CAIRO: As Egypt’s new academic year approaches, Amal ​Abdel Hameed is hopeful her daughter will be able to enroll officially in school for the first time since she was born as a result of a rape nearly eight years ago. Under Egyptian law, Abdel Hameed’s daughter had been barred from obtaining a bir»»»

WASHINGTON: US CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, US ​media outlets reported, citing unnamed sources. The visit would be the first known visit to the Russian capital by a US spy chief since Ratcliffe’s predecessor, William Burns, held talk»»»

TUNIS, Aug. 25, 2026 (TAP) - The Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG) announced it will resort to rolling power cuts in several regions of the country on Tuesday night, between 10 p.m. and midnight, "to safeguard the security and...»»»

TEL AVIV, Israel: It’s been a year since Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike on a hospital in Gaza. No one has been held accountable. Israeli officials said the target was a suspected Hamas camera on the roof of Nasser Hospital. Amon»»»

NEW YORK CITY: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday condemned the “unlawful entry” by Israeli forces into Kalandia Training Centre, a UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees facility in occupied East Jerusalem. It came after Israel moved to seize and begin dismantling the prem»»»

Doha: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani and Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran HE Abbas Araghchi held a telephone call. They discussed the latest regional developments, particularly the ongoing talks between the S»»»

Aug. 25 (UPI) -- On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a device designed to continuously monitor both blood sugar levels and ketone levels in people with diabetes. The Libre Duo 10-Day Continuous Dual Glucose Ketone Monitoring System is the first of its kind to be approved in t»»»

MONROVIA: Only 15 out of 20 migrants who were deported from the United States and sent to Liberia last week disembarked, according to government sources in the west African country, which has agreed to accept a large number of deportees. Liberia is the latest African nation to take in migrants the »»»

RIYADH: Few could have been blamed for having concerns ahead of Al-Nassr's clash at Al-Ettifaq on Matchday 3 of the Saudi Pro League. After all, Al-Nassr have only won twice in Dammam in their last seven meetings — their 2-2 draw last season marking the first time they dropped points that campaign,»»»

JERUSALEM: The US-led board supervising a Gaza peace plan on Tuesday warned Hamas against flying kites, after Israel threatened retaliatory strikes. “All militant activity in Gaza must stop, including the flying of kites. We have conveyed this message directly through the established mechanism,” an»»»

Doha:Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman HE Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, spoke by phone to discuss deepening and expanding cooperation between the two countries. They »»»

PARIS: The agreements reached during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent state visit to France underscore a deepening partnership between Paris and Riyadh that now extends well beyond economic cooperation to encompass some of the Middle East’s most pressing geopolitical issues. That was»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Portugal Ali bin Abdulrahman Al-Yousef has presented his credentials to Portuguese President Antonio Jose Seguro in Lisbon. Al-Yousef conveyed the greetings of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and passed on their wishes for the nation’s progress»»»

Lawyers from the Department of Justice threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts if the Trump administration isn't allowed to renovate it and put Trump's name on it. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The Trump administration threatened in a court»»»

When Waad Ali Hassan Saeed Alhmoudi chose engineering as her career, the UAE’s nuclear energy sector was still in its early stages. Today, she is Head of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC), having progressed from being among the company’s first Emirati design»»»

RAMALLAH: Israeli forces began evicting a vocational training center run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in an East Jerusalem suburb on Tuesday, in its latest move targeting the beleaguered organization. It follows repeated warnings by UNRWA that Israeli authorities were threatening its Q»»»

LONDON: Sheikh Salman bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa, the Bahraini finance minister, discussed “Operation Economic Outcast,” which triggered sweeping global sanctions on Iran this week, with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. During a call on Tuesday, Sheikh Salman and Bessent discussed efforts to addres»»»

NEW YORK CITY: A “triple chokepoint crisis” spanning the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea and the Black Sea is driving up food and fuel costs worldwide and threatening to push tens of millions more people into hunger, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Tuesday. Sudan, Yemen, Gaza and Leb»»»

DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran HE Abbas Araghchi have reviewed the latest regional developments, particularly the ongoing discussions between the Sultanate of»»»

Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs on C$27.6 billion ($19.94 billion) worth of US goods, including steel and dairy products, in a dollar-for-dollar response to President Donald Trump's punitive tariffs on Canadian products. Ottawa also announced a C$7.5 billion aid package for imp»»»

FRANKFURT, Germany — German growth rose faster than previously estimated in the second quarter thanks to strong exports, official data showed Tuesday, as Europe's biggest economy defied the turmoil unleashed by the Iran war.Gross domestic product grew 0.3 per cent from April to June compared with t»»»

Cairo: Fossilised shark teeth discovered in Egypt’s Western Desert have revealed that a landscape now among the driest on Earth was once covered by a warm tropical sea teeming with marine life more than 70 million years ago. Researchers examining phosphate deposits at the Abu Tartur Plateau, betwee»»»

Philadelphia: Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died from measles, the first U.S. deaths this year related to the contagious virus. State health officials announced the deaths Tuesday. They did not reveal any details about the people who died, other than that they lived in Lancaster Coun»»»

An electric reconnaissance drone was found in the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast between Tsarevo and the village of Varvara, the Ministry of Defence said Tuesday. According to the Ministry, the drone was harmless. A specialized team from the Burgas Naval Base was tasked on Tuesday with identifyi»»»

/Culture/Qatar Doha, August 25 (QNA) - The Qatar Photography Center, affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, in cooperation with the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA), organised an introductory session today on Law No. 10 of 2026 concerning unmanned aircraft (drones). The session was held at t»»»

Washington, United States: Elon Musk's SpaceX announced plans Tuesday to build a $100 billion facility in the southern US state of Louisiana to launch its highly anticipated Starship megarockets, currently being developed at the company's Texas Starbase. "A spaceport on the Louisiana Gulf Coast ena»»»

Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The 65th German Finger Wrestling Championships took place in Bavaria, with about 150 competitors testing the strength of their digits. The contest, held Sunday in Pflugdorf-Stadl, features two competitors per round sitting on opposite sides of a table and linking their middle finge»»»

President Donald J. Trump participates in a welcome ceremony with President Xi Jinping in May. China has lashed out against the administration for its recently announced new sanctions against countries that do business with Iran. File Photo by Daniel Torok/The White House | License Photo Aug. 25 (U»»»

LONDON: British Finance Minister ​John Healey said on Tuesday that the country ‌supports ‌US ​efforts ‌to ⁠secure ​a diplomatic solution ⁠on Iran and welcomed steps ⁠to ‌increase pressure, including ‌the ​expanded ‌sanctions ‌on Iran announced Monday. Healey also called ‌on Iran to cease ⁠its “de-s»»»

The water level of yet another Hungarian lake has fallen to a critical low, meaning visitors to the Bölömbika lookout, which has seen better days, are now confronted with a dispiriting scene of environmental devastation rather than spectacular views and abundant wildlife. Check out the latest photo»»»