On 24 June 2026, the European Commission published its long-awaited EU tax simplification package, a major legislative initiative aimed at reducing complexity in EU direct taxation and supporting the competitiveness of businesses operating across the European Union. The package forms part of the Co»»»

LIMA: Peru’s president-elect said on Thursday she has “every intention” of restoring diplomatic relations with Mexico, which have been suspended since November. Peru broke off formal ties after Mexico granted asylum to former prime minister Betssy Chavez who was on trial for allegedly aiding a 2022»»»

BOSTON: When Morocco left Qatar in 2022, they did so as heroes, having become the first African and Arab side to reach a World Cup semifinal. Four years later in the US, this time in the quarterfinals, they have lost to France 2-0 once again. Same opponent, same result. Yet it is testament to Moroc»»»

NEW DELHI: Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence back home where her party is banned, told Reuters she and senior party colleagues plan to return from exile in ​India around December and surrender. The South Asian nation’s longest-serving leader said she and membe»»»

GENEVA: At least one million women and girls have lost access to life-saving support within the last year due to global donor aid cuts, a new United Nations report on Friday found. Nearly nine in 10 women’s organizations can no longer meet the needs on the ground despite a large increase in demand »»»

Doha, Qatar: As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen institutional performance and develop human capital, the Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Centre at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has organised a specialised training course on artificial intelligence (AI) too»»»

Today’s travelers from Saudi Arabia approach trip planning with great attention to detail. Before even arriving at the airport in Riyadh, Jeddah, or Dammam, they have already booked their flights, selected the best hotels, arranged airport transfers, purchased travel insurance, prepared their bank »»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s total point-of-sale transactions reached SR16.9 billion ($4.5 billion) in the week ending July 4, a 34.3 percent jump from the previous week. According to the latest data from the Saudi Central Bank, the total number of transactions climbed 19.8 percent to 268.8 million durin»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has launched a medical convoy for urology and gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy procedures in Sudan. This initiative is implemented in partnership with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Kuwait’s Patients Helping Fund Society (PHF), the Sudanese Doctors As»»»

Doha, Qatar: Undergraduate researchers from Northwestern University in Qatar’s Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South (#IAS_NUQ) will present original scholarship alongside leading international academics at the 2026 International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) C»»»

Doha, Qatar: Wyndham Grand Doha West Bay Beach has announced that it has been honoured with the coveted 2025 “Best of” Wyndham Grand Award. This prestigious recognition places the property among an elite group of top-performing Wyndham Grand hotels worldwide, recognised for delivering exceptional g»»»

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Minister of Finance H E Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari held a bilateral meeting with the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cisco Chuck Robbins at the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance. During the meeting, cooperation relations were reviewed, along with prospects for strengthening and developin»»»

Doha, Qatar: Chairman of Qatar Tourism and Chair of the Board of Directors of Visit Qatar H E Saad bin Ali Al Kharji participated in the 30th Annual Economist Government Roundtable, held in Athens, Greece, from July 8 to 10. The forum, inaugurated by President of the Hellenic Republic H E Constanti»»»

China on Friday successfully launched the Long March 10B rocket on its maiden flight and achieved the nation’s first controlled recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster, a major step forward in its ambitions to develop reusable space launch technology. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download t»»»

The martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei was laid to rest in Mashhad late Thursday, as millions of mourners from across Iran and the region brought days of unprecedented mourning to a close. The burial took place at the Dar Al-Dhikr prayer hall within the holy shrine o»»»

The Democratic Senate nominee for Maine, Graham Platner, has withdrawn from the race following accusations of sexual assault, among other controversies. Platner continues to deny the allegations, saying he's dropping out due to losing his party's support. It's a key seat for the Democrats, who are »»»

Professional bodies representing guest worker employment have submitted a comprehensive reform proposal to the government, arguing that Hungary’s current regime is overly complex and in need of simplification. The roundtable—comprising HR specialists, legal and immigration experts, and employer gro»»»

Arab Finance: Tourism Urbanization Company has applied to list its shares on the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) market of the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), as per a disclosure. The EGX received the listing application and is reviewing the submitted documents to ensure they are complete before referr»»»

BEIJING (Sputnik) - China successfully launched the Changzheng-10B (Long March-10B) carrier rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island on Friday, marking the first controlled recovery of a rocket booster on a marine platform, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s real estate sector recorded 426 mortgage transactions with a total amount of QR12.966bn from January to March (Q1) this year. Doha Municipality registered the highest number of mortgage transactions with 238 (equivalent to 55.9 percent) of the total number of mortgaged properti»»»

Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index closed the current trading week down 1.18 percent, losing 120.59 points from the previous week’s close to finish at 10,090 points, weighed down by declines in six sectors. The industrial sector posted the biggest losses during the week, falling 2.38 percen»»»

Dubai: Emirates will deploy its flagship Airbus A380 on flights between Dubai and Delhi from October 25, giving passengers more premium seats and access to Premium Economy across every daily service on the route. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Delhi will become the ai»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s high jump superstar Mutaz Barshim is looking to build on his return from injury, when he competes against an impressive field at the Monaco Diamond League today, being held at the iconic Stade Louis II. The Tokyo 2020 gold medallist arrives in Monaco after clearing a season’s b»»»

It began with one aching tooth. A 63-year-old man walked into a private dental clinic in eastern China expecting treatment for a routine toothache. He left having undergone 12 tooth extractions. Now the procedure is under investigation. Health authorities in Anhui province have ordered the clinic t»»»

Doha, Qatar: When Norway and England meet in the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals early Sunday morning (12am Qatar time), a place among the final four will be at stake, but so too will two very different footballing dreams. England continue their pursuit of a first World Cup title since 1966, while No»»»

President Donald Trump on Thursday reportedly removed the three remaining commissioners on the bipartisan, independent Election Assistance Commission. Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI | License Photo July 10 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has reportedly fired the three remaining members of an independent, »»»

British politics has long had room for eccentric independent candidates, but few have become as recognisable as Count Binface, the silver-faced, cape-wearing satirical campaigner who has turned elections into a platform for political humour. Now, Count Binface has unexpectedly found himself at the »»»

President Donald Trump executed a sweeping purge of the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) on Thursday, dismissing its three remaining commissioners in an unprecedented shake-up that places the independent agency in administrative limbo just months before the 2026 midterm elections. The White »»»

Marshall McLuhan's famous dictum that “the medium is the message” has rarely felt more relevant than during the livestreamed impeachment trial of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte. Millions of Filipinos are not reading transcripts. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app no»»»

OSCE Secretary-General Feridun Sinirlioglu offered to help oust the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), in a phone call with Russian pranksters posing as Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. In recent years, Pashinyan has cracked down on the clergy, with several senior bishops placed i»»»

French investigators have again summoned Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov for questioning as the criminal investigation into the messaging platform nears its second year with no resolution in sight. Durov spent around six hours being questioned at the Paris Judicial Tribunal on Wednesday, local medi»»»

New cancer cases are projected to nearly double worldwide by 2050, with the disease expected to affect more than 90% of the global population in some way, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. In a report released on Wednesday, the agency said cancer remains the world’s second-leading cau»»»

Veteran French politician Marine Le Pen is the early favorite to win France’s presidential election next year after an appeals court ruled her eligible to run, opinion polls suggest. Le Pen, the longtime figurehead of the right-wing National Rally (RN), reached the presidential runoff in 2017 and 2»»»

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Parliament is debating on Friday at first reading the Bill on the 2026 Public Social Insurance (PSI) Budget and the Bill on the 2026 National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Budget. On Tuesday, the two draft budgets were approved at first reading by the parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee. The »»»

The Israeli prime minister’s office posted on the social platform X that the pair spoke on Thursday and that Netanyahu “raised the severity of the statements made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his people against the existence of the State of Israel.” After this week’s NATO summit in»»»

JEDDAH: Just off the coast of Jeddah lies a destination unlike any other in Saudi Arabia. Thuwal Private Retreat is the Kingdom’s only full-buyout private island — a secluded sanctuary for a truly distinctive escape. Although easily accessible, the island feels worlds away from everyday life, with »»»

Namibia wants to process more of its uranium domestically rather than continuing to rely on exports of uranium concentrate, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said during a visit to China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) in Shenzhen as part of her state visit to China, The Namibian reports. CG»»»

RIYADH: Barclays confirmed to Al-Eqtisadiah that fiscal discipline is supporting the Saudi economy, as this year’s budget targets a 2 percent cut in government spending and a reduction in the budget deficit, prompting the bank to strengthen its outlook on the Saudi economy and improve its performan»»»

After being distracted by the Iran war and cutting off Ukraine’s financial and military aid, US President Donald Trump is back in the Ukraine peace game. In a major policy U-turn, the Trump administration has promised to give Kyiv a licence to make its own desperately needed Patriot missile weapons»»»

Afghan nationals with no criminal convictions are being held in immigration detention in Germany pending deportation, according to a report by German daily taz, raising questions over whether some cases are consistent with Berlin's stated deportation policy. The newspaper said at least five Afghan »»»

Tunis, July 10 (TAP) – Temperatures are expected to rise significantly, Friday, ranging between 34°C and 39°C in coastal areas and highlands, and between 39°C and 43°C across the rest of the country, with hot, dry sirocco winds expected.The sky will...»»»

BANGKOK: Three former crew members of a Thai cargo ship struck in the Strait of Hormuz in March filed a lawsuit Friday against the vessel’s operator over labor rights violations and unfair dismissal. The ship, the Mayuree Naree, was hit by a projectile north of Oman on March 11, killing three peopl»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia issued more than 71,000 new commercial registrations during the second quarter of 2026, according to the business sector bulletin issued by the Ministry of Commerce, raising the total number of existing commercial registrations in the Kingdom to more than 1.91 million records. »»»

DUBAI: The plot of Kenji Tanigaki’s “The Furious,” such as it is, is simple. Think “Taken” with far fewer guns. “Somewhere in South East Asia,” widowed mute Chinese handyman Wang Wei (Miao Xie) spends some time with his young daughter Rainy. When she runs off, angry at his refusal to return with he»»»

SYDNEY: Pacific Islands denounced China’s ballistic missile test because they say it landed in the heart of their shared “blue continent,” politicians and analysts told AFP. Even Pacific nations indebted to Beijing joined criticism of Monday’s submarine-launched ballistic missile test, which reache»»»

Doha, Qatar: Spain have made winning look routine at the FIFA World Cup, but Belgium’s growing confidence suggests today’s quarter-final could be anything but. A place in the last four is at stake when two of Europe’s biggest football nations meet at Los Angeles Stadium today (10pm Qatar time), wit»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday that it had thwarted a large-scale terrorist attack planned by Kiev, involving the bombing of the Rostov-Tsentralny military air base. "Thus, the Federal Security Service in the Rostov Region identified a Russian citizen, »»»

Qatar Foundation’s Lawh Wa Qalam: M. F. Husain Museum is hosting a series of summer workshops under the theme, ‘Paint Your Summer’, featuring hands-on art activities inspired by renowned artist Maqbool Fida Husain. Participants can explore metal embossing techniques to create textured designs and m»»»