Marine Le Pen arrives at the Paris courthouse on the opening day of the appeal trial in her embezzlement case in Paris in January. Her appeal was denied Tuesday, but her ban on running for office was shortened, paving the way for her to run again. File Photo by Yoan Valat/EPA July 7 (UPI) -- Marine»»»

Dubai: AI is no longer a niche skill in the UAE job market. It is increasingly becoming a career advantage. The UAE has climbed sharply up the global rankings for AI-related hiring over the past four years, while professionals with AI skills are commanding significantly higher salaries in some of t»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Transport announced that it oversaw the successful pilot operation of self-driving electric taxis by Mowasalat (Karwa). The taxis departed from the ministry building to the old Doha port and returned to the starting point. This pilot is a culmination and extension of the succe»»»

A group of more than 1,200 former Justice Department employees have signed a letter asking senators to reject the nomination of Todd Blanche as attorney general. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo July 7 (UPI) -- A group of more than 1,200 former Justice Department employees signed a lette»»»

Doha The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has successfully completed a key operational trial of self-driving electric taxis, marking another milestone in Qatar's drive to introduce smart, sustainable public transport solutions. Under the ministry's supervision, Mowasalat (Karwa) conducted a standard ope»»»

Member of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance at Lebanese Parliament MP Hussein Jishi said recent developments proved that the US-Israeli project in the region have been thwarted, arguing that ‘Israel’ had failed to achieve its stated war objectives. Speaking at a memorial service on Tuesday, Jishi s»»»

KANSAS CITY, USA: Lionel Messi’s Argentina face Egypt for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday as the maestro looks to reclaim the lead in a fiercely contested Golden Boot race. The defending champions meet the African nation, spearheaded by Mohamed Salah, in Atlanta for the right to »»»

Progressive Bulgaria (PB) Floor Leader Petar Vitanov told a press conference in Parliament on Tuesday that his party will table proposals for amendments to the Electoral Code, which include reinstating machine voting as it was in 2021, eliminating the Multimember Constituency Abroad, and removing t»»»

Paris, France: The current El Nino weather phenomenon is expected to break records for its overall strength, a top expert said Tuesday, as regions face the risk of droughts, floods and other extremes linked to the event. El Nino warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacif»»»

Will Marine Le Pen leader be running in the 2027 presidential election? Or will she step back and let her popular 30-year-old protégé Jordan Bardella run instead? That is the question the party will have to answer following the appeal court's decision to bar Le Pen for office for 15 months, which c»»»

Having just completed his 29th summer harvest season, 50-year-old Song Zhijie has spent nearly three decades working in agricultural machinery operations. Looking back on a dust-covered and sweat-soaked summer harvest in 1997, he paused for a moment, reflecting on how far things have come. "Back th»»»

Dubai: When seasoned South Indian actors Revathy and Padmapriya Janakiraman announced that they were resigning from the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA), it would have been easy to dismiss it as yet another chapter in the organisation's long history of controversy. The two actors also »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday that, for Serbia, there is still no path that could be better and more successful than the European path, and expressed the belief that, by working together, candidate countries were able to achieve much and make progress in the EU acces»»»

Dubai: The public will soon be able to follow the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte through official court records after the Philippine Senate ordered that key case documents be published online. The move, announced by presiding officer Francis "Chiz" Escudero, has been intended to m»»»

1 of 2 | Graham Barratt earned the Guinness World Record for the heaviest elephant garlic when he harvested a bulb weighing 3 pounds and 13.7 ounces. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records July 6 (UPI) -- A British competitive gardener's summer crop earned him two world records, including one for»»»

Dubai: For a brief moment, Sunil Kumar Sadasivan thought he had read the numbers wrong. The 52-year-old Indian expatriate, who lives in Abu Dhabi, checked his UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw ticket once. Then he checked it again. Only then did it sink in, he had just won Dh30 million. "When I first look»»»

The body of the Ukrainian woman suspected of planting a parcel bomb in Monaco last week was found near Kyiv, the local newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported Tuesday. Ukraine's prosecutor general's ‌office later confirmed the body was found and said they also detained an employee of ​Ukraine»»»

The temporary suspension of Bulgaria's controversial natural gas agreement with Turkey's state-owned energy company Botas has triggered sharp political disputes, with Prime Minister Rumen Radev defending the move as a major economic breakthrough while opposition parties question what concessions ma»»»

Beijing: The death toll from devastating storms in parts of China rose to 15 on Tuesday, with hundreds more injured and tens of thousands evacuated, state media reported, as President Xi Jinping urged “all out” rescue efforts. Dramatic video shared by state broadcaster CCTV showed a torrent of mudd»»»

Manila: A two-minute video in which Vice President Sara Duterte says she had instructed someone to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez if she herself were killed has emerged as one of the most fiercely contested pieces of evi»»»

DUBAI: The Saudi Foreign Ministry has led the condemnation of the bomb attacks that took place in Damascus on Tuesday, injuring a number of civilians and security. The explosions rocked Damascus on Tuesday as France’s president Emmanuel Macron met with his Syrian counterpart, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, in a »»»

The Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC) is investigating a cartel between two companies that have participated in many public procurement procedures for supplying food to kindergartens, schools, universities, social assistance, nursing homes for older people and people with disabilities, »»»

Dubai: International Baccalaureate (IB) schools across the UAE have reported some of their strongest results on record this year, despite final examinations being cancelled following recent conflict in the Middle East. In place of the traditional exam sittings, the IB introduced a Non-Exam Continge»»»

Dubai: For a brief moment, Sunil Kumar Sadasivan thought he had read the numbers wrong. The 52-year-old Indian expatriate, who lives in Abu Dhabi, checked his UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw ticket once. Then he checked it again. Only then did it sink in, he had just won Dh30 million. "When I first look»»»

DUBAI/LONDON: Saudi Arabia is considering expanding the capacity of its crude oil pipeline to the western Red Sea coast, five sources close to the matter said, enabling the kingdom and possibly neighbors to transport more oil without crossing the Strait of Hormuz. The East-West pipeline was built i»»»

The 15-month suspension of the gas supply agreement between Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz and Turkiye's state-owned energy company BOTAS may provide "a breathing space" for Bulgargaz, but the key question is what will happen after the suspension expires and what conditions Turkiye h»»»

Hungary’s Parliament on Tuesday began debating the government’s proposed 17th amendment to the Fundamental Law, with Justice Minister Márta Görög describing the package as a key milestone in restoring constitutional democracy and the rule of law after what she called 16 years of institutional decli»»»

Abu Dhabi/ Dubai: Behind every passport renewal, attestation or visa application lies a business worth chasing. The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Indian Consulate in Dubai together process around 600,000 transactions in the UAE in a single year. That scale explains why the contract to run the»»»

A tanker was struck Monday by an "unknown projectile" off the coast of Oman, in the Strait of Hormuz region, according to the British maritime agency UKMTO. An "unknown projectile" struck and caused a fire on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, British maritime »»»

Explosions ⁠were heard ​in ​Damascus on ​Tuesday as French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Syrian capital, with witnesses reporting smoke rising near a high-end hotel where the leader spent the night. Macron is the first major EU leader to visit Damascus since the fall of Syrian Pre»»»

Explosions rocked Damascus on July 7 as France’s president is meeting with his Syrian counterpart in a surprise, landmark visit. Emmanuel Macorn was not at the hotel at the time of the explosions and had already arrived in the pr»»»

ROKA Development announces the launch of the residential projects Platinum by ROKA Development and Parkview by ROKA Development, two developments that mark the company’s repositioning toward the upper-mid-market, premium and high-end segment. The two projects total 144 apartments, over 175 parking »»»

Ankara: US President Donald Trump and his Nato counterparts are gathering in Turkey on Tuesday for a two-day summit that comes at a turning point in the organisation’s history as the United States steps back from its traditional security role in Europe. Ahead of the meeting in Ankara, Trump has ins»»»

Dubai: Dubai Police has warned the public against fraudulent websites and suspicious links falsely claiming to represent consumer protection services, after recording repeated scam attempts aimed at stealing victims’ banking information and money. The Anti-Fraud Centre at the General Department of »»»

A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft has landed at Sofia Airport, only days after Bulgarian authorities announced that American KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft temporarily deployed in the country had completed their activities and departed. The presence of the large transpor»»»

A US military transport aircraft that landed at Sofia Airport arrived to collect remaining equipment left behind after the recent deployment of American tanker aircraft in Bulgaria, Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said. According to Stoyanov, the aircraft’s presence at Vasil Levski Airport is par»»»

A 36-year-old driver from Samokov was arrested after allegedly attempting to bribe police officers during a roadside inspection on the Trakia Highway near Karnobat. The incident took place at around 7:30 a.m. near the 325th kilometer in the direction of Burgas, after authorities received reports ab»»»

A new wave of bomb threats targeting public institutions has been reported across Bulgaria, with authorities receiving multiple alerts about allegedly planted explosive devices, the Ministry of Interior announced. Police teams have launched inspections at the affected locations and are following st»»»

Doha, Qatar: Mowasalat, Karwa, has successfully conducted a tryout of electric robotaxis, under the Ministry of Transport’s supervision. The robotaxis made a round trip between the headquarters of the MOT and the Old Doha Port in what is seen as an extension of the project’s successes. “This pionee»»»

Dangote Cement Plc (NGX: DANGCEM), Nigeria’s largest cement producer, has raised its dividend by 50% after a strong 2025 performance, approving a record payout of NGN753.8bn ($550mn) to shareholders. Shareholders approved the dividend at the company’s annual general meeting in Lagos, lifting the pa»»»

London: British energy giant Shell announced Tuesday a deal to sell its South African downstream business, including 580 fuel stations, to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Shell said the sale, valued at about $1 billion, formed part of its strategy to focus on "key markets", as the compa»»»

Ukraine attacked the Moscow region with more than 430 drones overnight, its largest assault on the capital and surrounding areas in two years, Russian authorities said. File Photo by Maxim Shipenkov/EPA July 7 (UPI) -- Ukraine attacked the Moscow region with more than 430 drones overnight, its larg»»»

This photo, taken Tuesday, shows the trading room of Hana Bank in Seoul as South Korean stocks plunged by nearly five percent on tech stock losses. Photo by Yonhap Seoul shares plummeted nearly 5 percent Tuesday as technology stocks extended losses after Samsung Electronics Co. released its prelimi»»»

United States: Tens of thousands of people were without power Tuesday on Guam and the Northern Marianas after a super typhoon tore through the US Pacific territories, with no deaths reported. The small island of Rota was the worst affected after a direct hit from Super Typhoon Bavi with winds up to»»»

China’s smart pet care market is expanding with a range of artificial intelligence devices, driven by growing consumer demand in a sector valued at approximately US$46 billion, Belt and Road News Network (BRNN), a partner of TV BRICS, reported. By 2025, the number of cats and dogs in China’s cities»»»

TORONTO: Husband and wife duo Wajdan Gul and Anam Khalid launched Squatwolf from their Dubai apartment in 2016; a decade on, the label is sold in more than 100 countries. The recent boom in fitness and athleisure apparel has left consumers spoilt for choice. Khalid, however, is unfazed: “There is n»»»

Dubai: Flying to India from the UAE now comes with an extra step before you board. India has relaunched its Air Suvidha portal as Air Suvidha 2.0, a mandatory online health declaration required of every international passenger arriving in the country, regardless of nationality or which city you are»»»

ADDIS ABABA (Sputnik) - Ukraine, by refusing to take the bodies of those killed in the city of Konstantinovka (Kostyantynivka), confirms that it does not need either the living or the dead, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. "It seems to me that the best response is the invitat»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A political and diplomatic settlement of the situation in Ukraine remains preferable for Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. "It remains preferable for us to resolve this conflict through political and diplomatic means," Peskov told reporters. Russia maintain»»»

Imagine a Hollywood movie. It’s a thriller about a big bad secret. One of those that have far-reaching, even earth-shaking political stakes attached to them; the sort of ‘this-changes-everything’ information that, if revealed, can topple governments, break up alliances, and redefine friends and ene»»»