Iran has mastered the technology for growing nerve cells outside the human body. Key Features:Living neurons create synapses and learn like a real human brainThe new technology is up to 1 million times more energy-efficient than silicon microchipsIt also shows a major increase in processing speedTh»»»

Doha, Qatar: Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) outlined the steps for students to access the results of the first-round General Secondary Certificate examinations for the 2025-2026 academic year through the Maaref portal. According to the ministry, students can check their results »»»

NEW YORK: Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN on Tuesday called for strengthened international cooperation, expertise exchange and investment in capacity building to prevent terrorist groups from exploiting new and emerging technologies. Abdulaziz Alwasil was speaking during a UN Gene»»»

The practice of Chinese fishing boats operating illegally has been ongoing for years. Here, several Chinese boats that were caught while reportedly operating illegally in South Korea's exclusive zone are moored at a port in Incheon, South Korea, in 2016. File Photo by Yonhap/EPA SANTIAGO, Chile, Ju»»»

Tunis, July 1 (TAP) - Storm cells with scattered showers are expected for the rest of Wednesday and during the night on heights, then partly cloudy over most regions.The wind will blow north-west in the north and centre and east in the south,...»»»

Bulgaria's National Toll Administration is introducing a new functionality to its electronic toll system that will automatically detect heavy goods vehicles driving in overtaking lanes where it is prohibited. The new monitoring mechanism came into effect on July 1, 2026. It will operate in motorway»»»

Washington: Google announced the launch of Nano Banana 2 Lite, an artificial intelligence image generation model optimized for speed and lower costs, targeting businesses and developers that need to generate large volumes of images for commercial applications. The model (also called Gemini 3.1 Flas»»»

Uzbekistan is Central Asia's rising heavyweight, and its economic story is generally being told through the now-familiar lenses of macroeconomic reform, improving policymaking and an increasingly attractive investment climate. Yet one of the country's most important structural shifts has received f»»»

Pope Leo XIV (C) greets the people after presiding over a meeting June 7 in Madrid, Spain, 07 June 2026. An arch-conservative Catholic group on Wednesday consecrated four bishops without the pope's permission and despite his appeal to them. Photo by Fernando Villar/EPA July 1 (UPI) -- The Society o»»»

1 of 2 | The new Air Force One is a refurbished 747-8 with red, white and navy blue and gold paint, a design selected by Trump. Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force | License Photo July 1 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump flew to North Dakota on Wednesday on the new plane given to him by Qatar, his first of»»»

Participants in the German Championships of Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game compete in Kassel, Germany, in 2010. An Oregon game store announced it is suspending Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments for one week due to complaints about the hygiene of attendees. File Photo by Uwe Zucchi/EPA July 1 (UPI) -- An Oregon game»»»

DAMASCUS: Business leaders and officials from Syria, the UK and other nations gathered in Damascus on Wednesday for an economic conference to discuss investment opportunities and development in Syria, as postwar recovery efforts in the country continue. The one-day event, organized by the Syrian-Br»»»

CHICAGO: Arab American leaders are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence with pride despite concerns over continued discrimination and misunderstanding. Leaders of several Arab and Muslim organizations told Arab News that they have more freedoms in the US than anyw»»»

Dubai: One participant has kicked off July with a life-changing windfall, winning the Dh30 million grand prize in Wednesday's UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw. In Lucky Day Draw No. 260701, the winning numbers in the Days section were 9, 1, 15, 20, 19, 25, while the winning number in the Months section w»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah. During the meeting, Their Highnesses exchanged cordial greetings and discussed a number of issues and topics related to »»»

Ahmedabad: The Qatar men's national basketball team will play a match against India on Thursday at Veer Savarkar Hall in Ahmedabad, India, marking the start of the third window of the Asian qualifiers for the FIBA Basketball World Cup - Qatar 2027. The team enters the contest with the ambition of r»»»

July 1 (UPI) -- Five people died Wednesday in a fire at a 10-story apartment building in Antwerp, Belgium, local police announced. The fire broke out before 10 a.m. on the eighth floor of the building in the Linkeroever district of the city, the BBC reported. The blaze also injured multiple people »»»

NAIROBI: Ugandan health authorities have confirmed an isolated case of Marburg virus disease, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever, while conducting surveillance for an Ebola outbreak, Africa’s top public health agency said on Wednesday. No contacts of the Marburg case have developed symptoms and »»»

BETHLEHEM: Israeli forces detained a Palestinian herder on Wednesday in the village of Al-Rashaydeh, east of Bethlehem, days after Jewish settlers attacked him while he was grazing sheep, according to Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency affiliated with the PLO. Bakr Rashaydeh, head of the vi»»»

Dubai: A number of participants have celebrated cash prizes in the latest UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw conducted on Wednesday. In Lucky Day Draw No. 260701, the winning numbers in the Days section were 9, 1, 15, 20, 19, 25, while the winning number in the Months section was 6. Three fortunate partici»»»

DUBAI, UAE — International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, announced today the appointment of Imad Fakhoury as the new Regional Vice President for the Middle East and Central Asia (MCA) region effective July 1, 2026.Based in Dubai, UAE, Fakhoury will lead »»»

AMMAN — The value of certificates of origin issued by the Irbid Chamber of Industry (ICI) in April reached $129.2 million, marking a 28.5 per cent increase from $100.5 million in the same month last year.According to chamber figures, the number of certificates of origin issued in April reached 1,58»»»

After months of crisis in the Middle East, France is looking to build its influence in the region by strengthening relations with Oman – a small country long seen as a quiet, neutral regional player. On his first state visit to France, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq and French President Emmanuel Mac»»»

Despite a US-sponsored agreement paving the way for peace between Lebanon and Israel, the actual situation on the ground is unchanged. Israel continues to occupy southern Lebanon, and launched targeted strikes there over the weekend. Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu visited the occupied area and v»»»

A viral video showing handcuffed men walking in single file is being shared by Islamophobic accounts claiming it depicts Muslims enslaving Christian Africans. However, the video has been taken out of context. A video showing a long line of shirtless men, their hands tied behind their backs, walking»»»