Beijing has lodged an official protest with New Zealand’s Foreign Ministry over controversial remarks made by the country’s top diplomat, Winston Peters, to a Chinese-born MP during a heated parliamentary exchange. The Chinese Embassy in Wellington made the announcement on Thursday, a day after the»»»

A missile believed to be a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile crossed into Nato member Poland and appears to have exploded in a field near Lublin at close to 4 am on July 30, leaving a 10-metre crater but causing no casualties or reported damage. The missile came down near Tarnawa-Kolonia in L»»»

Google has been fined by European regulators so many times that another billion-dollar penalty no longer feels extraordinary. The European Commission’s latest action imposed a combined €890 million (about $1.02 billion) in penalties after finding that Google breached parts of the Digital Markets Ac»»»

Washington: President Donald Trump said Thursday that a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza, but many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remained to wind down the war in the Palestinian territory. Neither Hamas nor Israel gave immediate indicati»»»

Dubai: A clinic visit that stretched from 11 am until 3.30 pm gave two Dubai entrepreneurs the idea for a healthcare technology business designed to reduce the time doctors, pharmacists and patients lose to outdated systems. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply c»»»

Kyrgyzstan’s election to a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council came after a diligent campaign to gain support for its candidacy. It means a Central Asian state will have a seat on the UN’s most powerful body for the second time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Attention now »»»

DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities have arrested two men accused of participating in the wartime massacre of dozens of civilians in the western Homs countryside during the rule of former President Bashar Assad. The Interior Ministry identified the suspects as Faez Abbas Akhal and Nasr Mohammad Ghosn. It »»»

In tonight's edition: DR Congo's constitutional court approves a referendum law that critics say could open the way for President Felix Tshisekedi to seek a third term in office. Also, as the El Niño weather pattern looms, millions across Africa could face worsening droughts and floods. Plus a»»»

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration cannot deny immigrants detained inside the United States a chance for release on bond, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The 2-1 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, with a judge appointed by President Donald Trump in the ma»»»

Polish authorities are investigating an object that came down in eastern Poland overnight and is thought to be a Russian missile, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. The discovery followed reports of an explosion, with investigators finding a crater and debris scattered across a nearby fie»»»

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This photo, taken Thursday, shows the trading room of Hana Bank in Seoul as South Korean stocks fell by over one percent following two days of deep declines amid AI spending concerns. Photo by Yonhap Seoul shares fell by more than 1 percent Thursday as retail investors heavily sold tech stocks foll»»»

New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel speaks to reporters after her arrival at Incheon International Airport on Thursday to assume her post. Photo by Yonhap New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel said Thursday she is ready to work with Seoul to ensure the decadeslong bilatera»»»

1 of 3 | President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is open to withdrawing his nomination of Todd Blanche, pictured, as U.S. attorney general as two Republican senators oppose the appointment. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 30 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Thursday that»»»

Poland could emerge as an unexpected beneficiary of the latest U.S. tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, according to economists analyzing the potential impact on global trade. While higher import duties are expected to disrupt international supply chains, they may also improve the competit»»»

The European Commission has launched a competition to build seven artificial intelligence gigafactories across the European Union, with Poland seeking to secure one of the strategically important facilities. The projects are designed to provide massive computing capacity for developing advanced AI »»»

The European Commission has launched a competition to build seven artificial intelligence gigafactories across the European Union, with Poland seeking to secure one of the strategically important facilities. The projects are designed to provide massive computing capacity for developing advanced AI »»»

Poland has officially gained access to Vietnam's market for fresh apples, opening one of the country's most promising export destinations for fruit producers. Home to more than 100 million consumers and a rapidly expanding middle class, Vietnam represents a significant opportunity for Polish grower»»»

WASHINGTON: Palestinian authorities asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to halt for now a $656 million judgment in a long-running lawsuit filed by Americans killed or wounded in attacks in Israel. The emergency appeal comes after a lower court reinstated the damages in the wake of a Supreme Co»»»

Lawyers for the US state of Tennessee argued that the company ignored its own research linking Instagram to compulsive use, eating disorders, depression and self-harm among teenagers, while keeping features such as autoplay, notifications and infinite scroll to maximise time spent on the platform a»»»

Royal Grenada Police are searching for Liz Waddell of Cary, N.C. They don't believe there was foul play in her disappearance. Photo courtesy of FindLiz.com July 30 (UPI) -- The husband of a missing Cary, N.C., woman in Granada said he believes there is no foul play in her disappearance. Elizabeth "»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Thursday that demolition of properties in the Kosovo-Metohija Zubin Potok municipality, illegal works at the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Visoki Decani and administrative barriers hindering pilgrims represented "a deliberate pattern of pressure" on Serb p»»»

President of Argentina Javier Milei speaks at the General Debate in the U.N. General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters in 2025 in New York City. In a statement on Thursday, he said, "The defense of the nation, its citizens and its national symbols is non-negotiable. Anyone who attack»»»

LONDON: The United ‌Kingdom’s Supreme Court has said it will hear an appeal against a lower court ruling that ​Britain’s decision to ban campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization was lawful. London’s Court of Appeal ruled in June that proscribing Palestine Action under terrorism l»»»

UN: The UN Security Council began the process of selecting the UN’s next secretary-general, holding a first “straw poll” to gauge the seven candidates’ support for the high-profile global statesman role. Four women and three men are so far in the running to succeed Antonio Guterres, who will comple»»»

United Nations, United States: The UN Security Council began the process of selecting the UN's next secretary-general, holding a first "straw poll" to gauge the seven candidates' support for the high-profile global statesman role. Four women and three men are so far in the running to succeed Antoni»»»

More than €3.7 million was spent on salaries and other remuneration for a special unit at Bulgaria’s Ministry of Interior that former Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev ordered to be closed, describing it as a “parasitic” structure. According to information provided by the ministry under the Access»»»

Bulgaria's Air Force spent this week at the center of an unusually candid public admission: the country's Soviet-era MiG-29s are running out of spare parts, the American F-16s meant to replace them are years behind schedule and Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov has sent letters to four different co»»»

The president of Spain's north African exclave Ceuta on Thursday warned of a "total humanitarian and social emergency" after hundreds of migrants entered the territory by swimming across from neighbouring Morocco in recent days.  Hundreds of migrants have entered the Spanish north African excl»»»

Albania’s ruling Socialist majority has unveiled its proposal for the Administrative-Territorial Reform 2.0, which would reduce the number of municipalities from 61 to 46 by merging 28 existing municipalities into 13 new administrative units. According to the proposal, the reform is based on an ass»»»

Russia’s Federal Security Service has brought terrorism-related charges against Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire behind popular messaging app Telegram, once again placing the entrepreneur at the center of a dispute over whether technology platforms should be held responsible for crimes org»»»

Belgrade: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Serbian President His Excellency Aleksandar Vučić discussed bilateral cooperation, particularly in the fields of the economy, investment, trade, and renewable energy, as well as other priority sectors, under the Comprehensi»»»

LONDON: Britain’s government said Thursday that 752 migrants were detected arriving in small boats across the Channel the previous day, a daily record for this year. The figure, released by the interior ministry, broke a previous 2026 record set in June of 710 arrivals in a single day. The issue of»»»

Energy prices were the driving factor in June’s slowing inflation as talks of a peace deal between the United States and Iran gained momentum. Prices for gasoline and energy goods fell by 9.2%, marking the largest decrease since August 2022. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 30 (UP»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Thursday that demolition of properties in the Kosovo-Metohija Zubin Potok municipality, illegal works at the Serbian Orthodox monastery of Visoki Decani and administrative barriers hindering pilgrims represented "a deliberate pattern of pressure" on Serb p»»»

NATO-provided air defenses in Ukraine have failed to stop Russia’s ballistic and hypersonic missiles, as the July 30 strikes demonstrated. NATO was caught off guard by “Russia’s ability to transform its Soviet-era legacy into a new generation of high-tech weapons, such as the Zircon, Kinzhal and Or»»»

CINCINNATI - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic confirmed on Thursday he will be competing at the upcoming Cincinnati Masters. After reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals and skipping the Montreal Masters, Djokovic will head to Ohio for his last test before the US Open. "I'm happy to ann»»»

The U.S. Department of Justice is testing a long-dormant secretive deportation court on an Afghan woman who had alleged ties to ISIS. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 30 (UPI) -- The Trump administration on Thursday will test a secret, never-used deportation court for alleged terr»»»

JAKARTA: Indonesian nationals have filed a criminal complaint against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their lawyer said on Thursday, as he seeks a probe over his clients’ reports of torture and illegal detention by Israel forces. The nine men, including activists and journalists, were p»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index rose on Thursday, gaining 45.62 points, or 0.43 percent, to close at 10,589.72. The total trading turnover of the benchmark index reached SR4.60 billion ($1.23 billion), with 112 stocks advancing and 129 declining. Similarly, the Kingdom’s parallel mar»»»

Dubai: Botim is extending its reach beyond everyday payments into digital assets after partnering with MultiBank Group’s crypto platform, mb.io, allowing users in the UAE to fund trading accounts directly through the messaging and fintech app. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Ba»»»

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Myanmar has agreed to take 5,000 Rohingya asylum seekers currently in Malaysia, where there has recently been tension between the refugees and local communities. Speaking at a campaign rally on Wednesday ahead of regional elections in Negeri»»»

Abu Dhabi: Healthy Living, in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Registration Authority (ADRA), the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development’s (ADDED) arm for regulating and developing the business sector in the emirate, has launched a new policy redesigning the in-store layouts and online interf»»»

Ukrainian emergency workers assess the site of a Russian missile strike on a market in Kyiv on Thursday. Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA July 30 (UPI) -- At least eight people were killed and 50 injured overnight in Ukraine in a major Russian airborne assault targeting Dnipropetrovsk province, Kyiv a»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Former top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci refused to answer questions from US senators over 100 times during his three-hour-long testimony on the COVID-19 pandemic, The New York Times has reported. On Wednesday, Fauci invoked his right under the Fifth Amendment of»»»

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) has appealed the Council of Ministers' July 22 decision revoking its right to use its headquarters at 23 Vrabcha Street in Sofia, the party said on Facebook on Thursday in response to questions from journalists. Under Bulgarian law, the appeal suspends the»»»

Damascus, July 30 (SANA) Syria has received more than 2.5 million tons of wheat from this season’s harvest, the Syrian Grain Establishment (SGE) said, as the government seeks to strengthen domestic food security and expand grain reserves. Director General of the SGE Hassan al-Othman said the volume»»»

Lebanon's judiciary postponed a Thursday hearing for former central bank governor Riad Salameh over alleged embezzlement after he failed to show up due to illness, a judicial official told AFP. Salameh, who headed the central bank from 1993 to July 2023, is accused of having amassed a fortune durin»»»

The EU has launched a call for tenders to fund up to seven AI Gigafactories to train AI technologies as part of a greater bid for European tech sovereignty. The term Gigafactory was spun out of Tesla’s own massive electric vehicle battery plant, which the EU will adapt to produce advanced AI proces»»»

The Bulgarian government has declared two companies from the Lukoil group as objects related to national security in an effort to maintain state control over key fuel operations and prevent possible disruptions on the energy market. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Investments and Ind»»»