TEHRAN: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of tricking Washington into going to war with the Islamic republic, calling him a “serpent.”“In Hebrew, Netanyahu openly crows that he suckered the US Administration into a war on Iran on beha»»»

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A sharp increase in westerly winds is expected in Bishkek and Chuy Valley within the next hour and on the evening of August 31, forecasters warned. Wind gusts may reach 15–20 meters per second. Residents are advised to stay away from advertising structures and trees, avoid parking vehicles near the»»»

RIYADH: Saudi-listed Arabian Drilling Co. signed a five-year contract worth about SR3 billion ($800 million) with SLB Middle East to provide 11 land rigs for integrated gas drilling operations. The contract, signed Aug. 30, covers rigs that were previously deployed under an integrated gas drilling »»»

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned a US military attack on parts of Larak Island, saying the Iranian Armed Forces targeted American military bases in Jordan in exercise of the country’s inherent right to legitimate defense. The ministry said in a statement early Monday that the US milit»»»

DUBAI: Tickets are now on sale for Emirates Dubai 7s, with the Middle East’s largest sports and entertainment festival returning to The Sevens Stadium from Nov. 27-29. Featuring an expanded program of sport, music, entertainment, family experiences and hospitality, it will take place on the final w»»»

ISTANBUL: Rescuers were on Monday still hunting for survivors a day after a ferry capsized off Northern Cyprus, leaving eight dead and more than a dozen missing, authorities said. The ferry left the northern port of Girne around midday (0900 GMT) on Sunday en route for the Turkish mainland but caps»»»

BISHKEK: China’s Xi Jinping and Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian were in Kyrgyzstan for a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, with Russia’s Vladimir Putin expected later on Monday for the two-day event that will involve over a dozen other leaders. The regional SCO bloc — which seek»»»

TYRE: Eleven-year-old Fatima Khashab helps her mother tidy the small area where their family sleeps, in a row of makeshift living quarters in a school gymnasium.About 200 families are sheltering in the school in Lebanon’s southern coastal city of Tyre. Most are from villages farther south that have»»»

Péter Magyar, the prime minister, and Judit Lannert, the education minister, made a series of long-awaited and reassuring promises to pupils and teachers at the start of the new school year, setting out their vision for the future of Hungary’s schools, education system and its objectives. Photo: MT»»»

Beijing: Chinese authorities penalised 10 people accused of spreading misinformation online about a deadly mudslide along the Nepal border, police said Monday, as rescuers scour for hundreds missing at a border crossing on the Tibetan side. The penalties, which could range from fines to 10 days in »»»

UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin has arrived in Bishkek for the first time, the Kyrgyz Football Union reported. Photo Media During his visit, the head of the Union of European Football Associations is scheduled to meet with representatives of the country’s leadership and the Kyrgyz Football Union.»»»

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»»»

Russia views NATO’s growing activity in the Arctic as a direct security threat, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. NATO launched its Arctic Sentry mission in February to strengthen its presence in the region amid tensions with Moscow and US President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Green»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

North Korea on Monday condemned the "hostile policy" of the United States and vowed to continue bolstering its nuclear arsenal. In this October 2025 photo, leader Kim Jong Un attends a military parade in Pyongyang. File Photo by KCNA/EPA SEOUL, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- North Korea on Monday condemned what »»»

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»»»

Dubai has raised ambulance readiness across the emirate for the start of the 2026-27 academic year, activating 150 ambulance points and strengthening coverage around schools during the busiest periods of the day. The Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services said its preparedness plan was designed t»»»

Following their talks in Bishkek, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov and President of China Xi Jinping signed a Treaty on Everlasting Good-Neighborliness, Friendship, and Cooperation and a joint declaration on the high-quality development of a comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Kyrgyzstan today to attend the anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Russian state media reported. Vladimir Putin’s working program in Bishkek will begin with bilateral talks. He will first meet with Chinese President Xi J»»»

Two passenger jets flying just meters above a stadium in South Africa on Saturday have caused a stir on social media, with people describing it as a “near collision” and expressing safety concerns. The maneuver was part of a pre-match show ahead of a rugby game between the South African and New Zea»»»

Almaty: Erlan Karin, former first deputy head of the Presidential Administration, was appointed vice president of Kazakhstan on Monday, the Kazinform news agency reported. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the appointment decree after parliament approved the nomination, the report said. Kazakh»»»

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»»»

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»»»

The government can allocate EUR 550m of European Union funding for its “Wekerle Home Construction Programme”, a new home-building scheme, but with bank and market co-financing it could involve up to EUR 2bn (HUF 730 billion) of sources, Transportation and Investment Minister Dávid Vitézy said in a »»»

Damascus, Aug. 31 (SANA) Syria reopened its embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after more than 14 years of closure and agreed with Libya to reactivate their Higher Joint Committee, in steps aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation. Foreign and Expatriates Minister A»»»

New York, USA: Venus Williams tumbled out of the US Open first round early Monday, the veteran US tennis icon losing in straight sets to compatriot Sofia Kenin. The 46-year-old Williams -- handed a wild card into the singles in New York some 29 years after reaching the final at Flushing Meadows as »»»

Mother and other relatives of a flood victim mourn during a funeral at Devghat in Chitwan district, Nepal, on Monday. Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The death toll from last week's flooding that hit Nepal's mountainous border region near China rose to 904 on Monday morning, with 4,»»»

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, USA: Ailing Novak Djokovic crashed out of the first round of the US Open on Sunday, falling in five brutal sets to 48th-ranked Argentinian Mariano Navone. Navone's 7-6 (7/5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory ended Djokovic's latest bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title. It also ended his run o»»»

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 »»»

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»»»

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»»»

Two new companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) will be included in the FTSE Global All Cap index starting September 21?a move that further confirms the development of Romania's capital market and its integration into the international investment landscape, according to Alexandru Pet»»»

ING Bank Romania continues to transform its lending experience and introduces two new first-of-their-kind features on the Romanian market. ING customers can now fully repay and close their mortgage loan directly in Home’Bank and, in addition, benefit from the bank’s support in proactively handling »»»

Banca Transilvania (BT) has expanded its digital onboarding options for Romanians living abroad, allowing them to use passports issued to Romanian citizens domiciled abroad to open bank accounts fully online through the BT Pay app. New customers can open accounts in multiple currencies and automati»»»

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announces that the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) has approved the new Multilateral Trading System (MTS) Code, a modern regulatory framework that redefines the market architecture and creates the SME Growth Market, a new segment dedicated to companies in th»»»

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»»»

Doha,. Qatar: Qatar Chamber (QC) and the Ministry of Transport (MOT) have signed a strategic partnership agreement for the upcoming FIATA RAME 2026 Conference, taking place on November 9–10, 2026, at the Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel. Under the agreement, the Ministry will serve as »»»