Doha: Nando’s Qatar has turned up the flavour with the launch of its new PERi-Crackle Avo Burger - a bold combination of contrasting flavours and textures, created for those who believe a burger should be anything but ordinary. It is then topped with Nando’s signature PERi-Crackle and finished with»»»

TOKYO/SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel on Wednesday as talks between Iran and Oman ‌revived hopes that the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and remove shipping constraints affecting supply in the key Middle East region. Brent crude futures fell $2.30, or 2.6 percent, to $86.28 a barrel»»»

Caring for Bulgarian citizens is a fundamental goal and an essential political commitment for the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), the party's deputy floor leader Ayten Sabri said in a declaration marking the start of the new parliamentary session on Wednesday. Sabri said Parliament faces a »»»

Dhaka: Rescue teams were searching Wednesday for a New Zealand teenager missing after a boat carrying him and three other people capsized in Bangladesh, officials said. Albert, 16, whose surname was withheld by police, went missing after the boat overturned in rough waters on Tuesday morning near a»»»

Arab Finance: Property Finder, Coldwell Banker Egypt, Al Ahly Sabbour, and Beltone Mortgage have joined forces to launch an integrated open house experience that brings property discovery, selection, lifestyle, and financing together in one offering, as per an emailed press release. The three-day e»»»

President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada is escalating as the midterm elections approach, threatening Republican efforts to address voters' economic concerns in a year when control of the U.S. Senate hinges on states along the border between the United States and its northern neighbor. The di»»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces' storming of the Qalandiya Training Center run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in occupied East Jerusalem, considering it a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and»»»

Katmandu: A massive flood swept through Nepal’s northern Rasuwa district on Wednesday, damaging roads and power infrastructure as authorities scrambled to assess the scale of the destruction.Videos shared by Nepal Police and others on social media showed torrents of muddy water crashing through mou»»»

PEKANBARU, Indonesia: Millions of Indonesians risk health complications from exposure to thick haze covering several cities and towns, officials said Wednesday, as El Nino-fueled wildfires wreak havoc on Borneo and Sumatra islands. Indonesia, a vast archipelago, has for weeks battled wildfires that»»»

Doha: As educational institutions across the region prepare to welcome students back to the classroom, the American School of Doha (ASD) is setting a deliberate tone of connection, stability, and academic excellence for the 2026-2027 school year. Guided by this year’s theme, “One ASD Family: Strong»»»

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces' storming of the Qalandiya Training Center run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in occupied East Jerusalem, considering it a blatant violation of international humanitarian »»»

The top diplomats of Iran and Oman met on Tuesday to discuss a phased approach to managing ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which remains largely shut down nearly six months after the Iran war began. The talks came after an oil tanker was disabled in an attack off the coast of Oman, under»»»

The " economic onslaught " that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared on Iran's financial connections around the world may have one major caveat: China. Beijing is Iran's biggest trading partner and its leading oil buyer. While the U.S. is trying to isolate the Islamic Republic from its rem»»»

Lines have grown outside gas stations across Tehran in recent weeks as the United States has tightened its blockade and threatened more severe sanctions, with some people waiting for two hours or more to fill up. The uncertainty deepened on Tuesday, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received two separate phone calls from his counterparts from Qatar and Turkiye, the Saudi Press Agency said on Wednesday. During the calls, Prince Faisal discussed regional developments with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani,»»»

Oman and Iran have agreed on a phased framework aimed at restoring safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz while safeguarding the sovereign rights of the two countries. The agreement was announced on Tuesday in a joint statement following talks in Tehran between Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid B»»»

A district judge on Tuesday ruled against Texas' drag show ban. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. district court has blocked Texas from banning drag performances as unconstitutional, ruling that the solution to the problem is for those who find such events offe»»»

The Israeli military has restricted movement in and out of three beseigned Christian towns in southern Lebanon, forcing residents to travel in prearranged convoys along a single route through Naqoura. Residents must register their vehicles and submit travelers’ details before entering or leaving Rm»»»

Progressive Bulgaria stands behind the government’s programme and is ready to turn it into effective legislation, Progressive Bulgaria Floor Leader Petar Vitanov said on Wednesday in a declaration marking the start of the National Assembly’s new plenary season. Among the priorities, he listed initi»»»

Doha: As the 2026–2027 academic year begins, Arab International Academy welcomes students to its Doha and Lusail campuses, continuing an educational journey that began ten years ago with an ambitious vision: to provide high quality international education that combines tradition and modernity, plac»»»

Dubai: The last stretch of the summer holiday has arrived, and with it a deadline that has nothing to do with uniforms or stationery lists. Dubai's Museum of the Future is preparing to close its current galleries on September 1, and there are only five days left to walk through them. The museum con»»»

Dakar, Senegal: Mamadou Tahirou is 18 but looks more like a 12-year-old, his frame frail from the ravages of sickle cell disease, which one Senegalese laboratory is hoping to attenuate with affordable drug production. The lab is producing generic hydroxyurea, the gold standard in sickle cell treatm»»»

The largest-ever British delegation, consisting of more than 50 athletes, will attend the 6th World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan. The British Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Vicente Solera Deuchar, announced on social media. Prior to their trip, the diplomats met with some of the team members and recorded a»»»

BANGKOK: The US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will make a stop in Thailand after its grueling deployment in the Middle East, Thai officials said Wednesday.The Lincoln was supporting the US war against Iran, and its deployment included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 2»»»

NASHVILLE: Many singers and entertainers are paying tribute to Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, at 80. Her representatives stated that she died after a “brief battle” with cancer. The family’s official obituary stated: “A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the wo»»»

Doha, Qatar: Education has been described as extending beyond the pursuit of academic achievement. It is a journey that nurtures curiosity, resilience, ambition and confidence, while fostering a lifelong commitment to excellence. In a rapidly changing world, students need more than knowledge alone.»»»

A 19-year-old man from Varna was hospitalized after being stabbed during an argument on the city's promenade, Bulgarian National Radio reported. The teenager and three of his friends got into a dispute with a street musician who was playing the bagpipes on the promenade. Preliminary information ind»»»

Islamabad, Pakistan: A fire erupted in a hospital's maternity ward in Islamabad on Wednesday, killing 14 infants, Pakistani authorities said, with the prime minister calling for an investigation. The fire broke out on the third floor of the Mother and Child Health Ward at the public Pakistan Instit»»»

Turnover in industry fell by 0.5% in nominal terms in the period 1 January - 30 June 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, overall, as a result of a decline in the manufacturing industry (-0.9%), according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS) data released on Tuesday.According to the»»»

Manufacturing recorded a 3% decline in the number of new orders in the first six months of this year compared with the corresponding period in 2025, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS).According to the source, between 1 January and 30 June 2026, the negative result was driven by»»»

Romania shows strong internet access but remains last in the EU for digital skills, with only 31.8% of the population reaching basic or higher competence, far below the EU average of 60.4%, according to a Monitorul Social analysis based on 2025 Eurostat data.Romania has made significant progress in»»»

Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces, Vice Admiral Mihai Panait said on Tuesday that the installation of a protection system made up of surveillance sensors for detecting surface, airborne and underwater threats began this week at the Constanta Military Port.The statement was made within a meeting of»»»

Deposits of non-government resident customers grew by 0.5 percent month on month to RON 684,550.4 million, while the annual growth rate was 7.8 percent (-0.3 percent in real terms), according to a press statement posted by the National Bank of Romania (BNR) on Tuesday.RON-denominated deposits of re»»»

Save Romania Union (USR) MP Claudiu Nasui announced on Tuesday that he had accepted an invitation from Moldova's new Prime Minister Vasile Tofan to take up the office of Minister of Economy. The decision means giving up his parliamentary mandate in Romania.Nasui, who previously served as Romania's »»»

Romania will miss the milestone in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) regarding the wage law due to the lack of a political agreement on the draft, with responsibility falling on the parties that do not support it, Dragos Pislaru, the interim Minister of Labor, Family, Youth and Socia»»»

The integrity law will be assessed as part of Romania's sixth and final payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, which has not yet submitted by the authorities, the European Commission said in a statement, noting that its services remain engaged in technical discussions with Buch»»»

The European Parliament's European People's Party (EPP, centre-right) and Renew Europe (liberal) groups have urged European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to make clear to Romania that the disbursement of funds under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) is conditional on impl»»»

Once among Ukraine’s most coveted Western weapons, tanks like the German-made Leopards now mostly sit idle, The New York Times reported. The $10 million vehicles are currently “hidden in forests and collecting cobwebs” as the Ukrainian military is “trying to imagine new ways to deploy them.”Ukraine»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has sent Congress a proposed agreement with Saudi Arabia on civil nuclear energy while insisting the pact will only go into effect if the kingdom normalizes relations with Israel, a US administration official told Reuters on Tuesday. The agreement, which was reach»»»

Two astronauts installed a new antenna on the International Space Station (ISS) during a spacewalk lasting more than six hours, NASA said on Tuesday. French astronaut Sophie Adenot and her US colleague Anil Menon installed and connected the antenna, which provides an important link between the ISS »»»

WWF Bulgaria has called for the public presentation and discussion of the technical options considered and the selected design for a hydrotechnical structure near the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, and for this to take place as soon as possible and before construction work begins in the Danube river»»»

Arab Finance: Nasdaq-listed mobility solutions provider Swvl Holdings Corp. has signed a definitive securities purchase agreement for a $13 million private placement led by Houston-based investment firm Coefficient LP, which is backed by the Sawiris family, as per a press release. Coefficient will »»»

Just over 15 years ago, on 9 July 2011, South Sudan declared its independence. Today, the spectre of partition looms over Sudan once again. Its western and south-western regions, controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), are pressing ever more forcefully towards separation. Fragmentation would »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatari basketball has marked another milestone on the international stage, with players Amer Hossawi and Azzam Yakan selected to take part in the inaugural men’s camp Basketball Without Borders – BWB Next Up 2026, hosted in Istanbul, Turkiye, from August 26 to 29. Their participation c»»»

Doha, Qatar: Argentina stunned defending champions Italy while Iran, Venezuela and Brazil advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U17 World Championship in Doha. Argentina defeated Italy 3-1 in the round of 16, winning 25-20, 25-23, 20-25, 25-16 at Aspire Zone’s Ladies Spor»»»

Doha, Qatar: Defending champions Al Sadd will face Qatar SC in one of the exciting matches of the second round of the Qatar Stars League at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on Friday, with both sides looking for a result to build on their opening performances. Al Sadd began their title defence with a 3-1 vict»»»

Changes to animal identification, registration, and accounting system are proposed in Kyrgyzstan. Draft amendments to the law «On the identification of animals and products of animal origin» have been submitted for public discussion. The document provides for clarification of the powers of state bo»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s Talal Al-Marri and Abdulrahman Al-Dosari won the doubles gold medal at the 25th Asian Junior Bowling Championships in Jakarta yesterday. The Qatari pair topped the standings with 2,613 points, finishing ahead of Macau’s Fong Shan Hong and Chiu Lucio Marcelino, who scored 2,585 »»»

Doha, Qatar: Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q) cohort of first-year medical students received their first white coats and stethoscopes at a ceremony celebrating the start of the medical curriculum. The White Coat Ceremony marked the culmination of a three-day orientation programme, during whic»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) yesterday announced that it has led a $200m Series D funding round for US-based Gatik, alongside Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), with participation from ARK Invest, Millennium Management Global Investment, Intact Private Capital, Arca Continenta»»»