Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education, represented by its Early Education Department, held an orientation meeting yesterday for the KG1 level, designed for three-year-old children, with broad participation from academics, kindergarten staff and parents. Held at the ministry’s »»»

Doha: The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) announced that Qatar has once again achieved one of the world’s highest scores in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Development Index (IDI) 2026, published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), reaffirming Qatar’s po»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Social and Sport Contribution Fund (DAAM) has signed a funding agreement with the Social Protection and Rehabilitation Center (Aman) to support the Rehabilitation Program for Victims of Violence and Family Breakdown, and the Support Program for Children with Disabilities who are Vi»»»

Doha, Qatar: The General Directorate of Endowments at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has registered a new investment endowment comprising 58,988 shares in several companies listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange, donated by a benefactor under the directorate’s supervision in favour of the “W»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Airways Cargo has announced the launch of its first scheduled freighter services from Helsinki, Finland, effective 2 September 2026. Operating once weekly with a Boeing 777 freighter on the Doha – Budapest – Helsinki – Doha route, the new service will provide 100 tonnes of export»»»

The Y. Tsivyan Novosibirsk Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics is helping train medical specialists for Central Asian countries. Institute Director Andrei Korytkin said this during a press tour for journalists from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. According to him, the institut»»»

A handout photo made available by the Iranian Presidency shows Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) greeting Pakistan's Minister of Interior Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi during a meeting in Tehran from earlier this month. Photo by Iranian presidency/EPA Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Pakistani and Iranian officials»»»

Pomas, France: A tornado tore through a village in southwestern France on Monday, injuring 41 people and damaging hundreds of homes, authorities said. French authorities had placed swathes of the country's southwest on orange alert for storms, and numerous areas were hit by power outages and transp»»»

Pomas, France: A tornado tore through a village in southwestern France on Monday, injuring 41 people and damaging hundreds of homes, authorities said. French authorities had placed swathes of the country's southwest on orange alert for storms, and numerous areas were hit by power outages and transp»»»

Abu Dhabi City Municipality has provided three air-conditioned walking facilities, enabling residents and visitors to stay physically active and make use of outdoor spaces during the summer in greater comfort. The initiative reflects Abu Dhabi’s approach to developing urban facilities that take the»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s prominent position in the global energy sector, particularly natural gas, is matched by its responsible approach to leadership, partnership and international cooperation, Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Dr. Philip Mshelbila has said. Speaking at th»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Rawda Award for Excellence in Social Work has held an introductory workshop on its Media Category, highlighting its objectives, eligibility requirements and evaluation criteria as the category moves towards participation in the award’s upcoming edition. The workshop was held at the»»»

JERUSALEM: Gazan authorities said at least five people were killed by Israeli fire on Monday, including two children.Two Palestinians were killed at dawn when a tent was bombed in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, according to the civil defense rescue service, which operates under Hamas aut»»»

Caracas: Venezuela's interim government on Monday reported 6,509 deaths from the powerful twin earthquakes that struck the South American nation exactly two months ago. The magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 tremors on June 24 devastated the coastal state of La Guaira, where at least 190 buildings fell apart. T»»»

WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Monday postponed the trial of the man authorities allege built the bomb that blew New York-bound Pan Am flight 103 out ​of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people in 1988. Jury selection had been scheduled to begin on Wednesday in the trial of Abu Agila M»»»

Dubai: Flying from the UAE today? Emirates, Etihad, Air Arabia and flydubai are operating a mix of scheduled, delayed and cancelled services on Tuesday, August 25, as airlines continue to adjust operations amid heightened regional security concerns. While several UAE carrier services to Bahrain and»»»

Prominent historians and specialists are among the latest nominees for key ambassadorial and consular posts. Hungary’s Foreign Minister Anita Orbán has announced several new nominees for ambassadorial and consular positions, including historians selected for key posts in Paris and Warsaw. Speaking »»»

DUBAI: Palestinian artist Silman Mansour died at 79, Mansour’s family said in an Instagram post on Monday. Masnour was one of the most influential figures in contemporary Palestinian art and his work was regarded as a symbol of Palestinian resistance and struggle. “To the world, he leaves behind a »»»

PARIS: Six months since the start of the Middle East war, the strategic Strait of Hormuz remains largely paralyzed, with thousands of sailors still stranded in the Gulf and commodity carrier traffic way below its normal level. Only a few transits per day Before Iran blocked the strait in response t»»»

Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Culture, Information and Youth Policy will not support a proposal to build a cable way on the sacred Sulaiman-Too Mountain in Osh. Minister Mirbek Mambetaliev told journalists about the ministry’s position. He noted that the initiative to build the cable way was a personal »»»

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, rescinding a decades-old designation that came with severe economic restrictions and marking another step in warming ties between the countries. The US Department of State also revoked its designatio»»»

Dubai: Motorists across Dubai and Sharjah faced a slow start to the working week, with live traffic maps showing heavy congestion building on several major routes during Tuesday's morning commute. Get updated faster and for FREE: Download the Gulf News app now - simply click here.Heavy delays throu»»»

A new stage of the operation to search for and recover the bodies of mountaineers from Belarus and Lithuania began in Kyrgyzstan yesterday. The volunteer headquarters reported. «A helicopter landed a team of five mountaineers on a glacier at an altitude of 4,300 meters. The rescuers set up a camp a»»»

JUBA, South Sudan: Armed men ambushed a patrol traveling to a remote area of South Sudan on Monday, killing two UN peacekeepers, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan said. Though violence is rampant in the African country, attacks against peacekeepers are rare. No group immediately claimed res»»»

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Tuesday it had made “significant progress” in talks with Iran aimed at reviving an Islamabad-brokered agreement with the United States, as Washington kept open the possibility of further military strikes and tensions persisted around the Strait of Hormuz. Pakistan’s army»»»

MAIDUGURI, ​Nigeria: An armed group has posted a video showing what residents said were about 600 women, children and older people abducted in an attack on a mosque in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State last week. The video, posted on Sunday on Facebook and WhatsApp, showed large groups of people »»»

TAIPEI: Taiwan prosecutors said on Monday they had indicted nine people, including employees of Nvidia and Super Micro, over involvement in the illegal export of artificial intelligence servers to China. Semiconductor powerhouse Taiwan is the world’s largest producer of advanced chips used in AI ap»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he formally authorized the rescission of Syria’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, following the mandatory 45-day Congressional notification period. Rubio also said Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s designation as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organ»»»

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has barred Russian teams from returning to the Chess Olympiad next month, prompting prominent names in Russian chess to accuse its leadership of politicizing the sport and making “Russophobic” decisions. FIDE suspended the Russian and Belarusian national te»»»

Asian stocks fluctuated Tuesday while oil edged up as investors assess a US plan for the "economic asphyxiation" of Iran, while tech firms struggled following another down day on Wall Street and ahead of earnings from chip titan Nvidia. With the war against Tehran now in its sixth month, Treasury S»»»

The National Assembly is expected today, August 25, to debate amendments to the Civil Servants Act at second reading at an extraordinary sitting, the legislature's press office said. The sitting has been convened by National Assembly Chair Mihaela Dotsova. The second item on the agenda is the first»»»

Phytosanitary control has been strengthened at Karamyk and Erkeshtam quarantine phytosanitary checkpoints operated by the Osh Department of Chemicalization, Plant Protection and Quarantine. The Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry said phytosanitary inspections of regula»»»

The United States announced sweeping new sanctions against multiple entities, individuals and vessels linked to Iran, the State Department said in a press release. The measures target Iranian military officials, procurement networks, cyber groups and shippers and brokers involved in moving Iranian »»»

Iranian Economy Minister Seyed Ali Madanizadeh hit back at US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s new sanctions threats, saying US economic war against Iran is nothing new. He said Iran’s enemies first tried to use military force to question the country’s existence, partition Iran, destroy its polit»»»

President Sadyr Japarov urged Kyrgyzstan’s youth to maintain unity and not repeat the mistakes of politicians and officials of previous years. He made the remarks at the opening of Yrys Ordo Congress Hall. According to the head of state, representatives of different generations who had been involve»»»

Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic Adylbek Kasymaliev held another meeting on issues of providing the country’s domestic market with fuel and lubricants. According to the Cabinet’s press service, Adylbek Kasymaliev once again confirmed that the authorities will continue sub»»»

At this point, you might just believe that ageing is sold in bottles. A pharmacy can almost feel like a enchanted apothecary, with colourful bottles promising to reverse your biological clock. Hello boosters, powders, supplements and everything that sounds like it belongs on a chemist’s roster. It »»»

EU gas storage will be about 77% full when the heating season opens on November 1, 12 points below the fifteen-year norm and short of the 90% target. What happens after that will dependend heavily on the weather. Is a repeat of the 2022 gas crisis on the cards? Not necessarily. An IntelliNews Lamb»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov said the new Yrys Ordo Congress Hall will be used not only for government events but also made available to private individuals. He made the remarks on August 24 at the opening of the complex. The president noted that the congress center was built entirely with»»»

The Tolomush Okeev National Film Studio Kyrgyzfilm has completed production of a new 2D animated series for children «Altai and His Friends.» According to the Ministry of Culture, Information, and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan, the animated series, created in the Kyrgyz language, introduce young viewe»»»

A tanker was struck by a projectile near the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday. File Photo by EPA Aug. 24 (UPI) -- An unidentified projectile struck an oil tanker off the coast of Oman early Tuesday, a British sponsored maritime security organization said, the latest attack in the U.S.-Iran war over c»»»

Dubai: Egyptian police have arrested the owner of a private school in Cairo on suspicion of using parents’ personal information to obtain education loans in their names without their knowledge or consent, the Interior Ministry said. The investigation was launched after complaints by parents circula»»»

CYBERNOMAD FEST 2026, organized by the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), will take place on September 22, 2026, at Zhashtyk Arena in Bishkek. According to the SCNS, this is a national forum, technology exhibition, and practical cyber exercises dedicated to cybersecurity issues in the Ky»»»

Gang members killed around 40 displaced people sheltering in a church near Haiti’s capital, a local mayor said on Monday. The victims were killed in an attack on Sunday night in Kenscoff, in the hills above Port-au-Prince, Mayor Massillon Jean said, describing a “night of terror”. Some people remai»»»

President Donald Trump’s administration said on Monday it plans to revoke non-immigrant visas held by foreigners who applied for or are seeking asylum in the United States. The move could affect up to 200,000 people, the Associated Press reported, potentially making it the largest mass visa revocat»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Iran had attempted to assassinate one of his two sons, without providing evidence or further details. “Iran tried to kill one of my sons,” Netanyahu told Israel’s Channel 14, as he discussed security arrangements ahead of the October 27 »»»

Dubai: Kuwait Airways will launch direct flights to Phuket, Thailand, from October 27, adding the popular Southeast Asian holiday destination to its international network. The national carrier will operate two flights a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, with bookings for the new route opening on Tue»»»

The laboratory of the National Trade and Consumer Protection Authority (NKFH) inspected plastic pencil cases, decorative pencil- and pen-tip attachments, wax crayons, and modelling clay — all tested products met product safety requirements, the authority informed MTI on Monday. The NKFH, together w»»»

The construction contract for the new bridge structure of the Gubacsi Bridge and the connecting track network has been signed, allowing the reconstruction of the bridge to begin — the Minister of Transport and Investment announced on Monday on his Facebook page. Dávid Vitézy stressed that this is a»»»