CINCINNATI: World number one Aryna Sabalenka was sent spinning out of the fourth round of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters, beaten 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 by 35th-ranked Czech Sara Bejlek. Sabalenka, who had cruised through the previous round, was ambushed by the 20-year-old, whose movement left the top seed »»»

The head of Israel’s spy agency held a phone call with Syria’s foreign minister last week during which they discussed Turkiye’s military presence in Syria, three people familiar with the matter said, just days before Israel bombed a Syrian air base.The August 14 call between Mossad spy agency chief»»»

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Poland’s state budget deficit exceeded PLN 141 billion after the first seven months of 2026, leaving the government roughly halfway through its full-year deficit plan as work begins on the 2027 budget. Revenue reached PLN 333.9 billion, equivalent to 51.6 percent of the annual target, while expendi»»»

KGHM entered its second-quarter results announcement with exceptionally favorable commodity-market conditions after copper prices reached records during the period. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expected the Polish copper and silver producer to report approximately PLN 12.59 billion in quarterly r»»»

Poland may struggle to execute its full defense-spending plan this year after expenditure from the Armed Forces Support Fund reached only around 14 percent of the annual target during the first half of 2026. The fund has become an important financing mechanism for Poland’s rapid military modernizat»»»

Mosques and madrasas in Kara-Suu district will be temporarily converted into facilities for school classes. The Yntymak aiyl okmotu has announced a procurement tender to repurpose religious buildings as temporary premises for the educational process, the state procurement portal says. The tender is»»»

South Korean President Lee Jaemyung has voiced strong support for US President Donald Trump's decision to scale back joint military exercises, describing the move as a significant step toward establishing a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. In a post on social media platform X, Lee praised Trum»»»

Dubai: For centuries, Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar has been more than a bustling marketplace. Hidden behind its crowded passageways is a world of skilled artisans whose work has helped sustain the bazaar’s rich craft tradition. In workshops and narrow streets surrounding the historic market, craftsmen c»»»

Minister of Health of Kyrgyzstan Damir Osmonov and Minister of Labor, Social Security and Migration Kanat Sagynbaev held a working meeting to discuss improvement of rehabilitation services for people with disabilities. According to the Ministry of Health, the discussions focused on ensuring continu»»»

Bars from Karakol won the 2026 Kyrgyzstan Football Super Cup. The previous day, in a match for the first trophy of the season, the reigning national champion played against the 2025 Cup winners, Dordoi. The Issyk-Kul team won 2-0. Bars currently holds first place in the national championship and is»»»

Arab Finance: Copper for Commercial Investment and Real Estate Development shifted to profitability in the first half (H1) of 2026, with net profits of EGP 10.010 million, according to the financial results. In H1 2025, the company incurred net losses of EGP 4.817 million. Earnings per share (EPS) »»»

Seismic activity was recorded again in Kyrgyzstan, the Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences reported. According to the institute, an earthquake with an intensity of about magnitude 4 occurred at 1:08 a.m. on August 20. The epicenter was located in Kyrgyzstan, 13 kilometers so»»»

Soldiers prove themselves every day — the Minister of Defence highlighted this at the central celebration of the ministry and the Hungarian Defence Forces held on Wednesday in Budapest, at the Bálna Defence Centre, on the occasion of the national holiday. At the event marking the feast of the found»»»

Twelve new water reservoirs are currently under construction in Kyrgyzstan. Bakyt Torobaev, Special Presidential Representative for Special Assignments, who visited Chanach-Sai reservoir in Ala-Buka district, said. He noted that Chanach-Sai is planned to be expanded. «The current capacity of 2 mill»»»

DEIR EL BALAH: From a small makeshift tent in the central Gaza Strip, a dedicated team works to carefully store and document some of the war-shattered territory’s most precious commodities: local seeds. Shelves of unassuming plastic tubs line the walls of the Al Qarara Seed Bank, each holding indig»»»

LONDON: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham must decide in the coming weeks whether to authorize two North Sea drilling projects, an issue which has divided his own Labour Party. The decision after a consultation period ended Monday pits Labour’s climate ambitions against pressure to boost domestic»»»

The Osh Specialized Control and Toxicology Laboratory has successfully passed an assessment for compliance with the international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and received an accreditation certificate. According to the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Re»»»

The musical and dance performance «Manas» will be staged in Bishkek on August 21 and 22. According to the Ministry of Culture, Information, and Youth Policy, the production will be presented by the Song and Dance Ensemble Kyzyl-Suu of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomo»»»

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, seeking to revive their first-term relationship. Trump said it was important to “get along” with Kim and claimed Pyongyang possessed 57 “very powerful” nuclear weapons, amid concerns among US »»»

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe celebrated the Wednesday court decision that sided with GOP redistricting efforts in the state. File Photo by Bill Greenbatt/UPI | License Photo Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A Missouri judge ruled Wednesday against voters seeking to put a Republican redistricting effort in the state to»»»

The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek extended the detention of Kadyrbek Atambayev, Temirlan Sultanbekov and several other defendants in the case concerning alleged preparations for mass unrest. They will remain in pretrial detention for another two months, lawyer Asel Argymbayeva told 24.kg ne»»»

Officers of the Department of Internal Affairs of Oktyabrsky district detained a foreign national on suspicion of offering a bribe. According to police, during the Illegal Migrant Operation, it was established that foreign national Yu.L., 43, had violated the rules of stay in the Kyrgyz Republic. P»»»

The US-Iran confrontation entered another uncertain day Thursday (Aug. 20), with President Donald Trump threatening what he described as increasingly severe economic pressure on Tehran, Iran maintaining that the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively “closed”, while facing economic and security conse»»»

TABUK: Red Sea Global has opened Rosewood AMAALA, the third luxury resort to begin operations at the Kingdom’s flagship wellness destination on the northwestern Red Sea coast, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The 110-key resort is located at AMAALA’s Triple Bay and follows the opening this year of »»»

On August 20, the supply of drinking water will be suspended in part of Bishkek from 9 a.m. to midnight. According to the capital’s City Hall, the outage will affect residential buildings, schools, preschool, healthcare facilities, as well as other social, domestic and industrial facilities. The af»»»

Meta is on trial for intentionally seeking to addict children to its Facebook and Instagram platforms in pursuit of profit, a lawyer for California said on Tuesday, at the start of a trial that could rehsape some of the most popular apps in the world.  Meta knowingly hooked and exploited child»»»

Motorists travelling between Sharjah and Dubai are facing heavy traffic on several key routes on Thursday morning, August 20, with E11 and E311 among the most congested roads during the rush hour. Google Maps traffic data supplied this morning shows a substantial queue on E11/Al Ittihad Road betwee»»»

Dubai: British-Palestinian couple and their 14-year-old daughter died after getting into difficulty in the sea off England’s south coast, while a younger daughter remains critically ill in hospital, police said. Sussex Police identified the victims as Hassan El-Khawas, 55, his wife Zeina Alayn, 37,»»»

Dubai: King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh has begun the first phase of its “Silent Airport” project at Terminal 5, reducing public announcements as part of efforts to provide passengers with a quieter and more comfortable travel experience. Under the initiative, general audio announcements»»»

A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard figure has dismissed President Donald Trump as “short-sighted” and “childish,” saying he would place more faith in a taxi driver’s word than in the US leader’s statements — a pointed sign of the distrust now shaping Tehran’s approach to Washington. Brig Gen. Moh»»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s meteorological summer is nearing its end, with autumn beginning on September 1 and ushering in a transitional period of fluctuating weather and a gradual moderation in temperatures, the National Centre for Meteorology (NCM) said. Despite the seasonal shift, September has histo»»»

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo Aug. 19 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump declared "economic warfare" against Iran on Wednesday night »»»

Dubai: Temperatures are forecast to drop across the UAE on Thursday, but unsettled conditions will persist, with blowing dust, possible fog and further rain expected in parts of the country over the coming days. The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) forecast fair to partly cloudy conditions on T»»»

WASHINGTON: US drugmakers Merck and Moderna said Wednesday a personalized cancer treatment had shown success in reducing the recurrence of melanoma tumors in a late-stage trial hailed by experts as a “breakthrough.” The news sent shares in Moderna soaring 145 percent to $154 while Merck’s stock was»»»

Share: In a statement to be published Thursday by An-Nahar newspaper , Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Youssef Rajji asserted that the matter of the visa expiration—on the 24th of this month—for Mohammad Reza Sheibani, the Iranian ambassador-designate to Lebanon, leaves no room for interp»»»

LONDON: Britain said on Wednesday it had summoned Israel’s charge d’affaires and demanded a halt to a major West Bank settlement project after Israeli authorities opened bidding for more than 1,200 homes in the area. The E1 plan, green-lit by Israel last year, has drawn international condemnation, »»»

HONG KONG (AP): A verdict is expected Friday in the case of two organisers of an annual Hong Kong vigil to remember the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown who are being tried under a China-imposed national security law that has stifled Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement. Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tu»»»

LONDON: Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have decided to return to the United Kingdom, but they won’t resume their roles as working members of the royal family, British news media reported late Wednesday.The couple’s children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, have already enrolled at Br»»»

KYIV/MOSCOW: Attacks on shipping have shut down more ​than 97 percent of Russia and Ukraine’s grain export capacity in the Azov and Black Sea basin, cutting off a major source of low-cost supplies and helping to drive up global prices. The two major grain exporters have intensified attacks on ports»»»

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slammed the latest US sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president, as a “flagrant attack” on the global tribunal’s independence and vowed to continue seeking justice for atrocities around the world. The State De»»»

The longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes has announced his retirement, ending a decades-long career with the military newspaper as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon moves to exert editorial control and eliminate what it asserts are “woke distractions.” Max D. Lederer Jr. announced his re»»»

Russian bombardment killed six people and wounded dozens in Ukraine's capital and its surrounding region overnight, authorities said Thursday. The attack that damaged residential buildings, a medical facility and an educational institution left five people dead and 23 wounded, the Kyiv city militar»»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the United States is leading China "by a lot" in artificial intelligence, signalling that the emerging technology will be among the issues discussed when Chinese President Xi Jinping visits in September. "We're leading in every single one, and I will t»»»

CINCINNATI, Ohio: Tommy Paul saved a match point on the way to a 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 upset of top seed Alexander Zverev on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters. The match was interrupted for 90 minutes in the seventh game of the second set by rain and had two more»»»

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slammed the latest U.S. sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president, as a “flagrant attack” on the global tribunal's independence and vowed to continue seeking justice for atrocities around the world. The »»»

KYIV/MOSCOW, Aug 19 : Attacks on shipping have shut down more ​than 97 percent of Russia and Ukraine’s grain export capacity in the Azov and Black Sea basin, cutting off a major source of low-cost supplies and helping to drive up global prices. The two major grain exporters have intensified attacks»»»

As the summer break winds down, perhaps we should remember that children aren’t the only ones wishing it would last a little longer. Do you remember those last few days of the summer holidays when we were at school? We looked at the calendar and wished someone would give us another week. Just a few»»»

WASHINGTON: Total US debt has topped $40 trillion for the first time, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday, drawing fresh warnings that a fiscal crisis is brewing as ballooning costs for social safety-net programs and interest payments far outstrip revenues held back ​by tax cuts. The Treasury»»»

WASHINGTON: With Iran diplomacy stalled, financial markets uneasy and his approval rating at another low point, President Donald Trump reverted to familiar territory on Wednesday, ​leading reporters on a tour of White House construction projects he hopes will cement his legacy. The former real esta»»»