Tunis, July 7, 2026 (TAP) - The market share of Tunisia’s exports to the European Union (EU) stood at 0.53% in 2025, for the second consecutive year, according to the annual report of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) for 2025, released on...»»»

Damascus, July 7 (SANA) Syria’s geographic location could enable it to become a pivotal transit country for oil heading toward the Mediterranean, offering alternative routes to the Strait of Hormuz, TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné said Tuesday during a visit to Damascus as part of the official d»»»

President Iliana Iotova visited the space centre of Bulgarian aerospace manufacturer EnduroSat, where founder and CEO Raycho Raychev presented the company's research, development, and manufacturing operations at what is the largest space centre in Eastern Europe. Although EnduroSat has offices abro»»»

Political forces in Parliament Tuesday reacted to the news of the 15-month suspension of the gas supply deal between Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz and Turkiye's energy company BOTAS, announced on Monday. While a member of the governing Progressive Bulgaria described the agreed freez»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s stc Group won the Sukuk and Bond Deal of the Year 2025 award at the Saudi Capital Market Awards in recognition of its significant contribution to advancing the Kingdom's debt capital market. The award follows stc's successful issuance of $2 billion in US dollar-denominated su»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Tuesday Serbia would host an ITU AI for Good Impact Europe summit in May next year, during EXPO 2027 Belgrade. After India and South Africa, the summit will be held in Europe for the first time. Mali pointed out that this was a major internati»»»

RIYADH: A historical and intellectual journey awaits visitors to “Arabic Language: Twenty-Eight Letters of Light,” an exhibition in Riyadh that tells the story of one of humanity’s oldest languages. Through its galleries and interactive displays, the exhibition brings the story of the “language of »»»

Hyderabad A city court on Tuesday sent suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sankireddy Bheem Reddy to judicial custody for 14 days in the Disproportionate Assets case registered by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) after he was allegedly found to be owning illegal assets worth a»»»

LONDON: French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus is being widely hailed as historic, making him the first European Union leader to visit Syria since the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar Assad in late 2024. For a country emerging from about 14 years of war, diplomatic isolation and econom»»»

Ankara: When US President Donald Trump stepped off Air Force One in Ankara on Tuesday for the Nato summit, one detail immediately caught the world’s attention — it wasn’t the military honour guard or the ceremonial welcome, but the blue carpet laid out on the tarmac instead of the traditional red o»»»

Doha: Weather inshore until 6:00 am on Wednesday will be fine, the Department of Meteorology said in its daily weather report, warning of strong wind at places at first. Offshore, it will be fine, warning of strong wind and high sea. Winds inshore will be mainly northwesterly at a speed of 05 to 15»»»

Across the region, a new generation of students is stepping confidently onto the world stage. This year, future-ready graduates from 15 schools in the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman are beginning their next chapter, joining leading universities worldwide, including the University of Pennsylvania, Im»»»

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari made a historic visit to Bishkek on July 6 — the first presidential trip from Pakistan to Kyrgyzstan in two decades — signaling a renewed push for regional connectivity and energy cooperation. During talks with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, the two leaders foc»»»

NAIROBI: Kenya and Tanzania both deployed a massive police presence on Tuesday to prevent protests as the east African nations increasingly take a zero-tolerance approach to demonstrations. The two countries have both faced major bouts of public unrest in the last two years and have responded with »»»

Progressive Bulgaria (PB) will propose amendments to the Election Code to reinstating machines-only voting as it was in 2021, eliminate the Multimember Constituency Abroad, and remove the limit of 20 voting sections in countries that are not EU Member States. The intended revisions were announced b»»»

Marine Le Pen's path to the French presidency was thrown back into uncertainty on Tuesday after an appeals court cleared the far-right leader to run in next year's presidential election but ordered her to serve a one-year sentence with an ankle bracelet, raising questions over whether she could eff»»»

The 2026 Budget Bill of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) was adopted on Tuesday at first reading by Parliament's Budget and Finance Committee with 15 votes in favour, 9 against and no abstentions. The bill provides for revenues and transfers totalling EUR 5.256 billion for the year, with e»»»

Dubai: At least nine Pakistani police personnel were killed and five were abducted after heavily armed militants attacked a police checkpoint in Balochistan’s Ziarat district, media reports said, citing police officials. According to the reports, the attackers stormed a police post in the Mangi are»»»

Marine Le Pen arrives at the Paris courthouse on the opening day of the appeal trial in her embezzlement case in Paris in January. Her appeal was denied Tuesday, but her ban on running for office was shortened, paving the way for her to run again. File Photo by Yoan Valat/EPA July 7 (UPI) -- Marine»»»

Dubai: Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has expanded the capacity of seven truck rest areas across the emirate by adding 364 parking spaces, increasing capacity by 56 per cent to a total of 1,007 spaces as it seeks to support the growing logistics sector and improve road safety. The expa»»»

ALKHOBAR: Abha is set to host the Kingdom’s first entertainment destination developed by Saudi Entertainment Ventures, known as SEVEN, with Asir Gov. Prince Turki bin Talal bin Abdulaziz scheduled to launch the project on Aug. 5. Developed in cooperation with the Asir Development Authority, it repr»»»

A group of more than 1,200 former Justice Department employees have signed a letter asking senators to reject the nomination of Todd Blanche as attorney general. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo July 7 (UPI) -- A group of more than 1,200 former Justice Department employees signed a lette»»»

Member of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance at Lebanese Parliament MP Hussein Jishi said recent developments proved that the US-Israeli project in the region have been thwarted, arguing that ‘Israel’ had failed to achieve its stated war objectives. Speaking at a memorial service on Tuesday, Jishi s»»»

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Progressive Bulgaria (PB) Floor Leader Petar Vitanov told a press conference in Parliament on Tuesday that his party will table proposals for amendments to the Electoral Code, which include reinstating machine voting as it was in 2021, eliminating the Multimember Constituency Abroad, and removing t»»»

French far -right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been barred from public office for 15 months and sentenced to a year under electronic card after an appeal's course found her guilty of embezzling EU funds. Although this means she could run in the election, Le Pen always said she would not run for off»»»

Will Marine Le Pen leader be running in the 2027 presidential election? Or will she step back and let her popular 30-year-old protégé Jordan Bardella run instead? That is the question the party will have to answer following the appeal court's decision to bar Le Pen for office for 15 months, which c»»»

Having just completed his 29th summer harvest season, 50-year-old Song Zhijie has spent nearly three decades working in agricultural machinery operations. Looking back on a dust-covered and sweat-soaked summer harvest in 1997, he paused for a moment, reflecting on how far things have come. "Back th»»»

Germany's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Lebanese authorities to confront Hezbollah and reassert state control over the country's south, where the militant group has been engaged in hostilities with Israeli forces. During a visit to Jerusalem, Johann Wadephul, who backed Israel's ground invasion»»»

JUBAIL: The UNESCO Regional Center for Quality and Excellence in Education organized a series of workshops to support the implementation of findings from its periodic report on the quality of education in Arab countries. The workshops highlighted the importance of using the report’s analyses, indic»»»

1 of 2 | Graham Barratt earned the Guinness World Record for the heaviest elephant garlic when he harvested a bulb weighing 3 pounds and 13.7 ounces. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records July 6 (UPI) -- A British competitive gardener's summer crop earned him two world records, including one for»»»

Paris: An appeals court Tuesday handed France's far-right chief Marine Le Pen a one-year term with an ankle tag over a fake jobs scam in the European parliament, casting doubt on whether she will run for president next April. The court also prevented her from running for office for 15 months, a ban»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi Green Building Forum organized an official sideline event at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at UN headquarters in New York. The event, held in cooperation with international partners, had the theme, “Celebrating the Impact of Volunteering: Youth Leadersh»»»

A French ​appeals court on ​July 7 upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds ​but shortened ‌her ban ⁠on running for elected office. In theory, this potentially re-opens a&nbs»»»

The temporary suspension of Bulgaria's controversial natural gas agreement with Turkey's state-owned energy company Botas has triggered sharp political disputes, with Prime Minister Rumen Radev defending the move as a major economic breakthrough while opposition parties question what concessions ma»»»

Beijing: The death toll from devastating storms in parts of China rose to 15 on Tuesday, with hundreds more injured and tens of thousands evacuated, state media reported, as President Xi Jinping urged “all out” rescue efforts. Dramatic video shared by state broadcaster CCTV showed a torrent of mudd»»»

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The 15-month suspension of the gas supply agreement between Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz and Turkiye's state-owned energy company BOTAS may provide "a breathing space" for Bulgargaz, but the key question is what will happen after the suspension expires and what conditions Turkiye h»»»

Jakarta: India will supply Indonesia with long-range missiles, an Indian official said on Tuesday as their leaders agreed to deepen ties in defence, critical minerals and other areas. President Prabowo Subianto is hosting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jakarta during a three-day state visit»»»

Abu Dhabi/ Dubai: Behind every passport renewal, attestation or visa application lies a business worth chasing. The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Indian Consulate in Dubai together process around 600,000 transactions in the UAE in a single year. That scale explains why the contract to run the»»»

ROKA Development announces the launch of the residential projects Platinum by ROKA Development and Parkview by ROKA Development, two developments that mark the company’s repositioning toward the upper-mid-market, premium and high-end segment. The two projects total 144 apartments, over 175 parking »»»

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Petar Vitanov, chairman of the parliamentary group of Progressive Bulgaria, defended the controversial agreement between Bulgargaz and Turkey’s Botas, saying the circumstances under which it was signed were fundamentally different from the current situation. Commenting on the decision to freeze the»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said here Tursday that Bulgaria owes BOTAS, the Turkish gas company, USD 360 million and settling this debt "will not burden the Bulgarian finances". Radev was speaking on his departure for Ankara where he will be among the participants in a NATO Summit. The Prime Ministe»»»

The agreement between Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz and Turkey's Botas has entered a new phase after Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed during talks in Ankara to freeze the contract for 15 months. Throughout that period, Bulgaria w»»»

Dangote Cement Plc (NGX: DANGCEM), Nigeria’s largest cement producer, has raised its dividend by 50% after a strong 2025 performance, approving a record payout of NGN753.8bn ($550mn) to shareholders. Shareholders approved the dividend at the company’s annual general meeting in Lagos, lifting the pa»»»

The European Union has unveiled a new package of trade and financial support for Armenia while deepening infrastructure and energy cooperation with Azerbaijan this week, part of the shift in Brussels’ South Caucasus policy as it seeks to secure regional stability, expand transport corridors and red»»»

Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors are due to hold direct talks in Rome this month, Italy's foreign ministry said Tuesday, after several rounds of discussions in Washington aimed at de-escalation. "We welcome with pleasure the announcement that the next round of talks between Israel and Lebanon media»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said here Tursday that Bulgaria owes BOTAS, the Turkish gas company, USD 360 million and settling this debt "won't burden the Bulgarian finances". Radev was speaking on his departure for Ankara where he will be among the participants in a NATO Summit. The Prime Minister w»»»