The US House of Representatives approved a $95 billion budget framework on Wednesday, with most of the funding earmarked for the Pentagon to fund the war against Iran. The measure was narrowly approved in a 216-214 vote and now heads to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain. The plan provides $73»»»

DUBAI: The US military announced early Thursday that it was conducting a 12th night of strikes against Iran as both sides increasingly targeted civilian infrastructure.US Central Command said the attacks were designed to “further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial v»»»

WASHINGTON: The House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal Wednesday, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities over objections from Democrats and a few GOP holdouts in a final push before the midterm elections. House Republicans were divided over the»»»

The US House of Representatives narrowly passed an annual defence policy bill on Wednesday that would authorize a record $1.15 trillion in funding for the Pentagon, as the divisive Iran war drags on. Though it traditionally sees significant bipartisan support, the 2027 National Defence Authorizatio»»»

Yemen's Houthi rebels said they carried out missile and drone strikes Wednesday on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea after declaring a maritime embargo on the kingdom amid the US war with Iran. The Houthis said in a statement posted on Telegram that they "carried out a qualitative military opera»»»

US Central Command forces began a new round of strikes against Iranian military targets overnight on Thursday (July 23), the military said, as part of an ongoing campaign to degrade Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in regional waters. In a post on X, CentCom stated that strikes commen»»»

Record-breaking flash flooding inundated communities across West Virginia Tuesday as powerful thunderstorms unleashed torrential rain from Tennessee to Ohio, leaving roads submerged, thousands without power and tornado damage across the region. Some of the most serious flooding unfolded in north-ce»»»

Northern Syria’s Kobane, or Ayn al-Arab, was a flashpoint city during the Kurdish fight against the Islamic State (IS) group nearly a decade ago. Today, it’s at the heart of the Syrian government’s bid to integrate the northern Kurdish majority region and their fighters. FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr had»»»

WASHINGTON: The US and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday forged a new agreement that could potentially provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability for its civilian nuclear program. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman formally signed the nuclear coop»»»

Senegal will support Macky Sall’s candidacy for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations. The announcement was made in a press release on Monday, three days after he was granted an audience with current President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Dakar, Aminato»»»

Qatari talent continues to solidify its presence at the world’s biggest sporting events, confirming the status that Qatar has achieved, not only in hosting and organizing major tournaments but also in strengthening the international sports system with national talents who assume leadership roles in»»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs on Wednesday announced the winners of the current edition of the Sheikh Ali Bin Abdullah Al-Thani Endowment Award in both its international and local categories. Speaking at a press conference, Assistant Director of the Research and St»»»

Tribune News Network Doha As part of its efforts to improve public health and promote sustainable development in rural communities, Qatar Charity (QC) has completed a safe drinking water project in Nepal through the installation of six water purification plants in schools and healthcare facilities »»»

Tribune News Network Doha Aspetar, Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, continues to strengthen its position as a global leader in orthopaedic and sports medicine through the success of its Surgery Department Observer Programme, which hosted 69 international observers over the past year. The p»»»

California National Guard troops and Homeland Security Police assemble in June 2025 at the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles and protests against ICE and immigration raids continued. A new study released Wednesday says businesses suffered "an immediate economic shock" from the r»»»

Gaza: A Palestinian was shot and killed Wednesday when the Israeli occupation army's military vehicles opened fire in areas across the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources said. The sources added that the killed Palestinian was inside a displaced persons' tent in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan»»»

Singapore: Gold prices rose to a two-week high on Tuesday. Spot gold climbed 1.7 percent to $4,145.24 an ounce, after hitting its highest level since Jul. 7 earlier in the day. US gold futures for August delivery jumped 1.9 percent to settle at $4,151.90.»»»

Sea surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the tropical Pacific have remained above the +2.0°C threshold for a "super" El Niño for more than a week, reaching an anomaly of around +2.1°C by mid-July — more than a month earlier than the 1997/98 and 2015/16 events that mark the previous benchm»»»

Russia has overtaken Germany to become Europe's largest beer producer, brewing 9.01bn litres in 2025 against Germany's 7.92bn litres, according to the latest annual report from BarthHaas, the Nuremberg-based hop trader and brewing-industry analyst. The shift puts Russia in fifth place globally, beh»»»

Spain midfielder Gavi doesn’t feel ‌Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes should be suspended for his postgame tirade following Spain’s 1-0 victory in ​Sunday’s World Cup final. Tensions were high after the match and Paredes had a hand in elevating them further. While players were mixing it up, Pare»»»

Culture Minister Evtim Miloshev is sending a team from the Ministry to assess the storm damage at Varna's Puppet Theatre and assist the staff, the Ministry’s press office said Wednesday. The decision comes after he talked with Theatre Director Vera Stoykova. The heavy rainfall and the storm that st»»»

NAZARETH, Israel: The last time Mais Al-Gharam saw her seven siblings was in the Gaza Strip two months before the war. That was before she left the Palestinian territory to go live in Israel and before an Israeli airstrike on the family’s home killed her parents and younger brother. But on this day»»»

Firefighters battle a fire blazing at the Mackintosh Building, housing the Glasgow School of Art, in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, in 2018. The school announced Wednesday that the cost of rebuilding it to the architecht's specifications would cost too much. File Photo by Stringer/EPA July 22 (UPI) --»»»

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters is shown in Atlanta, Ga. On Wednesday, The CDC increased its count of cyclosporiasis cases in the country. File Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPA-EFE July 22 (UPI) -- On Wednesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased it»»»

NEW YORK: The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie went on trial again Wednesday, this time in a federal case that casts the stabbing on a lecture stage as an act of terrorism. Prosecutors said Hadi Matar attacked the renowned author and free-speech advocate in 2022 to try to carr»»»

LONDON: Four Saudi crude tankers were forced to turn back on Tuesday after Yemen’s Houthi militia warned that any vessel calling at Saudi ports could be targeted “in any location within the operational reach of the Yemeni Armed Forces,” marking a sharp escalation in their Red Sea campaign. The thre»»»

BERLIN: Germany has deported a Uyghur man to China where there are concerns he could be detained as a member of an ethnic group that has been targeted by the Chinese government, his mother told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Arafat Adil, 21, a dual Chinese-Turkish national who has lived in Turk»»»

JEDDAH: The stage is set for one of Saudi Arabia’s biggest boxing nights of the year as world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and Albanian challenger Kristian Prenga made their official grand arrivals at Jeddah Yacht Club on Wednesday ahead of Saturday’s highly anticipated showdown at Jeddah Su»»»

British Airways has launched an investigation after all three pilots operating flight BA276 from Hyderabad, India, to London Heathrow, England, reportedly suffered food poisoning following an overnight stopover. The first pilot was rendered ‘incapacitated’ at 30,000 ft and had to be put on oxygen a»»»

Dubai: UAE-based Indians should check whether their residential status is correctly recorded in India’s Permanent Account Number database, particularly before filing an Income Tax Return or carrying out a major financial transaction in India. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News »»»

1 of 5 | Anti Maduro regime demonstrators clash with protesters who gathered outside the Manhattan Court where ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro would appear for a hearing on Wednesday in New York City. The trial for Venezuela's ousted President Nicolas Maduro and his ⁠wife ⁠Cilia Flores w»»»

Sharjah: Sharjah Court of Appeal has sentenced three people to one year in prison followed by deportation after they fraudulently obtained money from a man by falsely claiming they had the right to rent out a residential unit they did not own. The court found the trio guilty of deceiving the victim»»»

MANILA: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed on Wednesday a visit to the US in September by Chinese President Xi Jinping during an Asian gathering where ministers voiced ​concern about the Iran war and South China Sea tensions. Rubio said he and Wang discussed»»»

NEW YORK: Venezuela’s ousted president Nicolas Maduro and his wife will go on trial in the United States in June 2027, a court ruled Wednesday, after the US military captured them in a stunning nighttime raid in January. The former leader, 63, and wife Cilia Flores have been held in a Brooklyn jail»»»

BAGHDAD: A government official said on Wednesday that Iraq had lost more than $40 billion in revenue since the start of the Middle East war, mostly due to a sharp decline in its oil exports. The conflict and Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz choked off shipments and prompted production cuts i»»»

A Hungarian cardiologist has described a dramatic medical emergency aboard a Ryanair flight from Madrid to Budapest, where she spent more than 20 minutes helping to resuscitate a passenger after he lost consciousness, while questioning the airline’s handling of the incident. According to Telex, car»»»

Author Salman Rushdie arrives at the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The man who attacked and blinded Rushdie in 2022 is facing federal terrorism charges in a trial that started Wednesday. File Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo July 22 (»»»

PARIS: Tyre, an ancient Phoenician city in southern Lebanon hit in recent months by Israeli bombardment, was on Wednesday added to the UNESCO list of world heritage sites in danger. “The site has been directly hit and has sustained damage. Furthermore, its state of conservation is a cause for growi»»»

Officials from Iran's Tehran Chamber of Commerce and China's Khorgos International Chamber of Commerce discussed creating a joint transport corridor to expand bilateral trade at a meeting in Tehran, Tin News reported on 22 July. The talks come as the US continues to attempt to destroy Iran's rail a»»»

Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451,” first published in 1953, is often described as a novel about censorship. That can be true, but it is also something more intimate and more unnerving: a story about how a society can lose its mind without noticing, because it has trained itself to stay pleasantly bus»»»

MEXICO CITY: Nicaragua’s lawmakers said they will carry out a plan by President Daniel Ortega to abolish elections in the Central American country, prompting renewed criticisms Wednesday by the international community. The move was announced in a statement Tuesday by Nicaragua’s congress, which is »»»

The Abu Dhabi Commercial Court has issued a ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed against Abu Dhabi National Company for Building Materials (BILDCO), a Real Estate Development and Construction Company, while ordering the original claimant to bear all court costs, fees, and legal expenses. The decision »»»

July 22 (UPI) -- Residents of a Colorado neighborhood thought a rude neighbor was honking a car horn all night, but they awoke to discover the culprit was a bear trapped inside an SUV. Patrick Sullivan shared cellphone camera footage of the scene that greeted Gold Hill residents when they investiga»»»

1 of 5 | A U.S. Army team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Emmanuel Swinton during a dignified transfer Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del. Swinton, who was killed during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone in Iraq, will receive a Bronze Star,»»»

Earlier this week, Andy Burnham traipsed out to Buckingham Palace, symbolically kissed the hands of King Charles III – as tradition demanded – and the “King of the North” was duly anointed the new UK prime minister. Amidst the subsequent euphoria within the Labour Party, the fact that Burnham’s swi»»»

Dubai: A holiday in northern Turkey ended in tragedy after a Saudi tourist was swept away by a fast-flowing river while posing for a photograph in the popular Black Sea destination of Uzungöl, despite desperate rescue attempts by his younger brother and nearby visitors. Abdulaziz Al Harbi, 39, lost»»»

Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast has seen Congress approve most of the economic and tax reforms he promoted Photo by Adriana Thomasa/EPA SANTIAGO, Chile, July 22 (UPI) -- Chile's Congress approved most of the economic and tax reforms promoted by President José Antonio Kast -- one of the flagship»»»

Dubai: A number of participants celebrated cash wins in the latest UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw conducted on Wednesday. In Lucky Day Draw No. 260722, the winning numbers in the Days section were 26, 18, 9, 28, 4, 30, while the winning number in the Months section was 11. Three fortunate participants »»»

The second day of the 19th Annual Conference of the Association of Bulgarian Schools Abroad (ABSA) was held at the St Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia on Wednesday. The event was attended by representatives of Bulgarian institutions, diplomats, teachers from Bulgarian schools abroad, and guests»»»

NEW YORK CITY: A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday condemned what they described as systematic and widespread breaches of international humanitarian and human rights law by Israel in its ongoing war in Lebanon, and cautioned that ordinary Lebanese citizens were paying an outsized and de»»»