LONDON: Liverpool supporters’ group Spirit of Shankly said the interests of the club and fans must come first following reports that a consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is close to a deal to buy a significant minority stake. Sky News said Bezos was part of an investor group led by Amit»»»

WASHINGTON: The United States will sponsor a new round of talks between Israel and Lebanon in early September in Rome, a State Department official announced Tuesday. “The political track will reconvene in Rome in early September, and conversations will continue in Beirut, Jerusalem, and Washington »»»

Qatar's Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has permanently barred 27 individuals from working in the country's healthcare sector after they submitted falsified experience certificates while applying for practice licences in the first half of this year. The falsified certificates were identified durin»»»

Dubai: The captain of an Air India flight that suddenly plunged 300 feet and injured 24 people has failed a second drug test, with the latest screening reportedly confirming marijuana use, NDTV reported on Tuesday. But investigators are also examining potentially serious technical problems aboard t»»»

STOCKHOLM: Streaming giant Spotify said Tuesday it would launch a new “AI Persona” badge in mid-September clearly identifying content producers that are AI-generated and not real people.“Listeners have been clear in telling us that they don’t like seeing an artist profile that seems human, only to »»»

DIYARBAKIR, Turkiye: Residents in Turkiye’s mainly Kurdish-populated southeastern region reacted with a mix of relief, joy and uncertainty on Tuesday after parliament approved a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants, offering them a potential path toward integration into normal life»»»

The death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck western Colombia has risen to at least 169, according to the Colombian Association of Capital Cities (Asocapitales). The association said on Tuesday that 165 of the fatalities had been recorded in four regional capitals, accounting for more»»»

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LILLE: A nuclear plant in northern France shut down three reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the units, energy group EDF said on Tuesday. Three reactors were taken offline on Monday and output at a fourth was cut by half, EDF said in a statement, leaving just one operati»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that US citizen Robert Gilman who had been in jail in Russia is heading back to the United States. "I am proud to announce that American Citizen Robert Gilman, a former United States Marine, is coming HOME!" Trump wrote on Truth Socia»»»

Oil prices rose Tuesday after conflicting statements between the United States and Iran fueled fears that a new peace plan is not coming anytime soon. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The price of oil reached $90 per barrel Tuesday as Iran and President Donald Trump tr»»»

Legislative and organizational changes aimed at preventing juvenile crime were discussed by Prime Minister Rumen Radev with representatives of the involved institutions at the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. The meeting was held in response to recent cases of aggression involving minors and youths»»»

PARIS: Around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, the United Nations said Tuesday, urging an end to such “discrimination.” The Taliban administration, recognized solely by Russia, has imposed a series of restri»»»

Berlin: Hanover Airport in Germany was disrupted overnight by a drone, police told AFP Tuesday without giving further details, just a week after an explosives-laden drone was discovered at Leipzig Airport. "The investigation into the drone overflight at Langenhagen Airport on Tuesday has been taken»»»

KYIV: Ukraine’s ‌wheat and barley exports were at very low levels over August 1-10 after Russian attacks effectively shut Black Sea ports, traders at a major farmers’ union said on Tuesday. Ukraine and Russia have launched broader campaigns against logistics targets, with e-commerce warehouses on b»»»

Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their bare hands and buckets to search for survivors early Tuesday (August 11) after the country's strongest earthquake in a decade killed at least 132 people and smashed dozens of buildings.»»»

Greenpeace activists painted the message “No Gas + Oil” in white paint on the tanker Kairos, which has been anchored in Burgas Bay for more than six months, as a sign of protest against dependence on oil and gas. The environmental organization’s icebreaker, the Arctic Sunrise, also participated in »»»

Four crew members were killed in a suspected Houthi attack on an Egyptian-owned cargo vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday, while a container ship was struck by a missile off Pakistan in a suspected US attack, maritime and Yemeni sources said.  Four crew members were killed in a suspe»»»

For the world's newly crowned best pastry chef Benoît Castel, pastry is less a matter of following recipes than listening to ingredients. In one of his many patisserie kitchens in Paris, he works alongside his team, tasting, testing and experimenting while remaining driven to try new things – from »»»

French newspapers have asked the country’s antitrust watchdog to take action over Google’s new AI-generated summaries – which appear at the top of search results – saying they are depriving news publishers of web traffic. A federation of nearly 300 French newspapers said Tuesday that it filed »»»

Poland will establish Europe’s largest authorized service center for AH-64E Apache helicopters at Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1) in Łódź under offset agreements signed with Boeing. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the project would double employment at WZL-1, creating high-skilled jobs in adv»»»

Andrzej Lis, a fund manager at Rockbridge TFI, describes his investment philosophy as holistic, combining macroeconomic analysis, fundamental research and valuation rather than relying on a single strategy. He begins by assessing inflation, interest rates, market liquidity and the economic cycle be»»»

Dubai: Bahrain's High Criminal Court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment after convicting them of spying for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and acting on its behalf in activities that authorities said targeted the kingdom's security and national interests. The Public Prosecu»»»

MONROVIA: President Joseph Boakai has nominated a new head of Liberia’s drug enforcement agency following two enormous cocaine seizures in recent weeks, including the largest drug bust in the west African nation’s history. He made the announcement late Monday following a joint security meeting to d»»»

DUBAI: Pakistan said on Tuesday the United States and Iran were close to “some sort” of deal, and fellow mediator Qatar said talks on managing the ​Strait of Hormuz were at an advanced stage, despite reports of new attacks on shipping in regional waters. The comments offered some hope that Iran and»»»

Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said he does not expect additional American tanker aircraft to arrive at Bulgaria's Bezmer air base in the near future, with two US planes currently stationed there and conducting training flights. Speaking to reporters during a visit to the Yambol region, Stoyanov»»»

Two acquaintances of the teenagers accused in the fatal beating of a 37-year-old man in Plovdiv have been detained in connection with another violent incident involving two Nepalese citizens. The Plovdiv District Prosecutor's Office charged an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy on Tuesday with c»»»

Bulgaria and Turkey will step up cooperation against cross-border organized crime, drug trafficking, illegal migration and what Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci described as “new generation” criminal activity. The issue was discussed during Ciftci’s meeting with Bulgarian Interior Minister »»»

One moment he was partying with his friends; the next, he was walking towards the toilets. After that, his next memory was of lying on a bed with a doctor standing beside him, a number marked on his stomach. This was not the opening scene of a horror film but a real-life ordeal – and it happened th»»»

Dubai: Kuwait's Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday that the State Security Service had arrested two minors accused of communicating with members of the extremist group ISIS and receiving training in the manufacture of explosives as part of an alleged plot to target a place of worship in the count»»»

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BRUSSELS, Belgium: The EU said Tuesday Meta and TikTok had agreed to voluntary steps to boost fact-checking of harmful disinformation linked to the Ceuta migrant rush — but did not rule out compelling the tech giants to do more. Experts say social media disinformation helped drive the deadly rush o»»»

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police has urged truck and heavy vehicle drivers to comply with traffic laws and safety requirements, stressing the importance of regular vehicle maintenance and responsible driving to reduce accidents and enhance road safety under its Smart Road Safety strategy. The Traffic an»»»

Beirut: Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday voted to abolish the death penalty, formally ending capital punishment after more than two decades in which executions had been suspended, making the country the first in the Middle East to officially repeal the punishment. Lawmakers approved the bill during »»»

NEW YORK: Rights groups on Tuesday sued US President Donald Trump over his sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court, saying the measures block victims of war crimes from pursuing justice. The Trump administration, which rejects the ICC’s authority, has imposed travel bans and asset free»»»

LONDON: An Israeli rights group and Palestinian community organizations have asked a court to overturn approval for a Jewish religious school in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah, saying the project would be built on land expropriated for public facilities needed by Palestinians. Israeli nonp»»»

BIRMINGHAM: Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson safely negotiated the heats of the 800m in Birmingham on Tuesday as she seeks a third consecutive European title. Home favorite Hodgkinson, who previously won continental crowns in Munich in 2022 and Rome two years ago, timed 1min 57.28sec to win her he»»»

GERB leader Boyko Borissov criticized the lack of clear information in relation to a drone that crashed on Bulgarian territory during a meeting with the party's Sofia chapter on Tuesday. "Allegedly a simple drone had been sent to blow up critical infrastructure, but then it turned into a toy," Bori»»»

1 of 5 | President Donald Trump holds a racing helmet while hosting top IndyCar drivers at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 13. File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that it plans to pause flights from Reagan »»»

Doha: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari said Israel’s rejection of the peace plan in the Gaza Strip represents a continuation of its foot-dragging in implementing the agreements that have been reached since d»»»

NEW YORK: Rights groups on Tuesday sued US President Donald Trump over his sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court, saying the measures block victims of war crimes from pursuing justice.The Trump administration, which rejects the ICC’s authority, has imposed travel bans and asset freez»»»

Pathway, an AI company founded by Polish researchers and now based in the US, has reached a valuation of $500 million after raising additional seed funding. The company is developing a new AI architecture intended to be cheaper and more computationally efficient than today’s transformer-based large»»»

Officials fear many more lives have been lost. Rescuers search through the debris of a damaged building in Pereira, Colombia, on Tuesday after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country the day before. Photo by Carlos Ortega/EPA Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Colombia entered a second day of search-and-rescue»»»

The Democratic Bulgaria parliamentary group Tuesday requested from the National Assembly Chair a hearing of Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev and State Agency National Security (SANS) head Plamen Tonchev over the August 4 murder in Plovdiv (South Central Bulgaria). The hearing is to be held the fi»»»

Madrid: The scramble for protective glasses has reached fever pitch across Europe ahead of Wednesday's rare total solar eclipse, as pharmacies, opticians and other shops struggle to keep them in stock. In Spain, where parts of the country will be in the path of totality, finding certified protectiv»»»

In his speech delivered in Parliament on Tuesday following his election as president of the republic, András Baka described the deep divisions within Hungarian society as the most serious consequence of recent years. András Baka emphasized that during the previous period, different social groups ha»»»

The Tuesday election of the president of the republic is the lowest point of Hungarian democracy since the transition — the Fidesz parliamentary group stated in a communiqué to MTI, noting that Fidesz and KDNP members of parliament will not take part in the election or inauguration. They wrote that»»»

Hungary’s parliament elected András Baka, the former head of the Supreme Court, as President of the Republic on Tuesday. Baka, the candidate of the ruling Tisza Party, was elected head of state with 140 votes in favour and 6 against in a secret ballot. Orbán’s Fidesz and the KDNP did not participat»»»

An appeals court has ruled that thousands of lawsuits against social media companies can move forward. File Photo by Adam Vaughan/EPA Aug. 11 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court ruled Monday that thousands of lawsuits against social media companies, like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat, can proceed. Th»»»