Two people have died in Michigan in connection with a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak, marking the first confirmed deaths in the US linked to the microscopic parasite. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said both individuals had underlying health conditions that may have been w»»»

Authorities in Spokane County, Wash., on Monday arrested 37-year-old Aaron Fairnacci on allegations of starting the Old Trails Fire over the weekend. Photo courtesy Spokane County Sheriff's Office/Facebook Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Authorities in Washington said late Monday that officers have arrested a 37-y»»»

Michelle Park Steel, the new U.S. ambassador to South Korea, arrives at the foreign ministry to meet Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and submit a copy of her credentials on Tuesday. Photo by Yonhap Michelle Park Steel, the new U.S. ambassador to South Korea, met with Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Tuesday,»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Karbala Bears Witness: A Sea of Millions at Imam Hussein Shrine for Arbaeen 04-08-2026 11:01 AM The holy city of Karbala is witnessing the »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: Direct negotiations have yielded nothing but shame, humiliation, and repeated disappointment for Lebanon, marked by a series»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah’s Sheikh Qassem: The political authority in Lebanon must place national sovereignty at the forefront by strengthening the army, e»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Social and Sport Contribution Fund (DAAM) and the Qatar Foundation for Social Work have signed a funding agreement to support the Vocational Rehabilitation Program at Al Shafallah Center. Through this partnership, DAAM will provide financial support to help deliver a structured pro»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: Majority of Lebanese people today support resistance, liberation, national sovereignty, the army, and the resistance 04-08-2»»»

DOHA: The Social and Sport Contribution Fund (DAAM) and the Qatar Foundation for Social Work have signed a funding agreement to support the Vocational Rehabilitation Program at Al Shafallah Center. Through this partnership, DAAM will provide financial support to help deliver a structured program th»»»

Beijing, August 4 (SANA) Cooperation between China and Arab states has entered a new phase in the green hydrogen sector, driven by the accelerating global transition toward clean energy and the complementarity between China’s industrial and technological capabilities and the natural resources and i»»»

Dubai: The Ministry of Economy and Tourism has stepped up efforts to integrate the National Economic Register (NER), known as "Growth", with licensing authorities across the country as part of its drive to strengthen the nation's digital economic infrastructure. The ministry held a technical worksh»»»

South Korea's Foreign Ministry lodged a protest Tuesday over Japan's territorial claim to the Dokdo islets. This photo, taken Tuesday, shows a model of Dokdo at the Times Square shopping complex in Seoul. Photo by Yonhap The foreign ministry lodged a "strong" protest Tuesday after Japan again laid »»»

Artificial intelligence is no longer just another technology investment; it’s a modern leadership test. As workplace skills evolve at a breakneck pace, executives are forced to rethink how they attract, train, and scale talent. To help organizations bridge this gap, ALX Enterprise, the B2B workforc»»»

US regulators approved Boeing's smallest 737 MAX jet more than eight years after its maiden flight, clearing the way for deliveries. The process was prolonged by new requirements imposed by federal legislation after two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. More than eight years after Boeing organised th»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah’s Sheikh Qassem: Today, we confront US-Israeli aggression targeting Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, Gaza, and the wider region 04-08-2026 1»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: The assault on region aims at extinguishing spirit of resistance, recolonizing control over the region, and entrenching ‘Isr»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar participated in the 13th meeting of the Committee of Heads of Police Sports Federations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, held via videoconference. The Ministry of Interior delegation was headed by the President of the Qatar Police Sports Federation, Major General »»»

Guatemala City: Guatemalan authorities issued the country's second-highest emergency alert level on Monday after a major eruption of Central America's most active volcano, prompting the evacuation of nearby villages. Fuego erupted on Monday morning and had intensified by nightfall, with lava flows »»»

Dubai: Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia had no material impact on Aramco’s production capabilities, the state oil company’s chief executive said on Tuesday, after strikes targeted operations on the Red Sea coast and elsewhere in July. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The »»»

North Korea on Tuesday condemned the U.S.-led RIMPAC naval exercise as a "war rehearsal." In this July 26 photo, the USS Theodore Roosevelt pulls alongside the USNS Washington Chambers for a replenishment at sea during RIMPAC. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gary Buckles/U.S. Navy »»»

Llantrisant, United Kingdom: At the heart of Britain's coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are stripped down and dipped into giant vats to recover a hidden treasure: the gold in their circuits. Behind barbed wire and coded security gates at its site near Cardiff in Wales, the Royal Mint --»»»

Many vessels are waiting to pass through the most critical sections of the Danube River because of low water levels, while several have run aground outside the navigation channel, Executive Director of the Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River Ivelin Zanev said on Tue»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: Special greeting to our people in the Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel for these pioneering and massive marches 04-08-2026 10:37 AM »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem salutes pilgrims taking part in million-man marches in the holy city of Karbala to express loyalty to Imam Hussein (AS) 04-08»»»

Dubai: Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia had no material impact on Aramco’s production capabilities, the state oil company’s chief executive said on Tuesday, after strikes targeted operations on the Red Sea coast and elsewhere in July. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The »»»

DUBAI: Productions backed by the Red Sea Film Foundation claimed top honors at the seventh edition of the Amman International Film Festival recently, highlighting the Saudi Arabia organization’s growing influence in supporting Arab and international independent cinema. The awards ceremony was held »»»

Sadly, grimly, but unsurprisingly, the fears of atrocities envisaged in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, in the western region of Darfur, were realised once the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group finally overran the besieged hold-out in 2025. There are now similar fears of atrocities envi»»»

Dubai: A London hospital is leading the UK's push to make robotic-assisted surgery a standard part of healthcare, training the next generation of surgeons while improving patient recovery times. At St Bartholomew's Hospital, consultant thoracic surgeon Sasha Stamenkovic recently used the new da Vin»»»

Dubai: Tamil Nadu's Leader of the Opposition, Udhayanidhi Stalin, was reportedly taken into police custody from his Chennai residence on Tuesday morning following a political storm over controversial remarks he made about actor Trisha during a public rally. Footage from the arrest showed Udhayanidh»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: We gather on the Arbaeen of Imam Hussein, his family, and his companions in Karbala, renewing our loyalty, devotion, and tru»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Municipality, represented by the Fisheries Department, announced the start of the annual kingfish (Kanad) fishing ban. In a social media post, the department said the ban will be in effect from August 15 to October 31 each year as part of efforts to conserve kingfish st»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ireland, France, Portugal and Luxembourg did not sign a letter criticizing Spain over the influx of tens of thousands of illegal migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the northern coast of Africa, the Politico news outlet reported on Tuesday. Leaders of 22 EU countries se»»»

More than half of all new passenger cars registered in Romania are registered in Bucharest, while nearly seven out of ten cars entering the country's fleet are still second-hand vehicles, according to an industry analysis based on official data from the General Directorate for Driving Licences and »»»

A soft drink brand has been named the most chosen FMCG brand by Romanian shoppers in the latest Brand Footprint 2026 study by YouGov Shopper, which tracks more than 10,000 brands across Europe and highlights which labels secure a place in consumers' baskets, how rankings shift, and what trends driv»»»

Against the backdrop of the ongoing operational disruption affecting Romania’s National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI), which continues to slow the completion of real ...»»»

Parliament has adopted the long-awaited Urban Planning, Territorial Planning and Construction Code, a comprehensive legislative reform designed to overhaul the country’s fragmented planning and construction framework by cutting bureaucracy and approval timelines and creating a more predictable regu»»»

CBRE, the global leader in real estate services, presents the performance of the Romanian retail and investment market for the second ...»»»

The crisis in Romanian agriculture is deepening: following another quarter of decline, the number of agricultural companies entering insolvency has reached a level not seen in recent years. According to an analysis carried out by CITR, the market leader in insolvency and restructuring in Romania, b»»»

Romania is likely to have a farming year above the average. Corn,sun flower and the other 2026 crops will have good results in areas which received water in due time and poor results in areas affected by drought. In exchange, prospects are good for wheat, barley and rape which will be planted in au»»»

The value of agricultural output increased by 8.5% in 2025 against the previous year, reaching 115.7 billion lei at current prices, compared with 100.5 billion lei at current prices in 2024, according to semi-final data published on Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The value of »»»

Romania’s hospitality industry experienced a mixed performance in 2025, ...»»»

TUI Group announced its entrance in the Romanian market. The first step has already been decided in Bucharest, with the first unit of the kind in the country. Thus, the first agency will open in Sun Plaza commercial center, in August. The expansion plan also has in view other cities like Cluj-Napoc»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with members of President Donald Trump's Board of Peace in Jerusalem on Monday. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI | License Photo Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Board of Peace negotiators and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met to discuss disarming Hamas and other »»»

Dubai Police shut down 103 fraudulent social media accounts during the second quarter of the year as part of efforts to combat online scams and protect the public from increasingly sophisticated cyber fraud schemes. The figures were released during a performance review meeting of the General Depart»»»

The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has included the state institution Kyrgyz Madaniyat Service under the Ministry of Culture, Information and Youth Policy in the list of organizations eligible for tax exemptions when importing certain categories of goods. The relevant resolution was signed by C»»»

SINGAPORE: Oil ​prices rebounded 1 percent on Tuesday from a plunge in the previous session, fuelled by concerns that Middle ‌East supply remains at risk as a diplomatic resolution to the US-Iran war that has disrupted shipments still seems unlikely. Front-month Brent futures rose $1.02, or 1.2 per»»»

On Aug. 4, 2020, two explosions rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut, shattering windows for miles across the city. The blasts killed more than 200 people and injured thousands. 1 of 3 | Workers inspect the damage one day after two explosions in Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 5, 2020. File Pho»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s elite referees underwent physical fitness tests conducted by the Qatar Football Association (QFA) at the Aspire Academy as part of the preparation program ahead of the new season, with the participation of 61 referees. The tests precede the annual preparatory camp for elite ref»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Navigation Q.P.S.C. (Milaha), the industry-leading provider of maritime and logistics solutions in the region, announced its financial results for the six months ended June 30, 2026. Milaha Maritime & Logistics’ bottom line decreased by QR16m compared to the same period in 2025, »»»

Doha, Qatar: Strong brands are never built by individuals alone. They are shaped over time through a shared vision, consistent execution, and the collective efforts of people working towards a common purpose, argues Heba Al-Tamimi, Senior Executive Vice President, Group Communications at QNB Group.»»»