Dozens of Hungarian tourists were left without the summer vacations they had already paid for after charter flights to Bulgaria were canceled at the last minute and hotel reservations were reportedly withdrawn, writes OFFNews. On August 1, just one day before his family was due to leave for a two-w»»»

LONDON: The leader of Britain’s opposition Conservative Party defended the selection of a former neo-Nazi who had been jailed for hate crimes as a local election candidate, saying on Wednesday that he was rehabilitated and could help fight antisemitism. Joshua Bonehill-Paine in 2015 was convicted o»»»

Medical innovations rarely begin with a fully formed treatment ready for hospitals and clinics. Behind every new medicine, diagnostic test or medical device is a long process involving research, testing, regulation and ongoing evaluation. While the journey can take years, each stage plays an import»»»

Airline passengers know to expect possible flight delays when weather forecasts call for thunderstorms, heavy snow or strong wind. The omens are less obvious on a hot summer day with clear skies. Yet extreme heat also disrupts flights and travel plans. On the hottest days, thinner air can make it h»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), through its Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP), has issued a circular urging all healthcare facilities and practitioners across Qatar to strictly comply with reporting requirements for foodborne diseases, commonly known as food poisoning, to stren»»»

Washington: The United States has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador, a State Department official said Tuesday, in a mounting diplomatic row just months before elections in Latin America’s largest nation. The move would be reversed, the official said on customary condition of anonymity, if Bra»»»

Police in Bishkek have detained Sukhrab Zharmukhamedov, CEO of the construction company Family Village, on suspicion of large-scale fraud and forgery of official documents, the Internal Affairs Department of Leninsky district reported. The police statement followed a social media post by a Bishkek »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has issued a circular reminding all healthcare facilities and practitioners to report suspected or confirmed cases of foodborne diseases (food poisoning) within 24 hours of identification. The ministry said timely reporting through its electronic re»»»

Paris, France: Scientists plan to use a total solar eclipse that will be visible in Spain next week as a rare chance to learn more about the stormy, unpredictable nature of our star. When the Moon blots out the Sun on August 12, teams will leap into action studying its magnetic field, atmosphere an»»»

For Cecile Roukoz, a lawyer whose brother died in the Beirut port explosion six years ago, accountability remains a priority. Families of victims of the port blast gathered Tuesday on the sixth anniversary of the catastrophe, demanding answers and accountability in a country long plagued by officia»»»

Cobalt hydroxide exported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to China between 2000 and 2024 may have contained an estimated 2,000–5,000 tonnes of uranium, according to a peer-reviewed study developed alongside an investigation by Lighthouse Reports and the Financial Times. The quantitative e»»»

Dubai: Veteran Malayalam actor Mohan Sharma, who has appeared in more than 170 films across Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada cinema over a career spanning more than five decades is living in an old age home in Kerala and struggling to meet his medical expenses, according to media reports. The 7»»»

Washington stripped Brazil's ambassador of her US visa in an escalating diplomatic standoff, saying the move would be reversed if Brasília approves President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador ahead of Brazil's closely watched presidential election. The United States has revoked the visa of Braz»»»

Dubai: When Joan David moved to the UAE in 2011, she wasn't looking to start a business. She was simply following the person she loves. Before moving to Dubai, David has built a career in corporate finance in the Philippines, while her husband, Russell, was working in fuel logistics in Afghanistan »»»

BEIRUT: Six years after the Beirut port blast devastated the Lebanese capital, survivors are still suffering, families are still mourning and those accused of responsibility have yet to face trial. The Aug. 4, 2020, explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear blasts ever recorded, killed at least 235»»»

A newly published U.S. government court filing has revived one of Bulgaria's longest-running political scandals by explicitly naming GERB leader Boyko Borissov in connection with allegations surrounding sanctioned businessman Vasil Bozhkov. The document, published by BIRD, is part of the U.S. Offic»»»

TORONTO: Former world number one Iga Swiatek survived some nervy moments to launch her US Open build-up with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Sara Bejlek in her second-round opener at the Toronto WTA 1000 on Tuesday. In her first match since her Wimbledon title defense ended with a third-round exit, Poland’»»»

BARCELONA: Barcelona have signed ‌Brazil forward Kerolin Nicoli from Manchester City on a four-year contract, with British media reports saying the deal made the 26-year-old the most expensive export from the Women’s Super League. Reports said the Liga F champions paid 1.5 million euros ($1.73 mill»»»

NEW YORK CITY: As Lebanon marked the sixth anniversary on Tuesday of the 2020 Beirut port explosion, the UN called on authorities in the country to accelerate the stalled investigation into the blast, and to pursue structural reforms that would strengthen judicial independence. Jean Arnault, the of»»»

Beirut: Families of victims of the Beirut port explosion gathered on Tuesday demanding answers and accountability on the sixth anniversary of the catastrophe, in a country long plagued by official impunity. “Until now, we haven’t gotten justice. There has been no accountability and nobody has been »»»

Dubai's correctional and penal institutions have received the Global Eagle Award, a prestigious distinction given by the American Correctional Association (ACA), after its facilities met the organisation's accreditation standards in full. Dubai Police said the emirate is the first in the region, an»»»

The global textile industry has helped transform economies from Bangladesh to Uzbekistan, creating millions of jobs and driving export growth, but the water-intensive foundations of the trade are exposing some of the world’s biggest manufacturing hubs to rising environmental and economic risks, acc»»»

Beirut, Lebanon: Families of victims of the Beirut port explosion gathered on Tuesday demanding answers and accountability on the sixth anniversary of the catastrophe, in a country long plagued by official impunity. "Until now, we haven't gotten justice. There has been no accountability and nobody »»»

It is hardly surprising that the Paks expansion required the purchase of a number of former fields, woodlands and pastures from their owners. What is less easy to explain is why the state company responsible for the project reportedly paid a price that was 100 times higher than expected. Once again»»»

BEIRUT: Families of victims of the Beirut port explosion gathered on Tuesday demanding answers and accountability on the sixth anniversary of the catastrophe, in a country long plagued by official impunity. “Until now, we haven’t gotten justice. There has been no accountability and nobody has been »»»

A convoy with its eyes on the sky. The midday heat over Manama is heavy enough to shimmer off the tarmac. But along one stretch of road, cars are pulling in one after another, and nobody is looking at the mountains for the view. They are watching the cloud bases. These are the UAE’s rain chasers, a»»»

Families of victims of the Beirut port explosion gathered on Tuesday demanding answers and accountability on the sixth anniversary of the catastrophe, in a country long plagued by official impunity. "Until now, we haven't gotten justice. There has been no accountability and nobody has been arrested»»»

Jean Arnault, Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL), noted Tuesday that "time has not erased the pain of those whose lives were irrevocably changed in a matter of seconds" due to the 2020 Beirut port blast, nor has it diminished "the urgency »»»

Dubai: Walk into House of Wisdom in Sharjah on any weekday this summer and you won't find the hushed, half-empty reading room you might expect. Instead, there are final-year high-school students hunched over coursework, remote workers tapping away on laptops, packs of twenty-something Gen Zers scan»»»

US regulators approved Boeing's smallest 737 MAX jet more than eight years after its maiden flight, clearing the way for deliveries. The process was prolonged by new requirements imposed by federal legislation after two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. More than eight years after Boeing organised th»»»

On Aug. 4, 2020, two explosions rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut, shattering windows for miles across the city. The blasts killed more than 200 people and injured thousands. 1 of 3 | Workers inspect the damage one day after two explosions in Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 5, 2020. File Pho»»»

LONDON: France on Monday condemned a proposal by hard-right Reform UK party to launch, if it wins power, “the largest military operation” in the Channel “since World War II” to stop migrants crossing on small boats. The party’s leader, Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, at a press conference unveiled »»»

Improvements along the Nagykörút will not be put on hold until the boulevard's full renovation: more space will be allocated to pedestrians, cycling will become safer, and new parking and loading spaces will be created along a section of József körút — the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) announced »»»

Several people ended up in the river after an important bridge collapsed on June 3 in the village of Hombo in the eastern part of the DRC. The bridge is one of the failing critical infrastructures in a territory that is home to one of the most lucrative mines in the region.   The footage shows»»»

NEW YORK: Proceedings opened Monday in the latest trial over the fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, with relatives of an Irish-born United Nations employee looking to hold the US plane manufacturer accountable. Michael “Mick” Ryan, an engineer with the UN World Food Programme who had worked during the E»»»

NEW YORK: Proceedings opened Monday in the latest trial over the fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, with relatives of an Irish-born United Nations employee looking to hold the US plane manufacturer accountable. Michael “Mick” Ryan, an engineer with the UN World Food Programme who had worked during the E»»»

Justice Department officials said from 2020 to 2023, Complete Health routinely added bogus diagnosis coding to its billing -- saying its patients had drug and alcohol dependencies as well as bipolar disorder -- that "were not clinically valid." File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 3 (»»»

Share: FILE – A monument that represents justice stands in front of towering grain silos that were gutted in the massive August 4, 2020 explosion at the port that killed at least 220 people , wounded over 7,000, destroyed a large section of the capital and left 300, 000 homeless in Beirut, Lebanon.»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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: 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»»»

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»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan has appointed Mohammed Hasan Alwan as acting president of Riyadh University of Arts. Alwan has served as CEO of the Theater and Performing Arts Commission since November 2024. He previously led the Literature, Publishing and Tran»»»

Share: The Beirut port silos , before and after the blast.The silos were destroyed by a massive explosion Aug 4, 2020 in which 220 people were killed , 7000 Injured , after 2,750 Tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate that were illegally stored there for nearly 7 years exploded . President Michel Aoun was warn»»»

RIYADH: The discussion around Saudi Arabia’s digital economy is no longer centered on plans and initiatives, but on the economic impact now reflected in the numbers. Saudi Arabia’s digital economy expanded to SR522 billion ($139.2 billion) last year, up from SR297 billion in 2017, according to Al-E»»»

President Joseph Aoun on Monday urged the judiciary to issue a long-awaited indictment over the 2020 Beirut port blast, on the eve of the catastrophe's sixth anniversary. "The issuing of the indictment by the investigating judge has become a necessity that can no longer be delayed," Aoun said in a »»»

Protesters blocked an industrial road supplying fuel to the Bobov Dol thermal power plant on Monday. "The protest was sparked by the thermal power plant management's attitude toward residents. They treat us like we are second-class people," Golemo Selo Mayor Vasil Vasev told reporters. Vasev explai»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday urged the judiciary to issue a long-awaited indictment over the 2020 Beirut port blast, on the eve of the catastrophe’s sixth anniversary. “The issuing of the indictment by the investigating judge has become a necessity that can no longer be delayed,»»»