Joe Hammond was sitting in a stranger’s home in Connecticut when Norway’s hulking hero, Erling Haaland, thankfully, knocked in a late goal some 1,700 miles away to topple Ivory Coast. It meant the boat-rowing, high-scoring Norwegian team had survived, and Hammond’s World Cup vacation had survived a»»»

During the first half of 2026, companies leased a total of 80,790 sqm of office space in Bucharest, representing a 29% increase compared with the same period of 2025, according to a report by Fortim Trusted Advisors, Alliance Member of BNP Paribas Real Estate. Cluj-Napoca also recorded stronger off»»»

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov “personally cleared” the killing of a woman suspected in last week’s Monaco bombing attack, former Ukrainian diplomat Andrey Telizhenko has told RT. Telizhenko suggested on Thursday that “the orders were given by the »»»

No single topic dominates Friday's news media. POLITICS Capital weekly looks into the scandal over the Interior Minister announcing last week details about the private plane flights of Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader Delyan Peevski. One of these flights was with Constitutional Court j»»»

Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev has formally submitted to the National Assembly a report on an operational inquiry conducted by the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDCOC), the Interior Ministry said on Friday. The report was sent to National Assembly Chair Mihaela Dotsova afte»»»

New Delhi: In India, a pavement can be many things -- a hawking site, parking area and garbage dumping space -- but rarely what it is meant to be: a safe path to walk. Across the country, pedestrians are routinely forced to walk on busy roads, despite a recent ruling by the Supreme Court that said »»»

NEW DELHI: Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence back home where her party is banned, told Reuters she and senior party colleagues plan to return from exile in ​India around December and surrender. The South Asian nation’s longest-serving leader said she and membe»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched a medical convoy for urology and gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy procedures in Sudan. This initiative is implemented in partnership with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Kuwait’s Patients Helping Fund Society (PHF), the Sudanese Doctors As»»»

Doha, Qatar: Wyndham Grand Doha West Bay Beach has announced that it has been honoured with the coveted 2025 “Best of” Wyndham Grand Award. This prestigious recognition places the property among an elite group of top-performing Wyndham Grand hotels worldwide, recognised for delivering exceptional g»»»

Professional bodies representing guest worker employment have submitted a comprehensive reform proposal to the government, arguing that Hungary’s current regime is overly complex and in need of simplification. The roundtable—comprising HR specialists, legal and immigration experts, and employer gro»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s real estate sector recorded 426 mortgage transactions with a total amount of QR12.966bn from January to March (Q1) this year. Doha Municipality registered the highest number of mortgage transactions with 238 (equivalent to 55.9 percent) of the total number of mortgaged properti»»»

Dubai: Emirates will deploy its flagship Airbus A380 on flights between Dubai and Delhi from October 25, giving passengers more premium seats and access to Premium Economy across every daily service on the route. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Delhi will become the ai»»»

President Donald Trump on Thursday reportedly removed the three remaining commissioners on the bipartisan, independent Election Assistance Commission. Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI | License Photo July 10 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has reportedly fired the three remaining members of an independent, »»»

British politics has long had room for eccentric independent candidates, but few have become as recognisable as Count Binface, the silver-faced, cape-wearing satirical campaigner who has turned elections into a platform for political humour. Now, Count Binface has unexpectedly found himself at the »»»

President Donald Trump executed a sweeping purge of the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) on Thursday, dismissing its three remaining commissioners in an unprecedented shake-up that places the independent agency in administrative limbo just months before the 2026 midterm elections. The White »»»

Marshall McLuhan's famous dictum that “the medium is the message” has rarely felt more relevant than during the livestreamed impeachment trial of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte. Millions of Filipinos are not reading transcripts. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app no»»»

OSCE Secretary-General Feridun Sinirlioglu offered to help oust the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), in a phone call with Russian pranksters posing as Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. In recent years, Pashinyan has cracked down on the clergy, with several senior bishops placed i»»»

French investigators have again summoned Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov for questioning as the criminal investigation into the messaging platform nears its second year with no resolution in sight. Durov spent around six hours being questioned at the Paris Judicial Tribunal on Wednesday, local medi»»»

Veteran French politician Marine Le Pen is the early favorite to win France’s presidential election next year after an appeals court ruled her eligible to run, opinion polls suggest. Le Pen, the longtime figurehead of the right-wing National Rally (RN), reached the presidential runoff in 2017 and 2»»»

After being distracted by the Iran war and cutting off Ukraine’s financial and military aid, US President Donald Trump is back in the Ukraine peace game. In a major policy U-turn, the Trump administration has promised to give Kyiv a licence to make its own desperately needed Patriot missile weapons»»»

BANGKOK: Three former crew members of a Thai cargo ship struck in the Strait of Hormuz in March filed a lawsuit Friday against the vessel’s operator over labor rights violations and unfair dismissal. The ship, the Mayuree Naree, was hit by a projectile north of Oman on March 11, killing three peopl»»»

Doha, Qatar: Spain have made winning look routine at the FIFA World Cup, but Belgium’s growing confidence suggests today’s quarter-final could be anything but. A place in the last four is at stake when two of Europe’s biggest football nations meet at Los Angeles Stadium today (10pm Qatar time), wit»»»

On July 10, 1925, the so-called Monkey Trial, in which John Scopes was accused of teaching evolution in school, a violation of state law, began in Dayton, Tenn. 1 of 8 | Photograph shows William Jennings Bryan (seated, left, with fan) and Clarence Darrow (standing, center, with arms folded) at an o»»»

One of the greatest minds in the history of world science, Serbian physicist and inventor Nikola Tesla, was born on this day in 1856. He was born in what was then the Habsburg Monarchy, in what is now Croatia, as the son of a village Serbian Orthodox priest. He was the fourth child of Milutin and D»»»

Washington, United States: At first glance, it's just a rodent. But the Andean leaf-eared mouse is, in fact, a natural marvel. The small mammal is capable of living at altitudes exceeding 6,700 meters (21,982 feet) in the Andes, and its capabilities challenge our understanding of physiological limi»»»

Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced charges against an eighth suspect accused of plotting an attack targeting June 15's UFC event at the White House. Pool photo by Evan Vucci/UPI | License Photo July 10 (UPI) -- An eighth suspect has been arrested and charged in an alleged plot to attack last»»»

A protest was held on Thursday outside Sándor Palace, organised by Fidesz and KDNP, against what they described as the building of a "Tisza-style autocracy" and the removal of President of the Republic Tamás Sulyok. At the demonstration, former President of the Republic János Áder said that the ame»»»

Manila: The fourth day of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial centred (on Thursday, July 9) on prosecutors' continued effort to prove that her "kill video", a livestream during which she publicly threatened to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, his wife Lisa and former House Speaker Ma»»»

In February, the ruling Iranian regime’s daily newspaper Jomhouri Eslami posed a question in print that had been taboo for 40 years: does the Islamic Republic really need two sets of armed forces? There is the regular army, the Artesh, to guard against foreign enemies, and there is the Islamic Revo»»»

When it came to the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran this week, the most important man—his son and successor—did not appear. Other relatives came, as did senior officials, who spoke of loyalty and bay’a (the oath of allegiance), as the crowds were told to chant for revenge. B»»»

JERUSALEM: With the Israeli parliament set to dissolve in the coming days, just four months before national elections, the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is racing to pass a series of bills, drawing fierce criticism from opposition. Seven pieces of legislation are currently on the »»»

The Justice Department under acting Attorney General Todd Blanche filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Maryland's so-called sanctuary policies. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 10 (UPI) -- The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Maryland on Thursday challenging the state's »»»

FOXBOROUGH: Morocco coach Mohamed Ouahbi promised that his team will bounce back from their World Cup quarter-final exit against France on Thursday and keep building as they prepare to co-host the next tournament in 2030. The Atlas Lions were hoping to at least match their historic run to the semif»»»

RIYADH: Six national projects led by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) have been honored at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2026 for excellence in artificial intelligence and digital innovation, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Friday. The award»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s plans to build a skyline-altering arch in the nation’s capital won initial approval Thursday from a key federal commission, but its members put off a decision on whether a federal law that limits building heights should be applied to this project. Despite overwh»»»

COLUMBUS, Ohio: Eight men were indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges Thursday for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House in June. The indictment, returned in Ohio, charges all eight in two separate conspiracies»»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) on Thursday held an introductory workshop for top-performing Qatari high school graduates to present the 2026–2027 government scholarship programme and explain the academic opportunities and benefits available. Speaking at the event, A»»»

Foxborough: Kylian Mbappe recovered from having a first-half penalty saved to score a magnificent opener that set France on their way to a 2-0 win over Morocco in their World Cup quarter-final showdown on Thursday. Mbappe's weak spot-kick was easily saved by Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, but »»»

The Trump administration has proposed changing a Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency rule requiring heavy duty trucks to limit specific emissions, stating that it could save truckers up to $12 billion per year. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo July 9 (UPI) -- The Trump admini»»»

WASHINGTON: An Afghan man awaiting trial for allegedly shooting two members of the National Guard near the White House has been hospitalized after refusing food, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Rahmanullah Lakanwal pleaded not guilty in December to murder and firearms charges in the Novem»»»

UTAH, USA: The defendant in Charlie Kirk’s killing told his roommate “he wishes he hadn’t done it” the day after the conservative activist was shot in the neck while speaking to a crowd at Utah Valley University, according to a recording played in court Thursday. Lance Twiggs, who was also suspect »»»

WASHINGTON: An Afghan man awaiting trial for allegedly shooting two members of the National Guard near the White House has been hospitalized after refusing food, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Rahmanullah Lakanwal pleaded not guilty in December to murder and firearms charges in the Novem»»»

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: The UN refugee agency called on Thursday for additional land to ease overcrowding in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps after heavy rains triggered landslides that have killed at least 15 people. More than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees, many of whom fled Myanmar during a b»»»

Adjudicating Constitutional Case No. 6 of 2026, Bulgaria's Constitutional Court on Thursday declined a petition submitted by the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) to declare unconstitutional a provision of the Measures Against Money Laundering Act which obliges the Supreme Bar Council (SBC) to ado»»»

Miami: Erling Haaland said facing England, the land of his birth, in the World Cup quarter-finals was extra special as he aims to extend Norway's historic run into the last four. In his first major international tournament the Manchester City striker has propelled his country to the last eight by s»»»

WASHINGTON: Russian strikes ‌killed at least 265 civilians in Ukraine and injured 1,816 in June, the highest combined casualty count since the first months after Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, a top UN official told the Security Council on Thursday. UN political affairs chief Rosema»»»

A group of 17 news organizations that are suing OpenAI for its use of their content to train artificial intelligence models asked a federal court for sanctions because they allege the company lied about its ability to search its own datasets. File Photo by Adam Vaughan/EPA July 9 (UPI) -- More than»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE) held an introductory workshop on Thursday for top-performing Qatari high school graduates to present the 2026-2027 government scholarship program and explain the academic opportunities and benefits available. Speaking at the event,»»»

NAIROBI: The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is the “fastest growing” ever, African health authorities said Thursday, as the World Health Organization said it had killed 600 people. Updated numbers issued by the UN health agency showed there have been 1,759 confirmed cases in DR Cong»»»

MIAMI, USA: Erling Haaland said facing England, the land of his birth, in the World Cup quarter-finals was extra special as he aims to extend Norway’s historic run into the last four. In his first major international tournament the Manchester City striker has propelled his country to the last eight»»»