A car ploughed into a crowd during a gay pride parade in Berlin on Saturday night, injuring several people, police said. The incident took place on Christopher Street Day, the German capital’s annual pride event, on Lennestrasse near the Tiergarten park in central Berlin. DETAILS TO FOLLOW»»»

LONDON: The fears of many came to fruition as, following further Houthi attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea, the Iran-backed Yemeni militia entered the war by imposing a blockade on the Bab Al-Mandab Strait. The aim was a further tightening on global oil supplies already being exercised by T»»»

Damascus, July 25 (SANA) Syria’s perfume industry is positioning itself for renewed growth, with manufacturers seeking to expand production and strengthen their presence in regional and international markets, backed by centuries of expertise and rising investor interest, according to industry speci»»»

Massive wildfires sweeping southwestern France and central Spain forced nearly 260,000 people to flee on Saturday, as authorities deployed troops and additional firefighting aircraft to battle blazes fueled by extreme heat and drought. Unchecked wildfires raging Saturday in France's southwest and n»»»

Kazakhstan's president urged Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end the war during talks in the Siberian city of Omsk while Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Siberia on Saturday in one of Kyiv's deepest attacks inside Russia.  Ukrainian drones struck a Siberian oil refinery in a fresh w»»»

Tunis, July 25 (TAP) - Tunisia's southern governorates will be placed under a high-level (orange) weather alert on Sunday, according to the National Institute of Meteorology (INM), due to the risk of potentially hazardous weather conditions.The...»»»

Iran's Foreign Ministry condemned a Ukrainian ​attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea, saying on Saturday it ‌resulted ‌in ​an ‌explosion ⁠that ​killed one sailor ⁠and injured another. Tehran described the incident as an act of ⁠aggression and said it ‌would ‌defend ​its ‌nationa»»»

Supporters of the youth-led political movement Cockroach Janta Party celebrate the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA July 25 (UPI) -- India's education minister resigned Saturday amid a scandal that led hundreds of thousands of young people and stu»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Chamber has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Portuguese Industrial Association – Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AIP–CCI), aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two organizations, promoting business development, encouraging investment in Qatar and Po»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman on Saturday discussed strengthening military cooperation and efforts to address regional challenges with his Turkish and South African counterparts, the Saudi Press Agency reported. In separate phone calls with Turkish National Defense Ministe»»»

Damascus: Syrian President, Ahmad Al Sharaa met Saturday with United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, who is visiting Syria. The meeting discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in humanitarian and development fields, in addition to supporting early recovery efforts and reconstru»»»

At least one sailor was killed and another injured in a Ukrainian strike on a cargo vessel in the Caspian Sea, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said, denouncing the attack as an act of aggression and warning of potential retaliation. The drone attack was publicized on Saturday by Ukrainian leader V»»»

BUNIA, Congo: Health workers at an Ebola treatment center in eastern Congo went on strike on Saturday over payment issues, disrupting care for patients in the epicenter of the country’s rapidly growing outbreak. The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo has reached 2,973, including 1,309 deat»»»

Deputy Prime Minister and Economy, Investment and Industry Minister Alexander Poulev said that the Lukoil Neftochim Burgas refinery has not processed Russian oil in recent weeks. Interviewed by Bulgarian National Television on Saturday, Poulev said the Bulgarian government is in constant contact wi»»»

Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian government has announced that the country earned 490 million U.S. dollars from the export of horticultural commodities during the 2025/26 Ethiopian fiscal year, which concluded on July 7. The Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement issued Friday that the Eas»»»

MALE: Prince Dr. Mansour bin Mutaib bin Abdulaziz, Saudi minister of state, cabinet member and adviser to King Salman, met Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu in Male during an official visit to attend celebrations marking the 61st anniversary of the Maldives’ independence. Prince Mansour was re»»»

Venezuelans across the quake zone and in the capital Caracas held a minute of silence Friday to honor victims of the tremors that struck one month ago.»»»

MALE: Prince Dr. Mansour bin Mutaib bin Abdulaziz, Saudi minister of state, cabinet member and adviser to King Salman, met Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu in Male during an official visit to attend celebrations marking the 61st anniversary of the Maldives’ independence. Prince Mansour was re»»»

DAMASCUS: Thirty-five people were killed, and 30 others were injured on Saturday in a traffic accident on the Damascus-Deir Ezzor road. The accident occurred when two buses collided in the area between Al-Sukhna and Palmyra on the Deir Ezzor-Damascus highway. The Ministry of Defense dispatched seve»»»

RIYADH: The Middle East does not have a shortage of startups pitching for capital, but investors are still struggling to find companies with the market knowledge, traction and technological differentiation required to justify an investment, according to Hussein Attar, CEO of Tech Invest Com. Ventur»»»

RAMALLAH: Speaker of the Arab Parliament Mohammed Al-Yamahi has strongly condemned the dangerous escalation of violence carried out by terrorist settler militias, under the direct protection of the Israeli forces, against Palestinians and their property throughout the occupied West Bank. In a recen»»»

Concern over pesticides, PFAS “forever chemicals”, cadmium and other contaminants has been on the rise since a March report revealed French residents are up to four times more likely to register unsafe levels of cadmium than their European counterparts. For many, reducing exposure to these chemical»»»

After nearly two weeks of nightly military action, Iran reported no new US strikes overnight into Saturday, while Qatar announced the full resumption of maritime navigation from Sunday. The developments offered a brief pause in a conflict that has disrupted Gulf shipping and heightened regional sec»»»

The threat posed by a wildfire raging in the southwestern French department of Gironde "remains very serious," the top regional official, Sophie Brocas, said Saturday."The threat remains very serious. We are still facing a grave situation," she said, adding however that the blaze has lost "some of »»»

Another 25,000 people were evacuated from villages near Madrid threatened by wildfires, bringing the total who have fled to 70,000, Spain's government delegate to Madrid said on Saturday. The latest evacuations took place in the Valle del Tietar area of Avila province west of the capital, as well a»»»

RIYADH: Investment momentum in the Middle East and North Africa region remained steady last week, despite ongoing market uncertainty caused by the US-led conflict with Iran. This positive momentum continues from the record $7.5 billion raised by MENA startups in 2025, which marked a 225 percent sur»»»