RIYADH: Picture a 12-year-old sitting in a gallery at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia, sketching on a tablet. Behind her is a prehistoric rock carving from Najran, etched into sandstone thousands of years ago. On her screen, an AI tool generates variations of a character she has drawn, refining»»»

The FBI arrested a woman for planning to attack the New York state capitol building. File Photo by Justin Lane/EPA Aug. 20 (UPI) -- An Albany, N.Y., woman was charged Thursday with supporting a terror group after allegedly planning an ISIS-inspired plot to attack the New York State capitol building»»»

Prince Laurent of Belgium celebrates King's Day on Nov. 15 2024. The prince recognized 26-year-old Clement Vandenkerckhove as his son. File Photo by Olivier Matthys/EPA Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Belgium has a new prince after the 26-year-old former car salesman was recognized by the king's brother as his so»»»

JERUSALEM: Israelis began moving into the occupied West Bank settlement of Kadim on Thursday, the local settler council said, the last of four communities from which Israel withdrew more than two decades ago to be repopulated. It came a week after Israel officially reopened neighboring Ganim, in a »»»

Brussels: European stock indices closed mixed at the end of trading today. The European Stoxx 600 index ended trading virtually unchanged. The French CAC 40 index fell by 0.57 percent, and the German DAX index declined by about 0.42 percent. In contrast, Britain's FTSE 100 index ended trading relat»»»

Aleppo, Aug. 20 (SANA) The Sylex 3 Leather, Footwear and Production Supplies Exhibition opened Thursday at the Production Market in Aleppo, under the supervision of Aleppo Governorate and the Aleppo Chamber of Commerce, with the participation of Syrian and Turkish companies specializing in the sect»»»

A march by people with disabilities, held under the slogan Darkness for Indifference! Light for Our Rights!, made its way through central Sofia, accompanied by performances featuring artists with torches, stilts and music. The event was organised by the Mobility Movement. Participants carried illum»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The bodies of 50 people, including 19 children, killed by the war in Gaza have finally been laid to rest after they were recovered from under rubble in recent days, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday. Efforts to remove debris and retrieve bodies remain severely constr»»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar condemned the bombing at an educational centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, which injured dozens of people. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated Qatar's firm stance against violence, terrorism, and criminal acts, regardless of motives. The»»»

Damascus, Aug. 20 (SANA) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani: said Thursday that his visit to Pakistan was an important step in strengthening relations between the two countries and opening new prospects for cooperation. “We conclude today the historic and successfu»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the strong partnership between the United States and Hungary in a message marking Hungary’s national holiday, published on the State Department’s website on Thursday. Rubio noted that 20 August was a reminder “of the historic ties between our peoples”. “The»»»

NASA on Wednesday said a $30 million mission to save its Swift space telescope had failed after its rescue spacecraft could not be controlled. The unprecedented effort aimed to use a robot to move Swift into a higher orbit. The satellite is now expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and disintegra»»»

ISLAMABAD: Iran would first have to acknowledge what it had done to Syria and its people before any future Pakistan-led mediation could help restore ties between Damascus and Tehran, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani said on Thursday. Shaibani was speaking to journalists in Islamabad»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar condemned the bombing at an educational center in Kabul, Afghanistan, which injured dozens of people. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated Qatar's firm stance against violence, terrorism, and criminal acts, regardless of motives. The»»»

Tunis, August 20, 2026 (TAP) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti met Thursday with Jan De Bock, who presented a copy of his credentials as Belgium’s new Ambassador to Tunisia.According to a statement...»»»

Tunis, August 20, 2026 (TAP) – Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri on Thursday called for increased vigilance ahead of the rainy season, stressing the need to increase preventive measures against extreme weather and mitigate its potential impact...»»»

An American academic is being held in China on suspicion of spying. File Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that U.S. citizen Min Zin is being wrongfully detained in China after he visited the country and was arrested. Zin travelled to Yunnan, China,»»»

Riyadh: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) discussed Thursday, with the People's Republic of China, the Iranian attacks on its member states and the repercussions of these attacks on the security and stability of the region. Held at the Council's headquarter in Riyadh, the meeting which was attende»»»

LONDON: Palestinian healthcare workers are facing increasing attacks, detention and intimidation as Israeli military operations and settler violence escalate across the occupied West Bank, Medical Aid for Palestinians said this week. Recent figures from the World Health Organization showed that rec»»»

Damascus, Aug. 20 (SANA) UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Claudio Cordone on Thursday condemned the Israeli strikes on Abu al-Duhur Airbase in Idlib countryside, describing them as an unacceptable escalation against Syria. In a post on X, Cordone said diplomacy must remain the primary path, while »»»

Asked by journalists in Ruse on Thursday whether GERB is expected to have its own candidate in the autumn presidential election, GERB leader Boyko Borissov said this would become clear in September. "I had a presidential ticket that would have won," Borissov said. He explained that the party’s inte»»»

Tunis, August 20 (TAP) - The Tunisian IPO market still offers significant growth potential despite recent years' slowdown, said the Tunis Stock Exchange in its "Global and Tunisian IPO market dynamics - Trends and Outlook" note. Between 2008 and...»»»

AMMAN: Qatar's national table tennis team players won 20 medals (four gold, two silver and 14 bronze) at the West Asia Table Tennis Championships for national teams, hosted in the Jordanian capital, Amman. The tournament featured teams from Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Palestine, O»»»

KINSHASA: The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could be up to three times larger than the official tally, with only 30 to 40 percent of cases currently being detected, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday. The continent»»»

People look at snow-capped mountains surrounding La Paz from El Alto, Bolivia, on Tuesday. Heavy snowfall in at least five regions forced authorities to temporarily suspend or restrict road travel on several routes to prevent accidents. Photo by Luis Gandarillas/EPA Aug. 20 (UPI) -- An unusual spel»»»

Former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-CA, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 14, 2023. The FBI has executed a number of warrants against Swalwell over sexual-misconduct allegations. File Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The FBI on Thursday seized e»»»

Everything that has kept the Russian economy growing since 2020 has now been exhausted and long-term growth could drop to 1.6%, a Kremlin think tank told Vladimir Putin on August 19. Without a change of model, growth settles at 1.6% a year over the coming decade - roughly half the 3% Putin has set »»»

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday laid out his vision for a future where everyone has a powerful personal AI agent, arguing that open-source technology can prevent control of advanced artificial intelligence from becoming concentrated among a handful of companies, governments or institutions. Meta»»»

CAIRO: Egypt and Qatar have urged the US and Iran to return to the negotiating framework agreed in June so that they might reach a “final and lasting agreement” that brings regional stability. The Egyptian foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, and his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman»»»

Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Juan Pablo Segura (pictured) has demanded that Cuba release rapper Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo Pérez, Photo courtesy of U.S. State Department Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Newly appointed U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Ju»»»

Washington: The United States on Thursday warned allies and China alike to join President Donald Trump's new campaign to isolate the Iranian economy and "collapse" the government in Tehran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's comments underscored how Trump is shifting to economic rather than mili»»»

Speaking to journalists in Ruse on Thursday, GERB leader Boyko Borissov asked why President and Supreme Commander Iliana Iotova has not convened the Consultative Council for National Security (CCNS) regarding reports of threats against Bulgaria. "Some of the most respected media outlets in the worl»»»

BARCELONA: The Joan Gamper Trophy has inaugurated FC Barcelona’s league season for the past seven decades. Every August, the Catalan giants go to great lengths to line up a marquee opponent, and this year they invited the biggest club in Africa and the Arab world — Al-Ahly SC. When the friendly was»»»

Leeds: Pakistan dismissed Jordan Cox and Joe Root to give themselves renewed hope in the first Test against England at Headingley on Thursday. Both Cox (73) and Root (66) hit fifties as they shared a third-wicket partnership of exactly 150 on a rain-marred second day that threatened to leave Pakist»»»

The USS George Washington nuclear-powered aircraft carrier docks at a naval base in Busan, South Korea, on Nov. 5. File Photo by Yonhap/EPA Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The USS George Washington reached the Arabian Sea in the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility, following reports of poor conditions f»»»

Matthias Huss, a glaciologist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and director of GLAMOS, the Swiss Glaciological Monitoring Network, stands beside an 8-meter-high marker representing the annual ice melt on the tongue of the Rhone Glacier during a visit to the glacier in the Alps»»»

AMMAN — Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) President Fathi Jaghbir said that the industrial sector achieved a qualitative transformation across various indicators in recent years, including production, value added, exports and employment, reinforcing industry as a key driver of economic growth.Speaki»»»

AMMAN — Jordan's strategic location, skilled workforce and expanding digital infrastructure are strengthening its role as an important hub for Ericsson's regional operations, according to Patrick Johansson, President and Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa at Ericsson.In an interview with The Jo»»»

An upcoming network of railways and highways stretching from Russia to the Indian Ocean coast will become a mega project comparable to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Andrey Grozin of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oriental Studies explains to Sputnik. The recent transport crises a»»»

U.S. Ambassador to Argentina Peter Lamelas did not attend a congressional hearing at which lawmakers wanted him to respond to allegations that embassy officials pressured a cooperative to abandon its negotiations with Chinese technology company Huawei. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Embassy in Argentin»»»

Gusau: At least 51 people have died after a boat sank in northwest Nigeria's Sokoto state Thursday, a local resident told AFP, as authorities said rescue operations were ongoing. "The situation is bad. We already buried 46 bodies, and five others have just been brought out of the river," said Ibrah»»»

Tunis, August 20 (TAP) – Nighttime temperatures on Thursday are expected to range between 25°C and 30°C, reaching 34°C in the southwest.The weather will be generally clear to partly cloudy, according to forecasts from the National Institute of...»»»

Washington: The Asia-based USS George Washington aircraft carrier is now operating in the Middle East, the US military said Thursday, relieving a long-deployed carrier following reports of mental health challenges and supply shortages aboard while it was supporting the Iran war. US Central Command,»»»

MOKHA: To children in the village of Al-Thoubani, north of Yemen’s western port city of Mokha, the sound of a drone overhead has become a source of fear that follows them even inside their homes. Anas Mohammed Daoud and Mahdi Mohammed Youssef were among a group children gathered together in the vil»»»

Demand remained buoyant in Central and Eastern Europe with consumers continuing to spend more on average during each visit to NEPI Rockcastle shopping centres with average basket spend up 3.3%. This supported like-for-like tenant sales which were 2.7% higher than a year ago. Occupancy remained clos»»»

Dubai: A 21-year-old son of a Rajya Sabha MP has been booked after an Aston Martin he was allegedly driving at high speed struck and killed a 26-year-old retail worker outside Hyderabad’s Inorbit Mall, police said. Lingamaneni Sanjush, son of Jana Sena Party MP and businessman Lingamaneni Ramesh, w»»»

Over the past decade, Bulgaria has lost over 100 protected birds of prey, most often due to illegally placed poisoned baits as stated by WWF Bulgaria in a position on its website regarding the dead birds found in the Central Balkan National Park, including protected species of vultures. "This lates»»»

Tunis, August 20 (TAP) – Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Abdelhafid said Thursday that his ministry is ready to provide the support and guidance needed to facilitate the development of Tunisian-Indian investment projects, during a meeting...»»»

EL ALAMEIN: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani announced that the State of Qatar and the Arab Republic of Egypt have signed four agreements in the areas of customs cooperation and regulatory work, in addition to development and heal»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Western countries do not view Ukraine as an independent state but use it as a staging ground for threats against Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. "Judging by its course in recent years, I mean the West, it does not even need Ukraine a»»»