Dubai: Kuwaiti Defense Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Mohammad Asif, signed a joint defense and military cooperation agreement in Islamabad, Kuwait news agency (KUNA) reported. The ceremony was attended by Chief of the General Staff of »»»

A rift within Israel’s right-wing bloc burst into the open as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party accused far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of potentially handing power to the opposition by refusing to join forces with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ahead of Octobe»»»

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency detected excessive concentrations of aflatoxins B1 and B2, as well as excessive total levels of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2, in two consignments of peanuts - one weighing 19.921 tonnes and originating from the US, and the other weighing 18 tonnes and originating fr»»»

A federal judge in northern California ruled that the U.S. Defense Department's sanctioning of AI firm Anthropic as a security risk was unlawful. File photo by Adam Vaugham/EPA Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A federal judge in northern California ruled that the U.S. Defense Department's sanctioning of AI firm An»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of condolences to HM King Haakon VIII of the Kingdom of Norway, on the death of his father, King Harald V.»»»

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, on Thursday discussed a proposed framework that includes the creation of a temporary shipping corridor through the Strait of Hormuz. During the meeting, while welcoming the contin»»»

European Council President António Costa will meet Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar in Budapest on Wednesday, 2 September, as part of a wider tour of EU member states. Costa announced the meeting in a statement on Friday, outlining the schedule for the second week of his tour of European capit»»»

Remittances to Kyrgyzstan totaled $1,539.5 billion in the first half of 2026, the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. Outflows from the country through money transfer systems amounted to $150.6 million, bringing the net inflow to $1,388.9 billion. Remittance inflows have been rising sinc»»»

US President Donald Trump has officially renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” as trade-related tensions between Canada and the United States continue to escalate. The premier of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, told Trump to “kiss my a**” this week and threatened to cut electricity supplies»»»

Ukraine’s military continues to embrace a sinister and systematic pattern of warfare explicitly targeting the defenseless. Fresh testimonies and official reports from Russian regions paint a damning picture of how drones and artificial intelligence are used by the Ukraine regime to hunt civilians, »»»

Filip & Company law firm announces a significant victory before the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ). Having taken on the case in the final appeal, the firm’s team succeeded in overturning the decision of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, which had ordered a 30-day suspension of ROMATSA’s op»»»

Minister of Environment and Water Rositsa Karamfilova told reporters here on Friday that her Ministry is monitoring the quality of the water in Strumyani to make sure that it is suitable for drinking. After a state of emergency was declared in the village due to a flood caused by an overflowing riv»»»

An exhibition featuring 70 grape varieties was held at the Institute of Viticulture and Enology in Pleven Friday as part of the 4th Time for Wine Festival of Wine and Farm Delicacies, which opened in the city on the same day. The institute presented 49 varieties, including nearly 30 table grapes, 1»»»

Frankfurt, Germany: Two workers at Germany's Frankfurt airport who caught malaria from a mosquito thought to have arrived on a plane have died, the city's health authority said Wednesday. Airport officials had earlier said one employee had perished, with six workers infected. The Robert Koch Instit»»»

Tunis, Aug. 28 (TAP)- The Exports Promotion Centre (CEPEX) announced a call for applications for a business development mission as part of the next edition of ExpoBeton RDC- the concrete and construction trade fair in the Democratic Republic of...»»»

CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s unusual trip to Moscow this week has triggered intense speculation about what messages Washington’s top spy carried into talks with his Russian counterparts. Neither Washington nor Moscow has provided a detailed official account of the discussions. President Donald Tru»»»

A settlement is being negotiated behind the scenes concerning the Ali al-Taher hill, the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Friday. “This settlement, involving the Americans and Israelis on one side, and the Iranians and Hezbollah on the other, stipulates the withdrawal of Hezbollah and Iranian R»»»

PALANGKARAYA: Indonesia has intensified efforts to fight wildfires with cloud seeding and water bombing as thousands of people countrywide battle to breathe in the smoke and haze, officials said on Friday. More than five million people on Borneo and Sumatra islands were directly exposed to the risk»»»

ALKHOBAR: Long before women’s kickboxing classes became widely available in Saudi Arabia, Nojoud Alayoubi was learning martial arts movements at home from her father, and watching her brothers train in karate and aikido. The 34-year-old Saudi kickboxing coach and athletic physical rehabilitation sp»»»

Nuwakot, Nepal: Rescuers ploughed on with their search Friday for survivors of deadly floods and landslides that struck Nepal and Tibet, with the threat of new torrents complicating their gargantuan task. Emergency teams have recovered 482 bodies after a tsunami-like wall of water and mud crashed d»»»

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»»»

Aibek Dadebay has been elected Speaker of Kazakhstan’s new Parliament. Deputies of the Kurultai unanimously supported his candidacy in a secret ballot on Friday. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had previously nominated Dadebay for the position. Before his appointment, Aibek Dadebay was the leader o»»»

An entrance arch to Talas region has been renovated as part of preparations for the celebration of the 35th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan’s independence. Presidential Envoy to Talas region Ermat Dzhumaev told 24.kg news agency. According to him, the work is being carried out on the president’s instruct»»»

The Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) 2026 got underway on Friday, bringing together thousands of exhibitors, experts and enthusiasts from around the world. Held under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and»»»

Hussein Mughniyeh Barak Ravid, born on May 22, 1980, in the occupied territories, is hardly a fringe figure wandering around the outskirts of diplomatic journalism. He is one of the most influential correspondents covering US-Israel relations and West Asian geopolitics, serving simultaneously as a »»»

Dubai: Dubai International Airport (DXB) is rolling out more advanced security scanners that will allow passengers to keep laptops, liquids and other items inside their hand luggage, as the airport continues a major technology upgrade aimed at making security checks faster and less intrusive. The d»»»

A FlyArystan aircraft caught fire at Almaty airport during maintenance work. The fire was quickly extinguished, but one Air Astana employee was injured, Tengri Travel reported. According to the airline, scheduled maintenance was being carried out on the aircraft when a localized fire broke out. Air»»»

A man in Bishkek was held accountable for showing disrespect toward the national flag of Kyrgyzstan, the press service of the Department of Internal Affairs of Sverdlovsky district reported. Police discovered a video on social media in which the author showed an outdoor shower with the national fla»»»

Hungary’s Parliament has elected Anna Unger Róza as president of the country’s newly established National Asset Protection and Asset Recovery Office (NVVH) in a secret ballot. Unger received 137 votes in favour, seven against and one abstention in Friday’s parliamentary vote. At the same time, MPs »»»

We are deeply saddened by the loss of lives caused by the wildfires that swept through several provinces in Algeria. We wish Allah’s mercy upon those who lost their lives in the wildfires, and extend our condolences to their families and to the people of Algeria.»»»

Seven commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz ​on Thursday, down from 17 a day earlier ‌and below the 10-day average of 15, preliminary shipping data showed on Friday. Among the seven vessels that transited were two medium-range ​tankers, one very large gas carrier (VLGC), one Ultramax ​ve»»»

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"It [Finland] provides Ukraine with intelligence information, including data obtained by Finnish satellites… Everyone thinks that it is mainly the American constellation working for Ukraine's army, but that is far from the case," Russian Academy of Sciences analyst Nikolai Plotnikov tells Sputnik. »»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has launched the Riyadh Digital District, a new technology hub designed to attract global companies, entrepreneurs and specialised talent while strengthening the capital’s role in the digital economy. The Royal Commission for Riyadh City announced the initiative on Thursday, say»»»

The reports about a possible meeting between U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa and officials from Hezbollah are baseless and there is no intention for any communication, diplomatic sources told Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel on Friday. MTV had reported overnight that Issa had obtained a green »»»

Dubai: Foreign ministers from the 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) elected Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed as the group’s next secretary-general on Thursday. Ould Cheikh Ahmed will succeed Chad’s Hussein Ibrahim Taha, who took office in November 2021 a»»»

Abu Dhabi: Diplomacy and negotiation require a careful balance between flexibility and holding firmly to a position that serves the national interest, Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE President, said on Friday. In a post on X, Gargash said successful negotiations depended on a realis»»»

More than 123,000 Emirati women are now working in the UAE private sector, an increase of more than 128 per cent compared with 2023, according to new figures from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation. The number reached 123,388 women by the end of the first half of 2026, while more tha»»»

Marta GrudzinskaOne of the world's most valuable rice varieties comes from a region now divided by a border. India and Pakistan both claim basmati, but the EU has yet to decide who can claim the name. https://p.dw.com/p/5JYeZAdvertisementThe fight over basmati rice has become one of the most comple»»»

Dubai: Dubai’s property market opened Friday with two large villa transactions in the Burj Khalifa area worth a combined Dh1.2 billion, including a sale valued at Dh725 million. According to data from the Dubai REST app, the sale involved a villa covering about 379,000 square feet, putting the tran»»»

Two people were killed by an explosion on Friday in front of the Hassakeh courthouse, in Syria's predominantly Kurdish northeast, state news agency SANA reported. SANA quoted a security source as saying that the blast was from a hand grenade and that it killed, according to health authorities, a ma»»»

Thousands of people gathered to pay their respect and leave flowers in Palace Square in the center of Oslo on Friday after the passing of King Harald V earlier. Photo by Thomas Andersen/Pool/EPA Aug. 28 (UPI) -- King Harald V of Norway died early Friday in an Oslo hospital where he was undergoing t»»»

The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Board set tariff quotas for Kyrgyzstan on meat imports for 2027 to ensure food security and meet domestic demand, the EEC website reported. The total tariff quota for meat imports into Kyrgyzstan in 2027 is 65,000 tonnes. The quota is divided into three main c»»»

‌Iran’s Foreign Ministry said all countries were obliged ​to refrain from implementing US sanctions against Tehran, adding that participation in them amounted to complicity in imposing ‌one state’s ‌unlawful ​will ‌on independent ⁠states. In ​a statement ⁠published on its X account on Friday, the m»»»

A geospatial study is being carried out in a bid to pinpoint the causes for a flash flood near Strumyani in southwestern Bulgaria. "A team from the Institute of Geospatial Research and Technologies at Sofia University is currently conducting a detailed survey and mapping of the Shashka River catchm»»»

Every effort is being made to locate all components of the suspected jamming device in Sofia's Dragalevtsi neighbourhood, Prime Minister Rumen Radev told journalists on Friday. Radev was responding to information released by the Sofia District Prosecution Office on Thursday that, according to preli»»»

More than 100 technology, cybersecurity, financial services, and infrastructure companies have signed an open letter warning that AI-enabled cyberattacks are likely to become significantly more widespread and sophisticated in the coming months, Reuters reported. The signatories include major AI dev»»»

Banca Transilvania (BT) has expanded its digital onboarding options for Romanians living abroad, allowing them to use passports issued to Romanian citizens domiciled abroad to open bank accounts fully online through the BT Pay app. New customers can open accounts in multiple currencies and automati»»»

Romania’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market grew by 3.4% in value in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to a YouGov Shopper study. The data point to increasingly cautious consumer behaviour. Nearly two-thirds of Romanians expect their financial situatio»»»