An appeals court on Friday upheld an order halting work on Donald Trump's prized White House ballroom, setting up another battle in the Supreme Court over the limits of presidential authority. The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, which had allowed construction to continue while it considered»»»

MOSCOW: Russian strikes on Ukraine’s southeastern Dnipropetrovsk ​Region on Friday killed two people and injured six, the regional governor said. Oleksandr ‌Hanzha, writing ‌on ​Telegram, ‌said ⁠Russian ​forces had launched ⁠nearly 50 attacks on five districts in the region, deploying ⁠drones, arti»»»

Makkah: Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia HH Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met in Makkah on Friday with Prime Minister of Pakistan,Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. The two sides reviewed bilateral relations and ways to boost cooperation across various fields, in addition to»»»

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Booklegger_Eureka (@booklegger_eureka) Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A California book store recently received a package that turned out to contain a book that was stolen 40 years earlier, along with an apology note and $100. Booklegger in Old Town Eureka said on soci»»»

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dallas Animal Services (@dallasanimalservices) Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Animal services workers in Dallas came to the rescue of a raccoon seen wandering a neighborhood for several days with a mayonnaise jar stuck over its head. The raccoon, dubbed Mayonesa by loc»»»

Author: Mara van der Lugt The climate debate is rife with calls for optimism. While temperatures rise and disasters intensify, we are asked to maintain optimism and hope, as if the real threat is pessimism and despair. In this erudite and engaging book, Mara van der Lugt argues that this is a mista»»»

Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Cuban authorities have concluded rescue operations after the collapse of an abandoned school in Villa Clara province that left two people dead and one injured. Investigators said the building had been declared unsafe year ago. More than 100 rescuers worked for more than 16 hours to »»»

Dubai Police have launched Horizon X, a new initiative designed to transform future opportunities into innovative projects that strengthen institutional readiness and accelerate the development of next-generation policing solutions. Led by the Future Foresight Centre, the initiative supports Dubai »»»

Damascus, Aug. 7 (SANA) The “Four Seas” initiative is emerging as a major pathway for to restore its regional economic role by leveraging its geographic position to connect the Gulf, Iraq and Central Asia with Türkiye and Europe through the Mediterranean, while opening opportunities in trade, energ»»»

1 of 2 | Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is projected to win the Republican primary for governor of Tennessee on Friday. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump lost his primary in Tennessee while longtime Sen. Marsha Blackburn's »»»

Damascus, Aug. 7 (SANA) Finance Minister Mohammed Yisr Barnieh expressed his gratitude to the World Bank Board of Executive Directors for approving a $100 million grant to support financial sector reforms in Syria, particularly the development of financial infrastructure and strengthening the capac»»»

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a punishing Russian sanctions package Friday, the result of a year-long campaign by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham to reinforce US support for Ukraine and try to force President Vladimir Putin's hand as the grinding war drags on. The bipartisan legislation, which pa»»»

LONDON: Syrian authorities said on Friday that they arrested two suspected drug traffickers in the coastal governorate of Tartous and seized narcotics, weapons and ammunition. The Interior Ministry’s Drug Enforcement Department said that its officers carried out the operation after surveilling the »»»

SILVERSTONE, UK: McLaren boss Andrea Stella is proud of the way Formula One world champion Lando Norris and teammate Oscar Piastri have conducted themselves following last season’s battle for the drivers’ championship. British driver Norris eventually overcame the Australian in a three-way fight, a»»»

Tunis, August 7 (TAP) - Tunindex closed Friday's session down 0.38% to 20,042.75 points with a traded volume of TND 7.8 million, said broker Tunisie Valeurs. SOTUMAG shares were the best performers after posting a 6% rise to TND 19.080, trading for...»»»

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said those sanctioned facilitated the purchase, import, maintenance and modernization of weapons and military equipment primarily from Russia and China. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department imposed a new package of re»»»

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar welcomed the release by the Congolese authorities of 15 detained persons and the facilitation by the International Committee of the Red Cross of their transfer and handover to the Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement on 6 and 7 August, pursuant to the Mechanism for»»»

Young men who returned from Spain gather at the Bab Sebta border crossing near Fnideq, Morocco, on July 31. The rush of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa has led to an escalating border dispute between Spain and Italy. Photo by Jalal Morchidi/EPA Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Spain has t»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanon and Israel have agreed a shortlist of countries that could send troops to verify the disarmament of Hezbollah under a US-brokered agreement, a Lebanese official said on Friday, with the United States due to pick countries from the list. The official declined to identify any of the c»»»

A fire has broken out at the MOL oil refinery in Bratislava/Pozsony, with witnesses reporting at least one enormous explosion – here is what we know so far. Explosion and fire at MOL oil refinery in Bratislava/Pozsony A fire erupted on Friday at the MOL oil refinery complex in Bratislava, Prime Min»»»

The Dominican Republic has become the first country in which the United States has launched a pilot program allowing it to require a bond from certain immigrant visa applicants considered at risk of becoming a "public charge. Photo by jackmac34!Pixabay Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The Dominican Republic has bec»»»

Bulgaria insists that Iva Mihailova, a Bulgarian in North Macedonia who is charged with a serious traffic offence and was among those injured in the relevant road accident in October 2025, should be granted access to timely and appropriate medical care, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said in a stat»»»

Tunis, August 7 (TAP) - Tunindex ended the week (August 3-7) at 20,042.75 points, keeping its yearly performance at 49%, said broker Tunisie Valeurs. The traded volume rose to TND 40.9 million, with a daily average of TND 8.2 million thanks to 4...»»»

New Delhi: At least 97 people have died in flooding in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. According to official sources, the floods have affected nearly 170,000 people and forced thousands to seek shelter in temporary relief camps after rivers overflowed and inundated homes. More than 14,000 h»»»

Damascus, Aug. 7 (SANA) Central Bank of Syria Governor Mohammed Safwat Raslan said that the World Bank’s approval of a $100 million grant to support the modernization of Syria’s financial sector represents an important milestone in developing the country’s financial and banking infrastructure, and »»»

Abu ‌Dhabi National Oil Company said on Friday it was being significantly impacted by what ​it described as unprovoked attacks on its people and assets, as it sought to continue meeting customer requirements in an “exceptionally challenging environment.” ADNOC said in a statement that 15 of its ves»»»

NEW YORK: The soccer ball that Diego Maradona used to score his notorious “Hand of God” goal during Argentina’s win over England in the 1986 World Cup is expected to sell for $10 million at a US auction this month. Maradona’s goal in the quarter-final match saw him illegally punch the ball into the»»»

Abu Dhabi: Rain fell along the Abu Dhabi–Razin road in the Al Dhafra region on Friday as the UAE entered a period of unsettled weather expected to continue for four days, with the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) forecasting showers of varying intensity, thunderstorms and strong winds across pa»»»

US President Donald Trump has denounced a Washington Post report that he said falsely claimed he was frustrated with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over misleading information about the state of American munitions stockpiles. He called the article “treasonous” and rejected the paper’s account of »»»

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Heavy rain brought Delhi-NCR to a standstill on Friday, with flooded roads, waterlogging and long traffic queues disrupting daily travel across the region. According to media reports, commuters faced severe delays as vehicles struggled through waterlogged stretches, with slow traffic movement repor»»»

1 of 2 | Among 32 states that share data on votes cast by mail, about one-third of voters used mail-in voting in the 2024 election. About two-thirds of voters either voted early or cast ballots by mail, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo Aug. 7 (UPI) --»»»

SAN ISIDRO, Argentina: Diego Maradona was bedridden, suffering from edema, and appeared resigned to his fate in his final days, according to the testimony of the Argentine football legend’s masseur at the trial into the circumstances of his death in 2020. Maradona “wouldn’t get out of bed, he didn’»»»

CASABLANCA, Morocco: Seven Moroccan taxi drivers were sentenced to up to six months in prison and fined $1,070 each for aiding irregular migration by driving people to the Spanish border in Ceuta. It marked the first ruling in Morocco tied to the surge of more than 70,000 people crossing into the t»»»

WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for US ​President Donald Trump’s administration to end temporary protections from deportation that had allowed hundreds of South Sudanese nationals to live and work in the United States. US District Judge Patti Saris in Boston rejected a last-di»»»

Addis Ababa: Ethiopia earned a record more than 5.7 billion U.S. dollars from the export of key mineral resources during the recently concluded fiscal year, the country's Ministry of Mines has announced. The ministry said in a statement issued Thursday that gold export accounted for the largest sha»»»

Washington, Aug. 7 (SANA) The World Bank announced on Friday that its Board of Executive Directors approved a $100 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to support Syria in building a modern, secure, and digitally enabled financial sector. According to the official stat»»»

The refusal by the US and Europe to provide Ukraine with more Patriot missiles points to depleted stockpiles and sluggish interceptor production, military expert and Arsenal of the Fatherland columnist Alexander Sinyugin tells Sputnik. The earlier plan for European countries to buy Patriot missiles»»»

President Donald Trump speaks to the press about the new East Wing next to the construction site at the White House on May 19. An appeals court has ruled that the project to build a ballroom at the site needs congressional approval. File Photo by Samuel Corum/UPI | License Photo Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A f»»»

JERUSALEM: The number of Palestinian children held by Israel without charge or trial has nearly doubled in just over a year, according to prison data obtained by the Israeli human rights organization Parents Against Child Detention. Dozens have been detained for more than 12 months. The figures rev»»»

BELGRADE: Feliks, a rare eastern imperial eagle, is again soaring through the skies of his Serbian homeland after being rescued from the clutches of bird smugglers during his inaugural migration, the national bird society said Friday. Serbia’s Bird Protection and Study Society, which helped return »»»

BELGRADE - A Serbian Air Force Mi-17 helicopter joined firefighting efforts in the Deliblato Sands, northern Serbia, on Friday morning after Serbian Armed Forces personnel were deployed on the ground on Thursday night, the MoD said in a statement. It said the Serbian Armed Forces had joined the eff»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's Emergency Response Team reviewed on Friday the current hydrological and meteorological situation, as well as the latest information on wildfires in Serbia, at a session also attended by PM Djuro Macut, and adopted additional measures to prevent the consequences of adverse weathe»»»

On Polymarket, you can bet on almost anything – and its opposite. Now you can place your money on who will become Hungary’s next president. The website, which has been blocked in Hungary, has already “predicted” victories for Donald Trump and Péter Magyar. If it gets this one right, it could prove »»»

THE HAGUE: An international police operation led by Spanish authorities dismantled a major criminal network involved in trafficking migrants, drugs and weapons across the Western Mediterranean, the European Union police agency Europol and Spain’s Civil Guard announced Friday. The takedown of the gr»»»

Stuart Norval is pleased to welcome Steven Ekovich, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at American University of Paris. The Michigan Democratic Senate primary offers a revealing case study of the struggle between ideological conviction and electoral pragmatism. Ericovich argues that while»»»

A US state court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and restrict some Facebook and Instagram features for children, in what is being described as the largest child-safety ruling against the company. The court found that Meta had created a “public nuisance” that endangered young users. The ruling »»»

Doha: Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry HE Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Sayed met via video conference with Minister of State for Trade in the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade in the United Kingdom HE Anas Sarwar. The meeting dis»»»

DOHA: The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA), represented by the National Cyber Security Academy, has organized the first cohort of its Cybersecurity Managers Program. The program was designed to equip department managers with strategic frameworks, governance knowledge, and practical skills to s»»»

Saudi Arabia said Friday that the joint defence pact signed with Turkey and Pakistan was not linked to "any nuclear ambitions" and was not a threat to any country in the region. The pact comes as regional powers seek to strengthen security ties amid the US-Iran war. Follow our liveblog for the late»»»