DUBAI: As Adidas unveiled the redesigned Golden Boot trophy for the FIFA World Cup 2026, another prize has emerged in one of the tournament’s most intriguing storylines. French striker Just Fontaine’s record of 13 goals in a single World Cup has stood since Sweden 1958. But with the expanded 48-tea»»»

JEDDAH: UAE developers kept construction projects on track despite a 20 to 25 percent surge in imported material costs, with supply chain disruptions having limited impact, according to Moody’s Ratings. In a sector in-depth report, the credit rating agency said real estate developers have maintaine»»»

Share: Photo A displaced woman mourns her home in southern Lebanon after finding it completely destroyed during Hezbollah’s war with Israel which started on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets a Israel in support of Iran. BEIRUT- Some 400,000 Lebanese uprooted by war have returned to southern Leba»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index maintained its strong year-to-date momentum, delivering a 2.9 percent gain in the first six months of this year, according to Kamco Invest. The report revealed that the Kingdom was also the second-best-performing market in the Gulf Cooperation Council »»»

City Day is celebrated today, July 1, in Karakol. One of the most beautiful cities in Kyrgyzstan turns 157 this year. On the holiday, President Sadyr Japarov visited the city and inspected the reconstruction of Pushkin Park in Karakol. The head of state was also presented with a number of infrastru»»»

The US Supreme Court on June 30 rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict birthright citizenship in a blow to one of his signature anti-immigration initiatives. This comes after Trump had signed an executive order on the first day of his presidency decreeing those born to parents in the US »»»

Broad market recovery coincides with renewed foreign appetite for Egyptian debt and diversified sovereign funding strategy Cairo — Egyptian equities staged a broad recovery on Tuesday, 30 June, as buying returned across the market after recent losses, with gains in both blue-chip and small-cap stoc»»»

Dubai: A growing concern over misleading “verified” property listings has sparked calls for tighter checks on Dubai’s online real estate portals, with industry experts warning that advertisements carrying verification badges should accurately reflect the official permit details attached to the prop»»»

The newly ratified framework agreement between ‘Israel’ and Lebanon is a “beautiful” diplomatic document on paper, but its prospects for tangible implementation remain critically slim, according to a pointed analysis published Tuesday by the Israeli daily Maariv. The newspaper characterized the acc»»»

Bulgaria is launching a new phase in the management of its tourism sector, with the government and industry representatives beginning joint work on long-standing problems through a new reform framework. Speaking ahead of the inaugural meeting of the Council for Tourism Reforms at the Council of Min»»»

Steadily but surely, almost imperceptibly, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in the past two years broken from his accommodation with Vladimir Putin. At least that’s the contention of a good many Turkey analysts as the country’s president prepares to host the July 7-8 Nato leaders’ summit that should at lon»»»

Steadily but surely, almost imperceptibly, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in the past two years broken from his accommodation with Vladimir Putin. At least that’s the contention of a good many Turkey analysts as the country’s president prepares to host the July 7-8 Nato leaders’ summit that should at lon»»»

Pariah no longer, since the war in Ukraine started, Russian and Chinese money has poured into Pyongyang, fuelling a rapid economic development and unexpected real estate boom in a country better known for repression and poverty. Decades of sanctions, international isolation and chronic shortages le»»»

Global shares were mixed on Wednesday as uncertainty persisted over conflict in the Middle East and access to the crucial Strait of Hormuz despite an initial deal to end the U.S.-Iran war. France's CAC 40 declined 0.3% in early trading to 8,379.92, while the German DAX added 0.3% to 25,069.53. Brit»»»

STOKHOLM: More than 100 organizations are planning a climate protest in Sweden weeks before a September general election, sharpening criticism of a government long accused of failing to act on pledges to reduce CO2 emissions.Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing government has cut petrol taxe»»»

RIYADH: Jordan’s real gross domestic product grew 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2026, up from 2.7 percent a year earlier, despite regional challenges stemming from the war, official data showed. According to quarterly estimates released by the Department of Statistics, agriculture recorded th»»»

The redevelopment of a public golf course, extensions to the White House and dreams of a triumphal arch: Donald Trump seems to have a growing spate of building projects on the boil in Washington. So what’s driving the president to remake the US capital in his image? For US President Donald Trump, g»»»

RIYADH: Middle East airlines showed signs of recovery in May as passenger demand decline eased to 28.4 percent from 46.6 percent a month earlier despite the ongoing conflict. The improvement helped limit the global decline in air passenger demand to 2.2 percent from 3.4 percent in April, as disrupt»»»

Since a 2021 coup ousted Myanmar's democratically elected government and triggered a civil war, 100,114 people have been killed across the country, according to a report by monitoring group Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) released Wednesday. More than 100,000 people have been »»»

Most Romanian consumers have not yet adopted a clear position on sustainable consumption, despite growing awareness around environmental and ethical choices, according to the study “The sustainable consumer in Romania in 2026” conducted by MKOR. The study analyses how sustainable consumption behavi»»»

Egypt’s parliamentary Economic Affairs Committee has called on the National Investment Bank (NIB) to submit a comprehensive development strategy—or a timetable for completing one—as lawmakers seek greater clarity over the institution’s future role in managing state-owned assets under the country’s »»»

DUBAI: Turkiye is preparing for next week’s NATO summit with heightened security measures across Ankara, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to use the gathering to reinforce the country’s role as a key player in the alliance. Tens of thousands of police officers have been deployed, air defense»»»

Atlanta: Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric will make history when two outfield players aged over 40 face off for the first time in a World Cup as Portugal take on Croatia in Friday's last-32 clash. But both men are facing questions over whether their status as national heroes is now more of a burde»»»

Seoul: Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung announced Wednesday that President Lee Jae Myung has approved the appointment of Han Seong-sook as prime minister. The appointment is scheduled to take effect on July 1st, making Han the second female prime minister in Lee Jae Myung's administration, su»»»

TEHRAN: Iranian state television on Tuesday cut short the broadcast of an interview with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s top negotiator in talks with the United States, drawing criticism from his team. “This discussion was delivered to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) more than 2 h»»»

DHAKA: Bangladesh could face ‌a sharp increase in dengue infections over the next two months, health experts warned, as wet weather and inadequate ​mosquito control spur a wider outbreak. The spread of the disease has accelerated in recent weeks, raising concerns following the nation's deadliest ev