Live updates: Saudi Arabia says 14 countries backing maritime alliance to protect shipping routes

Live updates: Saudi Arabia says 14 countries backing maritime alliance to protect shipping routes

Fourteen countries have backed a Saudi proposal to establish a multinational “Maritime Defense Alliance,” aimed at protecting international shipping routes and global trade, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement Thursday. The countries are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sudan, Djibouti and Somalia. The ministry said … Read more

Will Saudi Arabia be dragged further into the war in Iran? | US-Israel war on Iran

Will Saudi Arabia be dragged further into the war in Iran? | US-Israel war on Iran

Anger in Iraq after US-Saudi strikes on paramilitary group with ties to Tehran. The war in Iran has taken a significant turn even as the memorandum of understanding to stop the fighting is supposed to be in progress. Saudi Arabia, in coordination with the US, has carried out strikes inside Iraq against armed groups with … Read more

Man captures dramatic moment when shark attacked him

Man captures dramatic moment when shark attacked him

Caught on camera: Man captures dramatic moment when shark attacked him A diver’s dramatic encounter with a shark was captured on video as he was spearfishing in Fiji. In a video that Henry Gibbs posted on social media, a grey reef shark can be seen making semicircles below the surface before surging toward him and … Read more

UEFA members vote to boycott FIFA if Infantino’s World Cup plans pursued

UEFA members vote to boycott FIFA if Infantino’s World Cup plans pursued

European nations agree in virtual meeting to boycott FIFA competitions in protest at private equity plan for World Cup. Published On 30 Jul 202630 Jul 2026 European football’s governing body, UEFA, has voted to boycott FIFA events – including the World Cup – if the proposed sale of the event to private investors goes ahead. … Read more

Infantino insists FIFA’s World Cup plan is proposal and not ‘obligation’

Infantino insists FIFA’s World Cup plan is proposal and not ‘obligation’

Football governing bodies hit out at plans to sell World Cup stakes; FIFA insist proposal is not an ‘obligation’. Published On 30 Jul 202630 Jul 2026 FIFA President Gianni ⁠Infantino has called ⁠the plan to sell stakes in the World Cup a proposal but “not an obligation”, after the idea ⁠provoked a furious response from … Read more

How to Publish a Book on Amazon Using AI: A Beginner’s Guide to KDP Automation Tools

How to Publish a Book on Amazon Using AI: A Beginner’s Guide to KDP Automation Tools

Affiliate Disclosure This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase through a link on this page, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. We only share tools we believe are worth evaluating for our audience. Publishing a book on Amazon used to require weeks of research, writing, editing, design work, and … Read more

French student fined over Singapore straw licking prank

French student fined over Singapore straw licking prank

A French student has been fined 600 Singapore dollars (€400, $458) after licking a drinking straw and returning it to a dispenser in a prank filmed for social media. The 19-year-old, Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, pleaded guilty to a public nuisance charge. He avoided a possible prison sentence, but it remains unclear whether authorities will … Read more

Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega aims to bar ‘traitors’ from future elections

Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega aims to bar ‘traitors’ from future elections

Ortega has overseen sweeping crackdown on civil society in Nicaragua and concentrated power in his own hands. Published On 29 Jul 202629 Jul 2026 Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega aims to exclude “traitors” and “coup-plotting” opposition members from elections, while also seeking to extend the presidential term from six to seven “renewable” years, according to a … Read more

Fire crews in Spain and France battle blazes, Belgium sends backup

Fire crews in Spain and France battle blazes, Belgium sends backup

A wildfire now under control near Spain’s capital, Madrid, was one of the worst the area has ever seen, taking a hit to small businesses in villages and towns in the region. Evacuees have now been allowed to return to their homes and businesses — some of whom are taking in the destruction left by … Read more

Ex-FIFA chief Blatter blasts plan to sell stake in World Cup to investors

Ex-FIFA chief Blatter blasts plan to sell stake in World Cup to investors

Sepp Blatter, FIFA chief for 17 years until 2015, has blasted new proposal that moves ‘people’s game’ further from fans. Published On 29 Jul 202629 Jul 2026 Former FIFA ⁠President Sepp Blatter ⁠has slammed the football governing body’s plans to create a $20bn subsidiary to run the World ⁠Cup, saying the tournament was not a … Read more

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