Earlier this week, Andy Burnham traipsed out to Buckingham Palace, symbolically kissed the hands of King Charles III – as tradition demanded – and the “King of the North” was duly anointed the new UK prime minister. Amidst the subsequent euphoria within the Labour Party, the fact that Burnham’s swi»»»

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., pushed through a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through December. Most Democrats opposed it. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 22 (UPI) -- House Republicans pushed through a spending bill that would fund the government throu»»»

JEDDAH: A student team from King Abdulaziz University will transform its award-winning underwater robot into a commercially viable Saudi technology after placing seventh at the MATE ROV 2026 World Championship in Canada. KAU President Dr. Tareef Al-Aama honored the Red Sea Rovers team following its»»»

Joshua Kerry, 28, was due to appear before Westminster Magistrates on Monday morning to answer charges of murdering former Conservative government minister and Member of the Privy Council Ann Widdecombe earlier this month. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo July 21 (UPI) -- A 28-year-ol»»»

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda attend the plenary session at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tivat, Montenegro, on June 5. File Photo by Boris Pejovic/EPA July 20 (UPI) -- The European Commission announced a record fine against AliExpre»»»

London: Andy Burnham projects regular man-of-the-people vibes, but behind the casual persona lies ruthless ambition and an ability for reinvention that has helped propel him to the pinnacle of British politics. The 56-year-old veteran figure within centre-left Labour replaced Keir Starmer as prime »»»

The Michelin evaluation process for Sofia is still ongoing and there has been no final rejection, according to Anton Penev, director of the Sofia Municipality’s Tourism enterprise. He said the capital has not received a definitive “no” from the prestigious culinary guide and that the assessment cou»»»

Dubai: Gwendoline Meliz Soriano of Baguio City was crowned Binibining Pilipinas International 2026 during the 62nd Binibining Pilipinas Grand Coronation Night, held Saturday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Soriano, who also won the Best in Swimsuit and Best in Evening Gown awards during the coronati»»»

Ghana's rural banking sector has grown into a GHS26bn ($2.2bn) industry with 147 licensed institutions serving more than 8mn customers, Bank of Ghana Governor Johnson Asiama said, Citi News reported on July 17. The figures land as the central bank overhauls a 50-year-old financial inclusion model w»»»

Design work is starting on the six-kilometre section of the Sofia Ring Road between Struma Motorway and the Buxton borough after nearly two years without substantial progress, Regional Development and Public Works Minister Ivan Shishkov told Dari Radio on Saturday. Shishkov said a detailed developm»»»

Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., right, won his court case to stay on the primary ballot in Florida. File Pool photo by Justin Lane/UPI | License Photo July 17 (UPI) -- Republican Congressman Cory Mills won the first round of his bid to stay on the primary ballot in Florida. Mills was sued June 19 by prima»»»

MOSCOW: Russian authorities have detained a blogger who criticized President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine and fined an anti-war politician, as Moscow sends a warning signal to critics of the Kremlin ahead of September’s parliamentary election. Although Putin maintains a near-total grip on »»»

WASHINGTON - Serbian FM Marko Djuric, who on Thursday attended a Washington ministerial conference at the invitation of US State Secretary Marco Rubio, held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit. In an Instagram post, Djuric wrote that he had spoken with Israeli counterpart »»»

Burjeel Medical City (BMC), the flagship facility of Burjeel Holdings, has entered into a clinical and academic collaboration with New York-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, a US National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, to establish a specialized thoracic surg»»»

POLITICS In an op-ed entitled "What is Bulgaria's place, Mr Radev?" and published by Capital, Alexander Detev comments on Prime Minister Rumen Radev's statement that Bulgaria will not join the Coalition of the Willing supporting Ukraine. Radev argued that lasting peace should be achieved through di»»»

Andy Burnham’s unlikely, but then inevitable rise to become UK prime minister is a classic tale of having the politician’s greatest talent: being in the right place at the right time. A month ago, Burnham wasn’t even an MP. But he pounced on Keir Starmer’s deeply unpopular leadership style, making »»»

WASHINGTON: Republicans on the House Budget Committee advanced a $95-billion package late on Thursday for the Iran war, farm aid and President Donald Trump's push for strict new voter ID requirements, moving forward on a party-line vote despite trouble in the full House — and the Senate. Get update»»»

A major bill funding veterans benefits was pulled from House floor Thursday after a backlash against its cuts to coverage for sleep apnea and tinnitus. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. House leadership on Thursday shelved a comprehensive veterans' benefits bil»»»

A Senate Banking Committee report said Thursday that the Trump administration’s overhaul of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost consumers $26.5 billion. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo July 16 (UPI) -- A report from the Senate Banking Committee said Thursday that the Tr»»»

BULGARIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM COALLITION OF WILLING FOR UKRAINE Despite the shift in position and Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s refusal to participate in the Coalition of the Willing meeting in support of Ukraine, Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova signed a declaration in Kyiv on Wednesday t»»»

More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in U.S. aid from Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinians. The vote tally, »»»

WASHINGTON: More than half the House Democrats voted Wednesday to strip $3.3 billion in US aid from Israel, the most substantial signal yet that once rock-solid bipartisan support for the country is disintegrating in the aftermath of its war in Gaza that has killed thousands of Palestinians.The vot»»»

The UK wasted billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money during the Covid-19 pandemic, a damning report from the official public inquiry has concluded. Years of inadequate planning and systemic failures left Britain unprepared for the global race to secure vital medical supplies, the investigation foun»»»

Sofia has failed to secure a place in the prestigious Michelin Guide after inspectors completed their assessment of the Bulgarian capital this year. According to chef Boris Petrov, who spoke to TravelNews, the decision was based on a combination of shortcomings involving service standards, restaura»»»

LONDON: The former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, met former Mossad spy chief David Barnea in Budapest, Hungary, in 2024 and 2025 as Israel attempted to groom the hardline politician to become the new Iranian leader in the event of regime change in Tehran. The plan failed, the New York Tim»»»

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Monday during which she announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would file complaints with the U.S. Justice Department and state prosecutors' offices in the United States over the deaths »»»

Rompetrol Energy, the operator of the cogeneration plant on the Petromidia platform, has successfully tested the plant’s capability to operate in island mode and to start up without power supply from the National Energy System (SEN), under the hypothetical scenario of a large‑scale blackout. This c»»»

Before Dr Anil Menon prepares to make his first journey beyond Earth, his family already has a place in space history, thanks to his wife Anna Menon. The SpaceX engineer and astronaut became one of the few women to complete a commercial spacewalk when she flew aboard the historic Polaris Dawn missi»»»

BusinessEuropeEU set to approve air travel passenger rights packageTimothy Jones with dpaEU ministers are expected to approve a set of reforms giving more rights to air travelers. Among other things, compensation claims are to be made easier. https://p.dw.com/p/5GyNuAir passengers in the EU are to »»»

The NATO summit in Ankara hasn’t been dubbed a “missile summit” by anyone – yet it probably should be. More than anything else, the meeting marked the launch of several major missile programs that could fundamentally reshape Europe’s military landscape over the coming decade. Germany is getting Tom»»»

In a significant development within the mining industry, China’s Zijin Mining Group has announced its agreement to acquire the Akyem Gold Mine Project in Ghana from the U.S.-based Newmont Corporation for a sum of $1 billion. This transaction marks a pivotal moment as Newmont continues its strategic»»»

On July 12, 1984, Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale named U.S. Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, D-N.Y., as his running mate. 1 of 5 | Walter Mondale and Rep. Geraldine Ferraro wave to the crowd at the Democratic National Convention on July 19, 1984, in San Francisco. On July 12, 1984, Mondale n»»»

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Saturday that the ROAD to Housing Bill that she helped create, has passed without President Donald Trump's signature. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 11 (UPI) -- A housing bill passed by Congress became law at midnight Saturday when President »»»

Police on Friday arrested a 26-year-old, White British man on suspicion of killing former Conservative minister and Reform UK member Ann Widdecombe. Police so far say they have no information to suggest the killing was politically motivated or an act of terror. British police arrested a man on»»»

LONDON: British police said they had launched a murder investigation into the death of Ann Widdecombe, a 78-year-old former government minister whose death was announced earlier on Friday. Widdecombe was a Conservative member of parliament between 1987 and 2010, and held several junior ministerial »»»

President Donald Trump said Friday that he won't sign the bipartisan housing bill that is set to become law at midnight if he doesn't sign it or veto it. Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI | License Photo July 10 (UPI) -- A bipartisan housing bill that swept the House and Senate is set to become law at midnig»»»

1 of 3 | A person rides a motorcycle through street fires, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 1, 2024, a day after gang violence left at least five dead and twenty injured. File Photo by Johnson Sabin/EPA-EFE July 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration's decision to »»»

Moscow no longer believes the West is genuinely interested in negotiating an end to the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking at a news conference with Mozambican Foreign Minister Maria Manuela Lucas in Maputo, Lavrov accused the West of “imitating a willingnes»»»

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»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Djuro Macut on Thursday continued consultations with the ministers of the interior, culture, education, information and telecommunications, public administration, justice and local self-government on the departments' plans for the coming period. "At a meeting with Deputy Prime»»»

A man was killed in Memphis after DEA agents shot him. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 9 (UPI) -- Federal agents in Memphis shot and killed a man while delivering an arrest warrant Wednesday morning. The agents are there as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force sent by President Do»»»

ConflictsIranIs the Strait of Hormuz still Iran's trump card?Nik MartinIran's latest attacks show it can easily disrupt shipping, energy markets and draw in Gulf neighbors. DW asks how much leverage Tehran really has over Washington and if its high-risk strategy could backfire. https://p.dw.com/p/5»»»

DUBAI: When Disney first announced a live-action remake of its 2016 animated movie “Moana,” it raised a familiar question: Why revisit a movie that had already become one of the studio’s most beloved modern classics? For director Thomas Kail, the answer lay in finding something only live action cou»»»

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen poses before an interview on the evening news broadcast of French TV channel TF1, following the verdict in her appeal trial over misuse of EU funds, in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris Tuesday. Photo by Christian Hartmann/EPA July 8 (UPI) -- Marine Le Pen said »»»

BusinessIranHow Iran uses the Strait of Hormuz to pressure the USNik MartinIran's latest attacks show it can easily disrupt shipping, energy markets and draw in Gulf neighbors. DW asks how much leverage Tehran really has over Washington and if its high-risk strategy could backfire. https://p.dw.com»»»

The US midterm election campaign is gaining momentum, and US President Donald Trump is reviving Cold War era rhetoric to peg the Democratic Party as extremists and a red "menace". US President Donald Trump is reviving Cold War-style warnings about communism, casting the Democratic Party as a red "m»»»

ANKARA: US President DonaldTrumpon Wednesday said he considers the ceasefire between the US and Iran to be over following a flare-up of hostilities overnight, but left the door open for negotiations to continue. "To me, I think it (the ceasefire) is over,"Trumpsaid, speaking alongside NATO Secretar»»»

A woman suffered serious injuries after being attacked by two dogs while walking along Tsar Boris III Street in the Bulgarian town of Samokov on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a police investigation and the detention of the animals' owner. The incident was reported to the Samokov Regional Police Depa»»»

The activities, future development, and closer cooperation between the administration of the Zographou Monastery on Mt. Athos (Zographou Eforia), Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other relevant institutions were discussed during a meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister Ivanka Tasheva an»»»

On July 7, 1976, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York enrolled female cadets for the first time in the institution's then-174-year-old history. 1 of 6 | Graduating cadets embrace at the conclusion of the West Point commencement ceremony in Michie Stadium at the United States Military»»»