Cairo: A drone strike on the Egyptian port of Damietta, the first attack on the country since the US-Iran war broke out, could be a high-risk message for American interests everywhere in the Middle East, analysts say. No party has claimed the strike on the Mediterranean port and Egypt has not assig»»»

Lebanese soldiers stand guard as the Army deploys to Zawtar al-Gharbiya in southern Lebanon on July 23. Lebanon sent troops to take control of so-called pilot zones in southern Lebanon from which Israeli troops are to withdraw. Photo by EPA BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 30 (UPI) -- The widespread destructi»»»

RT has opened submissions for the 2026 Khaled Alkhateb International Memorial Awards, which honor outstanding war reporters working in conflict zones around the world. This year’s contest will accept news reports or series of reports from conflict zones, with a maximum running time of ten minutes. »»»

Student Jose Ortiz, 14, accepts an embrace from chaplain Ronald Clark at a makeshift memorial, one day after a deadly school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., in September 2024. Four people were killed by Colt Gray, who was 14 at the time. On Thursday, his father was sentenced to 15»»»

DOHA: Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, announced the departure of the Qatar International Search and Rescue Group, affiliated with the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), to the Kingdom of Spain to partic»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would resume a full-scale war against Iran unless the United States receives 100% of what it wants. "If we don't get 100% of what we want, absolutely," Trump told French LCI news channel, when asked whether he was considering resu»»»

DOHA, Qatar: The Ministry of Public Health warned the public against buying, trading or consuming the Eatless – Natural Slimming Formula, after the laboratory results confirmed that it contains two undeclared pharmaceutical substances, Sibutramine and Phenolphthalein, making it a counterfeit produc»»»

Doha: Qatar Airways announced today that it has extended the temporary suspension of its flights to the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait and Erbil in Iraq until Aug. 7. The announcement was published on the national carrier's official website. The decision follows the airline's announcement »»»

The US Senate has unanimously urged President Donald Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker who helped Jeffrey Epstein recruit and abuse underage girls. Maxwell, the daughter of disgraced British newspaper tycoon and former MP Robert Maxwell, who had suspected ties to I»»»

Citizens staged a protest outside the Regional Administration building in Yambol on Thursday against the deployment of US military aircraft at Bezmer Air Base. They called for the reversal of the decision adopted by the Government and approved by Parliament. Participants included representatives of»»»

Riyadh: Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, on Thursday strongly condemned the drone attack targeting Egypt's Port of Damietta. In a statement, Albudaiwi stated that such terrorist acts and attacks are aimed at undermining regional security and stability»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar welcomed the Republic of Ireland's enactment of a law banning the import of goods from Israeli settlements, describing it an important step that supports efforts to deter the occupation's settlement policies, which constitute a flagrant violation of international law, parti»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar strongly condemned the targeting of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers off the Port of Damietta in the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt, considering it a direct threat to global energy supplies, a clear and flagrant violation of international law, and an irresponsible »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine's overnight attack with UAVs on ships at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) marine terminal is of terrorist nature, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the CPC said that the Niffos Sifnos tanker flying the flag of »»»

Dubai- Seventeen people were injured after a car driven by an Egyptian woman crashed into an open-air café at the Lasirena Resort in Ain Sokhna, authorities said on Thursday, in an accident that eyewitnesses said turned a quiet afternoon into panic. Preliminary investigations indicated that the wom»»»

RAMALLAH: Palestinian finance minister Estaphan Salameh on Wednesday floated a slate of proposals to deal with a severe fuel crisis in the occupied West Bank, including the creation of a public petrol company. For nearly two weeks, scenes of cars lined up at petrol stations have become ubiquitous t»»»

Doha: Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi held a telephone conversation on Thursday with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana HE Hugh Hilton Todd. During the call, they di»»»

BELGRADE - At Thursday's meeting with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Belgrade, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic presented Serbia's vision for the specialised EXPO 2027. "I presented Serbia's vision for the EXPO 2027 and plans for the largest-ever international event to be hosted by »»»

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson speaks to the media at the scene after a fatal shooting during the Bite of Seattle food festival at Seattle Center in Seattle on Sunday. Photo by Genna Martin/EPA July 30 (UPI) -- Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has fired Seattle Police Department Chief Shon Barnes, local news»»»

Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced today that Spain has lifted the national state of emergency imposed in response to major wildfires near Madrid, following significant progress in containing the blazes. Speaking during a visit to an emergency operations centre in the town of Na»»»

Doha: The Gulf Football Federation today unveiled its new visual identity and announced the adoption of its new official name, Gulf Football Federation, replacing its previous title, the Arabian Gulf Cup Football Federation. In a statement, the federation said the new identity reflects the core val»»»

London: Players found guilty of discrimination will face a minimum 10-match suspension under new English Football Association rules. The FA have increased the punishment for discrimination after bans ranged from six to 12 games in previous seasons. The revamped rules also apply to managers and othe»»»

LONDON — Global stock markets diverged Thursday as traders tracked major earnings and central bank updates, while oil prices steadied after recent volatility caused by the Middle East war.The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, weighing on the dollar, though three policymakers »»»

SEOUL — South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics posted on Thursday a massive 19-fold jump in second-quarter operating profit from last year, buoyed by sustained AI-driven demand for memory chips.Samsung and other leading memory chipmakers have seen profits skyrocket in 2026, but their sha»»»

Dubai: Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on Thursday reported a net profit before tax of Dh443.2 million for the first six months of 2026, supported by strong trading activity and increased investor participation. The DFM said that trading activity grew significantly during the first half of the year, w»»»

Cairo: The League of Arab States on Thursday expressed strong condemnation of the targeting of two ships in the Egyptian port of Damietta, which -according to the Egyptian Cabinet's findings- was carried out by a drone. In a statement, Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy stressed that this ta»»»

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»»»

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»»»

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova assured her Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, that no direct military operations connected to the conflict in the Middle East will be conducted from Bulgarian territory, despite the deployment of US military aircraft in the country. During a telephone»»»

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»»»

Vast cosmic collisions over tens of billions of years have shaped our galaxy into the Milky Way that we see in the night sky today. Galactic archaeologist Amina Helma has dedicated her life to unearthing the "cosmic fossils" that help us decipher our galaxy's violent birth – and give us glimps»»»

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»»»

Islamabad: Nine police officers were killed and 28 others were wounded in an attack on a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan today. Pakistani police said gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing nine officers, including a senior officer, a»»»

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: Syria’s old banknotes, bearing the image of ousted President Bashar Assad, lost their status as legal tender on Thursday, closing a monthslong exchange window that the Central Bank of Syria says has already pulled roughly 80 percent of the old currency out of circulation since January. The »»»

Paris: The Arab World Institute (Institut du Monde Arabe) has announced the shortlisted projects across all categories of its 2026 Design Awards, including the Emerging Talent Award, Contemporary Craftsmanship Award, Impact Award, Arab Swiss Bank Award, and the Grand Prize. Established by the Paris»»»

Sofia, Bulgaria: Sinking water levels in the Danube river have unveiled bones of a mammoth in Bulgaria and could lead to further discoveries, a local museum director told AFP on Thursday. The bone fragments found near the northeastern city of Ruse "very likely" belonged to a woolly mammoth that liv»»»

Istanbul: Hundreds of Turkish firefighters on Thursday battled to contain wildfires spreading near key tourist regions on the country's Mediterranean coast. Authorities expressed particular concern over fires around the city of Antalya and the Aegean sea resorts of Fethiye, where flames gathered ne»»»

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»»»

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday demanded a bar on foreigners who express "hate" toward the Latin American country. The decree published by the presidency -- which requires parliamentary approval -- would bar or expel foreigners deemed to have "spread or incited»»»

DUBAI: The UAE Women’s U-19 team made history at the Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday as they confirmed their qualification for the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2027 with a thrilling one-run win over the hosts. The win in the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier 2026 comes at the»»»

Ankara: Turkiye announced the deployment of five F-16 fighter jets and their crews to Estonia as part of a NATO air policing mission. The Turkish Ministry of Defense stated in a press release that, "within the framework of NATO's enhanced air policing mission, the deployment of five F-16 fighter je»»»

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»»»

WEST BANK: Workers, under the protection of Israeli forces, have begun clearing and leveling land in the village of Faqqu’a, northeast of Jenin, to prepare the site for a new settlement outpost, Palestinian officials said. Barakat Al-Amri, head of the village council, said the work followed the con»»»

Nairobi: Fifteen elephants found dead over the past month in one of Kenya's best-known wildlife parks were likely poisoned by cyanide, possibly from pesticides used on nearby farms, wildlife officials said Thursday. The deaths occurred in Amboseli National Park near the Tanzanian border, home to so»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia posted a budget deficit of SR34.2 billion ($9.12 billion) in the second quarter of 2026, as government spending outpaced revenues, according to the Ministry of Finance. Total revenues stood at SR338.8 billion in the three months ended June, while expenditures reached about SR37»»»

Madrid: A new wildfire in western Spain near the Portuguese border has burned 11,000 hectares in 24 hours, a local mayor told AFP. The mayor of Fermoselle, where the fire started on Wednesday, said the village faced "hell" and a "tunnel of flame" in the blaze, which follows days of larger wildfires»»»

A handout photo made available by the Fire and Rescue Departmental Service 33 shows firefighters crew battling a fire near Le Porge, in southwestern France on Wednesday as a wildfire rages through the forest in Gironde. Photo by EPA July 30 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands of residents in Spain and Franc»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index ended the week down 1.11 percent, shedding 111.79 points from last week's close to finish at 9,920 points. The decline was driven by losses across five sectors, while the transportation and banking and financial services sectors posted gains. Financ»»»

Dubai: Dubai Holding has published "A Legacy of Growth", its first Impact Report, offering a data-driven assessment of the group's contribution to Dubai's economic and social development over the past two decades. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.T»»»