Dubai: When US President Donald Trump warned that “Oman will behave just like everybody else or we’ll have to blow ’em up,” the remark appeared at first like another off-the-cuff comment during a White House Cabinet meeting. While there was initial speculation that Trump may have misspoken and mean»»»

BANGKOK: The International Stabilization Force for Gaza was announced with great aplomb at the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in February. The American general tapped to lead the 20,000-strong force said it would ensure “future prosperity and enduring peace” after t»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Fierce Resistance Stalls Israeli Advance in Zawtar al-Sharqiya 28-05-2026 13:57 PM The Israeli enemy is facing fierce resistance in the tow»»»

The National Road Investment Company, CNIR, has signed the contract for section 1 of the A8 Union Motorway, between Târgu Neamț, Moțca, and Târgu Frumos, marking the first A8 contract financed through the European Security Action for Europe, SAFE, programme. The contract, worth RON 4.87 billion exc»»»

Former prosecutor general Kurmankul Zulushev and former speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh of Kyrgyzstan Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu commented to journalists on the criminal case related to the so-called «Letter of 75.» Nurlanbek Turgunbek uulu stated that he has no connection to the document and had neve»»»

Iulia Suciu (ZEN-VITA, Bucharest), Cristina Olteanu (AlbAlb, Bucharest), and Carina Sava (Watermelon Agency, Bucharest) are the three entrepreneurs who won the She’s Next grants totaling €60,000, during the second edition of the program run by Visa and ING Bank Romania, in collaboration with Impact»»»

Europe is experiencing an extraordinary early-season heatwave, with temperature records tumbling from the British Isles to Southern Europe as an intense “heat dome” traps hot air above the continent. Record temperatures sweep across the continent Meteorologists say temperatures in several countries»»»

Geneva: The World Health Organization's chief said Thursday he was heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo to support colleagues battling a deadly Ebola outbreak, voicing confidence they would defeat the virus. According to its latest figures up to May 24, the WHO has recorded 10 confirmed and »»»

JEDDAH: As millions of meals are prepared and distributed during Hajj each year, authorities, catering companies and charitable organizations are strengthening efforts to reduce food waste, improve meal planning and redirect surplus food to those in need across Makkah and beyond. Pilgrim service pr»»»

Defense spending is estimated to reach at least 3% of the gross domestic product of the European Union member states by 2040, amid the escalation of security challenges, which require an increased budgetary effort, according to the Deloitte study “The Future of Defence 2040. Four scenarios for Euro»»»

Kathmandu, Nepal: US climber Tyler Andrews set a new speed record using supplementary oxygen on Mount Everest on Thursday, his team told AFP, summiting the world's highest peak an hour quicker than anyone before. Andrews, 36, climbed the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak in just 9 hours and 55 minutes»»»

UPPSALA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday he was working with Sweden on a major defense package, including a “strong step” on Gripen fighter jets, as Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson welcomed him to Sweden. Kristersson and Zelensky signed a letter of intent last year u»»»

JERUSALEM: The Israeli attorney general’s office said Thursday that it would indict a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of “transmitting classified information with the intent to harm state security.”The case concerns the leak of a classified document regarding the war »»»

The ceasefire agreed in Lebanon last month has brought little ‌respite for civilians, who are being driven from a steadily expanding swathe of the country by a relentless Israeli campaign of evacuations and air strikes. The US-brokered truce announced on April 16, after about six weeks of fighting,»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - There has been no response from the UN, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), or other international organizations to Russia's appeals regarding the Ukrainian strike on Starobelsk, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova told Sputnik. Lantratov»»»

Former Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi died on Thursday in Riyadh at the age of 81, according to Yemeni and Arab media reports. Hadi fled to Saudi Arabia after the Houthi militia seized the capital Sanaa Hadi had been living in the Saudi capital since the Iran aligned Houthis overran Sanaa »»»

In recent days in England, the temperature has reached a daytime high exceeding 30 C. Unfortunately, there has been little professional cricket for me to watch nearby. This is a result of the current organization of the cricket calendar. Although the domestic T20 competition, The Blast, is underway»»»

Australia could host American nuclear weapons at some point, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu has warned. Washington is also eyeing Japan and South Korea as deployment options, he told a Russia-ASEAN meeting on Wednesday. The US military could deploy Typhon missile systems in southw»»»

The Israeli military said on Thursday it had begun new strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure around the southern Lebanese city of Tyre after issuing an evacuation warning to its residents. Israel the previous day had declared all areas south of Lebanon's Zahrani River - an area roughly 40 kilometers »»»

The Israeli military said on Wednesday that all areas south of Lebanon's Zahrani River, which runs roughly 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the Israel-Lebanon border, were considered "combat zones" and urged residents to head north. The warning called into further question the fragile ceasefire th»»»

The Israeli military said on Thursday that a soldier was killed the day before by a Hezbollah drone near the Lebanon border, taking to 24 the number of its troops killed in the war with the Iran-backed group. A military statement named her as 20-year-old Sergeant Rotem Yanai, who "fell during opera»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was not yet satisfied with Iran's offers to make a deal, after Iranian state television reported details of what it claimed was a draft agreement. Speaking at a cabinet meeting in the White House, Trump added that he was in no rush to reach an accord to»»»

Trust in the cabinet of Rumen Radev is 50% and mistrust 22%, according to a Market Links/bTV poll made public Thursday. Trust in Parliament tripled to 19% in May from 6% in April, and mistrust dropped to 53% from 77% in April. In May, trust in the caretaker government of Andrey Gurov was 28% and mi»»»

Obesity continues to be a serious challenge, Dimitar Ganev of Trend Research Centre said during a forum dedicated to combating obesity on Thursday. During the event, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Coalition against Obesity and more than 10 scientific societies. The nationally re»»»

Iranians began to regain internet access on Wednesday after authorities ended a monthslong shutdown. But users said service was slow and spotty in some areas, with apps like YouTube and Instagram heavily restricted, as they were before the cutoff began during nationwide protests in January. Authori»»»

Lawmakers decided on Thursday that the standing committees in the National Assembly will be reduced from 25 to 24 with the adoption of texts from the draft parliamentary rules of procedure. There will no longer be a separate Demographic Policy Committee. Instead, a Labour, Demographic and Social Po»»»

BusinessGlobal issuesIran war: Oil shortages threaten global energy securitySrinivas MazumdaruStrategic petroleum reserves are declining rapidly as countries release emergency crude supplies to cushion the economic impact of the Middle East conflict. https://p.dw.com/p/5EOlKThe IEA has warned that »»»

AI leaders including Jensen Huang and Sam Altman are moderating earlier warnings about mass job losses from artificial intelligence, suggesting that previous “doomsday” predictions overstated the near-term impact on employment. The shift comes as public concern over workplace disruption from AI con»»»

Rome: Italy said Thursday it was seizing assets worth more than 200 million euros ($232 million) belonging to late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro in an operation involving a string of offshore territories. Police said in a statement the assets had been amassed since the 1980s "in the interests of»»»

POLITICS – APPROVAL RATINGS bTV reports that a new government led by Rumen Radev starts with 50% public trust against 24% distrust, citing a survey by Market Links conducted between May 16 and May 27 among 1,008 respondents through face-to-face interviews and online polling. Sociologist Dobromir Zh»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s gold prices saw a significant afternoon slump today, offering a lucrative window for consumers looking to buy. The price of 24K gold dropped nearly Dh10 per gram, trading at Dh526.75 compared to yesterday’s Dh537.00. Similarly, the highly popular 22K gold fell to Dh487.75 per gram, d»»»

According to general statistics, the number of citizens of Kyrgyzstan residing in the Russian Federation is declining annually. Almazbek Baibosov, Deputy Director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, announced at a briefing. According to him, as of J»»»

Washington, United States: The United States has arrested a former senior CIA official after a search found $40 million worth of gold bars at his home. FBI officers also seized $2 million in cash and around 35 luxury watches this month from the home of David Rush in the US state of Virginia, accord»»»

Sudanese army chief and Transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced plans for a comprehensive political dialogue inside Sudan aimed at completing the country’s transition to civilian democratic rule. In an address delivered on the eve of Eid al-Adha, al-Burha»»»

In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. The World Meteorological Organization also forecasts an ov»»»

The Tour of Romania 2026 was officially presented at the Government House in Chișinău on 25 May, with the participation and under the patronage of the Government of the Republic of Moldova. The event was attended by two ministers, four district presidents and vice presidents, four mayors, and numer»»»

Across multiple conflict zones, dozens of active armed conflicts and insurgencies are unfolding worldwide with innocent civilians caught in the crosshairs and lives and livelihood’s upended due to the strategic ambitions of world powers. While it’s fair to question whether the United Nations – an i»»»

Dubai: A Pakistani site supervisor who has lived in Sharjah for 30 years, a Bangladeshi construction worker pooling tickets with friends, and an Indian expat who got the news while on holiday back home were among four winners of Dh25,000 each in Big Ticket's third weekly e-draw of May 2026, held on»»»

In a video address shown at the plenary session of the first International Security Forum, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia believes "modern work in such important strategic areas [as ensuring regional and global stability] is especially relevant now, in the context of the formation of a m»»»

BENGALURU: Gold prices fell to a two-month low on Thursday as fresh ‌US attacks on Iran boosted the dollar and pushed oil prices higher, stoking concerns about rising inflation and clouding the interest rate outlook. Spot gold was down 1.8 percent at $4,375.78 per ounce, as of 09:11 a.m. Saudi time»»»

DUBAI: For Hassan Dennaoui — aka Big Hass — hip-hop was never just music, it was identity, language and resistance. Now, as his radio show “Laish Hip Hop” celebrates 15 years on air, the presenter, music producer, and hip-hop advocate says his mission remains the same: to serve the culture and the »»»

MALABO: At first glance, the hotel looks like any other on this tropical island off the Central African coast, with its palm tree-lined driveway, marble-floored foyer and portrait of the oil-rich country’s president hanging behind a mahogany reception desk. Yet the eerily empty Bamy Hotel is not a »»»

VALLETTA: Malta votes Saturday in elections expected to result in an unprecedented fourth consecutive term for the Labour government, which has pledged to keep the Mediterranean island nation stable in a turbulent world. Prime Minister Robert Abela called a snap general election last month, saying »»»

Gold prices fell to a two-month low on Thursday as fresh US attacks on Iran boosted the dollar and pushed oil prices higher, stoking concerns about rising inflation and clouding the interest rate outlook. Spot gold was down 1.7% at $4,380.62 per ounce, as of 0409 GMT, earlier falling to its lowest »»»

A conflict between the US and China over Taiwan would risk a nuclear escalation with both militaries likely to stage sweeping operations targeting rival command and communications hubs, a leading defense research center said on Thursday. In a strategic assessment ahead of Asia's biggest annual defe»»»

How my brother went from liberal Hollywood actor to manosphere 'messiah' 8 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJacqui Wakefield,BBC Global Disinformation Unit ,Owen PinnellandKaty Ling,BBC Eye YouTubeEl Temach is Latin America's biggest manosphere influencer, with 11 million followers Warni»»»

An ‌Australian woman who returned home in September from a Syrian refugee camp has been charged with allegedly joining the ISIS group and entering and remaining in a declared conflict zone, authorities said on Thursday. The 34-year-old travelled to Syria between 2013 and 2014 with others, including»»»

The International Stabilization Force for Gaza was announced with great aplomb at the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace in February. The American general tapped to lead the 20,000-strong force said it would ensure “future prosperity and enduring peace” after the devast»»»

Students feared dead after school fire in Kenya Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBasillioh RukangaNairobi Robert MainaWorried parents gathered outside the school in Gilgil An unknown number of students are feared dead following a fire at a boarding school in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles)»»»

The United States and Iran traded attacks early Thursday as the two nations negotiate the opening of the Strait of Hormuz. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI | License Photo May 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. military attacked Iran, Tehran confirmed early Thursday, as Iran announced retaliatory strikes of its own. »»»