Dubai: Indian-American entrepreneur Vishal Garg, who became infamous worldwide for firing 900 employees in a three-minute Zoom call, is now fighting to reverse his own dismissal as CEO of Better Home & Finance — claiming the man who replaced him “hoodwinked” his way into the top job. Garg was ouste»»»

MASON, Ohio: Novak Djokovic’s stay at the Cincinnati Open was a short one. The 24-time major champion fell to Thiago Agustin Tirante 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday in a match that took 2 hours, 44 minutes in hot and humid conditions. A 25-year-old from Argentina, Tirante is ranked No. 50 in the world. T»»»

Dubai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had plenty of policy announcements to make from the Red Fort on India’s Independence Day. But running through his 75-minute speech was another message — contained not so much in what he announced, but in whom he repeatedly chose to address. “Mere pyare deshwasiyo»»»

Dubai: Airfares can take a big bite out of the summer travel budget, but paying a high fare does not necessarily mean getting less for your money. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.UAE travellers can look at student discounts, promotional fares, free date changes, travel»»»

Share: A man reacts on the rubble of a destroyed home that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Ansar village, southern Lebanon, on Aug. 15, 2026. Photo by Mohammed Zaatari/AP Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 11 people Saturday, some of the deadliest since deals in June eased ho»»»

Workers in Hungary are sinking two 260-foot barges into the Danube River to raise waters levels. Photo courtesy of Prime Minister Peter Magyar's Office/X Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Hungarian working crews are sinking two barges into the Danube River in an attempt to raise water levels and stave off an energy»»»

New York City police arrested a man at Central Synagogue on hate crime charges after he disrupted a Shabbat service and allegedly assaulted a 63-year-old woman. File Photo Peter Foley/EPA Aug. 15 (UPI) -- A man in New York was arrested on hate crime charges after disrupting a Shabbat service and al»»»

Darlene Regis DOHA The Grind Basketball Team has put Qatar on the international youth basketball map, clinching first place in the U12 Division at the World Youth Championship 2026 in Singapore from August 6 to 9. The Qatar-UAE squad battled through a highly competitive international field featurin»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Embassy of Pakistan in Doha commemorated the landmark 80th Independence Day of Pakistan with a grand flag-hoisting ceremony filled with patriotic fervour. The event, held on the Embassy premises, was attended by hundreds of distinguished Pakistani community members. Am»»»

Khaled Al Hameidi Doha In the quiet corridors of the Palais des Nations in Geneva, international human rights discourse often finds itself entangled in the sterile mechanics of bureaucracy. During the interactive dialogue on August 12 and 13 before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Pers»»»

Europe's gas tanks are emptier than at any point on record for the time of year, and the cargoes that should be filling them are sailing to Asia instead. EU storage sites hit a record low in percentage terms on August 1, at 57.2% full against 57.3% on the same date in 2021, the previous worst year.»»»

Ukraine has spent a month setting fire to Wildberries warehouses. Last week it went after the checkout instead. Cyber specialists from Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate, the HUR, attacked the digital infrastructure of Russia's biggest e-commerce company on August 10-11, knocking out its main »»»

Turkey wants to hand Ukraine a stockpile of American cluster bombs that has been sitting in its depots since the 1980s. Moscow has asked Washington and Ankara to explain themselves. Any such transfer would do "serious harm ... to our bilateral relations with Washington and Ankara," Russian foreign »»»

RIYADH: Al-Nassr fans may have felt a sense of deja vu when the starting lineup was announced for their first 2026/27 Saudi Pro League fixture against Al-Fateh. With Samu Costa on the bench, the starting XI was a carbon copy of last season’s best eleven, with Cristiano Ronaldo the only absentee aft»»»

PARIS: Spain international Ferran Torres, who scored the only goal in last month’s World Cup final, signed for reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona on Saturday. The 26-year-old forward cost the Ligue 1 title-holders a reported 50 million euros ($58 million). “Paris Saint-G»»»

The British government is refusing to disclose information on how an Israeli “information warfare” firm targeted Scotland’s pro-Palestine first minister. Nobody’s saying who ordered the operation, but a trail of clues leads through Africa to Tel Aviv. Read more Wired for war: The Israeli spy-tech m»»»

The Hezbollah Lawyers’ Assembly on Saturday condemned Israeli attacks on civilians in the southern Lebanese towns of Ansar and Deir Al-Zahrani, calling on the Lebanese authorities to withdraw from direct negotiations with Israel and restore Lebanon’s right to pursue Israeli occupation officials bef»»»

President Donald Trump wants the Strait of Hormuz, between Oman and Iran, to become U.S. territory. Photo by Stringer/EPA Aug. 15 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Friday said he wants the Strait of Hormuz to become U.S. territory. Speaking at an event in New York, Trump said he plans to declare o»»»

HEBRON, West Bank: A 27-year-old Palestinian nurse has been left permanently paralyzed after being shot by Israeli settlers near his future home outside Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Nursing and Midwifery Association. Mohammed Nabil Al-Mutawwar, an intensive care nu»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Lebanon’s Gathering of Families of Child Martyrs Condemn Israeli Massacre in Ansar 15-08-2026 22:20 PM People check a destroyed home that w»»»

Doha: Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has categorically denied reports and claims that Iranian pilots were being detained, expressing surprise at the misleading statements that come a time when intensive diplomatic efforts are under way to de-escalate tensions in the region. The ministry said c»»»

JERUSALEM: Israel wants new and more ambitious US-brokered talks with Lebanon after carrying out deadly strikes targeting Hezbollah, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. The Israeli strikes against Hezbollah “should jumpstart the talks and make them much more serious,»»»

LONDON: Syrian security forces have arrested an Assad-era police officer who was convicted in an Austrian court for torturing opponents of the former president. Musab Abu Rukba was detained in southern Syria “as part of ongoing operations against people implicated in terrorism cases,” the state new»»»

A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia just before 6 AM local time on Saturday, damaging buildings causing a tsunami. At least five people were killed, according to preliminary reports. The earthquake’s epicenter hit the seafloor around 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) north»»»

Cases of infectious disease, including gastroenteritis, have been reported among migrants in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta since the mass influx from neighboring Morocco occurred in late July. Spain’s National Institute for Health Management (INGESA) confirmed that gastroenteritis has brok»»»

Israel wants new and more ambitious U.S.-brokered talks with Lebanon after carrying out deadly strikes targeting Hezbollah, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. The Israeli strikes against Hezbollah "should jumpstart the talks and make them much more serious, not do t»»»

QUSRA, West Bank: Israeli settlers attacked municipal crews attempting to restore water and electricity to three besieged Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra on Saturday, while Israeli forces detained four workers, according to the village’s mayor, Abdul Azim Wadi. The crews were di»»»

Cambridge: UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for "reflection" Saturday after the death of Cambridge academic Jason Arday as his family denounced what they called years of harassment amid accusations of plagiarism. Arday, 41, was found dead Friday, just over a week after he quit as a Cambridge U»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the UK as the “Islamic Republic of Britain,” as the country’s new Labour government weighs taking measures against Israel.Speaking on an Israeli Army Radio podcast on Friday, Netanyahu criticized the British media’s coverage of Israel, while c»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah: Israeli Occupation’s Continued Attacks on Lebanon Will Be Met With an Appropriate Response 15-08-2026 18:14 PM Hezbollah Stateme»»»

JOHANNESBURG: Prolific sisters Tabitha and Temwa Chawinga have been instrumental in transforming Malawi from no-hopers to giant killers to finalists at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The Malawian Scorchers scored 12 goals en route to the title decider against Cameroon on Sunday »»»

KYIV: A large-scale Ukrainian attack struck industrial infrastructure in Russia’s southwestern Samara region Saturday, a Russian official said. Ivan Noskov, head of the region’s capital, Samara, said air defense forces had repelled a “massive” missile attack, with “localized damage” to the city’s i»»»

Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Déby on Friday pardoned the jailed ex-prime minister and leader of Chad’s main opposition party Succès Masra, along with eight other party leaders. Masra had been serving a 20-year sentence, convicted of hate speech, xenophobia and inciting a massacre, in what Human »»»

LONDON: Liverpool’s double-header against Serie ‌A side Como on Sunday will be a good test ahead of the new Premier League season, manager Andoni Iraola said on Saturday. Liverpool, who lost pre-season fixtures against Leeds United and AS Monaco, will face Como twice on Sunday, with one match to be»»»

Poland’s armed forces now have more than 220,000 active-duty personnel, according to the Defense Ministry. About 75% are professional soldiers, more than 17% serve in the Territorial Defense Forces, and the remainder are mainly voluntary basic-service troops and active reservists. The government’s »»»

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Ukraine ⁠struck industrial infrastructure ​in Russia's ​Samara region on Saturday, local authorities said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the attack, saying a rocket plant and air base were hit.  A large-scale Ukrainian attack struck industrial infrastructure in Russia’s sout»»»

LONDON: Afghanistan’s women are “fighting alone” against discrimination by the Taliban authorities and feel abandoned by the world, Afghan journalist Zahra Joya told AFP. “I lost everything in my country five years ago,” she said in an interview in London. The founder in 2020 of Rukhshana Media — a»»»

JEDDAH: When a video of a disabled Muslim man defending a mosque in Nepal began circulating on social media, he could hardly have imagined that his moment of courage would eventually take him to Makkah to perform Umrah. The story dates back to late January, when a widely circulated video showed a M»»»

Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike in the country's south on Saturday killed seven people, including three children and two women, in the worst toll since deals in June saw a lull in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. Four people were killed in another Israeli airstrike on a two-sto»»»

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Water levels on the Rhine have fallen to historic lows, with the gauge at Kaub recording single-digit readings for the first time. German steel and recycling organizations warn that prolonged low water threatens supply chains and industrial competitiveness. Inland waterways carry about one-third of»»»

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NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that India’s decades-long Maoist insurgency was nearing its end but warned that the country now faced a new battle against what he called “dimagi Naxals,” or people who align with the movement’s ideology. In his address to the nation o»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Romania, amid a protracted political crisis, has submitted a request to the European Commission for $3.29 billion from the EU recovery fund, interim European Funds Minister Dragos Pislaru said on Saturday. Romania's government is resigned, and parliament is on recess until the en»»»

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have huddled inside their homes for days on end, unable to leave because of the threat posed by Israeli settlers. The Israeli military, which over the past three years has displayed staggering military and intelligence capabilities from Beirut»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe ‘War of Extermination’: Berri Says ‘Israel’ Scorns Peace Efforts as 9 Martyred in South Lebanon Strikes 15-08-2026 15:13 PM Lebanese Parlia»»»

The Taliban-appointed mayor of Faizabad in northeastern Afghanistan was on August 13 assassinated by the National Resistance Front (NRF), according to the insurgent group. Habibur Rahman Mansur was killed in a targeted operation aimed at a vehicle carrying the mayor around 100 metres from the gover»»»

Rescue workers rushed to free a survivor Friday in Colombia amid the rubble left by a powerful earthquake nearly four days earlier that killed at least 285 people and injured 4,000. Some 400 people were still missing and tens of thousands of homes were ​damaged, leaving many Colombians sleepin»»»