As artificial intelligence and advanced AI models develop, the ways in which applications are protected are evolving just as quickly as the technologies they are designed to secure. According to Michael Montoya, Chief Technology Operations Officer at F5, chief information security officers are unde»»»

The Polish government has launched “Deregulation 2.0,” following the implementation of more than 160 of the 349 deregulation measures agreed with business groups. The next package, expected to take effect in mid-2027, is aimed at making it easier to do business in Poland. Proposed changes include a»»»

KYIV: Russia fired missiles and drones into apartment buildings in Kyiv for the second time in a week Monday, killing at least 24 people on the eve of a crucial NATO summit, Ukrainian authorities said. The attack hit just days after another Russian strike killed more than 30 people in the Ukrainian»»»

KYIV: Russia fired missiles and drones into apartment buildings in Kyiv for the second time in a week Monday, killing at least 24 people on the eve of a crucial NATO summit, Ukrainian authorities said. The attack hit just days after another Russian strike killed more than 30 people in the Ukrainian»»»

HAVANA, Cuba: An islandwide blackout hit Cuba on Monday as fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble. The blackout in the country of nearly 10 million people was reported by the state-run Electric Union, which said on X that the cause is under investigation. The Ministry of E»»»

Following a victory in the Supreme Court that allows states to ban trans athletes from competing against biological girls and women, conservative advocacy groups have warned Democratic states: “you’re next!” The right-wing campaign to stop transgender girls and women from competing against biologic»»»

HAVANA: An islandwide blackout hit Cuba on Monday as fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble. The blackout in the country of nearly 10 million people was reported by the state-run Electric Union, which said on X that the cause is under investigation. The Ministry of Energy »»»

KHARTOUM: A partial collapse in a decommissioned gold mine in northern Sudan has killed 15 miners, a state company said on Monday. The miners had snuck into the shut-down Mohamed Tawfiq mine, in Wadi Halfa near the Egyptian border, when “parts of the mine collapsed... killing 15 miners and injuring»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s building a granite helipad on the White House lawn, insisting that the landing area is needed to accommodate new, more powerful presidential choppers. Confirmation of the project came as construction crews had already begun working on the hel»»»

A man in Australia was reportedly pinned underwater by a muscly kangaroo “who tried to drown him" during an unusual roadside encounter in flood-hit New South Wales. The man, identified by Australian broadcaster ABC as Don James, was walking along a flooded roadside near Port Macquarie when the kang»»»

Super Typhoon Bavi is expected to impact Taiwan after hitting Rota and Guam. Photo courtesy of NOAA After devastating the Northern Mariana Island of Rota and causing damage in Guam, Super Typhoon Bavi is setting its sights on Taiwan. "The storm is equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane (130 mph) on t»»»

Gaza: The Gaza Rights Center has reissued exhortations to the international community to immediately spring into action to halt the crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip. In a statement on Monday, the Center called for enforcing powerful measures to protect civilians, cease»»»

LONDON: Italy’s Jasmine Paolini ended Alexandra Eala’s trailblazing Wimbledon run in the fourth round with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory on a baking hot Center Court on Monday. The 21-year-old left-hander Eala is the first player from the Philippines to go so far in a Grand Slam and she pushed the 2024 r»»»

JERUSALEM: The Israeli parliament approved a bill in its first reading on Monday to set up a commission of inquiry into the security failings that led to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. “The purpose of the proposed law is to bring about a full, thorough, and independent investigation of the ev»»»

GENEVA: The UN aid chief held a phone call Monday with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary leader on hostilities around El-Obeid, and stressed the need for sustained humanitarian access to the city, his agency said. Tom Fletcher spoke to Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the Rapid Support Forces, “to discuss»»»

Palestinians run as smoke billows from the Mushtaha Tower in September after an Israeli airstrike shortly after the Israeli military announced its intention to target high-rise buildings in Gaza City. On Monday, Hamas announced it will dissolve its government in Gaza for a new committee to take ove»»»

GENEVA: Switzerland has been looking into money laundering claims against Gabon’s former first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba since 2023, according to prosecutors and legal documents seen by AFP on Monday.The public prosecutor’s office in Geneva said that “an investigation for money laundering is curren»»»

The contract between Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz and Turkey's Botas has been frozen for the next 15 months after the two companies signed a protocol introducing temporary changes to their agreement. During that period, Bulgaria will pay only for the transmission capacity it actual»»»

July 6 (UPI) -- A brown bear wandered into a hotel in Tibet and forced its way into a locked room with two guests inside. Security camera footage from the hotel in Nagqu shows the bear wander down a hallway inside the building on Saturday and force its way through a door into an occupied room. The »»»

Argentine Finance Minister Luis Caputo (R) said President Javier Milei's administration does not plan to raise money from foreign investors through new international bond sales. File Photo by David Fernandez/EPA BUENOS AIRES, July 6 (UPI) -- Argentine Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced Monday a»»»

Havana: Cuba's state-run National Electric Union said Monday that the country's national power system suffered a total outage. The union wrote on X that the cause was under investigation and that it would continue to provide updates. Due to U.S. sanctions, Cuba has long struggled to import fuel and»»»

AMMAN — A decline in women’s participation in the labour market could have implications for Jordan’s productivity and long-term growth, according to a UN report.According to a new policy brief by the UN Women Arab States office, women account for around 16 per cent of Jordan's labour force, warning»»»

As more than ten days have passed since Venezuela was struck by twin earthquakes, the death toll remains uncertain, with an official balance of at least 3,342 people killed. On the northern coastal part of the country, the hardest-hit region, survivors and volunteers from across the country are tak»»»

Author: Julian Barnes Julian Barnes’s 2026 novel, “Departure(s),” is a short book that manages a difficult task: It looks directly at mortality without flattening into gloom. Part memoir, part fiction, it moves between Barnes’s own reflections and the story of Stephen and Jean, whose late-life reun»»»

New York: The UAE participated in United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week, held from 29 June to 2 July 2026. The event convened under the theme “A Future Free from Terrorism: Consolidating the Global Commitment to Multi-Stakeholder Approaches to Counter Terrorism through Member States' Leadership and»»»

PARIS: Twenty-seven pieces of jewellery worth more than 4.5 million euros (about 5.1 million U.S. dollars) were stolen from the Lalique Museum in northeastern France early Sunday, French media reported on Monday, citing local prosecutors. The burglary occurred at approximately 525 a.m. local time (»»»

LONDON: A British charity is funding a Jewish religious school in an illegal settlement in Hebron, according to the UK government’s Charity Commission. Friends of Yeshivat Shavei Hevron sent almost £200,000 ($267,000) to Hebron Yeshiva between 2019 and 2024, according to figures on the regulator’s »»»

Microsoft announced Monday that it is laying off 20% of its Xbox workforce and is cutting ties with several game studios. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo July 6 (UPI) -- Microsoft announced Monday that it is laying off 20% of its Xbox workforce and is cutting ties with several game stu»»»

Budapest’s third and fourth districts, along with the counties of Bács-Kiskun, Baranya, Békés, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Csongrád-Csanád, Hajdú-Bihar, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komárom-Esztergom, Pest and Tolna, are set to undergo ground-based chemical mosquito control this week, Hungary’s disaster »»»

DAMASCUS: French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Monday in Syria, making him the first major western leader to visit the war-torn country since the ouster of Bashar Assad in 2024. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited April but Macron is the first leader from western Europe or North Amer»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Disaster Risk Management Unit updates figures of Israeli war on Lebanon: 4305 martyrs, 12203 injuries and 36213 displaced to shelters 06-07»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Damascus: reports 06-07-2026 19:34 PM Latest News Urgent News French President Emmanuel Macron »»»

British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales arrives at Tokyo International Cruise Terminal in Japan on August 28. On Thursday, F-35 jets from the aircraft carrier intercepted a Russian aircraft near the Norwegian Sea. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo July 6 (UPI) -- British military je»»»

The Ukrainian massed drone strike on July 6 was easy to anticipate as it was the eve of the NATO summit in Turkiye, Lt. Gen. Aytech Bizhev, former Russian Air Force deputy commander of the CIS Joint Air Defense System, explains to Sputnik. Ukraine has time and again demonstrated eagerness to launch»»»

Israel has no intention of leaving Lebanon. At least, it won’t do so now and on terms that would suit Beirut (not to mention Hezbollah and Tehran). Moreover, in parallel with the Lebanese campaign, West Jerusalem is reactivating operations in Syria: Israeli forces launched an artillery strike on th»»»

BEIRUT: Christian leaders in southern Lebanon have firmly rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that some border villages sought annexation by Israel, dismissing the remarks as an attempt to pressure the Lebanese authorities into disarming Hezbollah. Communities from about 13 C»»»

Gabrovo Mayor Tanya Hristova has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Rumen Radev, calling for urgent measures to ensure public order and security in the city, according to the mayor's official website. In the letter, Hristova says that Gabrovo Municipality is facing a serious challenge to the saf»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs has inaugurated Qais bin Saad bin Ubadah Mosque in the Muaither area, the first smart mosque in the State of Qatar. This milestone reflects the Ministry's steadfast efforts to upgrade mosque infrastructure and services in line with»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs has inaugurated Qais bin Saad bin Ubadah Mosque in the Muaither area, the first smart mosque in the State of Qatar. This milestone reflects the ministry's steadfast efforts to upgrade mosque infrastructure and services in line with evolvi»»»

A former Socialist (MSZP) deputy mayor of Budapest’s Óbuda district has delivered explosive testimony alleging that politicians from both Fidesz and the Socialist Party operated a long-running cross-party corruption network, sharing kickbacks from public procurement contracts for nearly two decades»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday Serbia was a serious and responsible partner to Interpol in the fight against organised crime, terrorism and violence, and added that the goal was to deepen that cooperation and that a significant number of countries supported the idea»»»

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) has notified the relevant EU institutions, Europol and Interpol of an unprecedented leak and large-scale misuse of personal data of EU citizens and third-countries nationals through the Passenger Name Records (PNR) system, the party's press centre reported»»»

Caracas: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has dispatched humanitarian aid shipments and a field medical and relief delegation to Venezuela to provide emergency relief following the devastating earthquakes, as part of the Qatari airlift ordered by HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. HE Amb»»»

Tunis, July 6, 2026 (TAP) - The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) published on Monday a reference document entitled "The Press and Media in State Development Policies", as the competent committees of the Assembly of People's...»»»

Dubai: Hamas has announced its biggest political concession since seizing control of Gaza in 2007, dissolving the body that has governed the territory for nearly two decades and paving the way for a technocratic administration to take over civilian affairs. At first glance, the move appears to mark»»»

Bulgaria's Deputy Labour and Social Policy Minister Danail Rusev Monday opened a two-day Connecting EU seminar, organized by the European Economic and Social Committee with the support of the Bulgarian Economic and Social Council, the European Parliament Liaison Office in Bulgaria and the European »»»

Several Ukrainian Patriot missiles reportedly switched into self-destruct mode and plunged into Kiev during efforts to repel Russia's retaliatory strikes, which suggests that Ukraine's allies were supplying it with substandard weaponry, military analyst Alexey Leonkov tells Sputnik. "Zelensky might»»»

ADDIS ABABA: The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) will not pose a threat to Ethiopia's coffee export to Europe, according to Adugna Debela, director general of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA). The director general's remark came six months before the regulation enters int»»»

The campaign is based on a creative concept that transforms the summer experience into a story about rewarding loyalty. Under the slogan “We’re giving away 30 cars, so we’re extending summer until August 44,” SOCAR Petroleum SA symbolically proposes extending summer until September 13, based on the»»»

MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia’s nonprofit sector is transforming from a traditional charitable ecosystem into a strategic driver of social innovation and community-led development, according to the general manager and spokesperson for the country’s National Center for Nonprofit Sector. Abdullah Al-Shomer sp»»»