Polish stocks fell sharply on Thursday, with the WIG20 losing 1.94% and dropping below 4,000 points in its biggest decline since June 24. The broader WIG fell 1.61% to 150,954 points, while the midcap mWIG40 and smallcap sWIG80 lost 0.80% and 0.78%, respectively. Total trading in WIG constituents t»»»

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Asseco Poland reported second-quarter net profit attributable to shareholders of PLN 201.2 million, above the PLN 185.2 million analyst consensus. Revenue reached PLN 4.85 billion, compared with expectations of PLN 4.57 billion. EBITDA totaled PLN 769.9 million against a PLN 731.4 million forecast,»»»

Poland’s Monetary Policy Council saw moderate wage and inflation pressures but also continued uncertainty over global commodity prices and future domestic fiscal policy, according to July meeting minutes reported on Thursday. Most members considered unchanged interest rates appropriate at that meet»»»

A regular parliamentary control session is on the agenda of the National Assembly on Friday, according to the programme adopted for the lawmakers’ work. Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova-Chamova, Education and Science Minister Georgi Valchev, Health Minister Katya Ivkova, Regional Development and »»»

The Trump administration has told Qatar, Oman and Pakistan that Washington will not return to the June memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran, effectively closing off the framework that regional mediators had hoped could provide a path toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz and restarting broad»»»

The earthquake resistance of 40 schools in Kyrgyzstan will be improved, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. The construction and renovation of schools is being carried out as part of the Enhancing Resilience to Disaster Risks in the Kyrgyz Republic (ERIK) project. Ac»»»

François Picard is pleased to welcome Tommaso Della Longa, Spokesperson for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The immediate challenge in Nepal is not only the scale of destruction, explains Della Longa, but the difficulty of reaching communities whose roads, brid»»»

IAS officer Dr Roshan Jacob, often compared with Maharashtra’s no-nonsense bureaucrat Tukaram Mundhe, is leading an aggressive crackdown on food adulteration in Uttar Pradesh. As Commissioner of the Food Safety and Drug Administration, Jacob has overseen a statewide enforcement campaign targeting a»»»

US Central Command commander Admiral Brad Cooper said US forces have cleared Iranian mines from the international shipping lanes after months of painstaking operations involving Navy divers, special operations forces and air assets from across the US military. The scale of the effort is significant»»»

A section of Frunze Street from Ibraimov Street has been reopened to traffic in Bishkek following the completion of road repairs. Municipal services have applied new road markings and replaced the asphalt surface. Earlier, the Bishkek City Hall reported that the section of Frunze Street from Suyumb»»»

A tripartite public-private partnership agreement has been signed at the National Investment Agency to implement Baytik Mountain Resort year-round mountain tourism cluster project. According to the National Investment Agency, the agreement was signed by the Tourism Development Support Fund of the K»»»

Pentagon investigators reviewing the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan have uncovered classified documents that they say were deliberately hidden from previous probes. The discovery comes amid long-running accusations that the administration of former US President Joe Biden concealed failures »»»

WASHINGTON, United States: The most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the United States is spending more than any other outside group on the 2026 midterms — even as its once-coveted backing becomes an increasingly potent weapon for political opponents. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC»»»

With the support of the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan and the State Financial Holding, a project is being jointly implemented to introduce water-saving technologies in agriculture. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, farmers can obtain preferen»»»

Work to raise the water level of the Danube in order to keep the Paks nuclear power plant operational has, in the summer of 2026, been "progressing faster and will cost less than planned for the first time in several decades," the Prime Minister declared at Thursday's session of the National Assemb»»»

The National Assembly's Committee on Justice and Constitutional Affairs is nominating Anna Róza Unger, an associate professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), to serve as president of the National Asset Recovery and Asset Protection Office (NVVH). At the committ»»»

Three Stars and Stripes reporters sued the Trump administration on Thursday over efforts to fire them from the Pentagon-owned newspaper. File Photo by Sgt. Brendan Mackie/U.S. Army National Guard/UPI Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Three journalists at the Pentagon-owned Stars and Stripes sued the Trump administr»»»

Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 754,700 and average net earnings reached HUF 529,700 in June 2026. Average gross earnings grew by 7.1%, net average earnings increased by 9.4% and real earnings were 7.6% higher than a year earlier. The increase in net average earnings exceeded t»»»

Ras Al Khaimah: Thousands of mourners gathered in Ras Al Khaimah on Thursday to bid farewell to a young Emirati man who died in a drowning accident off the Greek island of Mykonos earlier this week. Badr Abdullah Mohammed Al Harmi, 35, passed away on Monday after being caught in strong sea currents»»»

McMINNVILLE, Tennesse: US officials said about 90 US citizens remained unaccounted for as of late Thursday/early Friday, after catastrophic flash floods engulfed a border area of China and Nepal, killing hundreds of people. A spiritual organisation said that 22 Americans associated with it were una»»»

NUWAKOT, Nepal: The death toll from ‌a ‌flash flood ‌that occurred ⁠earlier this week ⁠in ⁠Nepal ‌has ‌reached 469, ‌Nepal police said ‌on ‌Friday. Rescue teams using heavy machinery dug through mud and debris in Nepalese towns devastated by a flash flood two days ago, as hopes of finding survivors»»»

DUBAI/CAIRO: Iran war mediators have placed renewed emphasis on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran agreeing to draw up a list of conditions to restore normal traffic after a Qatari emissary pressed the Iranians to respect freedom of navigation. With the US having disengaged from talks in f»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is expected to see above-average rainfall across much of the Kingdom this autumn, with October forecast to be the wettest month and heavy to very heavy rain potentially reaching torrential levels in some areas, the National Center for Meteorology said in an outlook carried by t»»»

A plant producing facade materials, Naryn Facade Production Enterprise, has started operations in Naryn city. The City Hall reported. The enterprise was established jointly with the municipality and Chinese entrepreneurs. The plant produces modern facade construction materials from stone. The facil»»»

Dubai: On a Sunday late afternoon, inside a loud indoor play area in Dubai, a group of adults and children are busy wrapping gifts, arranging catering, setting up music and putting the finishing touches on birthday decorations. At first glance, it looks like a family preparing for a child’s birthda»»»

A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting. The move stalled the directive for a second time only about a week before the first mail ballots are due to be sent out for the rapidly approaching midterm el»»»

SINGAPORE: Five commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, down from 17 a ‌day earlier ‌and below ‌the ⁠10-day average of ⁠15, preliminary shipping data showed on Friday. Among the five ⁠vessels that ‌transited ‌were two ‌medium-range tankers and ‌one very large gas carrier, init»»»

Dubai: Parts of the UAE could see rain on Friday as convective (rainy) clouds develop over eastern and southern areas during the afternoon, while temperatures are forecast to reach as high as 48°C inland. Conditions will otherwise be fair to partly cloudy, with humidity increasing overnight and int»»»

The progress of Emirati women is often told through individual stories of success. But behind each of those stories is another: that of the people, institutions and opportunities that helped make it possible. As a child, long before I’d earned the title, my father called me ‘Doctora’. The nickname »»»