Doha, Qatar: As part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology’s (MCIT) ongoing efforts to support entrepreneurship and empower high-growth technology companies, the Ministry has announced the graduation of 10 technology companies from the third cohort of the Scale Now programme.»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar will host the Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ANQAHE) Forum on the Future of Academic Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education on October 7 and 8, 2026. The forum is organised by the National Committee for Qualifications and Academic Accredi»»»

Doha, Qatar: Al Shamal, last season’s Qatar Stars League (QSL) runners up, have signed Tunisia international Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane from Egyptian club Al Ahly, the club announced yesterday. The 21-year-old midfielder will join the team’s training sessions ahead of the new season, which kicks off »»»

Dubai: Passengers travelling from the UAE to Bahrain and Kuwait continue to face a patchwork of flight cancellations and limited resumptions, as airlines assess the security situation following months of disruption caused by the US-Iran war. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Bala»»»

Through this agreement, PPC Group acquires ABO Energy Polska z.o.o. and ABO Energy Hungary Kft., integrating two fully staffed project development platforms along with the specialized teams operating in each country. The portfolio includes 29 SPVs holding 99 MW of PV projects in operation or nearin»»»

Engie Building Solutions S.R.L., a subsidiary of the ENGIE Group, provides property management and administration services, as well as services relating to EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contracts for energy efficiency and decarbonisation in industrial, office and commercial buildi»»»

EU gas storage is refilling at one of its slowest paces in 15 years, and the numbers say the bloc has almost no chance of reaching its 90% target by November. Storage across the EU stood at 58.1% full on August 5, according to Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) data - 15.6 percentage points below wher»»»

Latvia is facing a demographic "triple squeeze" that will leave it with roughly 1.5mn people by 2050, a fifth fewer than today, according to figures highlighted by economist Holger Zschaepitz on August 8. The country's old-age dependency ratio is projected to rise by around 23 percentage points ove»»»

Brazil's President Lula da Silva has unveiled a new foreign policy platform that places South-South cooperation at the centre of the country's international strategy, as diplomatic tensions with the US continue to escalate, Xinhua reports. The government plan aims to reduce Brazil's dependence on t»»»

Dubai: UAE travellers continue to face a mixed picture this month as airlines operate amid ongoing regional security concerns, with some routes cancelled, others delayed and several international carriers maintaining suspensions across the Gulf. While regional airlines are gradually restoring servi»»»

The parliamentary faction of the Tisza party is nominating András Baka, the former president of the Supreme Court, for the position of President of the Republic — Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced on Facebook on Saturday, following a meeting of the parliamentary group. Opposition parties are re»»»

PARIS: Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels a historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region, the EU’s global warming monitor said Monday. Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent and the first two months of summer have been mar»»»

BERLIN: The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022, according to the European climate agency Copernicus. The extreme heat began in May and has contributed to major wildfires, prolonged drought and new national tempera»»»

Iran's Revolutionary Guards insisted Sunday that they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States complied with a list of demands, including paying compensation for war damage. Iran's effective blockade of the crucial energy conduit has rattled allies, roiled markets and driven up»»»

Mohsen Rezaei speaks to media in Tehran on Jan. 3, 2020. File Photo by Maryam Rahmanian/UPI | License Photo Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Iran has replaced its top security official with another commander of its powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, a spokesman for Iranian Masoud Pezeshkian said late Sund»»»

ROME: Satellite images acquired between 1st and 3rd August reveal an unprecedented drop in water levels along four of Europe's largest rivers — the Po in Italy, the Loire in France, the Rhine in Germany, and the Danube in Hungary — as a result of a long-term drought affecting wide areas of Europe. »»»

QNA Doha The National Planning Council (NPC) in cooperation with the Qatar Scientific Club of the Ministry of Sports and Youth and with the participation of Microsoft Qatar organised the activities of the second edition of the Data Summer Camp 2026, from August 8 to 12, with the participation of ab»»»

TEHRAN: The former commander-in-chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Mohsen Rezaee, has been named head of the country’s highest national security body, the Iranian presidency announced on Sunday. “In light of the resignation of Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr from his position as secretary of the Suprem»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Iranian presidency media official announces Mohsen Rezaei appointed secretary of the Supreme National Security Council 09-08-2026 21:50 PM »»»

Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei, appointed on Sunday Dr. Mohsen Rezaei as his representative to the Supreme National Security Council, citing Rezaei’s extensive experience and role during Iran’s eight-year Sacred Defense period. In a decree, Sayyed Mojtaba Khamen»»»

Hezbollah warned on Sunday that the Israeli occupation entity pursues broader territorial schemes in Lebanon after the Israeli Foreign Ministry published a map that it said incorporates occupied southern Lebanese territory into the occupied lands, warning that Beirut’s concessions and direct negoti»»»

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has laid out new conditions for the US to meet before the Strait of Hormuz can be reopened, amid continuing attacks on shipping. In a statement carried by Iranian media on Saturday, the council’s secretary, Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr, said that the waterway, whi»»»

Egypt affirmed to High Representative of the Peace Council Nikolay Mladenov the necessity of implementing all provisions of the Gaza plan, comprehensively including humanitarian aid and Israeli withdrawal, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. During a telephone call, Egyptian Foreign Minis»»»

CAIRO: After their historic run that saw them to the semifinals, Egypt lost 23-19 to Denmark on Sunday in the third-place match at the Women’s U-18 Handball World Championship, held in Romania. Egypt had to be content with fourth place, but this still created history as they became the first Africa»»»

Latvia is facing a demographic "triple squeeze" that will leave it with roughly 1.5mn people by 2050, a fifth fewer than today, according to figures highlighted by economist Holger Zschaepitz on August 8. The country's old-age dependency ratio is projected to rise by around 23 percentage points ove»»»

Russia is racing to build its own version of Starlink after losing access to the real thing, but for now the fight over satellite communications above the battlefield is still being settled by one man: Elon Musk. Bureau 1440, a Russian aerospace company, is developing a low-Earth-orbit broadband ne»»»

The share of Ukrainians who say they are willing to endure the war for as long as it takes has risen to 61%, up from a low of 48% in April, according to a poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted July 20-August 3 among 974 respondents in government-controlled territory»»»

Russia has carried out one of its largest attacks on Ukraine's state-owned energy sector in recent months, striking seven oil and gas production facilities operated by Ukrnafta, part of the Naftogaz Group, in the latest effort to disrupt domestic energy supplies ahead of winter, the company said in»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv has reached an agreement with the United States to receive monthly deliveries of Patriot interceptor missiles, just as Kyiv runs out of air defence ammo leaving its skies open to an incessant Russian bombardment. Speaking alongside Serbian President»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s non-oil trade surplus with Gulf Cooperation Council countries fell 55 percent year on year to SR2.01 billion ($536 million) in May 2026, preliminary data from the General Authority for Statistics showed. The decline was driven by a 24 percent drop in non-oil merchandise expor»»»

Ferencváros suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid in a high-profile friendly at Budapest’s Groupama Arena on Saturday, but the Hungarian champions gave their illustrious opponents plenty to think about and found the net through Kenan Kodro. Fradi impress against European giants Real Madrid to»»»

BERLIN: Germany faces daily hybrid warfare attacks from abroad, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt ​was quoted by a local newspaper as saying on Sunday, following a suspected attack attempt involving an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport. Dobrindt told the newspaper Bild am Sonntag th»»»

LONDON: Israeli ministers, members of the Knesset and other officials on Sunday laid the cornerstone for a new settlement, Emek Dotan, on land belonging to the Palestinian town of Arraba, southwest of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, local media reported. Tareq Eghbariyeh, the Jenin Governorate’s s»»»

The Embassy of Pakistan in Cairo commemorated Youm-e-Istehsal Kashmir on 5 August, reaffirming Pakistan’s solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir and reiterating its longstanding position on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. The event was attended by embassy officials, media representatives, a»»»

Trade between Romania and Egypt reached $452.97m between March and July 2026, marking an increase of nearly 21% compared with the same period of 2025, according to trade figures released by the Romanian Embassy in Cairo. The latest data point to a significant rise in Romanian exports to the Egyptia»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent reports Israeli occupation forces carried out a demolition operation in the town of Srobbin in southern Lebanon 09-0»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hamas: We remain committed to what was agreed with the mediators and the Peace Council on the roadmap for completing the implementation of »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hamas: We reiterate our seriousness about responsibly engaging in the implementation of the 15 agreed-upon provisions, establishing a clear»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) celebrated 10 promising technology companies' completion of the third cycle of the 'Wasel' programme, coinciding with the launch of the fourth cycle of the programme with the participation of 12 new companies. This comes within »»»

Doha, Qatar: The National Planning Council (NPC) issued on Sunday the results of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Survey in the State of Qatar for the first quarter of 2026, which showed continued growth in inward and outward FDI from January to March 2026. Conducted in cooperation with the Qata»»»

The US-Iran conflict has entered a critical diplomatic phase, but there is little sign yet of a breakthrough on the ground. Talks mediated by Oman on managing the strategically important Strait of Hormuz are continuing, with Iran saying progress has been made. However, Tehran has made clear that an»»»

DUBAI: Authorities in the UAE handed over alleged transnational cartel boss Daniel Kinahan to face trial in Ireland, official Emirati media reported on Sunday. The 49-year-old Irishman allegedly ran a group out of Dubai that has been linked by US and European authorities to a vast criminal enterpri»»»

Dubai: The first ‘Dubai-it’ Award will open nominations on August 10, seeking to recognise individuals, projects, companies and organisations that have turned ambitious ideas into measurable results through speed, excellence and effective execution. Nominations for the inaugural award will remain o»»»

The Black Sea is establishing itself as one of the most important security areas and should be a sea of people and peace, President Iliana Iotova said in Varna on Sunday. She recalled that a war has been raging in Europe for a fourth year and the conflict in the Middle East is also continuing. "For»»»

JEDDAH: Oman’s Sohar Industrial City attracted more than 214 million Omani rials ($557 million) in investments during the first half of 2026, reinforcing the sultanate’s manufacturing expansion and economic diversification drive. The signed agreements comprised 22 new contracts, 12 expansion agreem»»»

DOHA: The results of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) survey in Qatar for the first quarter of 2026 showed continued growth in both inward and outward FDI stocks during the period from January to March. The National Planning Council issued the survey results, which were conducted in cooperation »»»

DOHA: The results of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) survey in Qatar for the first quarter of 2026 showed continued growth in both inward and outward FDI stocks during the period from January to March. The National Planning Council issued the survey results, which were conducted in cooperation »»»

Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova plans to contact North Macedonia's government and President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova on Monday to raise the issue of necessary medical treatment for Iva Mihailova, a Bulgarian in North Macedonia who is charged with a serious traffic offence and was among those i»»»

DOHA: The National Planning Council (NPC), in cooperation with the Qatar Scientific Club of the Ministry of Sports and Youth and with the participation of Microsoft Qatar, is organising the activities of the second edition of the Data Summer Camp 2026, from August 8 to 12, with the participation of»»»

Bulgaria has recorded one of the fastest increases in public funding for research and development in the European Union over the past decade, but the country remains far behind the EU average in terms of money allocated per person, according to preliminary Eurostat data. In 2025, Bulgaria’s planned»»»