Abu Dhabi: The UAE has expressed its solidarity with Algeria over the victims of wildfires in the northeast of the country, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign »»»

Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has repeatedly humiliated and abused a former household worker, at one point calling him an “undeveloped Moroccan,” a new lawsuit claims. The controversy adds to a years-long trail of remarkably similar allegations, painting a p»»»

Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said Friday that the group had broken the “Greater Israel” project and would remain steadfast, declaring: “We will hold our heads high and will not surrender.” Sheikh Qassem made the remarks during a central religious festival organized by Hezbollah at»»»

Damascus, Aug. 28 (SANA) The Ministry of Economy and Industry signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia’s Ithraa Group to rehabilitate, modernise and operate the General Company for Iron and Steel Products in Hama, known as the Hama Steel Plant. The MoU was signed during the 63rd Damas»»»

Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj has revoked the order that temporarily delegated the powers of the city’s mayor to Deputy Mayor Anuela Ristani, according to a new order signed by Veliaj. The order formally annuls the previous decision delegating the mayor’s duties, meaning Ristani will no longer exercise»»»

Neoliberalism is routinely characterized as an antidemocratic, expert-driven project aimed at insulating markets from politics, devised in the North Atlantic and projected on the rest of the world. Revising this understanding, “Toward a Free Economy” shows how economic conservatism emerged and was »»»

LONDON: Israeli police reportedly entered a home in Silwan this week while searching for suspects in a family dispute. Instead, authorities said they found a nearly 2,000-year-old burial chamber beneath the Palestinian family’s residence. Israeli media, including The Jerusalem Post, reported that t»»»

LONDON: Israeli police reportedly entered a home in Silwan this week while searching for suspects in a family dispute. Instead, authorities said they found a nearly 2,000-year-old burial chamber beneath the Palestinian family’s residence. Israeli media, including The Jerusalem Post, reported that t»»»

DOHA: His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolence to President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria HE Abdelmadjid Tebboune on the victims of wildfires that raged in some eastern and central states of Algeria, wishing the injured »»»

RIYADH: The Sakaka Cultural House, in cooperation with the Cinema Association, hosted a cultural event recently featuring the screening of five independent short films to showcase local productions and culture. Marking the first collaboration between the two entities, the event aimed to enrich the »»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Elkhereiji met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau Fatoumata Jau on the sidelines of the Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Jeddah on Friday. During the meeting, they explored »»»

Author: Priya Parker In an era dominated by digital hyper-connectivity, physical spaces where humans interact feel more meaningful than ever. Yet corporate boardrooms, international summits, and many other events leave participants feeling uninspired or disconnected. In “The Art of Gathering: How W»»»

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party on Friday upbraided a far-right Cabinet member for refusing to run on a joint slate with another ultranationalist, warning a split vote risked tanking their coalition in upcoming elections. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem to Lebanon’s authorities: Who authorized you to surrender Lebanon’s sovereignty, paying the price in negotiations to remain i»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: The Lebanese authorities’ negotiations did not stop the war but legitimized it, amounting to a humiliating surrender to the »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: Honorable people, resistance fighters, those who sacrificed, and their supporters from all sects reject the authorities’ con»»»

Lightning flashes over the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Aug. 4. On Friday, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. Space Academy to train future space staff. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Preside»»»

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has strongly defended the newly established National Office for Asset Recovery and Asset Protection (NVVH), accusing those who seek to undermine or discredit its work of opposing efforts to recover allegedly stolen public assets. In a video posted on Facebook o»»»

Johnson Space Center: President Donald Trump on Friday announced the creation of a "Space Academy" to train future civilian and military recruits for an arena where the United States faces rivalry with China. Speaking at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Trump said the institution would be mo»»»

DUBAI: Six months after the airstrikes that began the war and propelled a badly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei into the role of Iran’s supreme leader, he remains entirely unseen and unheard by Iranians — a vacuum at ​the heart of his country’s leadership. Questions over his condition and role are growing»»»

GAZA STRIP, JERUSALEM: Israeli strikes killed five people in Gaza on Friday, a week after a US delegation asked Israel to draw down attacks. The civil defense agency said that the bodies of three people were recovered in pieces after Israeli strikes in the town of Al-Qarara, east of Khan Younis. Af»»»

VIENNA: Two men bought tickets to enter Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts before smashing a display case, grabbing a 200-carat platinum and diamond necklace and walking away, police said Friday. Austrian media said the Van Cleef and Arpels necklace, with 673 precious stones, was worth several million»»»

People sits on a safer ground after another flash flood alert iin Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Friday. Photo by Narendra Shresth/EPA Aug. 28 (UPI) -- After Wednesday's devastating glacier collapse in the Himalayas, scientists and geologists are warning that unstable conditions and the accelerating r»»»

Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Authorities in Indiana spent four hours searching unsuccessfully for two lions reported to be on the loose in the area of Madison and Hancock Counties. The Madison County Sheriff's Department said deputies responded about 10 a.m. Thursday to a report of "two large, exotic felines" »»»

HOUSTON: President Donald Trump on Friday announced the creation of a “Space Academy” to train future civilian and military recruits for an arena where the United States faces rivalry with China. Speaking at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Trump said the institution would be modeled on the »»»

DUBAI: Hollywood director Stephen Hopkins has wrapped filming on the star-studded Arabic-language action thriller “Al Amir,” which brings together Egyptian actor Ahmed Ezz with an international cast from Turkiye, Spain and the UK. The series is set to premiere exclusively on Shahid in 2027. The pro»»»

RIYADH: Artificial reefs are often associated with dramatic ship sinkings. But for active coral restoration, marine scientists say the most effective tools are often far less theatrical: engineered reef blocks and purpose-built substrates designed to help corals settle, grow and persist. Saleh Magh»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, met with Minister of the Interior of the French Republic HE Laurent Nuñez, during His Excellency’s visit to France. The meeting reviewed bilateral cooperation »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: Palestine is not a sectarian issue but an Islamic, national, Arab, and humanitarian cause 28-08-2026 21:55 PM Latest News Ur»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem, speaking at the central prophetic festival organised by Hezbollah to mark the Prophet Moham»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: Islamic unity must free the nation (Ummah) from dependency and subjugation and confront sectarian, religious and political d»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: Islamic unity is needed to confront US and Israeli projects aimed at fragmenting our region 28-08-2026 21:45 PM Latest News »»»

As part of her visit to Beijing, Saida Mirziyoyeva, Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, held meetings with senior Chinese leaders—Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress and member of the Standing Committee of the Po»»»

Additional measures to prevent and more effectively investigate the illegal use of poison and poisoned bait in the wild were discussed at a working meeting in Sofia on Friday, said the Ministry of Environment and Water, which hosted the meeting. It was prompted by the latest incident involving pois»»»

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian drone strike on a shopping mall in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Friday, amid the Russian invasion. At least four people were injured. Both Russia and Ukraine have been accused of enlisting foreigners to fight under false pretenses. Photo by Oleg Movchan»»»

Russia's Volna Kupol Garant appears to be the electronic warfare system responsible for the declining effectiveness of Starlink—a development Ukrainian military officials have begun to openly admit, notes military expert and air defense historian Yuri Knutov in comments to Sputnik. Unlike conventio»»»

Washington: The US State Department has proposed allowing qualified American citizens living abroad to renew their passports entirely online, eliminating the need for two visits to an Embassy or Consulate. The proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on Friday, would expand the department’s»»»

Damascus, Aug. 28 (SANA) Germany’s participation in the 63rd Damascus International Fair goes beyond the commercial presence of 13 exhibitors, opening a broader avenue for economic cooperation aimed at reconnecting the Syrian market with European capital, expertise and technology through Germany’s »»»

Tunis, August 28 (TAP) - Tunindex closed Friday's session down 0.16% to 19,450.38 points with a modest traded volume of TND 5.1 million. ASTREE shares were the best performers after rising by 4% to TND 80.5. POULINA GROUP HOLDING shares were the...»»»

Tunis, August 28 (TAP) - The weather will be cloudy on Friday night with local thunderstorms and scattered showers expected in the north, and a bit cloudy elsewhere. The wind will blow east relatively strong near coasts and in the south and light to...»»»

Cyclists protested in front of the National Palace of Culture (NDK) in Sofia on Friday, calling for more connected cycle lanes and safer cycling in the capital. The protest, held under the slogan "I Want to Ride My Bicycle in Sofia", continued with a cycling procession to the City Hall. The demonst»»»

U.S. first lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon on September 11 to mark 24 years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in Arlington, Va. File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump p»»»

Cuban Education Minister Naima Trujillo announced in a press conference in Havana on Thursday that the upcoming school year will begin with shortages of teachers and school uniforms, alongside curriculum and operational adjustments across all educational levels caused by the country's ongoing econo»»»

LONDON: Between 20 and 30 tankers are passing through the Strait of Hormuz each night, with US President Donald Trump insisting “that sucker is open,” US news website Axios reported on Friday. Shipping through the waterway was drastically restricted by an Iranian blockade after the US and Israel la»»»

King Oyo Kabamba Iguru Rukidi sits in Kampala in 2006. The king of Tooro died Thursday at 34 of an illness. He had been the youngest reigning monarch in the world, ascending the throne at age 3. Photo by Mike Odongkara/EPA Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The king of Tooro, an enclave in western Uganda, died Thurs»»»

A senior Russian senator has urged Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar to stop wavering over the controversial Paks II nuclear power plant project, warning that energy security and affordable electricity should not become the subject of “political games”. Elena Perminova, first deputy chair of th»»»

LONDON: An Australian library that removed copies of a book on the war in Gaza has returned them to the shelves for people to borrow. Waverley library in Sydney took away copies of “How to Sell a Genocide” earlier in August to “review” the book after the local council was approached by a Jewish new»»»

LONDON: Four young British men on Friday admitted to an arson attack on community ambulances in London, the first of a spate of ​incidents targeting the capital’s Jewish community this year. The four ambulances belonging to Jewish volunteer emergency service Hatzola were set ablaze on March 23 whil»»»

TUNIS, Aug. 28 (TAP) – Trading on the Tunis Stock Exchange ended the week on a bearish note, with the benchmark index falling 1.2% to 19,450.38 points, bringing its year-to-date performance to +47.1%, according to stockbroker Tunisie Valeurs.The...»»»

A video showing an airplane rammed into the side of a building has been circulating widely on social media. While social media users are claiming that the video shows a plane that crashed in Tel Aviv after an Iranian attack, its origin remains unknown and its authenticity highly questionable. »»»