South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Capt. Jang Do-young (L) and U.S. Forces Korea spokesman Col. Ryan Donald (R) hold a press briefing for the Ulchi Freedom Shield 2026 exercise at Seoul's Defense Ministry on Monday. Pool Photo by Song Kyung-seok/EPA SEOUL, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The United Stat»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian Mining Co. reported a 16 percent increase in second-quarter revenue to $2.9 billion, driven by its best-ever quarterly aluminum performance and stronger gold output. The Riyadh-based miner said in a statement that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization»»»

Ithaca, Greece: Standing on the ferry as it waits to dock on the Greek island of Ithaca, Giorgia Ongarato is only too keen to talk about the "Odyssey" -- the epic poem that inspired Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film. The Italian lawyer said it was her dream to come to Ithaca, widely believed to »»»

The case of the Maya drone, which on Saturday entered Bulgarian airspace from Romania and exploded about 1,000 metres from Bulgaria’s compressor station on the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline route, dominates Monday’s news media. FOREIGN AFFAIRS On Bulgarian National Television’s morning show, Defence Mi»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a U.S.-led Gaza plan endorsed by Hamas, putting distance between himself and President Donald Trump as he tries to shore up his base ahead of close elections. After more than a week of gradually escalating criticism of the plan, and despi»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s industrial production saw a monthly rise of 4.3 percent in June, driven by higher activity in mining, manufacturing, and utilities, despite a sharp decline from a year earlier. The Kingdom’s Industrial Production Index stood at to 92.3 points, up from 88.5 in May, 84.9 in Apr»»»

BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY: Joaquin Niemann added to his record number of tournament wins and Jon Rahm clinched another season-long Individual Championship on Sunday at LIV Golf New York 2026. Rahm secured his third consecutive season title while Crushers GC claimed the team honor. Niemann fought off H»»»

ABU DHABI: Hosts UAE concluded their 2026 Jiu-Jitsu World Championship campaign on Sunday by claiming the Adult and U-21 Newaza titles after nine days of competition at Mubadala Arena. More than 1,500 athletes from around the world competed across different age groups and disciplines in Abu Dhabi, »»»

Russian FAB glide bombs struck Pavlohrad, in Dnipropetrovsk oblast, more than 80km from the front line and over 150km from their likely launch point, on August 4 — a range that has stunned open-source analysts tracking the weapon. "How did they manage to hit that far? I believe this is the new UMPB»»»

Dubai: Job seekers in the UAE are seeing early signs of improvement in hiring activity after a volatile start to 2026, according to new LinkedIn data that places the country among the strongest labour market recoveries globally since the pandemic. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques »»»

tbi bank is introducing a grace period of up to two months for eligible property developers affected by the disruption to the land registry system following the recent cyberattack. The outage has prevented property transactions from being completed and the related funds from being collected, placin»»»

ING Bank Romania posted a gross profit of 667.4 million lei (RON) in the first half of 2026, down 29.2% from the same period last year, the bank said on Monday.Total income rose 1.6% year-on-year to 2.1 billion lei, while lending increased 14.9% to 52 billion lei and customer deposits grew 5.4% to »»»

Moody's Ratings on Friday affirmed the Government of Romania's long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings at Baa3 and also affirmed the senior unsecured MTN rating at (P)Baa3. The short-term issuer ratings was also affirmed at Prime-3. The outlook remains negative.According to the agency, the de»»»

Doha, Qatar: As part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology’s (MCIT) ongoing efforts to support entrepreneurship and empower high-growth technology companies, the Ministry has announced the graduation of 10 technology companies from the third cohort of the Scale Now programme.»»»

Dubai: ADNOC Gas reported second-quarter net income of $665 million, beating its guidance range despite operational and shipping disruptions, while approving a $940 million quarterly dividend and raising its earnings growth target through 2030. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & B»»»

SPOKANE: Many evacuees among the tens of ​thousands forced to flee a cluster of wildfires near Spokane, Washington, were allowed back to their homes on Sunday as firefighters stepped up efforts to extinguish the remaining hot spots. Despite another round of hot, dry weather over the weekend, nearly»»»

GlobalizationCan Iran’s middle class survive the post war economy? Danyal Babayani The war has intensified Iran’s economic crisis, squeezing household budgets, hurting businesses and raising fears that millions of middle-income families are slipping closer to poverty. https://p.dw.com/p/5IOefEconom»»»

EU gas storage is refilling at one of its slowest paces in 15 years, and the numbers say the bloc has almost no chance of reaching its 90% target by November. Storage across the EU stood at 58.1% full on August 5, according to Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) data - 15.6 percentage points below wher»»»

Latvia is facing a demographic "triple squeeze" that will leave it with roughly 1.5mn people by 2050, a fifth fewer than today, according to figures highlighted by economist Holger Zschaepitz on August 8. The country's old-age dependency ratio is projected to rise by around 23 percentage points ove»»»

Brazil's President Lula da Silva has unveiled a new foreign policy platform that places South-South cooperation at the centre of the country's international strategy, as diplomatic tensions with the US continue to escalate, Xinhua reports. The government plan aims to reduce Brazil's dependence on t»»»

CAVUSTEPE, Turkiye: Mehmet Kusman did not spend very long at school, but he traced the ancient inscriptions chiselled into the black basalt rock and read: “Before me there was nothing. But by the power of the god Haldi I founded this city.” Kusman, 86, has dedicated his life to the fortress of Cavu»»»

The Democratic Republic of Congo has reported a sharp increase in deaths and confirmed infections from the country's fast-growing Ebola outbreak, with the death toll reaching 1,887 and confirmed cases 4,120, according to government figures cited Sunday. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain»»»

The projected path of Typhoon Dolphin is shown through eastern China after making landfall Sunday in Zhejiang Province. The storm is producing torrential rainfall in the region, official media says. Graphic courtesy Taiwan Central Weather Administration Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Typhoon Dolphin roared into e»»»

Oil prices were higher in early Asian trading Monday as uncertainty over a possible agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz continued to outweigh hopes for a quick return to normal shipping. At 8:33 am Tokyo (on Aug. 10, 2026), market data on OilPrice.com showed West Texas Intermediate crude at $7»»»

Mohsen Rezaei speaks to media in Tehran on Jan. 3, 2020. File Photo by Maryam Rahmanian/UPI | License Photo Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Iran has replaced its top security official with another commander of its powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, a spokesman for Iranian Masoud Pezeshkian said late Sund»»»

Cairo: During a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace Director-General Nikolay Mladenov, Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty called for the implementation of all provisions of the Gaza roadmap, including a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave and»»»

GAZA CITY: The US must pressure Israel to accept the next phase of the Gaza plan, a Hamas official said on Sunday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he rejected the US-backed agreement. “We expect the mediators and the American guarantor to pressure Netanyahu and his government t»»»

The security situation in the Strait of Hormuz remains dangerous, with maritime authorities saying a deliberate hostile attack is "highly likely" in the days ahead — a warning that comes right after another tanker was targeted in the waterway. The latest assessment from the Joint Maritime Informati»»»

GAZA CITY: The US must pressure Israel to accept the next phase of the Gaza plan, a Hamas official said on Sunday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he rejected the US-backed agreement. “We expect the mediators and the American guarantor to pressure Netanyahu and his government t»»»

Egypt affirmed to High Representative of the Peace Council Nikolay Mladenov the necessity of implementing all provisions of the Gaza plan, comprehensively including humanitarian aid and Israeli withdrawal, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. During a telephone call, Egyptian Foreign Minis»»»

CAIRO: After their historic run that saw them to the semifinals, Egypt lost 23-19 to Denmark on Sunday in the third-place match at the Women’s U-18 Handball World Championship, held in Romania. Egypt had to be content with fourth place, but this still created history as they became the first Africa»»»

Concerns have emerged over alleged drink spiking at Budapest’s Sziget Festival after several festivalgoers reported that women suddenly became seriously unwell during Hungarian DJ and presenter Balázs Sebestyén’s Saturday night show. One young man said his sister collapsed and became unresponsive a»»»

Latvia is facing a demographic "triple squeeze" that will leave it with roughly 1.5mn people by 2050, a fifth fewer than today, according to figures highlighted by economist Holger Zschaepitz on August 8. The country's old-age dependency ratio is projected to rise by around 23 percentage points ove»»»

The share of Ukrainians who say they are willing to endure the war for as long as it takes has risen to 61%, up from a low of 48% in April, according to a poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) conducted July 20-August 3 among 974 respondents in government-controlled territory»»»

Russia has carried out one of its largest attacks on Ukraine's state-owned energy sector in recent months, striking seven oil and gas production facilities operated by Ukrnafta, part of the Naftogaz Group, in the latest effort to disrupt domestic energy supplies ahead of winter, the company said in»»»

Mongolia's next election cycle begins in less than a year with the presidential poll. The parliamentary elections will follow in 2028. Even before campaigning has officially begun, politicians are already jockeying for position in the race to succeed President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh.  The growing f»»»

Ferencváros suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid in a high-profile friendly at Budapest’s Groupama Arena on Saturday, but the Hungarian champions gave their illustrious opponents plenty to think about and found the net through Kenan Kodro. Fradi impress against European giants Real Madrid to»»»

RIYADH: Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have found that corals can be trained to better withstand disease before an outbreak occurs, a finding that could eventually help protect reefs worldwide. The study, published in ISME Host Microbe, found that corals exposed to»»»

The US Senate has confirmed Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Todd Blanche, as attorney general, despite opposition from Democrats who accused the president of politicising the Department of Justice. Blanche previously represented Trump as his private attorney in several criminal trials before»»»

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign minister said Sunday a new defense agreement his country signed with Saudi Arabia and Turkiye was not directed against any country and remained open to other nations in the region. The landmark Makkah Joint Defense Agreement was signed on Friday by the Saudi Crown Prin»»»

The Crisis Management Committee of the Egyptian Federation for Construction and Building Contractors (EFCBC) has proposed seven measures aimed at supporting the stability of Egypt’s real estate development and construction sectors amid the impact of successive global and regional crises since 2022.»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index edged higher on Sunday, gaining 5.44 points, or 0.05 percent, to close at 10,817.01. Total trading turnover on the benchmark index reached SR3.21 billion ($856 million), with 102 stocks advancing and 160 declining. The Kingdom’s parallel market Nomu fe»»»

ANKARA: Ships are passing smoothly through the Turkish straits to the Black Sea despite heightened concerns about safety, two Turkish government officials told Reuters on Sunday. On Saturday, Bloomberg News reported that Ankara had restricted commercial ship traffic entering the Black Sea following»»»

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a Gaza plan hailed by US President Donald Trump, vowing no military pullout until Hamas is “genuinely” disarmed. After more than a week of gradually escalating criticism of the plan, Netanyahu explicitly opposed it as he faced »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatari mountaineer Sheikha Asma bint Thani Al-Thani marked her 11th 8,000-metre summit on July 30, 2026, after reaching the summit of Gasherbrum II in the Karakoram mountain range on the Pakistan and China border. Sheikha Asma has now successfully summited 11 of the world’s 14 mountain»»»

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi ruled out a resumption of negotiations with the US until Washington ends its violations of the Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU) and makes amends. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Sunday, the top Iranian diplomat said, “Intermediaries are still ma»»»

DOHA: Qatari mountaineering legend Sheikha Asma bint Thani Al Thani has achieved another historic milestone, successfully summiting 11 of the world’s 14 mountains exceeding 8,000 metres in elevation as she continues her extraordinary journey towards completing all of the world’s highest peaks. Her »»»

Former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán was spotted at a popular trumpet festival in Serbia, where he was filmed walking through the streets alongside two figures with close links to Hungarian business and the controversial Hatvanpuszta estate. Former Hungarian prime minister photographed at G»»»

SHIWA MINE: In Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed. Thousands of miners are deployed across the Shiwa area, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of the provi»»»

RIYADH: Kuwait retained its AA- sovereign credit rating with a Stable Outlook from Fitch Ratings, which cited exceptionally strong fiscal and external balance sheets despite rising regional geopolitical risks. The rating agency said Kuwait’s vast sovereign wealth assets and external buffers remain »»»