Sharjah: Sharjah Police has unveiled a new official uniform for airport police personnel as part of ongoing efforts to enhance operational readiness, improve workplace conditions and strengthen the quality of security services provided to travellers. The new uniform was launched by Lieutenant Gener»»»

Dubai: Nine children drowned and two others injured after a three-wheeled cargo vehicle carrying children and young workers plunged into the Nag Hammadi Canal in Abu Tig district of Egypt's Assiut governorate on Tuesday, authorities said. Police said they received reports that the vehicle had falle»»»

US envoys met Qatari mediators in Doha on Tuesday for discussions on negotiations with Iran, even as both Tehran and Doha dismissed President Donald Trump's suggestion that direct US – Iran talks were taking place. The meetings come as both sides seek to implement a memorandum of understanding aime»»»

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck a remote area of northwestern China early Wednesday, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake hit at 7:44 am Beijing time (23:44 UTC Tuesday) about 261-268 km (162-167 miles) south-southeast of Dunhuang in Gansu province, near the Qinghai border, at a shallow d»»»

Tehran: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said Iran will not enter negotiations with the United States on a final agreement unless certain paragraphs of a recently-signed peace memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two sides are implemented. Ghalibaf, also the head of Iran'»»»

The British government says it could step in to challenge Paramount Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. French inflation slowed to just 1.8% in June year on year, down from 2.4% in May. And, more than a million undocumented people in Spain apply to obtain legal status as part»»»

President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order on vehicle repairs in the Oval Office at the White House on Monday. A financial disclosure made public on Tuesday shows that Trump reported more than $2 billion last year in income and revenue. File Photo by Samuel Corum/UPI | License P»»»

Dubai: The UAE's astronomical summer will come to an end on September 23, when the autumnal equinox marks the official start of autumn, although meteorologists classify September as the first month of the autumn season, according to Ibrahim Al Jarwan, Chairman of the Emirates Astronomical Society a»»»

Dubai: Japan's currency has dropped to its weakest level against the US dollar since 1986, putting global investors on alert and raising fresh concerns about whether Tokyo will step in to support the yen. At first glance, the decline may appear to have little relevance for people living in the UAE.»»»

India is edging closer to launching its first indigenously developed hydrogen-powered train, marking a significant milestone in the country’s clean energy transition under Indian Railways’ sustainability drive. The hydrogen fuel-cell train is currently being tested on the Jind–Sonipat route in Hary»»»

A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook the Gulf of California off western Mexico on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, with the shallow tremor felt in coastal areas but causing no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - »»»

A man has been killed in a car bomb blast in northern Israel on Tuesday, Israeli police have reported. While police have attributed the blast to criminal activity, it occurred amid a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Continued fighting between the IDF and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon i»»»

RIYADH: Few expected the drama that transpired at WWE Night of Champions in Riyadh on Saturday. With Cody Rhodes defending his Undisputed WWE Championship against Gunther and Sami Zayn, it was Gunther who was widely tipped to pry the title from the grasp of “The American Nightmare,” especially as Z»»»

WASHINGTON: Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio appear to be staking out differing approaches to carrying out President Donald Trump’s national security agenda as the possible 2028 presidential rivals jostle for position in a divided Republican Party. With vastly different ba»»»

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»»»

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ: Kylian Mbappe scored his 17th and ‌18th career World Cup goals to keep chasing Lionel Messi and tournament history in France’s 3-0 victory over Sweden in Tuesday’s round of 32 clash. Mbappe is now one behind Messi on ​the all-time tournament list, and with his fifth and sixth g»»»

June 30 (UPI) -- Authorities in southern Florida said Tuesday that they are investigating the death of a child whose body was found Monday in a car parked outside a school. Officers with the police department in Plantation, a city located just west of Fort Lauderdale, said they found the body at 5:»»»

Howard Lutnick, U.S. commerce secretary, speaks June 22 during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. Anthropic said Tuesday that Lutnick's Department of Commerce has lifted export restrictions on its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models.»»»

Dubai: The UAE wakes up to July this morning with the heat already in place. According to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) and AccuWeather, the month ahead will bring intense daytime heat, warm nights and climbing humidity, continuing a pattern that has built steadily through June. Get upda»»»

ACCRA, Ghana: Floods and landslides triggered by days of torrential rain in the capital cities of Ghana and Ivory Coast have left at least 24 people dead, authorities said Tuesday, as emergency workers continued to pull hundreds of stranded residents from submerged buildings. Entire buildings and r»»»

Healthcare is entering one of the most technologically advanced periods in its history. Artificial intelligence can now analyse medical images in seconds, identify patterns invisible to the human eye, and support clinicians in making faster decisions. Yet as technology becomes more sophisticated, a»»»

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses. Mere startups when he took the oath of office, the new ventures have now eclipsed»»»

The US Supreme Court has ruled that states can forbid biological males from competing as females in school and college sports. US President Donald Trump hailed the ruling as a “big win.” In a unanimous verdict on Tuesday, the court’s nine justices concluded that state bans on transgender athletes c»»»

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio appear to be staking out differing approaches to carrying out President Donald Trump’s national security agenda as the possible 2028 presidential rivals jostle for position in a divided Republican Party. With vastly differ»»»

Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, left, speaks with Chief Justice John Roberts in January 2025 in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced that it will decide if states and cities can bar people from owning semiautomatic weapons, including AR-15-sty»»»

Tunis, July 1 (TAP) - The COMESA Institutions Awareness Forum, held under the theme “Expanding Intra-African Horizons: Digital Innovation as a Catalyst for Inclusive and Sustainable Access to COMESA Markets,” concluded Tuesday evening in Tunis.In...»»»

Arab Contractors, the esteemed Egyptian construction firm, has inked a substantial agreement to spearhead housing projects in Equatorial Guinea. This development is part of Equatorial Guinea’s ambitious national strategy to construct 100,000 housing units, underscoring a vital collaboration between»»»

Share: File – Hezbollah’s treasury , Bait al Mal Beirut: The United States has imposed sanctions on five financial entities and 16 officials and individuals linked to Hezbollah’s financial network, in a move aimed at disrupting the group’s funding channels and restricting its access to the formal f»»»

Oman has quietly circulated a proposal to the United States and other allied governments outlining a long-term framework for managing the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, signaling that the waterway may not simply return to its pre-conflict status quo even as maritime traffic gradually stabili»»»

Independent UN investigators are calling for action after releasing a report detailing what they call “deliberate killing of Palestinian children” by Israel. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry says that since October 7, 2023, the "essence of childhood" has been "destroyed" in Gaza »»»

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer speaks about the Hudson tunnel project in 2023 at Hudson Yards train yard in New York City. On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to permanently stop trying to halt funding for the project. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo June 30 (»»»

Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Aimée-Noel Mbiyozo, Senior Research Consultant at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). South Africa's recurring waves of anti migrant mobilisation reveal a deeper political and socioeconomic paradox. Mbiyozo argues that while public frustration over unemploym»»»

Thousands of people marched across South Africa on Tuesday to demand the departure of undocumented foreign nationals after a weeks-long campaign that has sent thousands fleeing and claimed four lives. Police were out in force for nationwide protests which capped demonstrations led by citizen-led gr»»»

In tonight's edition, South Africa's Day of anti-Immigration marches set as a deadline  by organizers is thankfully a far more calm affair than many had feared. Also, rescue services in Ghana are still racing  to manage  severe flooding that has cost at least a dozen lives. And at Ke»»»

A Czech coalition party will seek to strip Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky of the country’s highest state honor after he named a military unit after a World War II nationalist formation accused of Nazi-era atrocities, local media have reported. Zelensky last month signed a decree granting the unit the »»»

Police in Monaco and France were searching for a suspected bomber on Tuesday after three people were wounded by an explosion in the wealthy principality which two sources said ​was an attack ‌on a Ukrainian-born oligarch. The suspect is believed to have fled on foot ⁠to France, Monaco prosecutor St»»»

Russians are more pessimistic ⁠about the state of ​their economy than at any time in the past 20 years, and a majority say ​living standards are worsening, a Gallup survey published on Tuesday shows. But, according to Konstantin Sonin, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Irving B. Harris Gr»»»

US space agency NASA is preparing to launch a robotic rescue mission to haul an ageing telescope into a higher orbit to save it from burning up as it falls back down to Earth. The next launch attempt is set for Wednesday after a previous liftoff was pushed back due to the weather.  NASA is set»»»

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Mike Johnson waits June 24 for President Donald Trump to speak at a rally to kick off the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C. Johnson sent House lawmakers home for a long holiday recess Tuesday after some Republican members voted again»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The operations of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees are at breaking point, its chief warned the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Christian Saunders, UNRWA’s acting commissioner-general, appealed for emergency funding to prevent the underfunded agency from collapsin»»»

A skateboarder captures content with a cellphone while riding on 42nd street for a Manhattanhenge sunset event in New York City on May 28. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo July will bring a mix of easy-to-see sky events, from a sunset spectacle in New York City to shooting stars at »»»

LA GUAIRA, Venezuela: Tens of thousands of people desperately sought food and shelter in Venezuela on Tuesday after the two earthquakes killed nearly 2,000, but rescue teams managed to pull a 3-year-old boy alive from the rubble six days after the shocks. Last week’s 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude shocks — »»»

MPK Kraków has begun operating its own hydrogen-powered buses. Ten Polish-made NesoBus vehicles, produced by PAK-PCE Polski Autobus Wodorowy, were presented on June 30 at the Płaszów bus depot and immediately entered service on routes 123, 148, 158, 162 and 307. Each 12-meter bus can carry 88 passe»»»

According to fillup k24’s “Barometer of Polish Accountants’ Sentiment 2026,” 61.6% of finance and accounting firms struggle to recruit qualified employees. At the same time, 51.4% of accounting offices and finance departments do not plan to increase employment, while 39.4% do not expect pay raises.»»»

Doha: HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani met on Tuesday with HE Steve Witkoff and HE Jared Kushner, the US Envoys. The meeting discussed developments in the ongoing talks between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic»»»

LAHORE: Fourteen children died after the roof of a tutoring center collapsed ​in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday, rescue officials said, as authorities opened the way for a possible negligence investigation. Punjab’s emergency service said rescuers found children and a ‌30-year-old fem»»»

QNA Doha Qatar’s satellite operator, Es’hailSat, has described its strategic partnership with Turkiye’s national satellite operator Turksat and a manufacturing contract with France’s Thales Alenia Space as the company’s most significant investment to date saying the agreements will accelerate its r»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar National Library has launched its annual Membership Campaign this July, inviting community members across Qatar to make the Library their summer home. For families and individuals heading away during the break, the Library travels with them: its mobile app and digita»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Oral Health Promotion and Prevention Department, in collaboration with the Health Education Department at the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), organised an oral health awareness event and dental screening initiative for Qatar Rail employees. The event formed par»»»

QNA Cairo Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Lolwah Al Khater has been awarded the Arab Woman Excellence Shield for Social Responsibility 2026 in recognition of her leadership and contributions to education and community service at the national, regional and international levels. Accordi»»»