MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Victims of notorious financier Jeffrey Epstein plan to ask UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to launch a public inquiry into ex-Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for alleged links to Epstein, The Telegraph reported on Saturday. In early August, Sky News reported that Burnham was not»»»

CEUTA, Spain: Moroccan police ​arrested at least 111 people on Saturday as they tried to enter Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, amid tightened security on both sides of the border after social media posts called for another mass migrant crossing. The attempted crossing came two weeks after m»»»

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Cases of infectious disease, including gastroenteritis, have been reported among migrants in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta since the mass influx from neighboring Morocco occurred in late July. Spain’s National Institute for Health Management (INGESA) confirmed that gastroenteritis has brok»»»

The office of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Hezbollah violated the ceasefire by attacking Israeli soldiers in the Ali al-Taher area in south Lebanon, seriously wounding three of them. It said the Israeli military responded by striking the Hezbollah headquarters which»»»

AMMAN — The Jordan-Saudi Business Council is set to hold a high-level meeting in Amman later this month, hosted by the Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC), with active participation from business leaders, investors and economic sector representatives from both nations.The upcoming gathering serves as »»»

Overnight Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least seven people in one village, in the deadliest escalation since the lull in fighting began two months ago. FRANCE 24 correspondent Renée Davis, reporting from Beirut, says the strikes mark a significant escalation despite the so-called tr»»»

Israel wants new and more ambitious U.S.-brokered talks with Lebanon after carrying out deadly strikes targeting Hezbollah, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. The Israeli strikes against Hezbollah "should jumpstart the talks and make them much more serious, not do t»»»

Rescuers evacuate a victim after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, Saturday. At least 47 people are dead. Photo by BASARNAS Handout/EPA Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Indonesia early Saturday has killed 47 people so far, au»»»

A French family was rescued after drifting for more than 16 hours off the coast of the Thai island of Koh Samui, where their jet ski had capsized, a local official told AFP on Saturday. A French family spent more than 16 hours floating at sea after their jet ski capsized off Thailand's Koh Sam»»»

QUSRA, West Bank: Israeli settlers attacked municipal crews attempting to restore water and electricity to three besieged Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra on Saturday, while Israeli forces detained four workers, according to the village’s mayor, Abdul Azim Wadi. The crews were di»»»

Abu Dhabi: Temperatures in the UAE climbed above 50°C on Saturday, with Sweihan in Al Ain recording 50.2°C at 2.30pm, the highest temperature registered across the country, according to the National Centre of Meteorology. The extreme heat comes just before a shift towards more unsettled conditions,»»»

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The record-low water levels of the Danube are no longer simply an environmental or agricultural concern. A new regional analysis warns that the drought is putting energy security under growing pressure across Central and Eastern Europe – and highlights the need for countries along the river to tack»»»

Sharjah: A scientific research mission at sea was brought to an abrupt halt after a diver from another team went missing, prompting researchers and crew members to suspend their work and prepare to join an emergency search-and-rescue operation. The incident is documented in the second part of Echo »»»

Cambridge: UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for "reflection" Saturday after the death of Cambridge academic Jason Arday as his family denounced what they called years of harassment amid accusations of plagiarism. Arday, 41, was found dead Friday, just over a week after he quit as a Cambridge U»»»

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JOHANNESBURG: Prolific sisters Tabitha and Temwa Chawinga have been instrumental in transforming Malawi from no-hopers to giant killers to finalists at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The Malawian Scorchers scored 12 goals en route to the title decider against Cameroon on Sunday »»»

Kabul: Dancing to loud patriotic music and taking selfies, supporters of the Taliban rallied in central Kabul on Saturday to celebrate the government's five years in power. Hundreds of Afghans gathered just metres from the former embassy of the United States, whose drawdown of troops resulted in th»»»

NIZI, Congo: Every day, community health worker Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team fan out across communities in eastern Congo looking for people who may have crossed paths with the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. The workers investigate dozens of alerts, search for those exposed»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia may send an Indonesian cosmonaut into space, Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Sergei Tolchenov told Sputnik in an interview. The topic of training an Indonesian cosmonaut is being discussed between relevant agencies in Russia and Indonesia, the ambassador said. Should Indon»»»

ADEN: Yemen’s military on Saturday promised a “tough response” after the Iran-backed Houthi militia fired six ballistic missiles at the western port city of Mokha on Friday, killing eight people. Armed forces spokesperson Col. Majed Al-Nazili said the military would not allow the Houthis to turn ci»»»

BEIRUT: Hezbollah said that Israeli attacks on Lebanon would be met with an “appropriate” response after deadly strikes on the country’s south on Saturday, urging authorities to halt “humiliating” negotiations with Israel. Israel “must clearly understand that its attacks, violations and attempts to»»»

KYIV: A large-scale Ukrainian attack struck industrial infrastructure in Russia’s southwestern Samara region Saturday, a Russian official said. Ivan Noskov, head of the region’s capital, Samara, said air defense forces had repelled a “massive” missile attack, with “localized damage” to the city’s i»»»

Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Déby on Friday pardoned the jailed ex-prime minister and leader of Chad’s main opposition party Succès Masra, along with eight other party leaders. Masra had been serving a 20-year sentence, convicted of hate speech, xenophobia and inciting a massacre, in what Human »»»

Poland’s armed forces now have more than 220,000 active-duty personnel, according to the Defense Ministry. About 75% are professional soldiers, more than 17% serve in the Territorial Defense Forces, and the remainder are mainly voluntary basic-service troops and active reservists. The government’s »»»

Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz remained elevated today, with Iran declaring it alone will control the strategic waterway and the UAE condemning an attack on a vessel linked to state oil company ADNOC. The US-Iran conflict has already disrupted some UAE flights to Bahrain and Kuwait, with airl»»»

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Ukraine ⁠struck industrial infrastructure ​in Russia's ​Samara region on Saturday, local authorities said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the attack, saying a rocket plant and air base were hit.  A large-scale Ukrainian attack struck industrial infrastructure in Russia’s sout»»»

RIYADH: Saudi authorities arrested 14,542 people in one week for breaching residency, work and border security regulation. A total of 7,216 people were arrested for violations of residency laws, while 3,843 were held over illegal border crossing attempts, and a further 3,483 for labor-related issue»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah: The latest, brazen statement by the US ambassador regarding the resistance’s weapons confirms Washington’s bias in favor of “Isr»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah: Lebanese authorities must halt the humiliating path of direct negotiations and seek ways to end Israeli aggression while reviewi»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah in a statement: The Israeli enemy’s escalation, targeting civilians and expanding the areas under attack, reflects Netanyahu’s de»»»

Hezbollah said that Israeli attacks on Lebanon would be met with an "appropriate" response after deadly strikes on the country's south on Saturday, urging authorities to halt "humiliating" negotiations with Israel. Israel "must clearly understand that its attacks, violations and attempts to impose »»»

Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike in the country's south on Saturday killed seven people, including three children and two women, in the worst toll since deals in June saw a lull in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. Four people were killed in another Israeli airstrike on a two-sto»»»

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that India’s decades-long Maoist insurgency was nearing its end but warned that the country now faced a new battle against what he called “dimagi Naxals,” or people who align with the movement’s ideology. In his address to the nation o»»»

Maumere: Rescuers combed through debris for survivors on Saturday after a powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's eastern Flores island, killing at least 40 people, according to a disaster official. A second strong quake was recorded thousands of kilometres away on Sumatra island in the west of »»»

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have huddled inside their homes for days on end, unable to leave because of the threat posed by Israeli settlers. The Israeli military, which over the past three years has displayed staggering military and intelligence capabilities from Beirut»»»

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Saturday the death of Jason Arday was "a tragedy on so many levels". Cambridge's youngest ever Black professor, who resigned from the university last week following a high-profile plagiarism scandal that raised claims of racism, was found dead Friday. B»»»

A wildfire fanned by strong, shifting winds swept overnight from the village of Lokva Rogoznica into the Croatian coastal town of Omiš, a popular summer tourist destination in the southern Dalmatia region, destroying houses, cars and boats, injuring at least 36 people and forcing the evacuation of »»»

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Ukraine could run out of room to store 8mn-11mn tonnes of its own grain by November, with the ports shut and the new crop still coming in as this year’s harvest gets underway in earnest. "At the current limited pace of exports, we could reach a point in November where there is a shortfall in domest»»»

Ukraine could run out of room to store 8mn-11mn tonnes of its own grain by November, with the ports shut and the new crop still coming in as this year’s harvest gets underway in earnest. "At the current limited pace of exports, we could reach a point in November where there is a shortfall in domest»»»

JEDDAH: Canadian writer and educator Amy Lin’s memoir, “Here After,” is a record of her bewildering transition into widowhood after the death of her beloved husband Kurtis. He was a 32-year-old architect who died while running a half-marathon during the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s an immense generos»»»

RIYADH: The UNESCO Regional Center for Quality and Excellence in Education in Riyadh has launched a global youth network aimed at giving young people a greater role in shaping education policies, developing solutions and influencing decision-making. The Global Youth Network for Quality and Excellen»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s property market has continued to draw new developers at a rapid pace in 2026, with 186 real estate development companies entering the market between the start of the year and mid-August, according to data from the Dubai Land Department. The figure works out at roughly 25 new develope»»»

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Speaker Nabih Berri noted Saturday that "the two massacres perpetrated by the Israeli occupation aircraft in the towns of Ansar and Deir al-Zahrani, which resulted in the martyrdom of an entire family, mostly women and children, fall within the context of the ongoing genocidal war waged by the Isra»»»