Attacks delivered Argentine President Javier Milei against his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva over the weekend has resulted in a summoning of the Argentine ambassador to Brasilia. File Photo by Peter Foley/UPI.. | License Photo July 26 (UPI) -- Brazil's foreign ministry has summone»»»

Global oil prices fell sharply in early Asian trading on Monday, with benchmark crude surrendering much of last week's war-driven gains as investors shifted focus from geopolitical fears to signs that military escalation between the United States and Iran may be easing. A market snapshot at 7:32 am»»»

WASHINGTON: The four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the US and Iran in recent weeks are no longer listed as part of the Iran war death toll in the Pentagon’s official casualty count but have been placed in a new, separate category. Get — updated faster and for FREE: Download»»»

WASHINGTON: The four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the US and Iran in recent weeks are no longer listed as part of the Iran war death toll in the Pentagon’s official casualty count but have been placed in a new, separate category. Get — updated faster and for FREE: Download»»»

A Romanian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon shot down a Russian drone that had penetrated into Romanian airspace on Sunday, defense officials said. Photo courtesy Romanian Ministry of Defense/Facebook July 26 (UPI) -- Romania said Sunday it shot down a Russian drone over its territorial waters in the»»»

Total Untapped Potential: The DOE reports that the Philippines has an estimated 13,097 megawatts (MW) of untapped hydropower resource potential. Industry groups like the Philhydro Association Inc. place broader theoretical and multi-use architectural resource limits even higher.Manila: The Philippi»»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC) has announced the launch of an environmental awareness competition for children to write the best illustrated short story on protecting the ozone layer. Organised in collaboration with Qatar Reads, an initiative under Qatar National Lib»»»

Is France becoming a new Mexico? While gangland killings are increasingly common across the country – even in places such as Nantes, which was considered the most pleasant French city in 2012 – attacks targeting elected officials are not usual. During the night of July 20-21, the mayor of Ales in t»»»

DPA Munich Lando Norris claimed his first victory as reigning Formula One world champion on Sunday at the Hungarian Grand Prix while his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri met disaster and fancied Ferrari missed the podium. Norris was passed for the lead by Piastri in turn two of the opening lap but h»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Nearly 200 distinguished leaders from 36 countries and territories gathered at the Horasis Asia Meeting 2026 to explore the future of Asia amid a rapidly evolving geopolitical, economic and technological landscape. Among them was Thaha Muhammed Abdul Kareem, president of t»»»

Tribune News Network DOHA Learning Arabic can serve as a powerful bridge between expatriates and nationals while promoting a deeper understanding of Arab culture, heritage and civilisation, speakers said at the official release of Spoken Arabic for All – Arabic for Every Day, a communicative Arabic»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Obesity in the State of Qatar is no longer just an individual health problem but has become one of the most significant public health challenges that require concerted efforts at institutional and community levels. National and global studies confirm that rates of obesity »»»

QNA Doha Speaker of the Shura Council HE Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim met with Ambassador of the European Union to Qatar HE Cristian Tudor on Sunday. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed relations between the Shura Council and the European Union and ways to enhance joint coordination, in add»»»

WASHINGTON: Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “fomenting hate” by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested over the war in Gaza if he visits the city for the United Nations General Assembly. Netanyahu said he intends to be in New Y»»»

OXFORD: Every new war in the Middle East is presented as an unprecedented crisis. Yet behind the headlines lies a pattern that stretches back more than a century — one in which unresolved disputes over borders, identity, statehood, foreign intervention and political legitimacy repeatedly erupt into»»»

Approval of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev fell to 50% in July from 53% in June and 56% in May, while disapproval rose to 33% from 28% and 22% over the same months, a Market Links poll published on July 23 found. The slide points to the fading of the mandate Radev won on a promise to break up»»»

RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday sent letters to a number of leaders of Arab and friendly countries, the EU, the secretary-general of the League of Arab States and the president of the UN Security Council, calling for urgent international action to stop Israeli military aggre»»»

DAKAR: Senegal’s president has launched a new party, called Kiiraay, following his high-profile falling out with his erstwhile mentor and ex-prime minister, Ousmane Sonko. Sonko leads the Pan-Africanist party Pastef, to which both men belonged and which swept President Bassirou Diomaye Faye into of»»»

In an interview aired on bTV on Sunday night, Continue the Change (CC) Chair and former finance minister Assen Vassilev said that the net increase in debt in the 2026 State Budget is EUR 10 billion over five months. This means that in one year, this government will take on more debt than what was i»»»

Damascus: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the steps taken to ease sanctions on Syria, noting that they have opened new avenues for economic recovery. At a press conference held at the conclusion of his two-day visit to Syria, Guterres stressed that "all these sanctions mu»»»

Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei responded to the letter sent by the valiant fighters of Hezbollah, hailing their sacrifices and steadfastness in face of the Israeli war on Lebanon. In His letter, Sayyed Khamenei affirmed that defending Hezbollah is a strategic po»»»

Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony has welcomed the government’s willingness to consider renovating the long-abandoned Budapest Planetarium and the Népliget, while sharply criticising the previous Orbán administration for allowing the landmark educational attraction to fall into disrepair. In a Faceb»»»

Tom Homan, White House border czar, speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 20. On Sunday, he said ICE's vetting process was under review after a shooting in Maine. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo July 26 (UPI) -- White House border czar Tom H»»»

Temperatures could run about 10 to 15 degrees higher than normal in Southern California. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo The large dome of high pressure bringing dangerous temperatures to central portions of the Plains this week will shift west by late week. As this occurs, temperature»»»

MOSCOW, July 26 (Sputnik) - Russian gas giant Gazprom has set a new historical record for daily gas deliveries to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline, the company said Sunday. "Gazprom has set a new historical record for daily gas supplies to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline. The new rec»»»

LONDON: Three siblings facing conscription into the Israel Defense Forces have been granted the right to apply for Australian protection visas, The Observer reported. A tribunal found that the trio held a genuine fear that they could be forced to break international law if deployed to Gaza. If they»»»

As Egypt moves to strengthen regulation of its real estate sector through the implementation of the Real Estate Brokerage Law, attention is increasingly shifting to another longstanding gap in the market: the absence of mandatory escrow accounts to safeguard homebuyers’ payments. The debate has gai»»»

The National Bank of Egypt (NBE), through its Investment Trustees Department, has signed an agreement with Ramtan Developments to market fully finished residential units in one of the developer’s projects in the New Administrative Capital, with payment plans extending up to 10 years. The partnershi»»»

Osool Developments has launched Sayf Resort, a new mixed-use coastal development in Sidi Abdel Rahman on Egypt’s North Coast. The project is being developed on a 40-feddan site under Ministerial Decree No. 1068, issued on 30 September 2025. According to the company, the resort will combine resident»»»

Sarajevo: Five climbers from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have died on Russia's Mount Elbrus, Europe's highest peak, the BiH mountaineering club Vedro, to which the deceased climbers belonged, confirmed on Sunday. "With great sorrow and pain, we inform the public of the tragic loss of five of our f»»»

Lando Norris received the prestigious Herend porcelain winner’s trophy from Prime Minister Péter Magyar after claiming victory at the 41st Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring on Sunday. The McLaren driver finished ahead of Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli in front of a record crowd at the Hung»»»

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged the removal of all sanctions imposed on Syria during the era of ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad, as he concluded a two-day visit to the country. Syria's new authorities, who took power in December 2024, are trying to turn the page after more than 1»»»

AMMAN — The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is advancing a series of strategic projects to expand natural gas supplies to industrial clusters across the Kingdom as part of the Economic Modernisation Vision, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Saleh Kharabsheh said on Sunday.In a press st»»»

AMMAN — Jordan's industrial exports grew by 8.2 per cent during the first five months of 2026, reaching JD3.668 billion compared with JD3.392 billion during the same period last year, according to figures released Sunday by the Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI).The Chamber said the JD277 million inc»»»

New Delhi: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday a special task force to reform the country's exam system, a day after his administration's education minister resigned. The social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) had drawn thousands of demonstrators, mainly students, to the »»»

An oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, which had turned off its radar system, exploded after hitting a mine in the Strait of Hormuz. A violating oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, which had deviated from the route designaed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, exploded after hitting a naval mine. This»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received a phone call today from the Prime Minister of the friendly United Kingdom, HE Andy Burnham, who expressed his sincere condolences on the passing of the late Father Amir HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. For his part, His Highness»»»

Ukraine's drone campaign against Russian refineries has made the country's refining sector a strategic liability for the Kremlin, and the resulting fuel crisis has pushed Russian refining to record lows even as LNG exports to Europe hit record highs. Two independent data trails, exchange trading re»»»

Comments Ukraine's new commander-in-chief, General Mykhailo Drapatyi, made in a 2023 interview about the population of Donbas have resurfaced this week and are being heavily amplified by Russian state media, days after President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed him to replace Oleksandr Syrskyi amid mas»»»

The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, over allegations of sexual misconduct. The chief prosecutor was ousted by the Assembly of States Parties on Friday, more than two years after the allegations first surfaced. The move was backed by an »»»

On Saturday, Iran's Foreign Ministry reported that Ukraine had carried out an attack on an Iranian merchant ship, killing one sailor and wounding a second. Ukraine's attack on an Iranian ship constituted "a blatant UN Charter violation done at Israel's behest to drag Europe into its war," Foreign M»»»

TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign ​Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday ‌a ‌Ukrainian ​attack ‌on ⁠an ​Iranian commercial vessel “cannot ⁠go unanswered.” His comments ⁠came ‌in calls ‌with ​EU ‌foreign ‌policy chief Kaja Kallas ‌and Russian Foreign Minister ⁠Sergei ⁠Lavrov, Araqchi posted on X.»»»

LONDON: The Desert Vipers suffered a dramatic two-wicket defeat to Guyana Amazon Warriors in the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League on Sunday, despite posting a massive total. The Vipers amassed 205 for six from their 20 overs, becoming the first team to pass 200 in the competition and eclipsing»»»

Washington: One hundred days before the US midterm elections, President Donald Trump’s Republicans are staring down polling that points to the loss of the House of Representatives and a ferocious battle to retain the Senate. Trump will not appear on the ballot on November 3, but the stakes for his »»»

Al Ain: Under the patronage of Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in the Al Ain Region, the first Al Ain Rutab Festival officially opened on Saturday at Al Sarooj Park in Al Ain. Organised by the Abu Dhabi Heritage Authority, the festival runs until July 31. The festival is pa»»»

BUDAPEST: World champion Lando Norris claimed his first win of the season and 12th of his career with a resounding triumph for McLaren ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in Sunday’s helter-skelter Hungarian Grand Prix. The 26-year-old Briton, who started from pole position but had to recover after »»»

AMMAN — Escalating geopolitical tensions, global economic uncertainty and shifting investor sentiment continue to shape gold prices and consumer behaviour in Jordan, according to Akram Shehab, member of the administrative board of the Jordanian Jewelers Syndicate (JJSJO).In an interview with The Jo»»»

AMMAN — President of the Jordan and Amman Chambers of Commerce, Khalil Haj Tawfiq, held talks in London with Secretary General of the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) Rita Massoud to explore avenues for deepening economic cooperation between Jordan and the United Kingdom.Meeting at the ABCC »»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received a phone call from Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkiye HE Hakan Fidan. During the call, they discussed the latest developments in the military escalation bet»»»

Unprecedented wildfires swept across France and Spain, youth-led protests in India forced the country's education minister to resign and Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom's new prime minister. FRANCE 24 looks back at some of the week's most striking images.  »»»