Mexico's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar Garcia Harfuch (R) speaks during a press conference with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Toluca, Mexico, in late July. On Friday, García Harfuch said investigators believe the killing of Valeria Márquez was ordered by Ricardo Ruiz Ve»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities arrested the former Palestinian ambassador to Beirut on Monday ahead of his extradition to face corruption charges back home, a Lebanese judicial official told AFP. Lebanon’s public prosecutor “issued an arrest warrant for former Palestinian ambassador Ashraf Dabbour on»»»

Anti Nicolas Maduro regime demonstrators clash with protesters who gather outside a New York City courthouse on July 22, where the ousted Venezuelan president was to appear for a hearing. Venezuela's ousted president and his ⁠wife, ⁠Cilia Flores, are likely to be put on trial in mid-2027. Photo by »»»

More than eight years after Boeing organized the maiden flight of the 737 MAX 7, the aircraft has won certification, US authorities announced Monday. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced certification»»»

President Masoud Pezeshkian (c) speaks during a meeting with Iranian party officials in Tehran. His government has denied an assertion by President Donald Trump that negotiations between the two countries have resumed. Photo by Iranian Presidency/UPI. | License Photo Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Iran on Monday »»»

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles walk on their way to inspect a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor unit deployed at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2025. File Pool Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. D»»»

Abu Dhabi: A Filipino expat became the latest multi-millionaire in the UAE by bagging the Dh20 million grand prize in Abu Dhabi Big Ticket draw on Monday. Reynaldo Herboso was announced as the winner after the ticket number 267822 was selected during the live draw of Series 289. Kanika Arora from D»»»

LONDON: An Israeli court on Sunday temporarily blocked plans by the national security minister to install crocodile-filled moats around Ketziot Prison, following a legal challenge centered on the reptiles’ welfare that has also reignited concerns over the treatment of Palestinian detainees. The Jer»»»

Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities have instructed officials to take immediate precautionary measures to protect the public from possible disasters as adverse weather affects several parts of the country, the country's Defense Ministry said Monday. The ministry issued the directive after several agenc»»»

Kathmandu: Three people have gone missing after a car was knocked off a highway and plunged into the Sunkoshi River in Nepal's central Sindhuli District on Monday, a police official said. The accident occurred at around noon local time along the Mid-Hill Highway when a bus traveling from Kathmandu »»»

Le Temple, France: After a 52-hour drive, Ukrainian firefighters on Monday joined operations to fully extinguish the wildfire that devastated the Gironde region in southwestern France -- an unprecedented mobilisation in the country. Seventy firefighters arrived on Sunday in a convoy of 15 vehicles,»»»

Lost in the furious response from EU leaders accusing Spain of gross negligence by allowing the storming of the EU border in Ceuta last Thursday (30 July), a Spanish enclave on the African continent next to Morocco, is the damage that this could do to EU relations with Rabat. Though Spain is facing»»»

Budapest: Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar on Monday said his country's sole nuclear power plant remained operational for now, after a sweltering heatwave nearly forced its shutdown. The nuclear plant in Paks, south of Budapest, is cooled by water pumped from the Danube river, which has droppe»»»

“The Patriot shortage is a critical threat, but the problem isn’t just about interceptors,” Bureau of Military-Political Analysis director Alexander Mikhailov told Sputnik, commenting on Zelensky’s admission that Ukraine has run out of interceptors. “Air defense isn’t just about missiles or SAM sys»»»

Hungary’s prime minister, Péter Magyar, and Ágnes Forsthoffer, the speaker temporarily exercising the powers of the president, held talks with parliamentary group leaders on how to handle the energy crisis triggered by the extreme heat and the Danube’s record-low water level. In the crisis, the act»»»

Dubai: The UAE's National Media Authority has taken legal action against two individuals for breaching the country's media content standards after they broadcast an offensive livestream on social media that, it said, violated regulations governing media content. The authority said the livestream co»»»

Water. It is the source of life, a universal necessity and, as of recently, trending on social media. Content creators have been hyping “loaded water,” an arguably terrible name for a rather useful method of dressing up plain H2O with fresh fruit, herbs electrolyte packets and more, to promote bett»»»

The hard-right Reform UK party on Monday revealed plans for "the largest military operation" in the Channel "since World War II", which would deploy Britain's Royal Navy to return small migrant boats to France. The proposal – which experts and other political parties promptly ru»»»

People talk during a power outage in Havana on Saturday. At that point, some 4.5 million Cubans, nearly half of the country's population, were left without electricity due to a failure in the National Electric System that affected seven provinces from the western to the central region of the island»»»

Emerging-market sovereign ratings have proved largely resilient to the US-Iran war in the first half of 2026, Fitch Ratings finds in its Global Emerging Markets Credit Brief for 3Q26, even as the conflict pushed roughly a third of EM sector outlooks to "deteriorating" following the agency's mid-yea»»»

Morocco has named the Tiznit-Dakhla expressway the "President Donald J. Trump Highway", casting the move as a mark of relations with the United States stretching back 250 years, the state news agency MAP reported on August 1. The naming formalises Rabat's embrace of a gesture Trump had publicised d»»»

Paris, France: Mauricio Pochettino has signed a contract extension to remain the head coach of the United States national team until the 2030 World Cup, US Soccer announced Monday. The 54-year-old took over in 2024 and led the USA to the last 16 at the recent World Cup, which they co-hosted with Ca»»»

On the last days of July, over 50,000 illegal immigrants breached the defensive perimeters of Ceuta and Melilla and swarmed into the Spanish enclaves in North Africa. This occurred against the backdrop of the grandly adopted New Pact for Migration in Brussels, which officially entered into force on»»»

Ukraine's long-range drone campaign has entered a new phase, shifting from attacks on Russia's military infrastructure to systematic strikes on the commercial ports, grain terminals and oil export facilities that underpin both Moscow's wartime economy and Kazakhstan's energy exports. Russia has cou»»»

The seventh round of Lebanese-Israeli talks, which will be held at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, will witness a Lebanese participation with an unprecedentedly large political and military delegation led by former ambassador Simon Karam, an informed Lebanese source said. The delegation will include Leba»»»

Dubai: Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has ordered the temporary administrative closure of So Great Restaurant in Abu Dhabi after inspectors found repeated food safety violations that the authority said posed a risk to public health. The authority said the closure was issue»»»

London: Oil prices tumbled Monday and stocks mostly rose after US President Donald Trump said he was preparing for new talks with Iran aimed at ending the war in the Middle East. Crude futures slid more than six percent, even though Iran denied that any negotiations were taking place and earlier tr»»»

Brussels, Belgium: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen called Monday for "united action" on border security after a migrant rush on Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta triggered a public spat between Madrid and several European partners. "From this incident, it is clear that we must do more to further»»»

MOSCOW: The Russian Embassy in Rome on Monday blamed Ukraine for a deadly weekend bombing at a Moscow restaurant, describing it as an attempt to intimidate the Italian community in Russia. The embassy said “Kyiv terrorists” wanted to “scare the Italians working in Russia and to show them that they »»»

Dubai: Prashant Kishor scored a landmark political victory in Bihar on Monday, defeating the BJP in the high-profile Bankipur Assembly by-election and delivering the first electoral win for his fledgling Jan Suraaj party. According to the final counting figures after 31 rounds, Kishor secured 63,20»»»

A handout photo made available by the Spokane Valley Fire Department shows the Fairview Fire northeast of Spokane, Wash., on Sunday. Photo courtesy of the Spokane Valley Fire Department/EPA Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Nearly 65,000 people have been evacuated in Spokane County, Wash., Monday as wildfires spread»»»

Dubai: One person was killed and five others injured after a gas cylinder explosion at a car showroom on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, authorities said. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.Dubai Civil Defence teams responded to the incident and are cont»»»

Mayors across Burgas Region have committed to accelerating work on their municipal spatial development plans, while the government will help speed up the approval process, Regional Development Minister Ivan Shishkov said here on Monday after a meeting with local officials. Shishkov noted that 52 mu»»»

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ClimateSpainThe economic toll of Spain's wildfiresAstrid Prange de OliveiraDevastating wildfires are ravaging Spain's tourism, economy and nature. Could the country have done more to prevent them? https://p.dw.com/p/5I3rdIn recent years, Spain has slashed investments in measures to prevent wildfire»»»

LONDON: The hard-right Reform UK party unveiled plans on Monday for, if it wins power, “the largest military operation” in the Channel “since World War II” to stop migrants crossing on small boats. The proposal — which experts and other political parties promptly rubbished — comes days after tens o»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index rose on Monday, gaining 117.75 points, or 1.1 percent, to close at 10,823.62. The total trading turnover of the benchmark index was SR6.26 billion ($1.67 billion), as 225 of the listed stocks advanced, while 32 retreated. The MSCI Tadawul Index also in»»»

Dubai: Dubai Police recorded a decline in several major crime categories during the first half of 2026, including fraud, cybercrime and economic crime, according to a performance review of the General Department of Criminal Investigation. The results were presented during a meeting chaired by Major»»»

Dubai: The UAE Council For FATWA has issued a nationwide ruling standardising the zakat threshold for dates at 541 kilograms after drying, while clarifying how growers and date companies should calculate and pay the religious levy under a unified framework aligned with the country's agricultural pr»»»

US President Donald Trump has teased new negotiations with Iran after abruptly calling off a major attack in a Truth Social post published on the same day that his media company began selling Wall Street firms millisecond-fast access to the platform’s market-moving content. Speaking to reporters ab»»»

A delegation of 14 Sunni MPs on Monday met with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and discussed with him the issue of the amnesty law. Following the meeting, MP Bilal Abdallah stated: “The discussion focused on a single topic: the proposed general amnesty law … We commended the Speaker for his signifi»»»

BELGRADE - The FMs of Serbia and Zimbabwe, Marko Djuric and Amon Murwira signed on Monday in Belgrade MoUs between their ministries. Zimbabwe also announced it would reopen a diplomatic and consular representative office in Belgrade. After meeting in the building of the Serbian Ministry of Foreign »»»

RIYADH: In hindsight, Saudi Arabia’s exit from the World Cup after a stalemate with Cape Verde does not look as bad as it did at the time. The Blue Sharks were one of two teams to put two goals past runners-up Argentina, and the only team in the tournament to avoid both losing and conceding a goal »»»

RIYADH: After nearly 11 months, the Lebanese Premier League has finally come to an end but no one envisioned it would take this long when newly-promoted Jwayya defeated Bourj 3-0 on the opening day back in September. But with the Lebanese Football Association forced to halt football in late Februar»»»

Bali behaves like several islands stitched into one, and the area you choose matters far more than the headline price. A surf town, a wellness retreat, an upmarket beach strip and a quiet family bay all sit within an hour of each other. Anyone weighing properties for sale in Bali is really picking »»»

Gabrielle Carrington, a former finalist in the U.K. version of "X Factor," pleaded not guilty in court in London on Monday to charges she murdered a social media influencer and injured a security guard in an incident outside a nightclub in the capital's Soho nightlife district. File Photo by Mike T»»»

1 of 2 | President Donald Trump delivers an address on election security from the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 16. Pool Photo by Saul Loeb/UPI | License Photo Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The 2026 midterm elections are fast approaching and President Donald Trump has launched a multi»»»

Sharjah: Sharjah City Municipality has urged owners of vehicles, machinery, motorcycles and bicycles that have been impounded for more than six months to complete the necessary release procedures within four days or risk having their property sold at public auction. The municipality said owners mus»»»

Damascus, Aug. 3 (SANA) The price of 21-karat gold in Syria’s local market rose by 200 Syrian pounds (SYP) on Monday compared with the previous day’s level, according to the latest pricing bulletin. The General Directorate for Precious Metals Management said the selling price of one gram of 21-kara»»»

Global electric car sales rebounded sharply in the second quarter of 2026, rising 35% quarter-on-quarter to record levels in 50 countries, even as overall car sales fell around 5% y/y in the first half of the year on weaker demand in China and the US, according to the International Energy Agency's »»»