Firefighters are starting to see "light at the end of the tunnel" in their battle against some of the worst forest fires in Spanish history, according to the country's prime minister. In Avila, near Madrid, over 50,000 hectares were burned. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris tells us more about the latest on»»»

BELGRADE - During a parliamentary debate on an opposition no-confidence motion for the Serbian government, Minister of European Integration Nemanja Starovic said on Tuesday the cabinet had demonstrated political will and a desire for the country to make progress on the EU membership path. "Yes, thi»»»

DUBAI: The Local Organizing Committee for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup — to be hosted by Saudi Arabia from Jan. 7 to Feb. 5 in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Alkhobar — announced on Tuesday the terms and conditions for registering for its volunteer program. As reported by Arriyadiyah, the committee has opened the r»»»

RIYADH: Kings League MENA is set to return to the Saudi capital for its first full-length season on Sept. 18 with an expanded roster of 10 teams. The competition, a joint venture between Kings League and Saudi PIF company SURJ Sports Investment, is the regional edition of the next-generation, seven»»»

Geopolitical shocks, climate change and rising food costs are reshaping food security across Europe and Central Asia, leaving tens of millions unable to afford a healthy diet even as the region remains one of the world's most food-secure, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. The fin»»»

A roundtable on road safety, risk assessment and the effective use of public resources was held in Parliament by Democratic Bulgaria (DB) on Tuesday. The event followed a series of serious road crashes in July. On July 12, the Road Safety Institute called for an urgent investigation into similariti»»»

Angola raised AOA300.3bn ($321mn) from the sale of a 15% stake in state-owned mobile operator Unitel, completing the country’s largest initial public offering to date. The government sold 7.5mn shares at AOA40,040 each, the top of the offer’s indicative price range, according to the Angola Debt and»»»

This summer’s extreme temperatures have broken the normal “Bell curve” distribution of temperature variations and pushed it sharply to the right into record breaking highs. This is not normal – literally. That is the other name for the Bell curve: “the normal distribution.” First you’ll need a quic»»»

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This summer’s extreme temperatures have broken the normal “Bell curve” distribution of temperature variations and pushed it sharply to the right into record breaking highs. This is not normal – literally. That is the other name for the Bell curve: “the normal distribution.” First you’ll need a quic»»»

China now accounts for roughly 28% of global manufacturing value added, more than any other country or bloc and over triple its share in 2004, according to World Bank data. The US share has fallen to about 17% from 22% over the same period, while the Eurozone has slipped to around 15% and Japan to »»»

Russia’s war on Ukraine is entering a new phase in which the odds of escalation are rising even without any single dramatic turning point, Tatiana Stanovaya, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, wrote in a Carnegie Politika commentary published on July 27. Stanovaya’s central clai»»»

RIYADH: Political analysts have linked the future of Yemen’s Houthi movement to the fate of the Iranian regime and the trajectory of the wider regional confrontation, following the latest escalation affecting security in the Red Sea and freedom of international navigation. They argue that Tehran vi»»»

Demand for care for older people and people with disabilities is growing as Bulgaria’s population ages, Labour and Social Policy Minister Nataliya Efremova said on Tuesday. She spoke at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Deinstitutionalization of Care for Older People and Peopl»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev and Axon Senior Vice President for Global Sales Programs and Partnerships Nathan Sawtell discussed cooperation with Bulgarian companies in producing high-tech defence and security products, the government press service said on Tuesday. Axon develops advanced defence and s»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli occupation forces carried out a bombing in the outskirts of Al-Mansouri – Majdalzoun, South Lebanon: Al-Manar reporter 28-07-2026 1»»»

RIYADH: Nasdaq-listed Energy Recovery will build a desalination technology factory near Dammam Second Industrial City, in a project expected to contribute SR137 million ($36.54 million) to Saudi GDP by 2033. The energy recovery devices plant is the first such facility by the company outside the US,»»»

Marseille: French police have found the bones of five deceased infants in cardboard boxes at the home of a couple in southeastern France, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Police opened a murder inquiry after they made the discovery in a flat in the town of Orange late Monday, the local prosecutor’s off»»»

The Hungarian passport is ranked alongside those of Croatia, Poland, South Korea and Malta as one of the world’s most powerful travel documents. But how does a country rise ever higher up the rankings — and what explains Hungary’s success? Hungary’s passport remains highly prized Many people assume»»»

Dubai: Heavy rain lashed Masafi and parts of the eastern UAE on Tuesday afternoon as convective clouds developed over the mountains, while hot and sunny conditions persisted across much of the rest of the country. The highest temperature recorded nationwide was 48.4°C in Al Faqa, Al Ain, at 13:45 U»»»

The parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs adopted at second reading on Tuesday amendments to the Election Code introducing mandatory machine voting in all polling stations except those with fewer than 300 registered voters or in cases of voting by portable ballot boxes used in nursing homes and »»»

Ukraine’s Caspian Sea strike reveals a trend toward the convergence of the Ukrainian and Iranian conflicts into a wider escalation, Alexander Stepanov, a military expert at the Institute of Law and National Security (RANEPA), tells Sputnik. These provocations are intended to elicit a retaliatory re»»»

Apple's iPhone Air and 17 series displayed in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025. The company on Tuesday announced a new leasing program for its products. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo July 28 (UPI) -- Apple said Tuesday it has launched a leasing program for its technology products, including t»»»

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Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Meteorology Department in its latest weather forecast indicated chances of rainfall in some areas on Wednesday, July 29 and Thursday, July 30, 2026. The Department in a social media post stated that the country is expected to experience hot to very hot weather with a chance o»»»

Damascus, July 28 (SANA) Foreign Minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, held a telephone conversation on Tuesday with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Ayman Safadi. During the call, both sides discussed ways to strengthen bilatera»»»

DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Affairs in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan HE Dr Ayman Safadi held a phone conversation on Tuesday. During the call, »»»

MAKKAH: As Saudi Arabia pushes rural tourism under its Vision 2030 targets, a cluster of projects in Asir is drawing on regional identity to revive historic villages, engage local communities, and preserve cultural heritage. Mohammed Ayedh Qarash, founder of the Bait Abi Ali rural tourism project, »»»

LONDON: Israeli troops advanced into the Daraa countryside of the Syrian Arab Republic on Tuesday, moving from the Tal Abu Al-Ghaithar area into the outskirts of Wadi Al-Raqad. Two Israeli tanks and a military vehicle entered the area and opened fire, but no casualties or damage were reported, acco»»»

Continue the Change (CC) will challenge the 2026 State Budget Act before the Constitutional Court unless President Iliana Iotova vetoes it, CC Chair Assen Vassilev said on Tuesday. CC representatives met Iotova after submitting a petition for a veto signed by over 32,000 people. Vassilev said Iotov»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli gliders drop flares on Ali Al-Taher area, South Lebanon: Al-Manar reporter 28-07-2026 17:48 PM Latest News Urgent News Israeli glid»»»

LONDON: Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished three Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, according to media reports. In the central West Bank, an Israeli unit backed by two bulldozers raided the village of Shuqba, west of Ramallah, and demolished one house, the Palestinian news agency WAFA r»»»

BEIRUT: UN peacekeepers said Tuesday they had found around four tons of mainly ammonium nitrate explosives this month in a south Lebanon border village under Israeli occupation. On July 2 during a “routine route check” near Hula, “peacekeepers found 385 containers abandoned inside a building, conta»»»

1 of 2 | Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., sits with his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, in this image distributed by his office and dated Sunday. Photo courtesy of McConnell's office July 28 (UPI) -- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter Monday to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., telling him t»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr ​Zelensky on Tuesday, with wars in Iran and Ukraine at critical stages and his ties with both leaders markedly changed. Relations with Zelensky have warmed as Ukraine has blunted »»»

NICOSIA: UN chief Antonio Guterres said he held “very constructive” separate meetings with rival Cypriot leaders on Tuesday, ahead of trilateral meetings to weigh the prospect of fresh negotiations nine years after the peace process collapsed. With less than six months until the end of his term in »»»

1 of 2 | Journal entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci written in January 2020 say Wuhan, China was not the source of the COVID-19 virus but may have amplified it. File Pool photo by Greg Nash/UPI | License Photo July 28 (UPI) -- Journal entries from Dr. Anthony Fauci written in January 2020 say Wuhan, Ch»»»

“Rumen Radev did not surprise us at all. Iliana Iotova’s nomination looks like Operation “Radev, Third Term,” wrote Ivaylo Mirchev, co-chair of Yes, Bulgaria, in a Facebook post. The leader of Progressive Bulgaria and Prime Minister Rumen Radev officially announced that he and his coalition partner»»»

Dubai: A dispute over two dinars was enough to cost a grocery shopkeeper his life and send a Kuwaiti man to prison for 15 years, after an appeals court upheld his conviction over the fatal incident. According to Al Jarida newspaper, the confrontation began when the shopkeeper in the Mutlaa area ask»»»

RIYADH: Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers discussed ways to intensify coordination on issues concerning freedom of navigation and safety in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. During a virtual meeting attended by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, ministers exchanged views on cu»»»

The government has made preparations if any steps are needed to ensure Hungary’s secure energy supply, Economy and Energy Minister István Kapitány said in a post on Facebook on Tuesday. Kapitány acknowledged a cut in the output of the Paks nuclear power plant. Furthermore, Romania has taken one of »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar's 11th Local Dates Festival has created a buzz with roughly 20,000 visitors and sales of 41 tons of locally grown dates over the first three days, the Ministry of Municipality has said. A ministry statement on Tuesday said the Khalas variety was the best-selling, with 17 tons sol»»»

RIYADH: Egypt-based Hassan Allam Holding has signed a contract worth SR2.7 billion ($720 million) for the construction of Waldorf Astoria Hotel, residences and a mixed-use super block in Diriyah. The project was awarded to the company’s subsidiary, Hassan Allam Construction Saudi, in a joint ventur»»»

On a sweltering summer day at the Humanoid Robot Data Training Center in Beijing's Shijingshan district, a humanoid robot extends its arms, slowly picks up a medicine box, adjusts its orientation and places it in a designated spot. Simple as the task may seem, it must be practiced repeatedly and st»»»

Fresh data from the World Health Organization reveals that wildfires in Europe are up 57 percent since 2022, as France and Spain have invoked the EU solidarity mechanism to get assistance for deadly wildfires. Research last week (24 July) reported that 2.2 million European hectares were destroyed b»»»

LONDON: The Jordanian Air Force intercepted and shot down a drone that breached the country’s airspace early Tuesday, as the conflict between Iran and the US has entered its sixth month. The Jordanian Armed Forces detected and shot down the drone in the eastern desert inside Jordanian territory, wh»»»

The Russian Armed Forces continued throughout the day to strike ports and maritime vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian forces, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. "Throughout the day, the Russian Armed Forces continued to strike ports and maritime vessels used in the interests of t»»»

By connecting wells, pipelines, and separators into one intelligent network, the technology adapts in real time to maximize efficiency. It prevents liquid slugs that damage equipment and force shutdownsThe system automatically adjusts operating conditions to maintain peak efficiencyIt works in both»»»

1 of 4 | An Armed Forces Body Bearer Team moves the casket of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., upon arrival for a Congressional tribute in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Pool Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/UPI | License Photo July 28 (UPI) -- The funeral service for the late Sen. »»»

Frankfurt, Germany: An American Ebola patient transferred to Germany for treatment last month has made a recovery, Frankfurt's university hospital said Tuesday. The man, previously identified by the World Health Organisation as a humanitarian worker who had been at the epicentre of the outbreak in »»»