The Lebanese army began assuming security responsibilities in three southern villages on Monday under a US-backed pilot initiative, the State Department said. Operations in Froun, Srifa and Zawtar al-Gharbiya mark the first implementation of a framework aimed at enabling a phased Israeli withdrawal»»»

Air France has temporarily suspended flights to Dubai and Riyadh and extended its service suspension to Beirut amid the ongoing security situation in the Middle East. The airline said the decision was linked to regional hostilities and airspace restrictions affecting operations across the region. G»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50 percent tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products. The move could unleash a new wave of economic chaos, with risks of higher inflation and further frayin»»»

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: At least 27 people died after a ferry capsized off the coast of Guyana, Prime Minister Mark Phillips said Monday, as the small South American nation mourned the tragedy. Sixty-nine people aboard the MV Barima have been rescued since the vessel flipped over on Saturday night, Phi»»»

The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students, adding to the barrage of federal inquiries the Trump administration has opened in its battle against the Ivy League school. Justice Department officia»»»

Summer means more time in the water, and a few simple safety rules can make all the difference. As UAE families head to pools, beaches and residential swimming areas during the summer months, experts are urging parents and caregivers to rethink what water safety really means. It is not just about w»»»

The Iranian army said early Tuesday it had targeted a US base in Kuwait with missiles, as President Masoud Pezeshkian said the conflict had morphed into a "full-scale war". "The army's ground forces targeted the HIMARS missile systems of the US terrorist army stationed at the Arifjan base in Kuwait»»»

After weeks of fragile calm, the United States and Iran are once again engaged in direct military confrontation. Tehran has responded to US attacks along Iran’s southern coast by launching fresh strikes across the Gulf. Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman were among the countries affected, with Iran de»»»

Manila: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Washington remains willing to pursue a diplomatic solution with Iran, but insisted any path toward de-escalation depends on Tehran ending its attacks on international shipping and complying with its commitments. "Their behaviour has to change in o»»»

Washington on Monday condemned what it called "dangerous and aggressive" action by China, whose personnel are accused of injuring a Filipino sailor at a shoal in the disputed South China Sea. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here"The United States conde»»»

A federal ‌judge in San Francisco on Monday signed off on artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class action ​lawsuit brought by a group of authors who accused it of misusing their books to train its AI chatbot Claude. US District Judge Araceli Martinez-O»»»

NEW YORK: A federal judge on Monday ordered Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to halt their $81 billion merger for at least two weeks, allowing states that are challenging the deal more time to see their case through in court. Twelve states, led by California, sued to block Paramount’s pending b»»»

LONDON: British prosecutors said Monday they had charged a 28-year-old UK man, Joshua Kerry, with the murder of veteran right-wing former MP Ann Widdecombe, as police probed a potential “political or terrorist connection.” “We have decided to prosecute Joshua Kerry for murder following a police inv»»»

In the days since Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's death, Iran's ruling establishment has descended into its deepest internal crisis since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. A bitter power struggle has erupted in public, amid what is supposed to be a tightly-controlled political system -- and during the fun»»»

Hamas on Monday named Khalil al-Hayya, one of the founding members of the Palestinian militant group, as its new leader. Hayya is seen as a respected and pragmatic Hamas veteran “who doesn’t get carried away easily”. Last year, he survived an Israeli attack in Doha targeting the Hamas leadership wh»»»

Tribune News Network Doha In a world shaped by change and competing narratives, the ability to listen, question and engage in constructive dialogue has never been more critical. Through the Doha Debates Ambassador Program, a production of Qatar Foundation, young people from around the world are not»»»

QNA Vienna The State of Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC), took part in the International Technical Meeting (INT7021), hosted in Vienna, Austria. The event was part of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) NUTEC Plastics Initiative aiming to stren»»»

At least 50 Malian soldiers were killed and dozens more were taken prisoner in an attack by Tuareg separatists and jihadists, local sources told AFP on Sunday. At least 50 Malian soldiers were killed in an attack by Tuareg separatists and jihadists as they left the strategic northern town of A»»»

DOHA: When the FIFA World Cup began in North America, every nation dreamed of lifting the trophy. Four weeks and 104 matches later, a handful of players separated themselves from the rest through consistency, leadership and match-winning performances. Some lifted the trophy, others fell just short,»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent: Israeli warplanes launched an attack targeting the town of Al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon 20-07-2026 23:18 PM Late»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Deputy Governor of Fars: US airstrike targeted an area in Shiraz, no casualties reported 20-07-2026 18:30 PM Latest News Urgent News Deputy»»»

RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said on Monday that the Israel Prison Service has turned the use of rubber bullets against Palestinian detainees into a systematic punitive policy in recent months. The policy has affected dozens of prisoners whose cases have been documented by relevant »»»

A US sanctions bill originally promoted by the late Senator Lindsey Graham and Democrat Richard Blumenthal has moved close to passage after being stalled in Congress for more than a year. The latest compromise has the support of the White House, Republicans and a significant number of Democrats, Th»»»

LONDON: New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham took power Monday, purging the cabinet of his predecessor’s loyalists as he promised a 10-year plan to ease cost-of-living pressures and signalled a tilt to the left. He immediately got to work after replacing Keir Starmer in Downing Street, holding calls »»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran is detecting a buildup of US military presence in the region and is preparing accordingly, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Monday. The Washington Post has earlier reported that the US is preparing for large-scale military action against Iran and i»»»

Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has launched a digital platform to document and manage state-owned lands along the Nile River, aiming to strengthen governance, improve monitoring of land use, and enhance the collection of state revenues, the ministry said. Minister of Water Resou»»»

Upper Egypt’s ongoing industrial, production, and service projects were the focus of a review by Minister of Local Development and Environment Manal Awad and Head of the Upper Egypt Development Authority Amr Abdel Moneim, with both officials mandating the integration of environmental standards into»»»

Robert Brovdi, better known by his military call sign “Magyar”, has become one of the best-known commanders in Ukraine’s drone war against Russia. In recent weeks, his unit—known as Magyar’s Birds—has claimed a series of unprecedented strikes against Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea»»»

Ajman: Ajman Police has received a financial contribution of Dh792,500 from the International Charity Organisation (ICO) to help secure the release of a number of inmates at the emirate’s Correctional and Rehabilitation Institution, offering them an opportunity to overcome financial hardships and s»»»

Share: Israel will begin withdrawing from the first pilot zone in southern Lebanon on July 21, an Israeli official told Axios on Monday, nearly four weeks after the US-mediated framework introduced the mechanism. The US State Department separately claimed that operations have begun in the towns of »»»

The United States carried out a new wave of strikes in Iran on Monday as US deaths in the renewed fighting climbed to three and more ships came under attack in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by targeting US military assets in Bahrain, the home of the US Navy's 5th Fleet, a»»»

CAIRO: An Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered three rock-cut tombs from the New Kingdom period at the Bubasteion necropolis in Saqqara. The tombs, in Giza governorate, south of Cairo, date back to the 18th Dynasty, which included rulers such as Tutankhamun and Akhenaten, the Ministry of »»»

Author: Kristin Hannah Kristin Hannah’s “The Four Winds” is one of those novels that quietly settles in your mind long after you turn the final page. Set during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, it tells the story of Elsa Martinelli, a woman who has spent much of her life believi»»»

A fast-moving wildfire in southern France forced dozens of residents to evacuate on Sunday as more than 600 firefighters and water-bombing aircraft battled the blaze. Fanned by strong winds and dry vegetation, the fire near Draguignan burned 10 homes, damaged nine others and slightly injured one fi»»»

Dubai: Kuwait's Ministry of Social Affairs will activate surveillance cameras across all its centres to strengthen oversight, improve workplace discipline and monitor compliance with official working hours as part of a wider drive to tackle disguised unemployment. Social Affairs, Family and Childho»»»

Bedoon—Arabic for ‘without’—refers to communities in parts of the Gulf who live without nationality or the official documentation through which states establish legal identity. Their experience foreshadows a defining challenge of contemporary mobility: what happens when the ability to move depends »»»

Egypt’s Chamber of Apparel and Home Textile Industries at the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) is launching an integrated support programme to help Egyptian manufacturers expand exports to Kenya and the wider East African market, including the establishment of a 250-square-metre showroom and»»»

Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Hassan Abdalla received Phil Mnisi, Governor of the Central Bank of the Kingdom of Eswatini, at the CBE headquarters during the latter’s official visit to Egypt, where the two sides discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation and exchange expertise across»»»

Hungarian chess legend Judit Polgár has declined Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s invitation to become the country’s next president, saying she did not feel strong enough to take responsibility for uniting a deeply divided nation. Polgár announced her decision in a Facebook post on Monday evening, sho»»»

The Council of Ministers on Monday proposed that Parliament authorize the deployment of up to eight US KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft, up to 250 US military personnel and related equipment at Bezmer Air Base between July 24 and October 1 to support US operations in the Middle East, prompting mix»»»

Russia could attempt to expand the conflict into Poland and the Baltic states if its military position in Ukraine deteriorates, Lithuanian Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas warned. He argued that battlefield setbacks, attacks inside Russia, fuel shortages, and growing public frustration could push t»»»

New Delhi: Indian police fired tear gas on Monday to stop thousands of protesters demanding the education minister's resignation and wider examination reforms from marching on parliament. The demonstrators, mostly young students, converged at the Jantar Mantar protest site in the heart of New Delhi»»»

London: Andy Burnham projects regular man-of-the-people vibes, but behind the casual persona lies ruthless ambition and an ability for reinvention that has helped propel him to the pinnacle of British politics. The 56-year-old veteran figure within centre-left Labour replaced Keir Starmer as prime »»»

London: Prime Minister Andy Burnham acknowledged his precarious perch Monday as the seventh British leader in just over a decade as he set out an ambitious but vague vision to create a new political and economic establishment. Burnham used his inaugural speech as prime minister to renew his theme o»»»

Parliament was thrown into disruption on Monday after opposition lawmakers from the Democratic Party (PD) blocked the speaker’s podium, preventing the normal proceedings of a plenary session. The lawmakers refused to allow the scheduled presentation by Ombudsperson Endrit Shabani, arguing that his »»»

LONDON: Asaad Al-Shaibani, the foreign minister of the Syrian Arab Republic, has met Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, his Kuwaiti counterpart, to discuss forming a coordination committee to improve diplomatic, trade, and investment ties between the two countries. The ministers have agreed to »»»

July 20 (UPI) -- A ferry carrying 133 passengers and crew members capsized off the coast of Guyana, where authorities continued searching Monday for dozens of missing people while investigating possible irregularities in the vessel's operation. The MV Barima departed Georgetown on Saturday afternoo»»»

A man was arrested in Lower Manhattan, N.Y., on Monday after allegedly setting off fireworks outside of 26 Federal Plaza. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 20 (UPI) -- A man was taken into custody on Monday morning after allegedly setting off fireworks outside of a federal building»»»

Officers from the Drug Control Service, together with police of Zhaiyl district, detained three people suspected of selling cannabis products through Instagram, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. According to the ministry, law enforcement officers received information that cannabis-containi»»»

Vienna: The State of Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC), took part in the International Technical Meeting (INT7021), hosted in Vienna, Austria. The event was part of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) NUTEC Plastics Initiative, aiming to strengt»»»