DAKAR, Senegal: Sustained gunfire and explosions rang out across several areas of Niger’s capital, Niamey, early on Saturday, according to two Reuters witnesses, with the cause not immediately clear. A security source told Reuters that “terrorists” had attacked the city’s Diori Hamani International»»»

TNEW YORK CITY: The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the fi»»»

NUWAKOT, Nepal: Rescuers in Nepal and China were still battling Saturday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing villages.The number of missing soared past 2,400 on Friday as emergency teams said »»»

Péter Magyar called it a "vile lie" on Friday that a pact had been struck between Tisza and Fidesz over who would be chosen to lead the National Asset Recovery and Asset Protection Office (NVVH). The Prime Minister, commenting at a press conference in the Parliament building on opinions that had re»»»

Kinshasa: The fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, bringing the total number of affected zones to 60. Data released today by the Congolese Ministry of Health showed that the two newly affected areas were Biena an»»»

The surplus of the external trade in goods was EUR 69 million in July, the volume of export decreased by 1.6%, that of import improved by 3.1% compared to the same period of the previous year. The surplus was EUR 69 million, the balance decreased by EUR 434 million, year-on-year. The volume of expo»»»

Dubai: Temperatures could reach 48C in parts of the UAE on Saturday, with convective clouds expected to develop over eastern areas during the afternoon and freshening winds likely to stir up dust. The National Centre of Meteorology forecast fair to partly cloudy conditions across the country, with »»»

Poland has sent confusing signals regarding the potential deployment of nuclear weaponry on its territory, in what appears to be an attempt to enjoy the fruits of deterrence without hosting foreign munitions. In recent months, a dozen European NATO members, including Poland, have expressed a desire»»»

A poster shows the name change from Lake Ontario to Lake America, as President Donald Trump signs an executive order on the renaming amid a trade war with Canada. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The leader of the Seneca Nation on Friday called on President Donald Trump to rev»»»

Johannesburg: New Zealand captain Ardie Savea said on Friday that South Africa are a "wounded beast", desperate for revenge after losing the first Test in a four-match series. The All Blacks and Springboks, ranked first and second in the world, clash before a sell-out 55,000 crowd in Cape Town on S»»»

On August 24, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Operation Economic Outcast, promising to “sever every economic lifeline” sustaining Iran’s government. Hours later, President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged major imbalances in water, electricity, gas, fuel, the environment and the banking se»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman offered condolences to Norway’s King Haakon VIII and the Norwegian people following the death of King Harald V, who reigned for more than three decades. In separate cables, King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed expressed their »»»

Share: By : Makram Rabah, Opinion Before UNIFIL arrived in southern Lebanon In 1978, some villages reportedly had no dry-cleaning services not even basic urgent care units. The international force brought foreign soldiers, salaries, rental income, restaurants, supermarkets and, yes, cleaner suits. »»»

New York City police on Friday said they seized 580 pounds of cocaine worth $10 million, the largest cocaine seizure in the city in decades. File Photo by Justin Lane/EPA-EFE Aug. 28 (UPI) -- New York City police on Friday said they seized 580 pounds of cocaine worth $10 million, the largest cocain»»»

France hopes to line its own arms manufacturers’ pockets with a €90 billion European Union loan to Ukraine by limiting Kiev's ability to procure weapons from outside the bloc, according to Euronews. After overcoming Hungary’s opposition, the EU member states in April approved the €90 billion Ukrain»»»

WASHINGTON: When Amy-Jill Levine was a child in Massachusetts, a schoolmate in her predominantly Catholic hometown told her she was guilty of killing Christ because she was Jewish. Her mother reassured her that wasn’t the case — and instead of being embittered by the encounter, the young Levine beg»»»

Sao Paulo: Five people were killed in a road crash Thursday night on a state highway in Ventania in Brazil's southern state of Parana, local highway police said Friday. According to a police report, a pickup truck carrying the five people collided head-on with a cargo truck traveling in the opposit»»»

President Donald Trump said his administration has secured a majority stake in more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves, which he called "the biggest oil deal in world history." File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Friday said hi»»»

Lima: The Peruvian government on Friday declared a 60-day state of emergency in Metropolitan Lima, where the country's capital is located, and the neighboring province of Callao, to address rising crime and violence. The measure was made official through a supreme decree published in the official g»»»

Donald Trump has declared himself the “greatest” president in US history while branding Joe Biden and Barack Obama “failures” in a ranking posted on Truth Social. Abraham Lincoln, who led the US through the Civil War and abolished slavery, and George Washington, the first US president and a foundin»»»

Milo Yiannopoulos entered the United States legally in May 2019 but "chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation's laws," the Department of Homeland said. Photo courtesy of DHS/X Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was detained Friday in Louisiana for ove»»»

TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards ​Corps Navy rejected US claims that the Strait of ‌Hormuz was ‌open, ​calling them ‌an ⁠attempt ​to control ⁠oil prices and conceal what it described ⁠as US ‌failures. ‌ It ​said ‌the ‌restrictions would continue until US military actions ‌against Iran end and re»»»

Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Sudanese counterpart, Mohieldin Salem discussed the situation in Sudan and developments in bilateral relations across various fields in a phone call today. Both sides emphasized the importance of strengthening coordination among Red Sea littor»»»

A state outside of the traditional Tornado Alley has set a new severe weather record. Illinois has had 243 preliminary tornado reports so far in 2026, exceeding the counts of any state for a full calendar year, dating back to 1950, according to Storm Prediction Center data. Preliminary records have»»»

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are asking the Supreme Court to allow the military to ban transgender service members. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow the Pentagon to ban »»»

US President Donald Trump is apparently suffering from “schizophrenia” and “delusions” over his claims that the Strait of Hormuz belongs to Washington, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has said. The jab came after Trump shared an image on Thursday titled “US Territories” that liste»»»