Kazakhstan’s tenge had appreciated 8.89% against the dollar since the start of 2026 (as of August 26), extending a rise that has made it one of the strongest-performing currencies globally this year. The price of oil remains the usual suspect for the strength shown by the currency due to Kazakhstan»»»

Tribune News Network Doha “They are annihilating the Rohingya race. If we can gather evidence of these killings along with the exact locations, we can show the world what is happening,” said an unnamed citizen journalist who captured rare footage from the civil war in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Using»»»

CrimeSomaliaTurkish, Somali forces free pirate-seized vessel in SomaliaAkanksha Saxena with AP, AFPTurkish and Somali forces have freed the MV LUTUF after pirates hijacked the vessel off the coast of Somalia. The 10-day operation killed 14 alleged pirates and destroyed four boats used by the attack»»»

LONDON: Tuesday is set to be an epic for the Saudi Pro League. Al-Hilal versus Al-Ahli was already the biggest game of the season so far but now it is going to be unmissable. Fans in Riyadh are going to get a first look at Ollie Watkins, after the England striker secured a $70 million move to the B»»»

RIYADH: The Digital Cooperation Organization, an international organization dedicated to accelerating inclusive and sustainable digital economy growth, announced that its council has approved the candidacy of eight countries to join as member states. This would potentially expand DCO membership fro»»»

KATHMANDU, Nepal, Aug 29, 2026 (AFP) - The number of people missing in the catastrophic flood that sliced through the border area between Nepal and Tibet neared 3,000 on Saturday, as rescuers scoured deep, leg-sucking mud for survivors. Here are the latest developments after the tsunami-like disast»»»

Devastating floods near the border with China this week have killed at least 675 people in Nepal, the Himalayan nation's disaster authority said on Saturday. Chinese state media earlier confirmed seven dead in Tibet following Wednesday's disaster, taking the total killed to 682. Get updated faster »»»

A bank safe was swept away by devastating floods in Nepal and carried downstream. But when it finally washed up, the story took an unexpected turn. Police say people found the safe along the Trishuli River, broke it open and began taking the money inside. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download t»»»

An official U.S. delegation led by U.S. Special Envoy to South and Central Asia Sergio Gor will attend a ceremony marking the 35th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan’s independence, Kyrgyzstan’s Ambassador to the United States Edil Baisalov said. «We view the participation of a U.S. delegation at such a hig»»»

UNICEF has launched an urgent humanitarian appeal, warning that at least 17,000 children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance while 18 schools have been destroyed and another 20 damaged. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said that the number of missing peopl»»»

Under the chairmanship of President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, a regular meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states and a high-level meeting in the SCO Plus format will be held on September 1, the presidential press service reported. The »»»

Kathmandu: As many as 934 people associated with 11 hydropower projects in Nepal's flood-affected Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts have remained out of contact, an association representing the country's private power producers said. The Independent Power Producers' Association, Nepal (IPPAN), said 730 »»»

Rescuers in Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after deadly flash floods swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages. The number of missing rose to nearly 3,000 on Friday as emergency teams said they had re»»»

Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are expected in Central Asia's Kyrgyzstan Monday for a two-day summit, also attended by Iran's and India's leaders, of a regional bloc seeking to be a counter-influence to the West. Around a dozen heads of states will head to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek»»»

RIYADH: A direct air-freight corridor between Australia and Saudi Arabia has officially launched, giving exporters unprecedented access to one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and cementing a new chapter in the relationship between two G20 nations. The inaugural Saudia Cargo flight, a Boein»»»

A four-member Australian Malayali family of Ponnani origin is among those reported missing following devastating floods and flash floods in Nepal. Sreedharan Iyer, 54, his wife Lakshmi Sreedharan Iyer, 49, and their children Rishab Sreedharan Iyer, 23, and Rudra Sreedharan Iyer, 20, were on a pilgr»»»

Massive, state-led rescue and evacuation operations have secured the return of 106 tourists from Maharashtra who were stranded across disaster-hit regions of Nepal, with another 84 people expected to reach home ground on Saturday. Affected by flash floods triggered by sudden glacier and ice-rock co»»»

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplaned for his two-nation tour to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, and expressed confidence that this visit will strengthen India's strategic partnerships in Central Asia. He will first travel to Tashkent for a two-day bilateral visit at the invitation of Uzbeki»»»

Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan intend to increase mutual trade to $3 billion. To achieve this goal, the countries plan to expand transport and logistics ties and industrial cooperation. The Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Jeenbek Kulubaev said in an interview with Dunyo news agency, timed to the 35th ann»»»

Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages. The number of missing soared past 2,400 on Friday as emergency teams said they had recove»»»

Nuwakot (Nepal) (AFP) – Nepal’s disaster authority sharply raised the number of missing to 1,924 on Friday, including 517 foreigners, two days after devastating floods that killed at least 586 in the country. A further 558 people are also reported missing in Tibet, where Ch»»»

New Delhi: The inaugural meeting of the India-Kuwait Joint Defence Committee (JDC) was held in New Delhi on Friday, where the two countries agreed to further strengthen bilateral defence cooperation across a wide range of areas, including training, military exercises, military medicine, staff talks»»»

The National Research and Development Center for Sustainable Agriculture, or Estidamah, concluded its participation in the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, showcasing Saudi Arabia’s advanced agricultural solutions for arid envir»»»

Emergency services are rushing to find survivors and treat the wounded after a devastating flash flood on the border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday killed more than 500 people, with over a thousand still missing. But the remote and rugged terrain, as well as the risk of further flooding from upstr»»»

Penguin Random House India on Friday issued a statement clarifying that it is not the publisher in India of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love. The clarification came following media reports claiming that the publisher had withdrawn from releasing the memoir in Indi»»»

JAKARTA: Indonesia is aiming to finalize negotiations for a trade pact with Morocco in 2027, its Ministry of Trade said on Friday as the two countries relaunched talks that have been stalled since 2019. Negotiations for a preferential trade agreement between Indonesia and Morocco were first launche»»»

Nepalese authorities have resumed rescue operations in the region ‌hit by ‌a devastating flood this week, ‌after a brief suspension due to water breaking through a barrier lake. The devastating flooding in Nepal and Tibet has claimed more than 500 l»»»

Towards the end of World War II, as US troops advanced across the Pacific, Japan resorted to a desperate strategy: kamikaze attacks. Thousands of Japanese pilots, with an average age of just 21, were ordered to crash their explosive-laden planes into enemy ships. More than 3,800 pilots ga»»»

Survivors of the catastrophic flash floods in Nepal and Tibet, some still missing family members, shared harrowing accounts of their escape from raging floodwaters that brought devastation to the Himalayan border region, leaving more than 550 people dead and some 1,500 missing. Some survivors of th»»»

GENEVA: The UN refugee agency has scaled ​back its budget by 16 percent and lowered its official headcount by around 3,500 as it adapts to new financial constraints at a time when global displacement is forecast to climb to an all-time high next year, according to diplomats and documents seen by Re»»»

Dropping rubbish on a railway platform or leaving waste behind in a train can now cost passengers twice as much, after Indian Railways increased the penalty for violating cleanliness rules from a maximum of Rs500 to Rs1,000. The change has been introduced through an amendment to the Indian Railways»»»

Dubai: Foreign ministers from the 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) elected Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed as the group’s next secretary-general on Thursday. Ould Cheikh Ahmed will succeed Chad’s Hussein Ibrahim Taha, who took office in November 2021 a»»»

An exhibition marking the International Day against Nuclear Tests opened in the Marble Foyer of the National Assembly building on Friday. The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Bulgaria organized the event. The UN General Assembly proclaimed August 29 the International Day against Nuclear Tests in 2009 at Ka»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has granted Starlink a 10-year licence to provide satellite broadband services across the country, allowing the company to build, operate and manage a public telecommunications network using satellites. The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority said the G»»»

Seven bodies believed to have been swept out of Nepal by devastating flash floods have been recovered in neighbouring India, with the disaster carrying victims and debris nearly 200km downstream from the Himalayan region where the destruction began. The bodies were found in rivers in the Uttar Prad»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has granted Starlink a 10-year licence to provide satellite broadband services across the country, allowing the company to build, operate and manage a public telecommunications network using satellites. The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority said the G»»»

As rescue teams searched for missing people following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border, Earth scientists reviewed satellite imagery for clues to the cause and assessed the devastation. The flooding Wednesday killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet, and hundreds more are missi»»»

IAS officer Dr Roshan Jacob, often compared with Maharashtra’s no-nonsense bureaucrat Tukaram Mundhe, is leading an aggressive crackdown on food adulteration in Uttar Pradesh. As Commissioner of the Food Safety and Drug Administration, Jacob has overseen a statewide enforcement campaign targeting a»»»

McMINNVILLE, Tennesse: US officials said about 90 US citizens remained unaccounted for as of late Thursday/early Friday, after catastrophic flash floods engulfed a border area of China and Nepal, killing hundreds of people. A spiritual organisation said that 22 Americans associated with it were una»»»

NUWAKOT, Nepal: The death toll from ‌a ‌flash flood ‌that occurred ⁠earlier this week ⁠in ⁠Nepal ‌has ‌reached 469, ‌Nepal police said ‌on ‌Friday. Rescue teams using heavy machinery dug through mud and debris in Nepalese towns devastated by a flash flood two days ago, as hopes of finding survivors»»»

If you wish to travel the world but are hindered by budget or time constraints, a relatively inspiring alternative is to explore the pages of Lannoo’s June release, “The Art Travel Book: 40 Iconic Outdoor Artworks.” The book was beautifully curated and crafted by Dutch art enthusiasts Nadine van de»»»

New Delhi, India: Quick commerce is rapidly expanding beyond India's major metropolitan markets, with dark stores now spread across 477 cities, as newer players target untapped geographies while established companies deepen their networks in key markets, according to a report prepared by brokerage »»»

Harshly repressed protests that have shaken Pakistan-administered Kashmir since early June have continued through local legislative elections held in July and August. With internet access cut off and access by foreign media restricted, local residents are attempting to report on the situation on th»»»

The death toll in the catastrophic flash floods that struck the Nepal-Tibet border rose on Thursday to 392 people, as rescue teams waded through mud on searching for more than 1,400 missing. Experts warned of the risk of further floods a day after the devastating tsunami-like wall of»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Rezaei: Iran Views Lebanon’s Security as Integral to the Security of West Asia 27-08-2026 23:00 PM Iranian Secretary of the Supreme Nationa»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Rezaei to Al-Manar: A key condition of the memorandum of understanding is that the United States bring an end to the war throughout West As»»»

In Saudi Arabia, snacking has long since moved beyond the home kitchen and the supermarket shelf. Festivals, sporting events and entertainment venues are creating dozens of new occasions for grab-and-go food. According to the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom hosted 1,810»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, ‌the hosts of the 2034 men’s World Cup, threw their its support behind FIFA chief Gianni Infantino on Thursday as he continues to ​face criticism over the collapse of the governing body’s controversial FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal. In a statement, the Saudi Arabian Footbal»»»

London, Aug. 27 (SANA) Global stock markets were broadly steady Thursday as a strong revenue outlook from Nvidia supported technology shares, while persistent inflation concerns and uncertainty over US interest rates kept wider gains in check. The pan-European STOXX 600 slipped about 0.1%, while th»»»

New York: The Group of Arab States at the United Nations condemned the Israeli occupation's illegal settlement expansion policies across the occupied Palestinian territories, and rejected the the E1 settlement plan and related settlement activities in the occupied East Jerusalem (Al-Quds). The Arab»»»