Doha, Qatar: Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) has reaffirmed its focus on student wellbeing, educational quality, national identity and digital empowerment as it prepares for the 2026-27 academic year, with officials stressing the need to turn lessons learned from previous challen»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar is moving towards the implementation phase of its national strategy for streamlined civil aviation operations, seeking to enhance operational integration, uphold global compliance standards, and drive seamless air travel efficiency across its aviation infrastructure. As part of t»»»

A car crashed into a Kamaz water truck on Kant—International road in an area where roadworks are underway. Three people sustained serious injuries and were taken to hospital. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred during the night time. They said the area had insufficient street lighting »»»

Washington, USA: Two people in the US State of Pennsylvania have died after contracting measles, marking the first measles-related deaths reported in the United States this year, as the country grapples with its largest outbreak of the highly contagious disease in more than three decades. The Penns»»»

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 »»»

A 37-year-old woman was hospitalized after being beaten by her husband in Uzgen district, Osh region. A video showing the woman was shared on social media. The footage shows significant injuries to her face, head and body. The Internal Affairs Department of Osh region reported that the woman sought»»»

The Bulgarian Parliament is scheduled to consider at first reading on Wednesday two bills amending the Weapons, Ammunition, Explosives and Pyrotechnical Products Act. One was tabled by Andrey Gurov’s caretaker government, while the other was introduced by the regular government of Rumen Radev. The »»»

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 »»»

An inmate at Rikers Island's detention facility died early Tuesday, marking the latest inmate death at the New York City jail. File Photo by Justin Lane/EPA-EFE Aug. 26 (UPI) -- New York City officials said an inmate of Rikers Island died Tuesday, marking the seventh death of an inmate this year at»»»

A tense standoff over the Strait of Hormuz continues to dominate regional headlines on August 26, 2026, with implications for the UAE’s economy, energy security, aviation, and daily life. Residents face potential ripple effects ranging from oil-price volatility and higher fuel costs to flight disru»»»

The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) has issued a yellow code warning for heavy rainfall in seven regions of Bulgaria on Wednesday. The warning is in effect for the regions of Vidin, Vratsa, Montana, Sofia Region, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv and Smolyan. According to the NIMH weather »»»

A serviceman from one of the military units in Osh has been detained on suspicion of murdering a man, the Internal Affairs Department of Osh city reported. According to the police, at around 2:20 a.m. on August 23, they received a report that a 35-year-old man had been found hanging inside a house »»»

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»»»

Drinking water supply will be temporarily suspended in part of Bishkek on August 27 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. According to the City Hall, the outage will affect part of the 9th microdistrict, as well as the area bounded by Maldybaev, Suerkulov, Tynystanov and Akhunbaev streets. Residential buildings, s»»»

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi clarified details of the Iran-Oman understanding on the Strait of Hormuz, stressing that the arrangement does not mean the strait will reopen immediately, Tasnim reported. Key points:The understanding with Oman and»»»

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 »»»

Iranian missile and drone strikes have caused unprecedented damage to US intelligence sites and surveillance equipment across the Middle East, with repairs expected to cost billions of dollars, NBC News reported. The strikes reportedly hit CIA-linked facilities, surveillance hardware and equipment »»»

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»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) has confirmed that schools must provide school transport services for their students, either directly or through external operators appointed by them. Schools must also provide any necessary support, assistance and related servic»»»

Actor Askat Sulaimanov was fined for illegally displaying an advertisement, the press service of the Patrol Police Department reported. According to the department, a driver was fined in Bishkek for placing an advertisement on the body of his vehicle without the required authorization. Patrol offic»»»

From August 28 to September 6, traffic restrictions will be introduced for passenger cars in Issyk-Kul region due to the VI World Nomad Games. Residents and visitors are asked to use public transport during this period whenever possible. According to the Main Traffic Safety Department, public trans»»»

NEW DELHI: Five commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, broadly unchanged from a day earlier ‌but ‌well below ‌the ⁠10-day average of ⁠15, preliminary shipping data showed on Wednesday.Two tankers carrying liquefied ⁠petroleum gas ‌and one ‌tanker carrying bitumen ‌exited the ‌»»»

TOKYO: Japan plans to provide support for alternative pipelines in the Middle East as it seeks to improve energy security in the wake of the Iran war, local media reported Wednesday. Before the conflict began in February, the world’s fourth-biggest economy was heavily reliant on oil imports passing»»»

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.»»»

Officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Technical Supervision of Kyrgyzstan discussed the possibility of removing accumulated solid municipal waste from Chui region and disposing of it at the Bishkek waste processing plant. The meeting addressed the condition of existing land»»»

The Canadian government has announced that it will impose retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on around 700 American products, after US President Donald Trump hit Canada with a round of tariffs and threatened further increases. American steel and aluminum will be tariffed at 50%, according to a statem»»»

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»»»

The bodies of two deceased mountaineers will be identified at a morgue in Osh city, the volunteers’ headquarters reported. According to the volunteers, a helicopter transported the two bodies to Sary-Tash the previous day. From there, they were taken to the morgue under police escort. The identific»»»

Judge Temir Mamatov of the Leninsky District Court of Bishkek on August 25 rejected motions filed by the defense of journalist Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy. During the hearing, the lawyers asked the court to allow the journalist to travel to London to receive an award from the Amal Clooney Foundation. Ho»»»

The U.S. national kok-boru team arrived in Bishkek on August 25, the International Kok-Boru Federation reported. The nine-member team arrived to compete at the VI World Nomad Games. Посмотреть эту публикацию в Instagram Публикация от International Kok-Boru Federation (@ikbf.official) The U.S. team »»»

"We have already managed to recover assets worth thousands of billions for the Hungarian state and, with it, for the Hungarian people — and the National Asset Recovery and Asset Protection Agency is only just beginning its operations," Prime Minister Péter Magyar wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesd»»»

On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Anita Orbán filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday regarding procurement processes carried out in spring 2020, under the ministry's then-minister Péter Szijjártó, in connection with the response to the Covid pandemic. The minister communicated t»»»

Dubai: Sixteen-year-old Raul John Aju has an unusual answer to what he wants to do after school: he is already building an artificial intelligence business while studying in Class 12 Commerce. Known as the “AI Kid of India”, the Kerala teenager has attracted attention for developing AI tools, train»»»

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»»»

Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev reprimanded the Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services Nurdan Oruntaev. The Cabinet of Ministers reported that the disciplinary action was imposed for improper performance of his job responsibilitie»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Education has approved a package of curriculum updates for the 2026–2027 academic year, including the restructuring of science courses for a number of grades and academic tracks, the discontinuation of Chinese language instruction in kindergarten and Grades 1 and 2, and t»»»

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 »»»

Abuja: At least 50 children have been killed and several others hospitalized in an outbreak of diphtheria in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kano, the state legislature said Tuesday, calling for swift emergency measures to assist affected communities. The Kano State House of Assembly called on the »»»

Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. military killed four people Tuesday in its latest strike targeting an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, the second strike in a matter of days after a two-month pause. U.S. Southern Command has killed at least 227 people in 68 publicly acknowledged strikes tar»»»

Dubai: The UAE could see rain, strong winds and blowing dust on Wednesday as temperatures climb to 49°C in some inland areas, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). The weather will be fair to partly cloudy, with convective clouds developing over eastern and southern areas during th»»»

Dubai: Rain is forecast across parts of Saudi Arabia from Wednesday through Saturday, with moderate to heavy downpours expected in some western and southwestern areas, according to the National Centre for Meteorology (NCM). An animated forecast map issued by the NCM shows light to moderate rain dev»»»

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»»»

Dubai: When Eden Uy Silvio started running, she thought she was simply trying to get away; away from debt, fear, and pain of an abusive relationship. With every kilometre, the Filipino expatriate has realised that running could take her places, but it could not allow her to outrun what she was carr»»»

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»»»

A far-right Israeli MP smashed a memorial to Palestinians killed in the conflict with Israel in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. He committed the act under IDF escort, which has been condemned by the army and politicians in Israel. Zvi Sukkot, a member of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich»»»

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»»»