The health of Bulgaria's forests deteriorated in 2024, the Ministry of Environment and Water said in its annual environment report published on Friday. The Ministry released the full 2024 National Report on the State and Protection of the Environment and an accompanying summary. The document contai»»»

QUSRA, Palestinian Territories: Israel’s defense minister called Friday for the police to take over law enforcement in the occupied West Bank from the military, which has come under fire from the right-wing for trying to remove settlers harassing Palestinians. The measure, if implemented, would be »»»

Cairo: Mohammed Ahmed Al Yamahi, President of the Arab Parliament, strongly condemned Iran's blatant targeting of two tankers belonging to UAE company ADNOC while they were transiting the Strait of Hormuz. He stressed that repeated attacks on commercial vessels and international maritime routes con»»»

President Iliana Iotova met with the newly elected Grand Mufti in Bulgaria, Ahmed Hasanov. The conversation focused on educating young people, regardless of their religion, in universal human virtues, the head of State's press secretariat reported Friday. Iotova congratulated Hasanov on his electio»»»

Russian forces are preparing to “completely choke off Ukraine’s last remaining waterway,” and the latest overnight strikes on Izmail port and its railway hub confirm that intent, military expert Yevgeny Mikhailov tells Sputnik. Severing these arteries could slash NATO deliveries by up to two-thirds»»»

Paris: Firefighters across Europe struggled against multiple fires Friday as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of the continent, their task further complicated by exceptionally parched landscapes. The historic temperatures are linked to human-caused climate change, and are hitting co»»»

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, expressed the UAE's full solidarity with Kuwait and its support for measures taken by the security authorities to foil a terrorist plot targeting a vital facility, and the arrest of a Kuwaiti citizen who joi»»»

Batwara 1947: Sunny Deol's partition drama is loud, lumbering and painfully on the noseDirector: Rajkumar SantoshiCast: Shabana Azmi, Preity Zinta, Sunny Deol, Ali Fazal, Karan Deol ★★Dubai: There is a potentially moving film buried somewhere inside Batwara 1947, an India-Pakistan partition drama b»»»

Cairo: The League of Arab States condemned Iran's targeting of two tankers belonging to the United Arab Emirates while they were transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening, describing it as a blatant and unacceptable violation of international law and UN Security Council Resolution 2817. I»»»

Eurovision Burgas 2027 is BTA’s new section for news about the song contest. It will be part of the Knowledge and Culture (LIK) news service and will use the hashtag #EurovisionBurgas2027. The section will bring together all coverage of Bulgaria’s hosting of Eurovision, along with related events, p»»»

Damascus, Aug. 14 (SANA) Syria on Friday strongly condemned Iran’s targeting of two tankers belonging to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, calling the attacks a flagrant violation of international law and freedom of maritime navigation. In a statement»»»

DUBAI: Since Sunday, Israeli settlers have laid siege to the West Bank village of Qusra to drive out its Palestinian inhabitants and claim their homes as their own. The harrowing event, which has seen three Palestinian families cut off from water, electricity and the outside world by a settler enca»»»

TOKYO: Record-breaking rainfall flooded cities east of Tokyo overnight, killing at least five people, injuring over two dozen others and stranding thousands, authorities said Friday. As the deluge subsided, the Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded its most severe heavy-rain warning in more than a»»»

BANGKOK: Myanmar’s largest city has registered a concerning rise in acute diarrhea cases, state media said Friday, adding to the hardships of a country grappling with severe flooding and civil war. The state-run Myanma Alinn newspaper said 182 patients from Yangon were admitted to the city’s genera»»»

JEDDAH: Baek Seungyeon’s debut novel, “The Seoul Letter Shop,” is a story about letters, the companionship born of ink, and the connections that can grow in unexpected places. Translated from Korean by Clare Richards and forthcoming from Harper Perennial in October, I picked the novel as my first r»»»

RIYADH: The Ministry of Health launched “Live Well” sessions as part of its public awareness platform, convening healthcare professionals, practitioners, content creators, influencers, and health sector leaders. “We met with the creators of awareness in the ‘Live Well’ session and we shared ideas a»»»

Dubai: A randomly chosen number has delivered a first-ever Big Ticket win for Akhil Chandran R P, who has taken home Dh 100,000 in the Series 289 consolation prize draw. The 28-year-old from Kerala in India works in sales and customer service and has been living in the UAE for the past five years. »»»

At a briefing in Pleven on Friday, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said that the government is taking concrete measures to fulfill its programme. "Consistently, by taking clear and concrete steps, we are fulfilling our election promises. Firstly, we have eliminated the oligarchy from political power. Th»»»

Hungary’s Constitutional Court has rejected a petition submitted by Fidesz challenging the constitutional amendment concerning public interest asset management foundations, known as KEKVAs. The court dismissed the petition without examining its substance, ruling that it did not have the jurisdictio»»»

Speaking to reporters in Pleven on Friday, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said that two anti-drone systems are expected to arrive on Saturday, but technological time will be needed to train the personnel. "We are in the process of acquiring two more such systems, and I expect us to acquire them »»»

The Government will propose legislative changes on youth violence by the end of September, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Friday. Speaking at a media briefing in Pleven, he was responding to a question about the killing of Georgi Kuzev at Youth Hill in Plovdiv. “What is happening with some youn»»»

Riyadh: Jamie Meconi, a 10-year-old from the UK, recently made a milestone visit to Saudi Arabia, which became the 100th country visited by the young Briton in his lifetime. When Meconi was eight, he became the youngest Brit to visit all seven continents. And his family’s decision to make the journ»»»

PARIS: France said on Friday it welcomed with “great satisfaction” Mali’s decision to pardon a French intelligence agent serving a 20-year jail term, a rare gesture after years of tensions between the two countries. “France expresses its great satisfaction following the release of Yann Vezilier,” t»»»

RIGA: NATO said Friday its fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace, the latest incursion along the military alliance’s eastern flank bordering Russia. The military alliance has launched an investigation, a NATO spokesperson said, as concerns grow in Europe over unauthorized dro»»»

Members of the Selenicë Municipal Council have unanimously rejected a proposal to merge the municipality with the neighboring Municipality of Vlora, with both majority and opposition councilors taking a united stance against the plan. All 19 council members present voted against the proposed merger»»»

The U.S. Court of International Trade threw out a legal challenge to President Trump's executive order scrapping the so-called de minimum exemption loophole under which goods worth less than $800 could enter the United States duty free. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo Aug. 14 (UPI) »»»

Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A suspicious object left outside a Washington, D.C., firehouse shut down rush hour traffic and prompted a bomb squad response before being identified as an adult toy. Police were called to the station of D.C. Fire and EMS Engine 20 on Wisconsin Avenue in the Tenleytown neighborhood»»»

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Oak Hammock Marsh (@oakhammockmarsh) Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A 15-year-old African spurred tortoise who escaped from her owner's Manitoba home was found two weeks later at a nature preserve more than 12 miles from home. The Oak Hammock Marsh nature preserve in »»»

Vladimir Zelensky has made an unusually specific claim about what Ukraine needs to defend itself against Russian ballistic missiles. In an interview with CNN, Zelensky said Ukraine currently has enough Patriot interceptors to amount to roughly 1% of America’s existing stockpile – itself reportedly »»»

Cairo: The Arab League condemned Iran's targeting of two UAE-flagged oil tankers as they transited the Strait of Hormuz, describing it as a blatant and unacceptable violation of international law and UN Security Council Resolution 2817. In a statement issued on Friday, the League emphasized that th»»»

Rome: The Colosseum has extended opening hours at night this summer to allow more visitors to see the famous Roman amphitheatre in cooler temperatures after sunset. The night tours, which run until 11:00 pm, are sold out and tourists on one visit this week spoke of a "magical" and "romantic" atmosp»»»

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police have urged electric scooter riders to follow traffic rules and basic safety measures, warning that unsafe riding practices can increase the risk of accidents and injuries. The force said riders should wear protective helmets and reflective clothing, use designated cyclin»»»

The death toll from the August 10 earthquake in Colombia has risen to 281, Blu Radio reported. The city of Cali reported the highest number of deaths, with 96 people killed. A total of 3,971 people were injured, while 379 remain missing. A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck near the city of San Jose d»»»

Dubai: In the West Bank, Palestinian mothers are living with the lasting grief of losing their children amid continuing violence. A visual story by featuring 12 women photographed between July 10 and August 7, 2026, documents their personal stories of loss. The women describe family lives abruptly »»»

Geneva: Swiss police said Friday they were still appealing for witnesses to come forward in connection with a fire they believe was deliberately started outside the Romanian embassy in Bern. The blaze broke out on Monday and according to initial findings, "the fire was started deliberately", the Be»»»

Beijing: A Chinese shipowner is set to begin the first weekly container service through the Arctic on an express route to Europe this Saturday, making the voyages until October and prompting concerns over vessels warming polar ice. The company, Sea Legend, tested the premise last year when it compl»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem to deliver speech via Al-Manar at 18:30 (Beirut time) on occasion of 2006 Divine Victory ann»»»

At 3:34 p.m. on August 14, the Central Asian power grid switched to an isolated operating mode due to a high-voltage power line outage in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Energy said. Kyrgyzstan also temporarily operated in this mode. The ministry said the protection system was activated to saf»»»

JAKARTA: Saudi utility developer Acwa has announced that it will set up a $400 million integrated facility for seawater desalination and salt production in Indonesia’s East Java, with Jakarta eyeing tech upgrades and knowledge transfer through its latest collaboration with the Kingdom. Acwa and Ind»»»

Responding to a question whether he agreed with Deputy Prime Minister Ivo Hristov’s statement on Bulgarian National Television (BNT) that the oligarchy had taken over Bulgarian media, including public media, with the exception of BNT, and that he could not say the same about Bulgarian National Radi»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli light attack drones drop explosives on Ali Al-Taher area: Al-Manar reporter in southern Lebanon 14-08-2026 15:03 PM Latest News Urg»»»

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Ulan Niyazbekov met with the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze. The parties discussed the development of bilateral cooperation and security issues, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. Special attention was paid to the documents signed »»»

Israeli artillery shelling sparked fires in the southern town of Bani Hayyan Friday while Israeli forces detonated houses in Markaba nearby. Strikes targeted al-Mansouri and Majdalzoun and detonations were also registered in al-Mansouri, Beit Yahoun, Haddatha, and Kounine. Later in the day, artille»»»

Messages have reached relevant parties in Lebanon indicating that Israel is preparing to launch an offensive to occupy the Ali al-Taher hills and is on high alert, awaiting a signal from the United States, a senior security official said. This official told al-Joumhouriya newspaper that the U.S. in»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine is short on interceptor missiles it needs to counter ballistic threats, a report prepared by the US Departments of State and War for Congress read. "Ukraine lacked interceptor missiles to counter ballistic missiles and remained reliant on foreign air and missile defense s»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Belgium ramped up imports of Russian gas by 27% in June from May, becoming the main buyer of Russian gas in Europe for the first time since July 2025, Eurostat data examined by Sputnik showed. Belgium's year-on-year imports of Russian liquefied natural gas almost doubled to $309.»»»

RIYADH: MBC Studios hosted an exclusive premiere on Thursday of the first episode of the Saudi Arabia series “Ahmar Wala Abyad,” with the cast and creative team behind the show. The event offered an early look at the eight-episode drama, which explores family tensions, ambition and betrayal through»»»

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Friday told US ambassador and the head of the Military Coordination Group for Lebanon (MCG4L) that the key to stability remains compelling ‘Israel’ to cease its war on Lebanon and withdraw to the international borders. Speaker Berri received Ambassador Mic»»»

Dubai: Egyptian food-control authorities have shut down an unlicensed biscuit factory in Qalyubia governorate after inspectors found expired ingredients and a black vegetable-carbon colouring, known as E153, that was reportedly being used in place of cocoa to give biscuits their dark colour, local »»»

Dubai: A single Powerball ticket sold in Illinois has won a $1.04 billion jackpot, ending a run of 44 consecutive drawings without a grand-prize winner and delivering the game’s biggest payout of 2026 so far. The winning ticket was bought at a Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh store in Quincy, western Illinois, »»»