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India’s 80th Independence Day: Progress, people and partnership

JEDDAH: As India celebrates its 80th Independence Day, we remember with gratitude the countless men and women whose courage and sacrifice secured our freedom. We also pay tribute to the generations of Indians who have, since 1947, strengthened our democracy, built our institutions and contributed t»»»

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UPI 6m

Kentucky woman charged with vandalizing National Mall's WWII Memorial - UPI.com

Federal authorities charged Melissa L. Farris, 41 of Kentucky, with felony vandalism for allegedly spray painting the National Mall's World War II Memorial. Photo courtesy of U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C. Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A Kentucky woman was arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Nati»»»

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The Peninsula 12m

Ebola killing a victim every 30 minutes in DR Congo: UN

Geneva: The Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now killing a victim every 30 minutes, a top UN humanitarian official said Friday, calling for greater international action. "The outbreak is the fastest growing on record," Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs»»»

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Arab News 29m

Egypt discusses defence cooperation, regional security with Pakistan after talks with Saudi Arabia, Turkiye

CAIRO: Egypt and Pakistan discussed regional security arrangements and expanding defence cooperation on Friday, as Cairo steps up consultations with key regional powers amid efforts to de-escalate tensions and reshape security coordination in the region. On a phone call, Egyptian Foreign Minister B»»»

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Arab News 29m

Muslim World League chief delivers Friday sermon at Nigeria’s National Mosque

ABUJA: Muslim World League Secretary-General and Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars Sheikh Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa delivered the Friday sermon at the National Mosque in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, where he also led a large congregation in prayer attended by senior Nigerian Musl»»»

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UPI 43m

FDA, CDC inspect Taylor Farms' Mexican plant in cyclosporiasis probe - UPI.com

Farm workers harvest romaine lettuce in Salinas, Calif., on April 28, 2020. The Food and Drug Administration announced it is inspecting the Mexican processing facility of Taylor Farms as part of its probe into the ongoing outbreak of Cyclospora infections. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License »»»

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BNE 43m

Europe killed 25,000 of its own people this summer for want of air conditioning

Extreme heat has killed more than 25,000 people across Europe this year, on data compiled by Insurance Journal from government agencies and research institutions in Germany, Spain, France, the UK, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Germany alone accounts for an estimated 11,900 excess heat deaths sin»»»

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BNE 48m

Russian view, Tehran's Hormuz trap

The escalation of US armed action against Iran, coupled with the sharp weakening of pro-Iranian groups across the region under parallel Israeli operations, has pushed Tehran to abandon its policy of strategic patience. In its place, according to a former ambassador to Tehran, Aleksandr Maryasov, Ir»»»

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UPI 55m

Youth from 34 countries launch One Korea alliance in Seoul - UPI.com

1 of 3 | Judges for the Peace Innovation Challenge pose during the 2026 One Korea Youth Forum in Seoul on Aug. 12. From left are Hyo-geon Kim, manager at Gain Consulting Group; Namsik Yoo, co-representative of Alliance for Korea United USA; Joo-hyuk Kim, producer at New Korea Foundation; Geon-dong »»»

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Arab News 1h

Belgian woman charged in France over foiled attack on US bank

PARIS: A 23-year-old Belgian woman was charged in France Friday for allegedly being part of an attempted March 28 bomb attack on a Bank of America branch in Paris that officials said might be tied to a pro-Iran group. That attack — thwarted when police stopped and arrested four people about to set »»»

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Arab News 1h

Romero bids farewell to Spurs ahead of Atletico move

LONDON: Tottenham ‌Hotspur captain Cristian Romero bid farewell to the club on Friday ahead of his expected move to Atletico Madrid. The Argentina defender, who joined Spurs in 2021 and was appointed captain last ‌year, posted ‌a message on ‌Instagram ⁠thanking the club ⁠and fans after five seasons»»»

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Arab News 1h

Trump says will 'soon' declare Hormuz strait US territory

GARDEN CITY, United States: President Donald Trump on Friday said he would "soon" declare the Strait of Hormuz waterway part of US territory, claiming that Iran was being heavily defeated. "Pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States. It's true," he said with a »»»

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Arab News 1h

What has changed in Afghanistan five years after the Taliban’s return?

NEW YORK CITY: Olga Cherevko has spent the past several months crisscrossing Afghanistan, from Bamiyan and Herat to Paktika, Khost and, most recently, Nuristan, where flash flooding recently tore through villages, leaving families with nothing. Across different landscapes and provinces, the stories»»»

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TAP 1h

Ministerial council reviews preparations for 2026-2027 school, university and vocational training year

Tunis, August 14, 2026 (TAP) – A ministerial council meeting held Friday at the Government Palace in the Kasbah, chaired by Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri, reviewed preparations for the 2026-2027 school, university and vocational training...»»»

The Peninsula 1h

Violence in Sudan continues to imperil civilians UN

United Nations: Violence continues to take a heavy toll on civilians and displace people across Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday. In Blue Nile state, more than 20 civilians were killed and many others injured on Tuesday in clashes in Geisan town in the southeast of the country, the UN Of»»»

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Arab News 1h

Trump dismisses concerns over crew aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump dismissed concerns Friday over living conditions and the mental health of service members on a US aircraft carrier deployed against Iran, while confirming the ship would soon rotate out. Asked by reporters whether family members were worried about the situation on»»»

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Arab News 1h

Yemen government says Houthi missiles kill at least four civilians in port city

ADEN: Yemen’s internationally recognized government said the Houthis fired six ballistic missiles at the Red Sea port of Mocha on Friday, killing ​four civilians, amid an escalation in hostilities between the Iran-aligned group and the government. The armed forces aligned with the Yemeni government»»»

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Arab News 1h

Book Review: ‘Politics and The English Language’

George Orwell’s 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language” is frequently read as a style guide. It is better understood as a warning about how public language can be used to weaken public judgment. Orwell’s central claim is that careless prose not only reflects unclear thinking; it can actively»»»

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Arab News 1h

Lebanon’s creative talent suffers as regional war drags on

BEIRUT: For decades, the Gulf served as the center of gravity for much of Lebanon’s creative talent, with swaths of designers and marketing executives flocking to its cities to find clients or ​relying on its foundations and cultural centers for funding. But with regional economies now under pressu»»»

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Arab News 1h

Syria’s Railways carry more freight as repairs revive vital routes

DAMASCUS: Rail freight shipments in Syria rose by nearly 59 percent during the first seven months of 2026 as maintenance crews repaired key routes and restored specialized equipment using locally available expertise and parts, the country’s railway authority said. The General Establishment of Syria»»»

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Arab News 1h

WHO decries lack of justice over 10,000 attacks on healthcare

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Friday that more than 10,000 attacks on healthcare had been recorded since 2018 — but nobody has ever been brought to justice. These attacks, reported across 29 countries and territories, have resulted in approximately 5,700 deaths and 8,500 injuries, the »»»

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Arab News 1h

Afghan women face grim future as aid cuts compound Taliban repression, UN envoy warns

NEW YORK CITY: Five years after the Taliban seized control of Kabul for the second time, Afghan women and girls are trapped in what the UN’s top official responsible for the issue described as an unparalleled crisis of rights, which has been worsened by a collapse in international funding that is s»»»

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Arab News 1h

Cubans find rest on rooftops as blackouts drive them from home

HAVANA: Every night, when summer heat and blackouts make sleep impossible at home, Cubans head for rooftops, porches and public spaces where they can catch a breeze. Alexis Milan waits with his blind 17-year-old son for the sun to disappear behind the horizon of Central Havana, so they can head to »»»

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UPI 1h

Stolen artworks by Matisse, Cezanne, Renoir recovered in Brazil, Italy - UPI.com

"Le Luxe II" by Henri Matisse is on display at Museum of Modern Art on April 27, 2022, in New York City. Police in Brazil and Italy announced Friday they have recovered stolen Matisse artworks, as well as works by Paul Cezanne and Pierre-August Renoir. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Pho»»»

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Gulf News 1h

'I shot Mr Thompson': Luigi Mangione admits killing UnitedHealthcare CEO in shock court confession

New York: Luigi Mangione spoke slowly and deliberately as he admitted to shooting US health care executive Brian Thompson, in a stunning confession befitting a crime that has gripped the United States. "I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died," Mangione, wearing a yellow prison jumpsuit, told a»»»

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Arab News 2h

Hezbollah chief says Lebanon-Israel deal puts undue pressure on army

BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Friday accused Lebanese authorities of subjecting the country’s armed forces to undue pressure by implementing a framework deal agreed with Israel to end hostilities. The June trilateral framework, to which the United States is also a party, involves the disar»»»

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Arab News 2h

Zelensky spoke with Egypt’s al El-Sisi about food security threat from Russian strikes

KYIV: ‌Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday he had discussed with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi the threat to food supplies caused by Russian strikes on cargo vessels in the Black Sea. “Ukraine ‌is one ‌of the ‌largest food ⁠suppliers to Egypt ⁠and to a significant »»»

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Arab News 2h

British cyclist Finlay Tarling, 19, dies in Tour of Portugal crash

LISBON: British cyclist Finlay Tarling, 19, died Friday in a crash during the eighth stage of the Tour of Portugal, race organizers and police said. Tarling, a rider with the NSN Development Team, died following a “serious accident” during the stage between Melgaço and Fafe, organizers said. The po»»»

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Arab News 2h

Pakistan captain Babar in injury scare ahead of England opener

LONDON: Pakistan captain Babar Azam suffered an injury during the second day of a warm-up match ahead of next week’s first Test against England. Babar was forced to retire hurt on five during Friday’s second day of three against a Professional County Club Select XI after being hit on the right hand»»»

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UPI 2h

Hezbollah chief calls to reverse 'mistake' of direct talks with Israel - UPI.com

Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem called Friday for “reversing the sinful, disgraceful and humiliating mistake” of Lebanon negotiating peace with Israel. File Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem lashed out at the Lebanese offic»»»

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Sputnik 2h

US Puts Military Option Against Cuba on Hold - Reports

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States is putting military action against Cuba on hold, with Washington increasingly focusing on economic pressure, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources. According to the report, US President Donald Trump wants to avoid deploying US troops to Cuba, while th»»»

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Sputnik 2h

Anthropic's Claude AI Model Fires Human Worker for 1st Time - Reports

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The artificial intelligence model Claude, tasked with managing a San Francisco retail store, made the decision to fire a human employee for the first time, Time reported on Friday, citing research company Andon Labs. In March, Andon Labs launched an experiment to determine whethe»»»

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UPI 2h

Mexico prosecutes ex-governor over 43 missing Ayotzinapa students - UPI.com

Eleven years after the 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in the state of Guerrero were forcibly disappeared by members of the Mexican Army, thousands of people, including the parents of the students, took to the streets of Mexico City in September to demand justice in one of t»»»

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Albanian Daily News 2h

EU Monitoring Albania’s New Special Court Rules Amid Concerns Over Media Access

The European Union says it is aware of new internal regulations introduced by Albania’s Special Court for Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO), amid growing public debate over restrictions on media access and the transparency of court proceedings. The new rules, which set tighter security, order »»»

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Dailynews Hungary 2h

Man attacks two Hungarian police officers and service dog, officers use tear gas to stop him – video

A man in his twenties has been arrested in Hungary after allegedly attacking two police officers and a service dog during an incident at his home in Komárom-Esztergom County. The man was reportedly behaving aggressively and damaging property inside his home when police were called to the scene. He »»»

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Arab News 2h

‘It’s a performance’: Qusra mayor slams Israeli response to break settler siege

QUSRA, West Bank: Israeli military operations to remove extremist settlers encircling three homes on a hilltop in Qusra are “just a performance,” the village’s mayor told Arab News, as 15 Palestinians remain trapped in a siege in its sixth day. Abdul Azim Wadi said Thursday’s operation marked the n»»»

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UPI 2h

DHS documents show widespread spying on anti-ICE protesters, unions - UPI.com

Tens of thousands of people march through downtown Minneapolis as they protest the federal government's Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis on January 30. Documents filed Thursday indicated federal agents instituted a wide-ranging program of spying on protesters and labor unions during the crackdo»»»

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The Peninsula 3h

UK faces record wildfires amid severe heatwave

London: Wildfires in England and Wales have reached unprecedented levels, with officials warning that the growing fire risk is becoming increasingly difficult to manage amid Britain's fifth heatwave of the summer. The number of wildfires has already surpassed last year's total of 1,017, with offici»»»

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UPI 3h

Brazil orders Discord to suspend livestreaming after teen's death - UPI.com

Brazil's suspension of streaming on Discord follows the death of a 13-year-old girl in mid-July, G1 reported. Investigators said other users on the platform coerced the teenager into taking her own life during a real-time video broadcast. Photo by indra projects/Pexels BRASILIA, Brazil, Aug. 14 (UP»»»

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BNE 3h

The Black Sea war sends world wheat prices up

The US Department of Agriculture has cut its forecasts for Russian and Ukrainian grain exports because of the Black Sea shipping war, and every rival exporter's price has gone up. The department's monthly Grain: World Markets and Trade report, published on August 12 by its Foreign Agricultural Serv»»»

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BNE 3h

Europe killed 25,000 of its own people this summer for want of air conditioning

Extreme heat has killed more than 25,000 people across Europe this year, on data compiled by Insurance Journal from government agencies and research institutions in Germany, Spain, France, the UK, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Germany alone accounts for an estimated 11,900 excess heat deaths sin»»»

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Arab News 3h

Saudi content creator turns passion for art into growing Arabic cultural platform

JEDDAH: After many years building and developing digital content teams at major media organizations, Saudi media content creator Farah Al-Ibrahim decided to start her own project to tell stories about art, artists and culture. The result was Fann Culture, an independent Arabic cultural media platfo»»»

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Arab News 3h

Saudi content creator turns passion for art into growing Arabic cultural platform

JEDDAH: After many years building and developing digital content teams at major media organizations, Saudi media content creator Farah Al-Ibrahim decided to start her own project to tell stories about art, artists and culture. The result was Fann Culture, an independent Arabic cultural media platfo»»»

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UPI 3h

Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in CEO killing - UPI.com

Luigi Mangione, accused of killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, attends a pre-trial appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on Tuesday. Mangione pleaded guilty to the charges Friday. Pool Photo by David Dee Delgado/UPI | License Photo Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Luigi Mangione »»»

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The Peninsula 3h

Joint statement on 6th meeting of the Joint Security Coordination Mechanism for the Peace Agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda

The text of the following statement was released by the the State of Qatar, Governments of the United States of America, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Rwanda, the Republic of Togo (as the African Union mediator), and the African Union Commission on the occasion of the sixth »»»

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Arab News 3h

Saudi accounting body refers firm to Public Prosecution for unlicensed practice

RIYADH: The Saudi Organization for Chartered and Professional Accountants has referred a commercial establishment to the Public Prosecution after detecting that it had advertised professional services without obtaining the required license, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. The organizatio»»»

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Arab News 3h

Want to know the cure for ‘brain rot’? Keep reading ...

RIYADH: “Sigma,” “chicken banana,” “Italian brain rot” — to an adult scrolling through a child’s phone, the phrases can sound like fragments of a fever dream. But behind the bizarre characters, repetitive sounds, and seemingly nonsensical memes is a digital language increasingly shaping how young p»»»

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Arab News 3h

Mangione admits shooting health care CEO

NEW YORK: Luigi Mangione admitted Friday to gunning down a top US health insurance boss in a Manhattan street as he pleaded guilty to stalking charges before a federal judge. In a crime that shook corporate America and gripped the country, 28-year-old Mangione is alleged to have murdered chief exec»»»

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Arab News 3h

Premier League club Liverpool sell minority stake to Jeff Bezos consortium

LONDON: Liverpool’s owners have agreed to sell a minority stake in the Premier League club to a consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. US-based Fenway Sports Group, owners of the 20-time English champions, said they had agreed the deal with 1892 Holdings, a consortium led by British-Indian»»»

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UPI 3h

Cuba accuses Dominican Republic of bowing to U.S. pressure - UPI.com

A person walks past the Cuban Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Thursday. The Dominican government formally requested that the embassy withdraw nine members of its diplomatic mission and their family members within seven days. Photo by Orlando Barria/EPA Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Cuba accused»»»

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