Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva referred Transport and Communications Minister Georgi Peev to a systemic problem affecting children under 14 who are entitled to free public transport nationwide, said the Ombudsman’s press office here on Thursday.The reason for the alert is that the Ombudsman has recei»»»

DUBAI: Al-Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo is in a race against time to make the squad for the reigning champions’ second Saudi Pro League fixture of the season against Al-Riyadh on Friday. Ronaldo, who returned to the Kingdom last week following his wedding in Portugal, on Wednesday continued his r»»»

COLOMOBO: Heavy rains and severe drought are likely to hit Sri Lanka in the coming months as the largely agricultural nation faces its “worst” ever El Nino climate phenomenon, the environment minister said on Thursday. El Nino is a natural climate variation that warms surface temperatures in the ce»»»

BANGKOK: Myanmar’s military chief met Thursday with Thailand’s top general in Bangkok in his first foreign trip since assuming the role, as his coup-staging armed forces shake off their pariah status. Myanmar’s military ousted an elected government in a 2021 putsch, detaining its leader Aung San Su»»»

BERLIN: A woman died and at least two other people were injured as severe storms caused extensive damage overnight across parts of Germany. In Waldorf, in the southwestern state of Rhineland-Palatinate, a woman was struck by a falling tree and fatally injured, the German news agency dpa reported Th»»»

In the first half of 2026, Kyrgyzstan’s foreign trade deficit in dairy products reached $12,772.7 million, despite a significant increase in exports by domestic producers in June. Total imports were almost 1.8 times higher than exports and amounted to $29,406 million, highlighting the domestic mark»»»

RIYADH: The Global Investment Summit is targeting initial Gulf investments worth $3.5 billion in investment-ready projects, in addition to expected deals worth more than SR950 million ($252.9 million), B&S Investments, the Saudi investment group organizing the summit, told Al-Eqtisadiah. Paris will»»»

Washington, USA: Google is preparing for the back-to-school season by launching a dedicated study hub for students within its Gemini AI assistant, bringing together a range of educational tools in one place to help students research, study, and prepare for exams. The new hub allows users to create »»»

Dubai: Five people were killed and several others injured in a major traffic accident on the coastal highway linking Beirut and Sidon in Lebanon, authorities said. The crash occurred near the Siblin junction in Wadi Al Zeina, in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon. Get updated faster and for FREE: »»»

The environmental association Za Zemiata (For the Earth) is seeking a meeting with Energy Minister Iva Petrova and her team to discuss action on long-standing unreclaimed sites left behind by the coal mining industry. In a press release Thursday, the association said the main topic of the proposed »»»

There is an expectation within the democratic community that former caretaker prime minister Andrey Gurov will announce his candidacy for president, and this will most likely happen in the coming days, Democratic Bulgaria MP Atanas Atanassov told Nova TV on Tuesday. He explained that preparations a»»»

Doha,Qatar: The price of gold in the Qatari market increased by 2.75% during the current week to reach $4497.89 per ounce today, according to data issued by Qatar National Bank (QNB). The data showed that the price of gold rose from $4377.3042 per ounce recorded on Sunday. It also indicated that ot»»»

Colombo: Heavy rains and severe drought are likely to hit Sri Lanka in the coming months as the largely agricultural nation faces its "worst" ever El Nino climate phenomenon, the environment minister said on Thursday. El Nino is a natural climate variation that warms surface temperatures in the cen»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent in southern Lebanon reports Israeli machine gun fire sweeping towards the town of Tallousa 20-08-2026 11:47 AM Lates»»»

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would meet Kim Jong Un later this year, seeking to revive the bond he claims to have forged with the leader of nuclear-armed North Korea in his first term. FRANCE 24’s Monte Francis brings us more with this report.»»»

Washington, United States: The US gross national debt has surged past $40 trillion for the first time, government data showed Wednesday. The new record comes as longer-term US obligations linked to social security and health care have been growing, while interest payments have climbed as well. Tota»»»

The 2nd International UmutDoc Documentary Film Festival will be held in Bishkek from September 10 to 14. The festival is dedicated to the memory of documentary filmmaker Algimantas Vidugiris. The main venues will be the Ala-Too cinema and OloloErkindik. The program will feature screenings of featur»»»

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- A small plane and a police helicopter collided midair Wednesday evening in southern Pennsylvania, killing the Cessna's pilot and injuring two state troopers, officials said. The collision between the Cessna 150 airplane and the Bell 407 helicopter occurred at about 7:50 p.m. EDT ne»»»

The investigation into the killing of a 21-year-old man from the Bulgarian village of Nayden Gerovo, whose body was found near a sheep farm in the town of Saedinenie, is continuing, with a former police officer facing two criminal charges. Prosecutors have charged 63-year-old Todor Lapkov with prem»»»

Syria's interior ministry said authorities took custody of a former general under deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad who was extradited from Lebanon on Wednesday and is accused of crimes including murder and torture. "Today, Syrian authorities received from the Lebanese authorities the former officer in»»»

Tunis, Aug. 20 (TAP)- The weather on Thursday is slightly choppy.The wind is blowing east, light to moderate and relatively strong in the afternoon near eastern coasts, the National Institute of Meteorology (INM) said.The sea is slightly to locally...»»»

For the 2026/27 academic year, 20 quota places have been allocated for citizens of Kyrgyzstan to study at higher education institutions in Uzbekistan on a state-funded basis. According to the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Innovation of Kyrgyzstan, the selection of candidates for the all»»»

Dubai: UAE students are celebrating their GCSE and International GCSE results, with pupils across Dubai and Abu Dhabi recording strong performances despite disruption caused by the regional conflict. Major UK exam boards, including Cambridge, Pearson Edexcel and OxfordAQA, cancelled all formal Inte»»»

Dubai: UAE developer Arada is expanding its Australian business with a Dh5 billion residential development on the Gold Coast that will bring 952 homes to Broadbeach and mark its first project outside New South Wales. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click her»»»

The Prosecutors Chamber of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) admitted Marinela Toteva and Todor Deyanov to the election of SJC members from the prosecutors' quota. The decision on the candidates' eligibility was taken unanimously and without debate at the Chamber's meeting on Wednesday. Toteva is »»»

ABU DHABI: Preparations for the 2026 World Triathlon Multisport Championships in Abu Dhabi have reached a major milestone, with organizers unveiling the competition’s race routes and confirming growing international participation as momentum builds toward one of the world’s largest events of its ki»»»

TOKYO: A train hit and killed four workers in Japan on Thursday, authorities said, a rare incident in a country renowned for its normally excellent rail safety record. Local media reported that the four workers were removing weeds from the train tracks at Shin-Kanuma Station in Kanuma city north of»»»

DOHA: The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) has urged macOS users to immediately install the latest available security update released by Apple to address a critical vulnerability affecting the Screen Sharing feature. The vulnerability has been actively exploited, particularly on devices connec»»»

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reports that a road accident involving citizens of Kyrgyzstan occurred on August 17, 2026, in Shet district of Kazakhstan’s Karaganda region. As a result of the accident, one Kyrgyzstani, I.A.A., 60, was injured and hospitalized at the Shet dis»»»

The «Vaccination Certificate» service in Tunduk mobile app has been expanded, the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan reported. Users can now access electronic records of all registered routine and other vaccinations, rather than only COVID-19 vaccinations as was previously the case. The certificate i»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Operating Revenues Index saw an annual rise of 6.1 percent in June, supported by strong growth in manufacturing and financial and insurance activities, official data showed. According to preliminary results released by the General Authority for Statistics, this year-on-year g»»»