A cold front will reach Hungary on Monday, bringing a slight drop in temperatures as September begins. However, forecasters say genuinely autumnal weather is still some way off, while the country’s drought is unlikely to ease significantly. Cold front arrives on Monday Hungary will see a change in »»»

Kazakhstan’s tenge had appreciated 8.89% against the dollar since the start of 2026 (as of August 26), extending a rise that has made it one of the strongest-performing currencies globally this year. The price of oil remains the usual suspect for the strength shown by the currency due to Kazakhstan»»»

Polish Olympic Committee (PKOl) president Radosław Piesiewicz was detained on August 27 as part of the ongoing investigation into the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto, Justice Minister and Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek said. The detention is the most visible development since »»»

Iran has left the door open to diplomacy, six months into a war with the United States that has upended the Middle East, but only if Washington abandons its pressure campaign. "Putting diplomacy back on track isn't impossible. It hinges on U.S. understanding of one simple fact: pressure doesn't wor»»»

Iran's economy, already strained by high inflation, years of Western sanctions and a war that has sharply reduced oil revenue, is poised for more instability as the Trump administration tries to coerce other countries into ending all financial dealings with the Islamic Republic. A decision by the U»»»

People sits on a safer ground after another flash flood alert iin Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Friday. Photo by Narendra Shresth/EPA Aug. 28 (UPI) -- After Wednesday's devastating glacier collapse in the Himalayas, scientists and geologists are warning that unstable conditions and the accelerating r»»»

RIYADH: Artificial reefs are often associated with dramatic ship sinkings. But for active coral restoration, marine scientists say the most effective tools are often far less theatrical: engineered reef blocks and purpose-built substrates designed to help corals settle, grow and persist. Saleh Magh»»»

Founder of Boundary Holding, Rajat Khare, believes Eastern Europe is emerging as one of the world’s most promising ecosystems for deep-technology for innovation, offering access to Artificial Intelligence-driven solutions. He believes Boundary’s exit from Defendec reinstates its long-term convictio»»»

POLITICS & UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS In an interview with the Trud daily, Prof. Rosen Stoyanov, Director of Political Analysis and Forecasting at Gallup International Balkan, offers a skeptical assessment of the first 100 days of Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s administration. Stoyanov describes»»»

Iran's economy, already strained by high inflation, years of Western sanctions and a war that has sharply reduced oil revenue, is poised for more instability as the Trump administration tries to coerce other countries into ending all financial dealings with the Islamic Republic. A decision by the U»»»

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In the batch of leaked secret recordings preceding the latest wave of corruption-related arrests in Ukraine, a woman strongly resembling the deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office, Iryna Mudra, cites an even more senior official at the presidential administration. The latter allegedl»»»

The Middle East is entering a new security era. For decades, the regional order was largely shaped by the United States providing a broad security umbrella; Israel preserving its qualitative edge; Iran projecting influence through long-range weapons and proxies; and Arab states relying on Washingto»»»

POLITICS In Bulgarian National Television’s (BNT’s) morning talk show, Democratic Bulgaria Floor Leader Nadejda Iordanova said the opening of the new parliamentary season coincides with an assessment of the government’s first 100 days, which she described as falling short of its promise of “normali»»»

SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell on Thursday, extending a streak of losses, on expectations that talks between Iran and Qatar might open the Strait of Hormuz and reduce supply disruptions from the ​war in the Middle East. Brent crude futures were down 41 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $87.43 a barrel at 06:30»»»

The Middle East is entering a new security era. For decades, the regional order was largely shaped by the United States providing a broad security umbrella; Israel preserving its qualitative edge; Iran projecting influence through long-range weapons and proxies; and Arab states relying on Washingto»»»

Bill Gates has issued one of his starkest warnings yet about artificial intelligence, predicting that many jobs could disappear permanently and urging governments to consider reserving some types of work exclusively for humans. The Microsoft co-founder, who helped drive the personal computer revolu»»»

Europe – including Hungary – may be facing another significant rise in food prices. The causes are wide-ranging, from changing weather patterns and the war in Ukraine to energy price fluctuations caused by the conflict in the Middle East and riverbeds drying up. Experts have already outlined which »»»

Poland recorded one of Europe’s strongest increases in real-estate investment during the first half of 2026. Preliminary Savills data show that Polish transaction volume rose approximately 95% year on year, almost matching Finland’s 94% increase and comfortably exceeding the growth recorded in Swed»»»

OAKLAND, California: Meta has agreed to pay $17 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction and settle claims filed by 47 states, state attorneys general announced Wednesday. The settlement resolves »»»

A catastrophic flash flood tore through the Nepal-China border region on Wednesday, sending a massive wall of water, mud, rock and debris down Himalayan valleys, destroying villages, roads and bridges and leaving at least 160 people dead and hundreds missing. Nepal Police said 157 bodies had been r»»»

Meta Platforms on Wednesday agreed to pay $17 billion to settle claims, filed by 47 US states, that the company designed Facebook and Instagram to deliberately make teens addicted to their products while deceiving the public, according to state attorneys general. The company agreed to add chil»»»

Problems with the US military’s Drone Dominance initiative stem from a broad assortment of issues, the biggest of which is a “longstanding departmental cultural and institutional lethargy and a kind of neo-Luddism inside the Pentagon,” Lt. Col. (ret.) Karen Kwiatkowski, a former DoD analyst herself»»»

1 of 2 | City leaders across the country have been choosing to put infrastructure projects that are “less than necessary” on hold as high gas prices put a strain on municipal budgets. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Rising gas prices are not only putting pressure on»»»

POLITICS Continue the Change and Democratic Bulgaria have agreed that former caretaker prime minister and former central bank deputy governor Andrey Gurov should be their candidate for president of Bulgaria in the election on October 25. MP Ivaylo Mirchev of Democratic Bulgaria broke the news durin»»»

RIYADH: Saudi-listed utility developer Acwa, formerly ACWA Power, and South Korea’s Korea Western Power Co. have signed an agreement to explore renewable energy, energy storage and related infrastructure projects in Uzbekistan. The memorandum of understanding establishes a framework for the compani»»»

If Iran now faces a choice between escalation and capitulation, the more likely course of action is escalation. Tehran’s reading of the regional and international landscape appears to rest on carefully calculated considerations that lead it to view the current moment as an opportunity to increase p»»»

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»»»

Gold accounted for 87 percent of Uzbekistan’s international reserves and 80 percent of Kyrgyzstan’s reserves at the end of the first half of 2026. Such concentration creates risks amid continued volatility in precious metal prices. A report by international rating agency Fitch Ratings says. The rep»»»

Ending the war and securing Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon would require an international force on the ground -- a replacement for UNIFIL that Lebanon is discussing with European powers. File Photo by Wael Hamzeh/EPA BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Lebanon, struggling to secure an Isra»»»

LONDON: On Aug. 24, Al-Riyadh, the Saudi daily, will stop its print edition after more than six decades of daily presence in the lives of Saudi and Arab readers. The newspaper will continue publishing digitally. The decision also applies to Al-Yamamah, the cultural and political magazine that preda»»»

Dubai: Six months into the Iran war, Donald Trump may finally have something that has repeatedly eluded him: Real leverage over Tehran. Iran’s oil revenues are being squeezed, its currency has plunged beyond two million rials to the dollar and senior officials are publicly warning that the economy »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The deployment of NATO contingents in Ukraine is unacceptable for Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. "This is a very important issue and a very important topic. This is not the first time that there has been talk of the intention to deploy military contingen»»»

POLITICS bTV reported that MPs returned early from their summer recess, with integrity tests for positions at high corruption risk, the election of a new Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) and the State budget among their priorities. The broadcaster also covered the debate over judicial reform and the »»»

Russia just pulled its ambassador to the UK, as British Prime Minister Andy Burnham doubles down on open involvement in the Ukraine conflict. The risk of open war has never been higher, but Burnham is writing checks that he can’t cash. Relations between Russia and the UK are at an “unprecedentedly »»»

LONDON: Israeli attacks on post-Assad Syria are nothing new. But when Israeli jets bombed a Syrian airbase last week, even Washington sat up and took notice — and issued a strongly worded, and very public, reprimand. Despite repeated reassurances from Damascus that Syria poses no threat to Israel, »»»

On the eve of the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, I find myself wondering whether my country will still exist in another 35 years. Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion, the rollback of democracy, a severely damaged market economy, and the degradation of every social system compel me, as»»»

Authors: Maddie and Alice Bailey A monstera’s holes, a calathea’s moving leaves and a fern’s preference for humidity may seem like ordinary botanical quirks, but “The Hidden Histories of Houseplants” makes a persuasive case that there is a much bigger story behind houseplants. Written by sisters Ma»»»

ConflictsUkraineCould Russia's growing fuel crisis help end the Ukraine war?Denis KishinevskiyUkrainian attacks on oil refineries have deepened Russia's fuel crisis, with shortages reaching Moscow. Could growing public anger put Putin under pressure? https://p.dw.com/p/5JGBeCars waiting in line to »»»

Iran has warned that Tehran would respond harshly to expanded U.S. sanctions, including measures against countries it sees as cooperating with Washington. The expanded sanctions come after weeks of impasse. The United States has not dislodged Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fif»»»

POLITICS In an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), political scientist Lyubomir Stefanov commented on the upcoming presidential elections, saying it was concerning that only three candidates had been announced several weeks before the start of the campaign. He said the opposition par»»»

A 17-year-old Indonesian teenager dressed as Superman has become an unlikely face of the country’s fight against wildfires, helping volunteers battle blazes on Borneo island. Rudiyansah has been spending his free time after school helping his father and a local volunteer firefighting team tackle fi»»»

Dubai: The Iran war has exposed one of the most punishing equations in modern warfare: How long can a country afford to use sophisticated, multimillion-dollar missiles to shoot down relatively cheap attack drones? The answer is beginning to reshape the defence industry. A new generation of intercep»»»

Declarations published by Bulgaria’s National Audit Office reveal a wide range of property and financial holdings among the country’s political elite, from ministers with dozens of real estate properties to politicians reporting hundreds of thousands of euros in cash and bank accounts worth million»»»

London: Prince Harry, who relocates back to Britain shortly with his family, will open a new chapter in his ever-eventful life which once seemed improbable amid royal feuds, battles over security and lawsuits against UK tabloids. The 41-year-old royal misfit has long struggled with the monarchy's s»»»

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi is expanding the use of sterilisation, vaccination and humane deterrents to manage its large population of stray cats, warning that simply removing the animals from neighbourhoods is unlikely to solve the problem in the long term. The Department of Municipalities and Transport »»»

TEL AVIV, Israel: Israel has shared “serious security concerns” with the White House regarding the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said as Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday evening killed at least 17 people, including children, in Gaza. The remarks by Doron Spielma»»»

The politics of Vladimir Zelensky’s Ukraine remain a smelly swamp, producing a ceaseless seepage of scandals occasionally percolating to the surface in big, toxic bubbles that pop with a noxious stink. Recently, for instance, the returning ambassador to the US – no less – has become the subject of »»»

China has told Japan not to test its patience over nuclear weapons, in an exchange that has moved an Asian arms race from a strategist’s tabletop war-game to debates on policy priorities that foreign ministries are arguing about in public. Beijing issue Tokyo with a stringent “do not play with fire»»»

China has told Japan not to test its patience over nuclear weapons, in an exchange that has moved an Asian arms race from a strategist’s tabletop war-game to debates on policy priorities that foreign ministries are arguing about in public. Beijing issue Tokyo with a stringent “do not play with fire»»»