PARIS: The Esports Foundation and Lenovo have announced an expanded partnership, with the technology company becoming a global partner of the Esports World Cup 2026 and powering the world’s largest esports event with its high-performance Legion gaming devices. The EWC 2026 brings the world’s larges»»»

LONDON: Jordan’s air defense systems shot down five missiles fired from Iran on Wednesday, as the conflict between Tehran and the US entered its sixth month. The Jordanian Armed Forces said the missiles were detected through the military’s surveillance and monitoring network, the Jordan News Agency»»»

JAKARTA: Nine Indonesians among global activists detained while trying to take aid to Gaza in May filed a complaint against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday alleging crimes against humanity, their lawyer told AFP. The men were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla intercepted by I»»»

BEIRUT: More than a dozen Lebanese lawyers filed a complaint at the prosecutor’s office in Beirut on Wednesday against a prominent local banker, saying he violated the country’s laws by meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington this week. Lebanon and Israel have been hold»»»

A handout photo made available by the Fire and Rescue Departmental Service 33 shows firefighters crew battling a fire near Le Porge, in southwestern France, Wednesday, as a wildfire rages through the forest in Gironde. Photo by Benoit Vega/EPA July 29 (UPI) -- Wildfires in Spain and France have beg»»»

At least two of the Northern Fleet’s most powerful warships have set out from the naval base of Severomorsk to take part in drills off the Rybachii Peninsula. A video published by Na Strazhe Zapolyarya, a newspaper run by the Russian Navy, shows the cruiser Marshal Ustinov and the frigate Admiral G»»»

Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the renewed Iranian hostile attack targeting the brotherly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with missiles. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) affirmed that this hostile attack constitutes a flagrant violation of»»»

Positions deemed to carry a high risk of corruption will be filled only after candidates successfully pass an integrity test, according to amendments to the Civil Servants Act adopted by Parliament at first reading on Wednesday. The bill was submitted by the Council of Ministers. The amendments wer»»»

US and Saudi forces said they struck an Iraqi militant alliance on July 29, as the Middle East war expands beyond its main focus in Iran to involve the Islamic republic's proxies. The strikes follow a short lull in direct US attacks on targets in Iran, with Tehran's allies in Yemen and beyond becom»»»

US President Donald Trump confirmed on Fox News that the US and Saudi Arabia coordinated attacks on Iran-backed Iraqi militias with the Iraqi government itself. But Iraq has called the strikes a 'blatant violation', and its prime minister has called off a meeting with the Saudi Prince Mohammed bin »»»

Industry remains one of the key drivers of Moscow’s economy, with the Russian capital’s industrial sector now comprising nearly 4,700 enterprises that employ around 760,000 people, Moscow Deputy Mayor for Transport and Industry Maxim Liksutov has said. Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the»»»

Chad announced that it is withdrawing from the Rome Statute and, therefore, from the International Criminal Court, as several other countries in the Sahel region have done. In an official statement, Chad’s government criticised the ICC’s alleged partiality, arguing that most of its investigations h»»»

In the southwest of France, temperatures are expected to go over 40 degree celsius just as firefighters have managed to stabilise the mass blazes in the forests of the Gironde region. They are expecting the heatwave to set fires going again but 'morale remains high', says FRANCE 24's Carys Garland,»»»

Humans are not the only victims of the massive wildfires that have ravaged France over recent weeks. Heartrending images of deer and other wildlife fleeing flames, disoriented and distressed, have propagated across social media in recent days. Less visible species - smaller mammals and insects whos»»»

France has ordered Russian journalist Xenia Fedorova to leave the country, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, amid accusations that she spread Kremlin propaganda through French television and radio ahead of next year's presidential election. Fedorova's lawyer said the journalist would “immedi»»»

As France grapples with wildfires, President Emmanuel Macron has spoken about the steps ahead to rebuilding forests. What would this look like and what are the options available? The European Environment Agency calls for more fire-resistant vegetation and natural barriers to limit the spread. what »»»

In France, the Gironde prefecture reported a second calm night and said the massive fire in the southwest was stable - but conditions are set to worsen as the country is about to be hit by a fourth heatwave, with temperatures expected to go above 40 degree celsius in the afflicted area. FRANCE 24 w»»»

The number of tigers in Nepal has risen by roughly a fifth over the past four years, wildlife officials say, strengthening the Himalayan nation's reputation for conservation. But as the number of tigers in the wild has risen, the number of tiger attacks on humans has increased with it.  Nepal'»»»

Vazrazhdane MP Dimo Drenchev told a press briefing in Parliament on Wednesday that the implications of the constitutional complaint that GERB-UDF and Continue the Change have promised to lodge are interesting, considering that the Public Finance Act stipulates that the State Budget, which must be t»»»

Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov said at a briefing on Wednesday that investments in new sections of the Sofia Metro and new metro trains are a key element of the action plan to safeguard funding under the 2021-2027 Regions in Growth Operational Programme, with up to EUR 265 million allocated f»»»

Tunis, July 29, 2026 (TAP) - A framework cooperation agreement in the transport and logistics field was signed on Wednesday between Tunisia and Italy.The agreement aims to establish a comprehensive framework for defining a joint strategy to scale up...»»»

BusinessGermanyBMW to cut up to 8,000 jobs Isaac Holmberg with AFP, Reuters, dpaNearly half of BMW's German staff will receive a voluntary redundancy offer in the carmaker's bid to reduce staff by about 8,000 people. https://p.dw.com/p/5HxfLLast year, BMW's vehicle deliveries in China were already »»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, and no maritime movement is possible without the permission of the country's military, Iranian Army Chief of Staff Habibollah Sayyari said on Wednesday. "No movements in the Strait of Hormuz will be carried out without the permission of the Ira»»»

LONDON: Syrian Civil Defense teams extinguished a large forest fire on Tuesday in Latakia province after more than 10 hours of work in what firefighters described as extremely hazardous conditions. The blaze began in the village of Kabineh during a mine-clearing operation by Syrian Defense Ministry»»»

Telegram fouinder and CEO Pavel Durov was the target of a international warrant issued by Moscow which wants him on charges the app was used to organize terror attacks in Russia. File Photo by Nick Lubushko/Wikipedia Commons July 29 (UPI) -- Russia issued an international arrest warrant Wednesday f»»»

Dubai: Some of the UAE's most important stories live quietly in family homes, passed down through conversations, photographs, and memories, until someone decides to preserve them. For 20-year-old Emirati filmmaker Noor Al Qasimi, that someone was her. As a third-year film student in Sharjah, she ha»»»

The Government is seeking MiG-29 fighter jets solely for spare parts, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said ahead of a meeting of the parliamentary Defence Committee on Wednesday. "We do not want to build a squadron of MiG-29s or purchase MiG-29s again. We have enough aircraft, but we need spare p»»»

Doha: Qatar Toy Festival 2026, organised by Qatar Calendar in collaboration with Spacetoon Group, has been extended until 4 August, giving families more time to enjoy the festival. Taking place at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC), the festival continues to offer an immersive experie»»»

The Hungarian government led by Peter Magyar has alleged that the previous administration under Viktor Orban committed more than HUF70bn (€175mn) in state-funded infrastructure investment and an undisclosed direct subsidy worth billions of forints to Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD for its flags»»»

Amid the climate crisis and glacier melt, mountainous Kyrgyzstan recorded 348 mudflows in the first half of 2026, the highest total in 30-40 years. Eight people lost their lives in the local disasters. The number of mudslides is also nearly five times the roughly 70 recorded in the same period of 2»»»

Private bank Lombard Odier has been fined 3mn Swiss francs ($3.7mn) for failing to prevent money laundering in relation to criminal activities of Gulnara Karimova, the 54-year-old disgraced daughter of former Uzbek president Islam Karimov. In a July 27 ruling, the Swiss Federal Criminal Court said »»»

Ukraine's scam call-centre industry generates as much as $1bn a month, according to a new report by the Geneva-based Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), which estimates that around 60,000 Ukrainians — roughly two-thirds the headcount of the country's legal banking sect»»»

Ukraine has relied heavily on Starlink since the beginning of the conflict, prompting Russian forces to begin testing electronic warfare (EW) methods to disrupt the network almost immediately, military expert and editor of Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine Alexey Leonkov tells Sputnik. "Battlefiel»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will on Thursday observe World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, which aims to raise awareness of human exploitation and protect victims’ rights. This year’s theme, “Trapped Behind the Scam,” seeks to highlight the plight of those deceived into working, often under the threat»»»

1 of 2 | Anthony Fauci is facing the Senate Homeland Security Committee in a hearing discussing COVID-19 on Wednesday and he has invoked the Fifth Amendment for Chairman Sen. Rand Paul’s questions. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo July 29 (UPI) -- Anthony Fauci is facing the Senate Home»»»

Bratislava: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has arrived in the Slovak Republic on a working visit. Accompanying His Highness the President are Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Court for Special Affairs; Sheikh Mohammed »»»

Democratic Bulgaria (DB) gave a briefing in Parliament on Wednesday after President Iliana Iotova announced that she will promulgate the 2026 State Budget Act. MP Yordan Ivanov said that the parliamentary group's vision for resolving the issues surrounding the 2026 and 2027 state budgets and "putti»»»

The deadlines for processing applications in the Commercial Register and the Register of Non-Profit Legal Entities were on the agenda of a meeting between the new management of the Registry Agency (RA), represented by Executive Director Eliana Ilieva and her deputy Nikolay Minev, and the nationally»»»

Tunis, July 29(TAP) - Trading on the Tunis Stock Exchange resumed on Wednesday under normal conditions following a one-hour suspension, after the mechanism provided for in the Trading Floor Regulations had been applied, said Sonia Ben Frej,...»»»

Doha: Qatar's Family Consulting Center (Wifaq) has launched the First Year of Marriage awareness and counseling program in partnership with Qatar University (QU), targeting newly married students and promoting family well-being. The program aims to strengthen family values, enhance self-awareness a»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is expected to account for the largest share of fixed-income maturities in the Gulf Cooperation Council over the next five years, with $167.4 billion of bonds and sukuk due between 2026 and 2030, a new analysis showed. In its latest report, Kamco Invest said the Kingdom will le»»»

Share: Sources told Al-Hadath channel that Hezbollah communication lines had been discovered alongside electricity transmission infrastructure in Beirut, similar to the networks the group maintains in the South, the Bekaa Valley, and the Dahiyeh. The sources indicated that an international organiza»»»

JEDDAH: The third edition of the International Nuclear Science Olympiad, featuring 120 students and experts from 19 countries, gets underway in Jeddah on Sunday. Established by the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2024, the weeklong event promotes the peaceful use of nuclear science and techno»»»

Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov said on Wednesday that a priority should be to elect a new Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), which should assess the conduct of those responsible for what he described as serious abuses and failures within the judicial system, before any personnel decisions are made.»»»

President Sadyr Japarov signed amendments to the constitutional law «On the Elections of the President and Deputies of the Zhogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic.» According to the document, elections in Kyrgyzstan will be held on Wednesdays, rather than Sundays, as was previously the case. Specifi»»»

BELGRADE - The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade has appealed a ruling handed down by the Higher Court in Belgrade to the parents of a teenage boy who killed nine pupils and a security staff member and wounded six other people in a shooting spree in his primary school in central Belgrad»»»

SOLNECHNOGORSK, Russia (Sputnik) - The West uses Ukraine as a battering ram to try to destroy Russia and is not even hiding this fact, Russian Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday. "[Western countries are] using all means, and now they are using Ukraine as a battering »»»

ROME: Saudi Arabia and Italy on Wednesday called for the protection of commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Bab Al-Mandab and the Red Sea following a series of attacks and threats against vessels in waterways vital to global trade and energy supplies. In a joint declaration following t»»»

London: Just over half of England has been declared in drought after “record-low rain and exceptionally high temperatures”, the UK government said Wednesday. It follows what is set to be the driest July on record, with just seven percent of expected rainfall nationwide and some parts of southern En»»»

LONDON: Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian-owned artesian water well on Wednesday in the Tubas Governorate in the northeastern area of the West Bank, according to local officials. The well, in the Ras Al-Ahmar and Atouf area, belonged to Saleh Naji Bani Odeh, said Mutaz Bisharat, a Tubas offic»»»