Damascus, July 5 (SANA) Syria’s General Authority of Civil Aviation and Air Transport and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) discussed expanding technical cooperation to support the development of the country’s civil aviation sector, the authority said on Sunday. Omar Hosari, head»»»

DAMASCUS: Syria on Sunday said it was expecting a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, the first by a Western European head of state since the 2024 toppling of longtime ruler Bashar Assad. State news agency SANA, citing the Syrian presidency’s media office, said “Macron is expected to visit S»»»

Dubai: A Saudi businessman and his wife were killed, while five members of their family were injured after their vehicle overturned on Sultan Said bin Taimur Road (Adam–Haima) in Oman, Saudi and Omani authorities said. The Saudi Embassy in Muscat said it coordinated with the relevant authorities in»»»

DOHA: The amendments to Labour Law No9 of 2026, which amend some provisions of the Labour Law issued by Law No14 of 2004, issued by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, embody a significant step in the evolution of labour legislation. The changes aim to bolster the competitiveness»»»

RIYADH: The Ministry of Municipalities and Housing has approved a guide for monitoring the illegal subdivision of residential units to strengthen compliance with municipal regulations and curb the practice. The initiative aims to preserve building safety, improve residential living conditions, and »»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia marked International Day of Cooperatives with 581 cooperative societies operating across the Kingdom and more than 75,000 members. The societies work in agriculture, tourism, culture, housing, and other sectors, contributing about SR2.673 billion ($712 million) to the Kingdom’s»»»

DAMASCUS: Syria on Sunday said it was expecting a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, the first by a Western European head of state since the 2024 toppling of longtime ruler Bashar Assad. State news agency SANA, citing the Syrian presidency’s media office, said “Macron is expected to visit S»»»

Tunis, July 5 (TAP)- A higher interest has been recorded in Tunisia’s military academy admissions process, with applications submitted shortly after the release of the 2026 main baccalaureate results, according to the Ministry of National...»»»

Tokyo: A Japanese space probe performed a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid on Sunday, in a test mission for technology that could help protect the planet from space rocks. The fridge-sized Hayabusa2 was due to fly within 800 metres (0.5 miles) of asteroid Torifune, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, received HE Timcho Mucunski, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of North Macedonia, who is currently visiting the country. During the meeting, the rela»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A threat of disintegration hangs over Ukraine because Poland is convinced that swathes of western Ukraine are actually Polish territories, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday. "They are absolutely convinced that a significant part of Ukraine is actually Polish land. So»»»

NEW DELHI: A woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra allegedly killed her husband after feeding him 15 to 20 sleeping pills and later buried his body inside the bathroom floor of their home, police said, NDTV reported. According to investigators, Ruby Sharma allegedly administered the sedatives by mixing the»»»

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Minister for Human Resources Development and Information Technology, Nara Lokesh, on Sunday appealed to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to provide immediate assistance to a Telugu family stranded at Hong Kong Airport after they lost their passports. Lokesh, son of »»»

Tunis, July 5 (TAP) – Tunisia, host of the 7th COMESA Federation of National Associations of Women in Business (COMFWB) Trade Fair and Business Conference (CTF7), and France are well positioned to play a pivotal role in implementing the COMFWB...»»»

TUNIS, July 5, 2026 (TAP) – To ensure all citizens have access to environmental knowledge, the National Environmental Protection Agency (ANPE), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the Tunisian National Union of the Blind (UNAT) recently...»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received a written message from HH Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, pertaining to bilateral rela»»»

DOHA: The University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Qatar Armed Forces Medical Services, reinforcing cooperation in education, training, research, and knowledge exchange to support the development of highly qualified healthcare professional»»»

Unemployment rate in France has been sustained at an alarming level of above 8% since the second half of the 1980s. It is currently at 9.7% with companies finding difficulties hiring even with the presence of offers which means for economists that France is hitting up against structural unemploymen»»»

Hungary’s Semmelweis University has announced a major international expansion, signing a ten-year strategic partnership that will establish its second campus in Germany. The agreement opens new opportunities for medical students while also strengthening Hungarian-German research cooperation. A seco»»»

RIYADH: The seven OPEC+ member countries, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, and Kuwait, as well as Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman, which had previously announced additional voluntary production adjustments in April and November 2023, held a virtual meeting on July 5 to review the latest developm»»»

Kathmandu, Nepal: One hundred days after taking power promising sweeping reform, Nepal's 36-year-old rapper-turned-Prime Minister Balendra Shah has upended the government while remaining an elusive public figure. The former mayor of Kathmandu, better known as "Balen", reached the milestone on Sunda»»»

Doha, Qatar: Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, HE Dr. Ibrahim bin Saleh Al Nuaimi, met in his office with the Ambassador of the Republic of Panama to Qatar, HE Johnny Mayani, in the presence of senior officials at the Ministry. During the meeting, a number of topics »»»

KARACHI: An 11-year-old boy is set to be tried in connection with the devastating Gul Plaza Shopping Centre fire that killed 72 people, according to a charge sheet filed in court, Dawn reported. The charge sheet, submitted by the investigating officer through in-charge district prosecutor Abdul Raz»»»

A viral video showing the Vande Bharat Express gliding through heavily waterlogged railway tracks near Mumbai’s Kanjur Marg has captured widespread attention online, highlighting both the intensity of the ongoing monsoon and the resilience of India’s high-speed rail network. The footage captures th»»»

Washington, USA: Instagram has rolled out a new update to its "Edits" video editing application, designed for content creators, bringing a host of improvements to the short-form video editing experience. The update includes a multilingual comments feature that automatically translates comments and »»»

Barcelona: Hundreds of firefighters battled forest infernos in France, Spain and Portugal on Sunday as temperatures rose again in heatwave-scarred Europe. The latest wildfires have already devastated more than 17,000 hectares (42,000 acres) of land -- twice the size of Manhattan -- across the three»»»

GERB is ready to support a state budget that adheres to a conservative fiscal framework and keeps the deficit within 3%, party leader Boyko Borissov said at a briefing in Sliven. Borissov was in the city to meet with GERB's youth organization. Speaking to reporters, he commented on the current budg»»»

Berlin: OPEC+ ministers decided Sunday to increase oil quotas by a total of 188,000 barrels per day for August, a similar increase to others agreed in recent months, the organisation announced. Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman held virtual talks and "»»»

US President Donald Trump on Saturday hailed America as the "crowning achievement of human history" in a Fourth of July speech celebrating 250 years of US independence in Washington. Trump claimed that under his presidency, the United States was "prouder than ever before", even as he used the »»»

Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes killed nearly 3,000, updated official figures showed on Saturday, as international rescue teams began winding down search operations for survivors in the rubble of the disaster. Tens of thousands more are still reported missing.»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’, in collaboration with the Qatar Scientific Club, has launched the fifth edition of the “Future Engineer” Program, from July 4 -16, 2026, with the participation of 40 secondary school female and male students. The program is part of the two organiza»»»

Russian forces have struck Ukrainian military airfields over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense reported. "Operational-tactical aviation, strike UAVs, missile troops, and artillery of Russian battlegroups struck military airfields, fuel-energy and transport infrastructure facilities, logist»»»

The constant churn of British prime ministers shows that the UK political system is badly failing the public, US Vice President J.D. Vance has said, warning that ordinary people are “crying out” for real change. Britain’s problem is bigger than any single leader, as the succession of David Cameron,»»»

DOHA: The Qatar Meteorology Department has warned that the country will experience fresh to strong northwesterly winds beginning Monday, July 6, and continuing through the end of the week. According to a weather advisory issued on Sunday, the winds are expected to range from fresh to strong in inte»»»

RIYADH: The National Grain Supply Co., SABIL, in cooperation with NEOM, has completed the first unloading of a wheat ship at NEOM Port, located in northwestern Saudi Arabia, carrying 66,000 tonnes of wheat. This step reflects the company’s strategy to diversify its logistics channels and enhance th»»»

Damascus, July 5 (SANA) Zain will launch mobile telecommunications services in Syria within six months of receiving its operating license, with commercial operations expected to begin in early 2027, the country’s telecommunications regulator said. Khaled al-Homsi, director general of the Telecommun»»»

RIYADH: Non-oil business activity in Kuwait and Qatar remained in contraction in June as supply disruptions, regional geopolitical tensions and cost pressures weighed on business conditions. S&P Global data showed Kuwait’s Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 46.4 in June from 47.2 in May, remaining »»»

Dubai: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei did not appear at the second day of funeral ceremonies for his father in Tehran, even as the country continued large-scale public mourning events marked by tight security and political symbolism. Three sons of the late Iranian leader Ayatollah»»»

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said the government has not ignored the demands voiced during the ongoing nightly protests, despite what he described as the protesters' unwillingness to engage in direct dialogue with authorities. Speaking in the latest episode of his weekly podcast Flasim ("Let's »»»

United States: People in Guam and the Northern Marianas moved to emergency evacuation centers and made last-minute preparations on Sunday, hours before a "super typhoon" was projected to bulldoze through the US Pacific territories. Super Typhoon Bavi was forecast to roar westwards over the area at »»»

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has dismissed reports circulating on social media alleging that the government is planning a development project in Porto Palermo Bay, insisting that the area is protected from construction. In a video published on Sunday, Rama rejected claims shared online, includi»»»

Beijing, China: Chinese and Russian navies will hold the "Joint Sea-2026" naval exercise this month in waters and airspace near the Chinese port city of Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province, China's Ministry of National Defense announced Sunday. Following the exercise, some forces from both si»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), organized an expanded session titled "Future-Ready Regulations That Embrace Innovation and Advance Sustainability in the Agriculture and Food Safety Se»»»

DOHA: A round of political talks was held on Sunday in Doha between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar and the Republic of North Macedonia. The Qatari side was headed by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi, while the Macedonian side was headed b»»»

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political fate will be decided on Tuesday when a Paris appeals court rules on whether she is eligible to run in the 2027 presidential elections, a verdict with major implications for France's future. Le Pen is appealing her 2025 conviction for embezzling European Pa»»»

The shockwave following the rape and murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna in May has continued to echo across France, with tens of thousands of people across the country marching on Saturday in support of what organisers call a comprehensive law against sexual violence. Tens of thousands of people demonst»»»

Paris, France: Switzerland's World Cup captain Granit Xhaka says leadership is a role he learned aged four when he was handed the house keys as his Albanian parents worked overtime to make ends meet in their adopted country. The 33-year-old midfielder has the opportunity to prove that that tough ex»»»

JEDDAH: Qatari ports handled 78,002 twenty-foot equivalent units in June, marking a 13 percent increase from May as container traffic strengthened and vessel calls increased. According to Mwani Qatar’s June Ports Performance report, the country’s three commercial ports received 121 vessels during t»»»

Armenia sits at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. While in much of the European Union, the drag scene is mainstream, in Armenia it remains underground. Performers face threats of violence, stigma, police pressure and even rejection by their own families. Despite this, drag queens »»»

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has ordered officials to summon representatives from Meta. The tech giant is being asked to provide a formal explanation following allegations that paid advertisements on Instagram were used to promote Child Sexual Abuse Material (C»»»