LONDON: Between 20 and 30 tankers are passing through the Strait of Hormuz each night, with US President Donald Trump insisting “that sucker is open,” US news website Axios reported on Friday. Shipping through the waterway was drastically restricted by an Iranian blockade after the US and Israel la»»»

Tunis, August 28 (TAP) - A unified digital platform for the administrative services of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy has just been launched, announced Salah Zouari, Public Works and Housing Minister and Acting Minister of Industry. This...»»»

King Oyo Kabamba Iguru Rukidi sits in Kampala in 2006. The king of Tooro died Thursday at 34 of an illness. He had been the youngest reigning monarch in the world, ascending the throne at age 3. Photo by Mike Odongkara/EPA Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The king of Tooro, an enclave in western Uganda, died Thurs»»»

A senior Russian senator has urged Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar to stop wavering over the controversial Paks II nuclear power plant project, warning that energy security and affordable electricity should not become the subject of “political games”. Elena Perminova, first deputy chair of th»»»

LONDON: An Australian library that removed copies of a book on the war in Gaza has returned them to the shelves for people to borrow. Waverley library in Sydney took away copies of “How to Sell a Genocide” earlier in August to “review” the book after the local council was approached by a Jewish new»»»

LONDON: Four young British men on Friday admitted to an arson attack on community ambulances in London, the first of a spate of ​incidents targeting the capital’s Jewish community this year. The four ambulances belonging to Jewish volunteer emergency service Hatzola were set ablaze on March 23 whil»»»

NAJRAN: The Saudi Heritage Commission has highlighted Shoaib Dahdah archaeological site in Najran region as vital evidence of early human settlement and migration in southern Arabia, featuring Lower Paleolithic stone tools dating back between 1.2 and 1.8 million years. Discovered during a 1980 surv»»»

TUNIS, Aug. 28 (TAP) – Trading on the Tunis Stock Exchange ended the week on a bearish note, with the benchmark index falling 1.2% to 19,450.38 points, bringing its year-to-date performance to +47.1%, according to stockbroker Tunisie Valeurs.The...»»»

Liza Kaminov is pleased to welcome Nadav Weiman, Executive Director of Breaking the Silence. He says there is a troubling gap between how Israeli military operations in Gaza are publicly explained and what soldiers experience on the ground. Testimonies collected by Breaking the Silence suggest that»»»

A video showing an airplane rammed into the side of a building has been circulating widely on social media. While social media users are claiming that the video shows a plane that crashed in Tel Aviv after an Iranian attack, its origin remains unknown and its authenticity highly questionable. »»»

New York: Dolly Parton was many things: A country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, theme park enthusiast, Christian who centered acceptance in her personal theology and so much more. But for many, her death Tuesday has served as a reminder that at the heart of her legacy is her role as a »»»

Only days after the Plesetsk Cosmodrome was reportedly targeted by drones, Russia's Strategic Missile Forces carried out a test launch of a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). "A combat training launch of a mobile, solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile was conducted at the Ple»»»

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approved today an intergovernmental agreement establishing a framework for cooperation between Turkiye and Saudi Arabia on the development of renewable energy projects. Turkiye's Anadolu Agency (AA) reported that the intergovernmental agreement on rene»»»

Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The United States deported 57 people to Haiti, as Haitian authorities faced growing criticism for providing few details about efforts to rescue more than 50 people kidnapped in a deadly gang attack. The charter flight, which carried former recipients of temporary protected status a»»»

Around 500 people are sheltering at a monastery-turned-relief camp in northern Kathmandu, where many families are still in shock after losing their homes and loved ones in the devastating Nepal floods. FRANCE 24's Shahzaib Wahlah reports from the camp as rescue teams continue searching for nearly 1»»»

At Paris's Rock en Seine, visually impaired festival-goers can enjoy concerts through live audio description. The festival is offering dedicated platforms, as well as headphones and receivers provided by the Valentin Haüy Association, a pioneer in audio description in France. Spectators c»»»

Spain's left-wing government called for calm in the North African enclave of Ceuta on Friday after protests over security escalated into clashes between locals and police, a month after a mass influx of migrants from Morocco triggered a Europe-wide alert. Spain's interior minister called for calm o»»»

Anger is growing in #Austria over the planned construction of a business park on top of what was a #Nazi concentration camp during the #SecondWorldWar. Around six million #Jewish people were murdered in the Holocaust, around half of them in concentration or extermination camps.»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolences to President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria HE Abdelmadjid Tebboune on the victims of the fires that occurred in some central and eastern states of Algeria, wishing the injured a speedy recovery.»»»

By UPI StaffIsraeli settlers bring their goats and sheep to harass Palestinian Nayef Kaabnah on the edge of Taybeh, the only Christian village in the West Bank, on Thursday. The settlers want Kaabnah's property as violence against Palestinians has increased recently. Palestinian Nayef Kaabnah takes»»»

Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori's government was to ask Congress on Friday for authority to legislate by decree for 120 days, seeking broader powers to advance its security and economic agenda. Photo by Paolo Aguilar/EPA Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Less than a month after taking office, Peruvian President K»»»

Marine One departs the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 12. The aircraft had difficulty making contact with air traffic control at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Thursday. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The pilots of President Donald Trump's Marine One heli»»»

British health officials believe that eggs imported from Ukraine could be responsible for a major salmonella outbreak in the UK, The Telegraph has reported, citing a source. A total of 259 people in the country have been infected with the bacteria over the past year, with one of them dying, the UK »»»

Tunis, August 28, 2026 (TAP) — Tunisia’s Customs Administration is currently developing its 2026-2030 strategic plan, aimed at modernizing customs procedures and working methods, accelerating digitisation as well as improving working conditions and...»»»

Prime Minister Péter Magyar has hit back at criticism surrounding Anna Róza Unger, who was elected president of Hungary’s newly established National Asset Protection and Asset Recovery Office (NVVH) by Parliament on Friday. Magyar responded to the criticism in several Facebook posts following Unger»»»

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»»»

New Delhi: India’s foreign exchange reserves surged to a record high of $729.3 billion in the week ended August 21, providing the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with greater firepower to manage pressure on the rupee amid elevated oil prices and global economic uncertainties. According to data released»»»

Tunis, August 28 (TAP) — Secretary of State Mohamed Ben Ayed met Friday with Qatar’s Ambassador to Tunisia, Zayed bin Saeed Rashed Al-Khayarin, to discuss ways to further strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation.The talks covered...»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on Friday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in agriculture and food security while seeking to expand investment and trade between the two countries. The discussions took place during a visit to Pakistan by Saudi Minister of Environment, Water»»»

A common mechanism is needed to ensure adequate blood supplies and protect patients’ rights, the press service of the Health Ministry said on Friday, responding to claims that, amid limited blood supplies, hospitals have been asking relatives of patients scheduled for elective surgery to help find »»»

Twelve refugees who fled the Transit Centre in the village of Pastrogor have been located and detained, BTA learned from Senior Commissioner Miroslav Hristov, head of the Haskovo Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry. The refugees are of Moroccan origin. Their escape was reported at around »»»

Kathmandu, Nepal: More than 2,400 people were still missing Friday missing and 584 were confirmed dead after flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-Tibet border. The figures are likely to continue changing, which is not uncommon in the chaos after a major disaster. Here are the latest numbers: I»»»

Six of the countries that pay for the EU seven-year Multiannual Financial Framework budget (MFF) want the next one cut by hundreds of billions of euros. Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Sweden said in a joint statement released by the German government on August 27 that the E»»»

Tunis, August 28 (TAP) — The Ministry of Trade and Export Development announced Friday the launch of a large-scale operation to boost bottled water supplies, with 9 million 1.5-liter and 2-liter bottles to be injected into distribution channels...»»»

People shop at a supermarket in Buenos Aires in January. Household debt is surging and millions of borrowers are falling behind on payments amid declining purchasing power and a rising cost of living. File Photo by Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Argentine household debt i»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on August 31 in Bishkek, and the leaders will discuss bilateral cooperation and the most important international problems, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Friday. "It all starts on August 31 with»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe UNIFIL: Despite a decrease in the level of violence compared to earlier this year, the situation in southern Lebanon remains fragile 28-08-»»»

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added three more states to the cyclospora outbreak. File Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPA Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The cyclospora outbreak in lettuce has spread to 20 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The CDC added Georgia, Tennessee»»»

San Francisco: Meta's landmark settlement with nearly every US state promises curfews and time limits for teens on Instagram and Facebook -- but rests on age and parent checks nobody has figured out how to make work. The deal, which ended a federal trial in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, gives »»»

Tunis, August 28, 2026 (TAP) — The Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX) has opened registration for a business prospecting mission for Tunisian companies operating in the building and public works sector, to be held on the sidelines of the “EXPO BÉTON”...»»»

Tunis, August 28, 2026 (TAP) — A high-level panel on the strategic role of Tunisian engineers in driving Africa’s economic and industrial transformation will be held in Tunis on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at the initiative of the Tunisia Africa...»»»

Tunis, August 28, 2026 (TAP) — Tunisia witnessed a partial lunar eclipse at dawn on Friday, with the phenomenon reaching a maximum magnitude of approximately 0.93, according to photos shared by the National Institute of Meteorology (INM) on its...»»»

Tunis, August 28 (TAP) — Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LTDH) President Bassem Trifi and Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Secretary-General Salaheddine Selmi agreed to step up coordination and strengthen joint efforts to...»»»

Manchester, United Kingdom: Michael Carrick said Carlos Baleba will be unable to make his Manchester United debut for around three weeks due to an ankle injury, but is excited by the Cameroonian's "massive potential". Baleba's £70 million ($95 million) move from Brighton further bolstered Carrick's»»»

Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed developments in Sudan and regional and international efforts to support security and stability in the country during a phone call today with Senior Adviser to the US President on Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos. During the call, Abdel»»»

A US court has struck down the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, ruling that it illegally sanctioned the AI developer for refusing to let its Claude model be used for certain military operations. In a 59-page ruling issued on Thursday, US District Judge Rita Lin said Secretary of War Pete Hegse»»»

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has argued that he should not be seen as tainted by past association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The billionaire addressed his links with the late financier as a source of reputational baggage in an interview with Axios on Thursday, insisting people »»»

Russian Armed Forces struck the Fire Point enterprise in the Kiev region, which produced and stored substances for solid-fuel boosters and warheads of Flamingo missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday. On Friday, the Russian Armed Forces continued conducting group strikes against U»»»

The Bulgarian Navy again carried out reconnaissance and transport tasks involving unmanned aerial vehicles and parts of such vehicles found in the waters of the Black Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Friday. A specialized team from the Varna Naval Base was activated following a report of an unmann»»»

The acceptance of applications for 48-page Bulgarian passports valid for 10 years and their issuance have been temporarily suspended, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. The suspension is due to a technical issue caused by unexpectedly high demand for this type of passport. Since it was introduce»»»