NEW YORK CITY: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday condemned the “unlawful entry” by Israeli forces into Kalandia Training Centre, a UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees facility in occupied East Jerusalem. It came after Israel moved to seize and begin dismantling the prem»»»

Aug. 25 (UPI) -- On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a device designed to continuously monitor both blood sugar levels and ketone levels in people with diabetes. The Libre Duo 10-Day Continuous Dual Glucose Ketone Monitoring System is the first of its kind to be approved in t»»»

MONROVIA: Only 15 out of 20 migrants who were deported from the United States and sent to Liberia last week disembarked, according to government sources in the west African country, which has agreed to accept a large number of deportees. Liberia is the latest African nation to take in migrants the »»»

RIYADH: Few could have been blamed for having concerns ahead of Al-Nassr's clash at Al-Ettifaq on Matchday 3 of the Saudi Pro League. After all, Al-Nassr have only won twice in Dammam in their last seven meetings — their 2-2 draw last season marking the first time they dropped points that campaign,»»»

PARIS: The agreements reached during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent state visit to France underscore a deepening partnership between Paris and Riyadh that now extends well beyond economic cooperation to encompass some of the Middle East’s most pressing geopolitical issues. That was»»»

Lawyers from the Department of Justice threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts if the Trump administration isn't allowed to renovate it and put Trump's name on it. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The Trump administration threatened in a court»»»

When Waad Ali Hassan Saeed Alhmoudi chose engineering as her career, the UAE’s nuclear energy sector was still in its early stages. Today, she is Head of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC), having progressed from being among the company’s first Emirati design»»»

RAMALLAH: Israeli forces began evicting a vocational training center run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in an East Jerusalem suburb on Tuesday, in its latest move targeting the beleaguered organization. It follows repeated warnings by UNRWA that Israeli authorities were threatening its Q»»»

LONDON: Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa, the Bahraini finance minister, discussed “Operation Economic Outcast,” which triggered sweeping global sanctions on Iran this week, with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. During a call on Tuesday, Sheikh Salman and Bessent discussed efforts to addres»»»

NEW YORK CITY: A “triple chokepoint crisis” spanning the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea and the Black Sea is driving up food and fuel costs worldwide and threatening to push tens of millions more people into hunger, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Tuesday. Sudan, Yemen, Gaza and Leb»»»

Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs on C$27.6 billion ($19.94 billion) worth of US goods, including steel and dairy products, in a dollar-for-dollar response to President Donald Trump's punitive tariffs on Canadian products. Ottawa also announced a C$7.5 billion aid package for imp»»»

FRANKFURT, Germany — German growth rose faster than previously estimated in the second quarter thanks to strong exports, official data showed Tuesday, as Europe's biggest economy defied the turmoil unleashed by the Iran war.Gross domestic product grew 0.3 per cent from April to June compared with t»»»

Cairo: Fossilised shark teeth discovered in Egypt’s Western Desert have revealed that a landscape now among the driest on Earth was once covered by a warm tropical sea teeming with marine life more than 70 million years ago. Researchers examining phosphate deposits at the Abu Tartur Plateau, betwee»»»

Philadelphia: Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died from measles, the first U.S. deaths this year related to the contagious virus. State health officials announced the deaths Tuesday. They did not reveal any details about the people who died, other than that they lived in Lancaster Coun»»»

An electric reconnaissance drone was found in the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast between Tsarevo and the village of Varvara, the Ministry of Defence said Tuesday. According to the Ministry, the drone was harmless. A specialized team from the Burgas Naval Base was tasked on Tuesday with identifyi»»»

/Culture/Qatar Doha, August 25 (QNA) - The Qatar Photography Center, affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, in cooperation with the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA), organised an introductory session today on Law No. 10 of 2026 concerning unmanned aircraft (drones). The session was held at t»»»

Washington, United States: Elon Musk's SpaceX announced plans Tuesday to build a $100 billion facility in the southern US state of Louisiana to launch its highly anticipated Starship megarockets, currently being developed at the company's Texas Starbase. "A spaceport on the Louisiana Gulf Coast ena»»»

Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The 65th German Finger Wrestling Championships took place in Bavaria, with about 150 competitors testing the strength of their digits. The contest, held Sunday in Pflugdorf-Stadl, features two competitors per round sitting on opposite sides of a table and linking their middle finge»»»

President Donald J. Trump participates in a welcome ceremony with President Xi Jinping in May. China has lashed out against the administration for its recently announced new sanctions against countries that do business with Iran. File Photo by Daniel Torok/The White House | License Photo Aug. 25 (U»»»

The water level of yet another Hungarian lake has fallen to a critical low, meaning visitors to the Bölömbika lookout, which has seen better days, are now confronted with a dispiriting scene of environmental devastation rather than spectacular views and abundant wildlife. Check out the latest photo»»»

Doha, Qatar: A global alliance founded by Qatar Foundation, Autism Speaks, UNICEF, and the Ministry of Social Development and Family, with support from the World Health Organization, to unite the world in advancing support for people with autism everywhere is expanding its international reach – and»»»

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama concluded a nine-hour meeting with government ministers in the city of Pogradec. The meeting, which followed a similar session on Sunday, is understood to have focused in part on the government’s plans for “Pasqyrë Albania,” a unified digital platform designed to br»»»

Washington, United States: US country music legend Dolly Parton, who grew up poor in Tennessee and became a household name with hits like "Jolene," has died at the age of 80, her family said Tuesday. "Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus," her nephew said in a video on social me»»»

1 of 3 | A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates an exhaust plume during the pre-dawn hours as it launches an additional 29 Starlink satellites at 5:33 a.m. Tuesday from at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo Aug. 25 (UPI) -- In its 100th Falcon 9 lau»»»

DAMASCUS: The head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, who spearheaded the fight against the Daesh group, announced their dissolution on Tuesday evening as part of a deal struck with the new authorities in Damascus. “We announce today the end of the mission of the Syrian Democratic Forces »»»

PepsiCo is building a fully automated high-bay warehouse in Michrów near Grójec as part of a $46.1 mln investment, its largest logistics project currently underway in Poland. The 38-meter facility will initially hold 28,500 pallets, with potential expansion to 65,000, and will be connected directly»»»

Arche Group has opened an expanded conference center in Nałęczów, creating what it describes as the largest MICE complex in the Lublin region together with its 308-room hotel and nearby 128-room property in Lublin. The PLN 25 mln expansion added a 1,500 sq m column-free hall, bringing total confere»»»

Poland’s residential market accelerated in July, with developers and private investors completing 19,200 homes, the second-best July result in at least 25 years. Developers accounted for more than 12,000 of the units delivered during the month. From January through July 2026, more than 114,000 home»»»

AI-related companies now dominate major stock indexes, making portfolio diversification increasingly difficult, according to investment experts. ECB economists have warned that the AI-driven rally could eventually lead to a market correction, particularly as exposure extends beyond technology and c»»»

Participation in Poland’s Employee Capital Plans (PPK) has reached 4.43 mln people, with the average participation rate approaching 62% at the end of July. The number of participants increased by 35,500 during the month, while net assets of PPK target-date funds rose by PLN 2.11 bln m/m to PLN 55.8»»»

Rewatch as Canadian ministers lay out a series of countermeasures as its trade war with the US deepens after the Trump administration imposed new tariffs on Canadian goods.»»»

As its trade war with the US deepens, Canada is imposing tariffs on US goods in retaliation for tariffs introduced in the past few days on its goods. Ottawa has also announced a multi-billion aid package for workers and has called on Canadians to buy local to help domestic industries. FRANCE 24's C»»»

AMMAN — The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) is set to bring together banks, regulators, financial institutions, fintech innovators, investors and technology companies at the Jordan-FinTech Festival 2026, as the Kingdom seeks to strengthen its position as a regional fintech hub.The festival will be hel»»»

AMMAN — The Jordan Strategy Forum (JSF) said that Jordan has succeeded in maintaining stable economic growth and inflation rates, despite geopolitical challenges and their economic effects on the countries of the region, in a policy paper titled "Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability in Jordan: Beyond»»»

One week after becoming the first French woman to perform a spacewalk, Sophie Adenot has ventured outside the International Space Station again on August 25 - with the mission of replacing an antenna.»»»

Dubai: Dubai ranked first globally for the number of greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in cultural and creative industries (CCIs) for the fourth consecutive year, attracting 754 projects in 2025, according to Financial Times Ltd.’s fDi Markets data. The projects generated 19,304 n»»»

CIA Director John Ratcliffe ​visited Russia to attend meetings in Moscow on Tuesday, according to two US media outlets, in what is believed to be Ratcliffe's first known trip to Russia since taking over as US spy chief. The reported visit comes as US-brokered talks aimed at ending the Ukraine war h»»»

The video of a Ukrainian cyclist being targeted and killed by a short-range drone posted – and later deleted – by the Russian military Friday left viewers outraged and shaken. But it’s not the first time that Russian drone operators have been accused of terrorising Ukrainian civilians by deliberate»»»

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan: An international media forum examining the historical legacy, cultural heritage and contemporary relevance of Islamic civilization opened in Tashkent on Tuesday, bringing together journalists, scholars, filmmakers, publishers and media professionals from around the world. Held»»»

Mario Draghi’s new Rhine Group, created to develop proposals to improve Europe’s competitiveness, has drawn criticism for excluding Poland and including only one representative from Central and Eastern Europe. The group brings together more than 50 politicians, economists, business leaders and acad»»»

Tehran: Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said on Tuesday that he hoped his country and Iran would soon announce the establishment of a temporary shipping corridor in the Strait of Hormuz after weeks of negotiations. "I am hopeful that we will soon announce a temporary corridor for the Strait o»»»

Colombian President Abelardo De la Espriella ordered police and immigration authorities to begin to identify and deport migrants without legal status, Photo by Carlos Ortega/EPA Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Colombian President Abelardo De la Espriella ordered police and immigration authorities to begin to iden»»»

The Ajman Government Human Resources Department has announced that Friday, August 28, 2026, will be a public holiday for government entities in the emirate to mark the Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday. Official working hours will resume on Monday, August 31, the department said. The holiday marks the Pr»»»

GAZA: An Israeli strike in central Gaza has destroyed a charity warehouse containing nutritional supplies for malnourished children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers. The warehouse, operated by Palestinian humanitarian organization Ard El Insan, was damaged when Israel struck a nearby build»»»

Dubai: Twenty-four people, mostly daily-wage workers, were injured in a road crash in Egypt’s Ismailia governorate on Tuesday, just two weeks after 19 workers were killed on the same road, local media reported. The latest collision occurred on Al Dawawis road in Qassasin when a pickup truck carryin»»»

Frankfurt: The boss of German carmaker Volkswagen warned workers on Tuesday to brace for more job losses, earning boos and jeers from the crowd, as the crisis-hit company faces a drastic round of cost-cutting. VW, long a titan of German industry, has struggled with Chinese competition, US tariffs a»»»

Ending the war and securing Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon would require an international force on the ground -- a replacement for UNIFIL that Lebanon is discussing with European powers. File Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Lebanon, struggling to secure an Isra»»»

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Canadian government imposed new tariffs agains the United States. File Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI | License Photo Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Canada announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday, matching "dollar for dollar" the tariffs imposed by »»»

LONDON: Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Palestinian Vice President Hussein Al-Sheikh met in Amman on Tuesday to discuss the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The meeting was also attended by Palestine’s General Intelligence Service Chief Majed Faraj and Palestinia»»»

AL-MUKALLA: Heavy fighting broke out between Yemeni government forces and the Houthis outside the southern city of Taiz on Monday night, the latest in a string of attempts by the Iran-backed militia to make gains on the ground, as the head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council vowed to continu»»»