London, United Kingdom: Six years after stepping down as working royals, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are moving back to the United Kingdom within weeks, British press reported late Wednesday. In a surprise move, Harry, the youngest son of King Charles III, and his wife Meghan, "plan to leave t»»»

Singapore, Aug. 20 (SANA) The U.S. dollar hovered near three-month lows Thursday as investors assessed Treasury measures to calm bond markets after long-term yields hit their highest levels since 2007. Reuters reported the dollar index at 98.938, near its lowest since mid-May, while the euro stood »»»

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this year. He made the remarks to the press as he toured a new helipad outside the White House. Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo SEOUL, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday »»»

ANKARA: Turkiye will continue supporting Syria’s efforts ​to develop its own military capacity and infrastructure, the defense ministry said on Thursday, after Israel ‌carried out ‌air ​strikes ‌on ⁠a ​Syrian air ⁠base and warned Ankara against what it called “dangerous adventures” there. At its we»»»

Canada and the United States moved closer Wednesday to finalizing a trade agreement that would avert threatened 50% U.S. tariffs, with a senior Canadian official calling the emerging terms "a very good deal for Canada" while cautioning that negotiations were not complete. President Donald Trump sai»»»

The national debt surpassed a record $40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs like Social Security and Medicare and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending. The milestone figure was recorded just five months after t»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces took control of Nikolaipolye settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. "Units the Yug battlegroup, as a result of active operations, liberated the settlement of Nikolaipolye in the Donetsk People's R»»»

MedLife, Romania’s largest private healthcare services network and the operator with the largest investments in genetics and molecular biology, has announced the signing of a transaction to acquire a 75% stake in Qualipat, a Romanian company specialising in pathology, immunohistochemistry, and mole»»»

Dubai: After nearly six months of war, Donald Trump is trying another way to force Iran to bend: Squeeze its economy until Tehran can no longer afford to resist. The US president has announced what he calls the “MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY”, threatening not only »»»

Doha, Qatar: The General Authority of Customs has concluded the activities of the 45th Foundation Course for new customs inspectors, which was organized at the Customs Training Center over a period of three months, with the participation of 31 trainees. The course forms part of the Authority’s prog»»»

Madrid, Spain: The Spanish government announced on Thursday the creation of shelters for 1,800 migrants in Ceuta in a bid to relieve the humanitarian crisis there following last month's influx from Morocco. Some 72,000 migrants breached the border in an unprecedented and deadly rush into the north »»»

The biotech process development center at Sputnik Technopolis, operated by R-Pharm Group - a resident of the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone - is working on 11 original molecules to develop new therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases, announced Deputy Mayor Maxim Liksutov. "Following »»»

Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and their two children are expected to leave their California home to move back to Britain within days, British media outlets reported Friday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex»»»

TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s newly announced sanctions campaign as a diversion from domestic American issues, warning that the “so-called ‘Economic D-Day'” would only bring further defeat to Washington. This comes after Trump announced th»»»

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, called on Egypt’s newly nominated heads of diplomatic missions abroad to step up efforts to attract foreign investments, open new markets for Egyptian exports and promote tourism, as part of a broader role in supporting the national eco»»»

BEIRUT: Rising about 600 meters above southern Lebanon, Ali Al-Taher Heights might appear to be little more than another piece of contested high ground. But as Israel and Hezbollah edge closer to another potentially dangerous confrontation, the cluster of hills overlooking Nabatieh has emerged as s»»»

DOHA: The Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has released its 2025 Annual Report, which provides a comprehensive overview of monetary, financial, and institutional developments in the State of Qatar. The report highlights the bank's key achievements and initiatives that have strengthened the financial sector»»»

Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva referred Transport and Communications Minister Georgi Peev to a systemic problem affecting children under 14 who are entitled to free public transport nationwide, said the Ombudsman’s press office here on Thursday.The reason for the alert is that the Ombudsman has recei»»»

MUNICH: German investigators said Thursday they had identified a far-right suspect who allegedly carried out a notorious 1970 arson attack on a Jewish centre in Munich that killed seven Holocaust survivors.The suspect -- a man who was 25 at the time of the attack, but passed away in 2020 -- was ide»»»

BANGKOK: Myanmar’s military chief met Thursday with Thailand’s top general in Bangkok in his first foreign trip since assuming the role, as his coup-staging armed forces shake off their pariah status. Myanmar’s military ousted an elected government in a 2021 putsch, detaining its leader Aung San Su»»»

BERLIN: A woman died and at least two other people were injured as severe storms caused extensive damage overnight across parts of Germany. In Waldorf, in the southwestern state of Rhineland-Palatinate, a woman was struck by a falling tree and fatally injured, the German news agency dpa reported Th»»»

In the first half of 2026, Kyrgyzstan’s foreign trade deficit in dairy products reached $12,772.7 million, despite a significant increase in exports by domestic producers in June. Total imports were almost 1.8 times higher than exports and amounted to $29,406 million, highlighting the domestic mark»»»

RIYADH: The Global Investment Summit is targeting initial Gulf investments worth $3.5 billion in investment-ready projects, in addition to expected deals worth more than SR950 million ($252.9 million), B&S Investments, the Saudi investment group organizing the summit, told Al-Eqtisadiah. Paris will»»»

Washington, USA: Google is preparing for the back-to-school season by launching a dedicated study hub for students within its Gemini AI assistant, bringing together a range of educational tools in one place to help students research, study, and prepare for exams. The new hub allows users to create »»»

The environmental association Za Zemiata (For the Earth) is seeking a meeting with Energy Minister Iva Petrova and her team to discuss action on long-standing unreclaimed sites left behind by the coal mining industry. In a press release Thursday, the association said the main topic of the proposed »»»

Washington, United States: The US gross national debt has surged past $40 trillion for the first time, government data showed Wednesday. The new record comes as longer-term US obligations linked to social security and health care have been growing, while interest payments have climbed as well. Tota»»»