Capitals, Aug. 21 (SANA) Eight Arab and Muslim countries, along with Spain and Sweden, on Friday condemned Israel’s E1 settlement plan in occupied East Jerusalem, warning that the project threatens to divide the West Bank and undermine the two-state solution. In a joint statement published by Qatar»»»

DAMASCUS: Syria on Friday said it had requested to join the International Partnership Against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons on the anniversary of a 2013 chemical attack on a suburb of the capital Damascus. In a joint statement with France, Syria announced its bid to join the partnership »»»

TUNIS, Tunisia: A summer of extreme heat has left many Tunisians short of water and electricity — and full of anger at the country’s leadership. Protesters rallied in the capital Tunis on Thursday, many calling on President Kais Saied to leave power. Mobilized by a new opposition collective, the de»»»

CHICAGO: It is a great start, but the US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee will have to do more than simply tell settler extremists not to take Palestinian Americans’ land in the West Bank. Israeli settlers, often with the backing of the Israel Defense Forces, have accelerated the annexation of la»»»

Turkey said Friday it is seeking an international arrest warrant from Interpol for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a domestic criminal case over Israel's interception and detention of dozens of activists attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip in May. »»»

In order to create an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a leader beloved by his people, pro-Russia social media users have been claiming that he travels without a security team, unlike other heads of state. To illustrate this claim, they shared a video of his latest trip to Siberia. The »»»

Construction on the White House ballroom was ongoing on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday. The Supreme Court blocked a lower court injunction seeking a halt to continued work on the project on Friday. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court on Friday te»»»

Russian drones struck a shopping center in the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine on Friday, killing 14 people and wounding scores of others, authorities said. The city is the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky, who described the attack as a double-tap strike, in which an initial wave of d»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Affairs Vice Minister Waleed El-Khereiji received Chen Weiqing, director-general of the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in Riyadh on Friday. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations between the two cou»»»

The Motherland Monument is illuminated in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday. Ukraine celebrates its independence day on Aug. 24. On Friday, 14 people were killed by Russian drones in a shopping center. Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Russia launched a daytime drone attack on a shopping center »»»

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rejected the U.S. justifications for imposing new tariffs, calling them "unfounded" in a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday. Photo by Andre Borges/EPA Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he spoke by pho»»»

Mumbai: A collection of notes written by Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi has sold for $1.7 million in Mumbai, the highest ever price paid for an Indian historical document. Mumbai-based auction house Saffronart said the collection was preserved by the family of Gandhi's close associate and »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that US sanctions against Iran had repeatedly failed, recalling threats made by former US President Barack Obama. Araghchi commented on Obama's October 2012 social media post in which the former president cited then-US Vice P»»»

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met with Canadian counterpart Dominic LeBlanc Friday in Washington as a midnight deadline for the imposition of 50% American tariffs on many Canadian goods loomed. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 21 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump's threat»»»

Members of the Ecuadorian Army began to deploy in Guayaquil in June to four of Ecuador’s most violent provinces to bolster operations against organized crime after President Daniel Noboa declared a new state of emergency in nearly half the country, File Photo by Jonathan Miranda/EPA Aug. 21 (UPI) -»»»

China has refused to join a US plan to “squash” Iran’s economy, rejecting Washington’s push to be part of the “toughest sanctions in history” against the Islamic Republic. On Thursday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on American allies and other countries to choose sides and stop doing b»»»

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded to Washington’s latest move — described as “the most crushing sanctions in human history” — by sharing a 14-year-old post from a former US president regarding “the most crippling sanctions in history.” “14 years ago: ‘Most crippling sanctions in history.’ F»»»

Members of Doris Miller's family attend the ceremonial first cut of steel for the aircraft carrier Doris Miller at Newport News Shipbuilding division in 2021. Friday, it was reported that the Navy is considering changing the name of the ship to honor President Donald Trump. File Photo Ashley Cowan/»»»

NEW YORK: The Trump administration plans to bar Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from traveling to New York to address the UN General Assembly next month for the second consecutive year, Israeli media reported. The reported decision follows Washington’s unprecedented move last year to deny visas»»»

Riyadh: Saudi Minister of Energy and of Industry and Mineral Resources Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz and Minister of Finance Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Jadaan met on Friday with Iraq's Finance Minister Falih Abdul Hassan Al Hadri and Oil Minister Basim Mohammed Khudair Al Abadi to discuss»»»

People walk toward the Returnees Reception Center upon arrival on the third flight of citizens deported from the United States at the Guatemalan Air Force base in Guatemala City, Guatemala on January 6. File Photo by Mariano Macz/EPA Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said Guate»»»

The Hague: International Criminal Court (ICC) President Tomoko Akane warned that US sanctions imposed on her and the court's Senegalese chief prosecutor could lead to "the demise of international rule of law. In a post on X, Akane said she was not surprised by the sanctions but stressed that they s»»»

Prince Harry leaves the Royal Courts of Justice after giving evidence in his trial against Associated Newspapers in London on Jan. 21 Other claimants involved in the case include Sir Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Princ»»»

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned the latest economic threats issued by US officials, saying President Donald Trump’s claim of an “Economic D-Day” aims to divert attention from America’s deepening financial crisis. In a post on his X account on Thursday, Araghchi responded to the latest»»»

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck southern Peru on Thursday, injuring three people and damaging at least 22 homes, six schools and 12 medical centres, according to preliminary assessments. The quake was also felt in Lima and several other parts of the country. A strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake stru»»»

Turkey issued an international arrest warrant for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an investigation into Israel's interception of an aid flotilla for Gaza and its detention of hundreds of activists on board, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek announced Friday. Netanyahu’s office in t»»»

Nigeria's drug enforcement agency has broken up an international cocaine trafficking ring that used the continent's most populous country as a transit point for internationally bound shipments of life-devastating narcotics. Also, opponents of Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed rally in the latest i»»»

Jerusalem: The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan an "antisemitic dictator" and vowed Israel would "continue to act forcefully against Turkey's attempts to destabilise the region". It comes days after Syria accused Israel of b»»»

Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Dr. Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher, journalist, author and President of PEN Ukraine. According to Dr Yermolenko, Ukraine is confronting serious threats to its democracy. Suspending elections during wartime carries real dangers as political power is in»»»

CEUTA, Spain – CEUTA, Spain – Moroccan families are searching for loved ones who left last month for the Spanish enclave of Ceuta during a large wave of migration. Many of them are camping outside the Tarajal border post on the Moroccan side in hopes of obtaining information. Sp»»»

RIYADH: Israeli plans to build settlement homes on a highly sensitive area of the occupied West Bank threaten the viability of a Palestinian state, Saudi Arabia and other Arab and Muslim countries, warned on Friday. Israel’s housing ministry issued a tender on Tuesday for the construction of more t»»»

Doha: The Foreign Ministers of the State of Qatar, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Türkiye, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, unequivocally condemn Israel’s continued i»»»

A cow stands during the first day of the "Great American State Fair" on the National Mall on June 25 in Washington, D.C. On Friday, President Donald Trump announced he would waive some tariffs on imported beef. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 21 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump an»»»

People walk outside Jesus College, where the resigned Professor Jason Arday worked, at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, Britain, on Aug. 7. Photo by Tolga Akmen/EPA Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Ghent University in Belgium suspended Nathan Cofnas, the postdoctoral scholar who accused the late Dr. Jason»»»

Russia offers extensive nuclear partnership opportunities across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, presenting a model that stands in marked contrast to Western nuclear projects, energy expert and former deputy chairman of the Egyptian Nuclear Power Plants Authority, Ali Abdel Nabi, told Sputnik. “»»»

London: A UK court ordered Prince Harry and six others Friday to pay an initial £9.5 million ($13 million) after they lost their privacy case against the publisher of British tabloid the Daily Mail. The court said the prince and six other high-profile figures, who lost their unlawful information ga»»»

Sen. Darline Nordone Graham, R-S.C., is running for Senate in South Carolina. President Donald Trump will visit the state and speak at a rally in Myrtle Beach Friday. Graham faces a primary runoff on Tuesday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 21 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump will visi»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Foreign Ministers of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, and Egypt unequivocally condemn Israel’s continued illegal settlement policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and categorically reject the “E1” settlement plan and related settlement activ»»»

Mumbai, India: A collection of notes written by Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi has sold for $1.7 million in Mumbai, the highest ever price paid for an Indian historical document. Mumbai-based auction house Saffronart said the collection was preserved by the family of Gandhi's close associa»»»

Dubai: The Middle East remained tense on Friday as pressure on Iran intensified, Hezbollah rejected fresh US sanctions and Israel carried out a new strike in southern Lebanon. Iran called for an end to the months-long war, while China opposed further sanctions and regional airlines continued to adj»»»

California State Sen. Aisha Wahab won the race to replace Eric Swalwell in the House of Representatives for the remainder of his term. File Photo by John G. Mabanglo/EPA Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Progressive California state Sen. Aisha Wahab won a special election to the U.S. House of Representatives to rep»»»

Low rainfall caused by El Niño was blamed for a decision by the Panama government to slash the number of ships permitted to transit the Panama Canal each day by more than a tenth, with the policy to be phased in from early September. File photo by Carlos Lemos/EPA Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The Panama govern»»»

Washington, United States: President Donald Trump announced Friday the United States would allow tariff-free imports of up to 300,000 tons of ground beef over the next 90 days, in a bid to lower prices for American consumers with elections looming. "As we work to rebuild this herd and help our ranc»»»

Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Friday it was time to end the months-long Middle East war with the United States because Tehran appeared to be in a stronger position than Washington. Talks between the decades-old foes remain on hold, with both sides in the war started by the US and»»»

The European Commission has staked its credibility on safeguarding the internal border-free Schengen zone – by shoring up its external borders, revamping EU migration laws and paying human-rights busting regimes large sums to prevent people from ever reaching Europe. But its soft-glove approach to »»»

New York, Aug. 21 (SANA) Oil prices rose more than 2% to settle at their highest levels in nearly a month after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened retaliation against countries supporting Iran, Reuters reported. Brent crude futures rose $2.16, or 2.4%, to $93.78 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas »»»

TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says it would be better to end the war now while Iran is “in a position of strength and dignity”, while warning that Tehran would respond forcefully to any renewed attack. Speaking at the 31st General Assembly of the Islamic Association of the Iranian Med»»»

The Russian Navy has carried out a successful missile test near the country’s Kuril Islands, the Pacific Fleet has said. The test comes a week after Japan vigorously protested Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first-ever visit to the archipelago, which is partially claimed by Tokyo. The missile te»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi Warehousing and Logistics Expo, a specialized exhibition dedicated to warehousing, logistics and supply chains, will be held from Sept. 8-10 at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center, bringing together industry leaders as the Kingdom strengthens its position as »»»