RIYADH: Brazilian photographer Humberto Martins da Silveira, who died recently, spent more than four decades traveling across Saudi Arabia with his camera. He documented its people, landscapes, architecture, heritage and transformation and, over time, the Kingdom became more than the subject of his»»»

Opponents of the Trump administration rally at City Hall in Los Angeles in April 2025. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice filed an appeal of a judge's ruling that it can't prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The»»»

Rescuers search through the rubble of the Torres del Limonar building in Cali, Colombia, on Aug. 16. Dozens of rescuers from various countries worked to recover bodies from under the debris a week after an earthquake devastated the area. Photo by Mario Baos/EPA Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Colombian President »»»

SYDNEY — Australian mining titan BHP reported Tuesday a solid rise in annual profit boosted by surging prices for copper — a key metal for the global energy transition and AI data centres.Net profit climbed 9 per cent from a year earlier to US$9.8 billion in the financial year to June 30, said the »»»

Four Hungarian universities have secured places among the top 1,000 universities globally, according to fresh results from one of the most influential international rankings of world-class universities. In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and t»»»

CEUTA, Spain – Weeks after some 70,000 migrants tried to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, the ones who chose to stay have settled on El Trampolin beach. They hail from various countries, speak different languages and crossed many borders to get to this strip»»»

President ​Volodymyr Zelensky nominated ​Yevheny Khmara for parliamentary approval ​to become Defence minister. Khmara served ​as acting ‌minister following the abrupt dismissal of ‌his predecessor, Mykhailo Fedorov, in June, which ​sparked public outrage and a week-long ​political crisis ​for Zele»»»

Kigali: The UAE and Senegal will bring together governments, development finance institutions, investors, businesses and innovators at the 2026 UN Water Conference in Abu Dhabi to help turn Africa's water commitments into investable projects, a senior UAE official has said. Speaking at the Africa W»»»

DAMASCUS, Syria: Inspectors with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog have begun excavating at a site believed to be linked to a clandestine nuclear program run by Syria’s former government, the agency’s chief said on Thursday. The announcement came as Syria’s new government has pledged to cooperat»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will head to Rome this week for talks focusing on future of the United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, whose mandate ends this year, a Lebanese official told AFP.The visit scheduled for Thursday comes after Italy and France said in June that they »»»

Doha, Qatar: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari confirmed Tuesday that the invitation remains open to Iran to send a technical team to review all the details of the search and rescue operations related to its »»»

A bulldozer accompanied by Lebanese army soldiers works to clear roads at the entrance of the southern village of Zawtar al‑Gharbiya, Lebanon, following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area. Zawtar al-Gharbiya, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Photo by Lebanese Army Press Service/UPI | »»»

PoliticsAfghanistanAfghanistan: Only 5% of labor market are women under TalibanMark Hallam with Reuters, open source materialThe International Labour Organization estimates that only 5.1% of workers in Afghanistan are women, five years after the Taliban's return to power. That's less than a third o»»»

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates issued a brief phone alert for “potential missile threats” on Tuesday with the ministry of defense confirming it had detected missiles “directed toward the country” for the first time in months. “Due to the current situation, potential missile threats, immediately se»»»

WASHINGTON: OpenAI on Tuesday launched a version of ChatGPT tailored for minors, with parental controls and enhanced security features, as online platforms face scrutiny over the risks of AI chatbots. The new “ChatGPT for Teens” mode will limit conversations about high-risk topics such as self-harm»»»

DUBAI: The organizing committee for the 27th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup in Jeddah has announced that tickets for the tournament, which kicks off on Sept. 23 and runs until Oct. 6, are now on sale. Seating prices range from SR22 ($5.8) to SR355 for the Gold Category. The tournament will feature»»»

Geneva: The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is moving faster than any previous epidemic of the disease and risks spreading to more countries, the head of the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. "We must be frank: the epidemic is far from being under control," WHO Director-G»»»

An entirely new main water supply pipeline that will serve both Lovech and Pleven will be commissioned as the old one was placed 50 years ago and is in terrible condition, Regional Development and Public Works Minister Ivan Shishkov told journalists in Pleven on Tuesday. “The old route cannot be us»»»

Labor and Social Policy Minister Nataliya Efremova Tuesday met with the leadership of the Regional Directorate for Social Assistance in Plovdiv and the Plovdiv Social Assistance Directorate concerning the case of Georgi Kuzev, who was brutally murdered by a group of teenagers earlier this month. Sp»»»

U.N. nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi said Tuesday that his agency had found several tons of nuclear materials at a previously undeclared site dating from the rule of Syria's previous authorities. "After your courageous decision to inform us that there was another place, another site where nucle»»»

Transport Minister Dávid Vitézy was unequivocal at a press conference yesterday: the Tisza government wants to tackle not only the shortage of student accommodation, but also the housing crisis. While a number of measures have already been outlined in the latter area, there has been a significant s»»»

President Joseph Aoun will travel to Rome on Thursday on an official visit, the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported. The negotiations with Israel and the security situation will be tackled in Aoun’s meeting with Pope Leo in the Vatican, the daily said. The president will also discuss with Italy’s pre»»»

Oslo: Denmark has sent conscript soldiers to Greenland for military exercises and operational duties for the first time in recent history, the Danish Armed Forces said Tuesday. The first group of conscripts serving under Denmark's new 11-month military service scheme arrived in Nuuk in early August»»»

A bulk carrier was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to a late report received by the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). The incident was reported to UKMTO by a third party and occurred on August 15 at around 2200 UTC. The impact damaged the vessel’»»»

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JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index held steady on Tuesday, gaining just 3.52 points, or 0.03 percent, to close at 10,911.58. Total trading turnover on the benchmark index reached over SR4.9 billion ($1.31 billion), with 96 stocks advancing and 160 declining, as more than 275 million sha»»»

Dubai: Japanese authorities arrested a 23-year-old Mexican man at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after finding about 200 lizards concealed in 22 pairs of socks and clothing inside his luggage, police said. Daniel Isaac Velasco Baltazar had arrived in Japan from South Korea when customs officers searched hi»»»

Dubai: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke launched the 'School Thik Karo' ( ‘Fix the School’) campaign to improve the condition of government schools, and kicked it off from his own native village in Maharashtra's Hingoli. First repair works began at the institution, and now, Dipke »»»

MANILA: A deadly shooting at a private college on Tuesday sent shockwaves across the Philippines, marking the seventh violent school attack since June. A student at the high school unit of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines opened fire in a classroom fi»»»

RIYADH: When Robin Kelder was born in Dhahran on March 25, 2005, the Saudi Pro League was still a growing entity that had not yet professionalized. He would not stay long enough to see it evolve. Moving to the Netherlands as a young child, he grew up far from the country of his birth, coming throug»»»

The Trump administration on Monday paused construction of a contentious border project in Texas' Big Bend National Park, as the head of Customs and Border Protection travelled to the area to assess the plans amid fierce bipartisan opposition over their potential impact on the remote landscape. The »»»

An unsolved tragedy that shook the music industry forever, enters a Nevada courtroom. The murder trial of former gang leader Duane Davis is now underway in Las Vegas, where prosecutors are laying out what they describe as a deadly act of revenge against rapper Tupac Shakur. Story by Caitlin Brown.»»»

Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of overthrown long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, was convicted of multiple murders and murder accompanied by torture and brutality. A Damascus court issued a death sentence on Tuesday.  A Syrian court on Tuesday issued a death sentence to detainee Wassim al-»»»

Mideast negotiator and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner was meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, days after the premier rejected the US-backed road map to move the ceasefire deal forward in Gaza. The meeting follows Kushner's meeting with Hamas’ leader in Egypt, as the US pr»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein discussed regional issues and ways to strengthen coordination between their countries during a phone call on Tuesday, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The ministers reviewed ways to further develop Saudi-»»»

A ship came under attack in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday amid claims by Tehran's top negotiator that the critically important sea route would remain closed. The unnamed vessel was sailing eastbound out from Persian Gulf when it was hit. File photo by Olivier Hoslet/EPA Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A ship tr»»»

A total of 321 bird species have been recorded in the Poda protected area near Burgas(on the Black sea). One of them could be chosen as the mascot for the Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Burgas in 2027, the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) said in a post on its of»»»

Luigi Mangione attends a pre-trial appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York City, on Aug. 11, 2026. Mangione's state trial has been postponed. Pool Photo by David Dee Delgado/UPI | License Photo Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The judge in the state case against Luigi Mangione postponed his trial to de»»»

ALKHOBAR: Two-factor authentication and hardware-level encryption are built to withstand state-sponsored hackers. They are not built for grieving daughters. And following the death of her father, Nora Al-Salem discovered that the very security features protecting his phone had turned his legacy int»»»

Dubai: Two Egyptian sailors detained aboard the vessel "Reem Al Bihar" at Iran’s Bandar Abbas port since January have been released and cleared to return home, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said. The ministry said on Tuesday that diplomatic efforts conducted over several months had secured the sailors’ »»»

Hungarian foster parents who cared for a seriously ill six-year-old boy say they cannot understand why the country’s child protection authorities placed him for adoption in the United States – and they continue to fight for his return. Tibike, who does not speak English, was handed over to American»»»

Hecklingen, Germany: Germany on Tuesday opened a new drone defence research centre, less than two weeks after an explosives-laden unmanned aerial vehicle was found at Leipzig airport, a key logistics hub for weapons sent to Ukraine. "We are significantly strengthening our ability to respond to host»»»

Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A serial Guinness World Record-breaker recruited 10 co-workers and a Las Vegas mentalist performer to help earn a title for folding T-shirts as a team. David Rush, who holds more than 200 concurrent Guinness World Records titles, attempted the record for the fastest time to fold 12»»»

Baba Habbas, the popular eatery that closed during the pandemic, is back with a new name and a new location. Just a short drive from its original home on Alkhobar corniche, where it stood for 45 years, Baba Boss opened in May, offering a rustic alternative to the cutesy cafes in Qurtuba Square. Ret»»»

The United States and Canada have wrangled for decades over trade, poking each other interminably over sore spots like Canadian softwood lumber imports and U.S. access to Canada's protected dairy market. Somehow the two neighbors still managed to remain friends, allies — and trading partners. Canad»»»

Dubai: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to be taken to a private hospital for comprehensive medical checks after his lawyers raised concerns about his health. Khan’s sister, Noreen Niazi, was allowed entry into Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail on Tuesday a»»»

MADRID: A magnitude-4.8 earthquake caused cracks in walls and sent debris falling in Granada on Tuesday, lightly injuring three people, officials said, days after a slightly stronger quake hit the southern Spanish city. The earthquake took place at around 10:38 am (0838 GMT), with its epicenter in »»»

RIYADH: The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority brought together experts, specialists and creative-content professionals for an open meeting titled “Creative Content Through AI Technologies” to discuss the future of creative content and production. The meeting examined how AI tools are»»»

The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged for more than a week confronted Israeli settlers on his property Tuesday and demanded Israeli forces remove them from the area. But on his first day back at his home in the village of Qusra, Loui Ridi was ultimately tol»»»

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