QUSRA, West Bank: Israeli settlers attacked municipal crews attempting to restore water and electricity to three besieged Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra on Saturday, while Israeli forces detained four workers, according to the village’s mayor, Abdul Azim Wadi. The crews were di»»»

Bogotá, Aug. 15 (SANA) Former Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Saturday that Colombians consider the occupied Syrian Golan to be Syrian territory, not Israeli territory. Petro said on X that Colombians, like most of the international community, consider the Golan to be Syrian territory rather»»»

Islamabad: Riyadh Air has begun operations in Pakistan with the launch of a daily service between Riyadh and Islamabad, marking the Saudi carrier’s latest international expansion and adding a new direct link between the two capitals. The inaugural flight, RX-660, arrived at Islamabad International »»»

The record-low water levels of the Danube are no longer simply an environmental or agricultural concern. A new regional analysis warns that the drought is putting energy security under growing pressure across Central and Eastern Europe – and highlights the need for countries along the river to tack»»»

Sharjah: A scientific research mission at sea was brought to an abrupt halt after a diver from another team went missing, prompting researchers and crew members to suspend their work and prepare to join an emergency search-and-rescue operation. The incident is documented in the second part of Echo »»»

Cambridge: UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for "reflection" Saturday after the death of Cambridge academic Jason Arday as his family denounced what they called years of harassment amid accusations of plagiarism. Arday, 41, was found dead Friday, just over a week after he quit as a Cambridge U»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the UK as the “Islamic Republic of Britain,” as the country’s new Labour government weighs taking measures against Israel.Speaking on an Israeli Army Radio podcast on Friday, Netanyahu criticized the British media’s coverage of Israel, while c»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah: Israeli Occupation’s Continued Attacks on Lebanon Will Be Met With an Appropriate Response 15-08-2026 18:14 PM Hezbollah Stateme»»»

Kabul: Dancing to loud patriotic music and taking selfies, supporters of the Taliban rallied in central Kabul on Saturday to celebrate the government's five years in power. Hundreds of Afghans gathered just metres from the former embassy of the United States, whose drawdown of troops resulted in th»»»

NIZI, Congo: Every day, community health worker Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team fan out across communities in eastern Congo looking for people who may have crossed paths with the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. The workers investigate dozens of alerts, search for those exposed»»»

Dubai: As India marks its 80th Independence Day, its large and vibrant diaspora in the UAE has come together to reflect on what their mother land means to them from thousands of miles away from home. From a poet who calls India "a feeling of motherhood" to a doctor who dreams of a nation that blend»»»

Five people were shot at Virginia State University Saturday morning. One person is in critical condition. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Five people were injured by multiple shooters at Virginia State University in Ettrick, Va., early Saturday morning. Police respond»»»

France’s Constitutional Court has upheld Emmanuel Macron’s landmark assisted dying law, while striking down a ban on social media for children under 15. The Council said the social media measure disproportionately infringed on children’s freedoms, prompting the government to work on a revised bill.»»»

Hungary is overhauling the senior leadership of several key organisations within the Hungarian Tourism Agency (MTÜ) group, with changes announced at Visit Hungary, the Kisfaludy Tourism Support Management Company and the organisation overseeing Hungary’s participation in EXPO 2027. The changes were»»»

Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz remained elevated today, with Iran declaring it alone will control the strategic waterway and the UAE condemning an attack on a vessel linked to state oil company ADNOC. The US-Iran conflict has already disrupted some UAE flights to Bahrain and Kuwait, with airl»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah: It is time for the Lebanese authorities to recognize that relying on US guarantees and mediation is a futile gamble 15-08-2026 1»»»

RIYADH: The Ministry of Tourism has approved updates to regulations governing Hajj season accommodation, licensing and classification standards, and violations applicable to facilities hosting pilgrims in Makkah and Madinah. The updates are intended to improve facilities’ readiness, enhance service»»»

MADRID: Spain’s cherished tourist hotspot of Granada was in shock on Saturday after a rare 5.0-magnitude earthquake woke residents in the middle of the night and damaged buildings in the southern city. The tremor took place shortly after 1:00 am (2300 GMT Friday) with its epicenter in the town of A»»»

LONDON: Afghanistan’s women are “fighting alone” against discrimination by the Taliban authorities and feel abandoned by the world, Afghan journalist Zahra Joya told AFP. “I lost everything in my country five years ago,” she said in an interview in London. The founder in 2020 of Rukhshana Media — a»»»

Abu Dhabi: Restaurants, cafés, hotels, gyms, shopping centres and other businesses in the UAE will face annual licensing fees for the public use of protected music from December, under a new framework issued by the Ministry of Economy and Tourism. The fees are set out in the ministry’s new Collecti»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah: The latest, brazen statement by the US ambassador regarding the resistance’s weapons confirms Washington’s bias in favor of “Isr»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has requested clarification from the United States and Turkiye over information released by the US Congress regarding plans to supply weapons to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday. "The Russian Foreign Minis»»»

DHAKA: Bangladesh is in talks with Oman to deepen cooperation in research and advanced technology, including artificial intelligence and biotech, as Dhaka seeks partners to help expand its strategic industries. With more than 40,000 graduates from science, technology, engineering and mathematics ev»»»

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 in another Israeli airstrike on a two-sto»»»

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 »»»

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 »»»

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»»»

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»»»

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 »»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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 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»»»

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, »»»

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 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»»»

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»»»

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. Two people were killed and nine others were wounded in another Is»»»

President Joseph Aoun said deadly Israeli strikes on the country's south on Saturday were a "clear message" on negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, ahead of the next round of U.S.-sponsored talks early next month in Rome. Aoun condemned the "ongoing Israeli attacks" on the south and "repeated v»»»

Hungary has launched an extraordinary emergency operation on the Danube near Paks as authorities race to prevent critically low water levels from affecting the operation of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant. Two 80-metre barges have been positioned in the river between Paks and Dunaszentbenedek and thei»»»

The US Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) has a new commander, with Rear Adm. Thomas Donovan taking over from Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers as the Iran war continues to reshape the US military’s focus in the Middle East. Donovan assumed command during a change-of-command ceremony in Tampa, Flo»»»