Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent: Israeli enemy carried out a bombing in the town of Majdalzoun, following a previous bombing in Wadi Hasan area in t»»»

RIYADH: Oman launched a government bond offering worth up to 100 million rials ($260 million) as the Gulf state expands domestic borrowing to finance budget needs and refinance maturing debt. According to the Oman News Agency, the Central Bank of Oman said the 84th Government Development Bonds issu»»»

Across the market as a whole, average rents rose by around 3%, while new projects currently under development are quoting rents 10-15% above the levels typically seen in their respective submarkets. This trend shows that, although demand remains below historical averages, the limited availability o»»»

Construction of the Climate Center has already started and is scheduled to be completed in the first half of 2027. Once operational, the facility will house state-of-the-art climate chambers designed to provide precisely controlled environmental conditions for scientific studies. The investment res»»»

GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME The programme of Prime Minister Rumen Radev's government, adopted by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, is a leading topic in Bulgarian media. 24chasa.bg highlights important changes envisioned by the powerholders. The website says that under the chapter on "Dismantling the»»»

The authorities continue to carry out regular inspections to identify unregulated social services, including illegal nursing homes, Labour and Social Policy Minister Nataliya Efremova told reporters in the village of Voden on Thursday. Efremova was visiting Bolyarovo Municipality, where she opened »»»

Minister of Agriculture and Food Plamen Abrovski said here on Thursday that the main challenges facing agriculture are drought and water shortage, and pointed out the need to restore irrigation systems. Abrovski was in Kresna for an inspection of the construction works on the Kresna bypass and the »»»

Berlin: A suspicious object that may contain explosives was discovered Thursday at a German train station in the southern town of Treuchtlingen, police said. Specialised police units were taking a close look at the item, which was discovered on the tracks at the station, the police authority for th»»»

JERUSALEM: The US Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee called the siege a “horrific act of terror.” Since Sunday, according to local officials and fam»»»

ANKARA: Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will form political and military ​mechanisms under a defense pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkiye’s defense ministry said on Thursday, adding the alliance would also deepen defense industry ‌cooperation.The three ‌countries signed ​th»»»

QUSRA: Israel’s military said on Thursday it had sent ​more troops to a West Bank village where settlers have trapped Palestinian families inside their homes, a siege the Palestinians say is aimed at forcibly displacing them from their land. The siege began at the weekend when Jewish settlers close»»»

The Charitable Foundation «Pomogat Legko» has reported an increase in the number of families seeking financial assistance for the treatment of children with cancer. In July alone, 13 families contacted the foundation. Parents are asking for help covering treatment costs, purchasing medication, unde»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States did not transmit Volodymyr Zelensky's proposals to end the Ukrainian conflict to Russia via diplomatic channels, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday. “No," Ryabkov told reporters, when asked whether the American side had transmitted Z»»»

Large-scale NATO military exercises are held regularly in the region — including offensive scenarios — with non-Arctic NATO members now actively involved, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's European Problems Department Vladislav Maslennikov says. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Meteorology Department has issued its weather forecast for the weekend, with conditions expected to be hazy to misty in some areas at first. Hot and humid weather will also persist during the daytime. Temperatures are expected to range from 34°C to 45°C. On Friday, winds will»»»

The launch is aimed at adult consumers who want to discover more about what is in their glass: the origin of the ingredients, the character of ripe agave, the influence of time spent in the barrel and the balance of vanilla, caramel, spice and oak. For HoReCa, modern trade and premium retail, the e»»»

Berlin, Aug. 13 (SANA) German container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd said Thursday that the Middle East conflict and closure of the Strait of Hormuz cost it about $600 million in the second quarter, adding to expenses and weighing on earnings. The Hamburg-based company reported net profit of $83 mill»»»

The National Revenue Agency (NRA) carried out 23,420 inspections to ensure compliance with the Introduction of the Euro in the Republic of Bulgaria Act, the Agency’s Deputy Executive Director Hristo Markov said at a joint press conference with the Commission for Consumer Protection on Thursday. Acc»»»

Dubai: Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Burjeel Holdings, has joined the Executive Board of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Healthcare Transformation Initiative, which is working to enable the wider use of artificial intelligence, health data and digital too»»»

LONDON: Large parts of western Europe were sweltering once again on Thursday, with Britain and France entering their fifth heat waves of an exceptional summer that’s threatening to break even more records.Forecasters in the UK are predicting the mercury will rise as high as 38 Celsius (100 Fahrenhe»»»

KABUL: Human Rights Watch called for the release of two UN staffers and six NGO workers in Afghanistan following a string of Taliban detentions in recent weeks.HRW said on Wednesday that six male staff working with the Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) had been “forcibly disappea»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Producer Price Index increased 8.5 percent year on year in June, driven by higher prices in the manufacturing sector, official data showed. Manufacturing prices rose 9 percent, while prices in the electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply sector increased 2.4 perce»»»

Russian units of the Tsentr battlegroup liberated the settlement of Petrovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. "Units of the Tsentr battlegroup, through active actions, liberated the settlement of Petrovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the Russian mili»»»

For many families, the transition into school or nursery is a milestone filled with excitement. For children of determination, it can also come with a unique set of challenges, new environments, new routines, new social expectations. In Dubai, a new series of sessions is aiming to make that leap a »»»

Oman’s Environment Authority said Wednesday that oil leaking from a tanker grounded off the country’s coast had reached mainland beaches. The spill threatened marine habitats and a nearby protected area as strong winds and monsoon currents spread the oil, raising fears it could reach other islands.»»»

The Impact SEE agenda is organised around nine themes that bring together business leaders, decision-makers, founders, researchers and creators to analyse the transformations already shaping South-Eastern Europe: From the impact of creativity and artificial intelligence on corporate performance, to»»»

London/Washington, Aug. 13 (SANA) Oil prices edged lower on Thursday after forecasts pointed to weaker global demand, while gold climbed to its highest level in more than two months as slowing U.S. inflation reduced expectations of further interest rate increases. Brent crude futures fell 0.1% to $»»»

Jakarta: Rescuers combed the Lombok Strait off Indonesia's Bali island on Thursday for five people declared missing after a ferry fire that killed one and sent dozens of passengers scrambling overboard, officials said. A total of 211 people were rescued alive and brought ashore by vessels that rush»»»

Tunis, Aug. 13 (TAP)- The weather on Thursday is temporarily cloudy in most regions with rain expected in the afternoon in northwestern and central weestern highlands and some areas in the east, the National Institute of Meteorology (INM) said.The...»»»

Russia donated more than 670,000 adapted textbooks to schools in Kyrgyzstan on the subject «Russian Language and Reading» for students in first, second and fifth grades. The press service of My History Foundation for the Support of Humanities reported. At least 671,000 adapted textbooks on the subj»»»

On 9 August, Donald Trump sat for an interview with Axios and, in the space of a few sentences, reversed the tone of the previous week. “We're moving very quietly,” he said. Rather than ordering the sweeping new strikes he had threatened days earlier, the president said he preferred to let sanction»»»

From our special correspondent in Segovia – A total solar eclipse on Wednesday plunged Spain’s Segovia into daytime darkness for 59 seconds. Perched high up on the city's iconic cathedral bell tower, locals and visitors from and wide watched, in awe, as the moon’s shadow bl»»»

Voters cast their ballots on Thursday in a local English election pitting Brexit backer Nigel Farage against a collection of independents, jokers and single-issue candidates,including a comedian dressed as a dustbin, in a test ​of opposition ‌to the Reform UK leader's brand of populist politics. Vo»»»

The number of civilians killed in Ukraine in July jumped to its highest level since the first months of the Russian invasion, the UN said Thursday. At least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured across Ukraine in July, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission, as Russia intensified»»»

The Trump administration has said that Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz’s comments that Israel will not withdraw from certain south Lebanon areas are inconsistent with a framework deal agreed to by Israel and Lebanon. A U.S. State Department official reaffirmed that the U.S. “expects all partie»»»

Specialists recorded elevated levels of nitrogen oxide in the air in Kara-Balta and the village of Novonikolayevka. At one site, the concentration was almost four times above the permissible limit, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision reported. The monitoring was con»»»

Sharjah: As the UAE observes the World Organ Donation Day today, August 13, the country is marking a milestone in the history of organ donation in the northern emirates. Medcare Hospital Sharjah has become the first private hospital in the northern emirates to perform a successful living donor kidn»»»

Dubai will once again lace its kicks and work towards getting fitter than before as Dubai Fitness Challenge takes off later this year. Dubai Media Office announced that the annual event that challenges the city to invest time and effort in themselves and make physical activity an integral part of t»»»

Dubai: Abu Dhabi: The UAE is targeting Dh2.56 trillion in local Islamic finance assets by 2031 under a national strategy that also seeks to strengthen legal and Shari’ah certainty and protect customers’ rights. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Islamic bank assets in the»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Araghchi Warns US of ‘Bigger Miscalculation’ over Strait of Hormuz 13-08-2026 12:07 PM Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in an image »»»

The requirements for registering for Hajj 2027 through the state digital system Azhylyk have been published in Kyrgyzstan. Registration will be carried out through the Azhylyk app. Applicants will need an electronic identification card (eID) or an ID card, as well as an initial payment of 180,000 s»»»

Doctors at the National Center for Maternal and Child Welfare in Bishkek operated on an eight-day-old baby with a tumor. Sultan Stambekov, head of the center’s pediatric oncology department, reported. According to him, some tumors can be congenital and may be detected before birth or during the fir»»»

Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj says he and the Municipality of Tirana have appealed a ruling by the Administrative Court of First Instance in Tirana concerning a lawsuit challenging the validity of Ols Dado’s appointment as a prosecutor. In a Facebook post, Veliaj argued that the first-instance court di»»»

For months, a 32-year-old patient had no answers, only worsening symptoms: Severe pain in the upper abdomen, reflux, nausea and an inability to tolerate food. And a weight loss that had climbed past 40 kilograms, despite multiple consultations and rounds of tests elsewhere that turned up nothing de»»»

Dubai: Wars can end. Ceasefires can be signed. Governments can return to the negotiating table. But the enmity between Iran and US President Donald Trump may prove much harder to extinguish. That is perhaps the larger message from the extraordinary revelation that Trump was secretly spirited out of»»»

Tunis, Aug.13 (TAP)- President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed met on Wednesday in Carthage with Health Minister Mustapha Ferjani, Minister of Public Works and Housing and Acting Minister of Industry and Energy Salah Zouari and Minister of Social...»»»

Sofia Mayor Vassil Terziev posted on Facebook: "Congratulations to Burgas! Eurovision 2027 is a unique opportunity for Bulgaria, and we must all work together to make the most of it." Terziev published the post after Sofia lost to Burgas in the race to host the Eurovision Song Contest. At a live st»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe West Bank: Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by a military bulldozer, storm the town of Qusra, south of Nablus 13-08-2026 09:15 AM Lat»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi Public Investment Fund is entering the period leading up to 2030 with a different investment philosophy from the one that guided its expansion over the past decade. After a period characterized by rapid growth, the establishment of companies and sectors, and large-scale capital in»»»

The FBI was already involved in plotting Fidel Castro’s assassination before the Cuban Revolution, and later the CIA picked up where it left off, former state security officer Carlos Serpa Maceira tells Sputnik on the 100th anniversary of the revolutionary icon. Between 1959 and 2000 roughly 640 at»»»