Doha: China's electric vehicle export boom is highlighting both the success of its industrial strategy and the growing strains of an industry that is increasingly outgrowing its domestic market, Qatar National Bank (QNB) said in its weekly economic commentary. The sector's future will increasingly »»»

Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa and one of the fastest-growing airline brands globally, has announced its new flight service to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). "Ethiopian Airlines is increasing its service to the DRC with daily midday flights to and from K»»»

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from tariff negotiations with the United States Friday night. The tariffs went into effect at midnight Saturday morning. File Photo by Francis Chung/UPI | License Photo Aug. 22 (UPI) -- A 50% tariff on Canadian goods went into effect early Saturday af»»»

An investigation is under way after a dark brown liquid was observed flowing into the significantly receded bed of the Danube near Almásfüzitő, in northern Hungary. Measurements by investigative news outlet Átlátszó indicated that the liquid has a pH of 10, meaning it is strongly alkaline. The subs»»»

Riyadh, Aug. 22 (SANA) Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed al-Budaiwi condemned Saturday the Israeli E1 settlement plan, warning it threatens geographic continuity between the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem. In a statement published on the GCC website, al-Budaiwi said t»»»

Dubai: US-Iran tensions remain high, with the Strait of Hormuz at the centre of the standoff. US President Donald Trump has called the waterway 'American territory' and warned Iran against developing a nuclear weapon, while saying Tehran wants a deal. Iran has rejected new US sanctions and warned o»»»

Manila: Two people were killed and another wounded on Thursday after unidentified gunmen opened fire on their vehicle on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, according to local media reports on Saturday. The shooting took place in Maguindanao del Sur province, and the victims were tr»»»

WASHINGTON: US intelligence found no evidence to support Israeli claims that Turkiye was preparing to deploy forces at a Syrian airbase bombed by Israel this week, US special envoy Tom Barrack said. Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkiye and special presidential envoy for Syria and Iraq, challenged »»»

LONDON: Tributes were paid on Saturday to a six-year-old British-Palestinian girl who died in hospital days after her parents and sister perished in an accident at a beach in southern England. Saja Al-Khawas was pulled from the water in Shoreham on Tuesday along with the three other members of her »»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Russian strikes on targets in Ukraine effective and timely, specifying that this helps the fighters on the front line. "Of course, they are effective, these strikes. They are timely. And, undoubtedly, this helps our fighters, our guys, our heroes on the front»»»

Palangkaraya, Indonesia: Indonesia is deploying an additional 1,500 soldiers to Borneo, an official said Saturday, to help tackle wildfires that have burned through swathes of the island and created thick smog choking some areas. Fires between January and July burned over 200,000 hectares of land -»»»

Amman: Qatar's U19 handball team will face Iran on Sunday in the third round of Group B at the Asian Men's U19 Handball Championship, held in Amman, Jordan through Aug 31. Qatar head into the encounter aiming for a third consecutive victory after making an impressive start to the tournament. They o»»»

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty discussed the deployment of an international stabilization force in Gaza and the implementation of President Trump’s peace plan during a series of regional diplomatic calls on Saturday aimed at containing Middle East tensions. Speaking with Palestinian Prime»»»

The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and Banque Misr have arranged an EGP 8bn long-term syndicated financing facility for Palm for Investment and Real Estate Development, a subsidiary of Palm Hills Developments, to finance part of the investment cost of the Palm Hills New Cairo project. The financing w»»»

Tanzania inaugurated the $2.9bn Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant on Saturday, adding 2115 megawatts (MW) of electricity to its national grid through a mega-facility constructed by an Egyptian consortium. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, participat»»»

Egypt’s Healthcare Authority has agreed to move forward with a programme to train 20 Egyptian doctors in Türkiye in robotic surgery, catheterisation and advanced cardiac interventions, as the two countries seek to strengthen cooperation in healthcare. Ahmed El-Sobky, chairperson of the Egypt Health»»»

Traffic between km 26 and km 27 of the Trakia Motorway in the direction of Sofia is being carried out in the overtaking lane due to vegetation catching fire, the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) said here on Saturday. Traffic is being regulated by Traffic Police. RIA urged drivers to exercise incre»»»

The West has undermined the very principles of globalization that it had long championed, having imposed an unprecedented 30,000 sanctions on Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "With the start of the special military operation, sanctions reached unprecedented heights - more than 3»»»

Iran’s military doctrine has been changing from its previously “defensive posture toward an offensive one” amid the wars with the United States and Israel, Iranian army spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia told IRNA news agency. The revised doctrine entails a rapid and broad response to a»»»

Damascus: One person was injured on Saturday when an Israeli military drone targeted a vehicle on the road connecting the Beit Jinn Farm area and the town of Beit Jinn in the western Damascus countryside. Transported to the hospital for treatment, the injured's identity and the strike's circumstanc»»»

Who killed Tupac Shakur? Three decades after the rap superstar was murdered in Nevada, a trial in Las Vegas intends to answer that question. 63-year-old Duane Davis is accused of orchestrating the drive-by killing. Kim Langtree, lecturer in Law and the University of Salford in the UK, has been foll»»»

A car fell onto the railway track between Kurilo and Rebrovo railway stations, causing a disruption to rail traffic, the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) told BTA here on Saturday. The car was driven by a woman who is in serious condition. Interior Ministry officials are at the scene of the accident.»»»

Iran has allowed a ​number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz following repeated requests from Baghdad, ​Iran’s ‌state news agency reported ⁠on Saturday. Meanwhile, the United States and Iran exchanged defiant messages ahead of Monday's scheduled announcement of new US econom»»»

More than 100 former French and British diplomats on Saturday called on their governments to work together to uphold international law in the Palestinian territories, accusing Israel of seeking to destroy prospects for an independent Palestinian state. Dozens of former senior French and UK diplomat»»»

Former British and French diplomats are urging action over what they say is Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine. More than 100 of those diplomats have penned a letter to the French President and the British Prime Minister, calling for a ban on trade and arms sales to press Israel to accept a Palestinia»»»

International passengers flying out of India will no longer need to have their boarding passes stamped at immigration counters from September 1, as the Bureau of Immigration moves to accept e-boarding passes on smartphones at all international airports. According to a Hindustan Times report, the de»»»

DOHA: Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) welcomed its incoming students to campus during its two-day Student Orientation Program held at Minaretein and Manufactury in Education City, marking the beginning of the 2026-2027 academic year. The orientation welcomed around 900 new students across HBKU'»»»

Stockholm: Swedish police revealed that a 17-year-old female student was the fatal victim in a sword attack at a high school where widespread tributes were paid Saturday. Flowers and candles were left outside the Brinell school in Fagersta where Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and opposition leader »»»

MANILA: The Philippine government has distributed 1.66 million food packs and other relief items worth 1.09 billion pesos (about 17.6 million U.S. dollars) to families affected by recent heavy rains and the southwest monsoon, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Saturday.»»»

Tunis, Aug. 22 (TAP)- One person was rescued after a migrant boat sank off Tunisan coasts, Spokesperson for the Directorate General of the National Guard Houssem Eddine Jebabli said. Search operations are underway.The Zarzis coast guard district...»»»

Karachi: Authorities in Pakistan have arrested a man suspected of murdering his wife at his parents' house with the help of a domestic worker, police said Saturday, in a case that sparked outrage online. Hina Javed, 45, was found dead at her in-laws' home in Rawalpindi on Thursday by her brother, w»»»

Progressive Bulgaria is open to negotiations on determining the composition of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) with all parliamentary forces that want to distance themselves from the Borissov-Peevski model, Progressive Bulgaria Floor Leader MP Petar Vitanov told reporters here on Saturday. Vitan»»»

San Franciso, United States: The market debut of artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic, a chief rival to OpenAI, could break the record set by SpaceX, US media have reported. Elon Musk's space company went public in June at a value of $1.77 trillion and raised $85.7 billion in its blockbuster »»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov reviewed preparations for the official opening of the Yrys Ordo Congress Hall in Bishkek. According to the presidential press service, the complex occupies an area of 14.7 hectares and includes a central building and eight guest houses designed to accommodate o»»»

San Francisco: TikTok has reached a $400 million settlement with the US Department of Justice, ending a 2024 lawsuit alleging the company violated federal children's privacy laws. The DOJ said Friday that TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after an order vacates an ea»»»

An official ceremony marked the 149th anniversary of the Battle of Shipka. Among the official guests at the commemoration, organized by the Gabrovo Regional Administration, were President Iliana Iotova and Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov. Also in attendance were Gabrovo Regional Governor Kristina»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanese officials are intensifying diplomatic efforts to preserve an international security presence in southern Lebanon as the UN Interim Force in Lebanon moves toward the end of its mandate. The future of UNIFIL and security arrangements in southern Lebanon featured prominently in Lebane»»»

NEW YORK: A US federal judge has struck down a government ban on visas to nationals from 75 countries who wish to settle in the country indefinitely, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. In a ruling issued on Friday in the Southern District of New York, Judge Jeannette »»»

DOHA: The Embassy of the State of Qatar in Hanoi has urged Qatari citizens in Vietnam to exercise the utmost caution as Tropical Storm “Narra” strikes northern Vietnam. The embassy said the effects of the storm are expected to continue until August 25, and called on Qatari citizens to follow safety»»»

Washington: Departing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that she will join a pro-Trump political fundraising group when she leaves her post at the end of the month. The 28-year-old spokeswoman will re-join MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump "super PAC," or political action committee»»»

Prime Minister Péter Magyar says electricity generation at Unit 3 of Hungary’s Paks Nuclear Power Plant could resume as early as Saturday evening, following a rise in the Danube’s water level and emergency works carried out near the plant. Third reactor block could restart ahead of schedule “Thanks»»»

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said neighboring countries have sent Tehran messages seeking new regional security arrangements and expanded economic cooperation, arguing that US policies have undermined the security of its own allies. “We’ve received numerous messages from neig»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has opened a new bridge near Dubai World Trade Centre, cutting journey times in the area from about 10 minutes to two. The 500-metre, two-lane bridge is part of the Al Mustaqbal Street Development Project and is designed to improve traffic flow for motor»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE and the United States have agreed to establish the world’s first bilateral task force dedicated to accelerating the development of military artificial intelligence applications. Task Force Talon Synapse will be based in Abu Dhabi and is expected to formally launch in the coming w»»»

Cairo: Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty and Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohamed Mustafa discussed, in a telephone call today, the developments in the occupied Palestinian territories. The call addressed the developments in the Gaza Strip and the efforts made by Egypt, in coordination with »»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s National Centre of Meteorology has issued an alert for convective clouds and rainfall across parts of the country on Saturday, with showers expected to range from light to moderate and become heavy at times. The alert is in effect from 1.30pm until 9pm on Saturday, with the wea»»»

Dubai: Over 1,000 doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals have come together at Burjeel Medical City (BMC) in Abu Dhabi to create a giant Onam Pookalam, but this year, the colourful floral carpet carries a message that goes beyond the festival. Spread across 250 square metres and comple»»»

NEW YORK: A US federal judge has struck down a government ban on visas to nationals from 75 countries who wish to settle in the country indefinitely, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. In a ruling issued on Friday in the Southern District of New York, Judge Jeannette »»»

Police in Bishkek are investigating a report of a bomb threat at a shopping center, the Internal Affairs Department of Sverdlovsky district told 24.kg news agency. According to the department, at about 3:35 p.m. on August 22, 2026, an unidentified man called and demanded that 500,000 soms be transf»»»

Ice cream has become a noticeably more expensive summer treat in Poland. A scoop now typically costs PLN 9–13, meaning a family of four can easily spend PLN 72–100 or more if everyone orders two scoops. Finax notes that retail ice cream prices have barely changed, but ice cream shop prices reflect »»»