DOHA: Minister of Transport HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Thani and the Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Thomas Kazakos, discussed Qatari-ICS cooperation venues in shipping and maritime navigation safety, and ways to enhance them. The two officials, »»»

A container ship sits at the port of Santos in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in mid-July. Brazilian exports to the United States totaled $21 billion between January and July 2026, down $2.9 billion from the same period in 2025, Photo by Isaac Fontana/EPA Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Brazilian exports to the United States»»»

People hold posters during a rally for birthright citizenship held by the American Civil Liberties Union outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April. The Court eventually ruled against President Donald Trump's efforts to end the practice, but now the ACLU is asking for clarification from a lower court »»»

Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index closed Tuesday's trading session lower by 79.38 points, or 0.79 percent, reaching 10,018.06 points. A total of 158,763,806 shares were traded during the session, with a total value of QAR 331,524,920.482 through 22,604 transactions across all sectors. The »»»

WASHINGTON: Russia has released an American military veteran who spent more than four years in prison on disputed charges under abusive conditions and was said to be gravely ill and at risk of dying, a group advocating for him said Tuesday. Robert Gilman was on his way to a US military hospital in »»»

LONDON: Two young men were killed on Tuesday when a landmine exploded as they rode a motorcycle near Al-Nasiriyah Air Base in the countryside northeast of Damascus, the Syrian state media reported. The victims were from the nearby town of Jayrud, the Syrian Arab News Agency said. Mohammad Anwar Sal»»»

Capitals, August 11 (SANA) Arab condemnations continued on Tuesday over a statement issued by Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 10, 2026, recognizing what it called “Israeli sovereignty” over the occupied Syrian Golan. Qatar condemned the Colombian statement, stressing, in a statemen»»»

The Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) has switched to displaying financial instrument prices and market turnover data exclusively in euros, following the end of the transitional period that allowed prices to be shown in both Bulgarian levs and euros. The change took effect on August 9 and covers all f»»»

Riyadh: Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi affirmed that Colombia's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights violates international law and international treaties. In a statement, Albudaiwi strongly condemned the move, st»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s military said on Tuesday that it had seized 1.2 million captagon pills that were about to be sent abroad. Lebanon has faced pressure from Gulf states to counter the production and trafficking of drugs, particularly the amphetamine-like narcotic captagon, for which the conservative»»»

Dubai: The UAE blocks around 600,000 cyberattacks every day, equivalent to about 25,000 attacks an hour or 416 every second, as increasingly sophisticated threats target the country's digital infrastructure. According to Al Bayan, Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, head of the UAE Cyber Security Council, said»»»

Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan exported 746.7 tonnes of fish products in the first seven months of 2026, accounting for 87 percent of the country's total fish exports in 2025, the Kyrgyz government said Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry, Kyrgyzstan expo»»»

LONDON: Liverpool supporters’ group Spirit of Shankly said the interests of the club and fans must come first following reports that a consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is close to a deal to buy a significant minority stake. Sky News said Bezos was part of an investor group led by Amit»»»

WASHINGTON: The United States will sponsor a new round of talks between Israel and Lebanon in early September in Rome, a State Department official announced Tuesday. “The political track will reconvene in Rome in early September, and conversations will continue in Beirut, Jerusalem, and Washington »»»

Tunis, August 11 (TAP) - Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Mohamed Ali Nafti received on Tuesday a phone call from his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha. The talk turned on the cooperation relations between...»»»

Qatar's Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has permanently barred 27 individuals from working in the country's healthcare sector after they submitted falsified experience certificates while applying for practice licences in the first half of this year. The falsified certificates were identified durin»»»

LONDON: ‌Nottingham Forest have signed Ivory Coast center back Ousmane Diomande from Sporting on a four-year contract, with an option for a further year, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The deal to sign the 22-year-old was worth about €40 million ($46.16 million), Sporting said. Diomande, »»»

Snow, ice and strong winds have forced closures of roads and impacted trade between Argentina and Chile. File Photo by Carlos Alvear/EPA BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- More than 5,000 trucks remain stranded along the Argentina-Chile border as snow, ice and strong winds have forced closures of roads»»»

Dubai: The captain of an Air India flight that suddenly plunged 300 feet and injured 24 people has failed a second drug test, with the latest screening reportedly confirming marijuana use, NDTV reported on Tuesday. But investigators are also examining potentially serious technical problems aboard t»»»

STOCKHOLM: Streaming giant Spotify said Tuesday it would launch a new “AI Persona” badge in mid-September clearly identifying content producers that are AI-generated and not real people.“Listeners have been clear in telling us that they don’t like seeing an artist profile that seems human, only to »»»

DIYARBAKIR, Turkiye: Residents in Turkiye’s mainly Kurdish-populated southeastern region reacted with a mix of relief, joy and uncertainty on Tuesday after parliament approved a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants, offering them a potential path toward integration into normal life»»»

The death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck western Colombia has risen to at least 169, according to the Colombian Association of Capital Cities (Asocapitales). The association said on Tuesday that 165 of the fatalities had been recorded in four regional capitals, accounting for more»»»

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LILLE: A nuclear plant in northern France shut down three reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the units, energy group EDF said on Tuesday. Three reactors were taken offline on Monday and output at a fourth was cut by half, EDF said in a statement, leaving just one operati»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that US citizen Robert Gilman who had been in jail in Russia is heading back to the United States. "I am proud to announce that American Citizen Robert Gilman, a former United States Marine, is coming HOME!" Trump wrote on Truth Socia»»»

Jakarta: Indonesia's flag carrier Garuda Indonesia said Tuesday it is offering international travelers a free domestic add-on flight when they purchase a round-trip ticket to Indonesia under its "Discover More Indonesia" campaign. Prina Eka Putri, head of Garuda Indonesia's marketing group, said tr»»»

Oil prices rose Tuesday after conflicting statements between the United States and Iran fueled fears that a new peace plan is not coming anytime soon. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The price of oil reached $90 per barrel Tuesday as Iran and President Donald Trump tr»»»

Legislative and organizational changes aimed at preventing juvenile crime were discussed by Prime Minister Rumen Radev with representatives of the involved institutions at the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. The meeting was held in response to recent cases of aggression involving minors and youths»»»

Dhaka: Bangladesh's cabinet has approved a new visa regime designed to ease foreign travel to and from the country, while seeking to draw investment, business and skilled labor, an official said on Tuesday. The official, who requested to be anonymous, said the new policy expands the number of visa »»»

PARIS: Around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, the United Nations said Tuesday, urging an end to such “discrimination.” The Taliban administration, recognized solely by Russia, has imposed a series of restri»»»