NATO has expanded its Icelandic air policing mission, which has been in place since 2008, by integrating it into a broader air and missile defense system designed to counter “the full spectrum of threats in all operational environments,” according to NATO’s Joint Air Command. This change in the for»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia and the Vatican have managed to maintain a faithful and trustful dialogue despite the events in the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. "We note that despite all the turbulence in the world, we have managed to maintain a trusting, mutually respec»»»

There are currently no stated plans for US tanker aircraft to return to Bulgaria, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov told journalists on Tuesday after a meeting of the parliamentary Defence Committee. "At present, we have a document stating that the aircraft are leaving the country," he said. The au»»»

The Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) will not support Andrey Gurov even if GERB backs him, UDF Chair Iliya Lazarov said in a statement to the media on Tuesday. “If GERB nominates a presidential candidate, we will support that candidate. We will not nominate our own presidential ticket, and we are n»»»

Hungary’s new National Asset Recovery and Asset Protection Office (NVVH) is tasked with protecting public assets, investigating suspected misuse of state property and helping recover unlawfully acquired public wealth. The relevant legistlation establishing the new body was accepted by the Parliamen»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The deployment of NATO contingents in Ukraine is unacceptable for Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. "This is a very important issue and a very important topic. This is not the first time that there has been talk of the intention to deploy military contingen»»»

Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said on Tuesday that personnel changes within the Interior Ministry will continue. "I hope they will be completed soon, because I would like police officers to be able to do their jobs without unnecessary pressure. But before that can happen, we need to complete t»»»

Armenian police have arrested the leader of the country's second-largest opposition party and his son on corruption charges, alleging the former bought state property illegally while in office, authorities said Tuesday. Robert Kocharyan was Armenia's president between 1998 and 2008. Get updated fas»»»

RIYADH: The UAE’s debt capital market grew 3 percent year on year to about $320 billion outstanding at the end of the first half of 2026, while US dollar debt issuance reached $24 billion, according to Fitch Ratings. US dollar issuance during the six-month period was 40 percent higher than in the s»»»

The Sanjeev Mansotra Foundation has completed two schools in Dodoma and officially handed them to the City Council, giving hundreds of young people greater access to quality education. The schools, equipped with state-of-the-art classrooms and world-class science laboratories, now offer dedicated f»»»

A bill amending the Higher Education Act was considered at first reading by the National Assembly Committee on Education and Science on Tuesday. The Council of Ministers submitted the bill on August 10. The extraordinary sitting was attended by Minister of Education and Science Georgi Valchev, Depu»»»

Dubai: Sharjah's Roads and Transport Authority has partially reopened one of the emirate's busy University City routes, even as a fresh round of traffic diversions tied to the Etihad Rail project gets underway just a few kilometres away. Drivers travelling between University City and the Institutes»»»

Dubai: Donald Trump has declared an “economic D-Day” designed to choke off Iran’s remaining financial lifelines. Less than 24 hours later, however, the biggest obstacle to his new strategy is becoming clear: China. Iran says its current oil exports have collapsed under the US blockade, but China re»»»

BusinessIranCan new US sanctions cripple Iran's shadow economy?Amir SoltanzadehThe US is expanding sanctions on Iran's financial networks, targeting crypto, gold, aviation and shipping. Analysts say the measures may fuel inflation and strengthen informal markets without changing Tehran's behavior. »»»

Members of Parliament from GERB–UDF, Democratic Bulgaria, and Continue the Change urged Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov to name the politicians whom he claims participated in an Iranian hybrid operation. Earlier on Tuesday, before the extraordinary meeting of the parliamentary Defence Committee, »»»

POLITICS bTV reported that MPs returned early from their summer recess, with integrity tests for positions at high corruption risk, the election of a new Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) and the State budget among their priorities. The broadcaster also covered the debate over judicial reform and the »»»

London, Aug. 25 (SANA) Oil prices fell further on Tuesday after dropping more than 2% in the previous session, as investors assessed the impact of expanded U.S. sanctions against Iran. Brent crude futures fell 90 cents, or 1.0%, to $91.27 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude declined »»»

Colombo: Sri Lanka is seeking international bids for offshore oil and gas exploration, authorities announced Tuesday, more than a decade after an Indian firm abandoned commercial drilling citing high costs. The island nation said it was offering four offshore blocks covering about 34,000 square kil»»»

Tulsi Gabbard, the former US director of national intelligence, warned US President Donald Trump against the war on Iran, days before its eruption on February 28, The Wall Street Journal reported. “Days before going to war with Iran in February, President Trump summoned his intelligence chief to th»»»

There is one feeling I often recall from having lived and worked in Ukraine – to be precise, in its most nationalist, full-of-itself city, Lviv – for a total of five years in the 2000s: Thank God, at least there’s no violence! That is what I, some other foreigners, and quite a few Ukrainians, too, »»»

Emirati women have moved from being underrepresented in leadership positions to playing a major role across the UAE’s justice sector, according to Justice Omar Al Mheiri, Director of DIFC Courts. Speaking exclusively to Gulf News for Emirati Women’s Day, Al Mheiri reflected on the changes he has wi»»»

Russia just pulled its ambassador to the UK, as British Prime Minister Andy Burnham doubles down on open involvement in the Ukraine conflict. The risk of open war has never been higher, but Burnham is writing checks that he can’t cash. Relations between Russia and the UK are at an “unprecedentedly »»»

Pomas: A tornado tore through a village in southwestern France on Monday, injuring 41 people and damaging hundreds of homes, authorities said. French authorities had placed swathes of the country’s southwest on orange alert for storms, and numerous areas were hit by power outages and transport chao»»»

Marina Nenkova, a prosecutor at the Sofia City Prosecution Office, has been nominated for an elected seat on the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) representing the prosecutors’ quota, the SJC said. She was nominated by magistrates from the Sofia City and Sofia District Prosecution Offices, who highlig»»»

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Public backing for U.S. military action against Iran has dropped to its lowest point since the conflict’s earliest days, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that also places President Donald Trump’s approval rating at a near-record low, as reported by The Independent. The four-day survey, conduct»»»

One of the Hungarian Defence Forces’ Gripen fighter jets crashed on the grounds of Szolnok military airfield on Monday after suffering a malfunction during a training mission. The pilot ejected from the aircraft. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, the Defence Minister and former Chief of the General Staff, ha»»»

Dubai: Dubai's healthcare community is mourning the loss of Dr Mary John, the veteran gynaecologist from Kerala, India, credited with helping deliver nearly 3,000 babies during a career that spanned almost three decades in the emirate. Dr John, fondly known as "Girly" to friends and family, passed »»»

Staff of Karatal-Zhapyryk State Nature Reserve have intensified efforts to study the biology, migration routes and habitats of wild animals and birds. Camera traps installed in protected areas have become the main tool for scientific monitoring, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Techni»»»

Israeli occupation forces intensified their systematic destruction of southern Lebanon on Tuesday, carrying out demolition operations across multiple towns amid continued artillery shelling and widespread drone activity. Israeli forces conducted demolitions at dawn on the outskirts of Haris in Bint»»»

DUBAI: Arsenal have put a price tag of nearly $52m (€45m) on Gabriel Martinelli amid interest from Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal and other parties, according to ESPN Brazil. The network claimed the Brazilian international was close to completing a move to Riyadh, citing his admiration for the city»»»

CAIRO: ​Gaza parents have been warned to stop their children flying kites in the war-ravaged enclave, after Israel threatened a forceful response if the Hamas militant group revives a tactic of launching incendiary kites over the border. The popular committees, comprising representatives of local n»»»

Bulgarian Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov on Tuesday urged the country's politicians to show much greater responsibility when making comments about statements coming from Iran. "Iran carried out a very successful hybrid operation, unfortunately with the assistance of Bulgarian politicians. Sadly,»»»

Marina Nenkova, a prosecutor at the Sofia City Prosecution Office, has been nominated for an elected seat on Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) representing the prosecutors’ quota, the SJC said. She was nominated by magistrates from the Sofia City and Sofia District Prosecution Offices, who »»»

A 4,050-meter-high mountain peak in Kyrgyzstan has been renamed in honor of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Eduard Kubatov, head of the State Agency for Tourism Development, told journalists about the renaming. Pioner Peak in the Ala-Archa National Nature Park will now be called SCO Pe»»»

LONDON: Israeli attacks on post-Assad Syria are nothing new. But when Israeli jets bombed a Syrian airbase last week, even Washington sat up and took notice — and issued a strongly worded, and very public, reprimand. Despite repeated reassurances from Damascus that Syria poses no threat to Israel, »»»

RIYADH: The Middle East is emerging as a major driver of the next global gas-turbine growth cycle, with the region’s gas-fired capacity projected to rise from 385 gigawatts in 2025 to 530 GW by 2035, according to S&P Global Energy CERA. According to new data from S&P Global Energy CERA, the region’»»»

* Popular committees issue kite warning to kids ‌late on Monday* Warning is coordinated with Hamas authorities, Hamas source says* Israel complains to Trump’s Board of Peace about kites, second Israeli official saysBy Nidal Al-MughrabiCAIRO, Aug 25 : ​Gaza parents have been warned to stop their chi»»»

DUBAI: US-Dutch-Palestinian supermodel Gigi Hadid teased the fall 2026 collection from her knitwear label Guest in Residence this week, with the brand confirming the range would go on sale on Aug. 27. The label posted a seven-second clip to its Instagram account showing a herd of horses cantering a»»»

Lebanese authorities have granted former Iranian ambassador Mohammad Reza Sheibani a six-month legal residency permit in Lebanon as an "Iranian citizen, not a diplomat," months after the Lebanese Foreign Ministry declared Sheibani persona non grata and demanded his departure from the country within»»»

We welcome the decision of the USA to remove Syria from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List. We commend the constructive approach of the US Administration, which has demonstrated its resolve in this regard, as well as that of the US Congress, which has supported this process. We also congratulate »»»

For 25 years, Nando’s has been bringing the heat to Qatar, serving its signature flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken while becoming part of the country’s evolving dining scene. The journey began in 2001 with the opening of the first Nando’s restaurant on Salwa Road. At the time, Qatar looked very diffe»»»

Kyrgyzstan exported 9,357.3 tonnes of sugar in 2026, the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry reported. This year, sugar beet was planted on 11,800 hectares. The ministry noted that the development of the sector contributes to strengthening food security, ensuring the st»»»

Russia has become the fourth-largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity (PPP) and the largest in Europe, according to 2026 estimates based on International Monetary Fund forecasts. Russia’s GDP based on PPP is projected at around $7.34 trillion in international dollars, behind China ($»»»

Turkey on Tuesday welcomed the United States' decision to remove Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, hoping that it would boost efforts to integrate the war-torn country with the world. "We believe this decision will lend momentum to efforts to strengthen Syria's ties with the inter»»»

Copenhagen: Lego, the world's biggest toy maker by revenue, posted "stronger than expected" earnings for the first half of the year, its chief executive told AFP, with net profit rising 32 percent. "It has been stronger than expected in the first half across the board," Niels Christiansen said, add»»»

The US-Canada trade dispute is not only about tariffs but unacceptable "threats" from Washington on the status of the French language, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said. Washington reportedly wants concessions on Quebec's rules for appliances and instruction manuals, as well as its law promo»»»

Tens of thousands of people faced another night away from home on Monday as a wind-driven wildfire threatened Reno, Nevada, blanketing the city in smoke and closing schools. About 24,000 people remained under evacuation orders, down from more than 40,000 at the peak, while tens of thousands more we»»»

Canada plans to respond to US President Donald Trump's new tariffs on Tuesday, as the once close neighbouring allies spiral into a trade war. Ottawa and Washington failed to reach a deal on Friday to avert new 50 percent US tariffs on select Canadian goods after weeks of talks. Canada will announce»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia retained a merchandise trade surplus of about SR18 billion ($4.8 billion) in June, as a decline in imports partly cushioned a slowdown in exports, official data showed. The General Authority for Statistics reported that merchandise exports fell 4.5 percent in June from a year e»»»