Syria said high-level talks with Israel on Sunday were aimed at de-escalation after recent Israeli strikes and also addressed keeping the country out of tensions between Israel and Turkey, an ally of Damascus. State news agency SANA quoted a diplomatic source at the foreign ministry as saying that »»»

KYIV, Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks made public Sunday that it would be too dangerous for Ukraine to hold an election while fighting Russia, after a call by his former defense minister to organize a vote. As he fended off the political pressure, Zelensky announced a new dron»»»

Agencies Zurich European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde could take over the presidency of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at some point in 2027, Swiss newspaper NZZ reported on Sunday, citing sources familiar with discussions at the organisation. According to the report, Lagarde was »»»

QNA Doha The Qatar Philatelic and Numismatic Centre of the Ministry of Culture is participating in the Asian Stamp Exhibition in Bandung, Indonesia, from August 27 to 31. The exhibition is being held under the umbrella of the Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP), alongside meetings of the fed»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Foundation’s (QF) Academic Bridge Programme (ABP), part of Pre-University Education (PUE), has received full accreditation from the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACS WASC), becoming the first educational institution »»»

Khaled Al Hameidi Doha Qatar’s humanitarian story is written far beyond its borders in the lives of people who received food when hunger threatened them, shelter when disasters destroyed their homes, medical care when conflict denied them access to hospitals, and hope when circumstances seemed to l»»»

Damascus, Aug. 23 (SANA) A high-level Syrian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani and including the heads of the General Intelligence and Military Intelligence services held a meeting Sunday with a high-level Israeli delegation under U.S. mediation and hosted by Jordan, a »»»

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rebuffed calls to hold elections in the country amid the war with Russia, saying such a move would be extremely dangerous. Commenting on a call from former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov to hold elections, Zelenskyy said in a war like this,»»»

Doha: As part of its tireless efforts to promote peace and stability in the Great Lakes region, the State of Qatar continues to play a pivotal and effective role in bringing together the views of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 Movemen»»»

BEIRUT: The US special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkiye on Sunday walked back his comments from two days ago that Israel “still” occupies the Golan Heights in violation of UN resolutions, remarks that went against US President Donald Trump ‘s position on the disputed territory. Israel captu»»»

Russia's happiness index fell nine points in July to 50, its lowest level since 2011 and the sharpest one-month drop the state pollster has recorded during the war. The figure comes from the Russian Public Opinion Research Center, or VTsIOM, and is below the level registered during the mobilisation»»»

Around 30 people attacked a Ukrainian Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centres (TCK) military recruitment team in the western city of Lutsk, injuring two servicemen and smashing their vehicle. The clash began with a routine stop. Officers halted a car at a checkpoint near the city's car m»»»

Ukraine's armed forces have taken into service the Alexa Spatium, the first jet-powered interceptor drone designed and built in the country to shoot down Russian attack drones. The Alexa Spatium, Ukraine's first domestically designed jet-powered interceptor drone, now codified for service. The air»»»

North Korea has sent another 8,500 soldiers to Russia, among them 400 drone operators, taking the total rotated through the country since October 2024 to around 25,000. Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian intelligence expects Putin to ask for up to 50,000 more North Korean troops when the tw»»»

TEHRAN: Iran said on Sunday it had discovered more than 200 billion cubic meters of natural gas, months into the Middle East war that has hit the country’s energy infrastructure and production. “New gas reserves were discovered in the south of Fars province,” Petroleum Minister Mohsen Paknejad told»»»

House Democratic Leader Jeffries, D-NY, speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC on Feb. 4. Jeffries reportedly met with Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 23 (UPI) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffr»»»

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has defended a new memorandum of understanding with the United States as the “best way” for the country to overcome a state of “no war, no peace,” citing the urgent need to stabilise an economy battered by sanctions and conflict. In a speech published by the offi»»»

LONDON: Saudi Arabia on Sunday opened a visa service center in Damascus to receive applications, including those related to freight deliveries and passenger transport, as Riyadh deepens economic engagement with Syria. The Saudi Embassy in Damascus said the center was established as part of joint ef»»»

Escalation was the name of the game this week, as the full extent of British involvement in Ukraine’s long-range strikes on Russia was revealed, and as US President Donald Trump laid claim to the Strait of Hormuz and shifted to a policy of subjecting Iran to long-term economic strangulation. Trump »»»

Author: Gergely Baics New York City witnessed unparalleled growth in the first half of the 19th century, its population rising from thirty thousand to nearly a million in a matter of decades. “Feeding Gotham” looks at how America’s first metropolis grappled with the challenge of provisioning its in»»»

Washington’s clash with the International Criminal Court exposes the contradictions between supranational legal claims, American exceptionalism, and the rise of multipolar sovereignty. The latest clash between Washington and the International Criminal Court says more about the structure of the pres»»»

Denmark plans to stop issuing temporary residence permits to Ukrainian refugees from regions least affected by the conflict with Russia, the EU nation’s immigration minister, Morten Bodskov, has said. The announcement follows a wider trend among European nations to cut benefits to those fleeing the»»»

Three major projects on Egypt’s North Coast generated combined sales of approximately EGP 258bn from the beginning of 2026 through August 15, representing nearly half of the total sales recorded across the North Coast during all of 2025, according to a report by The Board Consulting. The three proj»»»

There was understandable intrigue raised by US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Syrian army may be best placed to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon. Historians of the Middle East were quick to recall events half a century ago, when thousands of Syrian soldiers and scores of Syrian tanks cross»»»

Iran’s acting defense minister says the country has faced a hybrid war of unprecedented scale, involving cyber, military, proxy and counter-revolutionary elements, with some bombs specifically manufactured for use against Iran. Majid Ibn al-Reza, caretaker of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Force»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (L) on Oct. 7, 2025. Trump on Sunday said Canada wants the "benefits of being a state, without being one." File Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI | License Photo Aug. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday accused Canad»»»

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Six EU nations want the bloc to introduce a windfall tax on oil companies’ “excessive profits” linked to price hikes caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran, several media outlets reported on Saturday, citing a joint letter from the countries’ finance ministers. Oil prices have repeatedly topped $100 »»»

LONDON: Senior Israeli and Syrian officials met Sunday in an effort to ease tensions after an Israeli strike on a Syrian airbase, Axios reported, citing three sources familiar with the matter. The meeting between Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani and Mossad Director Roman Gofman came days a»»»

Iran has multiple scenarios for countering hostile actions by the United States, including the ability to establish economic ties with various countries to neutralize the effects of the US economic war against Iran, IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said. "We have said time and again that we are prepa»»»

Damascus, Aug. 23 (SANA) Foreign Minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, said Syria expects negotiations with Israel over a security agreement to resume soon, stressing that Damascus immediate priority is to halt Israeli attacks and establish confidence-building measures. In an interview with Reuters, »»»

LONDON: Israeli forces shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy during a military raid on Sunday in the northern occupied West Bank, Palestinian sources said. Islam Ahmad Ajjouri was shot in the chest as Israeli forces raided the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, the Palestinian news agency »»»

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LONDON: A power plant in the UK was forced offline after it was targeted by Iran-linked hackers. It is thought to be the first such incident of a cyberattack by Tehran successfully shutting down a British facility of this nature, and marks an escalation after London gave the US permission to use UK»»»

OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs on the United States on Saturday, after walking away from a "bad deal" on trade in a deepening rift between the long-time allies.Negotiations between the neighbouring countries broke down Friday in Washington, putting into f»»»

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks made public Sunday that wartime elections would be a "tsunami" that would "destroy the country".  Kyiv has been engulfed in a political crisis over the summer, triggered when Zelensky fired popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who da»»»

In remarks on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke out against holding war time elections. He believes it would be too dangerous for the country, that would ‘split’ Ukraine. The remarks came after his former defense minister publicly called for a vote. Details and analysis by FRANCE»»»

LONDON: Pro-Palestine solidarity groups within the Labour Party are planning to mount pressure on UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to recognize Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip as genocide during the party’s annual conference next month. The grassroots groups Momentum, Labour & Palestine, the Campa»»»

LONDON: British MPs have urged the government to take tougher action against Israel after an investigation by The Independent and Independent Arabia raised questions over possible war crimes in an attack on Gaza’s Nasser Medical Complex that killed more than 20 people, including five journalists. T»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday rejected calls for wartime elections, saying the move would "destroy the country." Photo by Andrej Cukic/EPA Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday rejected calls for wartime elections, saying the move would "destroy »»»

US President Donald Trump has broken into a scornful tirade against conservative journalist and podcaster Tucker Carlson, as well as his other allies-turned-critics, including former Congress members Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie. In a Truth Social post on Friday, he branded the trio a b»»»

Dubai: Pakistan’s First Lady Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday called for a thorough investigation into the murder of Hina Javed, who was found dead in her Rawalpindi apartment earlier this week. Hina was found dead in the washroom of her apartment in Askari Apartments, Lal Kurti, on Thursday evening»»»

DUBAI: Iran’s foreign minister dismissed the threat of new ​US sanctions as a sign of desperation on Sunday and said the expected new measures would fail to defeat Tehran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is due to hold a press conference at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) on Monday, has threatened t»»»

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LONDON: The death of a 7-year-old girl who vanished in Dumair, a city in the Syrian Arab Republic’s Rif Dimashq province, is the latest in a series of cases involving missing girls found dead, heightening concerns over child safety in the war-weary country and prompting calls for accountability. As»»»

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Washington, Aug. 23 (SANA) U.S. oil and natural gas production has reached an all-time high, making the United States the world’s largest producer of both, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said. “American oil and gas workers have driven production to an all-time high, making the U.S. the world’s large»»»

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