Europe bakes in record heat: Italy on red alert, Portugal swelters
ROME: Italy issued a red alert warning for the capital Rome on Thursday, and Portugal recorded its hottest day in May as Europe struggled with a heatwave that has smashed records a…
US allocates extra $80m to tackle Ebola
The United States announced on Thursday that it was allocating an additional $80 million to help combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.The Trump…
60-DAY US-IRAN TRUCE DEAL AWAITS TRUMP NOD
The US and Iran have reached an agreement on a memorandum of understanding to extend their ceasefire for 60 days, but US President Donald Trump has yet to approve it, four source…
MINA STONING RITUAL
A pilgrim casts a stone at a pillar symbolising Satan on the second day of the stoning ritual, during the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia. – Reuters
Oman to face Saudi, Qatar and Hong Kong in U20 qualifiers
MUSCAT, MAY 28Oman’s national U20 football team have been drawn in Group E of the AFC U20 Asian Cup China 2027 Qualifiers, alongside Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Hong Kong, following th…
Pilgrims celebrate Eid in Mina with tradition and joy
MECCA: The Omani pilgrims’ camp in Mina was filled with an atmosphere of tranquillity and joy as pilgrims performed the Haj rituals and celebrated the blessed days of Eid Al Adha.O…
Kenyan girls’ school fire kills 16 students, injures 79
A fire tore through a dormitory at a girls’ secondary school in a town in Kenya’s Rift Valley overnight, killing 16 students, the government said on Thursday.The fire broke out jus…
EU says won’t be ‘neutral mediator’ between Ukraine, Russia
LIMASSOL: The EU’s top diplomat on Thursday ruled out Europe acting as a “neutral mediator” between Ukraine and Russia, after foreign ministers from the bloc’s 27 countries debated…
Lebanon swathe declared combat zone, residents warned to leave
BEIRUT: Israel’s military on Wednesday declared a new swathe of southern Lebanon as a combat zone and said residents in the area should move north, warning it would act “with great…
12 killed in Beirut suburbs strike near Lebanese capital
BEIRUT: An Israeli strike hit a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital on Thursday, the first strike to hit near Beirut in weeks amid a ceasefire that has failed…