A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck central Peru on Thursday, Aug. 20, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The quake occurred at a depth of 99 kilometers, with its epicenter 31 kilometers northwest of Aniso in the Andes Mountains. There were no reports of injuries or damage. Get it: Fast, v»»»

QNA Cairo Egyptian Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Dr Mohamed Farid Saleh and Egyptian Minister of Finance Ahmed Kouchouk have said that relations between Egypt and Qatar have opened new horizons for bilateral cooperation, paving the way for long-term investments and increased trade and to»»»

QNA Doha The Lawyers Admission Committee held a meeting on Thursday, chaired by Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali bin Issa Al Hassan Al Mohannadi. The meeting discussed the items on the committee’s agenda. Three new lawyers took the legal oath before t»»»

QNA Doha Qatar Museums, in cooperation with the UNESCO Regional Office for the Gulf States and Yemen, has marked the International Day for Underwater Cultural Heritage observed annually on August 21 highlighting international efforts to raise awareness of underwater cultural heritage as part of hum»»»

QNA Cairo Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met with Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Nabil Fahmy in Cairo on Thursday. At the outset of the meeting, the prime minister congratulated the secretary-general of the Arab »»»

QNA Cairo Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met with Prime Minister of Egypt Dr. Mostafa Madbouly on the sidelines of the seventh session of the Qatari-Egyptian Joint Higher Committee, held in Cairo, Egypt. During the meeting, they»»»

QNA El Alamein (Egypt) The seventh session of the Joint Higher Committee between Qatar and Egypt convened in El Alamein on Thursday. The Qatari side was led by Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, while that of Egypt was headed by Mi»»»

QNA Cairo Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates of Egypt Dr. Badr Abdelatty on the sidelines of the seventh session of the Qatari-Egyptian Joint Higher Committe»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Summer in Qatar offers families plenty of ways to keep young minds active and entertained. From immersive adventures and interactive museums to creative activities and educational attractions, children can learn, play and discover something new while enjoying quality time »»»

Tribune News Network Lukavac, Bosnia and Herzegovina The Lukavac Islamic Centre and Mosque has officially opened in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina during a high-level ceremony attended by religious, political, and diplomatic leaders, marking the completion of a major religious, cultural, and c»»»

QNA Doha The Social and Sport Contribution Fund (DAAM) and Orphan Care Centre (Dreama) have signed a funding agreement to support three initiatives: the Building and Empowerment Programme, the Children’s Living Expenses Programme, and the Orphan Stories Programme. Under the agreement, DAAM will pro»»»

Customers at a Walmart on Nov. 28, 2013 in Alexandria, Va. Shares of Walmart fell more than 9% after the retailer reported the lowest quarterly comparable sales growth since 2020. File Photo by Michael Reynolds/EPA-EFE Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Walmart on Thursday reported sales grew at their slowest pace i»»»

The Statue of Liberty on July 1. The captain of a boat that capsized on Aug. 8 near the statue in New York Harbor, killing two people, has been arrested by Immigration and Custom Enforcement. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The boat captain who is facing charges ov»»»

China sentenced the founder of embattled property giant Evergrande to life in prison and fined the group more than $2 billion on Thursday for offences including fraud, five years after a high-profile default. Evergrande Group was once the face of Chinese real estate, surfing a decades-long property»»»

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Leïla Mörch, CEO / Founder of Geminy. She specializes in technology, public policy, with a focus on social media regulation. She sees the landmark trial against Meta as potentially significant not simply because the social media giant is being asked to answer for »»»

Cameroonian President Paul Biya returned to the country on Thursday after a 73-day absence, with local media reporting the 93-year-old had been in Geneva with his family and close aides. The country's opposition criticised Biya's long absence, saying he had left the country on "autopilot". Presiden»»»

Polish industrial production increased 5.1% year-on-year in July, providing another positive signal for the economy at the start of the second half of 2026. Manufacturing output rose 4.4%, while mining and quarrying production increased 18.5%. Electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning output was»»»

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The government plans to temporarily raise corporate income tax for Poland’s largest energy and fuel companies, with the rate set to reach 30% in 2027. The measure would apply to companies with annual revenues exceeding EUR 50 million operating in areas including oil and gas extraction and trading, »»»

CAIRO: Palestinians face inflated prices for groceries and batteries, hospitals have turned to smugglers for medicine and equipment, Israeli soldiers and other middlemen are accused of pocketing millions of dollars, and the Hamas-led government takes a cut as the smuggling of goods restricted by Is»»»

BEIRUT: Director General of UNESCO Khaled El-Enany reaffirmed the organization’s commitment to supporting Lebanon’s recovery and long-term resilience during his first official visit to the country on Thursday. El-Enany met President Joseph Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Nawaf »»»

The next trendy hotspot of Riyadh’s matcha scene is located on Dirar bin Al-Khattab street in the Al-Muruj neighborhood of the capital, where Little Henri has gained online traction for its intersection of signature dessert, flavored matcha, and distinctive branding and aesthetic. The corner cafe s»»»

RAMALLAH: The Palestinian presidency on Thursday warned that Israel’s E1 settlement project and wider escalation in the occupied West Bank risk pushing the region “out of control.” Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for President Mahmoud Abbas, condemned Israel’s move to open bidding for construction»»»

A barn owl stranded some 70 nautical miles out to sea was rescued by an astonished British Army sailing crew competing in a gruelling race around Britain and Ireland. A British Army sailing crew competing in one of yachting's most demanding races found themselves coming to the rescue of a bedraggle»»»

REINO IO Logistics has completed a nearly 27,000 sqm build-to-suit logistics centre in Piotrków Trybunalski, marking the company’s first development delivered directly within its existing logistics park in the city. Construcion of REINO IO Piotrków BTS began in October 2025 and was carried out by K»»»

DUBAI: In the early evening of Jan. 24, 2026, 5-year-old Hind Rajab took her final breaths while pleading over the phone for emergency workers to rescue her. “Please come take me, I beg you. Please come. Call anyone to come and get me, please,” she said. Rajab had been traveling with her father and»»»

MANILA: Smog is choking parts of Indonesia’s Borneo, home to pristine rainforest and vast plantations, but the worst is yet to come, officials and experts warned Thursday. Nearly 95,000 hectares of land across Indonesia burned in July alone, the government said this week, as dry conditions driven b»»»

RAVENNA, Italy: Former Brazil star Ronaldinho, who retired from the game in 2015, said on Thursday that he was making a comeback 11 years later with Italian third-division side Ravenna to try and score “a 300th goal.” The 46-year-old, who won the World Cup in 2002 and the Ballon d’Or in 2005, ended»»»

Ravenna: Former Brazil star Ronaldinho, who retired from the game in 2015, said on Thursday that he was making a comeback 11 years later with Italian third-division side Ravenna to try and score "a 300th goal". The 46-year-old, who won the World Cup in 2002 and the Ballon d'Or in 2005, ended a glit»»»

Pedestrians carry umbrellas in windy rainy conditions near the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street inDecember. Dozens of major metro areas could be affected by flash flooding in the eastern quarter of the nation into this weekend, with the zone from Washington to New York City at a heightened ri»»»

QASMISHLI: Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi on Thursday said the integration of the Kurdish administration within Syria’s state institutions was complete, marking the end of the Kurds’ long-held dream of autonomy. The announcement follows months of negotiations between the two sides after a Janua»»»

LONDON: A letter from T.E. Lawrence in which he complained he was no longer able to travel outside the UK, less than 15 years after his role in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire, sold at auction on Thursday for more than $14,000. In the letter, written in October 1932, Lawrence expresses h»»»

Leire Martinez, from the Spanish group La Oreja de Van Gogh, performs during the Mexico 2022 Tour, at the National Auditorium, in Mexico City2in March 2022. File Photo by Isaac Esquivel/EPA Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Spanish band La Oreja de Van Gogh will receive the Agent of Change award for three decades o»»»

First Sermon (Khutbah One) All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the earth and the heavens, who has made the scholars the inheritors of the prophets. We bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and we bear witness that our Prophet Muhammad is the servant of Allah and His Messenger. May the peace,»»»

RIYADH: Picture a 12-year-old sitting in a gallery at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia, sketching on a tablet. Behind her is a prehistoric rock carving from Najran, etched into sandstone thousands of years ago. On her screen, an AI tool generates variations of a character she has drawn, refining»»»

The FBI arrested a woman for planning to attack the New York state capitol building. File Photo by Justin Lane/EPA Aug. 20 (UPI) -- An Albany, N.Y., woman was charged Thursday with supporting a terror group after allegedly planning an ISIS-inspired plot to attack the New York State capitol building»»»

Prince Laurent of Belgium celebrates King's Day on Nov. 15 2024. The prince recognized 26-year-old Clement Vandenkerckhove as his son. File Photo by Olivier Matthys/EPA Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Belgium has a new prince after the 26-year-old former car salesman was recognized by the king's brother as his so»»»

JERUSALEM: Israelis began moving into the occupied West Bank settlement of Kadim on Thursday, the local settler council said, the last of four communities from which Israel withdrew more than two decades ago to be repopulated. It came a week after Israel officially reopened neighboring Ganim, in a »»»

Aleppo, Aug. 20 (SANA) The Sylex 3 Leather, Footwear and Production Supplies Exhibition opened Thursday at the Production Market in Aleppo, under the supervision of Aleppo Governorate and the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce, with the participation of Syrian and Turkish companies specializing in the sect»»»

A march by people with disabilities, held under the slogan Darkness for Indifference! Light for Our Rights!, made its way through central Sofia, accompanied by performances featuring artists with torches, stilts and music. The event was organised by the Mobility Movement. Participants carried illum»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The bodies of 50 people, including 19 children, killed by the war in Gaza have finally been laid to rest after they were recovered from under rubble in recent days, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday. Efforts to remove debris and retrieve bodies remain severely constr»»»

Damascus, Aug. 20 (SANA) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani: said Thursday that his visit to Pakistan was an important step in strengthening relations between the two countries and opening new prospects for cooperation. “We conclude today the historic and successfu»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the strong partnership between the United States and Hungary in a message marking Hungary’s national holiday, published on the State Department’s website on Thursday. Rubio noted that 20 August was a reminder “of the historic ties between our peoples”. “The»»»

NASA on Wednesday said a $30 million mission to save its Swift space telescope had failed after its rescue spacecraft could not be controlled. The unprecedented effort aimed to use a robot to move Swift into a higher orbit. The satellite is now expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and disintegra»»»

ISLAMABAD: Iran would first have to acknowledge what it had done to Syria and its people before any future Pakistan-led mediation could help restore ties between Damascus and Tehran, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani said on Thursday. Shaibani was speaking to journalists in Islamabad»»»

Tunis, August 20, 2026 (TAP) – Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri on Thursday called for increased vigilance ahead of the rainy season, stressing the need to increase preventive measures against extreme weather and mitigate its potential impact...»»»

An American academic is being held in China on suspicion of spying. File Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that U.S. citizen Min Zin is being wrongfully detained in China after he visited the country and was arrested. Zin travelled to Yunnan, China,»»»

Riyadh: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) discussed Thursday, with the People's Republic of China, the Iranian attacks on its member states and the repercussions of these attacks on the security and stability of the region. Held at the Council's headquarter in Riyadh, the meeting which was attende»»»

LONDON: Palestinian healthcare workers are facing increasing attacks, detention and intimidation as Israeli military operations and settler violence escalate across the occupied West Bank, Medical Aid for Palestinians said this week. Recent figures from the World Health Organization showed that rec»»»

Damascus, Aug. 20 (SANA) UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Claudio Cordone on Thursday condemned the Israeli strikes on Abu al-Duhur Airbase in Idlib countryside, describing them as an unacceptable escalation against Syria. In a post on X, Cordone said diplomacy must remain the primary path, while »»»