LONDON: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi discussed regional developments with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani during his visit to Doha at Lusail Palace on Sunday. Al-Zaidi and Sheikh Tamim emphasized the importance of dialogue and diplomacy to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East as»»»

DUBAI: The United States announced another death of a service member as it launched more airstrikes at Iran on Sunday in response to the killing of US troops, and Iran fired missiles toward Jordan that risked widening the conflict into neighboring Israel. Step by step, the US and Iran have returned»»»

LONDON: Supporters of the Palestinian cause hope the arrival of Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, in 10 Downing Street on Monday will spark a rethink of UK government policy toward Israel, the war in Gaza, and the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank. The message for Burnham »»»

Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mahmoud Esmat, held talks with a World Bank delegation on expanding cooperation in financial sustainability, power sector development and innovative financing mechanisms to support electricity and renewable energy infrastructure projects. The me»»»

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly chaired a meeting on Sunday to review progress in implementing President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s directives to accelerate digital transformation, with the aim of protecting public funds, strengthening governance and improving the efficiency of state institutions. The »»»

Women accounted for 53% of all microfinance beneficiaries in Egypt during the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, underscoring their growing role in the country’s non-banking financial sector and the importance of women’s economic empowerment to sustainable development, according to Islam Azzam, Chairperso»»»

Seven Egyptian investors have signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to secure industrial land for new manufacturing facilities at Elsewedy Industrial City in Tanzania, on the sidelines of the presidential summit between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu»»»

Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Mohamed Farid, met with senior executives from Procter & Gamble (P&G) to discuss the company’s existing investments in Egypt and plans to expand local manufacturing while increasing exports to Gulf and African markets. The meeting forms part of the »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani held a telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman HE Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi. The conversation discussed ways to deepen and expand»»»

The Israel Defense Forces opened 57 criminal investigations into the deaths of multiple Palestinian and Lebanese detainees in Israeli military custody but never indicted anybody, according to Haaretz. Seven of the cases reportedly relate to captives who suffered fatal gunshot wounds. In an article »»»

DOHA: 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 and way»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani held a phone call with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan HE Dr. Ayman Safadi. During the call, they discussed bil»»»

Kuwait City: Kuwait’s Defence Ministry says Iran “continues to target civilian and vital facilities in the country”, and has caused fires and “severe damage” to facilities by its attacks. Spokesperson Major General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi said that “reprehensible Iranian aggression” has struck fac»»»

DAMASCUS: Friday saw the opening of Tartous Grand Festival on the Syrian port city’s waterfront promenade. The event brings together dozens of companies in a two-week event aimed at supporting the summer tourism season and attracting local economic activity. Organized under the patronage of Tartous»»»

GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defense and hospitals said Israeli attacks killed 11 people across the territory, among them three children and their parents. A ceasefire remains in place between Israel and Hamas, but it has not halted the violence in Gaza, and efforts to secure a lasting agreement to end »»»

RIYADH: Lt. Gen. Mazyad Al-Amro, commander of the Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces, has met Lt. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, deputy commander of US Central Command. The parties discussed ways to strengthen cooperation and coordination between the two sides, the Saudi Ministry of Defense said in a statement»»»

NAJRAN: The heritage tent activities at the Najran Summer 2026 Festival, organized by the Najran Municipality, attracted more than 10,000 visitors and enthusiasts of traditional heritage. The 12-day event, which concluded on Friday, also held an auction of traditional janbiya daggers. Najran Munici»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification has announced seven investment opportunities in national parks across the Eastern Province, the Saudi Press Agency reported. This forms part of a wider package of 142 investment opportunities annou»»»

RIYADH: A European Parliament delegation began a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia with its chair, Reinhold Lopatka, saying talks will focus on security cooperation, energy-transition projects, trade priorities and a proposed strategic partnership. The visit, running from July 19-21 and covering Riya»»»

Beirut: The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health's Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) announced on Sunday that the death toll from the Israeli Aggression on Lebanon since March 2 has risen to 4,328, with 12,229 people injured. Lebanon and the Israeli entity signed a US-brokered framewo»»»

The risk of a wider war in the Middle East is growing after authorities in Bahrain and Kuwait said they intercepted missiles and drones launched from Iran. Air raid sirens also sounded in Jordan's capital, Amman, while Israel said it detected Iranian missiles targeting the coastal city of Aqaba. Th»»»

German Health Minister Jens Spahn (R) and his husband Daniel Funke (L) arrive for a state banquet in honor of the queen and crown prince of Denmark at Bellevue Palace in Berlin on November 10, 2021. On Saturday, Spahn, now a member of the Bundestag, resigned his post after the couple used a surroga»»»

Tunis, July 19 (TAP) - The Chahed Observatory for Election Monitoring and Support for Democratic Transitions reported that polling stations for the second round of the partial legislative elections in the Kabaria electoral district of Tunis...»»»

Doha, Qatar: The showpiece at the New York New Jersey Stadium, kicking off at 10pm Qatar time, will be the 104th and final match of the first-ever 48-team FIFA World Cup. Argentina are aiming to become the first team since Brazil in 1962 to successfully defend the World Cup, while Spain are bidding»»»

The new design replaces traditional blades with a magnetic-levitation rotor and an intelligent 360-degree wind-guidance system — capturing wind energy without the need for complex yaw mechanisms. Multiple units can be stacked vertically — up to ten on a single tower.The bladeless design is quieter,»»»

Washington, July 19 (SANA) Syria is emerging as a regional hub for Iraqi fuel oil exports, with its Mediterranean ports, particularly Baniyas, becoming a key entry point for receiving and re-exporting Iraqi fuel oil to global markets, according to a report by Bloomberg. Within months, Syria has gon»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli enemy army spokesperson: A short while ago, the air force intercepted a drone that was spotted in the border area with Syria 19-07-»»»

Centralized drug procurement will apply to both public and private healthcare facilities, Health Minister Katya Ivkova said in a televised interview. She commented that, given the requirement for equal treatment within the European Union’s single market, it is not acceptable for only state and muni»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Justice announced the publishing of Law No. (10) of 2026 regarding unmanned aerial vehicles in the twelfth issue of the Official Gazette for the year 2026. According to the Civil Aviation Authority, the law acts as a "a legal framework that keeps pace with the rapid gro»»»

Observances were held across the country on Saturday to commemorate the 189th anniversary of the birth of freedom fighter Vasil Levski. In Sofia, a representative formation of the National Guard Unit performed a military ceremony and flolar tributes were laid at the monument to Levski. However, the»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Iranian Army Public Relations: A few hours ago, the army’s air defense system successfully intercepted, shot down, and destroyed a hostile »»»

Hungary’s increasingly heated debate over guest workers has evolved far beyond immigration policy. While businesses warn that restrictions on recruiting foreign labour threaten billions of forints worth of investment, critics argue that the country risks using migrant workers to preserve an economi»»»

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has announced that he will ask world-renowned chess grandmaster Judit Polgár to become Hungary’s next president, describing her as a figure capable of representing the unity of the nation. In a Facebook post published on Sunday, Magyar said he would meet Polgár»»»

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy announced on Saturday that a power outage affected limited parts of the Hittin area after two secondary feeders from the Hittin (H) main transformer station went out of service due to a technical fault. In a statement, the mi»»»

Share: Israel has yet to withdraw from occupied areas in southern Lebanon as agreed during Rome talks, senior Lebanese military source tells Anadolu A planned virtual meeting between Lebanese, Israeli and US military delegations was postponed Friday due to technical issues involving the US and Isra»»»

TEHRAN: The UN’s nuclear watchdog called for restraint on Sunday after Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said the United States had attacked an under-construction nuclear power plant in the country’s southwest. The US and Iran have been trading escalating attacks for days, and Washington carried ou»»»

An Incline travels up Mount Washington as smoke from wildfires in Canada nearly blocks out the city's skyline in Pittsburgh on Friday. Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI | License Photo As millions across the Midwest and Northeast continue to battle the Canadian wildfire smoke, AccuWeather meteorologist»»»

Doha, Qatar: The organizing committee of the Gulf qualifying tournament for the FIBA U18 Asia Cup has approved the competition schedule for the championship, which will be held in Doha from July 25-30, 2026, after being postponed from its original dates of July 17-22. The tournament carries added s»»»

By Tomohiro OsakiTOKYO — Huddled together shoulder-to-shoulder, Gen-Z hires at a Tokyo firm roared "Hell yeah!" to cap their morning rally, displaying the kind of corporate machismo that fuelled Japan's post-war economic miracle.Once a bastion for "corporate warriors" fiercely devoted to their jobs»»»

Tunis, July 19 (TAP) - Minister of Communication Technologies Sofiene Hemissi took part in the high-level meeting titled "Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence" as part of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), held in...»»»

Share: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds talks with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Washington. President Aoun is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump on Tuesday. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Washington on Sunday, praising the country f»»»

TEHRAN: The UN’s nuclear watchdog called for restraint on Sunday after Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said the United States had attacked an under-construction nuclear power plant in the country’s southwest. The US and Iran have been trading escalating attacks for days, and Washington carried ou»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli drone raids the vicinity of Kfar Roumman town, South Lebanon: Al-Manar reporter 19-07-2026 19:30 PM Latest News Urgent News General»»»

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Kimi Antonelli showed relief and satisfaction on Sunday after taking full advantage of Mercedes team-mate George Russell’s misfortunes to extend his lead in the drivers’ championship with a calm win in the Belgian Grand Prix. His victory ended a three-race winless streak and lift»»»

Commander of IRGC’s Al-Quds Force, Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, stressed that the commanders and fighters of the resistance fronts, expressing their appreciation and gratitude for the generosity and magnanimity of the Supreme Leader towards the resistance front, reaffirm their “unwavering commit»»»

GEORGETOWN: ‌A ferry carrying 116 passengers sank off the coast of ​Guyana in South America late Saturday with 67 people, including 15 children, rescued so far, according to Guyana authorities. An air traffic control tower received ‌a distress ‌call at 11:01 ​p.m. ‌Saturday ⁠night ​from the ⁠MV Bar»»»

LONDON: The UAE has dispatched five aid convoys to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as part of its Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 humanitarian campaign. The 62 trucks carrying 980 tonnes of relief supplies have arrived in Gaza to deliver food aid, shelter materials, medical supplies and medic»»»

Tunis, July 19 (TAP) - Weather conditions during the night between July 19 and 20 will be marked by partly cloudy skies across most regions of the country, with locally dense clouds at the beginning of the night over western areas of the north and...»»»

Vazrazhdane has called for the resignation of Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova over what it described as the government’s overall policy direction. “Bulgaria is not the smallest country in the European Union, and the patience of Bulgarian citizens with empty talk and hollow messages lacking subst»»»

AMMAN — Jordan's Consumer Price Index (inflation) reached 2.03 per cent during the first half of 2026, reflecting a slight increase compared with the 1.98 per cent recorded during the same period in 2025.According to the monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics (DoS), the annual inflat»»»