Doha: The Foreign Ministers of the State of Qatar, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Türkiye, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, unequivocally condemn Israel’s continued i»»»

Bratislava: Secretary-General of the Qatar Air Sports Committee (QASC) Captain Hazza Hamad Al Attiya said the participation of Qatar's national skydiving team in the Military World Skydiving Championship in Slovakia represents an important opportunity to enhance the team's level through competition»»»

A cow stands during the first day of the "Great American State Fair" on the National Mall on June 25 in Washington, D.C. On Friday, President Donald Trump announced he would waive some tariffs on imported beef. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 21 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump an»»»

Abu Dhabi Police have urged pedestrians to use designated crossings, bridges and tunnels, warning that crossing roads at undesignated locations can put both pedestrians and motorists at risk. The Traffic and Security Patrols Directorate called on people to follow pedestrian traffic signals and use »»»

Tunis, August 21, 2026 (TAP) – A joint order establishing a national program to equip public indoor swimming pools with collective solar water-heating systems was published Friday in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia.With an estimated...»»»

Milena Gamozova, a prosecutor at the Varna Appellate Prosecutor’s Office, has been nominated as a candidate for an elected seat on the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) representing the prosecutors’ quota, the SJC press centre said Friday. Gamozova was nominated by magistrates from the Varna Appellate»»»

Tunis, August 21 (TAP) – Thunderstorms accompanied by rainfall are expected this Friday afternoon in western regions, according to a monitoring bulletin issued by the National Institute of Meteorology (INM).The rainfall will gradually spread to...»»»

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Tunis, August 21, 2026 (TAP) – The Monitoring Unit of the Professional Safety Centre, affiliated with the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT), recorded a rise in attacks against journalists in July 2026, with 22 incidents compared with 16...»»»

People walk outside Jesus College, where the resigned Professor Jason Arday worked, at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, Britain, on Aug. 7. Photo by Tolga Akmen/EPA Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Ghent University in Belgium suspended Nathan Cofnas, the postdoctoral scholar who accused the late Dr. Jason»»»

Paris, France: Midfielder Leandro Paredes and several Argentina players have received bans and fines for their part in clashes with Spain players at the World Cup final, FIFA said on Friday. Argentina have also been ordered to play their next two home matches behind closed doors, though one match o»»»

Russia offers extensive nuclear partnership opportunities across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, presenting a model that stands in marked contrast to Western nuclear projects, energy expert and former deputy chairman of the Egyptian Nuclear Power Plants Authority, Ali Abdel Nabi, told Sputnik. “»»»

London: A UK court ordered Prince Harry and six others Friday to pay an initial £9.5 million ($13 million) after they lost their privacy case against the publisher of British tabloid the Daily Mail. The court said the prince and six other high-profile figures, who lost their unlawful information ga»»»

Prosecutor Krasimira Filipova of the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office has been nominated for an elected member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors’ quota, the SJC said. She was nominated by magistrates from the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office, the Sofia Appellate a»»»

Yovita Grigorova, Deputy Appellate Prosecutor at the Burgas Appellate Prosecution Office, has been nominated for election to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors' quota, the Council's press centre said on Friday. She was nominated by magistrates from the appellate, district and r»»»

Tokyo: At least 16 people were injured in an accident involving a minibus and several other vehicles in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Friday afternoon, local media reported. According to public broadcaster NHK, the accident happened at around 430 p.m. local time on an expressway in the pr»»»

Sen. Darline Nordone Graham, R-S.C., is running for Senate in South Carolina. President Donald Trump will visit the state and speak at a rally in Myrtle Beach Friday. Graham faces a primary runoff on Tuesday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 21 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump will visi»»»

There is a particular kind of generosity in the UAE that rarely makes a fuss. It can look like a neighbour sending over a plate of machboos because there was “extra” food, even though there somehow seems to be enough for an entire majlis. It can be a driver refusing to let you pay for karak because»»»

Major Hristo Anchev, administrative head of the Military District Prosecutor’s Office in Plovdiv, has been nominated for an elected member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors’ quota, the SJC press office said here Friday. He was nominated by magistrates from the Military Appe»»»

Desislava Petrova, Deputy Sofia City Prosecutor at the Sofia City Prosecution Office, has been nominated for election to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors' quota, the SJC said in a press release on Friday. She was nominated by magistrates from the Supreme Cassation Prosecution»»»

LONDON: Five members of the banned group Palestine Action will not be sentenced as terrorists for their part in a vandalism incident on a high street bank in the UK. Brendon O’Hagan, Amanda Kelly, Hmeera Atiqnisar, Mohammed Malik and Alma Yaniv were convicted in June of causing damage to a branch o»»»

Russia–Central Asia–Indian Ocean rail corridor through Afghanistan and Pakistan could slash delivery times from 35 days to just five. A proposed railway network linking Russia with Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan could unlock trade potential exceeding that of the Suez Canal, according to Pa»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Foreign Ministers of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, and Egypt unequivocally condemn Israel’s continued illegal settlement policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and categorically reject the “E1” settlement plan and related settlement activ»»»

Prosecutor Darin Hristov of the Burgas District Prosecutor’s Office has been nominated for an elected member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors’ quota, the SJC press office said here on Friday. He was nominated by magistrates from the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office, t»»»

Daniela Popova, administrative head of the Sofia Appellate Prosecution Office, has been nominated for election to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors' quota, the Council's press centre said on Friday. She was nominated by magistrates from the Supreme Cassation Prosecution Office»»»

Prosecutor Dimitar Leshtakov of the Veliko Tarnovo Appellate Prosecutor’s Office has been nominated for an elected member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors’ quota, the SJC press office said here on Friday. He was nominated by magistrates from the Veliko Tarnovo Appellate, D»»»

RIYADH: A thick layer of sand covered the skyline in Riyadh and its outskirts on Friday with a blanket of dust caused by strong winds hampering visibility on city roads. The National Center for Meteorology, or NCM, warned in its forecast that the Riyadh region would be affected by dust, strong wind»»»

In a statement released on Friday, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that it has taken urgent measures within the scope of its remit to protect Iva Mihaylova's rights and will continue to utilize all available diplomatic and legal mechanisms to ensure that she receives the necessar»»»

Tunis, Aug. 21 (TAP)- The volume of Tunisia's olive oil exports in the first nine months of the 2025/2026 crop year totalled 368,000 tonnes up from 236,900 tonnes during the same period in the previous agricultural season.A 55.3% rise was reported...»»»

A battery plant in Iváncsa, central Hungary, has been fined HUF 100 million (around EUR 275,000) after an official inspection uncovered serious occupational safety shortcomings that authorities said directly endangered the health and physical safety of 65 employees. The fine was imposed on SK On Hu»»»

Mumbai, India: A collection of notes written by Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi has sold for $1.7 million in Mumbai, the highest ever price paid for an Indian historical document. Mumbai-based auction house Saffronart said the collection was preserved by the family of Gandhi's close associa»»»

Sharjah: Sharjah Police has announced an integrated traffic, community and public awareness plan for the start of the 2026-2027 academic year, with patrols being stepped up around schools and inspections intensified on school buses. The plan is aimed at protecting pupils as they return to classroom»»»

Dubai: The Middle East remained tense on Friday as pressure on Iran intensified, Hezbollah rejected fresh US sanctions and Israel carried out a new strike in southern Lebanon. Iran called for an end to the months-long war, while China opposed further sanctions and regional airlines continued to adj»»»

Latvia has begun publicly naming companies that continue to trade with Russia and Belarus, publishing an initial list of 170 businesses as part of efforts to increase pressure on commercial links with the two countries, Latvia’s national broadcaster LSM.lv reported on August 20. The Central Statist»»»

Fuel prices in Bulgaria recorded one of the largest annual increases in the European Union in July, with the cost of fuels and lubricants for personal vehicles rising by 22.2 percent compared with the same month last year, according to Eurostat data reported by BTA. Across the EU, fuel and lubrican»»»

The Health Ministry supports the principle that there should be real accountability in cases where a vaccination that was not actually administered is proven to have been improperly recorded as having taken place, the Ministry's press office told BTA on Friday. Such cases directly affect children's»»»

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister said Friday that he wants to increase the country’s oil production to as much as 10 million barrels a day within six years. Crude oil sales account for nearly 90 percent of Iraq’s revenue but its exports have been hurt by the outbreak of the Middle East war between Ir»»»

The hearing over Karmelo Anthony’s motion for a new trial continues in Texas on Friday for the teen convicted in the stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. File Photo by Activedia/Pixabay Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The hearing over Karmelo Anthony's motion for a new trial continues in Texas on Friday »»»

Stockholm: An attacker with a sword wounded several people Friday at a high school in central Sweden, authorities said, while media reported the perpetrator had been shot by police. "An assailant armed with a sword has entered Brinellskolan and wounded several people," the Fagersta municipality sai»»»

Dubai: Authorities in the Central African Republic have temporarily closed an artisanal gold mine near the Cameroon border after a landslide killed at least 49 people, while local sources put the toll at around 100. The collapse struck the Zamboye mining site earlier this week, burying miners benea»»»

WARSAW: Poland’s foreign ministry ‌said it was “very disappointed” and had summoned Israel’s ambassador in Warsaw after Israel decided not to pursue criminal proceedings over an ​attack on a volunteer convoy in Gaza in 2024 in which a Polish citizen was killed. Damian Sobol, a volunteer from Przemy»»»

California State Sen. Aisha Wahab won the race to replace Eric Swalwell in the House of Representatives for the remainder of his term. File Photo by John G. Mabanglo/EPA Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Progressive California state Sen. Aisha Wahab won a special election to the U.S. House of Representatives to rep»»»

Low rainfall caused by El Niño was blamed for a decision by the Panama government to slash the number of ships permitted to transit the Panama Canal each day by more than a tenth, with the policy to be phased in from early September. File photo by Carlos Lemos/EPA Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The Panama govern»»»

Stockholm: An attacker with a sword wounded several people Friday at a high school in central Sweden, authorities said, while media reported the perpetrator had been shot by police. "An assailant armed with a sword has entered Brinellskolan and wounded several people," the Fagersta municipality sai»»»

JAKARTA: Indonesia will develop its defense industry with Chinese support, as the two countries agreed to expand joint drills and deepen military technology cooperation on Friday after talks between their defense and foreign ministers in Jakarta. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Defense Minister D»»»

The Danube ports of Remi and Izmail are now the focus of all Western military deliveries from Romania feeding Ukraine’s war machine, retired Russian Navy Captain First Rank Vasily Dandykin tells Sputnik. By pounding the ports, Russia is choking off Ukraine’s last major gateway for arriving weapons,»»»

It is tempting to think of competing sellers purely as obstacles, other listings standing between a product and a sale. But there is a more useful way to see them: as a constant, free source of information about what the market actually wants. Every price change a competitor makes carries informati»»»

RIYADH: Minister of Transport and Logistic Services and Chairman of the National Transport Safety Center Board of Directors Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser inaugurated NTSC’s headquarters in Riyadh on Thursday. In a statement the ministry said the headquarters “includes the engineering laboratory, speci»»»

Doha, Qatar: With 100 days to go until the FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS QATAR GRAND PRIX 2026, Lusail International Circuit (LIC) has unveiled this year’s key visual reflecting a side of Qatar that is ambitious, fast paced, and globally current, to mark the milestone, building anticipation ahead of the »»»

A three-hour effort to save a 19-year-old man who had threatened to jump from a hill ended in tragedy in Maharashtra on Friday, with the teenager and both his parents dying in a sequence of falls, according to media reports. The incident occurred at Khavda Hill in the Tisgaon area of Chhatrapati Sa»»»