Doha, Qatar: Motorists in Qatar driving taxis, limousines and public transport buses have been reminded to obtain a valid public driving license specifically authorising them to operate such vehicles. The Ministry of Interior in a social media post stated that this requirement is in accordance with»»»

On Aug. 27, 2020, New Zealand handed down its first sentence of life in prison without parole for Brenton Tarrant for killing 51 mosque worshippers in Christchurch. 1 of 3 | On August 27, 2020, New Zealand handed down its first sentence of life in prison without parole for Brenton Tarrant for killi»»»

Europe – including Hungary – may be facing another significant rise in food prices. The causes are wide-ranging, from changing weather patterns and the war in Ukraine to energy price fluctuations caused by the conflict in the Middle East and riverbeds drying up. Experts have already outlined which »»»

Doha, Qatar: Combining sporting legacy with sustainability, Al Janoub Arena will officially open its doors today hosting the highly anticipated clash between the Qatar and China in Window 4 of the Asian Qualifiers for the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qatar 2027. The game carries special significance a»»»

A federal appeals judge ruled Wednesday against dismissing charges accusing Rep. LaMonica McIver of assaulting, resisting, impeding and interfering with federal officials while on site at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in September. File Photo by Derek French/UPI | License Photo Aug. 27 (UPI) »»»

WASHINGTON: When President Donald Trump launched the war with Iran in late February, he initially forecast it would last four to five weeks. Six months later, there’s still no off-ramp in sight despite Trump’s repeated assertions that the war has been won or a deal to resolve it was nearly complete»»»

Poland recorded one of Europe’s strongest increases in real-estate investment during the first half of 2026. Preliminary Savills data show that Polish transaction volume rose approximately 95% year on year, almost matching Finland’s 94% increase and comfortably exceeding the growth recorded in Swed»»»

Polish industrial production is expanding at a surprisingly strong pace, but manufacturing companies remain among the country’s most pessimistic businesses. July output increased 5.1% year on year and 0.5% month on month after seasonal adjustment, with investment goods, electronics and machinery am»»»

A military judge on Wednesday set the trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and one of the last remaining detainees at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. File Photo by Ezra Kaplan for UPI Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A military judge has scheduled t»»»

Nvidia's latest quarterly results once again blew past Wall Street's expectations as revenue for the computer chip company's high-end artificial intelligence chips soared, the latest sign that AI infrastructure spending remains strong. The company reported on Wednesday net income of $59.69 billion,»»»

Dubai: At just 14, Rain Isabella Astaño is already learning what it means to carry two places in her heart. Born and raised in the UAE, the Dubai-based Filipina has spent years developing her game on local pickleball courts. Now, she has been preparing to carry the Philippine flag onto the internat»»»

OAKLAND, California: Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state. The settlemen»»»

WASHINGTON (AP): The Trump administration has trained much of its immigration crackdown on people who entered the United States illegally from Mexico and elsewhere, but it is intensifying another battle, this time with people who come legally. The State Department has paused all immigrant visa appl»»»

OAKLAND, California: Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. The settlement resolves »»»

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's government said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit in a federal court against Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, seeking damages of 500 million reais (about $97 million) for the company's alleged failure to protect children online. The move comes »»»

A military court will try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks starting in June 2028, multiple US media outlets reported Wednesday citing a judge's ruling. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) was considered one of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants before he was captured in March 2003»»»

The United States has sanctioned UK-based direct-action group Palestine Action as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, widening the Trump administration’s campaign against organisations it describes as violent far-left networks. The US Treasury announced the designation on Wednesday (Aug. 26, 2»»»

Israel will continue building illegal settlements in the West Bank in preparation for a “major” wave of Jewish immigration, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. Israel’s most recent settlement expansion triggered rebukes from its Arab neighbors and Western partners. “Today, many of our broth»»»

QNA Tripoli Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya Dr. Mohamed Al Menfi met with Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi in Tripoli on Wednesday. Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya Abdul Hamid Mohammed »»»

The Cabinet also approved measures to update the Official Gazette system, including a draft law amending certain provisions of Law No. 12 of 2016 concerning the Official Gazette and a draft ministerial decision regulating its electronic publication and related services. The measures, prepared by th»»»

Members of the public who support Palestine Action, which Britain named a terrorist group, protest in August 2025 in Parliament Square in London. The United States has now also classified the group as a terrorist organization and issued sanctions Wednesday. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License»»»

Madrid: Kylian Mbappe scored a brilliant hat-trick to help Real Madrid thrash Real Sociedad 4-1 in La Liga in Jose Mourinho's first home match back at the Santiago Bernabeu as the club's coach. Mourinho's Madrid made it two wins from two with Vinicius Junior also on the scoresheet, while Jude Belli»»»

Lawyers from the Department of Justice threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts if the Trump administration isn't allowed to renovate it and put Trump's name on it. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The Trump administration threatened in a court»»»

Markwayne Mullin, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security attends an event Thursday in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, which falls under the department, arrested nearly 50,000 people in July. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | Licen»»»

The Department of Justice seized two platforms used by Chinese hackers to break into American infrastructure. File Photo by Sascha Steinbach/EPA Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The Justice Department and FBI announced Wednesday that they seized two platforms used to target U.S. critical infrastructure and other s»»»

Meta Platforms on Wednesday agreed to pay $17 billion to settle claims, filed by 47 US states, that the company designed Facebook and Instagram to deliberately make teens addicted to their products while deceiving the public, according to state attorneys general. The company agreed to add chil»»»

By Maxence D'aversa PARIS, France — After six months of war in the Middle East, the Gulf's major aviation hubs are navigating turbulence as a hefty portion of their lucrative transit traffic opts for other airports such as Istanbul.Between April and June, business for Middle Eastern airlines — mea»»»

CAIRO: The conviction of Syria’s former grand mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun and Washington’s decision to remove a major obstacle to economic engagement came within hours of each other this week, highlighting two central elements of the country’s post-Bashar Assad transition. On Monday, a court in D»»»

The Albanian government has reacted to the decision of the High Judicial Council (KLGJ) to increase the reference salary of judges, saying the matter requires further internal consideration. KLGJ intervened on Wednesday to address the long-running dispute over judges’ salaries, after Parliament fai»»»

A lawsuit was filed by 25 states to prevent the U.S. Postal Service from implementing new rules to prevent mail-in voting before November's elections. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A group of attorneys general from 24 states and the governor of Pennsylvania have f»»»

A Frenchman was arrested in Italy on arms trafficking charges after a police check found three anti-tank missiles and other military equipment in his van, authorities said Wednesday. The man, identified as Regis Normand, 46, was arrested in the southern port of Bari in June and remains in custody, »»»

Dubai: Several participants have won cash prizes in the latest UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw held on Wednesday. In Lucky Day Draw No. 260826, the winning numbers in the Days section were 26, 29, 28, 27, 9, 14, while 5 was drawn as the winning number in the Months section. Meanwhile, three participants»»»

Nuwakot: A massive flood and landslide disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 103 people on Wednesday and left several hundred missing, many of them foreign tourists. Aid workers said entire settlements had been "wiped out". Surveillance footage verified by AFP shows dozens of people ru»»»

PARIS: Philippe Aghion is a prominent French economist, internationally recognized for his work on growth and innovation. He is a professor at the College de France and the London School of Economics. His research has profoundly revitalized Joseph Schumpeter’s theory of “creative destruction.” It d»»»

CAIRO: The Arab League’s Secretariat-General on Wednesday condemned Israeli violations involving the destruction of UNRWA buildings in Kafr Aqab in occupied East Jerusalem, calling it a direct attack on a UN agency that plays a fundamental role for Palestinian refugees. In a statement marking the f»»»

LONDON: A non-existent US think tank published more than half a million words of pro-Israel material in just nine days as part of an Israeli government-funded campaign designed to influence how artificial intelligence chatbots respond to questions about Israel and Gaza, The Guardian has found. The »»»

Problems with the US military’s Drone Dominance initiative stem from a broad assortment of issues, the biggest of which is a “longstanding departmental cultural and institutional lethargy and a kind of neo-Luddism inside the Pentagon,” Lt. Col. (ret.) Karen Kwiatkowski, a former DoD analyst herself»»»

AL-MUKALLA: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis held another round of interrogations of abducted UN and civil society workers on Wednesday, drawing fresh condemnation from human rights activists over allegations of torture and deteriorating health conditions. Activists in Sanaa said the Houthi-controlled S»»»

LONDON: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to announce within weeks a broad ban on trade in goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, British media reported on Wednesday. According to The Telegraph, Burnham is considering a full embargo on settlement goods in res»»»

LONDON: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to announce within weeks a broad ban on trade in goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, British media reported on Wednesday. According to The Telegraph, Burnham is considering a full embargo on settlement goods in res»»»

Nuwakot, Nepal: A massive flood and landslide disaster unleashed on the Nepal-Tibet border killed nearly 100 on Wednesday and left several hundred people missing, many of whom are foreign tourists. Surveillance footage verified by AFP shows dozens of people running away as a stories-tall surge of d»»»

WASHINGTON: The ​United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group, designating it a Specially Designated Global ‌Terrorist, according to ‌a ​notice ‌posted ⁠on ​a Treasury ⁠Department website. The United Kingdom previously banned Palestine Action as a terrorist organizatio»»»

Meta will pay $16.7 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by 29 state attorneys general over the mental health risks posed to children by its social media platforms. File Photo by Will Oliver/UPI | License Photo Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Meta will pay $16.7 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by 29 state atto»»»

The trial of six members of a Pakistani ‘grooming gang’ has quietly restarted in Manchester. The retrial hasn’t made the headlines, and looking at the sordid details of the case, it’s clear the British establishment wants to keep it that way. The six suspects were alleged members of the Rochdale gr»»»

A flight attendant in France has succeeded in having her breast cancer recognised as an occupational disease, a first for the country's aviation industry, her lawyer and a trade union said. The ruling -- which recognised that Sophie Lainault, a former flight attendant for Air France, had frequently»»»

Three Secret Service staff members were put on leave pending an investigation into "potential misconduct." File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Three Secret Service employees have been put on administrative leave during an investigation into "potential misconduct," the »»»

DOHA: Combining sporting legacy with sustainability, Al Janoub Arena will officially open its doors on Thursday by hosting the highly anticipated clash between the Qatar national team and China in Window 4 of the Asian Qualifiers for the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qatar 2027. The game carries specia»»»

Parliamentary groups outlined their priorities for the new plenary session on Wednesday, the National Assembly's first regular sitting after the summer recess, with the ruling Progressive Bulgaria pledging to advance the Government's programme and opposition formations criticizing its record after »»»

MAKKAH: Every weekend along the shores of Al-Shuaiba, vivid modern canopy kites catch the thermal winds of the Red Sea, carving sharp arcs across the skyline. Below them, young athletes skim turquoise waters on specialized boards, executing high-speed maneuvers and gravity-defying jumps. Once a qui»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index rose on Wednesday, gaining 28.29 points, or 0.25 percent, to close at 11,259.90. The total trading turnover on the benchmark index was SR5.71 billion ($1.52 billion), as 166 stocks advanced, while 90 retreated. The MSCI Tadawul Index also increased, ri»»»