Authorities fear a dry cargo ship has sunk after a collision, with its crew unreachable Ankara: A cargo ship sank in the Marmara Sea near Istanbul after colliding with a second vessel, with rescuers now hunting 10 people who were on board, Turkey's maritime authorities said Wednesday. "Due to the T»»»

Doha, Qatar: Hamad, Ruwais and Doha ports witnessed an increase in handling of bulk cargo and livestock in August this year compared to the previous month. In a post on its X platform yesterday, Mwani Qatar stated “Qatar ports handled approximately 120,000 tonnes of bulk cargo in August 2026, marki»»»

Mohammad Yasser Ramzan has been appointed Managing Director of MySep Middle East LLC, leading the company’s regional operations from its newly established Doha office. Headquartered in Singapore, with operations in the Netherlands and consultants worldwide, MySep specialises in advanced phase-separ»»»

Ankara: A mining workshop dating back about 8,800 to 8,900 years has been unearthed in southeastern Türkiye, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said on Tuesday. In a post on social media platform X, Ersoy said the workshop, covering around 5 square meters and dated to 6900-68»»»

UAE fog season typically peaks between September and February, NCM data shows Dubai: Summer in the UAE is not completely over, but the weather is already shifting into the pattern that brings fog back to the roads. UAE's National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) issued a fog alert for September 2, 2026,»»»

Sitharaman, Georgieva discuss economic outlook, India's growth trajectory Asheville: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman met Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank»»»

QNA Doha The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) on Tuesday announced the start of the migratory bird hunting season, which will continue until February 15, 2027, in accordance with Ministerial Decision No. 7 of 2026 regarding the determination of the bird hunting season for specifie»»»

The Iran war is “relatively little” for the US compared with the vast amount of weaponry Washington gave Ukraine under Joe Biden, President Donald Trump has said. He claimed his predecessor handed Kiev $300 billion worth of arms for free. Trump made the remarks while taking questions from reporters»»»

Damascus, Sep.1 (SANA) The U.N. General Assembly unanimously adopted a Syrian-sponsored resolution in New York on Aug. 31, 2026, designating Dec. 19 as an international day honoring women seeking missing relatives, an initiative developed from the experiences of families in Damascus and elsewhere i»»»

AMMAN — The Association of Banks in Jordan (ABJ) held the fourth edition of its Green Finance Forum 2026, bringing together government officials, bankers, development institutions, investors and private-sector representatives to discuss ways to accelerate Jordan’s green transition and mobilise fina»»»

Massachusetts voters headed to the polls Tuesday for primary elections, voting on a Democratic candidate for a state Senate seat and other races. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Voters in Massachusetts are heading to the polls Tuesday to vote in the 2026 primary elect»»»

The United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham will face lawmakers in the House of Commons on Tuesday for the first time since taking office six weeks ago. Burnham has promised to deliver renewed national optimism after the downbeat two-year tenure of predecessor Keir Starmer, »»»

Tunis, September 1 (TAP) – The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) called on media institutions and journalists on Tuesday morning to prioritize issues directly related to citizens’ daily lives and not treat them as less important...»»»

Sharjah prosecutor recounts real-life addiction stories that devastated families Sharjah: A young girl reported her own father to police shortly before Eid after his drug addiction made family life unbearable, while an elderly father pleaded with authorities for help because he feared his addicted »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Trump’s Oil Deal with Venezuela is Unlikely to Produce Quick Dividends: WP 01-09-2026 15:21 PM President Donald Trump is touting the deal t»»»

Violence against and by children calls for legislative changes and additional prevention measures, Labour and Social Policy Minister Nataliya Efremova said, as quoted by her Ministry on Tuesday. She opened a meeting of the National Council for Child Protection, recalling that the Government's progr»»»

Police have seized thousands of pages of documents from Hungary’s Ministry of Economy and Energy as part of a criminal investigation launched following an audit of the state-owned Eximbank. The probe concerns suspected abuse of office and mismanagement of funds. Thousands of pages seized from minis»»»

The girl had been suffering mental health issues, father says Kolkata Former West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee’s niece allegedly died by suicide on Tuesday. The Police said that Mamata Banerjee’s cousin Nihar Mukhopadhyay’s daughter, Bristi Mukhopadhyay, committed suicide by hanging herse»»»

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addressed the leaders of Russia, China and India during the SCO Plus meeting in Bishkek. He noted that the organisation includes three major powers — Russia, China and India — from which other participants expect concrete proposals. «We expect initiatives f»»»

BISHKEK (Sputnik) - Belarus expects stronger cooperation between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the United Nations, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday. "We expect to see results from the enhanced cooperation between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and t»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov addressed the SCO Plus meeting in Bishkek on September 1. His speech focused primarily on building a multipolar world, the role of the United Nations and the development of international cooperation. Japarov stated that multipolarity should entail the participa»»»

Court protects future of young protesters as CJP calls off planned September 5 march Dubai: India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed criminal cases arising from July’s nationwide student protests, saying the future prospects of young demonstrators should not be damaged, in a sweeping order that pro»»»

Palace points to long-term planning gaps as storms expose fragile systems Dubai: The Philippines’ continuing struggle with severe flooding cannot be blamed solely on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration, according to Malacañang, pointing to decades of shortcomings in planning and flood-c»»»

dnata Travel opens its 15th UAE store as demand grows for expert-led trip planning Dubai: Dubai travellers now have another option for booking holidays and complex trips in person, with dnata Travel opening its 15th retail store in the UAE at One Central. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, »»»

Israeli occupation military strikes have intensified across Gaza Strip, with Gaza City bearing the brunt of a sustained aerial campaign that has left multiple Palestinians dead and wounded over the past 24 hours, according to local sources. Warplanes and armed drones pounded targets west of the cit»»»

PoliticsUnited States of AmericaUS irks Germany, Europe with Russian G20 invite, press bansMark Hallam with AFP, AP, dpa, ReutersRussia's finance minister is at the G20 meeting in Asheville but some key US press corps members are not. The mood was already tense amid the lengthy Iran war and Trump's»»»

A planned nine-month retrospective of the work of fashion designer John Galliano at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has been called off following backlash over the British designer's 2011 conviction for anti-Semitic and anti-Asian comments. Footage surfaced in 2011 showing Galliano hurling ra»»»

Three centuries ago, in 1729, author Jonathan Swift used the cold language of arithmetic to suggest that Ireland’s poor sell their children as food for the tables of English gentlemen. The horror he outlined in his book, A Modest Proposal, lay not just in the idea itself but in the tone: a bureaucr»»»

Seoul: A Republic of Korea police officer lied in order to close over two dozen missing persons cases, including two people later found dead, so as to avoid additional work, authorities said Tuesday. Two of the missing people were among four bodies found over several days in August on Jeju, shaking»»»

A police helicopter and a thermal-imaging drone helped officers locate two men in separate incidents in northeastern Hungary last week: one a wanted man attempting to hide from police, the other a missing 28-year-old who had reportedly threatened suicide. Helicopter tracks down wanted man The two i»»»

A summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is possible “at any time,” Seoul’s spy agency told lawmakers Tuesday. In this June 2019 photo, Trump and Kim shake hands at the DMZ during a brief meeting. File White House Pool Photo by Shealah Craighead/UPI | License»»»

VLADIVOSTOK Russia (Sputnik) - The recommendation of the Russian Foreign Ministry to evacuate the foreign diplomatic corps from Kiev is relevant as the Russian armed forces move to systematic attacks on the military infrastructure of Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova sai»»»

MINSK (Sputnik) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to expand contacts with other international organizations, including the EAEU, CIS, CSTO, ASEAN, the African Union and BRICS. "The partner status enshrined in the SCO Charter»»»

Las Vegas, USA: Duane "Keffe D" Davis, a former Los Angeles gang leader, was found guilty on Monday by a Las Vegas court of the 1996 murder of chart-topping rapper Tupac Shakur. Thirty years after the rap legend's death, the jury found Davis, 63, guilty of murder after just a few hours of deliberat»»»

Tokyo: Japan will ease overtime regulation starting Tuesday in a move meant to help spur economic growth but criticised as a relapse into the country's ingrained workaholic culture. The move comes after the government led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi -- a self-proclaimed workaholic -- adopted a»»»

On Sept. 1, 2004, a group of Chechen separatists took more than 1,000 people hostage at a school in Beslan, Russia, ultimately killing nearly 340 people, including children. 1 of 3 | Russian soldiers give first aid to a former hostage after special forces enter her school in Beslan, North Ossetia, »»»

The B2B platform is supported by Towr’s nationwide transportation network Towr, a UAE-based automotive logistics and vehicle transportation company, is helping businesses manage vehicle movements more efficiently through its dedicated B2B platform. Designed for dealerships, garages, rental companie»»»

Duane “Keffe D” Davis was found guilty Monday of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur, becoming the first person convicted in the decades-old case. The 63-year-old faces a possible life sentence after a Las Vegas jury deliberated for less than three hours. A jury found Duane “Keff»»»

Doha, Qatar: As university students return to campuses for a new academic year, mental health should be treated as a key part of academic success, with early recognition of stress and timely support helping prevent temporary distress from developing into more serious problems, a clinical psychologi»»»

Over the coming months, warships and support vessels will carry out long-distance voyages in the Arctic Ocean. Four vessels from Russia's Northern Fleet have set out from Kola Bay on a voyage lasting several months through the icy Arctic waters, the fleet's press service in Severomorsk reports. The»»»

Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A North Carolina grand jury has indicted a 17-year-old girl as an adult on charges of murder stemming from allegations that she aided and abetted two other teens who killed three people in a hate-filled attack on a San Diego mosque before taking their own lives. Caleb Vazquez, 18, »»»

The Pentagon has secretly hired conservative military veterans with a large social media following for undisclosed government roles, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. The influencers have promoted US War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s views while attacking critics of the Trump administration, the n»»»

In more than 20 years of closely following US politics, foreign policy, and the issue of Palestinian liberation, there has always been one clear message: Washington's ironclad commitment to Israel is unconditional. A rare topic that enjoyed bipartisan unity, US support for Israel has been so entren»»»

LAS VEGAS: Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former Los Angeles gang member, was found guilty on Monday by a Las Vegas court of the 1996 murder of chart-topping rapper Tupac Shakur. Thirty years after the rap legend’s death, the jury found Davis, 63, guilty of murder after just a few hours of deliberation. »»»

The opening ceremony of the 6th World Nomad Games was held in Bishkek yesterday, August 31. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of all services involved, the event proceeded smoothly, with no public-order violations or other incidents reported, the Interior Ministry of Kyrgyzstan said. Law enforcemen»»»

Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A knife-wielding woman fatally stabbed one person and injured a second in Times Square on Monday evening, before being shot and killed by police, authorities said. The alleged perpetrator has been identified as 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros of Queens, a woman with no history of arres»»»

Critics warn of ‘new colonialism’ as Washington gains majority stake in fields The agreement granting the United States control over about one-fifth of Venezuela's oil reserves rests on vague terms that raise questions about how it will be implemented. Here is what we know so far about the deal: Bi»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is reviewing its position on the Falkland Islands, after reports that Washington threatened to oppose Britain’s sovereignty if it does not increase defense spending. The proposal concerning the South Atlantic archipelago, over wh»»»

ASHEVILLE: Russia’s finance minister Anton Siluanov made an unexpected appearance at the US-hosted G20 finance leaders’ talks Monday, and his physical attendance of the gathering after Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has drawn ire. On Monday morning, Siluanov also met with US Treasury Secretary S»»»

ASHEVILLE: Russia’s finance minister Anton Siluanov made an unexpected appearance at the US-hosted G20 finance leaders’ talks Monday, and his physical attendance of the gathering after Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has drawn ire. On Monday morning, Siluanov also met with US Treasury Secretary S»»»