NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that India’s decades-long Maoist insurgency was nearing its end but warned that the country now faced a new battle against what he called “dimagi Naxals,” or people who align with the movement’s ideology. In his address to the nation o»»»

Several fires broke out in and around Szeged on Saturday, with firefighters battling flames across thousands of square metres and railway traffic temporarily suspended because of one of the incidents. One of the largest fires was reported near Vértói Road and Merkúr Road, where dry grass and fallen»»»

Maumere: Rescuers combed through debris for survivors on Saturday after a powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern Flores island, killing at least 40 people, according to a disaster official. A second strong quake was recorded thousands of kilometres away on Sumatra island in the west of »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Romania, amid a protracted political crisis, has submitted a request to the European Commission for $3.29 billion from the EU recovery fund, interim European Funds Minister Dragos Pislaru said on Saturday. Romania's government is resigned, and parliament is on recess until the en»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian long-range drone storage depot in Chernigov region with Geran drone strikes, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. "Geran-4 Siker strike drone crews of the unmanned systems forces struck a storage and launch preparation site for strik»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Moroccan security forces thwarted an attempt by hundreds of migrants to illegally enter the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta, Spanish media reported, citing sources in Moroccan security agencies. The migrants were reportedly hiding on the outskirts of the Moroccan border town of »»»

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have huddled inside their homes for days on end, unable to leave because of the threat posed by Israeli settlers. The Israeli military, which over the past three years has displayed staggering military and intelligence capabilities from Beirut»»»

Burgas Airport has the infrastructure and operational capacity to handle an expected temporary increase in passenger traffic during Eurovision 2027, with no major expansion planned specifically for the contest, Fraport Twin Star Airport Management, operator of Burgas and Varna airports, told BTA. B»»»

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Saturday the death of Jason Arday was "a tragedy on so many levels". Cambridge's youngest ever Black professor, who resigned from the university last week following a high-profile plagiarism scandal that raised claims of racism, was found dead Friday. B»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Saturday quoted Elder Zosima from Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov, accusing US foreign policy toward Iran and the Middle East of extreme dependence on "lies." "This passage from Dostoevsky’s 'Th»»»

A wildfire fanned by strong, shifting winds swept overnight from the village of Lokva Rogoznica into the Croatian coastal town of Omiš, a popular summer tourist destination in the southern Dalmatia region, destroying houses, cars and boats, injuring at least 36 people and forcing the evacuation of »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe ‘War of Extermination’: Berri Says ‘Israel’ Scorns Peace Efforts as 9 Martyred in South Lebanon Strikes 15-08-2026 15:13 PM Lebanese Parlia»»»

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The Taliban-appointed mayor of Faizabad in northeastern Afghanistan was on August 13 assassinated by the National Resistance Front (NRF), according to the insurgent group. Habibur Rahman Mansur was killed in a targeted operation aimed at a vehicle carrying the mayor around 100 metres from the gover»»»

Ukraine could run out of room to store 8mn-11mn tonnes of its own grain by November, with the ports shut and the new crop still coming in as this year’s harvest gets underway in earnest. "At the current limited pace of exports, we could reach a point in November where there is a shortfall in domest»»»

Ukraine could run out of room to store 8mn-11mn tonnes of its own grain by November, with the ports shut and the new crop still coming in as this year’s harvest gets underway in earnest. "At the current limited pace of exports, we could reach a point in November where there is a shortfall in domest»»»

Two Russian pollsters put trust in Vladimir Putin at 69% and 73.3% this week, steady readings a month before September's State Duma election. The Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) found that 69% of Russians trust Putin and 70% think he is doing his job well as head of state, in a survey of 1,500 peop»»»

JEDDAH: Canadian writer and educator Amy Lin’s memoir, “Here After,” is a record of her bewildering transition into widowhood after the death of her beloved husband Kurtis. He was a 32-year-old architect who died while running a half-marathon during the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s an immense generos»»»

RIYADH: The UNESCO Regional Center for Quality and Excellence in Education in Riyadh has launched a global youth network aimed at giving young people a greater role in shaping education policies, developing solutions and influencing decision-making. The Global Youth Network for Quality and Excellen»»»

Tunisia: A man in his 50s has died by suicide outside a restaurant in the affluent coastal district of La Marsa after reportedly asking for food and being turned away, in an incident that has sparked widespread anger across Tunisia. According to accounts of the incident, the man approached the rest»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s property market has continued to draw new developers at a rapid pace in 2026, with 186 real estate development companies entering the market between the start of the year and mid-August, according to data from the Dubai Land Department. The figure works out at roughly 25 new develope»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli occupation forces are demolishing a home in the village of Meiss El-Jabal in southern Lebanon, as part of their ongoing mass destru»»»

The US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is set to return home after spending 266 days on deployment, including 200 days in a combat zone, Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao said. The carrier’s prolonged deployment has come under scrutiny following reports of low morale and mental health concerns»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Land Customs Department has foiled an attempt to smuggle 24.39 grams of hashish and methamphetamine (shabu), along with 30 Lyrica pills, through the Abu Samra border crossing. The General Authority of Customs said the seizure followed a customs inspector's suspicion of a passenger »»»

Rescue workers rushed to free a survivor Friday in Colombia amid the rubble left by a powerful earthquake nearly four days earlier that killed at least 285 people and injured 4,000. Some 400 people were still missing and tens of thousands of homes were ​damaged, leaving many Colombians sleepin»»»

Venezuela's government freed 131 detained ​prisoners on Friday, as human rights groups hailed releases of some ​people ‌they say were being held ⁠unjustly or for political reasons. Venezuela on Friday freed another 131 people considered to be political prisoners, in a sign of progress in talks to r»»»

Palestinian residents of three houses in Qusra near Nablus in the occupied West Bank say they have been effectively cut off from food and other supplies since the siege by Israeli settlers began on Sunday. But the Israeli military has not done anything to remove the settlers. "We are seeing the cra»»»

The United States is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn Israeli settlers who have besieged Palestinian homes in Qusra, while France is calling for their arrest and prosecution. As residents remain cut off from food and other supplies, settler violence is putting fu»»»

Speaker Nabih Berri noted Saturday that "the two massacres perpetrated by the Israeli occupation aircraft in the towns of Ansar and Deir al-Zahrani, which resulted in the martyrdom of an entire family, mostly women and children, fall within the context of the ongoing genocidal war waged by the Isra»»»

Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike in the country's south on Saturday killed seven people, including three children and two women, in the worst toll since deals in June saw a lull in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. Four people were killed and five others were meanwhile wounded in»»»

Over the past five decades, Nepal has established itself as a model for wildlife conservation. Nearly 20 percent of the country’s territory has been designated as protected areas. An effective anti-poaching policy has helped save iconic species such as the one-horned rhinoceros and the gharial croc»»»

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s eastern Flores island early Saturday, leaving at least 38 people dead and several others trapped beneath collapsed buildings. Emergency crews are racing to reach affected communities as landslides blocked roads and residents fled to higher »»»

Five years into Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women have been particularly affected by the government’s restrictions. They are banned from public places including parks and excluded from most jobs, while girls are barred from education beyond the age of 12. FRANCE 24’s Peter O’Brien spoke to indepen»»»

Five years after seizing Kabul and returning to power, the Taliban is celebrating what it calls a more secure and "free" Afghanistan. But its anniversary comes amid mounting criticism over sweeping restrictions on women and girls, economic hardship and continued international isolation. The Taliban»»»

Abu Dhabi: Drivers who fail to give way to emergency vehicles in Abu Dhabi face a fine of Dh3,000, six traffic points and the impoundment of their vehicle for 30 days, the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority has said. The authority urged motorists to cooperate and move aside promptly when emergency v»»»

Dubai: Three Indian expats based in the UAE have made their homeland proud, jumping out of an aircraft at 13,000 feet with the Indian tricolour to help set a new Guinness World Record for the most skydivers jumping together with national flags from a single aircraft. Jamsheer Thanalot from Kannur, »»»

Ankara: A Turkish minibus taking a family to a wedding party overturned Saturday killing five people, including two children, and injuring 11, authorities said. The vehicle, transporting a family to a wedding in the southeastern city of Mus, was at Lice in Diyarbakir province when a tyre burst and »»»

Bulgaria's government has revived a procedure that could give strategic status to a company behind an investment project to build a new gunpowder plant near Smyadovo, Shumen region. The proposal concerns Karash Invest, owned by Hristo Emilianov Gebrev, the son of arms manufacturer Emilian Gebrev, a»»»

The foreign policy program of the government of Prime Minister Rumen Radev for 2026-2030 keeps Bulgaria’s membership in the European Union and NATO as the foundation of the country’s international policy, while calling for a more active role in both organizations and a stronger defense of national »»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has strongly condemned what it described as an aggressive Iranian attack on an ADNOC vessel while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz. No injuries were reported. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the attack constituted a flagrant violation of UN Security Cou»»»

The UAE has strongly condemned what it described as a hostile Iranian attack on a vessel affiliated with ADNOC while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz. No injuries were reported. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said the attack was a clear violation of UN Security Council»»»

Sharjah: Sharjah Police has highlighted its preparations to secure stadiums and sports facilities ahead of the new season, urging supporters to follow safety instructions and work with officers to ensure matches begin and end without incident. In an awareness video shared by the force, the Special »»»

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s chief commander says that the country has brought “the most heavily armed military in the history of the world to its knees” through successful offensive and defensive operations conducted under intense fire. In a message on Saturday thanking the forces »»»

Hungary’s emergency operation to raise the Danube’s water level near the Paks Nuclear Power Plant has produced its first encouraging result, even before the two barges being sunk in the river have reached the bottom. The two 80-metre barges were positioned across the Danube as part of the emergency»»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar has condemned the escalation of Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank, including systematic violence against civilians, considering it a flagrant violation of international law and international legitimacy resolutions, and an extension of the heinous crimes comm»»»

Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor who recently resigned amid allegations of plagiarism and misrepresenting his credentials, was found dead in his home on Friday, police said in a statement cited by the media. The death is not being treated as suspicious. Arday, 41, was recog»»»

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates condemned what it described as an Iranian attack on a vessel linked to ADNOC as it transited the Strait of Hormuz, saying no injuries were reported. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Saturday that the incident violated a UN Security Council »»»

Abu Dhabi: The repeated targeting of ADNOC vessels will not push the UAE away from a measured approach built around deterrence, diplomacy and international law, Dr Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, said on Saturday, following the latest attack on an ADNOC vessel in the Strait »»»

During a working visit to Talas region, Nurdan Oruntaev, the Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing, and Communal Services of the Kyrgyz Republic, inspected the progress of construction of the central stadium in Talas. Construction and installation work is currently 75 percent complete. Ov»»»

An international scientific conference will be held in Issyk-Kul region on September 3 as part of the VI World Nomad Games. It aims to unite the scientific community for a comprehensive study of the historical heritage, philosophy, culture, traditions, and contemporary aspects of the development of»»»