Kyrgyzstan and China need to move from trade relations toward joint production and industrial cooperation, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic Temir Sariev said at the Kyrgyzstan — China Investment Forum. He said it was realistic for the two countries to establi»»»

Reykjavik: Icelanders go to the polls on Saturday in a referendum on whether to resume membership negotiations with the European Union, in a tight race that will be closely watched in Brussels. The country of just under 400,000 people applied to join the EU in the wake of a 2009 financial crisis th»»»

Dubai: When Bashaar Naik thinks about innovation, he does not start with technology. He starts with a problem. For the 19-year-old Indian student, artificial intelligence (AI) is a tool, one that can analyse complex information, identify patterns, and turn them into insights that can help people ma»»»

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy threatened today to intensify drone attacks deep inside Russian territory. In a televised address to the nation, Zelenskyy stated, "The mission is to carry out 1,000 drone attacks daily against Russia at long range," noting that more than 300 such attac»»»

REYKJAVIK: Icelanders go to the polls on Saturday in a referendum on whether to resume membership negotiations with the European Union, in a tight race that will be closely watched in Brussels. The country of just under 400,000 people applied to join the EU in the wake of a 2009 financial crisis th»»»

Lille, France: Captain Marquinhos headed in a dramatic last-gasp equaliser as Paris Saint-Germain scored twice in stoppage time to snatch a 2-2 draw at Lille in Ligue 1 on Friday. It looked as though the reigning French and European champions were heading for defeat as goals by Hakon Haraldsson and»»»

Dubai: Flying from the UAE today? Emirates, Etihad, Air Arabia and flydubai are continuing to operate services, but passengers on some Gulf routes are still facing cancellations and delays as airlines navigate ongoing regional security concerns. The disruption comes as the war with Iran passes the »»»

Dubai: Emirates spent Dh5.316 billion on inflight catering and services during the financial year ended March 31, 2026, an increase of Dh570 million from the previous year, according to the airline’s annual financial statements. The figure was 12 per cent higher than the Dh4.746 billion recorded a »»»

Massive, state-led rescue and evacuation operations have secured the return of 106 tourists from Maharashtra who were stranded across disaster-hit regions of Nepal, with another 84 people expected to reach home ground on Saturday. Affected by flash floods triggered by sudden glacier and ice-rock co»»»

British conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by US immigration authorities in Louisiana and faces deportation after allegedly overstaying his legal status and failing to appear for an immigration hearing. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested the 41-year-old for»»»

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will stick to its policy of isolating the AfD despite the right-wing party polling at over 40% ahead of regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt. The chancellor claimed that the Alternative for Germany maintains close ti»»»

Secretary General Naim Qassem gave a speech criticizing the Lebanese authorities for surrendering without compensation and rejecting the framework agreement with Israel. "The Lebanese Authority has chosen a path that does not befit it or Lebanon and has given the enemy everything it wants. Say no o»»»

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplaned for his two-nation tour to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, and expressed confidence that this visit will strengthen India's strategic partnerships in Central Asia. He will first travel to Tashkent for a two-day bilateral visit at the invitation of Uzbeki»»»

A ceasefire will not decide Sudan’s future. Even if the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agree to a ceasefire, the questions that will determine the country’s future will remain unanswered: Who governs? Who represents the Sudanese people? What form will the next state take? »»»

Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan intend to increase mutual trade to $3 billion. To achieve this goal, the countries plan to expand transport and logistics ties and industrial cooperation. The Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Jeenbek Kulubaev said in an interview with Dunyo news agency, timed to the 35th ann»»»

President Donald Trump said Friday his administration has reached a huge oil deal with Venezuela that gives the United States majority control of 65 billion barrels of proven petroleum reserves. The deal which Trump proclaimed as "the biggest oil deal in world history" will bring nearly $100 billio»»»

Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages. The number of missing soared past 2,400 on Friday as emergency teams said they had recove»»»

DUBAI/CAIRO : Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the United States, with the ​supreme leader calling on the government to address the hardship while the president reported foreign trade has shrunk 35 percent due to the American sanctions and blockade. The warnings came »»»

* Iranian president says foreign trade down 35 percent due to sanctions and blockade* Supreme ‌leader urges Iranian government to address economic hardship* US sanctions Egyptian bank said to have ties with Iran through Emirati unitBy Eman Abouhassira and Yasmine GhaniaDUBAI/CAIRO : Iranian leaders»»»

Members of the Zhogorku Kenesh were shown the waste processing plant currently under construction in Osh, the City Hall of the southern capital reported. According to the city authorities, major construction work is currently underway at the site. The plant occupies an area of 18 hectares, while th»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Friday his administration has reached a huge oil deal with Venezuela that gives the United States majority control of 65 billion barrels of proven petroleum reserves. The deal — which Trump proclaimed as “the biggest oil deal in world history” — will bring ne»»»

Eighth convocation of the Zhogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic will open its second session on September 2, the parliament’s press service reported. The lawmakers completed their first session on June 25 and went on recess. During the session, the parliament received 182 draft laws, of which 145 »»»

DAKAR, Senegal: Sustained gunfire and explosions rang out across several areas of Niger’s capital, Niamey, early on Saturday, according to two Reuters witnesses, with the cause not immediately clear. A security source told Reuters that “terrorists” had attacked the city’s Diori Hamani International»»»

TNEW YORK CITY: The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the fi»»»

NUWAKOT, Nepal: Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.The number of missing soared past 2,400 on Friday as emergency teams said »»»

Péter Magyar called it a "vile lie" on Friday that a pact had been struck between Tisza and Fidesz over who would be chosen to lead the National Asset Recovery and Asset Protection Office (NVVH). The Prime Minister, commenting at a press conference in the Parliament building on opinions that had re»»»

Kinshasa: The fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, bringing the total number of affected zones to 60. Data released today by the Congolese Ministry of Health showed that the two newly affected areas were Biena an»»»

The surplus of the external trade in goods was EUR 69 million in July, the volume of export decreased by 1.6%, that of import improved by 3.1% compared to the same period of the previous year. The surplus was EUR 69 million, the balance decreased by EUR 434 million, year-on-year. The volume of expo»»»

Poland has sent confusing signals regarding the potential deployment of nuclear weaponry on its territory, in what appears to be an attempt to enjoy the fruits of deterrence without hosting foreign munitions. In recent months, a dozen European NATO members, including Poland, have expressed a desire»»»

A poster shows the name change from Lake Ontario to Lake America, as President Donald Trump signs an executive order on the renaming amid a trade war with Canada. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The leader of the Seneca Nation on Friday called on President Donald Trump to rev»»»

Johannesburg: New Zealand captain Ardie Savea said on Friday that South Africa are a "wounded beast", desperate for revenge after losing the first Test in a four-match series. The All Blacks and Springboks, ranked first and second in the world, clash before a sell-out 55,000 crowd in Cape Town on S»»»

On August 24, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Operation Economic Outcast, promising to “sever every economic lifeline” sustaining Iran’s government. Hours later, President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged major imbalances in water, electricity, gas, fuel, the environment and the banking se»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman offered condolences to Norway’s King Haakon VIII and the Norwegian people following the death of King Harald V, who reigned for more than three decades. In separate cables, King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed expressed their »»»

Share: By : Makram Rabah, Opinion Before UNIFIL arrived in southern Lebanon In 1978, some villages reportedly had no dry-cleaning services not even basic urgent care units. The international force brought foreign soldiers, salaries, rental income, restaurants, supermarkets and, yes, cleaner suits. »»»

New York City police on Friday said they seized 580 pounds of cocaine worth $10 million, the largest cocaine seizure in the city in decades. File Photo by Justin Lane/EPA-EFE Aug. 28 (UPI) -- New York City police on Friday said they seized 580 pounds of cocaine worth $10 million, the largest cocain»»»

France hopes to line its own arms manufacturers’ pockets with a €90 billion European Union loan to Ukraine by limiting Kiev's ability to procure weapons from outside the bloc, according to Euronews. After overcoming Hungary’s opposition, the EU member states in April approved the €90 billion Ukrain»»»

WASHINGTON: When Amy-Jill Levine was a child in Massachusetts, a schoolmate in her predominantly Catholic hometown told her she was guilty of killing Christ because she was Jewish. Her mother reassured her that wasn’t the case — and instead of being embittered by the encounter, the young Levine beg»»»

Milo Yiannopoulos entered the United States legally in May 2019 but "chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation's laws," the Department of Homeland said. Photo courtesy of DHS/X Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was detained Friday in Louisiana for ove»»»

TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards ​Corps Navy rejected US claims that the Strait of ‌Hormuz was ‌open, ​calling them ‌an ⁠attempt ​to control ⁠oil prices and conceal what it described ⁠as US ‌failures. ‌ It ​said ‌the ‌restrictions would continue until US military actions ‌against Iran end and re»»»

A state outside of the traditional Tornado Alley has set a new severe weather record. Illinois has had 243 preliminary tornado reports so far in 2026, exceeding the counts of any state for a full calendar year, dating back to 1950, according to Storm Prediction Center data. Preliminary records have»»»

US President Donald Trump is apparently suffering from “schizophrenia” and “delusions” over his claims that the Strait of Hormuz belongs to Washington, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has said. The jab came after Trump shared an image on Thursday titled “US Territories” that liste»»»

Cape Town: South Africa's Koeberg Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 was taken offline early Thursday following a turbine trip, national power utility Eskom confirmed. "Unit 1 was, safely and within procedure, taken offline just before 100 a.m. today following a turbine trip," Eskom said in a statement. »»»

Nuwakot (Nepal) (AFP) – Nepal’s disaster authority sharply raised the number of missing to 1,924 on Friday, including 517 foreigners, two days after devastating floods that killed at least 586 in the country. A further 558 people are also reported missing in Tibet, where Ch»»»

Greenland's government said Friday it would ⁠establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to shed light on a campaign of forced contraception carried out by Danish authorities from the 1960s to 1990, after experts failed to agree on whether the practice constituted genocide. The brutal campaign »»»

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer walks back to his vehicle after checking the documentation of a construction worker during a random stop in Minneapolis, Minn., on January 9. File Photo by Craig Lassig/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court on Friday ruled agains»»»

Moscow trusted in the decency of the West for years, but not anymore, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. In an interview with RBK released on Friday, Lavrov was asked why Russia allowed the US and EU to take advantage of it on numerous occasions in recent decades. “Deception lies at t»»»

Damascus, Aug. 28 (SANA) As Syria seeks advanced solutions that meet the needs of infrastructure and construction projects while complying with quality and efficiency standards, several Arab and foreign companies are showcasing specialised building materials and modern technologies at the 63rd Dama»»»

British ‌far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, who has called for ​supermarket ICE checkpoints and summary deportation of anyone failing to prove legal US residency, has been detained by US Immigration ‌and Customs Enforcement, ‌agency ​records ‌showed ⁠on ​Friday. ICE’s parent agency,»»»

PORT SUDAN: Along the road leading west from Sudan’s capital, past the sprawling urban area of Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman toward the regional center of El-Obeid, the burned-out remains of fuel tankers and cargo trucks sit beside the asphalt, their metal frames blackened and twisted by atta»»»