U.S. consumer inflation slowed slightly to 3.4 percent in July despite turbulent oil prices due to the Iran war, government data showed, with the data likely giving the Federal Reserve room to breathe on interest rates. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.1 percent from a month earlier, but fell »»»

LONDON: Acclaimed Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery has spent much of her career documenting moments of dissent and the lives of women in Iran. The work has repeatedly brought her into ​conflict with the authorities, and on Iran’s National Journalist Day on Saturday she learned she had been sen»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Lebanese Army Reiterates Israeli Attacks Hindering Its Missions in South Lebanon 12-08-2026 15:50 PM The Lebanese Army issued on Wednesday »»»

After weeks of scorching temperatures and desperately dry conditions, Hungary may finally be heading for a major weather change. Forecasts currently suggest that a slow-moving weather front could bring widespread rain across the country next week – although another burst of extreme heat is expected»»»

Five of the games were rated PSA 10, becoming the first-ever Nintendo cartridges to receive a perfect grade Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A box of games brought into a Wisconsin retro store turned out to contain a video gaming history mystery: 97 copies of a previously unknown variant of Super Mario Bros./Duck »»»

Marseille, France: Manchester City have signed Argentina international goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli from Marseille on a two-year deal, both clubs announced on Wednesday. The 34-year-old will serve as City's number-two goalkeeper behind Italian Gianluigi Donnarumma. "This is an amazing opportunity for »»»

NEW DELHI: India’s aviation ministry said Wednesday it was awaiting drug test results for the captain of an Air India flight that dropped about 300 feet (90 meters) suddenly midair last week, injuring 24 passengers and crew members. The incident on the Airbus A320 took place shortly after it took o»»»

Alicante apartments for sale start at around €55,000 in the current catalogue and run to around €595,000, a range most Mediterranean coasts stopped offering years ago. The province holds one of the last accessible entry points on the Spanish seaboard, and it is growing faster than the national aver»»»

Six cats, of British shorthair mix, have been rescued from a Dubai apartment after they were allegedly left behind for weeks, with building management discovering the animals without food or water. The cats were found in an apartment in the Prestige Building after their tenant left the property ami»»»

Dubai: Afghanistan’s growing gold rush is transforming parts of the northeastern Badakhshan province, where heavy machinery and thousands of workers are extracting gold from mountain areas. In Shiwa, about 50 kilometres northeast of provincial capital Faizabad, dozens of excavators operate around t»»»

Restrictions on children's use of social media are among the measures considered by the government to address juvenile delinquency and antisocial behavior, Labour and Social Policy Minister Nataliya Efremova told a briefing at the Council of Ministers. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Rumen Radev called »»»

Authorities are beginning to expropriate land plots related to the completion of the Struma Motorway, said Regional Development and Public Works Minister Ivan Shishkov at a briefing on Wednesday, emerging from the government's weekly meeting. Shishkov recalled that the Struma Motorway was declared »»»

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched drone strikes on capital Khartoum and other army-controlled cities on Wednesday, in what appeared to be their largest coordinated attack in months.Since April 2023, Sudan has been ravaged by war between its regular military, led by army c»»»

President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed a US media report that he secretly switched planes while flying out of Turkey last month due to a security risk. While some journalists left on the original Air Force One flight expressed anger at having unwittingly served as decoys, Trump maintained the »»»

Jury selection begins Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by the US states of California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey alleging that Meta uses technology to make Facebook and Instagram addictive for children. The states are demanding changes to Meta's apps in addition to financial penalties as high a»»»

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley on Wednesday eked out a stunningly narrow win against democratic socialist Francesca Hong in the Democratic party primary for the Wisconsin governor's race. Crowley's win by less than a percentage point comes as the party faces a divide between establishment»»»

Donald Trump reportedly took a secret military flight out of Turkey last month in an undercover operation prompted by fears that Iran was planning an assassination attempt against the US president. The operation reportedly involved Trump being transferred between aircraft inside a catering truck.»»»

Dubai: Defence stocks have become one of the most obvious market winners from the current geopolitical cycle, but the bigger investment story is starting to move beyond weapons manufacturers. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Higher military budgets are feeding into dron»»»

Burgos, Spain: The streets of typically quiet Spanish villages were clogged by skygazing tourists on Wednesday in anticipation of a rare total eclipse that would plunge areas into an eerie daytime darkness. The shadow cast when the Moon blots out the Sun will begin in Russia's remote Arctic north a»»»

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched drone strikes on capital Khartoum and other army-controlled cities on Wednesday, in what appeared to be their largest coordinated attack in months.Since April 2023, Sudan has been ravaged by war between its regular military, led by army c»»»

Britain's Count Binface, a man wearing a metallic rubbish bin over his head, challenges far-right politician Nigel Farage on Thursday in the Clacton by-election sparked by the Reform UK leader's shock resignation from his post in July. None of the UK's mainstream political parties are fielding cand»»»

Eclipse chasers have driven a tourist surge in sleepy towns and villages in Spain and several other parts of Europe as the continent gets set for its first total eclipse since 2006. Millions of Europeans will contemplate the sky in awe on Wednesday as a rare total solar eclipse crosses part of the »»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Bulgaria is considering tougher measures to tackle youth crime following the killing of Georgi Kuzev in Plovdiv, while warning that children cannot be left to be raised by social media. Opening the Cabinet meeting, Radev said the Interior Ministry had detained those »»»

Bulgaria has missed several opportunities over the years to establish a stable and effective air defense system, according to Ivan Anchev, a former deputy interior minister, diplomat and national security expert. Speaking to Bulgarian National Radio, Anchev said the recent downing of a foreign dron»»»

Russia said on 11 August that it had reached a deal with Syria on the future of Moscow's military ⁠bases, describing it as "an important step that would boost ties between the two countries", the state RIA news agency reported, citing the Russian foreign ministry. For its part, Syria's foreign mini»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara ahead of NATO's annual summit in July. Photo by Turkish Presidency Office/UPI | License Photo Aug. 12 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump confirmed he was smuggled off Air Force One and secretly boarded onto a di»»»

Dubai: Meteor showers are one of the few genuinely spectacular things you can see with your naked eye. What you do need is distance from city light and somewhere you are allowed to be. Dubai Astronomy Group has asked people to stay away from Al Khatim Desert in Abu Dhabi unless attending an organis»»»

Arval Romania, part of the BNP Paribas Group and a major player in full-service leasing and mobility solutions for companies, presents an in-depth analysis of one of the most relevant signals captured by the 2026 edition of the Fleet and Mobility Barometer: 49% of companies in Romania intend to int»»»

Borino Municipality in the Rhodope Mountains (Southern Bulgaria) plans to establish a community for peaceful coexistence with bears, the WWF Bulgaria environmental organization reported. That would make Borino Bulgaria's first-ever municipality to implement the bear-smart communities model develope»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran is ready for a protracted conflict with the United States to fully ensure its security, a top adviser to the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Reza Naqdi, said. "We have to attain deterrence so that the enemy never dares to attack us, so we can »»»

One woman died and more than 170 were rescued after a ferry caught fire off the Indonesian tourist island of Bali on Wednesday, a rescue official said, in the second such incident in days. A navy vessel and other ships evacuated 172 people from the stricken passenger vessel, including two Australia»»»

In many companies, teams work flawlessly…until something comes up that is not in the procedures. Then the rhythm breaks and people wait for instructions. Managers become the “command center”, and the team loses exactly what matters: cognitive agility. By Elena Badea, Managing Director, Valoria Busi»»»

In response to remarks made by Prime Minister Rumen Radev earlier on Wednesday, Democratic Bulgaria (DB) said in a statement, issued by the coalition's press office, that the Prime Minister cannot call for a united front against radicalization while at the same time portraying his political opponen»»»

MEDINACELI: Spaniards rushed to buy specialized glasses to view a rare total solar eclipse Wednesday, as authorities warned people flocking to rural areas to avoid anything that could spark new wildfires. Across a swath of northern and central Spain, millions of people will have some of mainland Eu»»»

Kyrgyzkomur enterprise has started selling coal in Chui region and Bishkek. Customers who prepare for the heating season in advance and purchase coal during the summer are receiving gifts. Kyrgyzkomur is urging residents not to postpone their purchases until the start of the heating season. Earlier»»»

Paris, France: Areas of Europe home to at least 92 million people -- particularly in France, Italy, and Spain -- are set for temperatures over 35C on Wednesday in the continent's latest heatwave, according to AFP calculations. Europe is the planet's fastest-warming continent and in some places is i»»»

Dubai: The last thing young Ayunsh and Mithun likely knew was that their parents were dropping them off at a relative’s home. Hours later, the two children were left orphaned after their mother and father died by suicide at their home in Telangana’s Nizamabad district. Also Read: Grief-stricken Ker»»»

Romania-focused ETFs listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange added 276 million euros in assets in the first seven months of 2026, almost tripling in size from 174 million euros at the end of 2025 to approximately 450 million euros at the end of July. Of this increase, an estimated 155 million euros »»»

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s claims that oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have returned to pre-war levels are at odds with observable shipping data and the physical limits of regional export infrastructure, according to CNN analysis. Wright said Tuesday that Middle Eastern oil exports h»»»

Dubai: Najoom Al Thuraya launches a new AI driven fleet management platform - FleetVision AI. This revolutionary program helps fleet owners for predictive analysis of their fleets to facilitate cost reduction and increase productivity in mobility management and tracking business. As the UAE continu»»»

ABHA: An exhibition to promote maritime safety awareness, encourage safe practices and reduce people’s risk of drowning has been organized in Abha by the General Directorate of Border Guard. Running until Aug. 15, the event highlights Border Guard regulations and guidance for beachgoers, as well as»»»

Share: Lebanese lawmakers attend a parliamentary session to discuss the abolition of the death penalty in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday. Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA Lebanese lawmakers have approved legislation prohibiting the death penalty, making Lebanon the first Middle Eastern country to end capital »»»

Dubai: Dubai’s reputation for having one of the world’s most advanced road networks is being reinforced by a sophisticated system that constantly monitors, assesses and maintains its infrastructure. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has recorded a 95 per cent “excellent” rating for its road n»»»

Addressing Prime Minister Rumen Radev in a Facebook post on Wednesday, Continue the Change (CC) leader Assen Vassilev asked whether the State Agency for National Security (SANS) knew about neo-Nazi networks operating in Bulgaria before the murder in Plovdiv and, if yes, what action it took about th»»»

Dubai: Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez took around ten years of knowing each other before getting married. Rather than clutching our pearls or alerting the family elders over the delay, perhaps we should ask why we're so invested in how quickly couples make it to the altar. Maybe they didn»»»

Law enforcement officers from Kyrgyzstan and Russia have rescued a citizen of Kyrgyzstan in Yekaterinburg who was allegedly kidnapped following threats and demands for a large sum of money, the Interior Ministry of Kyrgyzstan reported. According to the ministry, the man had previously contacted its»»»

Reacting to a brutal murder in Plovdiv August Turning a brutal murder into yet another political dividing line is irresponsible. Violence has no party affiliation. This was stated by GERB in a position published on its official Facebook page in response to remarks by Prime Minister Rumen Radev. The»»»

President Joseph Aoun met Wednesday in Baabda with U.S. general Joseph Clearfield, the head of the Military Coordination Group for Lebanon (MCG4L), in the presence of U.S. Ambassador to Beirut, Michel Issa. During the meeting, they discussed the procedures for implementing the framework agreement r»»»

What does being young in the UAE look like in 2026? It might be a university student working on a start-up between lectures. It could be an athlete training before sunrise, a young Emirati sitting in a government meeting and offering an idea, or a teenager learning how to build with artificial inte»»»

The Interior Ministry press service reported on Wednesday that several institutions in Sofia received bomb threats on Wednesday morning. Standard procedures are currently being followed, but no further information can be disclosed at this stage. In early July, reports of planted explosive devices w»»»