Dubai: UAE national airlines have accelerated their global expansion this year by launching 10 new international destinations, with plans to add another 14 routes over the coming months and into the first quarter of 2027, reinforcing the country's position as a global aviation hub linking East and »»»

DUBAI: As the Esports World Cup 2026 unfolds in Paris, the Middle East and North Africa’s influence on the tournament is increasingly more visible. Beyond the success of individual clubs, the tournament has revealed a regional talent pool that now stretches across international organizations, multi»»»

SINGAPORE: Two tankers laden with Saudi oil crossed the Bab el-Mandeb strait over the weekend, while traffic in the Strait of Hormuz slowed following reports of vessel attacks, shipping data showed on Monday.The number of commodity vessels that passed through the Bab el-Mandeb strait fell to 18 on »»»

DUBAI: Japan’s Zeta Division have won the Overwatch Champions Series Midseason Championship at the Esports World Cup 2026, taking down Saudi Arabia’s Twisted Minds 4-2 in a highly contested best-of-seven. The win marks the first time the Japanese club have won a major international OWCS tournament.»»»

Dubai: Praveen Nair, who spent six decades in social work and co-founded one of India's best-known children's charities in her late fifties, has died at the age of 94. She is the mother of filmmaker Mira Nair and the grandmother of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Both connections are real and b»»»

Israel has shared "serious security concerns" with the White House regarding the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said as Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday evening killed at least 17 people, including children, in Gaza. The remarks by Doron Spielman, spokesperson fo»»»

President Donald Trump has played this hand before during the 5-month-old Iran war. It starts with a grim warning to Tehran that he's on the cusp of ordering U.S. forces to "obliterate" its power plants or seize key parts of its oil industry if its leaders don't quickly agree to U.S. terms to end t»»»

Surabaya, Indonesia: Survivors said on Monday they heard multiple blasts moments before an Indonesian passenger ferry caught fire, killing five passengers and prompting many to jump into the sea, with some still missing more than 24 hours later. There were 236 people on board the vessel when it lef»»»

Havana: Cuba experienced another nationwide blackout on Sunday after the country's national electricity grid collapsed, according to the state-run utility, Union Electrica. The outage follows three nationwide blackouts in July and comes as a US-imposed oil blockade further strains the island's agei»»»

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Dubai: Buried in Apple's support pages is a line most people have never looked at. The recommended ambient temperature for using an iPhone is between 0C and 35C. Samsung and most other manufacturers publish a near-identical range. Now look at this week's forecast. Dubai is around 40C today and stay»»»

Doha, Qatar: At a time when the Middle East and Islam are often viewed through narratives shaped outside the region, Dr Mounia Abudaya, Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), believes art and culture can help reclaim the narrative and tell the story from the persp»»»

F1H2O is planned to be held in Issyk-Kul region on an annual basis. Eduard Kubatov, head of the State Tourism Development Agency, told reporters. According to him, a preliminary memorandum has already been signed with the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) and representatives of the championsh»»»

SINGAPORE: Oil prices tumbled more than $4 a barrel on Monday after US President Donald Trump held off on a fresh attack on Iran, seeking to reach a quick deal that would halt Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and reopen ​the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures slid $4.49, or 5.11 percent, to $83.44 by »»»

On Aug. 3, 2005, in the first emergency repair conducted in space, astronauts fixed a potentially dangerous problem by removing two strips of protruding cloth from the underside of the space shuttle Discovery. 1 of 7 | Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi traverses along the Destiny laboratory of the »»»

The number of active accounts of financial investment services companies (SSIFs)'s clients increased from 15,726 in March 2019 to 148,491 in March 2026, almost 9.4 times, says Alexandru Petrescu, president of the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF)."The Romanian capital market is broadening its b»»»

The capitalisation of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), the regulated market and multilateral trading system (MTS), exceeded for the first time in history the threshold of EUR100 billion (RON 537.7 billion) at the end of 2025, the highest level in the last 19 years, and growth accelerated in 2026»»»

Deposits held by households in local currency reached RON 269.3 billion at the end of June 2026, up 7.4% compared with the same month of 2025, but once adjusted for inflation, savers' money is worth less than a year ago, according to a specialist analysis published on Wednesday.According to data co»»»

More than half of Romanians say they use their savings to cover unexpected expenses, but only 37% have money set aside or an emergency fund, according to a study commissioned by ING Bank Romania. The bank has launched an offer providing new customers with an 8% interest rate on savings accounts dur»»»

Romania remains in the investment-grade category, and behind this result stood an exceptional institutional effort, carried through to the last moment by the Finance Ministry team, in coordination with the National Bank of Romania, which documented and backed with solid data every argument for main»»»

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Spokane, United States: Fast-moving fires left a trail of destruction in the northwestern US city of Spokane on Sunday, with officials reporting hundreds of structures reduced to cinders. Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes Saturday and overnight into Sunday, as three separate »»»

Dubai: Dubai Residential REIT has approved an interim cash dividend of Dh573.2 million after net profit before fair value changes increased by 15.1% during the first half of 2026. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The payout is equivalent to 4.4 fils per unit and represe»»»

DETROIT: Abdul El-Sayed sat quietly alongside his wife and Black political leaders in a packed Detroit church Sunday morning, clapping as the congregation sang and the pastor preached. Then he stood before the room and asked for their votes. Less than 10 miles away, US Rep. Haley Stevens was making»»»

CEUTA: Ceuta over the weekend no longer looked like a city on edge, but residents were still rattled by the events of the week. Most of the 60,000 migrants who swam, scrambled and later charged into the tiny Spanish exclave in North Africa this week had walked back to Morocco by Sunday, but some st»»»

Hungary’s State Treasury has confirmed that part of its IT infrastructure was hit by a cyberattack, with preliminary findings indicating that the attack originated from Russian servers. According to the Treasury, the incident targeted the IT network of its Agriculture and Rural Development Division»»»

An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire Sunday off the coast of Madura Island, killing at least 5 people and leaving 41 others missing as rescuers and nearby vessels scrambled to evacuate passengers from the burning ship. The Mutiara Sentosa 2 was sailing from Surabaya, Indonesia's seco»»»

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche late Sunday said he formally rescinded President Donald Trump's anti-weaponization fund. File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced late Sunday that he formally rescinded President Donald Trump»»»

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Over the past 24 hours, fire and rescue services across the country responded to 192 emergency calls and extinguished 159 fires, according to the General Directorate for Fire Safety and Civil Protection. Of the total, 26 fires caused direct property damage, including: ten in residential buildings, »»»

Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced about 60,000 people to evacuate the Spokane area and destroyed at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said on Sunday. Three separate fires erupted in and around the city as strong winds and exceptionally dry conditions fuel»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Syrian Community Council in Qatar concluded its “Athar” summer camp for Syrian boys recently. The two-day camp, held in the Al-Shahaniya area, hosted 55 students from the community, aged 12 to 16. The camp featured a diverse programme combining educational, cultural, religious, spo»»»

Doha: Qatar University (QU) is accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across its academic and administrative operations as part of a broader digital transformation strategy aimed at enhancing efficiency, advancing research and innovation, and improving the quality of services »»»

Doha, Qatar: QIIB has launched the ‘QIIB Programming Club’ in partnership with CamelCode Academy, reaffirming its strong commitment to social responsibility and investing in the next generation of talent. The initiative was inaugurated by Dr. Abdulbasit Ahmed al-Shaibei, Chief Executive Officer of »»»

The number of building permits for residential buildings issued in the first six months of 2026 was 15,939, down 9.6% year-over-year, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) informs in a statement.According to the statistics, decreases were recorded in the development regions Vest (-429 permits)»»»

About 64% of employees say that the current role mainly offers them stability, without enough opportunities for evolution or even keeps them in place, 14% feel completely secure at work and trust their professional prospects, while half consider themselves relatively secure, but carefully follow th»»»

The Chamber of Deputies will convene this week for an extraordinary session to re discuss the draft law for integrity.The standing Office of the Chamber of Deputies decided on Friday to convene a new extraordinary session between 3 and 6 August.The agenda will include the legislative draft for the »»»

Ukraine has electricity capacity in storage and has agreed to export it to Romania, under market conditions, in order to balance our national energy system, the interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, who also holds the position of interim Minister of Energy, told a Friday's press conference,"Just as »»»

Romania has declared a nationwide state of alert for August due to declining electricity production caused by severe drought and exceptionally low water levels in rivers, particularly the Danube, interim Prime Minister and Energy Minister Ilie Bolojan announced on Friday.speaking after an extraordi»»»

Romania's acting Foreign Minister Oana Toiu and her Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha recently had a phone conversation in which they also discussed security in the Black sea region, the Embassy of Ukraine in Bucharest reported on Friday in a social media post.Sybiha is said to have thanked Roman»»»

Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Oana Toiu and Us secretary of state Marco Rubio recently exchanged messages marking the 250th anniversary of the United states Declaration of Independence, reaffirming the strength of the two countries' strategic Partnership.Toiu published on X Rubio's message thanki»»»

The Ministry of National Defence (MApN) announced on Friday that the rotations of allied detachments carrying out NATO airspace defence missions in Romania and Lithuania are scheduled for the coming period.According to a MApN release, through its active participation in NATO missions, Romania contr»»»

Romania raised the issue of repeated violations of its airspace between July 24 and 26, during which the Romanian Armed Forces shot down three drones that had entered the country's territory without authorisation, at meetings of the Organization for security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the F»»»

The largest annual gathering of military reservists from NATO member and partner countries - the joint congress of the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR), the Interallied Confederation of Medical Reserve Officers (CIOMR) and the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Non-Commissione»»»

President Nicusor Dan welcomed on saturday the Fitch report which reconfirms Romania's financial stability."Despite the political noise, Romania is functioning. Parliament passed this week several laws that were milestones in the NRRP, and I will promulgate these pieces of legislation next week. Am»»»

Romania's Ministry of National Defence (MApN) said on sunday that its radar surveillance system detected an aerial target near the country's river border with Ukraine, prompting the scramble of two Romanian Air Force F-16 fighter jets.According to the ministry, the aerial target was detected at 15:»»»

Manila: A handgun recovered from suspects in the killing of vlogger Alicia “Mima Alicia” Lipata has potentially opened a much larger criminal trail. Now, with Philippine National Police (PNP) are saying that forensic ballistics connected the weapon to at least 10 other shootings dating back to 2016»»»

A yellow code warning for hot weather has been issued for five regions of the country on Monday, according to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH). The warning is in effect for the regions of Veliko Tarnovo, Ruse, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, and Blagoevgrad. According to the forecast»»»