Uzbekistan's digital ecosystem operator Uzum has been named among the World's Top Fintech Companies by CNBC and global market research firm Statista for the first time in the 2026 edition of the ranking. Uzum was included in the ranking's Neobanking category. It recognises next-generation digital f»»»

China’s continuously growing leverage over Russia is not in question and reports in recent days have continued to stress the point. For instance, Beijing has apparently flexed a muscle by declining to provide marine propulsion systems needed for Russia's planned expansion of the Northern Sea Route,»»»

Russia has sharply intensified strikes on Odesa, in what appears to be the most sustained campaign against the port since the war began. A merchant vessel leaving Odesa was reportedly struck by a Russian missile, killing four Indian crew and critically injuring another; New Delhi formally protested»»»

Estonian meat processor Rannarootsi has rejected accusations that a new advertising campaign carries anti-Russian messaging after critics said it referenced the war in Ukraine and used a derogatory slang term for Russian-speakers, state media reported on July 23. The dispute lands in a country wher»»»

Tunis, July 23 (TAP) - It is expected that the governorates of Gafsa, Tozeur, Kebili and Tataouine will be placed under a high alert level on Friday, requiring full vigilance due to the forecast of hazardous weather conditions.A vigilance map issued...»»»

Tribune News Network TNN Members of Qatar Golf Lovers (QGL) paid a warm farewell to their patron HE Vipul, Ambassador of India to Qatar, by organising a special golf tournament in his honour as he prepares to assume his new diplomatic assignment as Ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia. The farewell »»»

US President Donald Trump has told Axios that he is seriously considering restarting major combat operations against Iran, saying Tehran “haven’t received enough pain yet”. “I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it,” Trump wa»»»

QNA Male President of Maldives Dr. Mohamed Muizzu received the credentials of HE Hamad bin Mohammed Al Dosari as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Qatar (non-resident) to Maldives. The ambassador conveyed the greetings and wishes of good health and happiness from the Amir His Highness»»»

Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali bin Issa Al Hassan Al Mohannadi held bilateral meetings with Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Qatar HE Saeed Abdullah Al Qamzi and Ambassador of Kuwait to Qatar HE Ahmad Abdulrahman Al Shuraim on Thursday. Dis»»»

QNA Geneva Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC), participated in the meetings of the Scientific Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), held in Geneva, Switzerland. Representatives of the State»»»

The campaign also highlights Qatar’s remarkable transformation into one of the world’s premier destinations for international sports. Over the past decade, the country has successfully hosted some of the most prestigious sporting events on the global calendar, including the FIFA World Cup Qatar 202»»»

QNA Manila Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met with Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dr. Kao Kim Hourn on the sidelines of the event marking the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, hel»»»

QNA Singapore The Qatar Leadership Centre (QLC) is organising the third edition of its Future Leaders and Changemakers Summer Camp in Singapore as part of QLC’s efforts to prepare a promising generation of national leaders capable of contributing to Qatar’s development aspirations. The programme ru»»»

QNA Tunis Qatar participated in the 22nd Arab Conference of Heads of Immigration and Passports held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers in Tunisia. The Ministry of Interior’s delegation at the conference was headed by Director-General of Passport»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The head of the UN body tasked with finding missing persons in Syria revealed that her agency processed more than 75,000 documents over the past year, a ninefold increase over the previous 12 months. However, authorities in Damascus have yet to grant her a permanent office inside the»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Foreign Ministers of the State of Qatar, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Turkiye, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Republic of Egypt condemned in the strongest ter»»»

LONDON: While the technical particulars and political conditions of the nuclear agreement between Saudi Arabia and the US are yet to be fully revealed, there has been an overwhelmingly positive reaction to the news among experts and commentators in both countries. And, as a statement on Wednesday f»»»

BEIRUT: Kozo Okamoto, the Japanese militant who took part in a deadly attack on Tel Aviv’s airport more than five decades ago, died Thursday in Beirut, the Palestinian group that had been protecting him said. He was 78. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a faction that is the second»»»

A rising star among Democratic Party moderates, Virginia’s first woman governor Abigail Spanberger was elected the same night last November as Democratic Socialist New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani. In a wide-ranging interview with François Picard, Spanberger outlines a pragmatic vision of politic»»»

AMMAN — National exports rose by 5.8 per cent in the first five months of 2026 to reach JD3.796 billion compared with the same period in 2025, according to a monthly foreign trade report issued on Thursday by the Department of Statistics (DoS).Re-exports also increased significantly by 31.3 per cen»»»

AMMAN — The London Stock Exchange on Thursday welcomed a Jordanian delegation led by Minister of Investment Tareq Abu Ghazaleh during a visit to the United Kingdom for the Jordan-UK Business Forum.According to a statement from the London Stock Exchange, the forum brings together Jordanian and Briti»»»

President Donald Trump on Thursday set a new condition to a US-Saudi nuclear deal signed the previous day by insisting the agreement was "totally subject to" the Gulf kingdom joining the Abraham Accords. Riyadh has resisted normalising relations with Israel, especially after the Gaza war, and the n»»»

US President Donald Trump threatened Yemen's Houthi rebels with "major military punishment" after they launched missile and drone strikes on oil tankers in the Red Sea. Concern has sparked across the globe regarding the rebels' involvement in the war. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.»»»

Iranian strikes targeted Kuwait’s desalination and power plants for the fourth consecutive day on Monday. The attacks are putting unprecedented pressure on a Gulf country heavily dependant on desalination for its water supply. Iran is attempting to wage a “psychological war” on a country »»»

LONDON: Foreign ministers of eight Arab and Islamic countries condemned Israel on Thursday over “escalating actions” after far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir joined thousands of extremist Jews in a raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. The foreign ministe»»»

Ghanaian President John Mahama on Thursday called for an African Union (AU) debate to "formally address the escalating xenophobic attacks" on foreign nationals in South Africa. More than 160,000 foreign nationals have left South Africa and several have died over the past two months amid rising»»»

A wildfire is moving extremely fast through a touristy peninsula close to the dune du Pila and Cap Ferret, dubbed 'the Hamptons of France'. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate as firefighters struggle to contain the blaze. FRANCE 24's Christopher Bockman is in Toulouse and explains why»»»

DOHA: The Foreign Ministers of the State of Qatar, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Turkiye, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Republic of Egypt strongly condemned the Israeli escalation a»»»

Danielle S. Allen’s “Radical Duke” reveals how Charles Lennox, the Third Duke of Richmond and Thomas Paine almost brought the American Revolution to Britain. Identifying them for the first time as the anonymous authors of Britain’s seditious Junius letters, “The Radical Duke” sets the historical re»»»

JEDDAH: The two-time unified heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua said on Thursday he is prepared to take on Kristian Prenga in Jeddah, on Saturday night at Jeddah Dome. The two fighters, who will headline the card event in Jeddah, faced off for a second time this week at a press conference at Jedd»»»

NEW DELHI: Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk has ​ended his hunger strike after 26 days, he said on Friday. He said in ‌a ‌post ​on ‌X ⁠that ​he had ⁠ended his fast after “a long negotiation on various conditions and ⁠in view of ‌possible violence ‌in ​the ‌country.” Wangchuk, 59, had ‌been on a hunge»»»

The European Commission on Thursday fined Google a total of €890 million for breaching the bloc’s Digital Markets Act by restricting customer access to its competitors' services. The move risks escalating tensions with US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly accused the EU of targeting US tec»»»

On the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Manila - the US and Russian foreign ministers met face-to-face. It's been more than a year since Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov last spoke. Washington is attempting to revive its mediation efforts to end the war in Ukraine—so far without concrete results.»»»

Ousted Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Thursday he would ​accept no other government position besides his former job, escalating a political crisis that has gripped Ukraine at a pivotal point in the war with Russia. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Ukranian MP Liudmyla Buimi»»»

Abu Dhabi: The 22nd Liwa Dates Festival showcased how heritage events can support food security, empower farmers and preserve the UAE’s agricultural heritage. Combining agricultural competitions, heritage activities, family entertainment, educational programmes and sustainability initiatives, this »»»

Jeddah: The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by officials from the Israeli occupation government, accompanied by more than 3,000 settlers and under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. In a statem»»»

Kuwait’s army says air defenses are currently confronting hostile missile and drone attacks from Iran, adding that any explosion sounds are from interceptions. The army urged the public to follow safety instructions from authorities.»»»

RIYADH: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and Jordan jointly condemned the Iranian aggression against their territories, reaffirming a unified position based on resolutions adopted by the GCC Ministerial Council, the Council of Foreign Ministers of the League of Arab States, internat»»»

KYIV: Laura Loomer, an ardent ally of President Donald Trump with a reputation for incendiary social media commentary, sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday after a dramatic turnaround on the war that could have political reverberations back in Washington. Loomer had spen»»»

Ahmedabad: Investopia launched a new edition of the ‘Investopia Dialogues’ today in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, marking its fifth consecutive edition in India. The event brought together over 500 leaders, senior officials, investors, and entrepreneurs from the UAE and India. The dialogues aim to strengthen»»»

Le Porge: Black smoke darkened the skies and crackling flames roared through pine trees in a forest in southwest France on Thursday as wildfires have forced more than 20,000 residents and holidaymakers to flee. Around 800 firefighters have been fighting the flames some 50 kilometres (30 miles) west»»»

Fuel prices in Hungary recorded the smallest year-on-year increase in the European Union in June 2026, even as motorists across the bloc faced an average rise of 13.7 percent, according to new Eurostat figures. Prices of fuels and lubricants used for personal transport increased by just 2.3 percent»»»

Vance Luther Boelter, the man charged with the 2025 shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers, was sentenced on Friday to life in prison after he pled guilty to the crimes to avoid the death penalty. File Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety/Facebook July 23 (UPI) -- The man who s»»»

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Washington: US President Donald Trump said that the United States would inflict "major military punishment" on Iran if Yemen's Houthi group continues attacking ships in the Red Sea. In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump said the United States would hold Iran directly responsible for any futu»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s robotics industry is entering a new phase — one defined less by futuristic concepts than by practical deployment. While robots are often associated with science-fiction humanoids, the Kingdom’s focus is firmly on technologies that deliver measurable value. Drones, autonomous »»»

Gaza- Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 organised a ceremony honouring 600 young Quran memorisers in the Gaza Strip in recognition of their efforts to memorise the Holy Quran and to encourage them to continue their educational and religious journey. The event forms part of the operation's humanitarian »»»

Abu Dhabi: The Foreign Ministers of the UAE, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Türkiye, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the State of Qatar condemn in the strongest terms the Israeli escalation a»»»

Hezbollah’s Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc criticized the Lebanese authorities of pursuing “political theater” and making successive concessions that undermine Lebanon’s sovereignty, arguing that recent government actions are a failed attempt to create the illusion of progress while the country rem»»»

Former CEO of Barklay's Jes Staley testified Thursday for the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. File Photo by Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA July 23 (UPI) -- Former JP Morgan Chase investment banking boss Jes Staley pushed the bank to keep Jeffrey Epstein as a client »»»