Iran on Sunday said it had discovered more than 200 billion cubic metres of natural gas in the southern Fars province, with more than 160 billion cubic metres potentially recoverable. The find comes as the country’s energy sector faces disruption after months of US-Israeli strikes on gas facilities»»»

Three newborn babies died after a fire swept through the neonatal intensive care unit of a government hospital in Maharashtra’s Amravati early on Monday, prompting Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to order a high-level inquiry and promise strict action against anyone found responsible. Six other in»»»

Doha, Qatar: The draw for the third edition of the Gulf Club Champions League (GCCL) will be held today via video conference from the headquarters of the Gulf Football Federation, with 12 clubs taking part. Qatar will be represented by Al Duhail and Qatar SC, both making their debuts in the Gulf Ch»»»

Doha, Qatar: Hosts Qatar fell to Tunisia in straight sets yesterday as Brazil, Iran and Italy secured places in the Round of 16 at the FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U17 World Championship in Doha yesterday. Tunisia won 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-17) at the Women’s Sports Hall in Aspire Zone to claim their secon»»»

Doha, Qatar: Team Qatar by Iron Lynx secured a strong third-place finish in the LMGT3 category in Round 4 of the 2026 European Le Mans Series at the legendary Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The No. 62 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo delivered a competitive and consistent performance throughout the four-hour ra»»»

Lebanon on Sunday arrested an online influencer known for his videos about food who had been handed a life sentence in absentia for drug trafficking, a judicial source told AFP. Georges Dib, known on TikTok as "Doctor Food" and followed by more than eight million accounts, was apprehended at his ho»»»

The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) now requirs private schools operating in the emirate to exempt parents from certain components of school fees relating to devices, textbooks, school uniforms and other items when students choose to use second-hand materials — such as resold»»»

Doha, Qatar: The minerals race is no longer only about commercial advantage. Control over the copper, lithium, cobalt and rare earth elements that underpin energy systems, defence industries, data centres and advanced manufacturing is rapidly becoming a test of national power and economic resilienc»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Chamber (QC) recently hosted a dialogue session titled ‘Global Entrepreneurship Day: From Establishment to Expansion and Investment’ to mark Global Entrepreneurship Day. Held in collaboration with the Young Entrepreneurs Center, the session brought together a distinguished group »»»

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Finland's cooperation with Ukraine in the field of drone production makes it complicit in international terrorism, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. "Official Helsinki is essentially complicit in international terrorism. Moreover, the state is dragging or»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Government Media Office in Gaza: Only 66,607 of 189,000 aid trucks have entered Gaza since October 2025 24-08-2026 10:12 AM Latest News Urg»»»

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Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Governmental Media Office in Gaza: Israeli occupation committed 4,379 violations since the ceasefire took effect on October 10, 2025 24-08-»»»

On Aug. 24, 79 A.D., thousands died and the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy. 1 of 9 | A snow-capped Mount Vesuvius looms over Naples, Italy, on January 18, 2013. On August 24, 79 A.D., thousands died and the Roman cities of Pompeii and »»»

Doha, Qatar: Doha Festival City, Qatar’s leading retail, leisure, and lifestyle destination, has announced the launch of its back-to-school campaign, Festival Academy, taking place from August 19 to September 12, 2026. Running under the theme ‘One Journey. Endless Discoveries,’ the campaign aims to»»»

The parliamentary committee investigating alleged abuses related to the operations of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) will hold its first meeting at 1 PM on Wednesday, the TISZA parliamentary group told MTI on Sunday evening. Attila Csőszi, chairman of the investigative committee, said in a video»»»

PARIS: The development of AlUla is at the center of deepening Saudi-French cooperation in heritage, archaeology, culture, tourism and sustainable development, according to Jean-Yves Le Drian, executive chairman of the French Agency for the Development of AlUla (Afalula). Le Drian, who also serves a»»»

Ukraine’s military recruitment authorities in Lviv have denied reports that a man died after allegedly being thrown from a recruitment bus, after video of an apparently unconscious man lying outside a military recruitment centre spread rapidly across social media on August 22. Initial reports on U»»»

The Senate and the Deputies’ Chamber were convened in extraordinary session between 24 and 26 August. The President of the Senate, Mircea Abrudean, announced on Friday evening that among the important bills to be debated is one concerning the integration of hydrogen from renewable and low-carbon so»»»

Doha, Qatar: International yield-seekers and asset managers are assessing their Middle Eastern allocations as new macroeconomic data from Qatar demonstrates rising stability and investment momentum. According to the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Survey for the first quarter of 2026, jointly condu»»»

Doha, Qatar: Buying or selling a car in Qatar was long considered a test of patience, defined by weekend trips to distant showrooms, refreshing scattered online listings, and navigating vague word-of-mouth leads. That fragmented era is now coming to an end as Qatar’s automotive community embraces a»»»

Russia will factor the possibility of nuclear weapons being deployed in Sweden and its participation in France's nuclear weapons doctrine into its military and political planning, Russian Ambassador to Stockholm Sergey Belyaev told Sputnik. "Naturally, Russia will be forced to take these circumstan»»»

Doha, Qatar: A year can be a long time in technology, but in the business of building something from scratch, Jane Liu considers it only the beginning. As Keeta marks its first anniversary in Qatar, its General Manager is less interested in celebrating the passing of 12 months than in what those mo»»»

Dubai: The Indian rupee has slipped to a record low against the UAE dirham, giving UAE-based Indian remitters one of their strongest exchange-rate windows in recent weeks. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & BalancesThe rupee weakened to Rs26 against Dh1 on Monday, from Rs25.94 a d»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) has launched the “Zad Al-Mubtaath” programme for the 2026–2027 academic year, preparing students selected for scholarships to begin their studies abroad. Organised by the Ministry’s Scholarships Department, the five-day programme r»»»

The owner of a Swiss bar where a New Year’s fire killed 41 people has been placed in pre-trial detention over alleged violence against his wife, local media reported Sunday. Jacques Moretti and his wife, Jessica, are already under criminal investigation over the deadly blaze at Le Constellation in »»»

Dubai: Gold prices in Dubai rose on Monday as the global bullion rally gathered pace, with a weaker US dollar and renewed concerns about US fiscal policy pushing investors towards the precious metal. The gains come as gold climbed to its highest level in more than three months globally, while marke»»»

Osh Mayor Zhanar Akayev proposed removing the sacred Sulaiman-Too mountain from the UNESCO World Heritage List. He made the statement in an interview with journalist Semetey Amanbekov. According to the mayor, the site’s current status restricts the development of tourism infrastructure around the m»»»

MARESILLE: A leading aid group said Monday that migrants crossing the Mediterranean and rescue ships that help them face increasing levels of threat and harassment from Libyan groups.Thousands of people have died crossing from Africa to Europe and SOS Mediterranee is leading part of a network of sh»»»

HONG KONG: Computer programmer Fei Zhaojun's boss asked him if artificial intelligence (AI) could soon replace humans in coding jobs. Two weeks later, he was laid off from his job in Beijing, together with about 160 of his colleagues. It's an increasingly common scenario as artificial intelligence,»»»

CAIRO/WASHINGTON: The US threatened Iran with what it called “the greatest financial offensive ever marshalled” as it prepared to roll out economic sanctions on Monday that target Iran’s trade partners. Iran in turn vowed to shut down all oil exports from the Gulf “if the economic war continues.” U»»»

A high-level Syrian delegation led by the foreign minister and including the heads of General Intelligence and Military Intelligence met with a high-level Israeli delegation on Sunday, with US facilitation and Jordan hosting the meeting, SANA reported. The meeting addressed de-escalation and suppor»»»

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he believes actions taken by dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, including his involvement in mass protests and calls for an election, were misguided, as he publicly detailed their dispute for the first time. Zelensky also all»»»

LOS ANGELES, United States: Officials in Nevada in the western United States urged people to evacuate their homes Sunday as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bore down on the city of Reno. Some 42,000 people have evacuated their homes and another 45,000 have been told to get ready leave, Reno May»»»

WASHINGTON: The immigrant ‌father of a US sailor on board the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which was deployed in the Middle East during the Iran war, was taken into federal immigration detention, the sailor said in a Facebook post. US Border Patrol arrested Luis Manuel Aviles Roa, original»»»

The Mediterranean has spent the summer soaking up heat. That heat will comes back as rain this autumn. A lot of rain. With the hottest summer on record, the Mediterranean has absorbed record and sea temperatures are literally off the scale – climatologists have been forced to redraw the axes of the»»»

Dubai: Commuters travelling between Sharjah and Dubai faced a difficult Thursday morning rush on August 20, with Google Maps showing heavy congestion on E11 and E311, alongside several troublesome bottlenecks on roads feeding the main highways. One of the worst stretches was E11/Al Ittihad Road hea»»»

The Mediterranean has spent the summer soaking up heat. That heat will comes back as rain this autumn. A lot of rain. With the hottest summer on record, the Mediterranean has absorbed record and sea temperatures are literally off the scale – climatologists have been forced to redraw the axes of the»»»

Ukrainian drones set fire to a 135,000 square metre Ozon warehouse in Russia's Samara region overnight, the first confirmed strike on the country's second-biggest online marketplace. The attack came a day after Russian missiles made a day time attack on a major shopping mall in Ukrainian President »»»

LOS ANGELES: A nervy Wyndham Clark birdied the final three holes to dramatically win the BMW Championship on Sunday, having earlier surrendered his five-stroke lead to Rory McIlroy. Clark had claimed his second US Open title earlier this summer by barely clinging on to a huge final-day advantage, a»»»

The Mediterranean has spent the summer soaking up heat. That heat will comes back as rain this autumn. A lot of rain. With the hottest summer on record, the Mediterranean has absorbed record and sea temperatures are literally off the scale – climatologists have been forced to redraw the axes of the»»»

The UN-coordinated scale-up of the Democratic Republic of Congo's rapidly expanding Ebola response could run out of available funding within weeks, threatening efforts to contain an outbreak that has already killed more than 2,500 people. Since the outbreak was declared on May 15, 5,290 confirmed i»»»

The prime minister should not always expect others to solve every government task — wrote the Fidesz communications director in a statement sent to MTI on Sunday, responding to remarks made by Péter Magyar in Paks concerning the corporate sector. Bertalan Havasi pointed out that Hungarian entrepren»»»

Manila: The Philippines is entering a potentially important new phase in its search for energy security. This comes after major natural gas reserves were confirmed near the long-producing Malampaya field off Palawan island group west of Manila. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has describin»»»

LOS ANGELES: A nervy Wyndham Clark birdied the final three holes to dramatically win the BMW Championship on Sunday, having earlier surrendered his five-stroke lead to Rory McIlroy. Clark had claimed his second US Open title earlier this summer by barely clinging on to a huge final-day advantage, a»»»

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesian police on Sunday arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country triggered a harmful cloud known as a choking haze. Indonesia has been battling fires driven by an intensif»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: The Trump administration on Sunday warned that Canada would be “foolish” to think it could win a trade war with the United States, predicting a “devastating” impact on its northern neighbor. Negotiations between Washington and Ottawa broke down late Friday, putting into f»»»

Dubai: The UAE is set for several more days of unsettled weather, with rain possible through Thursday, after parts of the country recorded showers for three consecutive days and heavy downpours in Al Ain caused water to flow across roads and accumulate in some areas. The National Centre of Meteorol»»»

In Grade 3, we would be rather wide-eyed when our classmate told us he was carrying a heavy bag. We were impressed: he was the class's genius, the one getting 10/10 in mental math and collecting all the gold stars. We didn't quite question why he was taking all of his books home when, frankly, he c»»»