WASHINGTON, United States: A secret operation that reportedly smuggled Donald Trump off Air Force One in a catering truck before the plane departed carrying journalists and top aides at apparent risk of an Iranian strike has raised questions over US security practices. The Washington Post reported »»»

LONDON: For almost a quarter of a century, Bashar Assad stood at the apex of a Syrian state in which the president appeared beyond the reach of its courts. On Tuesday, that relationship was dramatically reversed. Syria’s Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus sentenced the ousted president to death in a»»»

1 of 2 | The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seen Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciay Committee, has launched an investigation in the Department of Justice's prosecution of former Olympian David Hearn in the allegedly vandalization of»»»

At least 2,000 people have died in Congo’s Ebola outbreak – the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest data – as health authorities struggle to get help to remote localities due to rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppages over payment issues. An Ebola outbreak in the Democ»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), Qatar’s leading insurer and one of the largest insurance groups in the Middle East and North Africa, reported a resilient performance for the first half of 2026, with net profit of QR365 million, despite the impact of an exceptional regional »»»

Satyendra Pathak Doha Qatar’seconomy demonstrated strong resilience and continued diversification in 2025, despite a challenging global economic environment, according to the Qatar Central Bank’s (QCB) 2025 annual macroeconomic review. The country’s real GDP grew 2.9 percent, while non-hydrocarbon »»»

RIYADH: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that his country’s relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are a “strategic relationship,” revealing that the coming phase will witness steps that would “elevate relations between the two countries to much higher levels.” He stated that the»»»

RIYADH: Al-Ittihad ensured their return to the continental stage with a comfortable 4-1 victory over Al-Jazira in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday that secured their place in the 16-team West Region division of the AFC Champions League Elite. A first-half brace from Steven Bergwijn gave the Tigers a comfortabl»»»

Representatives of the Velichie party met with Iranian Ambassador to Bulgaria Alireza Irvash in Sofia on Tuesday, the party's press office reported. The party was represented by Academician Atanas Gelimachev and Kolyo Paramov, an advisor to Velichie. During the conversation, two important issues we»»»

RIYADH: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that his country's relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are a "strategic relationship," revealing that the coming phase will witness steps that would "elevate relations between the two countries to much higher levels." He stated that the»»»

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New vehicle registrations in Poland increased across all major segments in H1 2026, according to KPMG and the Polish Automotive Industry Association. Passenger-car registrations rose nearly 10% y/y to 312,033, while commercial vehicle registrations increased 20% and bus registrations jumped 78%. To»»»

Polish consumers increased their average monthly spending on major shopping platforms to PLN 825 in July, up 6% from the average of the previous three months, according to whenUbuy. Despite new EU customs charges, spending on Chinese platforms remained above PLN 300 per user. Shoppers instead bough»»»

DUBAI: Pakistan said on Tuesday the United States and Iran were close to “some sort” of deal, and fellow mediator Qatar said talks on managing the ​Strait of Hormuz were at an advanced stage, despite reports of new attacks on shipping in regional waters. The comments offered some hope that Iran and»»»

Beirut: Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday voted to abolish the death penalty, formally ending capital punishment after more than two decades in which executions had been suspended, making the country the first in the Middle East to officially repeal the punishment. Lawmakers approved the bill during »»»

Haskovo Regional Governor Todor Ivanov has convened an extraordinary online meeting of the Regional Epizootic Commission due to the second outbreak of sheep and goat pox in the village of Tyanevo, Southern Bulgaria, the Regional Administration reported on Tuesday. The new outbreak was identified in»»»

BIRMINGHAM: Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson safely negotiated the heats of the 800m in Birmingham on Tuesday as she seeks a third consecutive European title. Home favorite Hodgkinson, who previously won continental crowns in Munich in 2022 and Rome two years ago, timed 1min 57.28sec to win her he»»»

Ismailia, EGYPT: At least 18 people, many of them children aged 13 to 14, were killed on Tuesday in northern Egypt when two pick-up trucks carrying agricultural day laborers crashed, a local medical source told AFP. Egypt’s health ministry had earlier said there were 47 casualties including some 30»»»

Madrid: The scramble for protective glasses has reached fever pitch across Europe ahead of Wednesday's rare total solar eclipse, as pharmacies, opticians and other shops struggle to keep them in stock. In Spain, where parts of the country will be in the path of totality, finding certified protectiv»»»

JERUSALEM: A former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency on Tuesday said its spies had visited Iran’s Fordow nuclear site “many times” in the past in order to better understand the facility. In June last year, Israel launched a war against its arch-foe Iran with the stated goal of degrading »»»

MADRID: Spain’s World Cup confetti has barely been swept away, but LaLiga is looming large with Barcelona defending their domestic title and Real Madrid, bruised by two trophyless seasons, throwing money, muscle and Jose Mourinho at the problem. A little under a month after Spain beat Argentina to »»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar has intensified its diplomatic efforts to support de-escalation in the Gulf, announcing on Tuesday that negotiations between Oman and Iran over arrangements surrounding the Strait of Hormuz have reached an advanced and potentially decisive stage. The assessment was delivere»»»

DUBAI: Iraq’s government has confirmed that the US-led military coalition is preparing to withdraw its forces from the Kurdistan region and transfer bases to Iraqi forces before a deadline of Sept. 30. “The work is proceeding at an organised pace towards completing this file on September 30 and the»»»

ALKHOBAR: For Ruqayah Suliman, the medal that matters most came only after she learned how to lose. Saudi Arabia’s 26-year-old Brazilian jiu-jitsu athlete had already suffered several defeats when she began to understand that improving her technique alone would not be enough. Competition brought ot»»»

Wall Street is modestly lower in premarket trading and oil prices settled despite lingering uncertainty about when the Strait of Hormuz will reopen to the global flow of oil again. Futures for the S&P 500 ticked up 0.1% before the opening bell Tuesday, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Ave»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon has received no Israeli response to proposals submitted during the latest round of direct negotiations in Rome, a Lebanese official source said, as Israel expands military roads and defensive positions in areas of southern Lebanon under its control. The source, who is close to the L»»»

JEDDAH: Qatar’s economy grew 2.9 percent in 2025, with non-hydrocarbon activity driving expansion as inflation remained contained and the country maintained a strong external position and resilient financial markets, according to official data. Non-hydrocarbon GDP grew 4.8 percent over the year, ex»»»

Netflix has been quietly spoiling anime fans lately, and I am not complaining. Just when you think you know what kind of fantasy anime the platform will throw at you next, along comes “The Ribbon Hero” with a giant monster, a magical ribbon and a princess who is much more interested in saving peopl»»»

DUBAI: Lebanon’s basketball season has just concluded with a thrilling Game Seven between Sagesse and Al-Riyadi, providing a fitting finale to a fiercely competitive campaign and another reminder of the sport’s enduring popularity in the country. For Lebanese basketball great and former Sagesse cap»»»

HONG KONG — Oil prices extended hefty gains Tuesday as hopes for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz fade, fanning fresh inflation fears and ramping up bets on at least one US interest rate hike this year.Crude has surged around 10 percent over the past week, with the United States and Iran appeari»»»

Hackers did attack the Hungarian State Treasury’s IT system from Russian servers, according to Népszava, but the operation was not carried out by any Russian intelligence service. Instead, it is alleged to have been the work of an organisation believed to be linked to an Algerian man. The newspaper»»»

Dubai: UAE tax authorities seized 8.45 million non-compliant excise products, including tobacco, energy drinks and sweetened beverages, during the first half of 2026, following more than 103,000 inspections across local markets. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The Fede»»»

The World Health Organization says that sequencing shows the fast-moving Ebola outbreak in DR Congo started about three months before the emergency was officially declared in May. Also, it's crunch week for Zambia as voters gear up for presidential elections. Plus a Rwandan mine has become one»»»

Bulgaria still has not received information from Ukraine about the drone that was shot down near the village of Kardam, Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said during a visit to the Yambol region. Bulgarian authorities have also not established whether the drone was carrying explosives. Stoyanov sai»»»

The two girls charged in the brutal killing of 37-year-old Georgi Kuzev in Plovdiv have appealed their detention and are seeking to be released. The Plovdiv Court of Appeal is due to hear their appeals on Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. Kuzev, who was from Krichim, was found in a critical condition by passers-b»»»

President Joseph Aoun announced Tuesday that the negotiations with Israel are “making progress,” adding that “in any case” the talks “are better than the devastating results of war.” “The scale of Israeli attacks on our country has decreased since the signing of the framework agreement, which has p»»»

The survey shows that nearly one in five CEOs (19%) reported increases of more than 10% in energy costs as a result of global shocks. “In Romania, companies are concerned that energy prices may remain high for longer or fluctuate sharply, driving up production costs, particularly given that ours is»»»

Dubai: One is Washington’s closest regional ally, the other its principal adversary. Yet Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran are presenting Donald Trump with much the same problem: Neither appears willing to give him the Middle East exit he wants. Trump is signalling that he would like to lower the tempera»»»

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An American oil company backed by powerful associates of US President Donald Trump has shipped drilling equipment to Greenland without permission from the Danish territory’s government. Is Trump trying to annex Greenland one bite at a time? Less than two weeks ago, a Danish tugboat towed a cargo sh»»»

DUBAI: Satellite imagery obtained by Arab News has revealed the extent of damage to Lebanon’s Beaufort Ridge after the Israeli military said it used hundreds of tons of explosives to destroy an underground Hezbollah tunnel network in the area in late July. Images taken before and after the operatio»»»

Tankers flagged, owned or operated by G7-linked companies lifted 36.2% of Russia's crude exports in July, the highest share in a year and up from 34.4% in June, according to S&P Global Commodities at Sea and Maritime Intelligence Risk Suite data, S&P Global reported. Russia exported 4.3mn b»»»

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to just six vessels on August 10, against a 10-day average of around 11, Reuters reported on August 11, as hopes of a US-Iran peace deal continued to fade. The drop-off is the latest sign that the world's most important oil chokepoint - through whi»»»

Washington: President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held but discredited theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits. The order advocates separating the measles, mumps a»»»

Washington feels good about where talks between Lebanon and Israel are heading, a U.S. State Department official told Al Arabiya English. The official’s remarks come despite the fact that the latest session of talks between the two sides was cut short because of Lebanese frustration with continued »»»

On the basis of his professional record and tenure in high office, András Baka, who is due to be elected president today, may well take a hard line against Péter Magyar and his government, just as he did not hide his criticisms during the consolidation of Viktor Orbán’s power in 2010–11. That, inde»»»

Despite Monday’s meeting between Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister and Ukraine's Ambassador to Bulgaria, the inquiry sent to Ukraine through the security services has still received no response, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said here on Tuesday, commenting the drone that crashed on Saturday in the i»»»

Dubai: Jollibee Foods Corp., the Philippines’ largest fast-food group and one of the country’s most internationally recognised restaurant businesses, has cut its 2026 expansion and spending targets as it navigates a higher-cost environment amid the Middle East conflict. Get updated faster and for F»»»

Despite Monday’s meeting between Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister and Ukraine's Ambassador to Bulgaria, the inquiry sent to Ukraine through the security services has still received no response, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said here on Tuesday, commenting the drone that crashed on Saturday in the i»»»

DAKAR: Democratic Republic of Congo said on Tuesday that confirmed Ebola deaths had reached 2,011, the latest grim milestone in what health officials have described as the fastest-spreading outbreak on record. The latest data from Congo’s public health institute, seen by Reuters, also ‌reported 4,3»»»