COTIGNAC, France: A fast-moving wildfire erupted Tuesday in southern France, forcing hundreds out of their homes as nearly 1,000 firefighters and water-bombing aircraft battled to stop the blaze. The fire swept through wooded hills in the Var region, burning 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres) in just a f»»»

WASHINGTON: The State Department has informed Congress that it plans to move ahead with the potential reopening of the US Embassy in Libya, proposing to allocate nearly $41 million to restore America’s formal diplomatic presence in the North African nation after a near 14-year absence. The departme»»»

QNA Doha Qatar National Library (QNL) and the Institute of Arabic Manuscripts held an extensive virtual meeting on Tuesday to explore prospects for cooperation in various fields related to Arabic manuscripts and manuscript studies. This comes as part of their efforts to strengthen joint initiatives»»»

QNA Doha Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani received a telephone call from Prime Minister of Sudan Dr. Kamil El Tayeb Idris. The Prime Minister of Sudan offered his condolences on the death of HH the Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Kha»»»

The 3rd Pakistan Mango Festival concluded successfully at Souq Waqif, attracting 84,600 visitors and recording sales of 174,152 kilograms of fresh Pakistani mangoes, marking a new milestone for the annual event. Organised by the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in collaboration with Souq»»»

Members of the Pakistani community in Qatar gathered to pay heartfelt tribute to the late Father Amir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, honouring his legacy and contributions to Qatar’s transformation and development. The condolence and tribute gathering, organised at the TNG Al Wakra»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Ministry of Interior (MoI) participated in the graduation ceremony of the fifth batch of officer cadets sponsored to study at the Polish Naval Academy, held at the Academy’s headquarters in the city of Gdynia, Poland, in the presence of Ambassador of Qatar to Poland HE»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Summer in Qatar is increasingly defined by experiences that extend beyond indoor spaces. Across the country, a growing number of outdoor destinations have been thoughtfully designed to enhance open-air living, allowing residents and visitors to continue enjoying vibrant pu»»»

Tribune News Network DOHA Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar has opened applications for the 2026–27 Tasweer Residency inviting photographers and visual storytellers based in Qatar, age 21 and above, to apply for its second edition. The five-month residency programme supports each resident’s artistic dev»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Charity (QC) has received a generous donation of QR 100,000 from General Takaful Company in support of its humanitarian and development projects. The contribution reflects the company’s commitment to social responsibility and continued support for charitable and huma»»»

The summer activities at Katara, which kicked off with 190 participants taking part in a diverse lineup of cultural, artistic, scientific, educational, and entertainment activities,will continue until July 29. The summer camps organised by the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) are part of its on»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, is advancing the future of maternal and child healthcare through groundbreaking research in precision nutrition. The studies demonstrate how a mother’s diet during pregnancy can influence not only pregnancy outcomes but also th»»»

QNA Doha The Attorneys’ Admission Committee met on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi to discuss the items on its agenda.During the meeting, three new lawyers took the legal oath after completing their trai»»»

Tribune News Network Doha An advanced, minimally invasive, incisionless procedure for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) was the topic for discussion at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q) Grand Rounds Live Webinar Series. The procedure, called transoral endoscopic fundoplication (T»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) will launch its summer programme ‘Care Summer’ in early August 2026, offering free field training opportunities to male and female students aged 12 to 18 from public and private schools across Qatar. The programme is open to both »»»

QNA New York The State of Qatar has sent two identical letters to Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres and Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July, Zenon Mukongo Ngay, rega»»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump pledged to provide significant assistance to Lebanon. Speaking at a press conference following his meeting with Lebanese President Gen. Joseph Aoun at the White House Tuesday, Trump said the Israeli army is in the process of withdrawing from southern Lebanon an»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, held talks on Tuesday with his counterparts from Spain, Italy and Germany on Houthi threats to shipping in the Red Sea and efforts to deescalate wider tensions in the Middle East. In separate calls, Jose Manuel Albares of Spain and Anton»»»

The presence of up to eight US KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft at Bezmer Air Base would not make Bulgaria a party to the military action in Iran, President Iliana Iotova said on Tuesday. She was commenting on the Council of Ministers' proposal to seek Parliament's approval for the temporary deplo»»»

ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates' state oil giant ADNOC is to invest $6.2 billion in an Abu Dhabi natural gas development project, the firm announced on Tuesday.In a statement, ADNOC said it took the $6.2 billion final investment decision to develop the offshore Umm Shaif Gas Cap with France's »»»

Peter Navarro, a senior adviser to the Trump administration for trade and manufacturing, speaks Saturday outside the White House in Washington, D.C. A federal appeals court on Tuesday uphold Navarro's criminal conviction for contempt. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo July 21 (UPI) -- A»»»

Lubna S. Olayan, chair of the board of directors of the Saudi Awwal Bank, on Tuesday announced the bank’s financial results for the six months ended June 30. SAB recorded a net profit after Zakat and Income Tax of SR 4,417 million for the period ended 30 June, representing an increase of 4 percent »»»

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday called for a full investigation into the death of a man during an arrest in Bologna, while condemning anti-police protests that turned violent and left dozens of officers injured. Moroccan-born Abderrahim Fakir died on Sunday after police were »»»

JEDDAH: Under the sporting regulations of the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, ALTAWKILAT Motorsport has announced the launch of the third edition of the Aramco F4 Saudi Arabian Championship, the Kingdom’s first FIA-certified national single-seater championship. The 2026 season will be t»»»

WASHINGTON: Lawyers for a bystander wounded in a shootout between the US Secret Service and a man outside the White House in May said they would file a personal injury lawsuit against the federal agency on Tuesday. Benjamin Del Real, Jr., 25, of Kansas, was on leave from active US Army duty on May »»»

LONDON: Antonio Guterres will become the first UN secretary-general to visit Syria since 2009 when he travels there this week for meetings with officials and to endorse the political changes in the country since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. “I’m pleased to inform the Security Coun»»»

WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Iran war has cost the United States $37.5 billion so far, up from a previous estimate of nearly $29 billion in mid-May. “The estimate we have as of today is $37.5 billion,” Hegseth testified during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing»»»

ZAGREB: The bodies of three Egyptians were found in a river near the Croatian capital on Tuesday, two days after being reported missing when they went swimming, police said. The three were reported missing by a friend who saw them last on Sunday when they went for a swim in the Sava river near Zagr»»»

Russia carried out its largest ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv on the night of July 18, as the brutal tit-for-tat missile war continues to escalate. “Last night’s attack was one of the largest Russian ballistic missile attacks to date. Kyiv and the Kyiv region were the Russians’ primary target,”»»»

Tunis, July 21 (TAP) - Voters registered in the local electoral district of Imadat Sondes-Foum El Khanga, under the Tamaghza delegation in Tozeur Governorate, have been called to take part in a recall vote to revoke the mandate of a local council...»»»

US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to help Lebanon "a lot" as its president, Joseph Aoun, sought Washington's backing for a fragile effort to disarm Hezbollah and forge a path to peace with Israel. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky explains how the meeting between Aoun and»»»

The UN refugee agency said Tuesday that 144 people were reported dead or missing following "tragic maritime incidents" off the coast of Mauritania last week. Two children who were brought safely ashore from one of the sinking boats had lost all of their families during the journey from Gambia. The »»»

Damascus, July 21 (SANA) Transport Minister Yarub Badr met on Tuesday with a World Bank team via video conference to discuss mechanisms for implementing railway development projects and rehabilitating Syria’s rail infrastructure, as part of ongoing cooperation to finance priority infrastructure pro»»»

In Ukraine, protesters say they’re giving Volodymyr Zelensky until Friday to re-instate the popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, and fire General Oleksandr Syrsky, the military chief of staff. The President removed Fedorov from his post last week, citing a clash between the two men. The prote»»»

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday dismissed Ukraine's military leader Oleksandr Syrsky following public pressure and named Major ​General ‌Mykhailo ⁠Drapaty, an ally of ousted defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, as new commander-in-chief. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said T»»»

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, following days of mass protests in Kyiv and other cities nationwide demanding his removal. Zelenskyy appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new army chief, according to a statement on so»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received a telephone call from HE Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi. During the call, they discussed bilateral relations and ways»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani held a phone call with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain HE Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani. During the call, they discussed bilateral relations and ways to suppor»»»

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks in April during a House Armed Services Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, the Department of Defense released the name of a soldier killed Sunday in Iraq while supporting U.S. attacks on Iran. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI |»»»

DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani held a phone call with Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia HH Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud. During the call, they reviewed the relations of cooperation between th»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani held a phone call with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia HH Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud. During the call, they discussed bilateral relations »»»

Smoke from wildfires in Canada creates a haze over the Andy Warhol Bridge in Pittsburgh on Friday. Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI. | License Photo More episodes of wildfire smoke are in the offing for parts of Canada and the midwestern and northeastern United States, as the weather pattern in the co»»»

Washington: Jordan and the United States signed Tuesday a reciprocal trade agreement aimed at strengthening bilateral economic ties and providing exporters from both countries with greater access to each other's markets. Under the deal, the US will reduce reciprocal tariffs imposed on Jordanian goo»»»

Dubai: UAE-based Indians who need to file an Indian Income Tax Return have until July 31, 2026, to submit it for income earned during the 2025-26 financial year. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.The return relates to Assessment Year 2026-27. India’»»»

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»»»