Abu Dhabi: A Filipino expat has spoken how his group of 10 friends from the Philippines, India and Bangladesh that had been chasing the Big Ticket grand prize for 15 years, finally won Dh20 million. As reported by Gulf News on Monday night, Dubai resident Reynaldo Herboso, was named the winner afte»»»

Share: Palestinians inspect destroyed buildings after they were targeted by Israeli strikes the previous night in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip on July 29, 2026. © Eyad Baba, AFP Palestinian militant group Hamas confirmed Friday that it had agreed to a deal with Israel that would lead to the gr»»»

A remarkable transformation is underway across the global education landscape. Classrooms are no longer defined by rows of desks, static textbooks and standardised lessons. Instead, they are becoming dynamic learning environments powered by technology, data and artificial intelligence (AI), designe»»»

Dubai: Indian expats in the UAE are hopeful that their government will revise the steep increase in passport fees after the Delhi High Court recently directed the Union government to consider a petition challenging the revised charges within three weeks. Members of the community group Pravasi Legal»»»

US President Donald Trump said late on Monday that negotiations with Iran were ongoing despite Tehran's denials and the Islamic Republic was facing a "last chance before decapitation." Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said he agreed to continue to pursue talks with Iran at the reque»»»

Exxon Mobil and Chevron just delivered a powerful snapshot of the strange economics of the Iran war: the same global energy shock that has squeezed American drivers has produced a spectacular windfall for major US oil companies. Exxon Mobil and Chevron together earned about $26.5 billion in net inc»»»

1 of 4 | The drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is shown July 28 in Washington, D.C. U.S. prosecutors have moved to drop charges against three more people accused of vandalizing the pool. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI. | License Photo Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have moved »»»

Dubai: Consumers across Asia could begin paying more for petrol within weeks if disruption at Bab al-Mandab continues, while higher airfares and grocery costs may take longer to reach household budgets. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Oil prices and financial markets w»»»

HAVANA: Alexey Ríos García awoke not to his bed in Cuba 's capital on Monday, but to an ocean breeze and the concrete of Havana's famous seaside boulevard. The 30-year-old construction worker ended up curling up with other Cubans on the city's sea wall, the Malecón, in a desperate attempt to escape»»»

Share: PHOTO- A message lighting up Times Square , New York City center :Neighboring nations deserve better than what stands between them. Lebanon and Israel will begin a seventh round of direct negotiations in the Italian capital Rome on Tuesday under US sponsorship, a Lebanese official said. The »»»

The flag hangs at half staff to honor the victims of a mass shooting at Brown University in December in Providence, RI. Christine Paxson, Brown's president since 2012, announced Monday that she will step down at the end of the academic year. File Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo Aug. 3 (»»»

Ankara, Aug. 3 (SANA) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call on Monday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss the latest regional and international developments and efforts to end escalation in the region, according to a statement by Türkiye‘s Communications Direct»»»

President Donald Trump said late on Monday that negotiations with Iran will conclude rapidly “one way or the other,” prioritising the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as early as Tuesday before addressing Tehran’s nuclear program. “They’re going to go quickly one way or the other. It’s not ve»»»

New York's General Letitia James and 23 other attorneys general sued the Trump administration to block immigration officials from accessing private data from citizens enrolled in the anti-poverty TANF program. File Photo by Derek French/UPI | License Photo Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A coalition of 24 Democrat»»»

US President Donald Trump's postwar transition body The Board of Peace on Monday assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel's withdrawal would only begin after Hamas's complete disarmament, following objections. Israel had objected to the board's Thursday text that called for a»»»

Several people ended up in the river after an important bridge collapsed on June 3 in the village of Hombo in the eastern part of the DRC. The bridge is one of the failing critical infrastructures in a territory that is home to one of the most lucrative mines in the region.   The footage shows»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli Channel 12: Netanyahu is holding a security session attended by the Minister of Defense and the Chief of Staff 03-08-2026 21:03 PM »»»

The arrival of 60,000 people into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco last week has created serious tensions within the EU over immigration. Spain has called for a meeting of EU interior ministers which is due to take place Tuesday. The unprecedented influx of migrants who made »»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) concluded the student activities at the summer centres for the year 2026, which it organised in cooperation with a selection of strategic partners over amonth in five centres in government schools, with the participation of more than 9»»»

Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) HE Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi on Monday met with Ambassador of Ethiopia to Qatar HE Faisal Ali Ibrahim on the occasion of the end of his tenure. The MoFA secretary-general thanked the ambassador for his efforts in supporting and stren»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Charity (QC), in partnership with Attaa Humanitarian Relief Association, is implementing a year-long Livestock Value Chain Support project in Idlib and Aleppo governorates in northwest Syria as part of the efforts to strengthen food security and promote sustainable l»»»

Khaled Al Hameidi Doha The Embassy of Morocco in Qatar hosted a reception in Doha on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of King Mohammed VI’s accession to the Throne. Ambassador of Morocco to Qatar HE Mohamed Setri, along with members of the diplomatic mission welcomed the distinguished guests. T»»»

Khaled Al Hameidi Doha Moroccan-Qatari relations are experiencing a golden era and a qualitative leap across various sectors, Ambassador of Morocco to Qatar HE Mohamed Setri has said, reaffirming that the depth of brotherly relations and the strategic partnership that unite Rabat and Doha is a mode»»»

Rabbits are among the most common carriers of tularemia, hence the name rabbit fever. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Three confirmed cases of tularemia, also known as rabbit fever, have been reported in New York this year, health officials said Monday. The cases a»»»

NEW YORK: Proceedings opened Monday in the latest trial over the fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, with relatives of an Irish-born United Nations employee looking to hold the US plane manufacturer accountable. Michael “Mick” Ryan, an engineer with the UN World Food Programme who had worked during the E»»»

Washington, United States: Alexandra Eala capped her giant-killing run at the Washington Open with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory over top-seeded Jessica Pegula on Monday to become the first player from the Philippines to win a WTA title. Eala, ranked 28th, overpowered Pegula over the final two sets as pl»»»

NEW YORK: Proceedings opened Monday in the latest trial over the fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes, with relatives of an Irish-born United Nations employee looking to hold the US plane manufacturer accountable. Michael “Mick” Ryan, an engineer with the UN World Food Programme who had worked during the E»»»

LONDON: Save the Children warned on Monday that more than five months into the Middle East conflict, children across the region continue to pay the highest price, with many killed, injured, displaced or cut off from healthcare, education and protection. Compounding the crisis, the London-based char»»»

JEDDAH: Motor Mania GT, a new Saudi-promoted GT racing series, will join the Aramco F4 Saudi Arabian Championship as an official support category beginning in October. Launched by Altawkilat Motorsport and run under the sporting regulations of the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, organiz»»»

A Hyundai technician places a metal collar around the ignition system on a Accent model in Chesterfield, Mo., on Feb. 2, 2024. The Institute for Supply Management’s July Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index report showed on Monday that economic activity picked up in the manufacturing sector. Fi»»»

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon waits for President Donald Trump to speak at a rally June 24 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. McMahon sent a letter Monday to U.S. colleges and universities, asking them to commit to changes by the end of 2026. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Pho»»»

MOGADISHU: Somalia’s militant insurgent group Al-Shabab said it seized a strategic location in central Somalia on Sunday after intense fighting with government forces, a claim confirmed to AFP on Monday by locals in nearby areas. Somalia has been battling the Al-Shabab insurgency for around two dec»»»

US President Donald Trump said Monday that negotiations with Iran were ongoing despite Tehran's denials and the Islamic Republic was facing a "last chance before decapitation." Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said he agreed to continue to pursue talks with Iran at the request of Sa»»»

Author: Carla Hesse In “The People’s Justice,” Carla Hesse offers a sweeping reappraisal of political violence in the French Revolution. From Charles Dickens to Hannah Arendt, the Revolution of 1789–1799 in France has been depicted as the bloodiest of the 18th-century democratic revolutions. Throug»»»

ROME: Amid the grandeur of the Palace of Versailles on June 17, US President Donald Trump signed a preliminary agreement aimed at ending hostilities with Iran. The memorandum of understanding — a nonbinding short-term framework stating each party’s intention to stop the war — promised to immediatel»»»

July 30 (UPI) -- Workers have begun the process of removing thousands of gallons of rotting fish sauce from a Newfoundland and Labrador plant that was abandoned in the early 2000s. St. Mary's Mayor Steve Ryan said the former Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company plant has been stinking up the town for dec»»»

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Monday that Chinese investments in Egypt exceeded $10bn, highlighting growing confidence among Chinese businesses in Egypt’s investment climate as the government reviewed new opportunities to deepen economic cooperation with Beijing. Madbouly made th»»»

RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society says the case of detainee Mohammad Musa Hamid, 15, exposes systematic crimes committed by the Israeli prison authorities against inmates, including the denial of medical treatment, which it described as “slow killing.” The society said Hamid, born on Aug»»»

Beachgoers sunbathe in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in January 2025. File Photo by Vicente Robles/EPA Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Seven Latin American countries appear on Forbes' list of the best places for Americans to retire abroad in 2026, as rising living costs and political polarization continue to push seni»»»

New-home prices were largely stable across Poland’s major metropolitan markets in July, according to RynekPierwotny.pl. Warsaw recorded its first monthly decline in eight months, with the average asking price falling by about PLN 100, or 1%, to PLN 19,800 per sqm. Prices increased only in Wrocław, »»»

Share: FILE – A monument that represents justice stands in front of towering grain silos that were gutted in the massive August 4, 2020 explosion at the port that killed at least 220 people , wounded over 7,000, destroyed a large section of the capital and left 300, 000 homeless in Beirut, Lebanon.»»»

CAIRO: A “Treasures of the Pharaohs” exhibition opened at the de Young Museum in San Francisco this weekend, which includes 130 artifacts from ancient Egypt that are on show in the US for the first time. The display, which runs until Jan. 31 next year, features treasures from the Egyptian Museum in»»»

The European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen, has reiterated the EU's support to help tackle illegal migration following last week's chaos in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa. The crisis has fanned anti-immigrant rhetoric by right wing politicians in Europe and sparked diplom»»»

The arrival of the first two of an expected eight US Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft at Bezmer Air Base marks the start of a temporary deployment that has fueled weeks of political debate, public protests, and diplomatic exchanges in Bulgaria. The mission, scheduled to run until October 1, 2026»»»

Daniel Valchev, dean of the Faculty of Law at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski,” has announced that he will not run in Bulgaria’s October 25 presidential elections. Valchev made his decision public in an interview with Bulgarian National Television on Monday, saying that although his name had»»»

Bulgaria’s parliament has approved final amendments to the Electoral Code, restoring mandatory machine voting in larger polling stations, removing restrictions on voting sections abroad and abolishing the planned “Abroad” electoral district ahead of the upcoming presidential elections. The changes,»»»

The honest answer is no, not by themselves, and that is precisely the problem the F-16 delay has exposed. The jets are necessary. What Bulgaria still lacks, according to some experts, is everything that is supposed to surround them: a long-term plan, political consensus, and public communicati»»»

Damascus, Aug. 3 (SANA) The importance of economic corridors is no longer measured solely by their length or geographical location, but by their ability to provide a stable and secure environment that ensures the smooth flow of trade, energy and investment. In this context, Syria is gradually recla»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron’s departure from the Elysee Palace next year could open the door to Ukraine skeptics and create a “big problem” for the NATO coalition backing Kiev, The Telegraph reported on Sunday, citing sources. Fears about what the British paper described as a “leadership vacuu»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a telephone call on Monday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss relations and the latest developments in the region, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the call, the two leaders reviewed ties between Saudi Arabia and Turkiye»»»