Dubai: Dubai maintained its strong economic performance in the first quarter of 2026, with the emirate's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reaching Dh232 billion, representing a 2.4 per cent increase from the same period last year. The performance reflects the strength, resilience, and adaptability of D»»»

AMMAN — The Syrian-Jordanian Joint Free Zone's total revenue rose to nearly $3.96 million during the first half of 2026, driven by higher investment income, occupancy fees and trust fund revenues, according to financial indicators.During the company's board meeting on Wednesday, Secretary General o»»»

WASHINGTON, United States — The IMF cut its 2026 global growth projection again Wednesday, flagging "uncertainty and risks" to the economic outlook as fighting reignited in the Middle East.Global economic growth is estimated at 3.0 per cent this year, said the International Monetary Fund, down from»»»

GENEVA — The AI boom has helped drive investments in intangible assets such as software, data and research to a record high in 2025, the United Nations' patent and innovation agency said Wednesday.These investments, which encompass research and development, software and data, brands, design and org»»»

AMMAN — Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah on Wednesday met Liam Byrne, a British MP and chair of the House of Commons Business and Trade Committee, to discuss ways to strengthen economic and trade relations between Jordan and the United Kingdom.The talks focused on enhancing instit»»»

Dubai: The General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai has been recognised with the “Best Digital City Experience” award under the Hamdan bin Mohammed Programme for Government Services for its Domestic Worker Management initiative, marking a major milestone in the emirate’s effor»»»

France's far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen launched her fourth presidential campaign in the small town of La Flèche in the country's Loire Valley Wednesday after an appeals court cleared her to run for office – despite upholding her conviction for misusing millions of euros in public funds. French»»»

Doha: Nearly 900 snakes, including venomous cobras, escaped from a snake farm in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region after floodwaters destroyed the facility, with some residents reportedly bitten, according to local media reports. The incident occurred on July 6 after heavy rainfall »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) has announced the opening of registration centres for student admissions and transfers to government schools for the 2026-2027 academic year, with services available from July 5 to August 13, 2026. The ministry said the registratio»»»

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These days, every official visit, every summit that involves the President of the United States seems like a mad scramble to keep the leader of the Atlantic Alliance on board. But what if it’s just too late? Last month, leaders left France thanking their lucky stars that Donald Trump hadn’t taken a»»»

US President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to halt all trade with Spain amid a bitter row over Madrid's defence spending and failure to help Washington with the Iran war. "Spain is a wasted cause. We don't want to do any trade business with Spain anymore," Trump said as he arrived at a NATO sum»»»

LONDON: Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk made quick work of Italy’s 2024 runner-up Jasmine Paolini on a sweltering Center Court to speed into her first Wimbledon semifinal 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday. The 12th seed was a woman in a hurry from the start as she took the opening set in 36 minutes, breaking Paolini t»»»

Russia has carried out precision strikes on Ukrainian military-industrial facilities in Kiev, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. In a statement released on Wednesday, the ministry said the strikes targeted the production facilities of Samsung Ukraine, where it said the components for FP-5»»»

Tunis, July 8, 2025 (TAP) - The creation of a regional civil front to advocate for genuine water and food sovereignty was one of the main recommendations to emerge from the regional conference to launch the 2025 Arab Watch Report on the Right to...»»»

NEW YORK CITY: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces committed mass killings, systematic abductions of women and girls and mass gang rape in El-Fasher, the UN Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan said in a new report on Wednesday. The findings add further weight to evidence that atrocities committed by the warrin»»»

MASSACHUSETTS, USA: France coach Didier Deschamps says that their appeal of star Michael Olise’s controversial World Cup yellow card during their Round of 16 win over Paraguay was denied by FIFA on Wednesday. “There was no change when it comes to Olise’s yellow card. We received FIFA’s decision thi»»»

LONDON: At least four Palestinian children in Gaza and the occupied West Bank have been killed by Israeli attacks in the past six days, according to news reports. Palestinian medics said on Wednesday that an Israeli strike hit a tent in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza St»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev met with Westinghouse representatives on Wednesday at the Council of Ministers. At the meeting, the implementation of the preliminary engineering activities for the project to build Units 7 and 8 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant was discussed, the Government Informatio»»»

This is a view of the exposed banks by low water levels at Lake Calima, in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in February 2016. High temperatures due El Niño drastically reduced the level of water in the reservoir. File Photo by Christian Escobar Mora/EPA July 8 (UPI) -- A very strong El »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Public gatherings begin across several Lebanese regions to coincide with the funeral of martyred Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, with a speech by»»»

King Charles III salutes the armed forces after the annual Trooping the Colour in recognition of the King's birthday on June 13. Charles gave a posthumous pardon to Ruth Ellis, who was the last woman hanged in Great Britain. Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo July 8 (UPI) -- King Charles II»»»

July 8 (UPI) -- A 93-year-old Iowa man might soon become a Guinness World Record-holder for being the world's oldest truck driver. Orrin Asmus, who will turn 94 in August, has been driving trucks since he was 19 years old, and has worked for McLaughlin Freight for the past 11 years. Dan McLaughlin,»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump pose for a photo in January during their meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Trump said Wednesday that the United States will allow Ukraine to produce Patriot interceptors. »»»

July 8 (UPI) -- A New Zealand great-grandfather was officially named the world's oldest water skier just a month and a half shy of his 95th birthday. Bryan Murray was 94 years and 318 days old when he went water skiing on Auckland's Lake Kereta in April, earning him the Guinness World Records title»»»

The timing of the Ukrainian drone attack on the Krasnodarskaya compressor station of the Turkiye-bound Blue Stream gas pipeline on July 7, the same day Zelensky arrived in Ankara for the NATO summit, is “very intriguing,” prolific global energy expert Dr. Mamdouh Salameh told Sputnik. Salameh could»»»

Constitutional Court Judge Desislava Atanasova did not leave Turkiye while she was in the country between April 5 and 8, 2024, and was not on a business trip, a press release sent to the media by the Constitutional Court’s press office said. On July 2, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said in Par»»»

The Hungarian forint suffered a sharp sell-off on Wednesday after a combination of geopolitical tensions and concerns over Hungary’s public finances unsettled investors. The currency weakened significantly against both the euro and the US dollar, reversing part of the strong gains it had made over »»»

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has confirmed in Ankara that the next NATO Summit will be hosted by Albania. "The next summit will be held in Albania. That was the decision taken in The Hague. The summit will take place in Albania, but we still need to determine the exact date," Rutte told report»»»

Speaking at the opening of the 21st meeting held in Strasbourg, Taulant Balla, Head of the Parliamentary Group of Albania's Socialist Party, stated that Albania has entered the decisive phase of its European Union accession process. In a Facebook post published later on Wednesday, Balla stressed th»»»

Albania's Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sports, Blendi Gonxhja, said the government decided to finance Kanye West's concert to ensure the event would not fail, arguing that its cancellation would also have damaged Albania's image. Gonxhja clarified that the €4 million allocated for the concert d»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar on Wednesday strongly condemned and denounced the armed attacks targeting police officers and military personnel in Pakistan's Balochistan province, which resulted in a number of fatalities. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirmed Qatar's firm and consist»»»

DOHA: The Katara Cultural Village collaborated with the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs, alongside IslamOnline, in convening the 30th Katara Tech Forum in Doha. The panel discussion was dedicated to discussing the subject of artificial intelligence in Islamic Sharia provisions. I»»»

In Bosnia, parts of the scientific community are opposing the construction of a massive hydroelectric dam, warning of potentially serious environmental consequences. The project comes as dam construction has surged across the country, fuelled by the fact that it has become a highly lucrative busine»»»

Damascus, July 8 (SANA) Chairman of Syria’s General Authority for Borders and Customs Qutaiba Badawi held separate talks on Wednesday with Jordanian and Lebanese delegations to develop border crossings and enhance cooperation on customs, transport and trade, the authority said in a Telegram stateme»»»

ANKARA: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said ​he thought he would remove Syria from the United States’ list of designated state sponsors of terrorism. “I think I will,” Trump told reporters in response to a question during a meeting with Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa in Turkiye. The US ha»»»

GUATEMALA CITY: Conservationists ‌in Guatemala are breeding a new generation of Guatemalan beaded lizards, one of the world’s most endangered lizards, in the hopes of rebuilding wild populations decimated by habitat loss and their popularity in the illegal pet trade. Heloderma charlesbogerti, also »»»

Tunis, July 8 (TAP) – The sky will be generally clear to partly cloudy for the remainder of Wednesday.Winds will blow from the north in the northern and central regions and from the east in the south.They will be relatively strong along the northern...»»»

At Wednesday's plenary sitting of Bulgaria's National Assembly, Continue the Change moved draft amendments to the Election Code, triggering a broad political debate over the future of machine voting, voting abroad, and election integrity safeguards. Parliamentary parties are divided over whether to»»»

LONDON: The UK government will lead a coalition of around a dozen European countries to step up funding for the next generation of long-range missiles designed to protect Europe, the UK government said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer was set to unveil details of the program at the NATO su»»»

VANCOUVER: Switzerland goalkeeper Gregor Kobel praised his side’s “incredible, incredible achievement” after their 4-3 penalty shoot-out win over Colombia in Vancouver on Tuesday took them into the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 72 years. The Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper, playing at»»»

Tunis, July 8 (TAP) - Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) news agency and the National Handicrafts Office signed a three-year framework partnership agreement on Tuesday evening, defining areas of cooperation between the two institutions within their...»»»

Apple CEO Tim Cook gifts President Donald Trump a plaque to commemorate the announcement an additional $100 billion Apple investment in the United States during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on August 6. On Wednesday, Apple announced plans to increase its commi»»»

Dubai: Multiple participants have secured cash rewards in the latest UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw conducted on Wednesday. For Lucky Day Draw No. 260708, the winning numbers selected in the Days section were 15, 2, 28, 24, 23, 12, while the winning Months number was 1. Three participants have also won»»»

Tunis, July 8, 2026 (TAP) - The Tunisian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the General Consulate of France in Tunis signed a cooperation agreement aimed at facilitating the procedures for obtaining business visas for Tunisian companies...»»»

The New Horizons probe has awakened after hibernating for nearly a year, billions of miles into deep space, from where it sent this image of Pluto on July 14, 2015. File Photo courtesy of NASA | License Photo July 8 (UPI) -- NASA's New Horizons probe has awakened after hibernating for nearly a year»»»

President Donald Trump filed a court petition to prevent payout to E. Jean Carroll for lawsuits that she won against him. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo July 8 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump and his attorneys filed a motion to pause the payout of nearly $5.8 million to writer E. »»»

LONDON: An Israeli rights group said on Tuesday that a state court filing on 14 detained Gaza doctors failed to answer “serious concerns” about the condition of Palestinian physician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who has been held by Israel since late 2024 reportedly without charge. Physicians for Human R»»»

Doha, Qatar: The United Arab Emirates and Qatar ranked as the two most expensive Arab countries in terms of the Cost of Living Plus Rent Index, according to data published by Numbeo. The UAE ranked first among Arab countries and 28th globally with an index score of 48.2, followed by Qatar in second»»»

People line up Tuesday in La Guaira, Venezuela, to receive humanitarian aid after twin earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale struck June 24. Photo by Xaume Olleros/EPA July 8 (UPI) -- Two weeks after earthquakes devastated Caracas and La Guaira, Venezuela's emergency entered a new »»»