RAK Academy is celebrating academic success of its Class of 2026, marked by A Level results announced this August, following the Academy’s 100% IB Diploma achievement rate released in July. A Level Results reflect a remarkable performance with 100 per cent of students achieved A–A* in English Langu»»»

Doha, Qatar: Lusail Sports Club has announced a series of strategic partnership agreements with leading companies and institutions for the 2026-27 sports season, at a ceremony held at The Torch Doha, yesterday. The partnerships involve Qatari Diar, Aspire Zone Foundation, Doha International School,»»»

Dubai: Indian expats in the UAE and Gulf countries have welcomed the Indian Supreme Court’s move to regulate airfares, expressing hope that the initiative will finally ease the financial strain that comes with high-priced tickets to and from India. The Supreme Court heard the matter on Monday, Augu»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Culture has announced that registration for the sixth round of the “Mthayel” Nabati poetry competition will close on August 25, 2026. The round is open exclusively to Qatari nationals and residents living in Qatar. Organised under the slogan “For morals are guides,” the»»»

Kyrgyz akyn (poet) Askat Zhetigen will be released tomorrow, August 19, 2026, after serving a three-year prison sentence, human rights activist Gulshaiyr Abdirasulova said on social media. Askat Zhetigen was detained in March 2024 and charged under two articles: Article 278 (calls for mass disorder»»»

Doha, Qatar: Fresh date sales at major shopping malls have surpassed 11,700 kilograms in the period from July 30 to August 15, 2026, the Ministry of Municipality (MoM) announced yesterday, underscoring continued strong demand for Qatar’s locally grown produce beyond the main festival at Souq Waqif.»»»

Palangkaraya, Indonesia: Indonesia's Borneo, home to pristine rainforest and protected species, is burning. Meteorologist Safillah Anggie Wahyuni hopes a solution lies in the clouds. Indonesia believes cloud seeding can help it tackle a wildfire season that experts say is on track to be among the w»»»

Idlib: Four airstrikes hit the Abu al-Zuhour military airport in the eastern countryside of Idlib on Tuesday, marking the first reported attack on the strategic facility since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government in December 2024. The aircraft involved have not been officially identified. The i»»»

MASON: Serena and Venus Williams played their first doubles match together since the 2022 U.S. Open and lost a thriller, 2-6, 6-1 (10-8) to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns on Monday night at the Cincinnati Open. The sisters nearly recovered from a 6-0 deficit in the match tiebreaker before a doubl»»»

JERUSALEM: Likud members voted Monday to choose their candidates for Israel’s October 27 general election, in which the right-wing party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a tight race. Netanyahu is Israel’s longest-serving premier but now finds himself in a weakened position. He attempted »»»

Today's ruling by the "beheaded and intimidated" Constitutional Court opens the door to further steps toward tyranny, the Fidesz parliamentary faction said in response to the Constitutional Court's rejection of the joint petition filed by Fidesz and KDNP seeking the annulment of the 16th and 17th a»»»

The removal of Tamás Sulyok, the 12-year term limit for members of parliament, and the 70-year age limit for constitutional court justices were all constitutional — Prime Minister Péter Magyar responded to the Constitutional Court's (CC) Monday ruling in a Facebook post. “The moment when the consti»»»

The Constitutional Court (Ab) rejected the Fidesz-KDNP submissions against the Basic Law amendments at its Monday session. In all three cases, the Ab cited primarily a lack of jurisdiction, and therefore did not examine the motions on their merits. Fidesz-KDNP challenged certain provisions of the s»»»

The House Ethics Committee on Monday announced it was investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., over sexual misconduct allegations. Pool File Photo by Tom Williams/UPI | License Photo Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it is investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez over al»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere. Trump explained his decision by citing South Korea’s refusa»»»

Popular messaging platform Discord said Monday it had complied with a Brazilian government order to suspend livestreaming and video calls in the country after a teen girl was allegedly goaded into taking her own life during a broadcast. Brazil's National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) had ordered th»»»

The White House on Monday lashed out at a CNN reporter after she asked a question about President Donald Trump's relationship with an aide, in the latest in a series of attacks on female journalists. During an event in the Oval Office, reporter Kristen Holmes asked Trump, 80, to respond to comments»»»

The Supreme Court of the United States is shown in June. A group of Texas families has asked the court to hear a challenge to a Texas law requiring a version of the 10 Commandments to be posted in every public-school classroom in the state. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 17 (UPI»»»

Iraq said on Monday it would launch an investigation into an overnight drone attack on the Iraqi Kurdistan prime minister's office, as Iran portrayed the incident as a ploy to undermine bilateral relations. Kurdistan's authorities had earlier blamed the attack -- which also targeted the home of the»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) announced that it has referred a tower management to the Public Prosecution after the management refused to allow one of Qatar’s licensed telecommunications Service Providers access to the building to provide services, while gr»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Young Indian artists in Qatar gave colourful expression to their dreams for a developed and progressive India at the Viksit Bharat 2047 Painting Competition, organised by the Embassy of India in Qatar as part of the celebrations marking India’s 80th Independence Day. Held »»»

WASHINGTON D.C.: Iraq’s new anti-corruption campaign has produced some of the country’s most dramatic displays of state power in years, with stacks of Iraqi dinars pulled from a drainage pit, hundreds of kilograms of gold seized and handed to the central bank, and security forces moving through Bag»»»

CONAKRY, Guinea: Prosecutors asked a Guinea court Monday for a one-year prison sentence for a teacher and civil liberties advocate who has been jailed and charged with publicly insulting Conakry’s Grand Mosque imam. Teacher Bella Bah Bah was charged and incarcerated on August 13, after being report»»»

RIYADH: Key education reforms for the coming school year in Saudi Arabia include a strict ban on educators teaching outside their specializations; the introduction of AI tools to ease administrative workloads; the promotion of more than 37,000 educational and administrative staff; and working hours»»»

Abu Dhabi: Emirates Transport has announced that around 10,000 school buses equipped with safety and security systems are ready to transport students across the UAE as the 2026-2027 academic year begins. The company said more than 10,000 bus drivers, along with a similar number of transport and saf»»»

IRBIL: Iraq said on Monday it would launch an investigation into an overnight drone attack on the Iraqi Kurdistan prime minister’s office, as Iran portrayed the incident as a ploy to undermine bilateral relations. Kurdistan’s authorities had earlier blamed the attack — which also targeted the home »»»

IRBIL: Iraq said on Monday it would launch an investigation into an overnight drone attack on the Iraqi Kurdistan prime minister’s office, as Iran portrayed the incident as a ploy to undermine bilateral relations. Kurdistan’s authorities had earlier blamed the attack — which also targeted the home »»»

Las Vegas: Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot dead in an act of gang revenge ordered by a mobster who later boasted of it, jurors heard Monday, as one of America's most anticipated trials got under way, 30 years after the murder. Duane "Keffe D" Davis, a one-time leader of the South Side Compton Crips, o»»»

As the August 20 fireworks approach, forecast uncertainty invariably rises, for late summer brings a confluence of atmospheric influences to the Carpathian Basin. This volatility, coupled with the sudden onset of violent showers and thunderstorms, could place the national day celebrations in jeopar»»»

Ukraine's banks made almost a third less profit in the first half of 2026 than a year earlier, as the wartime windfall that fattened their margins begins to fade. The banking system's net profit fell 32% year on year to UAH54.07bn ($1.3bn) in 1H26, according to National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) data c»»»

Poland says it stopped a Russian-directed plot to murder a US citizen in Warsaw - the first time, its prime minister says, that Moscow has tried to kill an American inside another Nato country. Polish security services detained a Russian citizen on August 7 who had been recruited by Russian intelli»»»

In Plovdiv, citizens held a second protest on Monday in defence of the Plovdiv International Fair in front of the town hall, despite the fact that earlier in the day Finance Minister Galab Donev had confirmed before the Supreme Court of Cassation that steps were being taken to protect the state's 2»»»

Las Vegas: Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot dead in an act of gang revenge ordered by a mobster who later boasted of it, jurors heard Monday, as one of America's most anticipated trials got under way, 30 years after the murder. Duane "Keffe D" Davis, a one-time leader of the South Side Compton Crips, o»»»

Dubai: Around 1,700 aspiring overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have been rescued from an alleged large-scale illegal recruitment scheme involving fake job offers in Central Europe, the Philippines’ Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said. Authorities arrested Mazhoor Ubongin Khusin, also known as “»»»

Deutsche Telekom is making a major investment in Poland’s telecommunications infrastructure, agreeing to acquire Fiberhost and sister cable operator Inea in a transaction valued at around EUR 1 billion. Fiberhost operates one of Poland’s largest wholesale fiber-optic networks, reaching approximatel»»»

Prime Minister Péter Magyar called on MBH Bank and Lőrinc Mészáros, who has ties to business interests with stakes in the lender, to reinstate a charity programme benefitting children from low-income households with good grades in a post on Facebook on Monday. New HQ of Lőrinc Mészáros’s bank too e»»»

This year’s graduating class achieved an impressive 37% of A* and A grades, well above the UK average of 28.5%, demonstrating the high academic standards and dedication that represent the Britannica community. Equally impressive is 62% of grades were B or higher, a remarkable accomplishment compare»»»

Egypt’s new Criminal Procedure Law will take effect on October 1, 2026, as the Justice Ministry prepares to implement the legislation alongside a broader programme to digitise the judicial system, accelerate court proceedings and improve judicial efficiency. President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi reviewed »»»

1 of 2 | British Prime Minister Andy Burnham gives a speech outside No 10 Downing Street on July 20. On Monday, sources close to the prime minister said he received messages from someone impersonating White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo Aug. 17 (UPI) -»»»

The UAE is moving ahead with plans to transform 50% of government sectors, services and operations into models powered by Agentic AI within the next two years, as officials work to build the technology and data infrastructure needed for the shift. The Higher Committee for Agentic AI organised the “»»»

Dubai: Two farmers in Kentucky have rejected a Dh97.25 million ($26.48 million) offer for land that has been in their family for generations, after learning that the property was being sought for a vast data centre intended to support artificial intelligence infrastructure. Delsia Bare and her moth»»»

A prominent Malian broadcaster and an influencer were on Monday jailed for seven years after criticising the ruling junta. Mohamed Youssouf Bathily was convicted by the Bamaka court of criminal conspiracy and discrediting the state alongside Rokia Doumbia, a noted campaigner. A Malian court sentenc»»»

Nearly 10 years after the attempted referendum on Catalan independence which led to violent clashes between the public and the police, the political demands of the independence movement have not been met. ENTR travelled to Catalonia in June to meet with young people there who are continuing the fig»»»

By UPI Staff A look at the women who have served as presidents of Latin American countries, both elected and interim. This collection highlights the modern female leaders who have shaped national politics across the region in recent decades. Violeta Chamorro, Nicaragua President-elect of Nicaragua »»»

The EU bought €809mn of Russian liquefied natural gas in June, 57% more than a year earlier, with Belgium the single biggest buyer. That gave Russia 24.1% of the EU's LNG market by value, second only to the US on 54.3% and €1.83bn. Belgium took €268mn worth, its highest since July 2025, ahead of Fr»»»

Russia's banks are earning more than ever, yet beneath the record profits lie mounting bad debts, a flight to cash and a corporate-loan pile that few in Moscow can measure. The country's largest lender, state-controlled Sberbank, posted a record IFRS net profit of RUB1.01tn ($12.6bn) in 1H26, up 19»»»

The EU bought €809mn of Russian liquefied natural gas in June, 57% more than a year earlier, with Belgium the single biggest buyer. That gave Russia 24.1% of the EU's LNG market by value, second only to the US on 54.3% and €1.83bn. Belgium took €268mn worth, its highest since July 2025, ahead of Fr»»»

MOSCOW: A Russian court on Monday sentenced prominent opposition politician Lev Shlosberg to 11 years in prison over his criticism of Moscow's offensive in Ukraine. The 63-year-old is among the very few Kremlin opponents who remained in Russia after it launched a sweeping crackdown on dissent follo»»»

1 of 3 | The U.S. Supreme Court once again rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to appeal the verdict in E. Jean Carroll’s sexual abuse and defamation case on Monday. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court once again rejected President Donald Trum»»»

Dubai: James Dacombe left school as a teenager to build a technology company. Eight years later, the British entrepreneur has become Europe’s youngest self-made billionaire, after his artificial intelligence chip start-up Olix secured a $3.3 billion valuation. The 25-year-old joined the billionaire»»»