Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) is one of the most beloved painters in the world. But when an enterprising French journalist and art critic set out to recover his work in the mid-19th century, both his name and achievement were virtually forgotten. “Vermeer’s Afterlives” tells the remarkable story of »»»

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman congratulated Andy Burnham on becoming prime minister of the UK. Burnham, the former mayor of Manchester, moved into 10 Downing Street on Monday after Keir Starmer resigned from the position last month. In a message sent on Tuesday, the crown prince wi»»»

1 of 2 | Several Red Cross members attend to a migrant upon his arrival at the port of Arrecife on Lanzarote island in the Canary Islands, southwestern Spain, on July 14. Photo by Adriel Perdomo/EPA July 21 (UPI) -- The U.N. refugee agency announced Tuesday that 144 refugees and migrants have died »»»

HELSINKI: Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and his government on Tuesday survived a confidence vote called over handling of a plan to develop a massive Helskinki complex anchored by a 19,000-seat stadium. Weeks of controversy have dogged government’s approach to the project, called Garden Hels»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji received Ambassador of India to the Kingdom Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan on the occasion of the end of his term as his country’d ambassador in Riyadh on Tuesday. Elkhereiji appreciated the good efforts made by Khan in strengthening bilateral»»»

Paris: French lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a bill banning children under 15 from using social media, making France the first country in the European Union to approve a blanket ban on the platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids. Both chambers of the P»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji received Ambassador of India to the Kingdom Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan on the occasion of the end of his term as his country’d ambassador in Riyadh on Tuesday. Elkhereiji appreciated the good efforts made by Khan in strengthening bilateral»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi mathematics team won six awards — three silver medals and three bronze — at the 67th International Mathematical Olympiad, in Shanghai, China, which boasted the participation of 666 students representing 117 countries. Yousef Ayman Bakhit, from the Royal Commission Yanbu; Abdulsala»»»

RIYADH: A delegation from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center met on Tuesday in Manila with representatives of the Department of Social Welfare and Development of the Philippines. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways to provide humanitarian and relief assistance, as well »»»

AL-KHOBAR: Saudi Arabia will host the 16th World Firefighters Games from Nov. 5 to 13 in Alkhobar with organizers forecasting the largest staging in the event’s history. More than 7,000 industry professionals, athletes and delegates are expected to take part. It is projected that 200,000 spectators»»»

RIYADH: The Imam Turki Bin Abdullah Royal Nature Reserve Development Authority recorded the participation of 11,439 beehives in the Talh and Sidr seasons as of early July, as part of its efforts to regulate beekeeping activities, preserve vegetation cover, and promote the sustainable use of natural»»»

RIYADH: The library of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Global Center for Arabic Calligraphy library houses almost 2,000 specialized titles in 11 international languages, as well as about 450 rare editions of books in the field. The library is the world’s largest and first specialized library dedicat»»»

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stands during a press conference about withholding Medicaid funds from Minnesota and California Tuesday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday it is withhol»»»

KUWAIT CITY: Residents of Kuwait, one of the world’s hottest countries, are cutting their use of air conditioning at the height of summer, as Iranian strikes on power plants turn rationing into a national priority. Kuwaiti authorities have called on the public to consume less energy so that they ca»»»

The Black Sea Mine Countermeasures Naval Group (MCM Black Sea) destroyed a drifting drone in the Black Sea after it was spotted 21 nautical miles off the Bulgarian coastal town of Ahtopol, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday. The unmanned aerial vehicle was detected after the ships o»»»

Nicaragua President President Daniel Ortega announced Sunday that his country would no longer hold democratic elections. File Photo by Jader Flores/EPA July 21 (UPI) -- The United States accused Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife and co-president, Rosario Murillo, of leading a "dictato»»»

FARNBOROUGH: The Middle East’s aviation sector is open ‌for business, aviation executives representing regional businesses, including Emirates’ President Tim Clark, said on Tuesday, seeking to ease worries about spiraling conflict. Middle Eastern carriers have seen their traffic drop since the Isra»»»

Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, received Dr. Badr Abdelatty, Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Egyptian Expatriates. During the meeting, held in Abu Dhabi, the two sides discussed developments i»»»

FARNBOROUGH: The Middle East’s aviation sector is open ‌for business, aviation executives representing regional businesses, including Emirates’ President Tim Clark, said on Tuesday, seeking to ease worries about spiraling conflict. Middle Eastern carriers have seen their traffic drop since the Isra»»»

LONDON: Enzo Fernandez insists Argentina represented themselves in the “best possible way” at the World Cup despite the Chelsea midfielder’s red card in the final and a host of ugly incidents in their controversial campaign. Fernandez was sent off for a second booking after clattering into Spain’s »»»

DALLAS: The first 48-team World Cup has barely finished, but Gianni Infantino has already acknowledged the possibility that soccer’s biggest tournament could one day grow larger still, a move that could fundamentally alter the economics of the sport. Speaking to Swiss television during the tourname»»»

PARIS: The French foreign ministry summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires on Tuesday, two days after it said French embassy staff had been detained and physically intimidated by Iranian security services in Tehran. “France expects the Iranian authorities to shed light on this ‌incident, punish ‌the»»»

US President Donald Trump is allegedly pressing the new British prime minister, Andy Burnham, to continue allowing American forces to use UK military bases for strikes on Iran, The Telegraph claimed on Tuesday. The report came after the two leaders held their first phone call on Monday, shortly aft»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned renewed Iranian attacks against Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait, including the targeting of the Kuwaiti tanker Kaifan while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement on Tuesday, Qatar's Foreign Ministry said the attacks constituted a "flagrant violat»»»

President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday presented U.S. President Donald Trump in their Washington meeting with a formal plan to disarm Hezbollah and strengthen the Lebanese Army's authority, a U.S. source said. "Aoun's plan to Trump constitutes an implementation roadmap for the framework agreement between»»»

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved another tranche of its loan to Ukraine despite acknowledging that Kiev isn’t on schedule implementing reforms aimed at tackling corruption. In a statement issued on Monday, the IMF said its Executive Board had completed the first review of Ukraine’»»»

Kigali: The inaugural flight of SalamAir, Oman's low-cost carrier, arrived at Kigali International Airport from Muscat on Tuesday, marking the start of direct flights between Oman and Rwanda. On Monday in Muscat, Rwanda's ambassador to Oman Dan Munyuza and SalamAir chief executive officer Adrian Ha»»»

Ukrainian Serhii Kuznetsov, who has been charged in Germany over the Nord Stream pipeline explosions, allegedly said that he had served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces and worked for the country's Security Service, Stern reports, citing an indictment by Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office. “Kuznets»»»

Only slightly more than 80 Polish municipalities have adopted landscape resolutions regulating outdoor advertising, small architectural structures, and fences. The Ministry of Development and Technology is reviewing whether the current voluntary system effectively addresses visual advertising clutt»»»

Growing trust in mobile banking means 57% of Poles sometimes leave their traditional wallets at home and rely entirely on their smartphones for payments, according to Santander Consumer Bank. Eighty-one percent say banking apps make everyday money management easier and save time. The trend is stron»»»

Poland’s public debt, calculated according to the ESA 2010 methodology, stood at 61.6% of GDP at the end of the first quarter, compared with 57.0% of GDP in Q1 2025 and 59.7% of GDP in Q4 2025, Eurostat reported. According to Eurostat, Poland recorded the third-fastest increase in debt among EU cou»»»

The European Union has sharply reduced its dependence on Russian gas since the invasion of Ukraine, but it now relies increasingly on liquefied natural gas, especially from the United States. LNG accounts for about half of EU gas imports from non-EU countries, while U.S. deliveries rose from 14 bil»»»

President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday expressed gratitude for the United States' support of Lebanon following his meeting in Washington with counterpart Donald Trump at the White House. In a statement, the Presidency said Aoun wrote in the White House guest book that he felt "deep appreciation for Presi»»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump has affirmed that Iran wants to hold talks with the United States but stressed that starting talks depends on Tehran's readiness to hold what he described as "meaningful talks." Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Trump said the Iranians "want to meet desperately", »»»

Egypt is currently drafting its second five-year National Human Rights Strategy for the 2026-2031 period to consolidate the values of democracy, citizenship, and the rule of law, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty told a European Parliamen»»»

BAGHDAD: A US soldier killed in Iraq during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone was a 30-year-old father from North Carolina who had served for nearly a decade, according to a military statement Tuesday and his family. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, of Fayetteville, will receive a Bronze St»»»

By Wade SheridanFrance celebrates Bastille Day with an air show and fireworks on Tuesday. Bastille Day is France's national holiday, which marks the anniversary of the 1789 revolution, when French nationals fought for their liberty and civic emancipation. Jets from the French Air and Space Force's »»»

Lebanese Education Minister Rima Karami describes what it will take to put the country's educational system back together. Photo courtesy of Lebanese Education Ministry. BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 21 (UPI) -- Lebanon's education sector, which has been in a protracted crisis since the country's 2019 fina»»»

July 21 (UPI) -- A famous bald eagle who went missing from her California nest was found unable to fly after an attack, but veterinarians said she seems to have evaded major injuries. Jackie, a bald eagle who, along with partner Shadow, became famous as the subjects of a livestream camera set up by»»»

An environmental association called For the Earth insists on a comprehensive policy combining stricter emissions controls, renewal of Bulgaria's vehicle fleet, expansion of public transport and measures to reduce excessive reliance on private cars. The organization made the call following an analys»»»

US and Lebanese Presidents Donald Trump and Joseph Aoun met for the first time ever on July 20, as Trump hosted his Lebanese counterpart in the White House. This comes as the Lebanese army is taking over pilot safe zones in South Lebanon as pressure builds on the government to disarm Hezbollah and »»»

People look at the Gunboat Philadelphia as it's being preserved while they visit the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in November 2025 in Washington, D.C. The museum's director, Anthea Hartig, spoke at a House committee hearing Tuesday amid claims against the museum by the Trump admi»»»

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Tunis, July 21, 2026 (TAP) - The Democratic Current party called on Tuesday for devising a "comprehensive national strategy for energy security", based on the diversification of electricity production sources and increased investment in renewable...»»»

By Wade SheridanNew British Prime Minister Andy Burnham gives his first speech outside No. 10 Downing Street in London on Monday. Burnham will be the country's seventh prime minister in 10 years. New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham gives his first speech to the country outside No. 10 Downing St»»»

A new report documents at least 97 deaths or disappearances of recruits in the Cuban military between 2001 and 2026 File Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA July 21 (UPI) -- Suicide is the leading documented cause of death among young people serving in Cuba's mandatory military service, according to a»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s highest court has ruled that settlements reached between Muslim spouses before a court cannot later be challenged before higher courts once they have been recorded and granted the force of an executive instrument. The Dubai Court of Cassation clarified that when parties in a Muslim p»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has pledged substantial American support for Lebanon during a special meeting with his Lebanese counterpart, Joseph Aoun. Trump said the embattled country deserved to be treated with respect after suffering decades of instability and conflict. “We’re going to h»»»

Polish companies are expanding into dual-use infrastructure that supports both economic activity and national security. General contractor Atlas Ward, which has completed more than 900 industrial, logistics, and technology facilities, has joined the Polish Chamber of Dual Use. Through Atlas Ward Po»»»

Poland has joined the European Union’s IRIS² secure satellite communications program, committing nearly EUR 600 million from its National Recovery Plan. Poland’s contribution is expected to represent about 10% of the constellation’s total value, making it one of the project’s leading participants. »»»