WASHINGTON: A Massachusetts woman who told police that she brought homemade firebombs to the US Capitol to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was sentenced on Tuesday to just over six years in prison. Riley English, a 26-year-old transgender woman, said she was in the grips of a mental health cr»»»

NEW YORK: US authorities expanded its prosecution of a sprawling Iranian hacking network Tuesday, bringing to 17 the number of indicted suspects for an alleged campaign against universities, companies, and government agencies. The Department of Justice unveiled a new indictment targeting eight addi»»»

A large number of Pakistani workers and community members gathered at a farmhouse in Abu Nakhla to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day with patriotic fervour, cultural activities and a strong spirit of unity and brotherhood. The celebration was organised by Zeeshan Chuhan, CEO of A Plus Plastic a»»»

QNA Doha Prime Minister of Grenada Dickon Mitchell affirmed the strength of relations between his country and the State of Qatar, describing them as very good and continually improving. In an exclusive interview with the Qatar News Agency (QNA) on Tuesday, the Prime Minister of Grenada said his off»»»

Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi on Tuesday metwith Ambassador of Libya to Qatar HE Mohammed Mustafa Al Saghir Al Lafi on the occasion of the end of his tenure. The secretary-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanked the ambassador for»»»

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi on Tuesday received a copy of the credentials of Ambassador of Sweden to Qatar HE Josefin Simonsson Broden. The Minister of State wished the ambassador success in carrying out her duties, assuring her of full support to advance bi»»»

Tribune News Network Doha BilAraby, a Qatar Foundation initiative, has concluded its regional ‘BilAraby in…’ series. Organised by local partners in Damascus, Amman, and Djerba, from August 4 to 9, 2026, the events featured speakers from Syria, Jordan, and Tunisia who shared ideas in Arabic deeply r»»»

Tribune News Network DOHA The Local Organising Committee for the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qatar 2027 hosted an exclusive site visit for media representatives and social media content creators at Al Janoub Arena on August 18, providing an introduction to the tournament and offering a first look at »»»

AMMAN — The Vocational Training Corporation (VTC) is expanding its training programmes and partnerships with the private sector and international institutions to meet changing labour market needs, its General Director, Raafat Sawafin said.In an interview with The Jordan Times, the General Director »»»

TRIPOLI: Nine ‌bodies of migrants have been recovered in the past two days from the shores ​of an eastern suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli after their boat capsized, the Tripoli Red Crescent branch said. The Red Crescent branch said in a statement late on Monday that the bodies were recovered ‌»»»

Share: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi at a press conference in Damascus, Syria on Tuesday. (Photo by Izz Aldien Alqasem/Anadolu via Getty Images) UN inspectors this week visited several undeclared Assad-era Syrian nuclear sites for the first time — includin»»»

Kenyan cryptocurrency startups are considering shifting operations to Mauritius or South Africa after new regulations imposed minimum capital requirements that founders say could price smaller companies out of the country's rapidly growing virtual-asset market. At least five startup founders are co»»»

Zambians voted in presidential, parliamentary and local elections on August 13, with President Hakainde Hichilema favoured to win a second term as voters weighed an improving economy against persistent cost-of-living pressures, Reuters reported. Polls opened at 6 a.m. and were due to close&nbs»»»

Just over half of the Ukrainians living abroad still intend to come home, down from more than two-thirds a year ago, as new lives in the EU take root. The share planning to return fell to 53% from 68%, while the share who say they do not intend to return at all doubled to 34% from 17%, according to»»»

The European Union has always lagged behind American efforts to innovate, but while it has long-term, structural problems to deal with in this area, it is also true that the Commission has been handed a more immediate chance to boost the bloc's prospects. The US has cut back on federal research gra»»»

Egypt launched a mobile application for real estate transactions on Tuesday to provide faster and easier services to citizens, a move unveiled by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly during the inauguration of a new Premium Tax Services Center in New Alamein City. Developed to support the state’s effort»»»

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly witnessed the handover of the leadership of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) between newly appointed chairperson Mostafa Sheikhoun and outgoing chairperson Waleid Gamal El-Din. Madbouly received Sheikhoun following a presidential decree by President Abdel Fattah»»»

Agostino Abbatiello is accused of being a ringleader in a cocaine-trafficking operation allegedly involving two fraternities at Penn State University. Photo by Pennsylvania attorney general's office Aug. 18 (UPI) -- The alleged ringleader of a drug-trafficking ring operating via two Penn State Univ»»»

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»»»

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 »»»

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»»»

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»»»

CAIRO: Karen Morad went blind five years ago, yet on holiday in Kenya in June, the 16-year-old Cairo schoolgirl felt like she could suddenly see again thanks to an app developed by her brother that described the safari in audiovisual. Using the AI-assisted app inserted into Meta META.O glasses, Kar»»»

The US would not allow the reconstruction of Gaza until the Palestinian enclave is fully demilitarized, President Donald Trump’s peace envoy Jared Kushner said following meetings with Hamas officials and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, held a rare in-person m»»»

Cairo: The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday announced that the Egyptian sailors detained in Iran's Bandar Abbas Port since January have been released, with arrangements made for their safe return to Egypt. In a statement, the Ministry said that the Egyptian interests section in Tehra»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, participated in the 18th specialist committee meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states' Zakat authorities. Held via videoconference on Tuesday, the meeting came in the context of efforts to stren»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index held steady on Tuesday, gaining just 3.52 points, or 0.03 percent, to close at 10,911.58. Total trading turnover on the benchmark index reached over SR4.9 billion ($1.31 billion), with 96 stocks advancing and 160 declining, as more than 275 million sha»»»

An international exhibition «Harmony Creates Beauty: An Art Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Civilization» was opened today, August 18, at Kyrgyzstan’s National History Museum. The exhibition was organized under a memorandum of cooperation between the National History Museum of Kyrgyzstan and the Tian»»»

The State Tax Service of Kyrgyzstan has identified 11 major foreign IT companies that receive billions of soms in payments from Kyrgyz residents but have not completed mandatory tax registration. The agency has officially warned the companies that access to their electronic services in Kyrgyzstan c»»»

RIYADH: Saudi oil giant Aramco and mining firm Ma’aden have agreed to establish a joint venture focused on mineral exploration across nearly 10 percent of the Kingdom’s total land area. Expected to be owned 51 percent by Ma’aden and 49 percent by Aramco, the newly announced joint venture will focus»»»

A ship came under attack in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday amid claims by Tehran's top negotiator that the critically important sea route would remain closed. The unnamed vessel was sailing eastbound out from Persian Gulf when it was hit. File photo by Olivier Hoslet/EPA Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A ship tr»»»

Dubai: As Tuesday draws to a close, tensions around the Strait of Hormuz remained high, with fresh threats from US President Donald Trump, conflicting positions from Washington and Tehran, and a vessel reporting a projectile strike in the strategic waterway. For UAE residents, the developments also»»»

Dubai: Two Egyptian sailors detained aboard the vessel "Reem Al Bihar" at Iran’s Bandar Abbas port since January have been released and cleared to return home, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said. The ministry said on Tuesday that diplomatic efforts conducted over several months had secured the sailors’ »»»

Hungarian foster parents who cared for a seriously ill six-year-old boy say they cannot understand why the country’s child protection authorities placed him for adoption in the United States – and they continue to fight for his return. Tibike, who does not speak English, was handed over to American»»»

The United States and Canada have wrangled for decades over trade, poking each other interminably over sore spots like Canadian softwood lumber imports and U.S. access to Canada's protected dairy market. Somehow the two neighbors still managed to remain friends, allies — and trading partners. Canad»»»

JEDDAH: Jordan’s tourism income surged 24.9 percent in July to $926.2 million, narrowing the year-to-date decline to 0.2 percent, with total tourism income reaching $4.42 billion, according to official data. The recovery, however, remained uneven across visitor markets, with tourism income from Ara»»»

Sofia Municipality’s mobile automatic monitoring station shows the key air quality indicators are within the norm, Sofia Municipality said on Tuesday. The press release comes after the local authorities received over 40 reports within an hour regarding smoke, smog, and unpleasant odors in various p»»»

Want to win Dh30,000? RTA seeks safety films Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched the second edition of its Road Safety Film Festival, offering up to Dh300,000 in cash prizes and recognition awards for creative films that promote safer road behaviour. The festival builds »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to HE Hakainde Hichilema of the Republic of Zambia on the occasion of his re-election for a second presidential term, wishing him success in his duties and the relations between the two countries continued deve»»»

Ukraine has derailed the planned August 20–21 visit of IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and the town of Energodar, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. All details had been previously worked out by the IAEA Secretariat and the Russian side. Russia provided the»»»

JOS, Nigeria: Attackers wielding guns and machetes killed at least two dozen people in central Nigeria’s Plateau state, survivors told AFP on Tuesday, the latest flare-up in a state plagued by recurring communal violence. Muslim ethnic Fulani nomadic herders have long clashed with settled farmers i»»»

Despite the rise in the inflation over the past year, Bulgarians remain optimistic about their personal finances with over 69% of participants in the third edition of ITF Group’s annual SmileCredit Focus survey expecting their financial situation to improve, show the results of the survey, received»»»

Dubai: Alliance Aviation Services has appointed aviation industry veteran Steven Greenway as its new chief executive, with the former Saudi budget airline flyadeal's boss set to take charge of the Australian specialist aviation company from October 1. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheq»»»

HEADLINES Bulgarian media on Tuesday focus on economic and social issues, including pensions, the minimum wage and consumer prices, alongside assessments of the Government's first 100 days in office. Other prominent topics include public safety, infrastructure, the activities of the Blood & Honour »»»

Doha, Qatar: Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi met on Tuesday with Ambassador of the State of Libya to the State of Qatar HE Mohammed Mustafa Al Saghir Al Lafi, on the occasion of the end of his tenure. HE Secretary-General of the Ministry of Fo»»»

Washington: An Indian-origin woman who has lived in the United States for 27 years has been detained by immigration authorities, months after a judge terminated earlier removal proceedings against her, NDTV reported. Venkata Narsamamba Vasamsetty, a grandmother of two and a lawful permanent residen»»»

TEHRAN: Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said on Tuesday that the strategic Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until the United States meets Tehran’s demands, including lifting a naval blockade. “I want to state clearly that the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until the American c»»»

Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Tuesday that the strategic Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until the United States meets Tehran's demands, including lifting a naval blockade. "I want to state clearly that the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened until the American commitme»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi Gold Refinery Co. has applied for exploration licenses in areas offered by the Egyptian government in the Eastern Desert, according to the company’s chairman, Suliman Al-Othaim, in statements to Asharq Bloomberg. Al-Othaim added that his company is looking to obtain a mining licen»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi received on Tuesday a copy of the credentials of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the State of Qatar HE Josefin Simonsson Broden. HE the Minister of State wished HE the Ambassador success in carrying out her»»»