LONDON: Iran has tied the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to a sweeping list of political and financial concessions from the US, including full compensation for damage caused by what it described as two “imposed wars.” The demands were set out on Saturday by Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of»»»

RIYADH: Arabian Drilling Co. will resume work on all temporarily suspended offshore rigs by the end of September, it has announced. The company halted operations on some of its offshore rigs in the Gulf Cooperation Council region in March as a precautionary measure when the conflict involving Israe»»»

Dubai: An IndiGo flight from Kolkata to Chennai landed safely late Wednesday after a left engine issue prompted airport authorities to declare a full emergency shortly before arrival. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.Flight 6E-723 touched down on Runway 25 at Chennai Ai»»»

Dubai: Iran knew where US President Donald Trump was staying in Ankara — down to the floor of the building — as American intelligence detected a possible missile threat near the Nato summit, new details have revealed. US intelligence picked up multiple streams of information as Trump entered the fi»»»

Dubai: N Chandrasekaran’s proposed third term as Tata Sons chairman became caught in disagreements over capital spending, losses at newer businesses and whether the holding company could remain private. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.He will serv»»»

KALLUDER E VOGEL: Erblin Ademi watched from afar as workers excavated recently discovered mass graves from the 1998-99 war in Kosovo. Nearly 30 years after his father went missing, Ademi both feared and wished that his remains will finally be found. Ademi was just 9 when he last saw his father, Ade»»»

The new school year is getting closer, and families across the UAE are starting to tick items off their school shopping lists. Whether you need a new backpack, stationery, lunch box, water bottle or a pair of school shoes, retailers across the UAE are bringing out their back-to-school collections w»»»

Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev has alerted acting Prosecutor General Vanya Stefanova over delays in a pre-trial investigation concerning road construction, advance payments and in-house procurement procedures worth tens of millions of euro, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. The investiga»»»

Happiness is difficult to measure. But the latest global surveys agree on one thing: where people live, how they judge their lives and how they feel day to day can produce very different pictures of what it means to be happy. The 2026 World Happiness Report, released by the Wellbeing Research Centr»»»

Dubai: A Kuwaiti court has overturned an Education Ministry decision that failed a middle-school student and ordered that she be declared successful and promoted to the eighth grade after a technical glitch prevented her from accessing online classes. The dispute began during the second semester wh»»»

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Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar reporter says Israeli drone struck southern Lebanese town of Kafra at dawn on Wednesday 12-08-2026 10:47 AM Latest News Urgent New»»»

Members of the so-called Kosovo Police raided the family home of Nenad Rašković in the village of Dren, the municipality of Zubin Potok, this afternoon, beat him, took him into the woods and tied him to a tree, demanding that he confess to committing war crimes against Albanians, the Serb List said»»»

LONDON: Iran has tied the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to a sweeping list of political and financial concessions from the US, including full compensation for damage caused by what it described as two “imposed wars.” The demands were set out on Saturday by Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of»»»

ALKHOBAR: Sarah Al-Ablan had never trained in athletics when she lined up for her first 100-meter race in Riyadh in 2023. The King Faisal University student had been passionate about sport since 2020, but it was one of her university instructors who noticed her athletic ability at the gym and encou»»»

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Diodato Abagnara said principles of Security Council Resolution 1701 – adopted exactly two decades ago and which forms basis of UNIFIL’s mandate – remain the cornerstone of efforts to preserve stability in south Lebanon and support peace in t»»»

One of the two youths arrested on August 10 for attacking two Nepalese nationals in Plovdiv was present at the murder of Georgi Kuzev in the city's Youth Hill locality on August 4, Deputy Regional Prosecutors Plamen Pantov and Neno Dimov told a news briefing here on Wednesday. The youth in question»»»

Mumbai: Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran will step down when his current term ends on February 20, 2027, after six months of discussions failed to produce agreement on his reappointment. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The decision puts succession firmly in focus at»»»

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interior minister is visiting Iran to discuss regional security, stability and other developments, the foreign office said on Wednesday.“He is discussing bilateral relations, security, regional security and stability, and constructive engagement among the parties in the region»»»

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interior minister is visiting Iran to discuss regional security, stability and other developments, the foreign office said on Wednesday.“He is discussing bilateral relations, security, regional security and stability, and constructive engagement among the parties in the region»»»

On Aug. 12, 1985, in aviation's worst single-plane disaster, a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 slammed into a mountain in central Japan, killing 520 people. Four passengers survived. 1 of 6 | Families of the deceased from the JAL Flight 123 crash on August 12,1985, pay their respects following a memoria»»»

The area around the ammunition plant warehouse near Tryavna (Central Bulgaria) where explosions occurred on August 10 is still being surveyed, with smouldering fires and scattered ammunition posing a potential danger, Gabrovo Regional Directorate of Interior Director Iliyan Ivanov said on Wednesday»»»

Pereira, Colombia: Colombian rescuers pulled a 32-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building Tuesday, sparking cheers and applause as exhausted crews raced to find more survivors from the country's strongest earthquake in a century. Daniela Largo was carried from the wreckage wrap»»»

Leaving your computer unlocked for just a minute, opening a sensitive document in a lift or simply holding the office door open for someone may appear harmless, but these everyday actions could create an opportunity for a security breach. The Department of Government Enablement – Abu Dhabi has high»»»

MOSCOW: Russia’s Defense Ministry ‌said ‌on Wednesday ​it ‌had ⁠intercepted ​and destroyed ⁠502 Ukrainian drones over various regions overnight ⁠and ‌had hit ‌a ​fuel ‌depot in ‌the port of Odesa, which ‌it said was used ⁠to ⁠supply the Ukrainian army. Reuters could not independently verify the min»»»

Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he had the "full support" of his ruling National Party on Wednesday after surviving a leadership challenge called with less than three months until a general election. Luxon has led New Zealand since 2023 but has been unable to reverse h»»»

Mumbai: Natarajan Chandrasekaran has stepped down as chairman of Tata Sons Pvt. ahead of a contentious annual shareholder vote, according to a person familiar with the matter, throwing the salt-to-software conglomerate into uncertainty at a time when it’s spearheading the country’s push into high-t»»»

Dubai: Emirates Global Aluminium reported an 11% increase in adjusted EBITDA to Dh4.506 billion in the first half of 2026, while restoration work at its Al Taweelah operations continued following the March disruption. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The aluminium produ»»»

KHARTOUM: Drones attacked the Sudanese capital and two northern cities at dawn on Wednesday, an AFP correspondent and witnesses reported, in what appeared to be a coordinated strike after months of calm in Khartoum. Since April 2023, Sudan has been ravaged by war between the Sudanese military, led »»»

North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the East Sea Wednesday, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. In this photo, people watch a news report on the launch at Seoul Station. Photo by Yonhap SEOUL, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Wednesday, the m»»»

A former US military veteran who was imprisoned in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges and under abusive conditions was released on Tuesday. A group advocating for him said he was gravely ill and at risk of dying. Russia has released an American military veteran who spent more than »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE) yesterday interviewed students nominated to join the National Scholarship Initiative to pursue a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering. The interviews were conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Climate »»»

Energy costs are emerging as the biggest "financial surprise" for chief executives worldwide in 2026, surpassing all other cost pressures, according to the global PwC CEO Survey Mid-Year Snapshot released on Tuesday.The survey shows that almost one in five executives (19%) reported increases of mor»»»

Dubai: talabat raised its full-year 2026 guidance across all key financial metrics after first-half growth came in ahead of its earlier expectations, even as second-quarter profit fell 18% amid continued investment in groceries, loyalty and its wider everyday app strategy. Sign up for our daily bus»»»

BAIDOA: After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally arrived in the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa with no food and little sense of what would happen next. Drought conditions had forced Mohamed and her family to leave Saakoow, a town in the Middle Jubba region»»»

Arab Finance: The Egyptian government is considering imposing a 5% customs duty on fully imported electric vehicles (EVs) for the first time, according to six sources, four of whom are government officials who spoke to Asharq Business on condition of anonymity. Such a move aims at protecting local »»»

Dubai: Emirates Global Aluminium took a Dh725 million hit to its first-half net income following the March attack that forced an emergency shutdown at Al Taweelah, with aluminium production at the site expected to return to pre-incident levels in the first quarter of 2027. Sign up for our daily bus»»»

The General Electricity Company of Libya said on Wednesday that an attack on the South Zawiya substation caused a complete outage and loss of power supply to wide areas south of ‌the city of ‌Zawiya. The Libyan electricity ‌provider ⁠said US company ⁠GE had halted all work at the Zawiya power stati»»»

Equipment worth 209.5 million soms will be purchased for pediatric oncology in Kyrgyzstan. The National Center for Maternal and Child Welfare has announced a tender for the purchase, the state procurement portal says. It is noted that 209.5 million soms are planned for the acquisition of a robotic »»»

BEIRUT: Israeli twin strikes on southern Lebanon killed one person on Tuesday and damaged an ambulance, Lebanese state media and the health ministry said, with the latter condemning the “continued targeting” of rescuers. The incident is the latest Israeli attack despite an ongoing truce in the war »»»

Dubai: Travellers flying from the UAE today, August 12, should check their flight status before leaving for the airport, with most services operating as scheduled but disruptions continuing on selected Bahrain and Kuwait routes. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The usua»»»

As the standoff between the US and Iran continues, UAE residents face ongoing impacts affecting regional security, air travel, and market stability. With the Strait of Hormuz remaining a high-risk area — Iran claims it is "closed", the US claims it is "open" — amid ongoing high-stakes negotiations »»»

With over 3,950 cases recorded by the ministry of health in Gaza, the number of miscarriages between January and June has tripled compared with the previous six months. During this period, there was approximately one miscarriage for every five live births. The Observers team spoke with two OBGYN do»»»

In tonight's program, Nigerian returnees are trying to forget the trauma they experienced during months of xenophobic protests in South Africa that have frayed diplomatic ties between the two African powerhouses. Also, Chad says teaming up with General Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army has made»»»

Since they seized power in Afghanistan five years ago, the Taliban have succeeded in expanding their diplomatic and economic ties with countries around the world. But Afghanistan remains largely isolated due to a widespread refusal to formally recognise the Taliban government over human rights abus»»»

Dubai: Temperatures could reach 49°C in parts of the UAE on Wednesday, with hotter conditions expected along the coast on Thursday before humidity and the possibility of fog return over the weekend, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). Wednesday will be fair to partly cloudy at ti»»»

Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi, the mayor of the 5th district, wrote an open letter to Dávid Vitézy, Minister of Transport and Investment, and to Gergely Karácsony, Lord Mayor of Budapest, after a proposal emerged that would return several important district public spaces to the management of the capital.»»»

The Prime Minister's Office has filed a criminal complaint in connection with the publication of Viktor Orbán's social media content. Fidesz says the complaint is a politically motivated attack on Fanny Kaminski, the former prime minister's press adviser. The person concerned has also rejected the »»»

LONDON: British politics has a long-cherished reputation for attracting the weird and wonderful. But in a pantheon of colorful characters, Count Binface, a man wearing a rubbish bin over his head, is stealing the show. The self-described “intergalactic space warrior” from the fictional planet Sigma»»»

MONTGOMERY, Alabama: Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates Thursday in what would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States. The executions come as a small number of states, including the three with scheduled letha»»»