Dubai: Qatar has inaugurated its first smart mosque as part of the country's efforts to modernise mosque infrastructure through advanced technology and sustainable design. Mohammed bin Hamad Al Kuwari, Assistant Undersecretary for Da'wah and Mosque Affairs at the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic »»»

Los Angeles, United States: FIFA referees chief Pierluigi Collina has hit out at "unfounded allegations" against World Cup match officials in the wake of Argentina's controversial last 16 victory over Egypt. In comments posted on FIFA's official website, Collina defended officials who oversaw Argen»»»

Mexico's Attorney General's Office formally accused former U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar of misleading Mexican authorities about the 2024 capture of alleged Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. File Photo by Andrew Harrer/UPI/Pool | License Photo July 9 (UPI) -- Mexico's Attorney Gener»»»

JEDDAH: The Saudi-Canadian Investment Forum opened in Jeddah on July 9, bringing together a high-level Canadian delegation representing the public and private sectors alongside Saudi officials, business leaders and investors to strengthen investment ties and explore opportunities across a range of »»»

Bulgarian Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said on Thursday he will travel to the United States next week for talks with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at the Department of the Treasury. The sides will discuss measures which can be taken against individuals and legal entities that ha»»»

LONDON: Rights groups said that a photograph showing a blindfolded Palestinian detainee bound and posed for the camera by Israeli soldiers on social media corroborates extensive reporting on abuse in Israeli detention and may itself be a war crime. “Both abusive treatment of detainees and the publi»»»

Taco Bell has taken many ingredients off its menu due to the spread of a parasite that's mostly found in produce. File Photo courtesy of Taco Bell July 9 (UPI) -- Some Taco Bell locations have removed ingredients from their menus amid the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak. Some locations have added s»»»

"Russian strikes are building a cumulative effect on Ukraine's energy infrastructure — with winter likely to see the most severe impact," says Stanislav Mitrakhovich, lead expert at the National Energy Security Foundation. Generators are brought in with Western help, running on petrol or diesel tha»»»

AMMAN — Minister of Investment Tareq Abu Ghazaleh on Thursday said recent amendments to the Investment Environment Regulation Bylaw have streamlined licensing procedures in development and free zonesThe new licensing procedures allow complete applications for construction licences and occupancy per»»»

Khamenei's marathon funeral is coming to an end as the coffin arrives in Mashhad, following a week of mass processions across Iran resonating with revenge slogans against Trump. It comes as strikes between of US and Iran have started up again. The funeral is also being used as a way to project to t»»»

1 of 3 | An exhaust plume hangs in the dawn skies creating a "jellyfish" effect after SpaceX launched their Falcon 9 rocket on mission 10-42 at 5:25 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., on Thursday. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo July 9 (UPI) -- »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Djuro Macut on Thursday continued consultations with the ministers of the interior, culture, education, information and telecommunications, public administration, justice and local self-government on the departments' plans for the coming period. "At a meeting with Deputy Prime»»»

The Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, following its periodic meeting, issued a statement in which it considered the million-strong funeral procession of the Imam and Martyr Sayyed Ali al-Husseini al-Khamenei (may his secret be sanctified) to be an unprecedented historic event. It affirmed the renewal»»»

The National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary (NAV) has announced that it has found no evidence so far of criminal wrongdoing in the highly controversial investigation into the so-called Ukrainian “gold convoy” case, one of the most politically sensitive incidents of this year’s election c»»»

The US struck the Aq Tekeh-Khan railway bridge in Iran's northern Golestan province with cruise missiles, hitting a link on the rail corridor connecting Iran to China and Russia, state media reported on July 9. The strike marks one of the deepest US attacks inside Iranian territory since the confli»»»

Brussels: What does a world leader do with a gun and six bullets? That was the conundrum NATO leaders faced after the Turkish president offered them each a revolver after the Ankara summit. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was the first Wednesday to mention the highly unusual gift presented by P»»»

CAIRO: Gazans turned out in large numbers to ‌pay their respects to a senior Palestinian member of Egypt’s main aid organization who set up World Cup screenings in the shattered enclave and was killed by an Israeli air strike on a taxi he was in this ​week. The strike killed Mohammad Al-Waheidi on »»»

President Donald J. Trump boards Air Force One in Beijing on May 15, 2025. Photo by Daniel Torok/The White House | License Photo July 9 (UPI) -- Palm Beach International Airportin West Palm Beach, Fla., is now renamed the President Donald J. Trump International Airport. The change occurred Thursday»»»

Beijing: A fire that tore through a shoe factory in eastern China on Thursday killed at least 28 people, state media said, after scores of fire and rescue personnel raced to extinguish the blaze. Hours after the fire broke out at the Huiteng Shoes factory around noon (0400 GMT), authorities feared »»»

JEDDAH: Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain and Canada’s Cohere have announced a strategic partnership to build one of the region’s largest dedicated AI infrastructure deployments and develop enterprise and sovereign AI models. The strategic collaboration, announced on July 9 during Canadi»»»

China has accused Anthropic’s AI coding tool Claude Code of containing “security backdoor vulnerabilities” capable of transmitting sensitive user information without consent, warning the mechanism poses a “serious security risk.” Claude Code, developed by the US startup with close ties to the Penta»»»

LONDON: People gathered on Wednesday night in Beirut’s southern suburbs to mourn Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran in late February. In a speech broadcast by the group’s Al-Manar TV, Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem reaffir»»»

PRAIA: Thousands of flag-waving fans gathered in Cape Verde’s capital to welcome the returning national soccer team after their stunning debut World Cup performance, mobbing the players as they left the airport. In downtown Praia, at one of the country’s most prestigious training academies, student»»»

1 of 5 | Hydrogen Peroxide is pumped into the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to clean algae on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on June 20. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo July 9 (UPI) -- Three more people have been charged on Thursday for allegedly damaging the Linco»»»

TEHRAN: The United States targeted the perimeter of Iran’s only civilian nuclear plant with a strike on Thursday, Iranian state media reported, citing the deputy governor of Bushehr province. “Several areas in Bushehr province were targeted today, including the perimeter of the nuclear power plant,»»»

MBABANE, Eswatini: The Eswatini government said Thursday a new group of US deportees it had received from the United States was made up of 11 people mostly from other African countries. The new arrivals were flown into the tiny nation on Wednesday, the fourth batch to arrive since July last year as»»»

Serbia has chosen a simplified procedure for the extradition of former Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) executive director Stoyan Mavrodiev to Bulgaria, and necessary arrangements have been put in place, Bulgaria's Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev told journalists on Thursday at the Kalotina bord»»»

Dubai: Dr. Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Advisor to the UAE President, has stressed that strengthening unity among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states is essential to confronting threats to the region's security and stability In a post on X, Gargash said enhancing a unified GCC position remained »»»

Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has congratulated Dana Adel Al Zarooni after she was crowned UAE champion of the 10th Arab Reading Challenge, praising the record participation of more than 830,000 students from»»»

France is experiencing its third heatwave in two months. In Bordeaux the thermometre hit 40 degrees Celsius this week, including in its new eco-neighbourhood. The apartment blocs are new, built to the latest standards - but inside it’s like an oven, and residents have had enough. FRANCE 24's Emeral»»»

On 14 July 2016, Nice was hit by the deadliest attack in its history, claimed by the Islamic State group. A truck ploughed into the Promenade des Anglais, striking crowds of spectators who had gathered to watch the Bastille Day fireworks. The attacker killed 86 people and injured hundreds more. Ten»»»

This week, we take a deep dive into a love affair that rivals France’s passion for wine, cheese and fashion: the French and their pets. Whether furry, feathered or scaly, the affection runs deep. More than half of French households own at least one pet, adding up to an astonishing 75 million animal»»»

Nairobi: The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is the "fastest growing" ever, African health authorities said Thursday, as the World Health Organization said it had killed 600 people. Updated numbers issued by the UN health agency showed there have been 1,759 confirmed cases in DR Cong»»»

THE HAGUE: The Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), at its 112th session held in The Hague, adopted a draft decision submitted by the State of Qatar regarding the reinstatement of the rights and privileges of the Syrian Arab Republic at the OPCW. Six»»»

Brussels: Restrictions on children’s use of social media in the European Union could come as early as this summer, as a long-awaited expert report next week is expected to recommend limiting minors’ access to online platforms. After Australia became the first country in the world to ban under-16s f»»»

BRUSSELS: ‌The European Union proposed on Thursday a new sanctions framework targeting migrant smuggling, human trafficking, and other forms of organized crime, which would impose asset freezes and travel bans on offenders. “We all have a common goal. To ‌drive them out ‌of business. And to ‌save ⁠»»»

A fire broke out in a Chinese shoe factory Thursday. It's not yet known how many have died or been injured. Image courtesy of UPI July 9 (UPI) -- A shoe factory caught fire Thursday morning in China, and it's unknown how many people are dead or injured. Chinese President Xi Jinping said there were »»»

Bulgaria's Parliament approved an increase in the cost of the country's contract for Stryker armored combat vehicles, backing amendments to the investment project for equipping battalion battle groups within a mechanized brigade. The decision passed with 156 votes in favor, while the 11 MPs from th»»»

GERB and Democratic Bulgaria (DB) accused Prime Minister Rumen Radev's government of putting Bulgaria's planned partnership with German defense company Rheinmetall at risk after Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Alexander Pulev said the state currently lacks the funding needed to move the »»»

The British Council has signed a new agreement with the Research, Development and Innovation Authority (RDIA), awarding funding for nine new joint research projects in the areas of healthcare, clean energy and environmental protection, delivered through the UK–KSA Research Collaboration Programme o»»»

AMMAN: The Jordanian military said it intercepted eight missiles fired from Iran on Thursday, while the Islamic republic said it targeted a US base there amid a new exchange of strikes between Tehran and Washington. “Jordanian air defense systems intercepted and shot down, today, Thursday, eight mi»»»

The US struck the Aq Tekeh-Khan railway bridge in Iran's northern Golestan province with cruise missiles, hitting a link on the rail corridor connecting Iran to China and Russia, state media reported on July 9. The strike marks one of the deepest US attacks inside Iranian territory since the confli»»»

Artificial intelligence (AI) should serve the interests of all countries, not a narrow circle of states and corporations, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov told Sputnik. Speaking on the sidelines of the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, Alimov noted that Russia sees significant po»»»

More than nine months ago, we launched our Hungary Votes series, in which we provided weekly summaries of the latest developments in Hungary’s election campaign. The series continues as we report on the developments following the historic election and the measures taken by the Tisza government. Thi»»»

The floods were already forcing people from their homes. Then came another warning: watch where you step. Authorities in southern China say nearly 900 snakes escaped after floodwaters swept through commercial breeding farms in Hengzhou, Guangxi. The authorities said the floods sent both venomous an»»»

LONDON: Lord’s, the Home of Cricket since 1814, will mark another milestone on Friday when England and India step out for the first women’s test match at the sport’s most famous venue. The four-day test comes 50 years on from Rachael Heyhoe-Flint leading England out for the first women’s match at L»»»

RIYADH: Abha International Airport, one of the sites operated by Cluster2 Airports, has set a new record for the highest number of flights handled in a single day after recording more than 130 on July 5. It was reported that the total included 117 domestic and 15 international flights, marking the »»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has condemned in the strongest terms the hostile attack by Iran that targeted the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with missiles. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) affirmed that this hostile attack constitutes a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the Hashemi»»»

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says the production of Patriot missile interceptors in Ukraine would constitute another sign of unacceptable encroachment by NATO. But Zelensky’s lack of enthusiasm with the idea signifies it may not be as urgent a threat as may first seem, the former senior DoD anal»»»

BusinessGermanyWhy Volkswagen's huge workforce became a costly burdenNik MartinThe struggling German carmaker plans to cut up to 100,000 jobs from its 630,000-strong workforce. How did VW's headcount get so bloated, and will the cuts be enough to survive the Chinese EV onslaught? https://p.dw.com/p»»»