WELLINGTON: Beijing banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year and demanded they apologize because they visited Taiwan on a parliamentary trip, according to a message from the Chinese embassy conveyed via parliamentary officials and shown to The Associated Press on Thursda»»»

Canberra, Australia: Scientists have produced the largest map yet of the Universe's magnetic fields, revealing an invisible cosmic web shaping galaxy formation and evolution. The map, known as SPICE-RACS, is five times larger than previous efforts and draws on observations from the ASKAP radio tele»»»

Doha, Qatar: The World Malayalee Council Qatar Province announced its second blood donation campaign, to be held on June 12 from 8am to 2pm at the HMC Blood Donation Centre. The event is organised in association with Blood Donors Kerala, bringing together 14 district associations and five healthcar»»»

Ras Al Khaimah: Residents and visitors in Ras Al Khaimah can now experience the emirate's first electric public bus following the launch of the revamped Purple Route, a major upgrade that expands public transport coverage, improves connectivity to essential services, and supports the emirate's sust»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Ayatollah Sayyed Khamenei: Hybrid war aims to weaken the people’s resilience and distort the assessments of state officials 04-06-2026 11:2»»»

Tunis, June 4 (TAP) –The weather, on Thursday, will be clear to partly cloudy across most regions.Winds will blow from the East. They will be relatively strong to locally strong in the south and light to moderate elsewhere.The sea will be...»»»

Heavy gunfire in Somali capital as row over election delay escalates 11 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAbdishukri Haybe,BBC SomaliandBasillioh Rukanga AFP via Getty ImagesFighting continued overnight after breaking out on Wednesday evening Government forces and opposition fighters ha»»»

Ibexa officially launched the first edition of its global Orchestration Tour in Dubai, bringing together business leaders, digital innovators, and enterprise decision-makers to discuss the future of AI-powered customer experience and enterprise orchestration. By choosing Dubai as the first destinat»»»

DUBAI: Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said ​in a message on Thursday that Iran’s enemies, having been defeated on the battlefield, ‌were now ‌seeking ​to undermine ‌public ⁠resilience ​and sow ⁠internal divisions. Khamenei called for national unity in the face of ⁠those threats and said ‌an»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding Co. has revealed that it currently owns 0.34 percent of SpaceX’s shares, which has filed for an initial public offering and aims to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange. KHC clarified in a statement on Tadawul that the book value of its current stake amounts to S»»»

Dubai: A new national initiative has been quietly making its way across the UAE. The Pledge and Commitment initiative was launched in May by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, at a ceremony at the Abu Dhabi Energy Centre. The launch drew more than 4,800 part»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent reports Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanese towns of Al-Mansouri, Deir Al-Zahrani, Bar’ashit and Shoukin 04-06-2»»»

Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday agreed to a new ceasefire following talks mediated by the United States. Under the agreement, Hezbollah is to stop all attacks on Israel and withdraw its fighters from the area south of the Litani River in southern Lebanon. In a joint statement, the US, Israel and Le»»»

DUBAI: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon would allow Israel to maintain military operations in southern Lebanon and retain the “freedom of action” to strike Beirut if Hezbollah attacks Israeli territory. Katz said the Israeli army would continue its fire a»»»

The Minister of State for Prime Ministerial and Cabinet Affairs, Mohammed bin Ghalbon, followed up yesterday on the executive procedures related to completing the new Ministerial Complex during a meeting held at the headquarters of the Libyan Investment and Development Company (LIDCO). The Minister»»»

TOKYO: Egypt ‌is finalizing plans for its first yen-denominated bond sale in three years, ​Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told Reuters on a trip to Japan on Thursday. The African Development Bank said in December it would partially guarantee Cairo’s planned $500 million-equivalent Samurai bonds on»»»

The annual midday work ban will begin on June 15, prohibiting outdoor work under direct sunlight and in open-air areas between 12:30pm and 3pm until September 15, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation said. The measure, now entering its 22nd consecutive year, forms part of the UAE's eff»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Ayatollah Sayyed Khamenei: We managed to foil enemy’s plots, any spread of negative narrative among the public is considered support for th»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Khamenei: The Iranian people have become a model for all Muslim nations 04-06-2026 10:45 AM Latest News Urgent News»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Ayatollah Sayyed Khamenei: The enemy sought to undermine Iranian nation’s resilience and to sow discord among Iranian people 04-06-2026 10:»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces plunging support in the electorally vital north where Hezbollah rocket fire has been heaviest, a new poll has shown, putting pressure on him to take a more hawkish stance as elections loom. Wednesday night's ceasefire agreement between Israel and Leba»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi received a phone call on Thursday from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives HE Iruthisham Adam. During the call, the two countries discussed bilateral cooperation relations and ways to suppo»»»

Moscow says it wants a pragmatic relationship with the cabinet formed after Hungary’s 12 April election, while Budapest has signalled both continuity and review on key energy questions. Although they labelled Hungary as an “unfriendly country” right after the elections, Russia has said it is ready »»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that talks with Iran are going “very well” and could yield results over the coming weekend. “I hear the negotiation itself is going very well actually,” Trump told reporters, adding of a potential deal: “It could happen... over the weekend.” And »»»

Israel's defense minister said Thursday that a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon grants the military the "freedom" to strike Beirut if Hezbollah attacks Israeli communities, adding that operations in southern Lebanon would continue. "The IDF will, at this stage, continue its fire and ground operatio»»»

Kathmandu, Nepal: A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was believed dead has been found alive after crawling alone almost to Base Camp, officials told AFP on Thursday. His wife had even begun to offer last rite prayers for his soul, she told AFP at the hospital»»»

Colombo, Sri Lanka: The manager of a Sri Lankan care home was arrested Thursday, a day after a fire killed 12 residents and injured six others, officials said. The manager of the Maupiya Sewana Elders Home was arrested as forensic experts combed through the wreckage and discovered seven more charre»»»

New Delhi, India: Indian police have arrested the owner of a New Delhi hotel where a fire killed 21 people, as investigators probe safety failures. Police said owner Lavkesh Bajaj was arrested late Wednesday, hours after the blaze gutted the building, killing at least nine Indians and several forei»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Sayyed Mujtaba Khamenei congratulates Muslim nation on Al-Ghadeer Day 04-06-2026 10:43 AM Latest N»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli army spokesperson: Fighting in southern Lebanon ongoing 04-06-2026 10:43 AM Latest News Urgent News Israeli army spokesperson: Figh»»»

Europe’s industrial competitiveness increasingly depends on its ability to scale electrification through coordinated partnerships between power producers, industrial consumers, infrastructure operators and policymakers, according to the most ...»»»

Simtel engineering and technology group announces the completion of the battery energy storage project carried out for Energy Capital Group, owned by MOGAN Bucharest SRL, part of the GÜR?? Group from Turkey. With an installed capacity of 100 MW and 200 MWh, the project implemented in the village of»»»

Transelectrica is implementing Dynamic Line Rating technology on dozens of overhead power lines in Romania, a digital solution that allows the grid’s transmission capacity to be increased by up to 25% without building new infrastructure, said Bogdan Leu, Research & Innovation Project ...»»»

Electricity supply, distribution, production, and storage group Electrica SA, whose largest shareholder is the Romanian state through the Ministry of Energy with nearly 49.8% of the capital, has signed a contract for the construction of a photovoltaic park equipped with an energy storage system in »»»

The value of payments made to date by the Ministry of Energy, through the National Recovery and Resilience Program (PNRR), has exceeded 76 million euros, an increase of approximately 14 million euros compared to May 22, 2026.According to data posted on Friday by the relevant ministry on the institu»»»

Romania's National Energy Regulatory Authority ANRE has adopted a new Regulation on the authorization of economic operators in the natural gas sector, introducing higher technical standards, new categories of authorizations and clearer responsibilities for general contractors.In a statement, ANRE s»»»

High energy prices in Europe are creating opportunities for the development of energy storage technologies, and Romania is interested in cooperating with Chinese partners in this field, said Mihai Daraban, President of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIR), during a visit to Beijing.»»»

Nuclear energy is an essential part of the energy solution at European level, and the expansion of nuclear capacities, with an emphasis on small modular reactors (SMRs), means for the member states an energy system powered by cheap, reliable, clean energy, capable of helping the European Union (EU)»»»

Ameropa CEO Josh Zacharias expressed on Tuesday his satisfaction that "a new and sustainable home" has been found for the more than 2,000 employees and contractors on the Azomures platform, following the signing of the agreement between the Swiss group and national gas corporation Romgaz SA for the»»»

Eliminating bottlenecks in the grids could reduce the wholesale price of energy by around 40% over the next ten years, with more than half of that reduction achieved in the next four to five years, E.ON Romania CEO Volker Raffel said on Wednesday at the Eurelectric Power Summit 2026."Part of the di»»»

Electricity and heat producer Electrocentrale Bucharest S.A. (ELCEN) continues the modernisation of Bucharest's energy infrastructure and has launched the procurement procedure for the project 'Implementation of a high-efficiency cogeneration unit at Grozavesti power station'.According to a stateme»»»

A Ukrainian strike killed at least three people in Crimea, the region's Moscow-installed authorities said Thursday, a day after Kyiv targeted energy and military sites in Saint Petersburg where Russia was hosting an economic forum. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned of a "real" risk of the Uk»»»

The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad. House »»»

In an exclusive statement to , Hatem Al-Zayani, General Manager of Rateeb Exhibitions and Conferences, affirmed that the 2026 International Forum on Documentary Credits and Foreign Trade, to be held in Tripoli from 6 to 7 July, represents a specialized professional platform that brings together var»»»

KIRYAT SHMONA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces plunging support in the electorally vital north where Hezbollah rocket fire has been heaviest, a new poll has shown, putting pressure on him to take a more hawkish stance as elections loom. Wednesday night’s ceasefire agreement between »»»

NEW DELHI: India gave a red-carpet welcome on Thursday to Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks to bolster trade between the oil exporter and his energy-hungry nation. Rodriguez has led Venezuela, which accounts for around 17 percent of global cru»»»

An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed a paramedic, the state-run National News Agency reported late Wednesday after three other strikes targeted paramedics in south Lebanon in the same day. The strike on a team from the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee in Zebdine killed a parame»»»

CANTON: Every week, Mirvet Makki sets aside earnings from her catering business to help people in Lebanon displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants. Makki, 47, who cooks Lebanese dishes like couscous stews and traditional kibbeh balls in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn Heights, imm»»»

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants to separate talks on the conflict in Lebanon and those on the war between the United States and Iran, although Tehran insists the conflicts are linked. "I'd like to separate it, I'd like to have a separate thing, because it is, it is separate," Trump t»»»

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon of the main opposition People Power Party receives flowers in City Hall Thursday after being declared the winner of the Seoul mayoral race in local elections held the previous day. Photo by Yonhap The ruling Democratic Party (DP) clinched a resounding victory in the local ele»»»