NAJRAN: The Saudi Heritage Commission has highlighted Shoaib Dahdah archaeological site in Najran region as vital evidence of early human settlement and migration in southern Arabia, featuring Lower Paleolithic stone tools dating back between 1.2 and 1.8 million years. Discovered during a 1980 surv»»»

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. »»»

New York: Dolly Parton was many things: A country star, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, theme park enthusiast, Christian who centered acceptance in her personal theology and so much more. But for many, her death Tuesday has served as a reminder that at the heart of her legacy is her role as a »»»

Only days after the Plesetsk Cosmodrome was reportedly targeted by drones, Russia's Strategic Missile Forces carried out a test launch of a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). "A combat training launch of a mobile, solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile was conducted at the Ple»»»

Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The United States deported 57 people to Haiti, as Haitian authorities faced growing criticism for providing few details about efforts to rescue more than 50 people kidnapped in a deadly gang attack. The charter flight, which carried former recipients of temporary protected status a»»»

Around 500 people are sheltering at a monastery-turned-relief camp in northern Kathmandu, where many families are still in shock after losing their homes and loved ones in the devastating Nepal floods. FRANCE 24's Shahzaib Wahlah reports from the camp as rescue teams continue searching for nearly 1»»»

At Paris's Rock en Seine, visually impaired festival-goers can enjoy concerts through live audio description. The festival is offering dedicated platforms, as well as headphones and receivers provided by the Valentin Haüy Association, a pioneer in audio description in France. Spectators c»»»

Spain's left-wing government called for calm in the North African enclave of Ceuta on Friday after protests over security escalated into clashes between locals and police, a month after a mass influx of migrants from Morocco triggered a Europe-wide alert. Spain's interior minister called for calm o»»»

By UPI StaffIsraeli settlers bring their goats and sheep to harass Palestinian Nayef Kaabnah on the edge of Taybeh, the only Christian village in the West Bank, on Thursday. The settlers want Kaabnah's property as violence against Palestinians has increased recently. Palestinian Nayef Kaabnah takes»»»

Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori's government was to ask Congress on Friday for authority to legislate by decree for 120 days, seeking broader powers to advance its security and economic agenda. Photo by Paolo Aguilar/EPA Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Less than a month after taking office, Peruvian President K»»»

Marine One departs the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 12. The aircraft had difficulty making contact with air traffic control at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Thursday. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The pilots of President Donald Trump's Marine One heli»»»

British health officials believe that eggs imported from Ukraine could be responsible for a major salmonella outbreak in the UK, The Telegraph has reported, citing a source. A total of 259 people in the country have been infected with the bacteria over the past year, with one of them dying, the UK »»»

Tunis, August 28, 2026 (TAP) — Tunisia’s Customs Administration is currently developing its 2026-2030 strategic plan, aimed at modernizing customs procedures and working methods, accelerating digitisation as well as improving working conditions and...»»»

Prime Minister Péter Magyar has hit back at criticism surrounding Anna Róza Unger, who was elected president of Hungary’s newly established National Asset Protection and Asset Recovery Office (NVVH) by Parliament on Friday. Magyar responded to the criticism in several Facebook posts following Unger»»»

New Delhi: India’s foreign exchange reserves surged to a record high of $729.3 billion in the week ended August 21, providing the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with greater firepower to manage pressure on the rupee amid elevated oil prices and global economic uncertainties. According to data released»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on Friday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in agriculture and food security while seeking to expand investment and trade between the two countries. The discussions took place during a visit to Pakistan by Saudi Minister of Environment, Water»»»

A common mechanism is needed to ensure adequate blood supplies and protect patients’ rights, the press service of the Health Ministry said on Friday, responding to claims that, amid limited blood supplies, hospitals have been asking relatives of patients scheduled for elective surgery to help find »»»

Twelve refugees who fled the Transit Centre in the village of Pastrogor have been located and detained, BTA learned from Senior Commissioner Miroslav Hristov, head of the Haskovo Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry. The refugees are of Moroccan origin. Their escape was reported at around »»»

Kathmandu, Nepal: More than 2,400 people were still missing Friday missing and 584 were confirmed dead after flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-Tibet border. The figures are likely to continue changing, which is not uncommon in the chaos after a major disaster. Here are the latest numbers: I»»»

Six of the countries that pay for the EU seven-year Multiannual Financial Framework budget (MFF) want the next one cut by hundreds of billions of euros. Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Sweden said in a joint statement released by the German government on August 27 that the E»»»

People shop at a supermarket in Buenos Aires in January. Household debt is surging and millions of borrowers are falling behind on payments amid declining purchasing power and a rising cost of living. File Photo by Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Argentine household debt i»»»

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added three more states to the cyclospora outbreak. File Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPA Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The cyclospora outbreak in lettuce has spread to 20 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The CDC added Georgia, Tennessee»»»

San Francisco: Meta's landmark settlement with nearly every US state promises curfews and time limits for teens on Instagram and Facebook -- but rests on age and parent checks nobody has figured out how to make work. The deal, which ended a federal trial in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, gives »»»

Manchester, United Kingdom: Michael Carrick said Carlos Baleba will be unable to make his Manchester United debut for around three weeks due to an ankle injury, but is excited by the Cameroonian's "massive potential". Baleba's £70 million ($95 million) move from Brighton further bolstered Carrick's»»»

A US court has struck down the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, ruling that it illegally sanctioned the AI developer for refusing to let its Claude model be used for certain military operations. In a 59-page ruling issued on Thursday, US District Judge Rita Lin said Secretary of War Pete Hegse»»»

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has argued that he should not be seen as tainted by past association with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The billionaire addressed his links with the late financier as a source of reputational baggage in an interview with Axios on Thursday, insisting people »»»

Russian Armed Forces struck the Fire Point enterprise in the Kiev region, which produced and stored substances for solid-fuel boosters and warheads of Flamingo missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday. On Friday, the Russian Armed Forces continued conducting group strikes against U»»»

The acceptance of applications for 48-page Bulgarian passports valid for 10 years and their issuance have been temporarily suspended, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. The suspension is due to a technical issue caused by unexpectedly high demand for this type of passport. Since it was introduce»»»

Albania has rejected any suggestion that it is involved in alleged coordinated hybrid activities aimed at destabilizing Montenegro, following recent remarks by Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spaji?. Albanian Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha said there is no official accusatio»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed bilateral and international issues, as well as future contacts between the two countries, in a phone call with his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. "During the conversation, which to»»»

People search the names of their relatives on lists of missing people outside the army operations center in the aftermath of flash floods, in Nuwakot district, Nepal, Friday. More than 500 people have died and hundreds remain missing across northern Nepal after a suspected glacial collapse and aval»»»

Afghanistan is “undoubtedly” better off five years after the withdrawal of US forces, Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has told RT, while acknowledging that the country continues to face serious problems. In a rare interview with RT India’s Runjhun Sharma, Mujahid argued that the departur»»»

Britannica International School, Budapest, today announced it had joined Ariston Education, a growing global group of premium Early Years – Year 13 schools and creator of the AQ = EQ + IQ framework for future-ready learning. The school now becomes part of the Ariston Education alliance of schools, »»»

WASHINGTON: The Treasury Department is due to cut off a major Egyptian bank’s operations in the United Arab Emirates from the US financial system, an official confirmed Friday, as Washington pushes to choke Iran off economically. The move impacts UAE branches of Egypt’s second biggest bank, Banque »»»

DHAHRAN: Egyptian harpist Manal Mohei Eldin captivated audiences at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, or Ithra, with three nights of performances blending classical harp techniques with traditional Arabic rhythms and melodies. The final show will be on Friday. Known as one of the most pr»»»

ADEN: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center has repatriated 154 Somali refugees from Yemen to Somalia through Aden International Airport, in cooperation with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The move is part of a protection and humanitarian assistance program aimed at supporting »»»

The National Research and Development Center for Sustainable Agriculture, or Estidamah, concluded its participation in the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, showcasing Saudi Arabia’s advanced agricultural solutions for arid envir»»»

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stand by as they check the documentation of a construction worker during a random stop in Minneapolis on Jan. 9 ICE has awarded a $16.7 million no-bid contract to Compliant Technologies for 6,000 shock gloves to be used to detain people by force. File Ph»»»

JEDDAH: Children are learning about the Red Sea through science, environmental research, mapping and robotics at Takween’s STEM summer camp at the Red Sea Museum in Historic Jeddah. Running until Aug. 29, the camp is designed by Saudi interdisciplinary learning organization Takween, Home of Design »»»

Emergency services are rushing to find survivors and treat the wounded after a devastating flash flood on the border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday killed more than 500 people, with over a thousand still missing. But the remote and rugged terrain, as well as the risk of further flooding from upstr»»»

The Israeli government has informed the United States that the "pilot zones" plan in southern Lebanon has failed, an Israeli security source said. Israel "believes the Lebanese army is not destroying terrorist infrastructure, despite receiving coordinates provided by the Israeli army," the source t»»»

Bulgaria has received €489.3 million in its first disbursement under the European Union's Security of Europe Instrument (SAFE), the European Commission announced. The payment represents 15% of the €3.3 billion allocated to Bulgaria under the program. SAFE is a €150 billion EU financial instrument t»»»

KYIV: Ukraine’s top ‌presidential adviser said on Friday that technical talks on Russia’s war would likely take place in the near ​future but added that he did not expect any swift agreement. “I think everyone will see the negotiations happening very soon. But this will mainly concern the technical»»»

A Ukrainian citizen wanted for fraud was remanded in temporary custody for up to 40 days, pending the extradition request to his home country, following a hearing before the Haskovo District Court, the court's press office announced. The 34-year-old man is wanted internationally on an Interpol Red »»»

More than 2.8 million cubic metres of water have been transferred to the Srebarna Reserve, while the state of partial emergency declared for the reserve will be extended by another month due to the continuing low water levels of the Danube River, the Environment and Water Ministry said on Friday. T»»»

Dubai: The US-Iran standoff still remains uncertain, with US President Donald Trump warning that American military action against Iran may not be over, while Tehran says diplomacy could resume if Washington ends its pressure campaign. For UAE residents, the latest developments are particularly rele»»»

Dubai: What do you do when the life you spent years building no longer exists? For Taiwanese-Filipina expatriate Joanne Tan, the answer was to begin again. Today, Tan uses sound, breathwork, and somatic practices to create spaces where people navigating grief and difficult periods can pause, reconn»»»

WASHINGTON: The United States ​issued more Iran-related sanctions targeting one entity and one ‌individual on Friday ‌after ​Treasury ‌Secretary ⁠Scott ​Bessent earlier ⁠this week threatened further action amid the ⁠ongoing war. The ‌sanctions ‌target ​one ‌entity based ‌in Hong Kong and one person»»»

Bulgarians made more trips abroad in July 2026, while the number of foreign visitors to Bulgaria declined slightly compared with the same month last year, according to preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute. A total of 1,037,700 trips by Bulgarian citizens abroad were recorded in »»»

British state broadcaster the BBC this week ran a major story drumming up the alleged Russia threat and supposed looming retaliatory attacks on UK drone factories supplying Ukraine. The chilly warning purportedly came from a top Russian official – except that the individual in question has not been»»»