Doha, Qatar: Barely three weeks after the FIFA World Cup 2026 final, European club football roars back to life this week – and fans across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will not miss a moment, with beIN Sports (beIN) broadcasting the new season live and exclusive across 24 MENA markets. F»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Central Bank (QCB) yesterday reported that the Qatari economy demonstrated solid resilience throughout 2025, bolstered by strong non-hydrocarbon sector performance. In its Annual Macroeconomic Review, QCB reiterated that the overall real GDP expanded by 2.9 percent last year, lar»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ambassador of Angola H E António Coelho Ramos da Cruz has praised Qatar’s efforts in combating cybercrime, saying they deserve great applause. Speaking at the opening of a UNODC ransomware investigation training in Lusail, he highlighted the State’s strong partnership with the Unit»»»

WASHINGTON: A ‌group of current and former Palestinian students and staff have sued Columbia University, alleging discriminatory treatment by the school ​against its Palestinian community since late 2023, according to a court filing in New York. The lawsuit said the university failed to protect its»»»

Since they seized power in Afghanistan five years ago, the Taliban have succeeded in expanding their diplomatic and economic ties with countries around the world. But Afghanistan remains largely isolated due to a widespread refusal to formally recognise the Taliban government over human rights abus»»»

Members of the Hungarian Parliament have elected 73-year-old András Baka as the country’s president, Meduza reports. He was nominated for the post by the ruling Tisza party. The position became vacant after the country’s new Prime Minister, Péter Magyar, forced the resignation of Tamás Sulyok, a pr»»»

LONDON: British politics has a long-cherished reputation for attracting the weird and wonderful. But in a pantheon of colorful characters, Count Binface, a man wearing a rubbish bin over his head, is stealing the show. The self-described “intergalactic space warrior” from the fictional planet Sigma»»»

MONTGOMERY, Alabama: Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates Thursday in what would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States. The executions come as a small number of states, including the three with scheduled letha»»»

SAN ISIDRO, Argentina: Diego Maradona showed “warning signs” that went unheeded during the home hospitalization leading up to his death in 2020, a witness on Tuesday told the trial examining the Argentine football legend’s demise. Seven health care professionals have been on trial since mid-April i»»»

1 of 5 | Sen. Darline Graham Nordone, R-S.C., was poised Tuesday night to be headed for a GOP runoff election against Rep. Ralph Norman for the Senate seat long held by her brother, the late Lindsey Graham. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph»»»

Protesters supporting trans youth gather Jan. 13 outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, the Trump administration finalized rules banning use of Medicaid funds for gender identity healthcare for youth. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 11 (UPI) -- On Tuesday, the »»»

A former US Marine detained by Russia since 2022 was headed back to the United States on Tuesday after being released on humanitarian grounds, President Donald Trump said. Robert Gilman, a teacher from Massachusetts, had been serving a ten-year prison sentence over disputed charges of assaulting a »»»

The head of military intelligence for the Libyan National Army (LNA), which controls the east and parts of southern Libya, has been killed in a car bombing, the army said in a statement late on Tuesday. Fawzi al-Mansouri was assassinated on Monday when an explosive stuck to his car detonated as he »»»

Iran has hardened its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with a senior official saying the strategic waterway will remain closed unless its conditions are met: Mohsen Rezaei, the newly-appointed secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said that Tehran would not reopen the»»»

DAMASCUS: Bashar Assad’s 24-year rule of Syria ended abruptly in December 2024 following a lightning advance by rebel forces who struck while the Russian ‌and Iranian allies who had backed him through years of civil war were distracted by conflicts elsewhere. He fled to Moscow, ending more than fiv»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: A secret operation that reportedly smuggled Donald Trump off Air Force One in a catering truck before the plane departed carrying journalists and top aides at apparent risk of an Iranian strike has raised questions over US security practices. The Washington Post reported »»»

LONDON: For almost a quarter of a century, Bashar Assad stood at the apex of a Syrian state in which the president appeared beyond the reach of its courts. On Tuesday, that relationship was dramatically reversed. Syria’s Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus sentenced the ousted president to death in a»»»

1 of 2 | The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seen Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciay Committee, has launched an investigation in the Department of Justice's prosecution of former Olympian David Hearn in the allegedly vandalization of»»»

One of the key amendments introduced by the law concerns the registration fee for rental contracts. Under the previous law, the fee was calculated at 0.5% of the annual rental value, with a minimum of QR250 and a maximum of QR2,500. Under the new amendment, the fee has been set at a fixed QR250. Th»»»

Pakistan International School Qatar (PISQ) has once again brought laurels to the Pakistani community in Qatar, securing all 21 top positions in the country in the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) SSC Part-I and Part-II First Annual Examination 2026. The FBISE, Islamabad»»»

WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department unsealed indictments on Tuesday against four members of one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels accused of seeking to purchase arms and ammunition in the Czech Republic. The four alleged members of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, known by its Spanish acro»»»

In an interview with Russian business media, Petr Fradkov, CEO of Promsvyazbank, revealed how the bank’s ground-breaking payment system, A7, facilitates transnational payments without using Western architecture like SWIFT or dollar-based instruments, all without technically violating any sanctions.»»»

RAMALLAH: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa opened the weekly Cabinet meeting on Tuesday by stressing the need for government institutions to operate at full capacity to meet the urgent needs of citizens, particularly those in areas under attack, amid escalating crimes by colonist gangs a»»»

An exterior view of the International Criminal Court is shown in The Hague, The Netherlands. Four human rights groups are suing the Trump administration over “crippling” sanctions on judges and prosecutors of the International Criminal Court. File Photo by Robin Utrecht/EPA-EFE Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Fou»»»

Dubai: The UAE issued 173 extradition decisions in 2025 in favour of several countries in cases involving money laundering and terrorist financing, reinforcing its efforts to combat transnational organised crime and strengthen international judicial cooperation, the General Secretariat of the Natio»»»

Tashkent: Uzbekistan received over 7.7 million foreign tourists in the first seven months of 2026, according to the country's National Statistics Committee. A total of 7,749,308 foreign tourists visited the country during the January-July period, up by 1.4 million or 22.6 percent compared with the »»»

As the nature of Russia’s war in Ukraine evolves, Baltic startups are seeking new ways to respond to the hybrid threat from Russia, hoping rapid innovation can have a deterrent effect on Moscow.  One of the lessons of the war in Ukraine is that military technology evolves very rapidly, wi»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Yemeni armed forces carried out an operation targeting a Saudi military equipment transport ship in Bab al-Mandab: military media 11-08-202»»»

People hold posters during a rally for birthright citizenship held by the American Civil Liberties Union outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April. The Court eventually ruled against President Donald Trump's efforts to end the practice, but now the ACLU is asking for clarification from a lower court »»»

DIYARBAKIR, Turkiye: Residents in Turkiye’s mainly Kurdish-populated southeastern region reacted with a mix of relief, joy and uncertainty on Tuesday after parliament approved a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants, offering them a potential path toward integration into normal life»»»

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French newspapers have asked the country’s antitrust watchdog to take action over Google’s new AI-generated summaries – which appear at the top of search results – saying they are depriving news publishers of web traffic. A federation of nearly 300 French newspapers said Tuesday that it filed »»»

Andrzej Lis, a fund manager at Rockbridge TFI, describes his investment philosophy as holistic, combining macroeconomic analysis, fundamental research and valuation rather than relying on a single strategy. He begins by assessing inflation, interest rates, market liquidity and the economic cycle be»»»

Nearly half of Polish women consider menopause a taboo subject, even though 70% of women and 60% of men want it discussed publicly, according to Kulczyk Foundation research. At the same time, 93% of women cannot correctly define menopause. The issue has broader social and economic implications. Pol»»»

New vehicle registrations in Poland increased across all major segments in H1 2026, according to KPMG and the Polish Automotive Industry Association. Passenger-car registrations rose nearly 10% y/y to 312,033, while commercial vehicle registrations increased 20% and bus registrations jumped 78%. To»»»

Polish consumers increased their average monthly spending on major shopping platforms to PLN 825 in July, up 6% from the average of the previous three months, according to whenUbuy. Despite new EU customs charges, spending on Chinese platforms remained above PLN 300 per user. Shoppers instead bough»»»

Dubai: Bahrain's High Criminal Court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment after convicting them of spying for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and acting on its behalf in activities that authorities said targeted the kingdom's security and national interests. The Public Prosecu»»»

Two acquaintances of the teenagers accused in the fatal beating of a 37-year-old man in Plovdiv have been detained in connection with another violent incident involving two Nepalese citizens. The Plovdiv District Prosecutor's Office charged an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy on Tuesday with c»»»

Dubai: Kuwait's Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday that the State Security Service had arrested two minors accused of communicating with members of the extremist group ISIS and receiving training in the manufacture of explosives as part of an alleged plot to target a place of worship in the count»»»

LONDON: An Israeli rights group and Palestinian community organizations have asked a court to overturn approval for a Jewish religious school in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah, saying the project would be built on land expropriated for public facilities needed by Palestinians. Israeli nonp»»»

NEW YORK: Rights groups on Tuesday sued US President Donald Trump over his sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court, saying the measures block victims of war crimes from pursuing justice. The Trump administration, which rejects the ICC’s authority, has imposed travel bans and asset free»»»

1 of 5 | President Donald Trump holds a racing helmet while hosting top IndyCar drivers at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 13. File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that it plans to pause flights from Reagan »»»

NEW YORK: Rights groups on Tuesday sued US President Donald Trump over his sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court, saying the measures block victims of war crimes from pursuing justice.The Trump administration, which rejects the ICC’s authority, has imposed travel bans and asset freez»»»

Pathway, an AI company founded by Polish researchers and now based in the US, has reached a valuation of $500 million after raising additional seed funding. The company is developing a new AI architecture intended to be cheaper and more computationally efficient than today’s transformer-based large»»»

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that Maciej Berek is stepping down as minister responsible for overseeing the implementation of government policy and will move to other public duties. His responsibilities will be taken over by Joanna Knapińska, head of the Government Legislation Center »»»

Hungary’s parliament elected András Baka, the former head of the Supreme Court, as President of the Republic on Tuesday. Baka, the candidate of the ruling Tisza Party, was elected head of state with 140 votes in favour and 6 against in a secret ballot. Orbán’s Fidesz and the KDNP did not participat»»»

An appeals court has ruled that thousands of lawsuits against social media companies can move forward. File Photo by Adam Vaughan/EPA Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court ruled Monday that thousands of lawsuits against social media companies, like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat, can proceed. Th»»»

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomes President Donald Trump at the Beştepe Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on July 7. File Photo by thee Turkish Presidency Office/UPI | License Photo Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The White House said President Donald Trump was on Air Force One when he left Tur»»»

The Plovdiv District Prosecution Office has charged two boys, aged 18 and 17, with causing bodily harm to two Nepalese nationals on the night of July 24 to 25 in Plovdiv. The assault was captured on video, the prosecution service said on Tuesday. The boys were arrested on August 10. They are accuse»»»

The European Union on Tuesday congratulated Lebanon on the adoption of the law abolishing the death penalty, saying it marks a “significant step forward for human rights in the country.” “The abolition of the death penalty for all crimes, including through its retroactive application is an importan»»»