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»»»

TUNIS, Aug. 7, 2026 (TAP) – Local thunderstorms, accompanied by occasionally heavy rainfall, are expected in central regions and locally in the south late Friday afternoon and at the beginning of the night, before partly cloudy conditions prevail...»»»

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»»»

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»»»

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