TORONTO: Ontario Premier Doug Ford answered President Donald Trump’s “Lake America” decree Saturday with a billboard-sized message on the Canadian shoreline — “Lake Ontario. Now and Always” — as Canadian leaders met the move with ridicule rather than outrage. Wearing a Team Canada soccer jersey, Fo»»»

DAKAR, Senegal: The United States on Saturday deported dozens of people to the Central African Republic, including an Afghan whose brothers collaborated with the US military, lawyers said. The Afghan man, who is in his early twenties, was granted protection against deportation to Afghanistan by a U»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Doha Film Institute (DFI) celebrates another major milestone with eight Institute-supported films selected for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, reaffirming its commitment to championing independent filmmakers and bringing distinctive voices from the Arab world »»»

Khaled Al Hameidi Doha School gates across Qatar open today, Sunday, August 30, as students begin the 2026–2027 academic year, marking a new chapter in the country’s continuing effort to prepare young people for a rapidly changing future while keeping human values, national identity and wellbeing a»»»

A federal judge in California ruled that it was unconstitutional for State Secretary Marco Rubio to use immigration law to deport students for their opinions on Israel's war in Gaza. File Photo by Graeme Sloan/UPI | License Photo Aug. 29 (UPI) -- A federal judge in California on Friday ruled that t»»»

RABAT: Moroccan lawyers announced Friday no let-up in a long-running strike over judicial reforms that have left many litigants without legal representation in court. Members of Morocco’s Association of Bar Associations went on strike on June 15 in protest at the changes, which they say undermine t»»»

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: After six months of war, Iran’s leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling theocracy. They are ready for a potentially long confrontation with the US and determined to prevent any unrest at home. It’s a far»»»

Pretoria: South Africa announced that it had submitted a substantial dossier to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over Israel's non-compliance with the Court's orders on provisional measures, highlighting what it described as worrisome developments surrounding the implementation of the legal»»»

Prime Minister’s Office has weighed in on the growing dispute surrounding Tirana’s municipal leadership, after Mayor Erion Veliaj moved to dismiss Anuela Ristani from her position as acting mayor. Manjola Hasa, spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office’s Agency for Media and Information, told to»»»

Paris: Failure to approve a national budget before the upcoming presidential election could plunge France into a state of political and financial uncertainty, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu warned Saturday. Lecornu added that this situation comes amid what he termed major international turmoil an»»»

Dubai: Several participants have won cash prizes in the latest UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw held on Saturday. In Lucky Day Draw No. 260829, the winning numbers in the Days section were 8, 14, 13, 23, 20, 9, while 7 was drawn as the winning number in the Months section. Meanwhile, three participants h»»»

Shanghai: China's Song Yadong scored the biggest win of his UFC career with a stunning second-round knockout of former title challenger Umar Nurmagomedov in Shanghai on Saturday. Sixth-ranked bantamweight Song (23-9-1, 1 NC) entered the fight as a sizeable underdog against No. 3 Nurmagomedov, whose»»»

LONDON: Tuesday is set to be an epic for the Saudi Pro League. Al-Hilal versus Al-Ahli was already the biggest game of the season so far but now it is going to be unmissable. Fans in Riyadh are going to get a first look at Ollie Watkins, after the England striker secured a $70 million move to the B»»»

Doha: The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called on the international community to move beyond mere verbal condemnation and take concrete and deterrent political, legal, and economic measures commensurate with the gravity of the ongoing crimes committed by the occupation and settlers in the occupied W»»»

Liverpool: Andoni Iraola escaped defeat on his Anfield debut as Liverpool manager thanks to Victor Munoz's strike to salvage a 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest. Forest were set to win at Anfield for the third consecutive season as Dan Ndoye and Morgan Gibbs-White's penalty twice put the visitors »»»

Road traffic could resume on the renovated northern flyover at Flórián Square towards Szentendrei Road in the early hours of Sunday, 30 August, the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) has announced. This marks the completion of the full-scale renovation of the two flyovers connecting Szentendrei Road w»»»

RIYADH: Dr. Mansour Assery, one of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent figures in dentistry, was honored during the Aseer Dent Conference at the Prince Sultan Cultural Center in Khamis Mushait on Thursday. The event, which brings together dentists, specialists, and industry experts, highlighted Assery’s »»»

MADRID: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said Kylian Mbappe deserves to win this year’s Ballon d’Or, arguing the award should go to “the best player in the world” rather than be decided by World Cup or Champions League success. “The best players in the world, there are two, three or four of them, an»»»

Madrid: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said Kylian Mbappe deserves to win this year's Ballon d'Or, arguing the award should go to "the best player in the world" rather than be decided by World Cup or Champions League success. "The best players in the world, there are two, three or four of them, an»»»

Poland is expected to maintain one of the highest budget deficits in the European Union, with the general government deficit projected at 7.1% of GDP in both 2026 and 2027. The government’s 2027 budget assumes revenues of PLN 695 bln and expenditures of PLN 977.6 bln, producing a budget deficit of »»»

President Karol Nawrocki has signed legislation supporting sustainable aviation in Poland, including measures intended to improve conditions for domestic airlines under the EU Emissions Trading System. The law introduces financial compensation to cover part of the price difference between more expe»»»

Netia, part of the Cyfrowy Polsat Group, submitted the lowest bid in Poczta Polska’s tender for an SD-WAN network operator. Netia valued the basic contract at PLN 176.53 mln and the optional portion at PLN 32.46 mln, bringing its total offer to PLN 208.99 mln. Orange Polska submitted the only compe»»»

Polish Olympic Committee (PKOl) president Radosław Piesiewicz was detained on August 27 as part of the ongoing investigation into the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto, Justice Minister and Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek said. The detention is the most visible development since »»»

Frozen ground is thawing faster each summer almost everywhere it has been measured, according to the first global assessment of long-term monitoring data, and that threatens to set off a CO₂ giga-bomb in the coming decade. Russia is currently 45% covered by permafrost, most of it in the northeast c»»»

Frozen ground is thawing faster each summer almost everywhere it has been measured, according to the first global assessment of long-term monitoring data, and that threatens to set off a CO₂ giga-bomb in the coming decade. Russia is currently 45% covered by permafrost, most of it in the northeast c»»»

Two target sets now define this war, and neither of them is military. Ukraine hits Russian oil refineries and the warehouses of its two big online retailers. Russia hits Ukraine's power system and its shops. Both sides describe the other's campaign as terrorism and their own as a legitimate militar»»»

About a third of Ozon’s shares, Russia's biggest online marketplace, was bought by oligarch Gennady Timchenko on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) set up by the late anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny claims. Navalny died in a Russian prison under»»»

Iran has left the door open to diplomacy, six months into a war with the United States that has upended the Middle East, but only if Washington abandons its pressure campaign. "Putting diplomacy back on track isn't impossible. It hinges on U.S. understanding of one simple fact: pressure doesn't wor»»»

Iran's economy, already strained by high inflation, years of Western sanctions and a war that has sharply reduced oil revenue, is poised for more instability as the Trump administration tries to coerce other countries into ending all financial dealings with the Islamic Republic. A decision by the U»»»

Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are expected in Central Asia's Kyrgyzstan Monday for a two-day summit, also attended by Iran's and India's leaders, of a regional bloc seeking to be a counter-influence to the West. Around a dozen heads of states will head to the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek»»»

The director of the Blagoevgrad Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Interior, Iliya Tuparov, has been removed from his post following the controversial detention of activist and journalist Gergana Petrova during Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s visit to flood-hit Strumyani. Interior Minister Ivan D»»»

The Bishkek Emergency Medicine Center is set for its largest fleet upgrade to date, the center’s head, Egor Borisov, posted on social media. Social media users had suggested that people should avoid getting sick in the coming days because «all of Bishkek’s ambulances are standing in the square.» «N»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s office market is evolving beyond traditional workplaces, with flexible space emerging as part of a broader ecosystem shaped by demand for regional headquarters, tight Grade A supply and changing tenant needs. From multinational corporations establishing operations in the King»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s office market is evolving beyond traditional workplaces, with flexible space emerging as part of a broader ecosystem shaped by demand for regional headquarters, tight Grade A supply and changing tenant needs. From multinational corporations establishing operations in the King»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov called for tough punishment of those who, according to him, receive money from external forces and seek to destabilize the situation in Kyrgyzstan. He made the statement today, August 29, at Ala-Too Square during the garrison roll call of security forces deploy»»»

Quito: An Ecuadoran court on Friday sentenced ex-president Lenin Moreno to five years in prison for accepting bribes from a Chinese company that built the country's biggest hydroelectric dam. The prosecution said on X that Moreno, who governed from 2017 to 2021, was among 20 people convicted in the»»»

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will stick to its policy of isolating the AfD despite the right-wing party polling at over 40% ahead of regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt. The chancellor claimed that the Alternative for Germany maintains close ti»»»

An Ecuadoran court on Friday sentenced ex-president Lenin Moreno to five years in prison for accepting bribes from a Chinese company that built the country's biggest hydroelectric dam. The prosecution said on X that Moreno, who governed from 2017 to 2021, was among 20 people convicted in the case i»»»

Poland has sent confusing signals regarding the potential deployment of nuclear weaponry on its territory, in what appears to be an attempt to enjoy the fruits of deterrence without hosting foreign munitions. In recent months, a dozen European NATO members, including Poland, have expressed a desire»»»

Share: By : Makram Rabah, Opinion Before UNIFIL arrived in southern Lebanon In 1978, some villages reportedly had no dry-cleaning services not even basic urgent care units. The international force brought foreign soldiers, salaries, rental income, restaurants, supermarkets and, yes, cleaner suits. »»»

Donald Trump has declared himself the “greatest” president in US history while branding Joe Biden and Barack Obama “failures” in a ranking posted on Truth Social. Abraham Lincoln, who led the US through the Civil War and abolished slavery, and George Washington, the first US president and a foundin»»»

A state outside of the traditional Tornado Alley has set a new severe weather record. Illinois has had 243 preliminary tornado reports so far in 2026, exceeding the counts of any state for a full calendar year, dating back to 1950, according to Storm Prediction Center data. Preliminary records have»»»

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are asking the Supreme Court to allow the military to ban transgender service members. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the Pentagon to ban »»»

King Oyo Nyimba, leader of the Tooro kingdom in western Uganda, has died at the age of 34, the region's prime minister of his kingdom announced Thursday. Crowned at three years old, he became the world's youngest reigning monarch in 1995. Oyo Nyimba, a Ugandan ⁠king who became ​the world's youngest»»»

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer walks back to his vehicle after checking the documentation of a construction worker during a random stop in Minneapolis, Minn., on January 9. File Photo by Craig Lassig/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court on Friday ruled agains»»»

ISTANBUL: A Turkish comedian was rearrested Friday after a court ordered his release in a separate case in which he was accused of insulting Islam and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish media reported. Deniz Goktas, 32, whose stand-up performances have attracted millions of views online, was d»»»

POTOCARI, Bosnia and Herzegovina: To survivors of the Srebrenica massacre, the death of former Bosnian Serb military leader and war criminal Ratko Mladic changes little about his legacy. Mejra Djogaz, whose three sons, husband and grandson were killed by forces led by Mladic, lives at the edge of t»»»

DUBAI: Al-Nassr had another scare on Friday night when they once again fell behind, before pulling off a 2-1 comeback win against Al-Taawoun at Al-Awwal Park to maintain their 100 percent start to the Saudi Pro League season. The reigning champions top the table with the maximum 12 points from four»»»

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference at the Treasury Department Monday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Friday that the United States is working to cut off bank branches in the United Arab Emira»»»

Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has repeatedly humiliated and abused a former household worker, at one point calling him an “undeveloped Moroccan,” a new lawsuit claims. The controversy adds to a years-long trail of remarkably similar allegations, painting a p»»»