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After a recent French court ruling allowed far-right leader Marine Le Pen to run in the presidential election next year, the country’s political landscape has changed. When the polls open on 18 April 2027, the current French President Emmanuel Macron will not be a candidate, having served the two t»»»

DUBAI: Last month, at one of the art world’s most high-profile annual events, Art Basel, a luminous textile work by Saudi artist Hana Almilli traced a new kind of geography — one mapped through grief, alienation and the fragile notion of home and belonging. Almilli, a multimedia artist, textile des»»»

Dubai: ADNOC Drilling shareholders are set to receive a second-quarter dividend of $262.5 million, equivalent to approximately 6 fils per share, after the company reported record revenue and profit for the first half of 2026. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The payment»»»

In Kyrgyzstan, 126,000 children have been enrolled in first grade. Over the past week, the figure increased by 2,300. According to publicly available data on the 1mektep.edu.gov.kg portal, about 24,200 children have been enrolled in Bishkek. Of these, 12,900 places have been filled in Kyrgyz-langua»»»

VENICE: The misty night sky sprinkled droplets of rain that splashed the mirrored image of hundreds of rushed feet across the pavement, as boats bobbed to greet me on my first trip to Venice. The UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site looked like a moving postcard. Venice was built on water as a strat»»»

A suspected drone has struck a US-owned floating liquefied natural gas facility at Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta, setting two vessels ablaze and prompting President Donald Trump to threaten retaliation against Iran. British maritime security firm Ambrey assessed that at least one drone had»»»

The United States has spent over 1,500 missiles for Patriot air defense systems and 200 interceptors for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) air defense systems, thus facing a significant shortage in these times of missiles, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) reported»»»

A residential building on the Iranian island of Qeshm was struck by a U.S. airstrike on Wednesday, with search and rescue teams working to locate two people trapped beneath the rubble, Iranian state media Press TV reported. The strike occurred as the US military completed a "heavy wave" of strikes »»»

Dubai: Travellers flying to and from the UAE on Thursday, July 30, are being urged to check their flight status before heading to the airport, as fresh military action between the United States and Iran continues to disrupt air travel across the Middle East. The latest escalation came after the Uni»»»

There were no watches or warnings associated with Hurricane Genevieve as of Wednesday. Photo courtesy of NOAA July 29 (UPI) -- Hurricane Genevieve weakened back down to Category 2 strength Wednesday as it moved farther west of Baja California, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm was locat»»»

BEIJING: China will “resolutely retaliate” and safeguard ​its interests if the United States insists on acting unilaterally over an import ban on new Chinese robots and power inverters, the commerce ‌ministry said ‌on Thursday. The ​ministry ‌urged ⁠the ​United States ⁠to immediately withdraw the m»»»

Dubai: Motorists across Dubai and Sharjah are facing a slow start to the day, with heavy congestion reported on several major routes this morning, according to Google Maps real-time traffic data. In Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Road is seeing traffic build-up near the Financial Centre and Dubai World Trade »»»

Hormuz squeeze on ammonia draws foreign bidders to Odesa Port Plant Four companies from the US, Asia and the Middle East are studying data on Ukraine's war-damaged fertiliser plant as the Strait of Hormuz blockade tightens global ammonia supply. Corporate/Energy — Ukraine Four foreign companies fro»»»

In recent years, it has happened on several occasions that the output of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant had to be reduced due to summer heat and high water temperatures in the Danube, but a complete block shutdown had never occurred before — the current measure was necessitated by an exceptionally lo»»»

Singapore: A French teenager was fined in Singapore Thursday after pleading guilty to a public nuisance charge for a straw-licking stunt that landed him in hot water in the city state. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, was handed a Sg$600 ($465) fine after admitting to posting to social media a v»»»

President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, that the U.S. military would conduct retaliatory attacks against Iran. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo July 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. military announced a new wave of strikes agains»»»

SINGAPORE: A QatarEnergy-controlled liquefied natural gas tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz overnight, the first such vessel visible on ship-tracking data to leave the waterway since July 11, data from analytics firms showed on Thursday. The Al-Areesh tanker, which loaded a cargo at Qatar’s Ras La»»»

The US-Iran war entered another dangerous phase on Thursday (July 30) as the US Central Command launched a powerful new wave of retaliatory strikes on Iran, while Tehran continued missile attacks against US forces in the region. The latest escalation is significant, not only because of the proximit»»»

Thousands of evacuees were allowed home in Spain after firefighters gained ground against some of the country's worst blazes in decades, but soaring temperatures and new outbreaks in France underscored the broader wildfire emergency unfolding across southern Europe. Thousands who fled huge wildfire»»»

In June 2026, nearly 1.9 million guests spent 4.3 million tourism nights at tourist (commercial, private and other) accommodation establishments. Tourist arrivals were down by 2.2% and tourism nights down by 2.5% in number compared to a year earlier. In January-June 2026, domestic arrivals at touri»»»

As the heat continues to intensify, the national chief public health officer has ordered a third-level heat alert effective from midnight Thursday, while service providers and local authorities across the country are simultaneously calling for water conservation to prevent shortages. According to a»»»

The U.S. military said it carried out a heavy wave of strikes on targets linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), after what it described as an attempted ballistic missile attacks on American forces in the Middle East. In a statement issued on Thursday, US Central Command (CENTCOM»»»

A drone hit a U.S.-owned gas storage tanker at Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta, British maritime security firm Ambrey said in an initial assessment on Wednesday, and U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to retaliate against Iran for an overnight attack, as the Middle East conflict appeared to e»»»

RIYADH: The July full moon illuminated skies across Saudi Arabia this week, captivating residents, photographers and astronomy enthusiasts from the Northern Borders to the Asir region in a celestial display that blended natural beauty with centuries-old cultural traditions. Known in some parts of t»»»

Manila: There is a peculiar argument emerging around Pax Silica. Build data centres in the Philippines and, some critics say, we will merely be eating the leftovers of the West — “kain suka” — becoming a dumping ground for America's technology industry while Filipinos shoulder the environmental cos»»»

Dubai: Fair to partly cloudy skies are forecast across the UAE today, with a chance of afternoon convective clouds bringing rainfall to parts of the eastern and western regions, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said. Light to moderate south-easterly to north-easterly winds of 10-25 km/h are»»»

The warning comes as Kyiv pushes its allies for additional Patriot interceptor missiles, which Ukraine says are crucial to countering a surge in Russian ballistic missile attacks. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Russia would likely carry out another massive attack on t»»»

The morning routine may look like a picture of health: A multivitamin with breakfast, vitamin D because 'everyone needs it', iron because of tiredness, calcium for stronger bones, zinc for immunity and perhaps a beauty supplement for the hair and nails. Each bottle appears to have a clear purpose, »»»

Dubai: Annamaria Amarante Damiani's first day in the UAE did not go to plan. She landed on 29 June, straight into the heat, and her suitcases were nowhere to be found, lost somewhere in Beirut. She would eventually get them back three months later. And yet. "I fell in love with this place as soon a»»»

TOKYO: The death toll from a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan rose to at least 18, authorities said Thursday, as emergency crews continued searching damaged buildings and industrial sites for people feared trapped beneath debris. The Kumamoto disaster management office's latest tally put f»»»

President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, that the U.S. military would conduct retaliatory attacks against Iran. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo July 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. military announced a new wave of strikes agains»»»

A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.” After just a couple of hours of deliberations, a jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, i»»»

Britain announced Wednesday £8.4 billion ($11.2 billion) investment for the next phase of its Dreadnought Class nuclear submarine programme, which the government claims will support 22,000 apprenticeships over the next decade. "A major £8.4bn investment in the UK's nuclear deterrent, delivering job»»»

A handout photo made available by the State Emergency Service shows Ukrainian rescuers working Friday at the site of a Russian missile strike in the Kyiv region amid the ongoing Russian invasion. In the early hours Thursday, Russia launched a large attack on Kyiv and cities through Ukraine. Photo b»»»

Kuwait: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah, and Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi, reviewed the latest regional developments during a telephone call, including diplomatic efforts aimed at enhancing security and stabi»»»

The US has launched a “powerful” bombing raid against Iran after President Donald Trump warned that it was “our turn to hit them,” following Tehran’s ballistic missile attack on American forces in Jordan the previous night. US Central Command said the new strikes began at 8pm Eastern Time on Wednes»»»

Wall Street stocks finished sharply lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged despite lofty US inflation as escalations in the Middle East war pushed oil prices skyward. Major US indices ended down more than 1.5 percent after initially greeting the Fed's decision to ke»»»

New York: The US Federal Reserve is keeping the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.5 per cent to 3.75 per cent in the face of inflation threats. The decision on Wednesday (local time) sent stock markets tumbling, with the Dow Jones falling 1,153 points, or 2.19 per cent, and the NASDAQ down 433»»»

Share: Iran launched a wave of missile attacks targeting U.S. forces across the Middle East on Wednesday, as American and Saudi forces struck Tehran-backed militias in Iraq, killing at least 20 fighters and six Iranian advisers. US and Saudi forces targeted an armed Iraqi alliance © – / US NAVY/AFP»»»

Tehran: A coordinated military operation by the United States and Saudi Arabia targeted multiple locations in Iraq, resulting in the deaths of at least four members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to Iranian state media. Iran's Mehr News Agency reported that four IRGC »»»

'Hindi Lang Pauwi—May Panibagong Simula': Marcos highlights reintegration aid for returning OFWs in 2026 SONA Manila: Returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will continue to receive government assistance ranging from livelihood funding and job placement to employment support, President Ferdinan»»»

The US military is carrying out airstrikes in Iran, according to a report Wednesday by Axios citing a US official, amid a weeks-long escalation of hostilities centred on control of the Strait of Hormuz. The development comes as part of an ongoing US campaign of strikes against Iranian military targ»»»

KYIV: Russia launched ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv early Thursday, triggering explosions across the Ukrainian capital hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was preparing a major overnight assault and renewed appeals for Western air defense support. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klits»»»

WASHINGTON: The US Defense Department awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth up to $58.6 billion to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, as ​conflicts in Iran and Ukraine strain US weapons stockpiles. The US has supplied large quantities of weapons to allies while»»»

There is no indication that Russia is planning to attack Poland militarily, Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has stated. Speaking to RMF FM on Wednesday, Kosiniak-Kamysz commented on the allegations that Moscow could launch a “kinetic attack.” “There are no predictions of an attack like t»»»

Southern Europe’s wildfire season used to typically run from July to September, but now data shows that it is getting longer and more intense. Climate change is leading to longer and more extreme heat waves, which dry out vegetation, enabling fires to spread quickly, reports Statista. According to »»»

Russia's two-month fuel crisis is showing signs of easing, with Omsk becoming the first Russian region to lift all limits on petrol and diesel sales at filling stations, Governor Vitaly Khotsenko said on July 28. The caps, in place since June 22, had held drivers to about 40 litres of petrol and 80»»»

This photo, taken Wednesday, shows the trading room of Hana Bank in Seoul as South Korean stocks fell by nearly six percent as investors dumped semiconductor stocks on AI concerns. Photo by Yonhap Seoul shares plunged by nearly 6 percent Wednesday following a nearly 11 percent crash the previous se»»»

South Korea's delegation, including UNESCO Ambassador Kim Ji-hee (R), applauds as Turkey is selected as the next host country at the 48th UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Busan on Wednesday. Photo by Yonhap The first UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting held in South Korea wrapped up Wednesday»»»