Nepal on Monday began mass burials for the hundreds of people killed in catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border last week, as authorities announced the death toll had climbed past 900 people. Officials in Nepal and neighbouring China are still searching for more than 4,000 missing pe»»»

President Joseph Aoun arrived Monday in Athens for an official visit to meet with his Greek counterpart, President Konstantinos Tasoulas, at the Presidential Mansion, in efforts to secure international backing to a framework agreement with Israel and an end to hostilities in south Lebanon. Speaking»»»

Dubai: The Consulate General of India in Dubai and the Northern Emirates has warned Indian nationals in the UAE against falling victim to scams involving individuals and agents falsely claiming to provide visa regularisation, emergency certificates, exit permits, Emirates IDs and employment. The Co»»»

Russia sees the Arctic as a strategic economic asset and plans to develop it into a major Eurasian logistics and resource corridor, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wrote in an article for Arctic.ru, a project by the Rossiya Segodnya media group (Sputnik’s parent company). Sergey Lavrov stre»»»

Bulgarian President Iliana Yotova thanked the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) for its support after the party's National Assembly unanimously backed her candidacy for president in the upcoming election. In a letter to Bulgarian socialists, Yotova described the decision as both an important politica»»»

The global diamond industry is undergoing a structural evolution driven by technological disruption. Today, more lab-grown diamonds (LGDs) and recycled stones are available in the market than the total annual physical output produced by their natural counterparts. This reality requires a clear-eyed»»»

Dubai: A three-year-old boy is seen sitting in a small yellow plastic chair as a woman pushes him across the tiled floor with her legs. Once she has moved him into a corner, she begins slapping him hard, Indian media reports said. The disturbing CCTV footage from a playschool in northeast Delhi’s M»»»

A Ukrainian citizen, aged about 25, has been detained in connection with the murder of a young woman in an apartment in Sofia's Buxton district, the Sofia Directorate of Internal Affairs confirmed to Nova TV. The incident was reported early in the morning after the man began shouting in front of an»»»

Four EU foreign ministers have told Brussels the money already promised to Ukraine will not be enough, and that the question of how to use Russia's frozen Central Bank of Russia (CBR) reserve funds must come back onto the table. The letter, dated August 27 and signed by Sweden's Maria Malmer Stener»»»

Damascus, Aug. 31 (SANA) Syria recorded public revenue of about $2.7 billion and expenditure of $3.7 billion in the first half of 2026, leaving a fiscal deficit of around $1 billion, Finance Minister Mohamed Yisr Barnieh said Monday. Barnieh, citing the Finance Ministry’s report on state budget per»»»

When Kamchybek Tashiev headed the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), people close to him put pressure on members of the Zhogorku Kenesh, Parliament Speaker Marlen Mamataliev said in an interview with journalist Ali Toktakunov. According to the speaker, lawmakers close to Kamchybek Tashie»»»

Four EU foreign ministers have told Brussels the money already promised to Ukraine will not be enough, and that the question of how to use Russia's frozen Central Bank of Russia (CBR) reserve funds must come back onto the table. The letter, dated August 27 and signed by Sweden's Maria Malmer Stener»»»

The UAE has spent the past few years building the foundations of a new financial system. Instant payments through Aani, a domestic card scheme through Jaywan, the Digital Dirham, and now a sovereign financial cloud are not isolated projects. They are parts of a wider effort to make the country’s fi»»»

Children and young people aged seven to 18 in Abu Dhabi will be taught practical skills ranging from managing money and public speaking to online safety and dealing with frustration under a new programme running until the end of the year. The Life Skills Programme has been launched by the Family Ca»»»

Sydney, Australia: Delaying the age at which children first use social media may help protect adolescent mental health, new research from Australia's University of New South Wales (UNSW) suggests. The study found that those who began using social media at a younger age reported more symptoms of anx»»»

Iran attacked U.S. military targets in the Middle East on Monday in retaliation for the first American strikes on its territory in a month, in a fresh flare-up of the war that has engulfed the region. Tehran's powerful Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they had responded to Sunday's American attack »»»

Aug. 31 (UPI) -- At least three baby goats at a North Carolina petting zoo have tested positive for rabies and a fourth is believed to have contracted the virus, state officials said over the weekend, as they warn those who have come into contact with the animals that they may have been exposed. Th»»»

No single topic dominates Monday's news media. POLITICS Interviewed on Bulgarian National Radio, sociologist Parvan Simeonov explained the limited number of potential candidates for the upcoming presidential elections by pointing to “the consolidation of the political landscape and the strong candi»»»

Romania’s private education market is entering a new phase as rising demand and growing investment needs push more independent schools towards partnerships and consolidation. Founded in 2024 by Anca Macovei Vlăsceanu and Dan Vlăsceanu together with Morphosis Capital, Romania Education Alliance aims»»»

Sydney, Australia: An Australian school teacher mauled by a large shark at a Sydney beach says she fired a "left hook" at the predator before it dragged her underwater. Leah Stewart, a primary school teacher, was placed in an induced coma and had part of her left arm amputated after the June 13 att»»»

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has confirmed two outbreaks of sheep and goat pox: one in Logodazh, in the southwestern Blagoevgrad Region, and the other in Dzhinot, in the southeastern Yambol Region, the BFSA press office said on Monday. In Blagoevgrad Region, a primary outbreak has been r»»»

U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. Vowing to retaliate for what it called a deadly attack, Iran later said it had launch»»»

The United Arab Emirates' air force intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters Monday, the Defense Ministry said, an attack that comes after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire on the weekend, the first significant military action in a month. In a short statement, the Defense Ministry sa»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine not only does not want to solve the problem of external power supply to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), but is doing everything to make the situation worse, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said on Monday. The plant is currently de»»»

The UAE said its air force responded to a drone approaching from Iran over the country’s territorial waters on Monday (Aug. 31), as fighting between the US and Iran flared again near the Strait of Hormuz. Authorities said air-defence systems remain on high alert, while residents were urged to follo»»»

New York: As the US and Israel relentlessly bombed Iran in the opening days of war, the most dramatic predictions of the conflict’s toll were unsparing: surging oil prices, worldwide recession and economic catastrophe. But six months into the conflict, the direst predictions haven’t come true even »»»

India’s Union Minister Suresh Gopi said on Monday that efforts were underway to bring home the bodies of two Kerala-born women killed in separate incidents in California, as police in two San Francisco Bay Area cities investigated what relatives say are connected killings involving a woman known to»»»

A new rise in the Danube River's water level has been recorded over the past 24 hours along the entire Bulgarian section of the river, the Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River reported on Monday. The Ruse gauging station recorded the largest change over the past 24 h»»»

Nairobi, Kenya: Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya's main international airport overnight as the latest strike by workers entered a second day on Monday. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi is a major hub for the east African region and vital to the country's tourism tr»»»

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Abu Dhabi: Dr Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, has called for realistic and sustainable political solutions to the regional crisis, saying the prolonged state of “no war and no peace” cannot provide a lasting way forward and that attacks targeting Gulf Arab states and Jordan »»»

Dubai: A Filipina expat, who has become The UAE Lottery's first female millionaire after scooping the Dh5 million Second Prize in the Lucky Day Draw, has revealed how she won. Zenn Ariane Garceles, 38, has called Dubai home for 13 years. It was in the city that she met her husband and had her child»»»

Abu Dhabi, UAE: The UAE Ministry of Defense said on Monday that its forces had dealt with a drone that had entered the country's territorial waters from Iran. The ministry said in a post on X that the UAE Armed Forces remained on high alert and ready to respond to any threats. It added that air def»»»

DUBAI: Sharjah Self-Defence Sports Club finished top of the No-Gi standings in the third Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Jiu-Jitsu Championship as round six concluded the 2026 No-Gi competition on Sunday at the Nad Al-Sheba Sports Complex in Dubai. ADMA finished second, while PALMS SPORTS took third a»»»

Saudi Arabia, which has designated 2026 as ‘The Year of Artificial Intelligence’, has put AI at the heart of its plans for economic transformation. Billions of dollars are being committed to infrastructure, platforms, skills and new AI capabilities, while businesses and government organizations are»»»

President Iliana Iotova thanked the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) for its trust and support for her presidential bid in the upcoming election on October 25, the BSP press office reported on Monday, citing a letter from Iotova to all Bulgarian Socialists. Iotova expressed appreciation for the jour»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will not step down from office during the election campaign, Speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh Marlen Mamataliev said in an interview with journalist Ali Toktakunov. According to him, current legislation does not require the president to temporarily suspend his du»»»

Romania’s women’s eight claimed gold at the 2026 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam on Sunday, August 30, producing an official World Best Time of 5:51.88 in a dominant final on the Bosbaan. The Romanian crew composed of Cristina Drugă, Geanina Juncanariu, Ancuța Bodnar, Maria Lehaci, Magdalen»»»

Failing the target in the PNRR regarding the pay bill shows that the reform of the civil service in Romania is still only at the level of discourse, and the loss of the 770 million euro will mean the suspension of certain infrastructure projects and an additional outlay of public funds, said econom»»»

Romania needs a government, the interim situation has gone on for too long, stated on Friday the interim premier Ilie Bolojan who mentioned that the last months have represented a ‘ very difficult’ period as the executive has been left without full rights.He reiterated that PNL will not be part of »»»

Timisoara mayor Dominic Fritz said on Friday that, following President Nicusor Dan's signing the ANI bill into law, his term will end in 30 days, and that his team of deputy mayors will take over the interim leadership of City Hall at the end of September."President Nicusor Dan has promulgated the »»»

President Nicusor Dan promulgated on Friday a series of laws that must enter into force by 31 August, the deadline for completing all milestones and targets under Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) and for implementing the reforms and investments financed through the Recovery an»»»

Acting Foreign Minister Oana Toiu paid a working visit to Riga on Friday at the invitation of her Latvian counterpart, Baiba Bra?e, where she emphasized that strengthening regional security is a priority for the two countries.According to a Foreign Ministry (MAE) release, during the political and d»»»

The UAE Ministry of Defence has denied circulating reports that the Al Minhad air base had been targeted by missiles. “These reports are unfounded,” the ministry said on social media, adding that it’s on high alert and fully prepared to address any threats that may arise, thereby ensuring the prese»»»

Doha, Qatar: Sidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, and The Pearl International Hospital have signed an agreement to provide expectant parents with access to Sidra Medicine’s cord blood banking services. The agreement will provide expectant parents the choice to store their baby’s umbilical »»»

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped inside an empty sleeper bus in Greater Noida before being abandoned near Delhi’s Kashmere Gate, police said. Two men, identified as the bus driver and conductor, have been arrested. The alleged incident took place on August 4 near Pari Chowk, police said.»»»

Doha, Qatar: Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar), a Qatar Foundation partner university, has welcomed new and returning students to campus for the start of the 2026–27 academic year, with record enrollment across several measures. VCUarts Qatar has enrolled »»»

Doha, Qtaar: Qatar will face Bahrain today in the final of the 11th Asian Youth U19 Handball Championship in Amman, Jordan with the young Al Annabi aiming to cap an unbeaten campaign by lifting the continental title. Qatar booked their place in the final with a 32-28 victory over Republic of Korea »»»

Abu Dhabi: As the new academic year gets underway, students’ educational experience will extend beyond the knowledge and curricula delivered in classrooms. Schools are embarking on a gradual process to translate the National Charter for Education into everyday practices, with the aim of developing »»»

DUBAI: Paraguay’s President Santiago Pena joined FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem and hundreds of thousands of fans at FIA WRC Rally del Paraguay this weekend, to celebrate the growth of motorsport in the country and a new chapter for rallying worldwide. The two officials met to discuss the devel»»»