANTA: Paraguay midfielder Miguel Almiron has been given a one-match suspension after he was the first player to be sent off at the World Cup for covering his mouth. FIFA confirmed on Tuesday that Almiron will miss Paraguay’s final group game against Australia on Thursday. World soccer’s governin»»»

EASTS RUTHERFORD, N.J.: After Lionel Messi scored two goals to set the World Cup record and Kylian Mbappe kept pace in the career chase, Erling Haaland delivered another dazzling performance on a showcase day for the tournament’s top stars. Haaland scored twice for Norway in the first 15 minutes of»»»

HOUSTON: World Cup fever has a ‌distinctly international flavor for residents in Houston, where an estimated third of the population was born outside the US and some 145 languages are spoken in one of the country’s most diverse cities. The fourth-largest US city has dialled up full party mode for t»»»

BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Tuesday demanded a scheduled withdrawal of Israeli troops from south Lebanon as authorities said Israeli gunfire killed two people there despite a recent lull in fighting. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun rejected Israel’s occupation of the south and foreign int»»»

Share: Photo illustration : “The greatest gift the world can give Lebanon is the chance to shape its own future.” After decades of war, foreign interference, and divided authority, the Lebanese people deserve the chance to build a normal, sovereign, and prosperous nation. By : The Editorial Board, »»»

Two Afghan women wearing burkas buy gold in a jewelry shop in Herat, Afghanistan, in 2010. The European Commission met with Taliban officials Tuesday about deportation. File Photo by Hossein Fatemi/UPI | License Photo June 23 (UPI) -- The European Union and the Taliban met in Brussels on Tuesday to»»»

LOS ANGELES, USA: US President Donald Trump will attend the World Cup final in New Jersey on July 19 and present the trophy to the winners, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced on Tuesday. “We will be together with the president enjoying the final and handing the trophy to the winner, of cours»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: The US Senate passed a largely symbolic resolution Tuesday calling for an end to President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, delivering a fresh rebuke to the White House as it tries to negotiate a lasting settlement with Tehran. The House-passed measure, adopted by the Senate»»»

Los Angeles, United States: Under-fire Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo silenced his critics as he became the first man to score in six different World Cups on Tuesday as England and Ghana chased a place in the last 32. Ronaldo, 41, had come in for stinging criticism after a lacklustre display »»»

WASHINGTON: The US is easing its restrictions on Iran’s World Cup team, allowing the squad to travel into the country two days before their next match, the US Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The team will still be required to leave after Friday’s match in Seattle, a department spokesp»»»

LONDON: Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa met Frank Mount, president of corporate business development at Chevron, to discuss the progress of an energy project along the Syrian coast. The US energy giant will begin offshore gas exploration this summer, marking Syria’s first deep-water gas project, a»»»

HOUSTON, USA: Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in six different World Cup tournaments on Tuesday by getting two goals in Portugal’s 5-0 win over Uzbekistan. The 41-year-old Ronaldo made history in the sixth minute when João Cancelo crossed it to him and he shot with his right foot»»»

DUBAI: Instagram did not exist. Lionel Scaloni was still pulling on the Argentina shirt rather than coaching from the touchline. And Lionel Messi was a teenager scoring his first FIFA World Cup goal. Twenty years since his World Cup debut at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Messi is still making hist»»»

Author: Stuart J. Green In February 2017, Stuart Green received a devastating phone call. His wife, attorney Mia Green, had been ambushed and shot 29 times in front of their three children. His world burned down completely in an instant. Resilience books proved useless in the aftermath. They all as»»»

JEDDAH: Deputy Gov. of Jazan Prince Nasser bin Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Jalawi received Consul General of Oman in Jeddah Salem Al-Busaidi in Jazan on Tuesday. During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and discussed topics of mutual interest, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Meanwhile, Saudi»»»

This Tuesday June 23, Marc Bloch will be inducted into Paris's Panthéon mausoleum. A leading 20th-century historian, he co-founded the French academic journal "Les Annales" and was also a soldier in both World Wars. Bloch, who was Jewish, joined the French Resistance during World War II and wa»»»

The French capital's Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited tourist attractions in the world, has closed early on June 23 because of exceptionally high temperatures. This comes as Paris struggles to cope with a historic heatwave, and residents try to adapt in a city that is not made to withstand suc»»»

A severe heatwave gripping France on Tuesday forced the early closure of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum, two of Paris's most visited tourist attractions, as authorities grappled with soaring temperatures that have disrupted daily life across the country. The severe heatwave sweeping France »»»

Poles are increasingly buying property in southern Europe as a way to diversify assets and lifestyle options, says Agnieszka Marciniak-Kostrzewa, owner of Agnes Inversiones, the oldest Polish real estate agency on the Costa del Sol. Demand grew strongly after the pandemic, which normalized remote w»»»

Bank Millennium has launched Millennium Visa Raz, a fully digital Visa card for one-time online payments, available only in the bank’s mobile app. The bank says it is the first universal bank in Poland to introduce such a virtual debit card. The product is designed to increase security when paying »»»

From 2027, Polish employers may be required to suspend work when temperatures exceed 35°C indoors or 32°C during heavy outdoor work, under draft health and safety regulations prepared by the Ministry of Family, Labor, and Social Policy. Currently, employers must mainly provide drinks when temperatu»»»

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Polish industry is urging the government to act on existential challenges linked to high energy prices, CO₂ emission costs, and weakening competitiveness, both globally and within the EU. At the first Congress of Polish Industry in Warsaw, representatives of energy-intensive sectors warned that Pol»»»

A gravestone is exposed after a tree fell at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y., on Thursday. Photo courtesy Friends of Mt. Hope A falling tree during high winds last week in Rochester, N.Y., exposed a century-old gravestone buried in the dirt. Edna Amelia Goodman Allen, born in 1892, died at the»»»

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., questions Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on September 14, 2022. On Monday, Paul issued a subpoena to Fauci»»»

Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Dr. Chloe Brimacombe. She presents a clear and sobering analysis of the current European heatwave as both a meteorological event and a societal stress test. Her argument is that the exceptional temperatures affecting France are not merely unusual »»»

The Indian military is on a long and arduous journey to modernise its capabilities and force structure. Under its new direction, the Indian Ministry of Defence, in all three services is pivoting away from traditional methods of human surveillance and toward autonomous systems across all domain»»»

TEXAS, USA: A demonstrator who shot and wounded a police officer outside a Texas immigration center last July 4 was sentenced to 100 years in federal prison Tuesday, while other protesters accused of having links to antifa were given multiple decades in federal prison. Benjamin Song was convicted o»»»

Share: Photo illustration – “Lebanon’s future should be decided in Beirut—not in Tehran, Damascus, or any other foreign capital.” Washington keeps looking for answers in the wrong places By: The Editorial Board, Opinion The announcement that Washington is considering the formation of a joint U.S.-L»»»

Iran has agreed to set up a ‘hotline’ with the US and other countries to “prevent and resolve any misunderstandings” involving ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has said. The strait will henceforth be “managed under Iranian arrangements” and»»»

A court in Kenya again halted the construction of a field hospital there to quarantine Americans that have been exposed to Ebola during the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Uganda. The proposed construction has been the subject of protests over worries that it could»»»

Reporters from the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal were issued subpoenas from the Department of Justice, which later withdrew them. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 23 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice subpoenaed four journalists for a grand jury hearing, though it la»»»

Dubai: Marking Public Service Day, Lieutenant General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General of the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) Dubai, paid tribute to government employees across the UAE, describing public service as a national responsibility that shapes the fu»»»

AMMAN — Minister of Investment Tareq Abu Ghazaleh participated on Tuesday in the opening of the China International Supply Chain Exhibition (CISCE) in Beijing, China, organised by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) with the wide participation of senior officials, bus»»»

AMMAN — Airport International Group (AIG), the Jordanian company operating Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA), has announced the airport’s traffic statistics for May 2026, reflecting a gradual recovery in traffic activity at Jordan’s prime gateway to the world.Despite this positive momentum, p»»»

As 60 days of peace negotiations between the US and Iran continue, Tehran appears to have won significant concessions from Washington. Chief among those is the waiving of sanctions on Iranian oil exports. US sanctions have been in place for decades, cutting Iran off from mainstream global oil marke»»»

Iran and Oman said Tuesday they would examine charges for what they called maritime service fees in the Strait of Hormuz through a joint working group, pressing ahead with discussions over the strategic waterway despite US opposition to any sort of toll system. Iran and Oman will study the costs to»»»

Doha: Group K reaches an early turning point as Colombia and DR Congo meet in Nashville on Wednesday (5am, Qatar time) in a match of significant importance for both sides. With qualification still wide open and momentum proving crucial, every point could play a key role in the battle for a place in»»»

BusinessEuropeEurope is spending billions to rearm, so why the delays?Srinivas MazumdaruEuropean countries have been trying to scale up their military capabilities, but their current defense production and procurement model is not fit for purpose, say experts. https://p.dw.com/p/5FoZ6Europe's defen»»»

June 23 (UPI) -- Colombia's illegal cocaine trade generated more revenue than the country's oil exports in 2024, becoming its largest source of foreign currency, according to a new report. The report by Valor Público, a research center at EAFIT University in Medellín, found that cocaine production »»»

Chris Wright, U.S. energy secretary, speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C,, on Monday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday that it will offer $17.5 billion in loans for»»»

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Washington will negotiate and deal with Lebanon directly, and that the U.S.-brokered Lebanon-Israel negotiations are separate from the deal with Iran. “Well, that process is separate. It's separate because Lebanon is a sovereign country. It has »»»

The aircraft has completed long-range certification tests with a simulated full load of 175 passengers. Key performance was verifiedEngineers confirmed compliance with fuel reserve requirements under real-world flight profilesThe aircraft also successfully demonstrated safe take-off in the event of»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Speaker Berri receives a phone call from Macron: To solidify the ceasefire, ensure Israel’s withdrawal to the international border, deploy »»»

The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday authorizing new steps to ensure that perpetrators of crimes against peacekeepers face justice. Nearly 1,100 peacekeepers from countries around the world have lost their lives in the line of duty and thousands of others have been inj»»»

Brazil's Federal Police launched an operation Tuesday targeting an alleged financial fraud scheme at Banco Digimais and ordered freezing assets equivalent to about $125 million. Photo by Andre Borges/EPA June 23 (UPI) -- Brazil's Federal Police launched an operation Tuesday targeting an alleged fin»»»

An exceptional early summer heatwave is sweeping across Europe, pushing temperatures to record levels and forcing widespread disruption to daily life, transport and tourism. France records its hottest day everFrance registered its highest-ever national temperature indicator on Tuesday, with an aver»»»

ABU DHABI: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that no country is allowed to impose tolls or fees on the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran seeks to extract revenue from the vital waterway.“It’s an international waterway. No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway.»»»

BRUSSELS: The owner of ‌the Gazprom-controlled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is suing the European Union in the bloc's second-highest court, seeking to annul the EU's binding phase-out of gas imports from Russia, a public document showed. The EU approved a law this year to halt all Russian gas imports»»»