Drinking water supply will be temporarily suspended in part of Bishkek on August 27 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. According to the City Hall, the outage will affect part of the 9th microdistrict, as well as the area bounded by Maldybaev, Suerkulov, Tynystanov and Akhunbaev streets. Residential buildings, s»»»

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi clarified details of the Iran-Oman understanding on the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that the arrangement does not mean the strait will reopen immediately, Tasnim reported. Key points:The understanding with Oman and»»»

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi dismissed Trump’s claim that the Strait of Hormuz has been cleared of mines. Gharibabadi stressed that no one except Iran knows the exact location of the mines in Hormuz.“If American minesweepers enter the region, they are very good targets for our »»»

Iranian missile and drone strikes have caused unprecedented damage to US intelligence sites and surveillance equipment across the Middle East, with repairs expected to cost billions of dollars, NBC News reported. The strikes reportedly hit CIA-linked facilities, surveillance hardware and equipment »»»

Dubai: Motorists heading into Dubai from Sharjah are facing a slow start on Wednesday morning, with congestion building along all three main corridors linking the two emirates and at least two incidents reported during the peak period. Accident slows E311 near Industrial Area 15Heavy delays are bei»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) has confirmed that schools must provide school transport services for their students, either directly or through external operators appointed by them. Schools must also provide any necessary support, assistance and related servic»»»

Actor Askat Sulaimanov was fined for illegally displaying an advertisement, the press service of the Patrol Police Department reported. According to the department, a driver was fined in Bishkek for placing an advertisement on the body of his vehicle without the required authorization. Patrol offic»»»

From August 28 to September 6, traffic restrictions will be introduced for passenger cars in Issyk-Kul region due to the VI World Nomad Games. Residents and visitors are asked to use public transport during this period whenever possible. According to the Main Traffic Safety Department, public trans»»»

NEW DELHI: Five commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, broadly unchanged from a day earlier ‌but ‌well below ‌the ⁠10-day average of ⁠15, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday.Two tankers carrying liquefied ⁠petroleum gas ‌and one ‌tanker carrying bitumen ‌exited the ‌»»»

TOKYO: Japan plans to provide support for alternative pipelines in the Middle East as it seeks to improve energy security in the wake of the Iran war, local media reported Wednesday. Before the conflict began in February, the world’s fourth-biggest economy was heavily reliant on oil imports passing»»»

Officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Technical Supervision of Kyrgyzstan discussed the possibility of removing accumulated solid municipal waste from Chui region and disposing of it at the Bishkek waste processing plant. The meeting addressed the condition of existing land»»»

The Canadian government has announced that it will impose retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on around 700 American products, after US President Donald Trump hit Canada with a round of tariffs and threatened further increases. American steel and aluminum will be tariffed at 50%, according to a statem»»»

Dubai: UAE travellers flying today should check their individual flight status before leaving for the airport, with Emirates, Air Arabia and flydubai among the carriers reporting cancellations on selected routes, while Etihad Airways has largely maintained services to Bahrain and Kuwait. The contin»»»

Inflationary processes have developed below the baseline path indicated in June, and the risk assessment has remained favourable, which is why monetary policy continues to have room to manoeuvre, said Mihály Varga, Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB), at a press conference in Budapest on Tues»»»

Ukraine has taken delivery of a consignment of “some” Patriot interceptor missiles but still does not have enough to defend itself, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in Kyiv on August 25. "To be honest, some Patriot missiles have also arrived. I cannot say how many, but some. We need more," he sai»»»

The bodies of two deceased mountaineers will be identified at a morgue in Osh city, the volunteers’ headquarters reported. According to the volunteers, a helicopter transported the two bodies to Sary-Tash the previous day. From there, they were taken to the morgue under police escort. The identific»»»

Judge Temir Mamatov of the Leninsky District Court of Bishkek on August 25 rejected motions filed by the defense of journalist Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy. During the hearing, the lawyers asked the court to allow the journalist to travel to London to receive an award from the Amal Clooney Foundation. Ho»»»

"We have already managed to recover assets worth thousands of billions for the Hungarian state and, with it, for the Hungarian people — and the National Asset Recovery and Asset Protection Agency is only just beginning its operations," Prime Minister Péter Magyar wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesd»»»

On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Anita Orbán filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday regarding procurement processes carried out in spring 2020, under the ministry's then-minister Péter Szijjártó, in connection with the response to the Covid pandemic. The minister communicated t»»»

Dubai: Sixteen-year-old Raul John Aju has an unusual answer to what he wants to do after school: he is already building an artificial intelligence business while studying in Class 12 Commerce. Known as the “AI Kid of India”, the Kerala teenager has attracted attention for developing AI tools, train»»»

SpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday for a $100 billion rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana, its largest yet, aimed at supporting Starship and AI satellite missions. The 125,000-acre Starbase Louisiana site on Pecan Island could eventually handle thousands of Starship launches annually, the com»»»

Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev reprimanded the Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services Nurdan Oruntaev. The Cabinet of Ministers reported that the disciplinary action was imposed for improper performance of his job responsibilitie»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Education has approved a package of curriculum updates for the 2026–2027 academic year, including the restructuring of science courses for a number of grades and academic tracks, the discontinuation of Chinese language instruction in kindergarten and Grades 1 and 2, and t»»»

Dubai: Dubai International (DXB) is heading into a stronger second half of 2026, with airline capacity steadily returning and a major investment programme gathering pace, even as the world’s busiest international hub posted a sharp year-on-year fall in passenger numbers for the first six months of »»»

Abuja: At least 50 children have been killed and several others hospitalized in an outbreak of diphtheria in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kano, the state legislature said Tuesday, calling for swift emergency measures to assist affected communities. The Kano State House of Assembly called on the »»»

Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. military killed four people Tuesday in its latest strike targeting an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, the second strike in a matter of days after a two-month pause. U.S. Southern Command has killed at least 227 people in 68 publicly acknowledged strikes tar»»»

Dubai: The UAE could see rain, strong winds and blowing dust on Wednesday as temperatures climb to 49°C in some inland areas, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). The weather will be fair to partly cloudy, with convective clouds developing over eastern and southern areas during th»»»

Dubai: Rain is forecast across parts of Saudi Arabia from Wednesday through Saturday, with moderate to heavy downpours expected in some western and southwestern areas, according to the National Centre for Meteorology (NCM). An animated forecast map issued by the NCM shows light to moderate rain dev»»»

US singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist Dolly Parton died on Tuesday at the age of 80, her family said in a statement. The prolific songwriter released 49 studio albums, more than 100 compilation and collorabative albums, won 10 Grammys and 13 Academy of Country Mu»»»

Dubai: When Eden Uy Silvio started running, she thought she was simply trying to get away; away from debt, fear, and pain of an abusive relationship. With every kilometre, the Filipino expatriate has realised that running could take her places, but it could not allow her to outrun what she was carr»»»

Britain is directly participating in the Ukraine conflict and actively working to prolong it, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, after London announced it would grant Kiev access to classified technical information needed to assemble long-range cruise missiles domestically. The UK government»»»

A far-right Israeli MP smashed a memorial to Palestinians killed in the conflict with Israel in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. He committed the act under IDF escort, which has been condemned by the army and politicians in Israel. Zvi Sukkot, a member of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich»»»

Dubai: Egypt will witness a partial lunar eclipse early on Friday, with the Earth’s shadow covering about 93 per cent of the Moon at the phenomenon’s peak, Egyptian authorities said. The eclipse, which coincides with the full Moon of the Islamic month of Rabi Al Awwal, will last about five hours ac»»»

Dubai: UAE motorists could see fuel prices stabilise or edge lower in September if the latest decline in global oil prices continues through the final days of August. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.Brent crude fell as much as 2.7% to $88 a barrel»»»

Gaza rescue crews have been searching the enclave’s ruins for thousands of Palestinians believed to remain buried beneath buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes, some dating back to the first months of the war. Recovery work continues amid a fragile ceasefire and an unresolved dispute over a peace »»»

New York: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the US Tennis Association announced Tuesday that 1,000 US Open tickets will be sold for $100 each in an effort to make the tournament more affordable. The tickets are exclusively available for New York residents, who can buy up to two each, and go on sale»»»

Large volumes of oil from Gulf producers continue to reach global markets through ship-to-ship transfers in the Gulf of Oman even as direct vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains sharply suppressed, maritime tracking data showed early on Wednesday (Aug. 26). TankerTrackers reported at »»»

As the countdown to August 31 winds down, UAE households are deep in the annual back-to-school scramble, checking calendars, booking vaccine appointments, hunting for the right schoolbag, and trying to keep spending under control. Here's a complete roundup of what parents need to know this year, co»»»

New York: Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he does not support the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's (RSS) upcoming event in the city, though he admitted he was uncertain whether the municipal administration had any jurisdiction to cancel a privately organised gathering. "I don't support the rally, but I »»»

The United States has offered to cancel its newly launched “Operation Economic Outcast,” lift all sanctions on Iran, and end its naval blockade in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and halting attacks by its regional proxies, according to a senior source cited by Al Arabiya. The pr»»»

Cape Town: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that external forces may be instigating some anti-migrant violence in the country, adding that his government was investigating possible outside involvement. Ramaphosa made the remarks while answering questions from Members of Parli»»»

MEXICO CITY (AP): The US government issued a travel alert for Americans planning to visit Mexicali in northern Mexico and temporarily suspended consular activities in the border city due to a “potential threat,” without providing details. The notice, released Monday night, said that because of info»»»

Armenia will formally apply for European Union membership before holding a referendum on whether to join the bloc, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told parliament on August 24, setting out a five-year programme that would further shift the country away from Russia and reshape its relations with Azer»»»

The father of a US Navy sailor who has been deployed in the Middle East for a record-breaking nine months was released from immigration detention, according to his family. His arrest sparked intense backlash after The Associated Press reported that his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Ab»»»

A passerby takes a photo of a property from a road covered in sand after Hurricane Milton's landfall in October 2024 in Manasota Key, Fla. A government watchdog report said Tuesday that FEMA crews broke the law when they skipped some houses with signs supporting U.S. President Donald Trump during h»»»

Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday announced the dissolution of the group in a televised speech from the presidential palace in Damascus. The dissolution followed the integration of SDF fighters into the Syrian military, said Abd»»»

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday ordered security agencies to conduct a rescue operation after the mass kidnapping of worshippers during an attack on a mosque in the north-central Niger State last week. Local authorities were still trying to verify the number of missing people, but local r»»»

Brazil's data protection agency on Tuesday fined TikTok nearly $30 million for failing to implement child safety measures in what it said was a "powerful signal" to social media companies. Brazil has taken a tough stance on the regulation of social media platforms, cracking down on disinformation a»»»

The US-led board supervising a Gaza peace plan on Tuesday warned Hamas against flying kites, after Israel threatened retaliatory strikes. "All militant activity in Gaza must stop, including the flying of kites. We have conveyed this message directly through the established mechanism," an official o»»»

Phnom Penh: The flooding of the Mekong River has affected 13,688 families across four Cambodian provinces, forcing 1,551 families to evacuate to higher ground, a disaster control spokesperson said Tuesday. Soth Kim Kolmony, spokesperson for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), sai»»»