National Guard members have deployed to Memphis as part of a Trump administration task force since September. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 6 (UPI) -- Tennessee authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man by two members of the National Guard, deployed »»»

Dubai: Global investors are keeping faith in the Gulf despite recent regional tensions, with new surveys, bank research and equity flow data pointing to confidence in the region’s economic outlook and trade recovery. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.A new investor poll »»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE is expected to see generally fair weather on Tuesday, with temperatures gradually decreasing, particularly in western areas, according to the National Centre of Meteorology. Conditions will become humid by night and into Wednesday morning over some coastal and internal areas, wit»»»

Damascus: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday (local time) reaffirmed France's support for the Syrian people and called for a sovereign, united and peaceful Syria as he arrived in Damascus on his first official visit to the country. The event marks the first official visit to Syria by a serv»»»

The Russian oil tanker Anatoli Kolodkin maneuvers in March in Matanzas Bay, Cuba. The vessel marked the island's only oil shipment this year. Cuba was again dealing with a nationwide blackout Monday amid continued issues with its aging electrical grid and a lack of fuel. Photo by stringer/EPA July »»»

Dubai: Dubai’s property market is entering the second half of 2026 with two clear signals for buyers and investors. Luxury homes and rentals are still setting records, while the wider residential market has eased from last year’s pace. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.T»»»

DAMASCUS: Syrian Civil Defense teams have responded to 10,791 fires across the country since the start of 2026, as authorities warned that rising temperatures and the harvest season continue to drive fire risks while emergency crews also handled hundreds of road accidents. Figures compiled from Syr»»»

PARIS: After months of uncertainty, French far-right leader Marine ​Le Pen will learn on Tuesday from a Paris appeal court whether an electoral ban for illicit party financing will prevent her running in next year’s presidential election. Le Pen’s presidential hopes have been in limbo since March 2»»»

A weeklong preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk is underway in Utah. Prosecutors are seeking to convince a state judge this week that they have enough evidence against 23-year-old Tyler Robinson to proceed to a trial. Robinson is charged with aggrava»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Foundation (QF) has opened applications for the third edition of Herfah at Al Khater House, a flagship programme in traditional crafts delivered in collaboration with The King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts, preserving Qatari and Islamic craft traditions thr»»»

Echo Investment plans to build a new office tower at 53/57 Grzybowska Street in Warsaw, replacing the former Pekao Tower. The developer, which owns the site, applied for a demolition permit on January 30, 2026, and submitted an application for a building permit for the new office project on June 30»»»

A growing share of European industry is under threat from China’s economic expansion, according to a report by Poland’s Centre for Eastern Studies and the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers. The report says China’s state-backed industrial policy creates unequal competition, costing the EU around »»»

The death toll from the back-to-back earthquakes that hit Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 3,535, official figures released on Monday showed. More than 17,000 people have been left homeless by the twin disasters. The death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes has risen to 3,535, with more than 1»»»

The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 500 people, the UN health agency's figures showed Monday. Healthcare workers in Ituri province, the heart of the outbreak, on Sunday issued a 24-hour notice threatening to strike if the government did not improve the»»»

Cezary Kaźmierczak, head of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, says Polish construction firms have limited chances of winning major contracts in the reconstruction of eastern Ukraine. In his view, rebuilding war-damaged areas will be a political process controlled by Kyiv, international inst»»»

As artificial intelligence and advanced AI models develop, the ways in which applications are protected are evolving just as quickly as the technologies they are designed to secure. According to Michael Montoya, Chief Technology Operations Officer at F5, chief information security officers are unde»»»

HAVANA, Cuba: An islandwide blackout hit Cuba on Monday as fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble. The blackout in the country of nearly 10 million people was reported by the state-run Electric Union, which said on X that the cause is under investigation. The Ministry of E»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar condemned the terrorist plots that sought to undermine public order and expose the safety of individuals and property to serious danger in the sisterly Kingdom of Morocco. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs renewed the State of Qatar's firm stance in rejecting violence and ter»»»

A lightning strike turned deadly as the Independence Day weekend got underway in Southwest Florida. Crews were dispatched to Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on Friday, July 3, after reports of a lightning strike in the area. "Upon arrival, crews found one individual unresponsive, and three others who ha»»»

HAVANA: An islandwide blackout hit Cuba on Monday as fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble. The blackout in the country of nearly 10 million people was reported by the state-run Electric Union, which said on X that the cause is under investigation. The Ministry of Energy »»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s building a granite helipad on the White House lawn, insisting that the landing area is needed to accommodate new, more powerful presidential choppers. Confirmation of the project came as construction crews had already begun working on the hel»»»

A man in Australia was reportedly pinned underwater by a muscly kangaroo “who tried to drown him" during an unusual roadside encounter in flood-hit New South Wales. The man, identified by Australian broadcaster ABC as Don James, was walking along a flooded roadside near Port Macquarie when the kang»»»

Super Typhoon Bavi is expected to impact Taiwan after hitting Rota and Guam. Photo courtesy of NOAA After devastating the Northern Mariana Island of Rota and causing damage in Guam, Super Typhoon Bavi is setting its sights on Taiwan. "The storm is equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane (130 mph) on t»»»

Turkiye's BOTAS and Bulgaria's Bulgargaz will expand cooperation and review their current gas contract, Turkiye's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Monday after meeting Minister of Energy Iva Petrova in Ankara. Turkiye's BOTAS and Bulgaria's Bulgargaz will expand coo»»»

Prince Harry arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in January for the first day of a trial against Associated Newspapers in London. A decision in the case is expected Tuesday. The prince and Buckingham Palace offered competing statements Monday on whether he would stay in the royal residence durin»»»

LONDON: Israel’s row with the UN intensified this month after the world body formally added it to a list of parties accused of conflict-related sexual violence, a move that drew a blistering rebuke from its ambassador and renewed criticism of the UN’s handling of the Gaza war. At a June 19 General »»»

LONDON: Iraqi authorities say they have seized more than $120 million in cash since the start of an anti-corruption campaign launched last month. The latest operation, on Monday, was linked to the detained former undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil Adnan Al-Jumaili and led to the seizure of $1 mi»»»

GENEVA: Switzerland has been looking into money laundering claims against Gabon’s former first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba since 2023, according to prosecutors and legal documents seen by AFP on Monday.The public prosecutor’s office in Geneva said that “an investigation for money laundering is curren»»»

DOHA: Neymar’s remarkable journey with Brazil came full circle yesterday as the Selecao’s all-time leading goalscorer announced his retirement from international football following a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat to Norway in the FIFA World Cup Round of 16. The emotional farewell unfolded at MetLife Sta»»»

Firefighters battle a wildfire in Oreokastro, near Thessaloniki, Greece, on Sunday. The wildfire set several businesses on fire and prompted evacuations in nearby settlements. Photo by Achilleas Chiras/EPA July 6 (UPI) -- Thousands of people are being evacuated Monday in southern France as a wildfi»»»

BUNIA: At least 500 people have died out of over 1,500 confirmed cases in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, authorities said, as frontline workers threatened to go on strike over unpaid benefits and poor working conditions. The outbreak has recorded 1,561 cases, including 506 deaths, since it was declared on»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev arrived in Ankara on Monday for the NATO Summit, which will take place in the Turkish capital on July 7 and 8. During his first day in Ankara, Radev met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Following the talks, Bulgaria's State-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz and Tur»»»

Mali's military junta is facing one of its most serious security challenges in months. A wave of coordinated attacks by the jihadist group JNIM and its Tuareg ally, the FLA, has targeted army positions across the north of the country, raising fresh questions about the government's ability to contai»»»

Following talks between Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz and Turkiye's BOTAS signed a protocol suspending their gas supply agreement for 15 months. During this period, Bulgaria will pay only for »»»

LONDON: A British charity is funding a Jewish religious school in an illegal settlement in Hebron, according to the UK government’s Charity Commission. Friends of Yeshivat Shavei Hevron sent almost £200,000 ($267,000) to Hebron Yeshiva between 2019 and 2024, according to figures on the regulator’s »»»

Budapest’s third and fourth districts, along with the counties of Bács-Kiskun, Baranya, Békés, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Csongrád-Csanád, Hajdú-Bihar, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komárom-Esztergom, Pest and Tolna, are set to undergo ground-based chemical mosquito control this week, Hungary’s disaster »»»

DAMASCUS: French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Monday in Syria, making him the first major western leader to visit the war-torn country since the ouster of Bashar Assad in 2024. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited April but Macron is the first leader from western Europe or North Amer»»»

Dubai: Flights between the UAE and Mumbai are facing delays on Monday after torrential monsoon rains disrupted operations at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, prompting airlines to advise passengers to check their flight status before heading to the airport. Sign up for ou»»»

Israel has no intention of leaving Lebanon. At least, it won’t do so now and on terms that would suit Beirut (not to mention Hezbollah and Tehran). Moreover, in parallel with the Lebanese campaign, West Jerusalem is reactivating operations in Syria: Israeli forces launched an artillery strike on th»»»

Gabrovo Mayor Tanya Hristova has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Rumen Radev, calling for urgent measures to ensure public order and security in the city, according to the mayor's official website. In the letter, Hristova says that Gabrovo Municipality is facing a serious challenge to the saf»»»

VIENNA: A Syrian ex-general and a former police officer were handed eight-year jail sentences by a Viennese court on Monday for torturing opponents of ousted leader Bashar Assad.The trial is the latest to see suspects from the Syrian civil war tried in European courts under the legal tool of univer»»»

Presenting good examples in foster care is a way to encourage more people to become foster parents, said BTA Director General Kiril Valchev at the opening of a discussion on the "Foster Me" project. The event was organized by BTA and the Social Assistance Agency at the BTA National Press Club in Pe»»»

A former Socialist (MSZP) deputy mayor of Budapest’s Óbuda district has delivered explosive testimony alleging that politicians from both Fidesz and the Socialist Party operated a long-running cross-party corruption network, sharing kickbacks from public procurement contracts for nearly two decades»»»

1 of 3 | Philippine Congresswoman Gerville Luistro (L), a member of the prosecution panel, delivers an opening statement during proceedings for the impeachment trial of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte at the Philippine Senate in Pasay City, Metro Manila on Monday. Photo by Rolex Dela Pena/EP»»»

Several Ukrainian Patriot missiles reportedly switched into self-destruct mode and plunged into Kiev during efforts to repel Russia's retaliatory strikes, which suggests that Ukraine's allies were supplying it with substandard weaponry, military analyst Alexey Leonkov tells Sputnik. "Zelensky might»»»

The General Assembly of the judges of the Supreme Administrative Court elected Judge Mariana Shoteva as a member of the Commission for Counteracting Corruption, the court's press office announced on Monday. The selection committee heard Mariana Shoteva, a judge at the Plovdiv Administrative Court, »»»

Geneva: More than 500 people have now died in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, World Health Organization figures showed Monday. Newly updated figures from the UN health agency showed that in the DR Congo, there have been 1,561 confirmed cases in the outbreak declared in mid-M»»»

US President Donald Trump has suggested that he may need a restraining order against Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, reviving a public feud between the two leaders. The Italian prime minister last month dismissed Trump’s claim that she had desperately been seeking a photo opportunity with hi»»»

Doha: Qatar's Shura Council has approved a draft law on state property in its amended form and a new traffic bill before concluding the first ordinary session of its second legislative term, corresponding to the council's 54th annual session. Meeting at the Tamim bin Hamad Hall under the chairmansh»»»

Opinion piece by Adelina Bobe, Senior Manager, Transfer Pricing, Deloitte Romania Transfer pricing is based on the principle that the compensation of each entity within a multinational group should reflect the functions it performs, the assets it uses, and the risks it assumes. But in a sector unde»»»