North Korea on Monday condemned the "hostile policy" of the United States and vowed to continue bolstering its nuclear arsenal. In this October 2025 photo, leader Kim Jong Un attends a military parade in Pyongyang. File Photo by KCNA/EPA SEOUL, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- North Korea on Monday condemned what »»»

The 35th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan’s independence was celebrated in Naryn. The press service of the City Hall reported. Residents were congratulated by Erkinbek Chekirbaev, Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to Naryn region, Zhyldyzbek Bekkeldiev, Mayor of Naryn, and Zhyldyzbek Esenaliev, Ch»»»

Sydney, Australia: Delaying the age at which children first use social media may help protect adolescent mental health, new research from Australia's University of New South Wales (UNSW) suggests. The study found that those who began using social media at a younger age reported more symptoms of anx»»»

Iran attacked U.S. military targets in the Middle East on Monday in retaliation for the first American strikes on its territory in a month, in a fresh flare-up of the war that has engulfed the region. Tehran's powerful Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they had responded to Sunday's American attack »»»

Aug. 31 (UPI) -- At least three baby goats at a North Carolina petting zoo have tested positive for rabies and a fourth is believed to have contracted the virus, state officials said over the weekend, as they warn those who have come into contact with the animals that they may have been exposed. Th»»»

Dubai has raised ambulance readiness across the emirate for the start of the 2026-27 academic year, activating 150 ambulance points and strengthening coverage around schools during the busiest periods of the day. The Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services said its preparedness plan was designed t»»»

Following their talks in Bishkek, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov and President of China Xi Jinping signed a Treaty on Everlasting Good-Neighborliness, Friendship, and Cooperation and a joint declaration on the high-quality development of a comprehensive strategic partnership in the new era. »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Kyrgyzstan today to attend the anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Russian state media reported. Vladimir Putin’s working program in Bishkek will begin with bilateral talks. He will first meet with Chinese President Xi J»»»

Two passenger jets flying just meters above a stadium in South Africa on Saturday have caused a stir on social media, with people describing it as a “near collision” and expressing safety concerns. The maneuver was part of a pre-match show ahead of a rugby game between the South African and New Zea»»»

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha on Sunday hailed China's scientific and technological progress, expressing the kingdom's pride in its partnership with China and its willingness to expand cooperation with Chinese technology companies»»»

Almaty: Erlan Karin, former first deputy head of the Presidential Administration, was appointed vice president of Kazakhstan on Monday, the Kazinform news agency reported. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the appointment decree after parliament approved the nomination, the report said. Kazakh»»»

No single topic dominates Monday's news media. POLITICS Interviewed on Bulgarian National Radio, sociologist Parvan Simeonov explained the limited number of potential candidates for the upcoming presidential elections by pointing to “the consolidation of the political landscape and the strong candi»»»

SEOUL: A South Korean court sentenced the leader of the secretive and powerful Unification Church on Monday to two years in prison on charges of bribing officials, including the then president’s wife.Han Hak-ja, 83, was accused of providing luxury items, including a designer handbag, to former firs»»»

Romania’s private education market is entering a new phase as rising demand and growing investment needs push more independent schools towards partnerships and consolidation. Founded in 2024 by Anca Macovei Vlăsceanu and Dan Vlăsceanu together with Morphosis Capital, Romania Education Alliance aims»»»

Sydney, Australia: An Australian school teacher mauled by a large shark at a Sydney beach says she fired a "left hook" at the predator before it dragged her underwater. Leah Stewart, a primary school teacher, was placed in an induced coma and had part of her left arm amputated after the June 13 att»»»

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) has confirmed two outbreaks of sheep and goat pox: one in Logodazh, in the southwestern Blagoevgrad Region, and the other in Dzhinot, in the southeastern Yambol Region, the BFSA press office said on Monday. In Blagoevgrad Region, a primary outbreak has been r»»»

U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. Vowing to retaliate for what it called a deadly attack, Iran later said it had launch»»»

The United Arab Emirates' air force intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters Monday, the Defense Ministry said, an attack that comes after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire on the weekend, the first significant military action in a month. In a short statement, the Defense Ministry sa»»»

The government can allocate EUR 550m of European Union funding for its “Wekerle Home Construction Programme”, a new home-building scheme, but with bank and market co-financing it could involve up to EUR 2bn (HUF 730 billion) of sources, Transportation and Investment Minister Dávid Vitézy said in a »»»

Damascus, Aug. 31 (SANA) Syria reopened its embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after more than 14 years of closure and agreed with Libya to reactivate their Higher Joint Committee, in steps aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation. Foreign and Expatriates Minister A»»»

New York, USA: Venus Williams tumbled out of the US Open first round early Monday, the veteran US tennis icon losing in straight sets to compatriot Sofia Kenin. The 46-year-old Williams -- handed a wild card into the singles in New York some 29 years after reaching the final at Flushing Meadows as »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine not only does not want to solve the problem of external power supply to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), but is doing everything to make the situation worse, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said on Monday. The plant is currently de»»»

Mother and other relatives of a flood victim mourn during a funeral at Devghat in Chitwan district, Nepal, on Monday. Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The death toll from last week's flooding that hit Nepal's mountainous border region near China rose to 904 on Monday morning, with 4,»»»

The UAE said its air force responded to a drone approaching from Iran over the country’s territorial waters on Monday (Aug. 31), as fighting between the US and Iran flared again near the Strait of Hormuz. Authorities said air-defence systems remain on high alert, while residents were urged to follo»»»

New York, USA: Ailing Novak Djokovic crashed out of the first round of the US Open on Sunday, falling in five brutal sets to 48th-ranked Argentinian Mariano Navone. Navone's 7-6 (7/5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory ended Djokovic's latest bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title. It also ended his run o»»»

New York: As the US and Israel relentlessly bombed Iran in the opening days of war, the most dramatic predictions of the conflict’s toll were unsparing: surging oil prices, worldwide recession and economic catastrophe. But six months into the conflict, the direst predictions haven’t come true even »»»

India’s Union Minister Suresh Gopi said on Monday that efforts were underway to bring home the bodies of two Kerala-born women killed in separate incidents in California, as police in two San Francisco Bay Area cities investigated what relatives say are connected killings involving a woman known to»»»

A new rise in the Danube River's water level has been recorded over the past 24 hours along the entire Bulgarian section of the river, the Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River reported on Monday. The Ruse gauging station recorded the largest change over the past 24 h»»»

Nairobi, Kenya: Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Kenya's main international airport overnight as the latest strike by workers entered a second day on Monday. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi is a major hub for the east African region and vital to the country's tourism tr»»»

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Abu Dhabi: Dr Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, has called for realistic and sustainable political solutions to the regional crisis, saying the prolonged state of “no war and no peace” cannot provide a lasting way forward and that attacks targeting Gulf Arab states and Jordan »»»

Dubai: A Filipina expat, who has become The UAE Lottery's first female millionaire after scooping the Dh5 million Second Prize in the Lucky Day Draw, has revealed how she won. Zenn Ariane Garceles, 38, has called Dubai home for 13 years. It was in the city that she met her husband and had her child»»»

Los Angeles, United States: At least one person was killed and around 15 others are missing after a flash flood at the Grand Canyon, one of the most popular tourist sites in the United States, the National Park Service said in a statement Sunday. The floods hit the Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom R»»»

Two new companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) will be included in the FTSE Global All Cap index starting September 21?a move that further confirms the development of Romania's capital market and its integration into the international investment landscape, according to Alexandru Pet»»»

ING Bank Romania continues to transform its lending experience and introduces two new first-of-their-kind features on the Romanian market. ING customers can now fully repay and close their mortgage loan directly in Home’Bank and, in addition, benefit from the bank’s support in proactively handling »»»

Revolut, the global fintech with more than 80 million retail customers worldwide and over 16 million crypto users, has today commenced the phased rollout of EURR – a euro-backed stablecoin issued by Bridge, a Stripe company, and fully-integrated into the Revolut retail app. The rollout, eligible to»»»

Acording to Central Bank (BNR) data, at end-July 2026, broad money (M3) amounted to RON 809,285.2 million, up 0.7 percent month on month. In year-on-year comparison, broad money rose by 7.6 percent (-0.5 percent in real terms). At end-July 2026, loans to non-government ...»»»

Abu Dhabi, UAE: The UAE Ministry of Defense said on Monday that its forces had dealt with a drone that had entered the country's territorial waters from Iran. The ministry said in a post on X that the UAE Armed Forces remained on high alert and ready to respond to any threats. It added that air def»»»

DUBAI: Sharjah Self-Defence Sports Club finished top of the No-Gi standings in the third Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Jiu-Jitsu Championship as round six concluded the 2026 No-Gi competition on Sunday at the Nad Al-Sheba Sports Complex in Dubai. ADMA finished second, while PALMS SPORTS took third a»»»

MADRID: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday ruled out any responsibility on the part of the Moroccan authorities in the sudden influx of migrants who arrived at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta a month ago.“No intelligence service with which the Spanish government normally cooperates sheds a»»»

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha affirmed that the unwavering support and empowerment of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, have been instrum»»»

Saudi Arabia, which has designated 2026 as ‘The Year of Artificial Intelligence’, has put AI at the heart of its plans for economic transformation. Billions of dollars are being committed to infrastructure, platforms, skills and new AI capabilities, while businesses and government organizations are»»»

Tunis, August 31 (TAP) - The weather is partly cloudy on most regions on Monday, getting very cloudy with thunderstorms and heavy rainfall expected in the afternoon on western-northern heights and midland. The wind is blowing north in the north and...»»»

Two agreements on establishing sister-region relations were signed following talks between President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. Under the agreements, Issyk-Kul region has become a sister region to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XU»»»

Doha,. Qatar: Qatar Chamber (QC) and the Ministry of Transport (MOT) have signed a strategic partnership agreement for the upcoming FIATA RAME 2026 Conference, taking place on November 9–10, 2026, at the Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel. Under the agreement, the Ministry will serve as »»»

At least one person is dead and more than 15 people may be missing after flash floods struck Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, the National Park Service said on Sunday. Flooding hit the Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch area on Saturday, prompting authorities to evacuate visitors and searc»»»

President Iliana Iotova thanked the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) for its trust and support for her presidential bid in the upcoming election on October 25, the BSP press office reported on Monday, citing a letter from Iotova to all Bulgarian Socialists. Iotova expressed appreciation for the jour»»»

Luanda, Qatar: Angolan President Joao Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço today called on the African Union (AU) to take concrete action to strengthen conflict prevention and resolution mechanisms on the continent, and to define clear responsibilities and effective mechanisms for monitoring the implementatio»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping have signed a Treaty on Everlasting Good-Neighborliness, Friendship, and Cooperation between the two nations. The signing ceremony took place following bilateral talks between the Kyrgyz and Chinese lea»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov will not step down from office during the election campaign, Speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh Marlen Mamataliev said in an interview with journalist Ali Toktakunov. According to him, current legislation does not require the president to temporarily suspend his du»»»