Doha, Qatar: Qatari football clubs and national teams are set for a demanding 2026-27 campaign, with a packed schedule of domestic, regional and continental competitions awaiting them over the coming months. The new football season will get underway on August 20 with the Qatar Stars League, while t»»»

Doha: Qatar will host the Gulf qualifiers for the FIBA U18 Asian Championship at Al Gharafa Sports Hall from July 25 to 30, with teams from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman competing for three places at the continental finals in India next month. The organising committee confirmed the»»»

Muscat: Qatar claimed the silver medal at the second West Asia Volleyball Championship after losing 3-0 to hosts Oman in the final on Tuesday. Oman won the title with straight-set victory, taking the match 25-19, 25-15 and 25-23 in Muscat. Defending champions Qatar, who won the inaugural edition in»»»

The man convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie spent years researching the writer's whereabouts before stabbing him on a lecture stage, federal prosecutors said Wednesday at the opening of his federal terrorism trial. It is a second trial for Hadi Matar, who was found guilty in a New York state»»»

LONDON: The Saudi Digital Advertising Maturity Framework, launched by Snap Inc. and Kearney, identifies an eight-percentage-point gap between growth in digital advertising spending and e-commerce growth in the Kingdom, pointing to scope for more efficient investment and a clearer link to measurable»»»

Wildfires swept across southern Europe on Wednesday, killing three firefighters and forcing thousands of people to evacuate as extreme heat and dry conditions fuelled blazes in Sicily, southwestern France and central Spain. Rescue teams battled dozens of fires amid warnings over increasingly severe»»»

Dubai: Ask anyone to name the toughest animal in the desert, and camel wins without much of a fight. Turns out even that title has its limits. Camels have earned their reputation as the toughest animals in the desert, capable of surviving conditions that would kill most other livestock. That reputa»»»

DUBAI: Rasha AlEmam does not lack ambition. “I want to be in the history books,” the Saudi producer, founder of Yellow Camel Studios, tells Arab News. “I’d love to be called the godfather of the Saudi film industry one day.” That dream’s not as far-fetched as it might sound. In fact, it’s entirely »»»

BRUSSELS: EU ambassadors ​have reached a political agreement on the 21st sanctions ‌package ‌against Russia, ​an ‌EU ⁠diplomat ​said on ⁠Thursday. The technical work on the sanctions ⁠package ‌will now ‌be concluded ​and ‌a ‌written procedure for adoption will ‌be launched on Thursday afternoon, th»»»

Bulgaria recorded the largest government budget deficit in the European Union as a share of gross domestic product during the first quarter of 2026, according to new seasonally adjusted data published by Eurostat. The country’s consolidated government budget deficit reached 7.6% of GDP between Janu»»»

Bulgaria remained the European Union country with the steepest annual increase in fuel prices in June, according to the latest data released by Eurostat. Prices for fuels and lubricants used by private vehicles rose by 26% compared with June of last year, the highest annual increase among all EU me»»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia and the United States have signed a landmark nuclear cooperation agreement that marks a major step in the Kingdom’s plans to develop civilian nuclear energy and diversify its economy beyond oil. The agreement, known as a 123 Agreement, establishes the legal framework that allows»»»

Tyre, an ancient Phoenician city in southern Lebanon hit in recent months by Israeli bombardment, was on Wednesday added to the UNESCO list of world heritage sites in danger. "The site has been directly hit and has sustained damage. Furthermore, its state of conservation is a cause for growing conc»»»

July 23 (UPI) -- A man allegedly armed with a knife was fatally shot by police in the middle of a Madison intersection, authorities said, sparking protests and igniting public anger. The incident occurred early Wednesday afternoon in Madison's Marquette neighborhood. Madison Police Chief John Patte»»»

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will travel to Tehran on Thursday at the head of a senior government delegation for talks with top Iranian officials on energy, trade, transportation and agriculture. The Iraqi government said the issue of bringing all weapons under state control would not be on th»»»

Law No. 159/2026, published in the Official Gazette on 20 July, introduces a dedicated procedure for the concession of state-owned agricultural land administered by the National Authority for the Administration of State Estates, Fisheries and Aquaculture, ...»»»

PPC Blue Romania, part of the PPC group in Romania, has brought into service the 7 ultra-fast charging stations for electric vehicles installed on the premises of Henri Coand? International Airport, Bucharest. The stations, with a power of 200 kW each, were put into function after the company won t»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Fuel Company (Woqod) ‎announced that its Board of Directors chaired by Ahmed Saif Al-Sulaiti approved among other things the financial results of Woqod Group for the first half (H1) ended on 30 June 2026. Woqod Group’s net profit for the period (excluding minority rights) amounte»»»

On July 23, 2020, China launched the Tianwen-1 orbiter in its first attempt to reach the surface of Mars. The rover Zhurong set down on the red planet on May 15, 2021. 1 of 6 | The China National Space Administration published a stunning martian selfie captured by the Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter above t»»»

DUBAI: Mexican chef Victor Martinez’s journey has been shaped as much by circumstance as by ambition. Hurricanes, specifically, have been a “transformative force” in his life — pushing him toward career-shaping opportunities, he tells Arab News. “I started my culinary journey at 17 (at culinary sch»»»

SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose more than 1.5 percent in Asian trade on Thursday to stand at their highest ‌in more than six weeks, as Yemen’s Houthis targeted oil tankers in the Red Sea and the US launched a new round of strikes on Iran. Brent crude futures rose $2.2 or 2.3 percent, to $96.27 by 06:27 »»»

Manila: Vice President Sara Duterte's bank accounts and Income Tax Returns (ITRs) are set to be opened on July 30, following long-standing allegations that she has billions of pesos in bank deposits. As early as 2016, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV alleged that Vice President Duterte and her f»»»

RIYADH: An official source at the Transport General Authority (TGA) stated that the vessel ENCELIA, owned by a Saudi company, was targeted while sailing in the Red Sea, resulting in a fire at the bow of the vessel. The source confirmed the safety of all crew members and that all relevant authoritie»»»

A total of 1,204 people in Osh and Osh region are registered with viral hepatitis B and C, data from the Osh Regional Center for the Control of Blood-Borne Infections, Viral Hepatitis, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus say. During the first half of 2026, at least 785 people in Osh region and the cit»»»

As of July 23, Kyrgyzstan’s power system is operating in normal mode, the Ministry of Energy reported. According to the ministry, electricity consumption over the past 24 hours amounted to 44.6 million kilowatt-hours, which is lower than in previous days. The ministry noted that no overloads or tec»»»

Doha, Qatar: QNB Group, a leading financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, yesterday issued its Q2 2026 Strategic Progress Update, highlighting continued execution across innovation, sustainability, and institutional capability development across its international network. During the se»»»