Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that trade negotiations with the United States had turned "nasty" after President Donald Trump derided America's neighbor and its leadership while threatening to expand tariffs. Carney said Canada remained engaged in the negotiations despite Trump's»»»

Kuwait: Hundreds of expatriates in Kuwait have had applications to convert visit visas into residency permits rejected after failing to meet the conditions set out in a recently introduced ministerial decree, according to a security source. The source said many expatriates submitted applications at»»»

Dubai: The US has formally asked the Philippines to extradite Apollo Quiboloy, the controversial Filipino televangelist who calls himself the “appointed son of God,” to face a string of criminal charges filed by federal prosecutors in California. The request, confirmed by Philippine authorities, ma»»»

Kochi: As the sun set over Kochi’s historic Jew Town neighbourhood, Keith Hallegua donned a grey kippah and began a solitary walk to the synagogue at the end of his cobbled street. It was Shavuot, the Jewish holiday commemorating God giving the Torah to Moses. Hallegua reached the 458-year-old Para»»»

JEDDAH: Al-Ittihad announced on Thursday the departure of Brazilian Fabinho after three seasons with the team, during which he won the league and King Cup championships. The club took to social media to pen an emotional goodbye. “Farewell to a brave leader ... He arrived as a star with utmost humil»»»

ISLAMABAD: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Saudi Arabia today, a senior Turkish official said on Friday amid regional tensions between the United States (US) and Iran. Sharif arrived in Jeddah »»»

Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, expressing his sincere condolences and sympathy over the passing of the mother of Prince Hamoud bin Saud»»»

Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf condemned US President Donald Trump’s contradictory statements about a possible attack and negotiations with Iran, saying Washington’s threats, broken promises and “fake news” have failed as a strategy. In a post on his X account on Thursda»»»

Some of the materials collected in the case involving a fentanyl laboratory will be shared with US authorities, Interior Ministry acting Secretary General Lyubomir Nikolov told an interview with Bulgarian National Television (BNT) on Friday. Nikolov was speaking about a recently uncovered laborator»»»

In the early 2000s, I worked with domestic violence victims in Seattle, Washington. One of my trainers was a scrappy woman who told me she was a former member of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Looking back, I remember wondering why several former Mossad and IDF personnel were involved in training»»»

Meta has become the third major tech company to report its AI going rogue and hacking a third-party company. The incident involved Muse Spark 1.1, an AI model marketed by the company as “superintelligent.” In a statement to the media on Wednesday, Meta said that the model was undergoing testing by »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli occupation forces carry out demolition operation in the southern Lebanese town of Kawneen: Al-Manar reporter 07-08-2026 10:46 AM La»»»

Ghana's central bank lost more than $1.7bn in 2025 running its gold-buying programme, the International Monetary Fund has said, even as the scheme helped rebuild the country's foreign reserves and prop up the cedi. The losses, disclosed in the IMF's 2026 Article IV Consultation and proposed Policy »»»

The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Bulgarian citizens to avoid traveling to Cuba unless absolutely necessary, including for tourism, citing the country's worsening crisis. The warning was issued by the ministry's Situation Center as conditions on the island continue to deteriorat»»»

Ukraine wanted to demonstrate to the United States "its importance" against Iran as well, since the strike occurred practically right before Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the US, senior researcher at the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies Yuri Lyamin tells Sputnik. "It is possible t»»»

The two countries have signed an MoU with Vitol Bahrain to transform Tanzania’s port of Tanga from just an export terminal into a full regional energy hub. Uganda's crude exports are set to flow through the nearly finished 1,443 km East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), making Tanga its gateway t»»»

DUBAI: The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) has opened an exhibition of the five shortlisted works for the seventh edition of the Ithra Art Prize, bringing all the finalists together under one roof. The exhibition, which opened on Aug. 6 in Dhahran, featured new works by Aseel Al-Yaq»»»

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka deployed troops to its main maximum-security prison in Colombo and two other jails on Friday, following unsuccessful breakout attempts in which three inmates were killed and 23 wounded, a government minister said. Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala said an inmate was killed»»»

Israel refused in talks on Thursday to withdraw from more areas of south Lebanon unless the Lebanese army had full control of an initial two "pilot zones", a Lebanese presidential source told AFP. The seventh round of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel was held in Rome under U.S. auspices, aim»»»

Dubai: Passengers wheeling suitcases towards check-in counters and families preparing to fly out were met with an unusual sight at Dubai International Airport (DXB) Terminal 3, groups of runners and walkers completing laps inside one of the world’s busiest airports. For the first time, DXB transfor»»»

Dubai: Dubai Police rescue teams have freed several workers whose hands became trapped in commercial meat grinders at shopping centres and restaurants, using specialist equipment to minimise injuries after conventional medical tools proved unable to safely release the victims. Colonel Khalid Ibrahi»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE Ministry of Interior has issued six essential safety guidelines for motorists as part of its "Accident-Free Summer" campaign, aimed at reducing road accidents and raising awareness among road users during the summer months. The ministry stressed that complying with traffic laws i»»»

Some of the materials collected in the case involving a fentanyl laboratory will be shared with US authorities, Interior Ministry acting Secretary General Lyubomir Nikolov told an interview with Bulgarian National Television (BNT) on Friday. Nikolov was speaking about a recently uncovered laborator»»»

From July 31 to August 6, air pollution levels in Bishkek exceeded permissible limits for certain indicators by up to 2.75 times, the Hydrometeorological Service reported. The highest excess was recorded for nitrogen dioxide, with concentrations 2.75 times higher than the established limit. Another»»»

Private equity (PE) funds active in Romania continue to seek new investments despite a significantly weaker macroeconomic environment and greater political uncertainty, according to the Roland Berger European Private Equity Outlook 2026. The study suggests that the industry is entering a new stage »»»

Romania’s Finance Ministry launched the eighth Fidelis government bond offering of 2026 on Friday, with annual interest rates of up to 7.5% for lei-denominated securities and 6.3% for euro-denominated bonds. The subscription period runs from August 7 to August 14 and is open to resident and non-res»»»

A laser demining system mounted on Russia’s Kuryer (lit. Courier) ground robot can destroy buried munitions without triggering an explosion, Oleg Zaremba, an expert with the Popular Front’s Kulibin Club program, said. "Even a 10-centimeter layer of ceramic is burned through by a high-power laser, w»»»

San Francisco: A New Mexico judge on Thursday ordered Meta to pay more than half a billion dollars over the state’s claims that the social media giant created a “public nuisance” and harmed children. Meta was previously ordered to pay $375 million in damages to New Mexico in March when a jury found»»»

Dubai: Fly Baghdad has been removed from the US sanctions list after two years, allowing the Iraqi airline to resume normal commercial dealings and begin rebuilding its flight network. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreig»»»

A fire broke out on Friday morning in a building under construction in the Yas Island area, with teams from Abu Dhabi Police and the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority responding to the scene, authorities announced. In a statement posted on its official X account (@ADPoliceHQ), Abu Dhabi Police conf»»»

Jakarta: Animal trappers have cut short the two-week rampage of a monkey that randomly attacked 18 people on Indonesia's Sumatra island, prompting dozens of schools to close in fear. The animal, an adult long-tailed macaque, wounded 18 residents of the town of Tembilahan, biting and clawing at its »»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov met with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan today, August 7, in Cholpon-Ata. The parties discussed the current state and prospects for developing Kyrgyzstan — Armenia relations, expanding trade, economic, and investment cooperation, and exchanged views o»»»

Bangkok: A teenage suspect killed his grandparents before shooting dead at least six more people at a school near Bangkok Friday, police said. First he shot dead his grandparents, using his grandfather's handgun, then went to a secondary school north of Bangkok and killed three teachers and three s»»»

DUBAI: “Batman: Caped Crusader” has returned for a second season on Prime Video, and if you haven’t yet watched this spiritual successor to the iconic “Batman: The Animated Series,” there’s never been a better time to start the best superhero show on TV right now. Created by “TAS” co-creator Bruce »»»

DAMASCUS: Under the supervision of the Saudi Ministry of Energy, three Power Purchase Agreements were signed in the Syrian capital, Damascus, between Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Ahmed Al-Harfi Co. and the Syrian Electricity Co. Two technical cooperation agreements were also signed between Mohammed Ahme»»»

ABU DHABI: Asma Al-Hosani, Balqees Al-Hashmi and Shamma Al-Kalbani struck gold as the UAE made an impressive start to the Adult division at the 2026 Jiu-Jitsu World Championship on Thursday at Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi. The three gold headlined a five-medal haul for the UAE, which included two si»»»

RIYADH: This summer, Ali Al-Mussa, son of the pioneering Saudi artist Abdulsattar Al-Mussa, made a surprising and significant discovery: an oil painting by his late father of a woman washing another woman’s feet. Ali believes the painting dates back to 1979, and is likely the original on which Al-M»»»

RIYADH: When Saudi actor Meshal “Mish” Alsunaid was a kid — around nine years old — he used to record short skits about knights and ghosts with his cousins on a Nokia phone. “Some of it was shot in Riyadh and some in the Eastern Province; we did some at my grandparents’ house, we did some at my aun»»»

NEW JERSEY: Joaquin Niemann set the tone in brutal heat at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on Thursday, carding a bogey-free seven-under 64 to take the outright opening round lead of LIV Golf New York 2026. The last time the Chilean held the solo first-round lead in LIV Golf was when he opened »»»

RIYADH: The story of the 2026-27 Saudi Pro League season could have a blockbuster end with reigning champions Al-Nassr and runners-up Al-Hilal facing off in the Riyadh Derby on the 34th and final match day of the campaign. The competition, also known as the Roshn Saudi League, kicks off on Aug. 13 »»»

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Infrastructure reconstruction and landscaping work is underway at the entrance to Talas region. Ermat Dzhumaev, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the region, reported. According to him, a rest point for tourists and visitors is being built at the entrance to the region. It will include modern r»»»

On August 7, 1998, terrorists' bombs detonated within minutes of each other outside of U.S. embassy buildings in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 224 people. 1 of 4 | Fire and rescue workers are on the scene moments after a blast at the U.S. Embassy in the Kenyan capital early A»»»

In the 1930s, Japan found itself battling against the spread of leprosy. Faced with the infectious disease, which attacks the nerves and deforms the body, the authorities confined leprosy patients to sanatoriums – some of them on the island of Nagashima. Even after the first treatments ap»»»

President Sadyr Japarov signed a decree appointing Muratbek Azymbakiev as Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Switzerland. He was recently appointed Permanent Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva. The presidential press service reported»»»

Dubai: China has opened its first dedicated school for robots in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, where machines are being trained for real-world jobs. The Hangzhou Robot School welcomed an inaugural class of 30 robots from manufacturing, services, security and entertainment sectors. The programme comb»»»

At least seven people, including the suspected gunman, were killed and 15 injured following a shooting Friday morning at a school in central Thialand. Image courtesy of UPI Aug. 7 (UPI) -- At least seven people were killed, including the suspected gunman, following a shooting at a school in Thailan»»»

Prime Minister Péter Magyar on Thursday accused the former prime minister, Viktor Orbán, of knowing that Hungary’s energy system was on the brink of collapse but failing to act. Hungary could not provide as much electricity as Orbán promised In a video posted on Facebook, Magyar quoted a 2022 bill »»»

Romania will introduce a new framework for recruiting workers from outside the European Union from August 8, as authorities move to tighten oversight of a labour market increasingly reliant on foreign workers. Through Emergency Ordinance 32/2026, the government aims to improve traceability in the r»»»

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