DUBAI: For Gaza’s displaced families, the dangers of war no longer end with bombs and bullets. As mountains of garbage rise, sewage spills into streets and camps, temperatures soar, and clean water becomes increasingly scarce, aid agencies warn that a new threat of disease is spreading across the t»»»

Lawyers filed a suit against Ghana at west Africa’s top human rights court on behalf of deportees sent there under the United States’ third-country deportation policies, the legal team said Tuesday. As part of a sweeping crackdown on immigration, US President Donald Trump has expanded the categorie»»»

RAMALLAH: Israeli forces fatally shot a 15-year-old Palestinian teenager during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as violence surges in the Israeli-occupied territory. “The child Amir Ahmad Jawad Jaber, 15 years old, was martyred after being shot in t»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The West Bank is experiencing its largest displacement crisis since 1967, the UN Security Council heard on Monday. It came as officials and humanitarian agencies warned of an entrenched and unlawful Israeli occupation, while the US accused the world body of ignoring atrocities commit»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The UN on Monday described a newly announced “Trilateral Framework” established by the US, Israel and Lebanon as a “milestone” development. Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told reporters the arrangement “constitutes a milestone in efforts to»»»

LONDON: Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed sharply over the weekend as ships avoided a transit corridor off Oman after a fresh exchange of strikes between the United States and Iran.Only four tankers and one container ship used the Omani southern corridor to enter the Gulf on Sunday, escor»»»

DUBAI: The UAE has said its nationals can travel to Lebanon, effective on Monday, lifting a weeks-long ban in place because of the Middle East war. The foreign ministry announced “it will allow UAE citizens to travel to the sisterly Lebanese Republic, starting from Monday, June 29, 2026,” the offic»»»

TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry said it had held on Monday the first meeting with Oman on managing the Strait of Hormuz since Tehran and Washington signed their preliminary deal to end the Middle East war. Both Iran and Oman say they hold sovereignty over the waterway, a vital route for Gulf energy»»»

BAGHDAD: Journalists live for the unexpected especially in Iraq, where events can overtake a carefully planned interview before it even begins. I had requested a meeting with Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, who emerged after a prolonged political contest involving two of his predecessors, »»»

TEHRAN: US President Donald Trump said Iran has requested a meeting that will be held in Qatar on Tuesday, despite Tehran earlier denying that any technical talks on the deal aimed at ending the Middle East war were planned. The announcement came after Iran held its first talks with Oman on managin»»»

CHICAGO: King Abdullah will no doubt have been disappointed by the outcome of the Jordanian national team’s game against Argentina at the Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on June 27, in which a 3-1 defeat marked the end of his nation’s World Cup 2026 adventure. But his mood was lifted the follow»»»

ISTANBUL: Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have blasted Israeli incursions and ammunition fire in southern Syria targeting the provinces of Quneitra and Daraa. Turkiye’s foreign ministry on Monday denounced the Israeli incursions after tensions near the Golan Heights forced some l»»»

ABDIN: As Israeli troops and vehicles entered the town of Abdin in southern Syria, residents blocked the roads with rocks, and some young men and boys threw stones to push back the military patrol. Tensions in this part of the country created by a buffer zone occupied by Israeli forces have flared »»»

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip: Israeli strikes in southern and central Gaza on Monday killed at least eight people, including two children, and wounded at least 20 others, according to health officials and emergency services. In Khan Younis, a strike hit a tent in the Al-Mawasi neighborhood after a war»»»

DUBAI: Two members ​of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were killed and two ‌others wounded ‌in ​what the ‌Guards ⁠described ​as a “terrorist” ⁠shooting in the western province of ⁠Kermanshah on ‌Monday ‌evening, ​state ‌media ‌reported on Tuesday. The attackers opened fire outside ‌the Guards members’ »»»

Decades later, Samar Kabouli still fondly recalls gathering with women in her family and sipping cardamom-spiced coffee as they embroidered fabric with colorful threads in traditional Palestinian patterns. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian refugees, Kabouli had never seen her parents’ homeland. But mo»»»

BELGRADE, Serbia: Feliks’ journey resembles a Hollywood movie script, with kidnappers, smugglers and clandestine border crossings. The year-old eastern imperial eagle from Serbia, started flying in August and later set off on his first migratory flight toward the Middle East, only to be captured by»»»

BANGKOK: Thailand’s main opposition leader and nine other MPs were among dozens on trial Tuesday, accused of ethics breaches over attempts to reform the kingdom’s strict royal insult law. The 44 defendants, whose trial opened at the Supreme Court, include Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, whose progressiv»»»

BERLIN: Germany should end a boycott of Russian oil and gas to bolster its flagging economy, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany, Alice Weidel, told Reuters as she outlined the ​party’s ambitions to lead a national government. Weidel said the AfD can win two key federal state electi»»»

Warsaw: Along Ukraine’s front line, demand for drones and anti-drone camouflage netting is only going up. But in Warsaw, a group of Ukrainian volunteers putting them together say growing fatigue with the war is making it harder to convince people to help. More than four years after Russia invaded, »»»

WASHINGTON: The powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last week damaged or destroyed more than 58,000 buildings, according to a preliminary assessment of satellite data published by US space agency NASA. Some 1,700 people were killed and thousands remain missing following the quakes of ma»»»

DUBAI: Arabian Falcons FC manager Jonjo Shelvey has announced the club’s first major signing of the season, with Premier League winner Danny Simpson coming out of retirement to join as player-coach. The 39-year-old right back, who won the Premier League title with Leicester City in 2016, has signed»»»

MOSCOW: A six-month-old baby died after debris from a drone fell on a private building in ‌the ‌Moscow region on ‌Tuesday, ⁠governor Andrei Vorobyov said ⁠on his Telegram channel.The baby was taken out of ⁠the building ‌with ‌another child and ‌two other ‌survivors, but died on the way to ‌hospital»»»

QUITO: Two explosions outside Ecuador’s agriculture ministry and mining regulatory agency left one person injured and damaged nearby property, authorities said Monday. The suspected bombings in the capital Quito came just days after an explosive device was defused near a courthouse, as the South Am»»»

BEIJING: China’s ​Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit ‌Denmark, ‌Sweden, ​Finland ‌and ⁠Norway ​over July ⁠2-8, and hold talks ⁠with ‌his ‌respective ​counterparts, ‌said a ‌Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson ‌at a regular ⁠news conference ⁠on Tuesday.»»»

Kazakhstan has decided to sharply tighten access to early pension withdrawals amid worries over the country’s housing market, inflation outlook and long-term retirement security. Revised rules, in effect since June 5, mean contributors to the Unified Accumulative Pension Fund (UAPF) can only withdr»»»

MP Ibrahim Mousawi, a member of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, affirmed that when the enemy’s Prime Minister Netanyahu describes the Framework Agreement as an achievement, it means there is historic capitulation, surrender, and submission to the enemy’s dictates. In a post on “X”, he stressed »»»

In a decisive defensive operation against advancing occupation forces, a Hezbollah resistance fighter engaged and fatally struck an Israeli army captain during an overnight incursion into the southern Lebanese town of Deir Siryan, according to military sources on both sides of the border. The Israe»»»

The Speaker of the Iranian Shura Council affirmed, in a phone call with the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, that ending the war in Lebanon, and this country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, constitutes an important part of the first clause of the “Islamabad Understanding” between Iran a»»»

The Israeli occupation forces continued on Sunday its attacks on the various towns and villages of South Lebanon in light of the shameful “Framework Agreement” concluded by the Lebanese Authorities and the Zionist enemy in Washington. In this regard, the Zionist warplanes, drones, and artillery tar»»»

A phone call took place between the Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Nabih Berri, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Dr. Badr Abdelatty, during which they discussed developments in Lebanon and the region. Minister Abdelatty reiterated Egypt’s keenness on stability in Leban»»»

In a sweeping rejection of ongoing normalization overtures, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has declared that the framework agreement recently signed with ‘Israel’ is “impossible to ratify or implement,” characterizing the deal as a logical absurdity that stands in direct opposition to esta»»»

Former Hezbollah Minister Mustafa Bayram lashed out at the Lebanese Government over signing the so-called framework agreement with the Israeli enemy, describing it as an “agreement of humiliation and disgrace written by (Israeli PM) Benjamin Netanyahu.” Speaking at a memorial ceremony for martyrs i»»»

Hezbollah issued a new warning early on Monday over continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire in southern Lebanon, stressing that the resistance group is tracking developments closely and reserves right to defend the homeland and people. In a statement, Hezbollah Military Media detailed multipl»»»

Lebanon military chief General Rodolphe Haykal received US Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper on Monday, the Lebanese Army announced. “Army Commander Gen. Rudolph Haykal received US Central Command Commander Admiral Brad Cooper and his accompanying delegation at his office in Yarzeh,” a stateme»»»

In May 2026, nearly 1.8 million guests spent about 3.9 million tourism nights at tourist (commercial, private and other) accommodation establishments. Tourist arrivals were up by 2.6% and tourism nights down by 0.5% in number compared to a year earlier. In January-May 2026, domestic arrivals at tou»»»

Effective January 1, 2026, a complete ban on the operation of private and other types of accommodation went into effect in Terézváros (District VI), resulting in a significant shift in the district’s tourist traffic. In its latest release on tourist arrivals, the statistical office took a closer lo»»»

RIYADH: Members of Saudi Arabia’s Masam project removed 2,164 explosive devices from various regions of Yemen last week. These include 2,072 unexploded ordnances, 81 anti-tank mines, six anti-personnel mines, and five improvised explosive devices, according to a recent report. The explosives were p»»»

MAKKAH: The burqa of coins, a woman’s face veil, is a prominent symbol of traditional attire in Makkah. It is one of the city’s most distinctive historic artifacts and reflects its cultural identity. The burqa was made from luxurious black or red fabric, with eye openings. Its front was adorned wit»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi national artificial intelligence team won six awards at the inaugural Asia-Pacific Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence, held virtually by China. The competition brought together 129 students from 18 countries. The Kingdom won one gold medal, three silver medals, and two certificat»»»

RIYADH: The King Abdullah Humanitarian Foundation and the University of New Haven signed a memorandum of understanding in Riyadh to develop one of the Kingdom’s first specialized academic tracks in nonprofit leadership. The partnership also includes scholarships for outstanding Saudi students, help»»»

RIYADH: Arab and regional leaders, governments and organizations have expressed condolences and solidarity with Saudi Arabia following the crash of a Saudi Aramco helicopter in Ras Tanura that killed all 14 people on board, according to reports carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). A statement i»»»

MAKKAH: The Holy Qur’an Museum in the Hira Cultural District in Makkah showcases rare Qur’anic artifacts, attracting visitors from across the Kingdom and around the world. Among its highlights is one of the oldest printed copies of the Holy Qur’an, produced in Kazan in 1906. The Qur’an on display f»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi Sports for All Federation has signed a memorandum of understanding with King Abdulaziz University to promote physical activity among students and the local community. The MoU was signed by the federation's president, Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal, and the university's presi»»»

Saudi aid agency KSrelief inaugurated Al-Huda Medical Complex and its annexes in the Qudsaya suburb of Damascus, Syria, benefiting around 50,000 people. The inauguration was attended by Syrian Health Minister Musab Al-Ali, Awqaf Minister Mohammad Abu al-Khair Shukri, and other senior officials. The»»»

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia ranked first among G20 countries in the 2025 Safety Index, according to data from the UN Sustainable Development Goals indicators database released by the Kingdom’s General Authority for Statistics on Monday. The findings showed that 97.7 percent of the population feels safe wa»»»

RIYADH: More than 4,000 people attended an organized Hajwala, or drifting, event in Riyadh over the weekend, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. Six professional drivers demonstrated their daring high-speed drifting skills, with 15 marshals overseeing the display. Ambulance teams were on sta»»»

ALKHOBAR: Whether designing a restaurant brand, building a workout plan or learning a new language, more Saudis are turning to artificial intelligence for answers before consulting with experts. Tasks that once would require advice from a professional coach, tutor or designer are increasingly becom»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Climate Envoy Adel Al-Jubeir met with British Ambassador to the Kingdom Stephen Charles Hitchen in Riyadh. During the meeting at the ministry’s headquarters, the two officials discussed topics of mutual interest. In another meeting, Saudi Vice»»»

RIYADH: A total of 215 male and female students from 28 universities have begun training at the headquarters of the Saudi Data and AI Authority in Riyadh. The program aims to equip them with knowledge and skills in data, artificial intelligence, and advanced technologies while providing practical e»»»