Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondents in southern Lebanon report Israeli artillery shelling of Kfar Rumman and Al-Mansouri 28-08-2026 15:23 PM Latest New»»»

A rift within Israel’s right-wing bloc burst into the open as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party accused far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of potentially handing power to the opposition by refusing to join forces with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ahead of Octobe»»»

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency detected excessive concentrations of aflatoxins B1 and B2, as well as excessive total levels of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2, in two consignments of peanuts - one weighing 19.921 tonnes and originating from the US, and the other weighing 18 tonnes and originating fr»»»

US President Donald Trump has officially renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” as trade-related tensions between Canada and the United States continue to escalate. The premier of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, told Trump to “kiss my a**” this week and threatened to cut electricity supplies»»»

Ukraine’s military continues to embrace a sinister and systematic pattern of warfare explicitly targeting the defenseless. Fresh testimonies and official reports from Russian regions paint a damning picture of how drones and artificial intelligence are used by the Ukraine regime to hunt civilians, »»»

Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova told reporters here on Friday that her Ministry is monitoring the quality of the water in Strumyani to make sure that it is suitable for drinking. After a state of emergency was declared in the village due to a flood caused by an overflowing riv»»»

CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s unusual trip to Moscow this week has triggered intense speculation about what messages Washington’s top spy carried into talks with his Russian counterparts. Neither Washington nor Moscow has provided a detailed official account of the discussions. President Donald Tru»»»

PALANGKARAYA: Indonesia has intensified efforts to fight wildfires with cloud seeding and water bombing as thousands of people countrywide battle to breathe in the smoke and haze, officials said on Friday. More than five million people on Borneo and Sumatra islands were directly exposed to the risk»»»

ALKHOBAR: Long before women’s kickboxing classes became widely available in Saudi Arabia, Nojoud Alayoubi was learning martial arts movements at home from her father, and watching her brothers train in karate and aikido. The 34-year-old Saudi kickboxing coach and athletic physical rehabilitation sp»»»

Founder of Boundary Holding, Rajat Khare, believes Eastern Europe is emerging as one of the world’s most promising ecosystems for deep-technology for innovation, offering access to Artificial Intelligence-driven solutions. He believes Boundary’s exit from Defendec reinstates its long-term convictio»»»

Hussein Mughniyeh Barak Ravid, born on May 22, 1980, in the occupied territories, is hardly a fringe figure wandering around the outskirts of diplomatic journalism. He is one of the most influential correspondents covering US-Israel relations and West Asian geopolitics, serving simultaneously as a »»»

Dubai: Dubai International Airport (DXB) is rolling out more advanced security scanners that will allow passengers to keep laptops, liquids and other items inside their hand luggage, as the airport continues a major technology upgrade aimed at making security checks faster and less intrusive. The d»»»

A man in Bishkek was held accountable for showing disrespect toward the national flag of Kyrgyzstan, the press service of the Department of Internal Affairs of Sverdlovsky district reported. Police discovered a video on social media in which the author showed an outdoor shower with the national fla»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Iran’s Ghalibaf: We said it before, Strait of Hormuz will never return to pre-war status quo 28-08-2026 13:47 PM Latest News Urgent News In»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe In a region where Iran cannot sell its oil, no one else will be able to sell theirs: Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf 28-08-2026 13:46 PM L»»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has launched the Riyadh Digital District, a new technology hub designed to attract global companies, entrepreneurs and specialised talent while strengthening the capital’s role in the digital economy. The Royal Commission for Riyadh City announced the initiative on Thursday, say»»»

The reports about a possible meeting between U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa and officials from Hezbollah are baseless and there is no intention for any communication, diplomatic sources told Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel on Friday. MTV had reported overnight that Issa had obtained a green »»»

Dubai: Foreign ministers from the 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) elected Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed as the group’s next secretary-general on Thursday. Ould Cheikh Ahmed will succeed Chad’s Hussein Ibrahim Taha, who took office in November 2021 a»»»

More than 123,000 Emirati women are now working in the UAE private sector, an increase of more than 128 per cent compared with 2023, according to new figures from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation. The number reached 123,388 women by the end of the first half of 2026, while more tha»»»

Two people were killed by an explosion on Friday in front of the Hassakeh courthouse, in Syria's predominantly Kurdish northeast, state news agency SANA reported. SANA quoted a security source as saying that the blast was from a hand grenade and that it killed, according to health authorities, a ma»»»

The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Board set tariff quotas for Kyrgyzstan on meat imports for 2027 to ensure food security and meet domestic demand, the EEC website reported. The total tariff quota for meat imports into Kyrgyzstan in 2027 is 65,000 tonnes. The quota is divided into three main c»»»

A geospatial study is being carried out in a bid to pinpoint the causes for a flash flood near Strumyani in southwestern Bulgaria. "A team from the Institute of Geospatial Research and Technologies at Sofia University is currently conducting a detailed survey and mapping of the Shashka River catchm»»»

Every effort is being made to locate all components of the suspected jamming device in Sofia's Dragalevtsi neighbourhood, Prime Minister Rumen Radev told journalists on Friday. Radev was responding to information released by the Sofia District Prosecution Office on Thursday that, according to preli»»»

Hungary’s newly established National Asset Recovery and Asset Protection Office (NVVH) will be based in Budapest’s Markó Street, in the building currently used by the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced in Parliament on Friday. The announcement came as MPs prepared to vote on the i»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli Raids, Arrests and Settler Attacks Growing across West Bank 28-08-2026 12:44 PM Israeli occupation forces storm the town of Tuqu’, »»»

The routes of 16 bus lines have been temporarily changed following the closure of a section of Chui Avenue from Chingiz Aitmatov Avenue (formerly Manas Avenue) to Abdrakhmanov Street. The affected routes include bus lines No. 13, 17, 23, 34, 36, 40, 50, 52, 103, 107, 118, 166, 215, 222, 227, and 25»»»

POLITICS & UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS In an interview with the Trud daily, Prof. Rosen Stoyanov, Director of Political Analysis and Forecasting at Gallup International Balkan, offers a skeptical assessment of the first 100 days of Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s administration. Stoyanov describes»»»

Bulgaria’s Mountain Rescue Service remains underfunded and lacks dedicated legislation, its Director Emil Neshev told BTA on Friday. Friday marks International Mountain Rescue Day. Neshev said this year’s subsidy was slightly below the Service’s needs and would cause various difficulties. The Servi»»»

AROBS Transilvania Software (BVB: AROBS), the largest entrepreneurial technology company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, recorded consolidated turnover of RON 292 million in the first half of 2026, up 36% compared to H1 2025, EBITDA of RON 40 million, a 29% increase, and net profit of appro»»»

Trump administration officials are working on a deal to secure long-term access to a portion of Venezuela’s ‌crude reserves, Reuters news agency reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the negotiations. The move that could ultimately lower the cost of oil imports, Reuters added. The ag»»»

The opening of the «World of Nomads» cultural program will take place at Kyrchyn gorge on September 2 as part of the 6th World Nomad Games, the Games’ media headquarters reported. The centerpiece of the program will be the artistic and philosophical performance «World — Life.» Through music, choreo»»»

DEIR AL-BALAH: Palestinian residents of war-battered Gaza fled homes and businesses as Israeli strikes and tank fire killed at least four people Monday, including two children, hospital officials said, a week after a US delegation asked Israel to draw down attacks. After evacuation warnings by Isra»»»

A seven-year-old boy has died after falling from the window of a tenth-floor flat in Szeged, southern Hungary, on Wednesday morning. The tragic incident happened at a ten-storey block of flats on Szamos Street. Police officers and emergency services were called to the scene following a report from »»»

Hungary's flagship ICT and defence group 4iG, under scrutiny for its state contracts with the previous government, is establishing a new energy business and a dedicated holding company to build a regional energy portfolio in CEE and the Western Balkans, the company said on August 27, Economx.hu wri»»»

$18 billion. Eighteen billion dollars. $18,000,000,000. Yes, that’s nine zeroes after the 18. It’s a number that is hard to comprehend even when written down in various ways. That's what Meta has agreed to pay to settle claims from 29 US states that it built Instagram and Facebook to hook children.»»»

DUBAI: When Vlade Divac entered the National Basketball Association BA in 1989, international players were still a relative rarity. More than three decades later, some of the NBA’s biggest stars are international, from Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic to Victor Wembanyama. And this week, in Istanbul, D»»»

LONDON: On Wednesday, frustration within the ranks of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace at the lack of progress toward peace in Gaza finally boiled over in the very public forum of the UN Security Council. It is less than a month since President Trump announced that the board had reached “a h»»»

FK Borac Banja Luka advanced to the UEFA Conference League tonight after defeating Icelandic Víkingur 6–2 on aggregate in the Conference League qualifying play-off. Borac won the second leg 3–1 at home, having also won the first leg in Iceland by the same scoreline. Borac players were cheered on fr»»»

Washington, Aug. 28 (SANA) U.S. Special Envoy for Syria and Iraq Tom Barrack congratulated Syria on a week of “historic accomplishments” after meeting Syrian Chargé d’Affaires in Washington Mohammad Qanatri. “Great meeting with Syrian Chargé d’Affaires Mohammad Qanatri,” Barrack said on X Friday, a»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent reports Israeli drone activity over Beirut’s Dahiyeh 28-08-2026 11:59 AM Latest News Urgent News Araghchi to US: Pre»»»

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Dubai: For Nepali expatriates living in the UAE, the first instinct after seeing images of floods and landslides tearing through their homeland was to reach for the phone and call home. For some, the call has brought relief, while for others, every unanswered call or delayed message brought fresh a»»»

Dozens of immigrants who disappeared from UK asylum hotels as children in 2023 are still unaccounted for, a parliamentary report released on Thursday has found. Some 472 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children – some as young as 12 – went missing from Home Office-run accommodation for migrant minors.»»»

The Justice Department under Attorney General Todd Blanche announced four additional lawsuits were filed Thursday asking the courts to enjoin Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington from enforcing laws that require secondary learning institutions to offer in-state tuition benefits to certain non»»»

DOHA: Ahmed Alaaeldin struck in the 90th minute as Al Rayyan made it two wins from two in the Qatar Stars League season, edging Al Wakrah 2-1 at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium yesterday. Roger Guedes put Al Rayyan ahead before half-time, producing a diving header from a close range to meet Gabriel Pereir»»»

Abu Dhabi: Federal government employees in the UAE will be allowed to adjust their working hours as children return to school, under a back-to-school policy designed to give parents more flexibility at the start of the new academic year. The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources said emp»»»

An Israeli airstrike on a house in the southern town of Arab Salim killed a young woman and wounded several people on Thursday, as Israel launched a wave of airstrikes outside the so-called security zone in response to an alleged Hezbollah drone attack. The National News Agency said the woman "had »»»

Israeli strikes and shelling targeted overnight into Friday the strategic Ali al-Taher hill and the southern border towns of Houla, Wadi Slouqi, and al Qantara, after a violent day during which a young woman was killed. Israeli airstrikes on the country's south on Thursday killed a newly-wed woman,»»»

DOHA: The Local Organising Committee of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qatar 2027 officially opened Al Janoub Arena in its new configuration yesterday in front of a capacity crowd of 8,200 fans, following its transformation from a football stadium into a basketball arena. The venue will be one of fo»»»

Arab Finance: Egypt’s offshoring services exports reached $5.2 billion in 2025 as international technology and business services providers expanded their operations beyond Cairo and increased their investment in artificial intelligence-enabled delivery, as per an emailed press release. The sector n»»»