DOHA: The Social and Sport Contribution Fund (DAAM) and the Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC), founded by Qatar Foundation (QF), have signed a funding agreement tosupport the Center's Career Readiness Program. Through this partnership, DAAM will provide financial support to the program, which »»»

WASHINGTON: A US helicopter on Tuesday fired missiles into the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that attempted to break the American blockade of Iran’s ports, the United States military said. The US Navy MH-60 helicopter fired on and disabled the M/V Vela Nova “after the ship’s civilian c»»»

RIYADH: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that his country’s relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are a “strategic relationship,” revealing that the coming phase will witness steps that would “elevate relations between the two countries to much higher levels.” He stated that the»»»

RIYADH: Al-Ittihad ensured their return to the continental stage with a comfortable 4-1 victory over Al-Jazira in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday that secured their place in the 16-team West Region division of the AFC Champions League Elite. A first-half brace from Steven Bergwijn gave the Tigers a comfortabl»»»

In an interview with Russian business media, Petr Fradkov, CEO of Promsvyazbank, revealed how the bank’s ground-breaking payment system, A7, facilitates transnational payments without using Western architecture like SWIFT or dollar-based instruments, all without technically violating any sanctions.»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The West Bank is nearing collapse and Israel is advancing a “de facto annexation” of the territory through the acceleration of settlement construction, mass displacements and record levels of settler violence, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Tuesday. Ramiz Alakbarov,»»»

LUSAKA: Tens of thousands of supporters of Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema thronged the capital Lusaka Tuesday as he made a last-ditch effort to sway undecided voters two days before the election. His main challenger at Thursday’s vote, newcomer Brian Mundubile, meanwhile alleged a pattern of »»»

Israeli tanks cross the ceasefire line into the buffer zone near the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights village of Majdal Shams on July 23. Colombia became the second country in the world to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights Photo by Etaf Safadi/EPA Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Israel recorded tw»»»

The trilateral mechanism for combating illegal migration between Bulgaria, Turkiye, and Greece will be transformed into more effective cooperation against cross-border crime, new-generation organized crime groups, and drug trafficking, said Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci in response to a »»»

AMMAN — The Ministerial Committee for Women’s Empowerment, in partnership with the Jordanian National Commission for Women and the King Abdullah II Centre for Excellence (KACE) launched on Tuesday the “Institutional Seal for Supporting and Empowering Women”.The "Institutional Seal" aims at promotin»»»

RIYADH: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that his country's relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are a "strategic relationship," revealing that the coming phase will witness steps that would "elevate relations between the two countries to much higher levels." He stated that the»»»

An exterior view of the International Criminal Court is shown in The Hague, The Netherlands. Four human rights groups are suing the Trump administration over “crippling” sanctions on judges and prosecutors of the International Criminal Court. File Photo by Robin Utrecht/EPA-EFE Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Fou»»»

LONDON: The UK’s new foreign secretary demanded on Tuesday that Israel crack down on settler violence in the occupied West Bank. In his first call with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, Ed Miliband called on Israel to end restrictions on aid entering Gaza. “I raised the sharp escalation of sett»»»

As the nature of Russia’s war in Ukraine evolves, Baltic startups are seeking new ways to respond to the hybrid threat from Russia, hoping rapid innovation can have a deterrent effect on Moscow.  One of the lessons of the war in Ukraine is that military technology evolves very rapidly, wi»»»

Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least 10 people overnight and wounded dozens, Kyiv said Tuesday, accusing Moscow of using North Korean missiles. The allegation comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was receiving more ballistic projectiles and troops from its»»»

Bulgaria’s second edition of the LUNAR: Sea of Lights festival turned Bulgaria's southern Black Sea coast into an immersive open-air gallery, where digital art meets the landscape. The event featured the work of 17 artists originating from eight countries across the five resort towns of T»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Yemeni armed forces carried out an operation targeting a Saudi military equipment transport ship in Bab al-Mandab: military media 11-08-202»»»

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 »»»

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»»»

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»»»

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 »»»

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»»»

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»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Iran Not to Retreat from Its Rights in Face of Any Threats: Top Security Official 11-08-2026 19:45 PM Mohsen Rezaei Appointed Sayyed Khamen»»»

Berlin: Hanover Airport in Germany was disrupted overnight by a drone, police told AFP Tuesday without giving further details, just a week after an explosives-laden drone was discovered at Leipzig Airport. "The investigation into the drone overflight at Langenhagen Airport on Tuesday has been taken»»»

Greenpeace activists painted the message “No Gas + Oil” in white paint on the tanker Kairos, which has been anchored in Burgas Bay for more than six months, as a sign of protest against dependence on oil and gas. The environmental organization’s icebreaker, the Arctic Sunrise, also participated in »»»

Lebanon on Tuesday became the first Middle East country to formally abolish the death penalty, replacing the sentencing with life imprisonment plus aggravated hard labour. Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004. Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making the co»»»

Four crew members were killed in a suspected Houthi attack on an Egyptian-owned cargo vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday, while a container ship was struck by a missile off Pakistan in a suspected US attack, maritime and Yemeni sources said.  Four crew members were killed in a suspe»»»

The government sees health tourism as a way to advance healthcare, tourism, and economic prosperity together. The government is preparing an ambitious plan to turn the country into a regional hub for global health tourism, targeting up to $10 billion in annual revenue within five years. The initiat»»»

For the world's newly crowned best pastry chef Benoît Castel, pastry is less a matter of following recipes than listening to ingredients. In one of his many patisserie kitchens in Paris, he works alongside his team, tasting, testing and experimenting while remaining driven to try new things – from »»»

French newspapers have asked the country’s antitrust watchdog to take action over Google’s new AI-generated summaries – which appear at the top of search results – saying they are depriving news publishers of web traffic. A federation of nearly 300 French newspapers said Tuesday that it filed »»»

Doha, Qatar: Seven scholars from leading universities around the world will join the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University in Qatar (#IAS_NUQ) during the 2026–27 academic year, strengthening the University’s role as a global hub for research, dialogue, and know»»»

Dubai: Bahrain's High Criminal Court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment after convicting them of spying for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and acting on its behalf in activities that authorities said targeted the kingdom's security and national interests. The Public Prosecu»»»

MONROVIA: President Joseph Boakai has nominated a new head of Liberia’s drug enforcement agency following two enormous cocaine seizures in recent weeks, including the largest drug bust in the west African nation’s history. He made the announcement late Monday following a joint security meeting to d»»»

VILNIUS: Latvia said ‌on Tuesday a tunnel had been discovered under the border with Belarus and announced plans to combat networks that it says are helping a growing number of migrants cross the frontier illegally. Latvian soldiers last month used teargas and fired a warning shot to stop migrants t»»»

DUBAI: Pakistan said on Tuesday the United States and Iran were close to “some sort” of deal, and fellow mediator Qatar said talks on managing the ​Strait of Hormuz were at an advanced stage, despite reports of new attacks on shipping in regional waters. The comments offered some hope that Iran and»»»

Two acquaintances of the teenagers accused in the fatal beating of a 37-year-old man in Plovdiv have been detained in connection with another violent incident involving two Nepalese citizens. The Plovdiv District Prosecutor's Office charged an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy on Tuesday with c»»»

One moment he was partying with his friends; the next, he was walking towards the toilets. After that, his next memory was of lying on a bed with a doctor standing beside him, a number marked on his stomach. This was not the opening scene of a horror film but a real-life ordeal – and it happened th»»»

Nuclear Revival Needs $250bn a Year, Industry Says - Institute of Energy for South-East Europe About UsMission and VisionBackgroundAnnual ReportArticles of AssociationBoard of GovernorsOrganizationExecutive CommitteeScientific CommitteesResearchInternational Advisory GroupCo-operation in SE EuropeI»»»

BRUSSELS, Belgium: The EU said Tuesday Meta and TikTok had agreed to voluntary steps to boost fact-checking of harmful disinformation linked to the Ceuta migrant rush — but did not rule out compelling the tech giants to do more. Experts say social media disinformation helped drive the deadly rush o»»»

Beirut: Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday voted to abolish the death penalty, formally ending capital punishment after more than two decades in which executions had been suspended, making the country the first in the Middle East to officially repeal the punishment. Lawmakers approved the bill during »»»

LONDON: An Israeli rights group and Palestinian community organizations have asked a court to overturn approval for a Jewish religious school in occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah, saying the project would be built on land expropriated for public facilities needed by Palestinians. Israeli nonp»»»

NEW YORK: Rights groups on Tuesday sued US President Donald Trump over his sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court, saying the measures block victims of war crimes from pursuing justice. The Trump administration, which rejects the ICC’s authority, has imposed travel bans and asset free»»»

BIRMINGHAM: Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson safely negotiated the heats of the 800m in Birmingham on Tuesday as she seeks a third consecutive European title. Home favorite Hodgkinson, who previously won continental crowns in Munich in 2022 and Rome two years ago, timed 1min 57.28sec to win her he»»»

RIYADH: The Cultural Development Fund has launched the Nama’ Incentives program and its first initiative, “AI Incentives for Cultural Projects.” The initiative offers micro, small and medium-sized enterprises financial incentives of up to SR500,000 ($133,000) to encourage the adoption or developmen»»»

GERB leader Boyko Borissov criticized the lack of clear information in relation to a drone that crashed on Bulgarian territory during a meeting with the party's Sofia chapter on Tuesday. "Allegedly a simple drone had been sent to blow up critical infrastructure, but then it turned into a toy," Bori»»»

NEW YORK: Rights groups on Tuesday sued US President Donald Trump over his sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court, saying the measures block victims of war crimes from pursuing justice.The Trump administration, which rejects the ICC’s authority, has imposed travel bans and asset freez»»»

The Democratic Bulgaria parliamentary group Tuesday requested from the National Assembly Chair a hearing of Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev and State Agency National Security (SANS) head Plamen Tonchev over the August 4 murder in Plovdiv (South Central Bulgaria). The hearing is to be held the fi»»»

JUBA: Armed attackers have killed at least 60 people in central South Sudan, according to local officials and media, in the country’s latest deadly cattle raid. The young nation has long been plagued by violent cattle raids but is now also seeing clashes between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir»»»

In his speech delivered in Parliament on Tuesday following his election as president of the republic, András Baka described the deep divisions within Hungarian society as the most serious consequence of recent years. András Baka emphasized that during the previous period, different social groups ha»»»