The US and Iran are engaged in “very friendly” negotiations, US President Donald Trump has said, warning he could order a return to hostilities if diplomacy fails. Iran, meanwhile, denied having any direct talks with the US but confirmed consultation with Oman, which has often acted as a mediator b»»»

DOHA: The Executive Committee of the Qatar Football Association (QFA) has approved the appointment of HE Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani as President of the QFA until the end of the current board's term in 2027, following the resignations of former president HE Jassim bin Rashid Al Buai»»»

Ulyanovsk, the sixth serial-built Yasen-M class nuclear-powered submarine, has been launched at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk. The vessel is expected to join Russia's Northern Fleet. The launch ceremony took place on Tuesday, 28 July, and was attended by Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yury T»»»

The Constitutional Court could strike down parts of the 2026 State Budget Act if underfunding prevents institutions from functioning normally, Constitutional Court Chair Pavlina Panova said on Tuesday. Panova was speaking in a NOVA News interview about plans by GERB-UDF and Continue the Change (CC)»»»

Dubai: An Egyptian man has been arrested after allegedly fatally stabbing his elderly father during an argument over 100 Egyptian pounds (about $2), authorities said. The incident took place in the 15th of May City district of Cairo, where police responded to reports of an elderly man found dead in»»»

GAZA: On a road in Gaza City’s Zeitoun district, Palestinian resident Assem Dawla loaded mattresses and bags onto a truck as concrete yellow blocks marking the edge of Israel’s expanding military zone ​stood amid the rubble nearby. He said it was the seventh or eighth time since the war began that »»»

TUNIS, July 28 (TAP) – The Parliament on Tuesday evening began examining a bill approving a guarantee agreement signed on December 1, 2025, between the Republic of Tunisia and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), covering a...»»»

Lima: Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's ninth president in a decade at an official ceremony in Lima on Tuesday, AFP journalists observed. The conservative 51-year-old won June's runoff by fewer than 50,000 votes and will govern until 2031. "I swear ... that I will faithfully carry out the dutie»»»

mBank CEO Cezary Kocik has proposed exempting loans for defense and dual-use technologies from Poland’s bank tax to reduce financing costs for strategic investments. He argued that the savings would support domestic factories rather than remain with banks, helping defense companies fund production,»»»

Sosnowiec ranks as Poland’s most indebted city with county rights, according to the National Debt Register. Nearly 15% of local businesses have overdue liabilities, totaling PLN 8.06 mln per 1,000 companies, with an average debt of PLN 54,700 per debtor. Dąbrowa Górnicza ranks second, followed by K»»»

Polish medical equipment distributor Synektik reported strong preliminary results for the third quarter of fiscal 2025. Revenue reached approximately PLN 292.3 mln, up 89% y/y from PLN 154.2 mln a year earlier. After the first three quarters, total revenue stood at PLN 733.4 mln, representing a 52%»»»

Polish universities must comply with new cybersecurity requirements by April 3, 2027, but experts warn that many institutions may be unprepared. Under the amended National Cybersecurity System Act, universities must implement information security management systems, conduct risk assessments, establ»»»

Poland’s Baltic coast is becoming increasingly popular with Czech tourists, and the 2026 season could set a new record. In 2025, about 482,000 Czech visitors stayed in Polish accommodation, although the figures exclude many short-term rentals and day trips. Lower prices than in Croatia, improved hi»»»

HONG KONG — South Korea's Kospi collapsed 10 per cent as tech took a battering on another black day for Asian stock markets, with a report of a breakthrough in China's chip industry compounding worries about the longevity of the AI boom.The losses extended a sell-off across the industry globally fo»»»

AMMAN — Sales of petroleum products reached 1.7573 billion litres in the first half of 2026, compared with 1.7617 billion litres during the same period of 2025, marking a 0.3 per cent decline.According to figures from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, sales of 90-octane gasoline fell 4.»»»

AMMAN — Manufacturers and industry representatives said the government's continued rollout of natural gas infrastructure to industrial zones will help lower production costs, improve the competitiveness of locally manufactured goods, support export growth, attract investment and create employment o»»»

AMMAN — Assistant Secretary-General for Agricultural Marketing and Quality at the Ministry of Agriculture, Ayman Oran, said the ministry has continued to implement a package of policies and programmes.Oran noted these policies aim to enhance growth in the Kingdom's agricultural sector, support inve»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanese security forces have arrested a man accused of transferring nearly half a million dollars to the Daesh group in neighboring Syria, a judicial official told AFP on Tuesday. Forces “arrested a man who had stolen $400,000 from his father’s safe, and investigations showed that he had t»»»

BRUSSELS: The European Union on Tuesday condemned an “aggression” this month by Iranian security services against two French diplomats in Tehran. “The EU unequivocally condemns the aggression against two diplomats of the Embassy of France in Tehran perpetrated by Iranian security forces on July 19,»»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia's Cabinet has designated 2027 as the "Year of Water", one of several decisions approved during a meeting chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on Tuesday. While authorities have yet to announce detailed programmes linked to the initiative, the »»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia's Cabinet on Tuesday declared that the Kingdom would not tolerate threats to its security, national interests or critical infrastructure, condemning attacks by Iran-backed militias in Yemen and Iraq on oil facilities in the Riyadh and Eastern regions and on commercial vessels in»»»

Tunis, July 28 (TAP) - The League of Arab States mission to South Africa and a delegation from the Arab Parliament, led by Tunisian MP Aymen Nagra, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs, Political Affairs and National Security Committee of the Arab...»»»

Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan called the U.S. tariffs "absurd," but said negotiations with the U.S. government will continue. File Photo by Andre Borges/EPA BRASILIA, Brazil, July 28 (UPI) -- Brazil has formally requested consultations at the World Trade Organization over new U.S. tariff»»»

July 27 (UPI) -- A man cleaning up the wetlands in New Jersey found a message in a bottle that had been launched by a 9-year-old girl 53 years earlier. John Kauterman, co-founder of The Tidelands Initiative, was conducting a routine cleaning in the Upper Township wetlands when he came across a seal»»»

A British opposition lawmaker on Tuesday accused a French naval patrol vessel of firing "warning shots" while he was being interviewed aboard a fishing boat in the English Channel, an allegation French authorities deny. France said the gunfire was part of a routine training exercise conducted under»»»

Paris: A specially modified Airbus A350 plane touched down in France Tuesday after a record 24-hour test flight from Australia, ahead of it joining Qantas's fleet next year. Its 23,076-kilometre (14,339-mile) journey -- across three continents and two oceans, and through two sunsets and two dawns -»»»

AMMAN: Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein and senior government and military officials held meetings on Tuesday with French Minister Delegate for the Armed Forces and Veterans Alice Rufo to discuss defense cooperation and regional developments. During their meeting at Al-Husseiniya Palace, the crown pri»»»

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration instituted a rule change on Tuesday that could fast-track the deportation of hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the move is intended to help reduce the backlog of pending asylum cases in the system. Under the »»»

North Korea's exports rose to an eight-year high in 2025, data showed Tuesday. This 2018 photo shows employees working at a silk factory in Pyongyang. File Photo by How Hwee Young/EPA North Korea's exports rose sharply to an eight-year high in 2025 as the country's trade continued to recover from t»»»

The Supreme Court of the United States is shown June 29 in Washington, D.C. Public approval of the Supreme Court is at a record low, a new Gallup poll said Tuesday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 28 (UPI) -- Americans' approval of the job performance of the U.S. Supreme Court has dro»»»

Walter "Jay" Clayton III, nominee to be director of national intelligence, speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination on July 15. The Senate on Tuesday voted to advance his nomination. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate voted to ad»»»

Iran warned Bulgaria on July 27 over its decision to host US military refuelling aircraft, saying Bulgarian officials would bear responsibility for allowing their territory to be used in support of US operations, as Sofia sought to reassure the public that there was no immediate security threat. Th»»»

Volodymyr Zelensky’s attempt to merge the Ukrainian and Iranian conflicts through a Caspian Sea strike came with impeccable timing – just ahead of his US visit, former Pentagon senior security policy analyst Michael Maloof tells Sputnik. "Zelensky grabbed that as an opportunity for his very limited»»»

Volker Türk also warns of "very dangerous" unfolding situation in the West Bank. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, during a visit to Lebanon that ended Monday, voiced concern about Israel's repeated pattern of forced displacement, demolitions, territorial control and denial of re»»»

Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development has partnered with the UAE Cyber Security Council to provide cybersecurity awareness sessions for children and young people taking part in the Future Entrepreneur Programme 2026 summer camp. Held under the theme “Their summer today. Their ventures tomorrow… w»»»

Navas del Rey: Spanish residents forced to flee some of the worst wildfires in living memory began returning to their homes on Tuesday, after the country lifted evacuation orders for more than a dozen areas. But in France, thousands more people were ordered to flee, as fears grew that another seari»»»

The US military says it has redirected 18 commercial vessels as part of its renewed blockade against Iran. US Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces have also disabled two ships and boarded two to verify that they were complying with the blockade. CENTCOM said that more than 20 warships are now »»»

The UAE is emerging as one of the world’s leading digital asset markets, with institutional investors increasingly shaping the sector’s future, according to the co-founder and chief executive of Bitcoin Suisse. In an exclusive interview with Gulf News, Andrej Majcen said the company’s decision to e»»»

Tunis, July 28 (TAP) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti, received on Tuesday a phone call from Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi. The call turned...»»»

Albania continues to face significant cyber threats from state-sponsored actors, particularly Iran and Russia, according to the latest security assessment issued by the U.S. Department of State through the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). The report identifies Albania as one of the countr»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump, seen here in the Oval Office on July 24, said the United States and South Korea remain steadfast allies in a message commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the Korean War armistice. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo U.S. President Donald Trump has said South Korea»»»

The parliamentary Legal Affairs Committee approved at second reading on Tuesday Election Code amendments introducing mandatory machine voting in most polling stations, abolishing the Abroad constituency and lifting the cap on polling stations in non-EU countries. Under the machine-voting provisions»»»

Tunis, July 28 (TAP) - Minister of Economy and Planning, Samir Abdelhafidh, said the €110 million loan for the Gafsa Phosphate Company (CPG) is part of a comprehensive investment programme aimed at restoring production levels and modernising mining...»»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned the fresh attacks on the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as a flagrant violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity and a blatant breach of international law and the United Nations Charter. In a statement on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affa»»»

President Iliana Iotova thanked Prime Minister Rumen Radev, Progressive Bulgaria and all those backing her presidential bid in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “Thank you to Rumen Radev and Progressive Bulgaria for their trust and support. Ten years ago, we pledged to work solely in the interests of Bul»»»

TUNIS, July 28, 2026 (TAP) – The Assembly of People's Representative (ARP) on Tuesday approved a bill ratifying the guarantee agreement signed on November 3, 2025, between the Republic of Tunisia and the European Bank for Reconstruction and...»»»

New York: The United Nations on Tuesday warned of the rapid deterioration of the situation in the West Bank, condemning the rising settler violence against Palestinians. In a brief before the UN Security Council, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alekperov said that»»»

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for revisions to Poland’s proposed short-term rental law, arguing that the current draft does not sufficiently protect tenants or give local governments effective regulatory tools. The bill, approved by the government in July, would define short-term rentals as»»»

Nearshoring, e-commerce growth, and the need for more secure supply chains are strengthening Poland’s position in Europe’s industrial real estate market. According to REINO IO Logistics CEO Dorota Latkowska, Poland benefits from its strategic location, EU and NATO membership, skilled workforce, tra»»»

Many freelancers begin projects without receiving upfront payment or any guarantee that they will be paid. According to Freelancehunt’s “Freelancer Profile 2025” report, only 36.4% require a deposit, while three in ten use no payment protection at all. Although referrals generate clients for 67.9% »»»