Europe's worst drought in decades is rippling through the continent's transport, energy and agricultural sectors, bringing shipping on parts of the Danube to a standstill, threatening nuclear power generation and exposing growing vulnerabilities as climate change pushes temperatures to unprecedente»»»

The eighth Jam on the River International Music and Arts Festival closed with a concert by Antoni Donchev’s All-Star Big Band in Debnevo on Saturday. Organizers said the four-day event drew about 23,000 people. Some of Bulgaria’s leading jazz musicians, including saxophonist Dimitar Lyolev, trumpet»»»

Washington: President Donald Trump on Saturday sharply criticized U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's assessment that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was the result of shoddy construction and not the work of vandals, as he claims. Pirro's office, in a court filing on Friday, moved to drop »»»

WASHINGTON: The head of US European Command has warned the Pentagon that without additional naval resources, he may no longer be able to sustain the current level of support for Israel’s air defense against Iranian strikes, The Washington Post reported. According to the publication, Gen. Alexus Gry»»»

ABIDJAN: Around 10 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in an attack by the Boko Haram group in southeastern Niger, local sources said, with the assault confirmed by state media. The attack occurred close to N’Guigmi, a garrison town in the Diffa marshy Lake Chad region shared also by Nigeria, Camero»»»

Tunis, August 1 (TAP) - Tunisian motorway operator "Tunisie Autoroutes" has been named the "institution most committed to road safety" among the various entities affiliated with the Ministry of Public Works and Housing.According to a statement...»»»

Acclaimed British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja and nine other expedition members died following an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak in Pakistan, his climbing company confirmed on Saturday.  Renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja died with other team members in a powerful avalanche in Pakistan, his»»»

Bulgaria’s Defense Ministry has launched a public procurement procedure worth 17 million euros, including VAT, for the repair of up to 10 engines for the country’s MiG-29 fighter jets as Sofia seeks to keep the aging fleet operational until its new F-16 aircraft become fully ready for service. The »»»

Europe's worst drought in decades is rippling through the continent's transport, energy and agricultural sectors, bringing shipping on parts of the Danube to a standstill, threatening nuclear power generation and exposing growing vulnerabilities as climate change pushes temperatures to unprecedente»»»

FEATURE | Europe/Climate | Environment | July 30, 2026 "The Pyrocene is here," climate researcher Peter Dynes wrote on X on July 28, as wildfires near Bordeaux began generating huge pyrocumulus clouds intense enough to create their own weather – winds and lightning capable of igniting new fires. "A»»»

A mystery drone hit a US-owned liquefied natural gas carrier at Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta on July 29, set it alight, and spread the fire to a second ship. Cairo took until the following morning to report the incident, likely from being in a flap about being sucked into the wider war wi»»»

A mystery drone hit a US-owned liquefied natural gas carrier at Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta on July 29, set it alight, and spread the fire to a second ship. Cairo took until the following morning to report the incident, likely from being in a flap about being sucked into the wider war wi»»»

Soviet Ukraine once built some of Moscow's deadliest missiles: the Yuzhmash plant in Dnipro produced the SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile, technology reportedly still echoing decades later in North Korea's own missile engines. During the Soviet period, the Yuzhnoye design bureau in Dnipro d»»»

Europe's worst drought in decades is rippling through the continent's transport, energy and agricultural sectors, bringing shipping on parts of the Danube to a standstill, threatening nuclear power generation and exposing growing vulnerabilities as climate change pushes temperatures to unprecedente»»»

BEIRUT: The United Nations on Saturday expressed concern over Israel’s ongoing demolitions in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire in its war with Iran-backed Hezbollah. “The scale of the detonations and demolitions taking place in south Lebanon is deeply concerning, with a devastating impact on ci»»»

The United States and Japan have executed a highly coordinated intervention to rescue the beleaguered yen, driving the currency to its highest level since early May following direct market purchases and explicit support from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The yen closed in New York on Friday »»»

Dubai: A number of participants took home cash prizes in the latest UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw held on Saturday. In Lucky Day Draw No. 260801, the winning numbers in the Days section were 14, 20, 1, 6, 22, 25, while the winning number in the Months section was 1. Three participants have also won Dh»»»

Gaza: Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital spokesperson Khalil Al Daqran said that the Israeli occupation forces' direct strike on the hospital's main medicine warehouses marks a dangerous escalation in attacks on the healthcare sector. Al Daqran told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the Israeli occupation went fr»»»

Dubai: A number of participants took home cash prizes in the latest UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw held on Saturday. In Lucky Day Draw No. 260801, the winning numbers in the Days section were 14, 20, 1, 6, 22, 25, while the winning number in the Months section was 1. Three participants have also won Dh»»»

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington had not agreed to allow Ukraine to produce Patriot missiles, contradicting remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following talks between the two leaders earlier this week. President Donald Trump said on ​Friday ‌the ⁠United ‌State»»»

The US Justice Department on Friday dropped its case against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after saying the damage was a result of "a botched installation", not vandalism. Trump had personally overseen the Reflecting Pool's renovation, which was estimate»»»

LONDON: Vanessa ‌Gold, daughter of former West Ham United chair David Gold, has reached an agreement to sell her family’s shares to a consortium led by Amanda Staveley and others, after a previously agreed sale to Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky fell through. The Gold family trust owns 25.1 perc»»»

LONDON: Chelsea continued their off-season recruitment drive by signing former England international Danny Welbeck from Premier League rival Brighton on Saturday. The 35-year-old striker, who has been capped 42 times by his country, will head straight for Hong Kong to join up with head coach Xabi A»»»

LONDON: Brentford have ‌signed Mamadou Sangare from RC Lens for a club-record fee, the Premier League outfit said on Saturday, as media reported that the west London club had paid £39 million ($52.57 million) for the Mali international. Sangare, 24, joins Brentford on a ‌five-year contract, ‌with t»»»

DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities have seized more than 156,000 Captagon pills and arrested four suspected traffickers in two separate anti-drug operations on the country’s Mediterranean coast, state news agency SANA reported. The larger operation took place in Latakia province, where Syria’s Drug Enfor»»»