Police inspect the site of a terrorist attack that occurred in Cucuta, Colombia. At least eight police officers and three civilians were injured; a police dog was killed. Photo by Mario Caicedo/EPA Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A truck exploded outside a police base in Colombia on Saturday, injuring 11 people an»»»

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Authorities in Gaza said Saturday that they had recovered the remains of another 112 people in rubble, part of daunting operations after more than two years of Israeli strikes. Gaza's civil defence agency said it found the remains or body parts following 136 hour»»»

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Authorities in Gaza said Saturday that they had recovered the remains of another 112 people in rubble, part of daunting operations after more than two years of Israeli strikes. Gaza’s civil defense agency said it found the remains or body parts following 136 hour»»»

LONDON: For nearly four decades, Hamas has presented itself as an armed resistance movement whose military wing is inseparable from its political identity. Since its founding in 1987, the group has fought successive wars with Israel, weathered repeated military campaigns and resisted international »»»

LIMA: At least 13 people died when a small plane carrying tourists to view Peru’s famed Nazca Lines archaeological site crashed, police said Saturday. “We have information that 11 passengers and two crew members have died,” Police Major Jorge Andrade told reporters from the crash site in the countr»»»

BOGOTÁ: Colombia’s government on Saturday blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog. The attack took place early Saturday in Cucuta, a city along Colombia’s border with Venezuela, where drug gangs and re»»»

DAMASCUS: Syria’s Minister of Tourism Mazen Al-Salhani inaugurated the four-star Palm Village Hotel in Yaafour area of ​​Damascus countryside on Friday, following its renovation and modernization. The opening, attended by representatives of various diplomatic missions, took place as part of efforts»»»

TUBAS: Israeli forces on Saturday detained seven Palestinians, including two children, during military raids across the governorates of Nablus, Tubas and Bethlehem, while also storming several towns and villages. In the Tubas governorate, Israeli forces detained a 16-year-old child after raiding an»»»

Hungary will temporarily halt most rail freight traffic during the evening peak from Monday as the government introduces further emergency energy-saving measures following the sharp reduction in output at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant. The move is expected to reduce electricity demand by up to 90 me»»»

Olympic canoeist David Hearn departs the Moultrie Courthouse with his attorneys, Norm Eisen (not pictured) and Mary Dohrmann, after pleading not guilty to damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., on July 9. Charges against Hearn were dropped Friday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UP»»»

BEIRUT: Former Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh was transferred to prison on Saturday after being placed under police guard in a hospital, a judicial official told AFP. Salameh, who fell ill earlier this week on his way to court to face embezzlement charges, “was admitted and placed amon»»»

AMMAN — Arab Bank Group reported positive results during the first half of 2026, with 7 per cent increase in net income after tax reaching $570.9 million as compared to $535.3 million for the same period last year.The Group maintained its strong capital base with a total equity of $13.5 billion, ac»»»

Damascus, Aug. 1 (SANA) The Syrian Arab Republic extended on Saturday its congratulations to the government and people of the Swiss Confederation on the occasion of Switzerland’s National Day.In a statement, Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates expressed its best wishes for security,»»»

GENEVA: The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is intensifying at an “exceptional” pace, the World Health Organization warned on Saturday, calling for a significant scaling-up of the health response. “This outbreak is now the largest recorded Ebola virus disease outbreak in the coun»»»

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»»»

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 »»»

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: 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»»»

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»»»

Katmandu: Nepal was mourning Saturday the loss of mountaineer Nirmal Purja, with Prime Minister Balendra Shah leading the nation in paying tributes to the braveheart who etched his name in record books. The 43-year-old British-Nepali mountaineer was killed alongside nine other climbers after they w»»»

Almost all of the tens of thousands of migrants who entered Spain’s enclave of Ceuta had left by Saturday, according to officials. An estimated 60,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco over just a few days, with at least 67 people losing their lives in the attempt. Spain has ann»»»

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez on Saturday said that France's largest wildfire since 1949 was "under control", more than a week since the fire erupted in the Gironde department near the southwestern city of Bordeaux. France has for weeks been battling wildfires after a series»»»

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»»»

Kathmandu, Nepal: Nepal was mourning Saturday the loss of mountaineer Nirmal Purja, with Prime Minister Balendra Shah leading the nation in paying tributes to the braveheart who etched his name in record books. The 43-year-old British-Nepali mountaineer was killed alongside nine other climbers afte»»»

Hungary has recalled another 25 ambassadors in one of the country’s biggest diplomatic reshuffles in recent years. The latest changes, initiated by Foreign Minister Anita Orbán, affect several of Hungary’s most strategically important diplomatic posts, including Washington, London, Brussels, Moscow»»»

Nancy Guthrie was last seen around 9:45 p.m. Jan. 31 and was reported missing the next day. Photo courtesy Pima County Sheriff's Department Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Two ransom notes sent by people claiming to be the kidnappers of Nancy Guthrie were released Friday by local police in hopes of generating new »»»

Hungary’s electricity system received a significant boost on Saturday after the Dunamenti Power Plant in Százhalombatta successfully returned to full operation following several days of repairs, restoring almost 400 megawatts of generating capacity during the country’s ongoing energy emergency. The»»»

SYDNEY: Brazil striker Richarlison scored a 90th-minute winner and club record signing Sandro Tonali got his first goal as 10-man Tottenham beat London rivals Chelsea 2-1 in a feisty pre-season friendly in Sydney on Saturday. Both sides fielded strong line-ups and Spurs struck first on 19 minutes t»»»

MANCHESTER: Britain has a new hub of power: a bland modern office block about 165 miles (260 kilometers) from the prime minister’s official London office and residence at 10 Downing St. The Manchester low-rise is home to “No. 10 North,” the flagship of new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s pledge to be»»»

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s sole nuclear power plant could shut down this weekend, days earlier than predicted, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said Saturday, as a sweltering heatwave strains energy systems across central Europe. National weather service HungaroMet forecast highs of over 40C over coming days. »»»

MADRID: For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer. Toss in a crescendoing meteor shower and a six-planet parade on the same day, and the heavens will be overflowing with awe. Daytime darkness will descend Aug.»»»

Rescuers work at the site of a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, amid the Russian invasion. According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, at least nine people were killed and 28 others injured, including four children, in a large-scale overnight Rus»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces struck fuel storage facilities used for the needs of the Ukrainian military in the port of Odessa and a tugboat used for uncrewed surface vessels at the port of Nikolaev, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. "As a result of strikes carried out w»»»

Amman: US embassies in several Middle Eastern capitals warned American citizens to beware an "unforeseen escalation" in the regional conflict and urged them to be ready to leave. "Americans in the region should consider departing, or be prepared to depart should there be escalation," said a securit»»»

FNIDEQ, Morocco/CEUTA, Spain: Migrants who swam or jumped over fences to rush into Spain’s African enclave of Ceuta this week were returning home on Saturday, ​with many saying hunger, exhaustion and hostility from locals had crushed their hopes of a new life in Europe. Those heading back told Reut»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US embassies in Israel and several Arab countries on Saturday warned Americans about possible escalation of conflict in the Middle East and urged them to consider leaving the region. "Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the»»»