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Cape Canaveral, Fla.: The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year.NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced the news more than a month after the startup's Link spacecraft rocketed away to the telescope's rescue.Katalyst said Link will not attempt to capture Swift…

ISTANBUL, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and several other countries on Thursday strongly condemned what they described as ongoing Israeli violations in the Gaza Strip, including attacks on healthcare facilities, medical infrastructure and civilian infrastructure. In a joint statement also signed by the foreign…

Jerusalem: US Middle East negotiator Jared Kushner met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after holding lengthy talks with Hamas leaders in Egypt, as Washington stepped up efforts to secure support for a US-backed roadmap aimed at advancing a ceasefire in Gaza.Kushner's meeting with Netanyahu came after the Israeli leader rejected the 15-point proposal,…

With a global market valued at more than $300 billion in 2026, tea is said to be the second most consumed hot beverage in the world. As the United Nations notes, the tea industry provides “a major source of income and export earnings for some of the poorest countries and, thanks to its high labor…

Washington/Seoul: US President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to "substantially reduce" joint military exercises with South Korea, citing the cost of the drills, tensions with North Korea and Seoul's refusal to participate in US military action against Iran.The announcement came just hours before the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises were due to begin.In a…

Representing the UAE President, H.E Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi attends the official opening ceremony of Games of the Future 2026 in Astana United Arabe Emirates, 5th August:Representing His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, may God protect him, H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of Sports,…

Washington: El Niño is expected to strengthen further during the Northern Hemisphere autumn and winter, with a greater than 90% probability of a very strong event developing during the 2026-27 season, according to the U.S. Climate Prediction Center (CPC).The CPC said on Thursday that forecasts indicate increasing confidence that the climate pattern will intensify over…

Rubio, Miliband vow to keep Strait of Hormuz open as US-Iran deal hopes rise US President Donald Trump has praised US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, saying he is "extremely happy" with his performance and describing recent US military operations as successful. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the US attack on Venezuela had…

BOGOTA: Rescue efforts across western Colombia carried into a second day on Tuesday as emergency workers dug through collapsed buildings and flattened homes, amid expectations that the death toll from the country's most powerful earthquake in decades could rise. The 7.4-magnitude earthquake tore through Colombia's coffee-growing heartland early on Monday, killing at least 164 people.The…

The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, wider tensions in the Red Sea and the oil price spikes these circumstances occassion have made one thing abundantly clear: Gulf countries and global markets are dependent on vulnerable maritime routes. But while national leaders and diplomats work to free up crucial waterways through which much of the…

New York: The United Nations warned on Monday that children and young people face increasing risks in the digital environment, including disinformation, harassment, algorithmic bias, and the malicious use of artificial intelligence, at a time when more than 80% of youth aged 15 to 24 worldwide use the internet.In a new briefing note published ahead…

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai The Central Bureau of Investigation has secured the deportation of Vishakha Avinash Rathod from the United Arab Emirates over an alleged ₹88-crore investment fraud investigated by Pune Police. Rathod arrived in India on August 3 after UAE authorities acted on an Interpol Red Notice issued at the request of law-enforcement agencies.…

Woburn, Mass.: At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won't leave persistent microplastics in the environment.These are bioplastic pellets. CJ Biomaterials ferments sugar to make plant-based polymers that microbes will consume. These alternatives to traditional plastics made of fossil fuels are seen by some as one of many solutions…

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has rejected a report that the military has exhausted nearly 80 per cent of its principal high-altitude missile interceptors during the war with Iran, insisting that American forces retain the weapons required to sustain operations. Hegseth described the account as untrue after CNN reported that the Pentagon had used almost…

Washington: OpenAI has announced a series of new updates to its ChatGPT chatbot, including changes to usage limits and new tools aimed at improving response quality and providing a more flexible user experience.The company said users would gain expanded access to text conversations, while messages involving file uploads or image generation would remain subject to…

Shipping traffic at the key Middle Eastern maritime chokepoints of the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb was little changed on Tuesday from the previous day, ship-tracking data showed.Eight vesse...

MADRID: Spain's leftist government expects to transfer some migrant minors from overcrowded reception centres in the North African enclave of Ceuta to the mainland within weeks, alleviating the migration crisis in the tiny territory after last week's deadly border rush, Youth Minister Sira Rego said on Friday.On July 30, as ⁠many as 72,000 migrants illegally…

Arabian Post Staff -Dubai A series of explosions and a fire near Dubai’s Jebel Ali industrial and port area early on Wednesday triggered claims that a missile had been launched towards the United Arab Emirates from Yemen, but no authoritative evidence had emerged to confirm an attack. Accounts circulated by Iraqi and Iranian outlets said…

Cape Canaveral: A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers more than a year ago.The rocket's upper stage will unintentionally slam into the moon on Wednesday, carving out a crater and sending up a plume of dust and rubble that scientists - and skygazers…

Dubai: An unknown projectile hit a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a key point of tension in the US-Iran conflict, on Tuesday as President Donald Trump insisted the waterway could reopen within hours. Speaking from the White House on Monday, the US leader continued his now familiar combination of bullish optimism about diplomacy…

QUETTA: ​An explosion buried parts of a mining complex and killed at least 34 miners in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Thursday, a Pakistani ⁠official said.A rescue operation is still underway to find and recover the remaining two trapped ‌miners, said Muhammad Fahad, director of operations for the Provincial Disaster ‌Management Authority.Shoaib Nosherwani, Balochistan's minister for…

Early Tuesday, Britain's maritime security agency UKMTO said that a cargo vessel was struck by an "unknown projectile" in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman. US President Donald Trump said Monday that negotiations with Iran were ongoing despite Tehran's denials and the Islamic Republic was facing a 'last chance before decapitation.' Follow…

Busan: The World Heritage Committee wrapped up its 48th session in Busan, Republic of Korea, with the addition of 25 new sites to UNESCO's World Heritage List.All inscriptions during the session were adopted by consensus, reflecting the cooperative spirit that underpins the 1972 World Heritage Convention.This session also marks the first-ever inscriptions on the UNESCO…

By Tala Ramadan, Parisa Hafezi and Nandita Bose DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Qatar said mediators were making progress in efforts to end the U.S.-Iran war on Tuesday, although Tehran has denied President Donald Trump's assertion that talks are already under way.

Islamabad: Flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains has inundated villages in eastern Pakistan, forcing residents to flee their homes by boat across fields that were transformed into vast expanses of water on Monday.Volunteers used small motorboats to evacuate residents to safety, but many more remained stranded in Muridke district in Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province.Flood-related…

For 115 days, captain Mohammad Shafiqul Islam was stranded on the high seas of the Gulf, watching missiles light up the night sky and rationing food and water for his crew. "I tried to stay calm because I was responsible for 31 lives, a ship worth $40 million, and cargo valued at $8.2 million," the…

Paris: Wildfires sweeping across France and Spain have forced the evacuation of around 260,000 people, with authorities ordering residents and holidaymakers to leave affected areas around Bordeaux and Madrid.Spanish authorities reported one fatality in a wildfire near Valencia in eastern Spain.In France, approximately 200,000 people were evacuated from their homes and holiday accommodation. French Interior…

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said Iran faced "decapitation" if it did not agree a pact to end the conflict between the two nations, saying Tehran had one last chance to strike a deal. "I think we're going to maybe get something, but I want to give them every…

Amman: Jordan's air defence systems intercepted and shot down three of four Iranian missiles targeting the kingdom on Sunday, a senior military official from the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) announced.According to the Jordan News Agency (Petra), the fourth missile landed in a remote and uninhabited area in southern Jordan.The military official confirmed that the…

By Nantoo Banerjee The U.S. President Donald Trump seems to be desperately looking for a graceful exit fast at least to save the U.S. partnership with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and also the massive financial cost of war. The financial cost of the Iran war already reached approximately $37.5 billion in direct Pentagon…

Brussels: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union (EU) have condemned attacks targeting countries in the region and commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, stressing the importance of safeguarding freedom of navigation through the strategic waterway.In a joint statement issued during the High-Level Forum on Regional Security and Cooperation in Brussels, the…

The Trade and Investment Promotion Agency of Costa Rica (PROCOMER) reported that the country ranks first in Latin America and the Caribbean in fDi Intelligence's 2026 Greenfield FDI Performance Index. SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica , Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Costa Rica ranks among the world's top 10 countries for foreign direct investment (FDI) projects…

PARIS: Firefighters battled through the night to tackle a ​blaze that tore through a historic forest near Paris ‌on ​Tuesday, with at least two people arrested on suspicion of having started the fire near one of France's best-known royal palaces."It is not under control," Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said late on Monday, adding that the…

Washington, DC: US President Donald Trump stated that negotiations with Iran, expected to take place through intermediaries, are scheduled to commence on Monday. Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One, Trump confirmed that discussion channels were active. “We are talking to them [the Iranians] in the form of a negotiation; it begins tomorrow afternoon,…

Doha: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned the attack targeting two UAE oil tankers as they transited the Strait of Hormuz, describing it as a serious violation of the safety of international navigation, a direct threat to global energy supplies, and a clear breach of international law.In a statement carried by the Qatar News…

U. S. President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran would take place on Monday but declined to impose a deadline for an agreement aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and addressing Tehran’s nuclear capabilities. Trump said the United States had been prepared to launch another major attack against Iran before suspending the operation to…

Warren Buffett confirmed he ​has stopped donating money to the ‌Gates ​Foundation, following revelations about interactions between the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Buffett said on Tuesday he is ⁠donating about $6 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock, comprising 12 million Class B shares, to four family foundations overseen…

An explosion was reported near a tanker off Oman, with all crew members safe. The incident occurs as Tehran and Muscat near an agreement on Strait of Hormuz shipping routes, while US President Donald Trump announced a pause on planned military strikes to pursue diplomatic negotiations starting Monday.

The head of ‌U.S. ​Central Command said on Tuesday that Iran had ⁠intentionally attacked seven commercial ships over ‌the past seven days ‌resulting in "nearly a ‌dozen" civilian crew ‌members ‌being killed, injured ​or going ‌missing."Iranian ​forces ⁠have also launched ​dozens ⁠of missiles ⁠and drones toward neighboring ⁠Gulf countries," Admiral Brad Cooper said in a…

TEHRAN — US President Donald Trump has cancelled declared military strikes on Iranian energy assets, retreating from earlier threats after Tehran promised a devastating response and key regional powers urged an immediate pause.

India's air accident investigating body has prepared a cockpit voice recorder transcript and conducted a psychological autopsy and moved ‌into the final stages of its probe into last year’s deadly Air India crash, a court filing showed. Here is the sequence of events from June 12, 2025 - by the second - as detailed by…

Get ready for some fantastic news, folks! The United Arab Emirates has officially resumed issuing visit visas for Pakistani citizens, marking a truly welcome change for travelers. This exciting development comes after what felt like endless months of uncertainty, finally bringing smiles back to many faces. It’s time to dust off those travel plans because…

London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to face lawmakers in the House of Commons on Wednesday for the final time before stepping down from office next week.Starmer will make his last appearance at the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session, where he has regularly defended his government's record and faced scrutiny from opposition parties.The…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Steven Scheer CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, killing at least 18 Palestinians, medics said, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last year's ceasefire agreement. From dawn, Israeli warplanes hit Gaza City in the…

India has announced vessel-by-vessel monitoring of Indian sailors as more Indian casualties are reported in the marine sector following the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz.In the latest incident reported from the region, an Indian engineer Heramb Karmarkar was killed after the Cyprus-flagged container ship he was on was attacked in the strait.Karmarkar ⁠is the…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Steven Scheer CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, killing at least 13 Palestinians, medics said, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last year's Gaza ceasefire agreement. From dawn, Israeli warplanes hit Gaza City in…

NEW YORK: Former President Joe Biden will publish a memoir this fall, publisher Little, Brown and Company told The Associated Press."Promise Me, America,” which Biden says will touch upon everything from the economy to his decision to drop his bid for re-election, is scheduled to come out Nov. 17.The timing of the book - two…

CAIRO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Israeli airstrikes continued in Gaza for a second straight day on Sunday, killing at least four Palestinians, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of a breakthrough in efforts to implement last year's Gaza ceasefire agreement. Palestinian health officials said Israeli warplanes carried out separate strikes in Gaza City and Deir…