Dubai: Just over a year after moving to Dubai, Steve found himself moving unexpectedly up the property ladder, taking advantage of a cooling real estate market amid the Middle East war. His new apartment is larger and closer to work than his previous residence, but the rent is nonetheless 15 percen»»»

Dubai: A 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck Bardsir county in Iran's southeastern Kerman province early Sunday, but no casualties or damage were reported, Iranian authorities said. Gholam Reza Nejad Khaleghi, head of Kerman province's Crisis Management Department, said assessment teams were dispatched»»»

BERLIN: A van slammed into people gathered for Berlin’s famed Pride festival on Saturday night, killing one person, injuring at least 16 others and prompting police to call off the celebrations and a concert in the German capital hours after they had begun. Berlin police said they have identified a»»»

HONG KONG: Typhoon Noul made landfall early Sunday bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China, including Hong Kong, over the weekend. It prompted the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in Guangdong province with the region on high alert and dozens of flights canceled. China’s nation»»»

An apparent pause in US-Iran strikes and progress in Oman-led talks over reopening the Strait of Hormuz have eased immediate tensions, as UAE residents follow the latest regional developments. Diplomatic efforts are continuing, while airlines maintain schedule changes and cancellations on some regi»»»

Saudi authorities have arrested 14,970 violators of residency, labour and border security laws during nationwide inspection campaigns carried out between July 16 and July 22, the Ministry of Interior said on Sunday. The ministry said those detained included 7,437 violators of the Residency Law, 3,9»»»

The UAE is expected to see a further drop in temperatures on today, with a chance of afternoon rainfall over eastern areas as convective clouds develop, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said. The NCM said conditions would be fair to partly cloudy, with humid weather developing overnight and»»»

Powerful wildfires that have generated fire whirlwinds were scorching parts of France on Saturday, while Spain continued battling major blazes as more than 300,000 people across the two countries were evacuated. Authorities warned of a "difficult night" ahead. Earlier in the day, officials in both »»»

July 25 (UPI) -- Two buses collided in Syria on Saturday, killing 35 people and injuring another 30, officials said. One bus had been transporting members of the Internal Security Forces while the other had civilians when they crashed on Deir Az Zor-Damascus Road, between al-Sukhnah and Palmyra. Se»»»

A federal appeals court ruled on Saturday that the Trump administration cannot put into effect an executive order to create lists of eligible voters and prevent the postal service from delivering them to people who do not appear on the lists. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 25 (U»»»

WASHINGTON: The US military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing, while diplomatic efforts have pushed forward to try to avert a return to all-out war.But it remains to be seen whether the US and Iran are at an inflection point in a mercurial conflict tha»»»

A Pride event in Berlin was canceled after a van drove into a crowd of people on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 15 others. File Photo by Justin Lane/EPA-EFE July 25 (UPI) -- A Pride parade in Berlin was evacuated on Saturday after a car drove into a crowd at the event, killing one person»»»

In lawsuit filed Friday, plaintiffs charged that U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer "failed to provide a reasoned, record-based explanation for its determinations" in a applying a fresh round of sweeping tariffs. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 25 (UPI) -- President Donald »»»

WASHINGTON: Dangerously hot weather will expand across much of the central United States this weekend and into next week, pushing temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius) from Dallas to North Dakota with roughly 70 million people facing heat adviseries. A heat dome, where at»»»

MOSCOW: Ukrainian drones struck a Siberian oil refinery in a fresh wave of strikes Saturday, as Kazakhstan’s president told Russia’s Vladimir Putin the Ukraine war should end during a forum in Siberia’s Omsk. In occupied Ukraine, Russian-installed authorities said a Ukrainian strike had killed 12 p»»»

The lieutenant governor of Hawaii was indicted this week for allegedly being bribed to help a company receive a contract for COVID-19 testing. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo July 25 (UPI) -- The lieutenant governor of Hawaii was indicted this week for allegedly being bribed by a lob»»»

Paris: The Tunisian village of Sidi Bou Said has been inscribed on the World Heritage List, UNESCO announced on Saturday. The decision was made during the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee, currently underway in Busan, Republic of Korea, where the committee is convening through July 29. »»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Public Works Authority (Ashghal), in collaboration with the Qatar Scientific Club (QSC), has concluded the fifth edition of the “Future Engineer” programme, held from July 4 to 23, 2026 with the participation of 40 male and female secondary school students. The initiat»»»

FIBA U18 Asia Cup Gulf QualifiersTribune News Network Doha Oman and Bahrain made winning starts to their campaigns in the FIBA U18 Asia Cup Gulf Qualifiers, defeating Kuwait and Saudi Arabia respectively as the tournament tipped off at Al Gharafa Sports Hall on Saturday. Organized by the Qatar Bask»»»

Khaled Al Hameidi Doha At a time when diplomacy is often associated with official communiqués, closed-door meetings and formal state ceremonies, Qatar is witnessing the emergence of a different model — one that places people, culture and shared human experiences at the heart of international engage»»»

QNA Doha United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Dr. Rania Al Mashat, has underscored Qatar’s role in advancing sustainable development and multilateral cooperation while stressing the importance o»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Alaraby TV has aired an exclusive investigative documentary, “The Great Breach... The Israeli Pager Crime,” revealing new details for the first time about the cyber-intelligence operation carried out by Israel in Lebanon on September 17 and 18, 2024. The investigation exam»»»

BRUSSELS: A Canadian woman was arrested and accused of espionage while working as an intern in the operational headquarters of the NATO military alliance, Belgian authorities said Saturday. Belgium’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office said it launched an espionage investigation after NATO’s security servi»»»

A car ploughed into a crowd during a gay pride parade in Berlin on Saturday night, injuring several people, police said. The incident took place on Christopher Street Day, the German capital’s annual pride event, on Lennestrasse near the Tiergarten park in central Berlin. DETAILS TO FOLLOW»»»

LONDON: The fears of many came to fruition as, following further Houthi attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea, the Iran-backed Yemeni militia entered the war by imposing a blockade on the Bab Al-Mandab Strait. The aim was a further tightening on global oil supplies already being exercised by T»»»

Massive wildfires sweeping southwestern France and central Spain forced nearly 260,000 people to flee on Saturday, as authorities deployed troops and additional firefighting aircraft to battle blazes fueled by extreme heat and drought. Unchecked wildfires raging Saturday in France's southwest and n»»»

Kazakhstan's president urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end the war during talks in the Siberian city of Omsk while Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Siberia on Saturday in one of Kyiv's deepest attacks inside Russia.  Ukrainian drones struck a Siberian oil refinery in a fresh w»»»

RIYADH: The Middle East does not have a shortage of startups pitching for capital, but investors are still struggling to find companies with the market knowledge, traction and technological differentiation required to justify an investment, according to Hussein Attar, CEO of Tech Invest Com. Ventur»»»

RAMALLAH: Speaker of the Arab Parliament Mohammed Al-Yamahi has strongly condemned the dangerous escalation of violence carried out by terrorist settler militias, under the direct protection of the Israeli forces, against Palestinians and their property throughout the occupied West Bank. In a recen»»»

After nearly two weeks of nightly military action, Iran reported no new US strikes overnight into Saturday, while Qatar announced the full resumption of maritime navigation from Sunday. The developments offered a brief pause in a conflict that has disrupted Gulf shipping and heightened regional sec»»»

RIYADH: Investment momentum in the Middle East and North Africa region remained steady last week, despite ongoing market uncertainty caused by the US-led conflict with Iran. This positive momentum continues from the record $7.5 billion raised by MENA startups in 2025, which marked a 225 percent sur»»»

Damascus, July 25 (SANA) Syria discussed ways to strengthen agricultural cooperation with EU and Italian officials, focusing on supporting production, empowering rural communities, and improving food security, the Damascus Chamber of Agriculture said. The chamber’s head, Mohammad Jannan, met with t»»»

Washington: United States intelligence agencies assess that Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is more open to building nuclear arms than his predecessor and father, according to a report by The New York Times. The intelligence evaluation, compiled prior to the ongoing war from sources in»»»

UNESCO added a major archaeological site in the West Bank and a group of historic castles in southern Lebanon to its World Heritage List, defying Israeli objections and reigniting a long-running dispute over the intersection of cultural heritage and politics in the region. A United Nations committe»»»

Two men flying in a small private plane died Saturday when they crashed into the roof of a house in northwestern Germany, police said. The light aircraft came down in a residential area of Ganderkesee, near Oldenburg, striking the pitched roof of a house head-on. Get updated faster and for FREE: Do»»»

Washington: United States intelligence agencies assess that Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is more open to building nuclear arms than his predecessor and father, according to a report by The New York Times. The intelligence evaluation, compiled prior to the ongoing war from sources in»»»

Hungary’s Tisza parliamentary group has nominated Dr. Pál Sonnevend, one of the country’s leading constitutional law scholars, to fill the vacant seat on the Constitutional Court following the end of Csaba Hende’s mandate. Tisza nominates a leading constitutional law scholar The nomination was anno»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Baqaei: Regional security and stability must be achieved through dialogue, cooperation and mutual understanding among the region’s countrie»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei reaffirms the need to intensify efforts to reach a just solution to the Yemen crisis and p»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Baqaei: We call for lifting all restrictions on Yemen and ensuring Yemenis have unhindered access to essential goods, as US interventionist»»»

CHICAGO: The retired US general who led the campaign against Daesh in Iraq said on Thursday that a similar international effort could help Lebanon confront Hezbollah, but would likely require American and coalition forces on the ground. Speaking during a webinar hosted by the Middle East Institute »»»

I didn’t watch a single full game of this FIFA World Cup and was asleep before the final kicked off on Sunday. It would have been awkward watching a match wanting both teams to lose. The best things to witness at this jamboree were the mindbending, moral amnesia of the anti-Trump and pro-Palestine »»»

New Delhi: India's Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday been assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Education following the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan. The development comes amid protests over exam paper leaks. The President's office confirmed the appointment through an offici»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli occupation forces demolished buildings east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, while Israeli artillery shelled northern areas of Beit»»»

A Hungarian journalist, András Földes, was attacked by a bear near Tusnádfürdő in Transylvania while he was attending the Bálványos Summer University and Student Camp. He later described the incident himself, saying the animal closed in on him during an evening run after a long day of interviews at»»»

BUDAPEST: World champion Lando Norris of McLaren narrowly outpaced Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton to seize his first pole position of the year on Saturday with a flawless lap in the final seconds of qualifying for this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix.The 26-year-old Briton clocked a best lap of one minute»»»

People gather for a pro-government demonstration in Tehran on Friday. Friday night, there were no attacks between the United States and Iran reported. Photo by Behnam Tofighi/UPI | License Photo July 25 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Friday that he's ready to continue talks with Iran or escal»»»

LONDON — The main international oil contract Brent North Sea fell back under $100 Friday after surging past the key milestone the previous day on escalating Middle East strikes, helping US and European stock markets stabilise.Brent and the key US contract, West Texas Intermediate, declined more tha»»»

TEHRAN — The United States launched fresh strikes on Iran recently after Tehran-backed Houthi rebels attacked oil tankers in the Red Sea, marking an escalation that pushed crude prices past $100 a barrel.The US military insisted that the Strait of Hormuz — through which one fifth of the world's oil»»»

AMMAN — The Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) and West London Chambers of Commerce have signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance economic, trade, and investment cooperation between the Jordanian and British business communities.The MoU aims to expand direct communication channels between Jorda»»»