New Delhi: The inaugural meeting of the India-Kuwait Joint Defence Committee (JDC) was held in New Delhi on Friday, where the two countries agreed to further strengthen bilateral defence cooperation across a wide range of areas, including training, military exercises, military medicine, staff talks»»»

New Delhi: India’s foreign exchange reserves surged to a record high of $729.3 billion in the week ended August 21, providing the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with greater firepower to manage pressure on the rupee amid elevated oil prices and global economic uncertainties. According to data released»»»

Tunis, August 28 (TAP) — Secretary of State Mohamed Ben Ayed met Friday with Qatar’s Ambassador to Tunisia, Zayed bin Saeed Rashed Al-Khayarin, to discuss ways to further strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation.The talks covered...»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on Friday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in agriculture and food security while seeking to expand investment and trade between the two countries. The discussions took place during a visit to Pakistan by Saudi Minister of Environment, Water»»»

A common mechanism is needed to ensure adequate blood supplies and protect patients’ rights, the press service of the Health Ministry said on Friday, responding to claims that, amid limited blood supplies, hospitals have been asking relatives of patients scheduled for elective surgery to help find »»»

Twelve refugees who fled the Transit Centre in the village of Pastrogor have been located and detained, BTA learned from Senior Commissioner Miroslav Hristov, head of the Haskovo Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry. The refugees are of Moroccan origin. Their escape was reported at around »»»

Kathmandu, Nepal: More than 2,400 people were still missing Friday missing and 584 were confirmed dead after flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-Tibet border. The figures are likely to continue changing, which is not uncommon in the chaos after a major disaster. Here are the latest numbers: I»»»

Six of the countries that pay for the EU seven-year Multiannual Financial Framework budget (MFF) want the next one cut by hundreds of billions of euros. Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Sweden said in a joint statement released by the German government on August 27 that the E»»»

Tunis, August 28 (TAP) — The Ministry of Trade and Export Development announced Friday the launch of a large-scale operation to boost bottled water supplies, with 9 million 1.5-liter and 2-liter bottles to be injected into distribution channels...»»»

People shop at a supermarket in Buenos Aires in January. Household debt is surging and millions of borrowers are falling behind on payments amid declining purchasing power and a rising cost of living. File Photo by Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Argentine household debt i»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on August 31 in Bishkek, and the leaders will discuss bilateral cooperation and the most important international problems, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Friday. "It all starts on August 31 with»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe UNIFIL: Despite a decrease in the level of violence compared to earlier this year, the situation in southern Lebanon remains fragile 28-08-»»»

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added three more states to the cyclospora outbreak. File Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPA Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The cyclospora outbreak in lettuce has spread to 20 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The CDC added Georgia, Tennessee»»»

San Francisco: Meta's landmark settlement with nearly every US state promises curfews and time limits for teens on Instagram and Facebook -- but rests on age and parent checks nobody has figured out how to make work. The deal, which ended a federal trial in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, gives »»»

Tunis, August 28, 2026 (TAP) — The Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX) has opened registration for a business prospecting mission for Tunisian companies operating in the building and public works sector, to be held on the sidelines of the “EXPO BÉTON”...»»»

Tunis, August 28, 2026 (TAP) — A high-level panel on the strategic role of Tunisian engineers in driving Africa’s economic and industrial transformation will be held in Tunis on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at the initiative of the Tunisia Africa...»»»

Tunis, August 28, 2026 (TAP) — Tunisia witnessed a partial lunar eclipse at dawn on Friday, with the phenomenon reaching a maximum magnitude of approximately 0.93, according to photos shared by the National Institute of Meteorology (INM) on its...»»»

Tunis, August 28 (TAP) — Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LTDH) President Bassem Trifi and Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Secretary-General Salaheddine Selmi agreed to step up coordination and strengthen joint efforts to...»»»

Manchester, United Kingdom: Michael Carrick said Carlos Baleba will be unable to make his Manchester United debut for around three weeks due to an ankle injury, but is excited by the Cameroonian's "massive potential". Baleba's £70 million ($95 million) move from Brighton further bolstered Carrick's»»»

Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed developments in Sudan and regional and international efforts to support security and stability in the country during a phone call today with Senior Adviser to the US President on Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos. During the call, Abdel»»»

A US court has struck down the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, ruling that it illegally sanctioned the AI developer for refusing to let its Claude model be used for certain military operations. In a 59-page ruling issued on Thursday, US District Judge Rita Lin said Secretary of War Pete Hegse»»»

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has argued that he should not be seen as tainted by past association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The billionaire addressed his links with the late financier as a source of reputational baggage in an interview with Axios on Thursday, insisting people »»»

The Bulgarian Navy again carried out reconnaissance and transport tasks involving unmanned aerial vehicles and parts of such vehicles found in the waters of the Black Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Friday. A specialized team from the Varna Naval Base was activated following a report of an unmann»»»

The acceptance of applications for 48-page Bulgarian passports valid for 10 years and their issuance have been temporarily suspended, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. The suspension is due to a technical issue caused by unexpectedly high demand for this type of passport. Since it was introduce»»»

Albania has rejected any suggestion that it is involved in alleged coordinated hybrid activities aimed at destabilizing Montenegro, following recent remarks by Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spaji?. Albanian Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha said there is no official accusatio»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed bilateral and international issues, as well as future contacts between the two countries, in a phone call with his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. "During the conversation, which to»»»

People search the names of their relatives on lists of missing people outside the army operations center in the aftermath of flash floods, in Nuwakot district, Nepal, Friday. More than 500 people have died and hundreds remain missing across northern Nepal after a suspected glacial collapse and aval»»»

Afghanistan is “undoubtedly” better off five years after the withdrawal of US forces, Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has told RT, while acknowledging that the country continues to face serious problems. In a rare interview with RT India’s Runjhun Sharma, Mujahid argued that the departur»»»

Britannica International School, Budapest, today announced it had joined Ariston Education, a growing global group of premium Early Years – Year 13 schools and creator of the AQ = EQ + IQ framework for future-ready learning. The school now becomes part of the Ariston Education alliance of schools, »»»

WASHINGTON: The Treasury Department is due to cut off a major Egyptian bank’s operations in the United Arab Emirates from the US financial system, an official confirmed Friday, as Washington pushes to choke Iran off economically. The move impacts UAE branches of Egypt’s second biggest bank, Banque »»»

Kathmandu, Nepal: Devastating floods near the border with China this week have killed at least 579 people in Nepal, its disaster authority said Friday. Chinese state media earlier confirmed five dead following Wednesday's disaster, taking the total killed to at least 584.»»»

DHAHRAN: Egyptian harpist Manal Mohei Eldin captivated audiences at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, or Ithra, with three nights of performances blending classical harp techniques with traditional Arabic rhythms and melodies. The final show will be on Friday. Known as one of the most pr»»»

ADEN: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center has repatriated 154 Somali refugees from Yemen to Somalia through Aden International Airport, in cooperation with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The move is part of a protection and humanitarian assistance program aimed at supporting »»»

The National Research and Development Center for Sustainable Agriculture, or Estidamah, concluded its participation in the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, showcasing Saudi Arabia’s advanced agricultural solutions for arid envir»»»

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stand by as they check the documentation of a construction worker during a random stop in Minneapolis on Jan. 9 ICE has awarded a $16.7 million no-bid contract to Compliant Technologies for 6,000 shock gloves to be used to detain people by force. File Ph»»»

JEDDAH: Children are learning about the Red Sea through science, environmental research, mapping and robotics at Takween’s STEM summer camp at the Red Sea Museum in Historic Jeddah. Running until Aug. 29, the camp is designed by Saudi interdisciplinary learning organization Takween, Home of Design »»»

Emergency services are rushing to find survivors and treat the wounded after a devastating flash flood on the border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday killed more than 500 people, with over a thousand still missing. But the remote and rugged terrain, as well as the risk of further flooding from upstr»»»

A glacier broke apart. An ice and rock avalanche followed. Then came an earthquake, before a landslide triggered devastating floods that tore through kilometres of valley. This is what happened along the Nepal-China border, where rescue teams are still trying to recover survivors 48 hours after the»»»

Bulgaria has received €489.3 million in its first disbursement under the European Union's Security of Europe Instrument (SAFE), the European Commission announced. The payment represents 15% of the €3.3 billion allocated to Bulgaria under the program. SAFE is a €150 billion EU financial instrument t»»»

Convicted genocidaire Ratko Mladić has died at the age of 84 in a UN prison in The Hague, where he was serving a life sentence. He was found guilty of leading the siege of Sarajevo and orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were murdered. His plann»»»

KYIV: Ukraine’s top ‌presidential adviser said on Friday that technical talks on Russia’s war would likely take place in the near ​future but added that he did not expect any swift agreement. “I think everyone will see the negotiations happening very soon. But this will mainly concern the technical»»»

A Ukrainian citizen wanted for fraud was remanded in temporary custody for up to 40 days, pending the extradition request to his home country, following a hearing before the Haskovo District Court, the court's press office announced. The 34-year-old man is wanted internationally on an Interpol Red »»»

More than 2.8 million cubic metres of water have been transferred to the Srebarna Reserve, while the state of partial emergency declared for the reserve will be extended by another month due to the continuing low water levels of the Danube River, the Environment and Water Ministry said on Friday. T»»»

Dubai: The US-Iran standoff still remains uncertain, with US President Donald Trump warning that American military action against Iran may not be over, while Tehran says diplomacy could resume if Washington ends its pressure campaign. For UAE residents, the latest developments are particularly rele»»»

Dubai: What do you do when the life you spent years building no longer exists? For Taiwanese-Filipina expatriate Joanne Tan, the answer was to begin again. Today, Tan uses sound, breathwork, and somatic practices to create spaces where people navigating grief and difficult periods can pause, reconn»»»

WASHINGTON: The United States ​issued more Iran-related sanctions targeting one entity and one ‌individual on Friday ‌after ​Treasury ‌Secretary ⁠Scott ​Bessent earlier ⁠this week threatened further action amid the ⁠ongoing war. The ‌sanctions ‌target ​one ‌entity based ‌in Hong Kong and one person»»»

Bulgarians made more trips abroad in July 2026, while the number of foreign visitors to Bulgaria declined slightly compared with the same month last year, according to preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute. A total of 1,037,700 trips by Bulgarian citizens abroad were recorded in »»»

British state broadcaster the BBC this week ran a major story drumming up the alleged Russia threat and supposed looming retaliatory attacks on UK drone factories supplying Ukraine. The chilly warning purportedly came from a top Russian official – except that the individual in question has not been»»»

Slovak police foiled an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned drone factory near Presov this week, the first documented attempt of its kind in the country. Officers from the anti-crime unit UBOK arrested three foreign nationals - two in Slovakia and one in Germany under a European arrest warrant - over»»»

For the first time in the modern history of the relationship, the European Union sells Russia more goods than it buys from it. The EU used to be one of Russia’s biggest trdae partners but what is left of the turnover folling the imposion of an extreme sanctions regime is a narrow, stubborn residue »»»