South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh's lawsuit against a former court clerk whose improper interaction with the jury at his double murder trial was dismissed by a federal judge. File Photo courtesy South Carolina Department of Corrections | License Photo Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A federal judge in South Caro»»»

Two French livestreamers have received suspended prison sentences for repeatedly abusing and humiliating a man during online broadcasts before his death. A criminal court in Nice found Safine Hamadi and Owen Cenazandotti guilty of violence against 46-year-old Raphael Graven, known online as Jean Po»»»

KAMPALA: Uganda international David ‌Owori, captain of one of the country’s biggest soccer clubs, has died after an assault in the capital Kampala, police said. Owori, 28, captain of SC Villa, was critically injured by unidentified assailants in a suburb of Kampala on Tuesday, police spokesperson R»»»

The energy crisis caused by extreme heat and drought has prompted a substantial proportion of Hungarians to change their daily habits: cutting electricity and water consumption now affects a majority of the adult population. Yet the political fault lines are more apparent than anywhere else when it»»»

WASHINGTON: Everyone knows dinosaurs got really big. Some of the long-necked plant-eaters were the largest land animals ever on Earth, as shown by Argentinosaurus, perhaps 70 to 90 tons and upwards of 100 feet (30 meters) long. But how about tiny dinosaurs, like the size of a mouse? As far as we kn»»»

Ukraine believed it could outsmart Russia by placing its most advanced drone facilities under the protection of Patriot air defenses around the capital, military historian Yury Knutov tells Sputnik, adding that the calculation proved wrong — American interceptor missiles ran dry. "Germany, Norway, »»»

LONDON: Bournemouth ‌defender Julian Araujo has had surgery on a left thigh injury sustained during the club’s pre-season tour of Austria, the Premier League side said on Thursday. The ‌Mexico international ‌was forced off ‌in ⁠Bournemouth’s opening friendly ⁠against German side St. Pauli and will »»»

BRUSSELS: ‌European police arrested three suspected members of Syrian smuggling networks after an operation spanning Germany and Serbia, Europol said on Thursday. The arrests come as Europe grapples with the ‌aftermath of last ‌week’s crisis when ‌more ⁠than 70,000 migrants ⁠surged into the Spanish»»»

The Nafis programme has announced a new set of updates, effective from September, under which private-sector employers will assume their full share of pension fund contributions for Emirati employees enrolled in the Ishtirak programme, subject to the programme’s eligibility conditions. In an explan»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants still remain in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, and the situation has not improved yet, the city's Mayor Juan Jesus Vivas said on Thursday. "The situation in Ceuta has not yet returned to normal, as still between three and five thousand people who e»»»

GENEVA: UN rights experts on Thursday urged Iran to end what they called the escalating arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and arbitrary executions of ethnic minorities. The Kurdish and Baluch minorities are particularly affected, they said in a statement. “Iran’s ethnic minoritie»»»

Dubai: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly taken to a secret location in Tehran for a highly unusual meeting with supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, where the two allegedly spoke from inside a dark, tinted-window vehicle without seeing each other, according to a report by Iran Internat»»»

Tunis, August 6 (TAP) - Tunindex closed Thursday's session down 0.19% to 20,118.58 points with a relatively high volume of TND 7.7 million, said broker Tunisie Valeurs. SMART TUNISIE shares were the best performers after rising by 6% to TND 30.210,...»»»

Doha, Qatar: Eleven chief executives leading Qatar-based organisations were named in Forbes Middle East's Top 100 CEOs 2026 ranking, highlighting the country's growing influence across key sectors including banking, energy, telecommunications, insurance and financial services. The annual ranking re»»»

DOHA: The fourth edition of the Qatar Toy Festival concluded after welcoming more than 148,000 visitors, marking its highest attendance to date. The month-long festival, held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC), was organised by Qatar Calendar in collaboration with Spacetoon Group, »»»

TRABZON, Turkiye: ‌Mohamed Salah has signed a two-year deal with Trabzonspor, under which the Egypt forward will receive 17 million euros ($19.6 million) a season, the Turkish club said on Thursday. The announcement came as Trabzon’s fans prepared to head for the club’s stadium in the eastern Black»»»

TOKYO — Japanese tech investor SoftBank reported Thursday a 1.3 trillion yen ($8.4 billion) return on its investment in Intel thanks to the US chip giant's increased share price.SoftBank posted a nearly 18 per cent year-on-year fall in first-quarter net profit, but the figure still beat expectation»»»

LONDON — Britain's no-frills airline EasyJet confirmed Thursday a £5.7-billion ($7.7-billion) takeover by US private equity firm Apollo after a rival American firm pulled out of the bidding."The boards.. are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms and conditions of a recom»»»

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Brazil's central bank on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate for the fourth time straight, two months before presidential elections when incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seeks another term.The so-called Selic rate, one of the highest in the world, was lowered from »»»

The “Loyalty to Resistance” Parliamentary bloc convened on Thursday to discuss the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, issuing a statement that calls on the Lebanese authorities to stop the direct talks with the Israeli enemy. The statement also rejected the government’s policy to surren»»»

Israel on Thursday charged a settler, Yinon Levi, with the killing of prominent Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the West Bank in July 2025. This marks the first time since the October 7, 2023 attacks that an Israeli has been indicted for the death of a Palestinian in the occupied »»»

Roads blocked and checkpoints closed: After every outbreak of violence, Israel seals off the West Bank. Like after events in Nablus, where two Israeli settlers and four Palestinians died on July 24. Our correspondent Claire Duhamel travelled with a paramedic who regularly transports pregnant women »»»

Poland’s planned Osobiste Konto Inwestycyjne, or Personal Investment Account, could attract more than 2 million customers and over PLN 100 billion within its first three years, according to projections from brokerage house BM PKO BP. Around 800,000 people could open an account during the first year»»»

French winemakers affected by this summer’s wildfires are in limbo as the grape harvest approaches, fearing their 2026 vintage could have burnt flavours that would compromise sales. Brushing his hand over crackling vine leaves, French winemaker Gregory Guibergia was relieved a wildfire only sc»»»

KYIV: Ukraine hit more oil facilities deep inside Russia in overnight attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, as Kyiv kept up its campaign to undermine Moscow’s wartime economy and embarrass the Kremlin. The repeated strikes have caused fuel shortages and rattled Russians. Ukrainians, »»»

BUCHAREST: Romania delayed plans to sink four rock-filled barges into the Danube until Friday citing unsafe conditions, as the race tightens to divert water from the drought-hit river to its only working nuclear reactor and buy a few more days of operation amid low electricity supplies. Record low »»»

Dubai Customs officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle 460 grams of 24-carat raw gold concealed inside the frame of a suitcase. The gold had been melted down and reshaped into thin rods before being hidden inside the suitcase's rubber frame and inner structure in an apparent attempt to evade dete»»»

German ​police on Thursday said that they had ​detained a Ukrainian national suspected of working as ​a low-level ​agent on ​behalf of a ​foreign spy agency. The 33-year-old was arrested on August 2 on suspicion of preparing "acts of sabotage" on a Bavarian arms manufacturer, according to a st»»»

Bulgaria has appointed a new ambassador to Ukraine after a nearly four-and-a-half-year gap, with Zlatin Krastev presenting copies of his credentials to Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Olexandr Mischenko. The ceremony was held shortly after Krastev arrived in Kyiv on July 31. The Bulgarian embassy»»»

A Gallup International Balkans survey shows that public support for Bulgaria’s government remains relatively strong after its first 100 days in office, while the cabinet’s foreign policy is facing significant criticism. According to the nationally representative poll, conducted by telephone between»»»

A brutal fatal assault in Plovdiv has prompted a major police investigation, with authorities examining whether the attack was motivated by hatred based on sexual orientation or involved a victim being lured through a dating app. Several teenagers, including minors, have been detained as investigat»»»

Security expert Tihomir Bezlov from the Center for the Study of Democracy described the discovery of a fentanyl laboratory in Sofia as a major development in the investigation of one of the world’s most dangerous synthetic drugs. According to him, the most important aspect of the case is not only t»»»

A farmer picks avocados in the municipality of Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico, in 2004. File Photo by Ivan Villanueva/EPA Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has temporarily suspended inspections and certification of new avocado shipments from the Mexican state of Michoacán, the country'»»»

Ukraine's alternative grain export routes will not reach the capacity needed to compensate for Russia's blockade of Black Sea ports until the end of August at the earliest, and even then will cover only half the volume normally handled through Odesa, Agrarian Policy Minister Taras Vysotskyi told Re»»»

BUCHAREST: Romania raced on Thursday to sink four barges laden with rock into the Danube River in an attempt to redirect water downstream toward a nuclear power plant, to buy more time before its second reactor is likely forced offline due to record-low water levels. Extreme heatwaves and low rainf»»»

BEIRUT: A seventh round of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations in Rome shifted attention to the fate of Lebanese detainees and missing persons, as Beirut sought progress on one of the conflict’s most sensitive humanitarian files while broader security negotiations remained deadlocked. The talks, held for»»»

KAMPALA, Uganda: Ugandan authorities sought and won parliamentary approval Thursday to deploy troops to Gaza as part of the international force proposed by US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace to secure the territory following the devastating Israel-Hamas war. The successful motion, brought b»»»

GAZA: The US-backed Board of Peace is preparing its first contract to build a military outpost for an international stabilization force in Gaza, proposed under Washington’s postwar road map for the enclave, The Guardian reported on Wednesday. The project involves building a temporary base for an in»»»

PARIS: A case of hantavirus, which recently sparked international alarm, has been detected in a Franco-Argentine national who holidayed in France in July before being put in isolation in Spain, the French health ministry said Thursday. The patient had few symptoms and now has none, the ministry sai»»»

LONDON: British TV presenter Nadia Sawalha has threatened legal action against ITV, accusing the broadcaster of removing her from its daytime talk show “Loose Women” because of her public support for Palestinian rights. In a video posted on Instagram, Sawalha said her lawyers had sent ITV a pre-act»»»

Istanbul-listed refiner Tupras (IST: TUPRS) has commissioned the building in South Korea of four Suezmax-class crude oil tankers for more than $370mn, the company said on July 31. The four vessels, each featuring a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of approximately 157,000 tonnes, are scheduled for delivery»»»

Bulgaria’s mandatory period for displaying prices in both leva and euro will end on August 8, 2026, marking another step in the country’s transition to the single European currency. The dual price display requirement was introduced as a temporary measure to help consumers adjust to the euro and to »»»

The Varna Administrative Court has suspended the planned demolition of 12 residential buildings in the Baba Alino area near Varna, ruling that the structures cannot be removed until the legal disputes over the case are resolved. The decision came after two investor companies, Forest Club Varna OOD »»»

Meta is the latest tech company to share that its AI model hacked into another company’s systems, marking at least the third such incident in recent weeks. File Photo by Will Oliver/UPI | License Photo Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Meta is the latest tech company to share that its AI model hacked into another co»»»

Damascus, Aug. 6 (SANA) The International Monetary Fund’s assessment of the sustained momentum of Syria’s economic recovery reflects the country’s transition toward a largely balanced trajectory, as banking legislation and financial reforms adopted after liberation have helped establish a more stab»»»

Paris, France: A case of hantavirus, which recently sparked international alarm, has been detected in a Franco-Argentine national who holidayed in France in July before being put in isolation in Spain, the French health ministry said Thursday. The patient had few symptoms and now has none, the mini»»»

An aerial photograph shows plumes of smoke rising after violent reactions to the killing of Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, then leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in February. The killing of El Mencho sparked a wave of violence and road b»»»

Tunis, August 6, 2026 (TAP) — The National Organization of Entrepreneurs (ONE) will mark its sixth anniversary by hosting an “After Work” networking event on Tuesday, August 12, in Tunis.The event will bring together entrepreneurs, business...»»»

A new study suggests that Hungarians are right to feel that shopping abroad can be cheaper – but much depends on what they are buying. Food prices paint a very different picture from, say, the cost of services. Meanwhile, a fresh survey has shown that Romania and Bulgaria still outperform Hungary o»»»

LONDON: Yemen’s Houthi movement is increasingly stepping up attacks in the Red Sea, disrupting the vital international trade waterway, as well as threatening to target regional energy facilities. As the Houthi threat carries serious implications, regional and global players have begun to realise th»»»