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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

More than 1,000 people in Japan have joined forces to help move the historic Hirosaki Castle back to its original location following major restoration work. Teams of participants took turns pulling the castle in a carefully coordinated effort in Aomori Prefecture, creating a remarkable scene as loc»»»

Parts of a crashed drone have been found in the area of Kabakum Beach near Varna, the regional directorate of the Interior Ministry in Varna reported on Wednesday. The signal was received at around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Border Police officers were dispatched to the scene. The Bulgarian Navy was n»»»

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»»»

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»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli occupation forces carry out two demolition operations at dawn in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil: Al-Manar correspondent 2»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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»»»

Seoul: Several Russian military aircraft briefly entered Republic of Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ) over the country's eastern waters before leaving the area, prompting the its military to scramble fighter jets in response, officials said Wednesday. The Russian aircraft entered the»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli artillery shells southern Lebanese town of Al-Mansouri in Tyre district: Al-Manar reporter 26-08-2026 09:49 AM Latest News Urgent N»»»

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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»»»

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»»»

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 »»»

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Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli occupation forces carry out a massive explosion near the town of Majdalzoun in southern Lebanon 26-08-2026 09:00 AM Latest News Urg»»»

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»»»

Doha, Qatar: HMK Capital, an investment firm licensed under the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) and regulated by the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA), has successfully completed the acquisition of a real estate assets valued at around QR1.8bn since July 2026, establishing the initia»»»

Doha, Qatar: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al-Ansari, has said that Qatar’s efforts and regional contacts with various parties continue to promote a return to negotiations between the United States of America and »»»

Bulgaria is not part of the “Coalition of the Willing” because of its distinct historical and geopolitical profile as a Balkan, Orthodox and Slavic country that uses the Cyrillic alphabet, according to Progressive Bulgaria MP Anton Kutev. Speaking to Bulgarian National Television on Tuesday, Kutev »»»

The government will tighten and clarify the rules for identifying the ultimate beneficial owners of closed-ended investment funds — including private equity and venture capital funds — the Justice Minister said in a Facebook post on Tuesday. In the past, it took the press months—sometimes years—of »»»

TEHRAN: Iran and Oman are discussing a temporary transit corridor and mine-clearing for the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran warned on Wednesday that the vital waterway will not be reopened unless the United States ends the war. Washington has announced fresh sanctions aimed at pressuring Iran into sub»»»

Three drone incidents in 36 hours last week highlighted the growing security challenge facing Nato's Black Sea flank, culminating in Romania scrambling an F-16 to destroy an explosive-laden naval drone near the country's biggest new offshore gas project. European officials have warned that repeated»»»

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi dismissed Trump’s claim that the Strait of Hormuz has been cleared of mines. Gharibabadi stressed that no one except Iran knows the exact location of the mines in Hormuz.“If American minesweepers enter the region, they are very good targets for our »»»

Dubai: Motorists heading into Dubai from Sharjah are facing a slow start on Wednesday morning, with congestion building along all three main corridors linking the two emirates and at least two incidents reported during the peak period. Accident slows E311 near Industrial Area 15Heavy delays are bei»»»

ISLAMABAD: At ​least 14 infants were killed when a ‌fire ‌broke ​out ‌at ⁠PIMS ​hospital in ⁠Pakistan’s capital city Islamabad, triggered ⁠by ‌a ‌fault ​in air ‌conditioning systems, ‌local broadcaster Geo ‌TV reported on Wednesday.»»»

Dubai: UAE travellers flying today should check their individual flight status before leaving for the airport, with Emirates, Air Arabia and flydubai among the carriers reporting cancellations on selected routes, while Etihad Airways has largely maintained services to Bahrain and Kuwait. The contin»»»

Inflationary processes have developed below the baseline path indicated in June, and the risk assessment has remained favourable, which is why monetary policy continues to have room to manoeuvre, said Mihály Varga, Governor of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB), at a press conference in Budapest on Tues»»»

Ukraine has taken delivery of a consignment of “some” Patriot interceptor missiles but still does not have enough to defend itself, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in Kyiv on August 25. "To be honest, some Patriot missiles have also arrived. I cannot say how many, but some. We need more," he sai»»»

SpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday for a $100 billion rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana, its largest yet, aimed at supporting Starship and AI satellite missions. The 125,000-acre Starbase Louisiana site on Pecan Island could eventually handle thousands of Starship launches annually, the com»»»

Dubai: Dubai International (DXB) is heading into a stronger second half of 2026, with airline capacity steadily returning and a major investment programme gathering pace, even as the world’s busiest international hub posted a sharp year-on-year fall in passenger numbers for the first six months of »»»

US singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist Dolly Parton died on Tuesday at the age of 80, her family said in a statement. The prolific songwriter released 49 studio albums, more than 100 compilation and collorabative albums, won 10 Grammys and 13 Academy of Country Mu»»»

Britain is directly participating in the Ukraine conflict and actively working to prolong it, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, after London announced it would grant Kiev access to classified technical information needed to assemble long-range cruise missiles domestically. The UK government»»»

Dubai: Egypt will witness a partial lunar eclipse early on Friday, with the Earth’s shadow covering about 93 per cent of the Moon at the phenomenon’s peak, Egyptian authorities said. The eclipse, which coincides with the full Moon of the Islamic month of Rabi Al Awwal, will last about five hours ac»»»

Large volumes of oil from Gulf producers continue to reach global markets through ship-to-ship transfers in the Gulf of Oman even as direct vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains sharply suppressed, maritime tracking data showed early on Wednesday (Aug. 26). TankerTrackers reported at »»»

Cape Town: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that external forces may be instigating some anti-migrant violence in the country, adding that his government was investigating possible outside involvement. Ramaphosa made the remarks while answering questions from Members of Parli»»»

MEXICO CITY (AP): The US government issued a travel alert for Americans planning to visit Mexicali in northern Mexico and temporarily suspended consular activities in the border city due to a “potential threat,” without providing details. The notice, released Monday night, said that because of info»»»

Armenia will formally apply for European Union membership before holding a referendum on whether to join the bloc, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told parliament on August 24, setting out a five-year programme that would further shift the country away from Russia and reshape its relations with Azer»»»

Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday announced the dissolution of the group in a televised speech from the presidential palace in Damascus. The dissolution followed the integration of SDF fighters into the Syrian military, said Abd»»»