MAKKAH: As the heat of the day recedes, the mountain city of Taif unveils a different side to its tourism scene. The evening hours create a vibrant environment where cool alpine weather, local hospitality and outdoor cafes come together to welcome travelers seeking an escape from the bustle. Visiti»»»

Dubai: US President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman for the second time in four months — an extraordinary warning against a longtime American partner that has traditionally served as a bridge between Washington and Tehran. This time, however, the immediate trigger is becoming clearer. The »»»

AL-MUKALLA: The Iran-backed Houthis used Iranian missiles in their latest attacks on the city of Mokha on Yemen’s Red Sea coast, according to a Yemeni military official. Brig. Gen. Sadiq Duwaid, spokesperson for the government’s National Resistance, said an examination of debris from projectiles fi»»»

RIYADH: The Misk Foundation, with the UN Youth Office, announced the creation of the Global Youth Network, SPA reported on Tuesday The announcement was made in Geneva during the 31st Youth Assembly and coincided with International Youth Day. Young global citizens from more than 80 countries gathere»»»

Tunis, August 18 (TAP) - Tunindex closed Tuesday's session down 1.61% to 19,178.96 points, with a traded volume of TND 11 million, taking its annual performance to +45%, said broker Tunisie Valeurs. SOTETEL shares were the best performers after...»»»

The UAE Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that the country's air defence systems detected two ballistic missiles coming from Iran and heading towards the UAE, with both missiles falling into the sea. According to the ministry, the first missile fell outside the UAE's territorial waters, while the»»»

Riyadh: Fourteen people, including four children, have been given a new lease on life thanks to the work of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, which recently coordinated four organ retrieval procedures involving brain-dead donors. The work was carried out in collaboration with several medi»»»

RIYADH: The Gulf Academy for Leadership and Innovation’s first initiative in the UK brought together nearly 100 young men and women from across the Gulf Cooperation Council area, chosen from about 700 applicants. The week-long residential event at the University of Reading, which ran from Aug. 4 to»»»

Dubai: Ticket holders will receive a full refund following the cancellation of Christina Aguilera’s September 25 concert at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Ticketmaster confirmed the cancellation on Tuesday, telling fans that refunds will be processed automatically through the original payment method wi»»»

The UAE Ministry of Defence said its air defence systems detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran towards the UAE. The ministry said the first missile fell outside the UAE’s territorial waters, while the second fell within the country’s territorial waters. UAE on high alertThe Ministry of»»»

JERUSALEM: Gaza health officials said Tuesday that an Israeli airstrike killed six people in the port of Gaza City and wounded a dozen more, while the Israeli army said it had targeted several Hamas commanders. Mahmoud Bassal, a spokesperson for Gaza’s civil defense agency, told AFP, that at least »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Lebanese Army Commander General Rudolph Haykal: The Army continues to implement all tasks related to the framework agreement within the ava»»»

Cairo: The State of Qatar participated Tuesday in the second meeting of the States Parties to the Arab Charter on Human Rights, held at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States. The State of Qatar was represented at the meeting by First Secretary at the Human Rights »»»

RIYADH: Brazilian photographer Humberto Martins da Silveira, who died recently, spent more than four decades traveling across Saudi Arabia with his camera. He documented its people, landscapes, architecture, heritage and transformation and, over time, the Kingdom became more than the subject of his»»»

Opponents of the Trump administration rally at City Hall in Los Angeles in April 2025. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice filed an appeal of a judge's ruling that it can't prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia on human smuggling charges. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The»»»

Rescuers search through the rubble of the Torres del Limonar building in Cali, Colombia, on Aug. 16. Dozens of rescuers from various countries worked to recover bodies from under the debris a week after an earthquake devastated the area. Photo by Mario Baos/EPA Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Colombian President »»»

AMMAN — The European Chamber of Commerce in Jordan (EuroCham Jordan) and the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday to boost economic, trade, and investment cooperation between Jordan and the EU, with a focus on Germany.The MoU was s»»»

SYDNEY — Australian mining titan BHP reported Tuesday a solid rise in annual profit boosted by surging prices for copper — a key metal for the global energy transition and AI data centres.Net profit climbed 9 per cent from a year earlier to US$9.8 billion in the financial year to June 30, said the »»»

Christian leaders and religious figures in the West Bank say difficult living conditions are pushing an increasing number of Christian families to leave their homes. The reality is threatening the historic presence of Christians in Palestinian territories. France 24's correspondent Majed Saeed repo»»»

For more than a week, militant ​Israeli settlers have encircled Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, despite the deployment of the Israeli military. The ongoing siege has prompted Palestinian-American Loui Ridi to come back to his hometown, out of fear that he could lose his propert»»»

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and British Minister of State for the Middle East Stephen Doughty on Tuesday jointly condemned recent remarks by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, which included calls for the daily killing of dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, their»»»

Egypt will increase university admissions in artificial intelligence, data science, technology, engineering and other high-demand fields while reducing intake in humanities disciplines with weaker labour-market demand. President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met on Tuesday with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbou»»»

The ceasefire that took effect in Gaza in October 2025 brought a sharp decline in the intensity of fighting, but it did not end the conflict. When the US-Israeli war with Iran erupted in February 2026, international media attention shifted decisively toward the Iranian front, while Israeli military»»»

Cairo’s hosting, on Sunday, August 16, 2026, of the conference “The India-Egypt Partnership in BRICS: Towards a Common Agenda for the Global South,” organized by the Embassy of India in Cairo in cooperation with the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), comes at a particularly important juncture »»»

The succession of heatwaves in France this year has played havoc with plants and husbandry, including in Claude Monet's celebrated home and gardens at Giverny, in Normandy. Some of the garden's most famous attractions have been damaged by the heat, as our colleagues at France 2 and Oliver Farry exp»»»

Four Hungarian universities have secured places among the top 1,000 universities globally, according to fresh results from one of the most influential international rankings of world-class universities. In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) and t»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe UAE Ministry of Defense: Air defense systems detect missile threat 18-08-2026 18:38 PM Latest News Urgent News UAE Ministry of Defense: Air»»»

CEUTA, Spain – Weeks after some 70,000 migrants tried to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, the ones who chose to stay have settled on El Trampolin beach. They hail from various countries, speak different languages and crossed many borders to get to this strip»»»

We start the programme with the latest in the Russia-Ukraine war. Early this morning, Ukraine launched over 600 drones at the Moscow region, in one of its biggest air assaults on the Russian capital. At least three ​people, including a 10-year-old girl, were injured in the region. Meanwhile, a Russ»»»

President ​Volodymyr Zelensky nominated ​Yevheny Khmara for parliamentary approval ​to become Defence minister. Khmara served ​as acting ‌minister following the abrupt dismissal of ‌his predecessor, Mykhailo Fedorov, in June, which ​sparked public outrage and a week-long ​political crisis ​for Zele»»»

Russia and Myanmar have strengthened financial ties, with two-thirds of bilateral transactions now conducted in rubles, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “Stable channels for financial settlements have been established, with two-thirds of commercial transactions conducted in Russian rubles,” P»»»

Kigali: The UAE and Senegal will bring together governments, development finance institutions, investors, businesses and innovators at the 2026 UN Water Conference in Abu Dhabi to help turn Africa's water commitments into investable projects, a senior UAE official has said. Speaking at the Africa W»»»

DAMASCUS, Syria: Inspectors with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog have begun excavating at a site believed to be linked to a clandestine nuclear program run by Syria’s former government, the agency’s chief said on Thursday. The announcement came as Syria’s new government has pledged to cooperat»»»

Plamen Evgeniev, a prosecutor with the Sofia Appellate Prosecution Office, has submitted his candidacy for the position of elective member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), the SJC press centre reported Tuesday. He cites his high moral and professional qualities, his extensive legal experience»»»

Deputy District Prosecutor of the Smolyan District Prosecutor’s Office Atanas Iliev has been nominated for a member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors’ quota, the SJC press centre said. Iliev was nominated by Stanchо Stanchev, Deputy District Prosecutor of the Smolyan Distri»»»

Prosecutor Ivan Taskov of the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office (SCPO) has been nominated for a member of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors’ quota, the SJC press office said Tuesday. He was nominated by Teodora Zlateva, a prosecutor at the SCPO, who cited his moral, ethical, prof»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Reports: Israeli airstrike on Gaza coast results in deaths and injuries 18-08-2026 18:32 PM Latest News Urgent News Reports: Israeli airstr»»»

The UAE Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that the country's air defence systems had detected a missile threat directed towards the UAE. The ministry urged the public to follow warnings and updates issued through official channels. It added that any sounds heard were the result of air defence sys»»»

The Trump administration is preparing to tell Kazakhstan and 34 other countries that they may have to choose between competing US-backed and China-backed artificial intelligence frameworks as Washington intensifies efforts to shape global technology alliances. The scenario is outlined in an exclusi»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will head to Rome this week for talks focusing on future of the United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, whose mandate ends this year, a Lebanese official told AFP.The visit scheduled for Thursday comes after Italy and France said in June that they »»»

The Democratic Bulgaria coalition Tuesday reported of an upcoming change of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) Management Board and insisted on an independent and professional supervision of the bank, the formation's press centre said. Bozhidar Bozhanov, co-leader of the Yes, Bulgaria party withi»»»

Doha, Qatar: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari confirmed Tuesday that the invitation remains open to Iran to send a technical team to review all the details of the search and rescue operations related to its »»»

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Doha, Qatar: Hamad International Airport shared an arrival guide for travelers arriving during what they called one of HIA’s “busiest arrival periods”. “This August, Doha welcomes home thousands of families and students returning from their summer travels,” HIA mentioned in its guide. On “Travellin»»»

OpenAI introduced ChatGPT for Teens on Tuesday, a new version of its popular chatbot that caters to younger users by limiting higher-risk topics. File Photo by Adam Vaughan/EPA Aug. 18 (UPI) -- OpenAI introduced ChatGPT for Teens on Tuesday, a new version of its popular chatbot that caters to young»»»

A bulldozer accompanied by Lebanese army soldiers works to clear roads at the entrance of the southern village of Zawtar al‑Gharbiya, Lebanon, following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area. Zawtar al-Gharbiya, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Photo by Lebanese Army Press Service/UPI | »»»

PoliticsAfghanistanAfghanistan: Only 5% of labor market are women under TalibanMark Hallam with Reuters, open source materialThe International Labour Organization estimates that only 5.1% of workers in Afghanistan are women, five years after the Taliban's return to power. That's less than a third o»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia strongly condemned Israeli airstrikes on a military airbase in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, calling the attack a “flagrant violation” of international law and Syrian sovereignty. “The Kingdom stresses its rejection of this blatant attack,” the Saudi foreign ministry said, ren»»»

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates issued a brief phone alert for “potential missile threats” on Tuesday with the ministry of defense confirming it had detected missiles “directed toward the country” for the first time in months. “Due to the current situation, potential missile threats, immediately se»»»

WASHINGTON: OpenAI on Tuesday launched a version of ChatGPT tailored for minors, with parental controls and enhanced security features, as online platforms face scrutiny over the risks of AI chatbots. The new “ChatGPT for Teens” mode will limit conversations about high-risk topics such as self-harm»»»