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Landmark Group, one of the region’s leading retail and hospitality conglomerates, has announced that two of its key regional entities have been recognised by Great Place to Work Middle East in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Seven days ago, the US-Iran ceasefire was holding but negotiations seemed stalled, or inching forward at best. Then, Donald Trump and the US launched Project Freedom
The Global Sumud Flotilla said that activists who were detained during the Gaza-bound aid mission by Israeli forces were subjected to sexual violence and physical abuse.
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CEBU, Philippines – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. highlighted the importance of addressing the effects of the Middle East conflict as he opened the 48th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Cebu on Friday, May 8.
NEW YORK — US stocks fell from their records Thursday after oil prices yo-yoed as Wall Street waits to see whether its hopes for a deal to end the Iran war are warranted or just wishful.
The reports that the US and Iran are close to inking a deal to formally end the war that has engulfed the region, with Israel at its center, for the last two months, are both encouraging and alarming.
Personas caminan cerca de una valla publicitaria con una imagen del difunto líder supremo iraní, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, en el centro de Teherán, Irán, el miércoles 6 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
CHIBAYISH MARSHES, Iraq – After years of drought that left large swathes of Iraq's historic marshes cracked and empty, rising water levels are beginning to revive the wetlands, drawing buffalo herders and fishermen back to areas once abandoned.
This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
The Venice Biennale art festival that opens to the public this weekend will be as much about what visitors can hear as what they can see. Many presentations from the Arab world emphasise listening, such as Egypt’s Silence Pavilion, which is framed around stillness, and Palestine’s Gaza – No Words – See the Exhibit.
Emirati defense systems are dealing with missile and drone attacks originating from Iran, the UAE ministry of defense said in a statement.
Even after the United States and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, President Trump insisted the cease-fire was still in effect and dismissed the Iranian attacks as a mere “trifle.”
A group of supporters surround a woman with alleged ties to the Islamic State as she arrives with a child at Melbourne international Airport, in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP)
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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) opened a second office in mainland China earlier this year, establishing a Shanghai branch to expand dealmaking and attract more Chinese investment into the kingdom, Bloomberg reports.
SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded 1.6 percent lower late Friday morning as investors locked in profits amid resurfaced military tensions in the Middle East.
MANILA, Philippines — Diesel prices are estimated to go down, while gasoline is expected to increase next week, mostly due to the global market reacting to a possible ceasefire between the US and Iran, local oil industry sources said on Friday.
US President Donald Trump says a ceasefire is still in place between the US and Iran after both sides exchanged fire late on Thursday night. It was unclear who fired first.
Ivo Daalder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s From Across the Pond column.
At least 8,000 bodies are still trapped under rubble in Gaza, the civil defence says, with the lack of proper equipment stalling recovery efforts.
In his zealous support for free speech, Mayor Mamdani has promoted his No. 1 political agenda: to weaken the state of Israel at all costs (“Hizzoner with mob vs. Jews,” May 7).
Stranded at an Iranian port for nearly 10 weeks, Indian seafarer Anish has unintentionally become a firsthand witness to the Iran war.
SYDNEY, Australia — Two Australian women "kept a female slave" after travelling to Syria in 2014 to support the Islamic State group, police said Friday after they were charged in Melbourne.
Skirmishes threw into question the viability of shaky ceasefire that had largely held for previous month– key US politics stories from 7 May at a glance
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The US military said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets Thursday after an attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran accused Washington of striking first.
BEIJING — The Iran war is likely to take center stage in the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping, leaving less scope to resolve issues like tariffs and rare earth supplies.
Few figures have shaped the way audiences see the natural world quite like David Attenborough, who celebrates his 100th birthday on Friday.
Oil resumed its rally Friday after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, fanning fears that the fragile ceasefire between the two countries was unraveling and threatening continued disruption to shipping via one of the world's most critical oil route.
Foto del 19 de enero del 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo del Al Nassr celebra tras anotar en el Estadio Universitario King Saud. (AP Foto/Hussein Malla, Archivo)
South Korean stocks started lower Friday on profit hunting following a recent rally and renewed military tensions in the Middle East after the United States and Iran exchanged fire.
SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said Friday the economy continues to maintain its "solid fundamentals" but pledged a continued emergency posture as uncertainties stemming from the Middle East standoff persist.
Jewish real estate mogul Steven Roth compared New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “tax the rich” rhetoric this week to racial slurs and pro-Palestinian rhetoric on an earnings call for his company, Vornado Realty Trust.
US authorities on Thursday investigated a potential chemical attack that took place during a pro-Israel festival at George Washington University, Washington, DC, on Tuesday.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is moving to weaponize of City Hall’s procurement power against ICE — that is, against city vendors who also do business with federal immigration authorities.
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SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks started lower Friday on profit hunting following a recent rally and renewed military tensions in the Middle East after the United States and Iran exchanged fire.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday brushed off Iran’s attack Thursday on three US Navy ships as the White House clung to what’s left of an increasingly challenged cease-fire and burgeoning framework for peace talks.
A general view of the 18th hole flag pole during the first round of LIV Golf Jeddah at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, Friday, March 1, 2024 in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. (Matthew Harris/LIV Golf via AP, File)
Hamas terrorists have been conducting training in areas of Turkey, Israel's public broadcaster KAN News reported on Thursday.
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Friday, as concerns grew over renewed hostilities between Iran and the U.S. amid a fragile ceasefire.
The mother and daughter, accused of ‘crimes against humanity’, were arrested in Melbourne after travelling from a Syrian detention camp
The mother and daughter, accused of ‘crimes against humanity’, were arrested in Melbourne after travelling from a Syrian detention camp
Three Australian women with links to the Islamic State (IS) group have been formally charged after returning home from Syria.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett filed a NIS 2m. defamation lawsuit Thursday against Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman (Likud), MK Ohad Tal (Religious Zionist Party), and the right-wing broadcaster Channel 14 for claims that he took psychiatric medications to function.