DOHA: The State of Qatar has renewed strong condemnation of recent attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and commercial shipping, warning that the incidents threaten regional stability and freedom of navigation. The condemnation came during the Cabinet's regular meeting, chaired by Prime Minister »»»

British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said Wednesday he was disappointed with Israel's response to the government's decision to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, and rejected criticism from the U.K.'s chief rabbi. Israel responded Tuesday by closing the British consulate»»»

Prime Minister Péter Magyar has accused Austria of complaining to Brussels over the emergency construction of a weir on the Danube near the Paks Nuclear Power Plant. Vienna, however, says it has not filed a formal complaint, while confirming that it has raised concerns about the project with Hungar»»»

Rescuers dug through the rubble of a Houthi-run prison that was hit in an airstrike in northern Yemen earlier this week, even as the Saudi-led coalition renewed its attacks on rebel areas Wednesday. Rescuers recovered four bodies, raising the death toll at the prison to 23 people, the Houthis said.»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar has renewed strong condemnation of recent attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and commercial shipping, warning that the incidents threaten regional stability and freedom of navigation. The condemnation came during the Cabinet's regular meeting, chaired by Prime Minister »»»

Kyrgyzstan is celebrating National Komuz Day. Audi Alexander, an international volunteer at the VI World Nomad Games, congratulated Kyrgyzstanis on the holiday and performed the traditional kuu (melody) «Mash Botoi.» «I live in Canada and came to Kyrgyzstan as an international volunteer for the Wor»»»

The results of PISA 2025 provide an opportunity to assess nearly two decades of development in Kyrgyzstan’s education system, the Ministry of Education said. The ministry recalled that in 2006 and 2009, the majority of the country’s 15-year-old students did not reach the basic level of functional l»»»

A report by the U.S. Congressional Research Service has identified Bulgaria as one of the European Union’s most vulnerable information environments to malicious manipulation ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections in April 2026. The report, published on August 11, 2026, attributes Bulgaria’s»»»

Washington should end all assistance to Kiev as one of the steps toward a faster resolution of the Ukraine conflict, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said. Ushakov said the issue was discussed during Tuesday’s phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, »»»

DOHA: President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana HE Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali met with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, at his residence in Doha. During the meeting, they discussed relations between the two countries and ways to»»»

An overnight Russian drone strike at a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova killed at least two people, Odesa's regional governor said Wednesday. Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tofan said that 17 drones had hit Moldovan territory in August alone as both Kyiv and Moscow ramp up long-rang»»»

UAE Vice President opens new government season with message of ambition and resolve Dubai: Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has called on his team to make the UAE Government the best in the world as he opened»»»

Kathmandu, Nepal: Nepali rescuers clung to hopes of finding survivors trapped in hydropower tunnels on Wednesday, two weeks after deadly flooding triggered by a glacial mountain collapse. The August 26 tsunami-like surge of water, mud and debris, which began on the China-Nepal border, has killed mo»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe The Sanaa-based Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs: We affirm Yemen’s commitment to its principled and faith-based position toward the Pale»»»

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Welfare check leads to grim discovery as police find security cameras apparently disabled A welfare check on a 73-year-old woman in Texas took a disturbing turn when deputies entered her home and found her body wrapped in bloody sheets and a rug inside a duffel bag, according to court records. Now »»»

Say what you will about ex-BlackRock bigwig German Chancellor and uber-grinch Friedrich Merz, but he has his moments of unexpected alertness. Currently, he is shocked, shocked! He has noticed that his party, the mainstream conservatives of the CDU are “in serious danger” after suffering their worst»»»

The possibility of a Putin-Trump-Xi meeting at the APEC summit in China has been raised during Russia-US contacts. A meeting between the presidents of Russia, China, and the United States could take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China, as such a po»»»

Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned an aggressive US attack on several Iranian oil tankers, saying the Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces have exercised their inherent right to self-defense by striking US military bases and vessels. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Iranian Foreign Minist»»»

Delegation’s agenda included meetings with government agency representatives and more The Tamchy Special Financial Investment Territory (Tamchy SFIT) partnered with the 15th annual AIM Congress investment forum, which is being held September 7–9 in Dubai (UAE). The delegation from the Kyrgyz Republ»»»

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić addressed the public from the Palace of Serbia, announcing that he had decided to dissolve the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and call an early parliamentary election. Vučić has signed the Decree dissolving the National Assembly of Serbia and the deci»»»

Iran's foreign ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned U.S. strikes on its oil tankers, describing the attacks the previous day as a threat to regional security. "The aggressive actions by the United States against Iranian commercial vessels not only increase the dangers of tensions in the region »»»

New York: Ben Shelton stunned holder Carlos Alcaraz in an epic US Open quarter-final that ended at 3:34 am Wednesday, breaking the record for the latest finish in Flushing Meadows history. The big-hitting Shelton won 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10/7) on Arthur Ashe stadium in a 4hr 28min classic»»»

Kyrgyzstan presented its experience in developing green and sustainable finance at the second meeting of the Turkic Green Finance Council, held in Astana as part of the Astana Finance Days 2026. The event brought together representatives of the financial sector, regulators and development instituti»»»

Dh2.8 billion in construction contracts awarded as development revenue rises 38% Dubai: Majid Al Futtaim reported record first-half EBITDA of Dh2.5 billion, up 11 per cent year-on-year, as the Dubai-based group stepped up investment across a development pipeline worth more than Dh100 billion. Sign »»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov and Speaker of the Zhogorku Kenesh Marlen Mamataliev inaugurated a modern digital museum and renovated meeting rooms within the parliament building. They toured the renovated halls, designated for meetings of parliamentary committees and other events, and were »»»

Critically endangered apes found thousands of kilometres from their natural habitat Dubai: Five young orangutans worth potentially more than Rs10 million on the illegal exotic-animal market have mysteriously turned up in an Odisha forest — thousands of kilometres from their natural habitat — trigge»»»

Departing researcher says tech giants ‘gambling with our lives’ on superintelligence San Francisco: An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of “playing with our lives” in the race to develop AI models capa»»»

Yemen’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has firmly rejected Saudi Arabia’s latest military escalation, asserting that the Kingdom’s intensified airstrikes are a direct consequence of Sana’a’s principled position on the Palestinian cause a stance the ministry describes as the “central is»»»

One person was killed Wednesday in an Israeli strike on his motorcycle on the Zebdine-Marj Harouf road. Israeli artillery shelled overnight into Wednesday the southern towns of Kfar Remman, al-Mansouri, Wadi Zebqine, Mays al-Jabal and Qabrikha, while strikes targeted Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Wadi Zebqine»»»

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea expressed deep concern Wednesday that Nabatieh could face the same fate as Ali al-Taher and Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, calling on state authorities to strictly enforce decisions outlawing Hezbollah’s military and security wings. Geagea urged the governm»»»

The Council of Ministers approved amendments to the Labour Code establishing a new mechanism for determining the minimum wage, Labour and Social Policy Minister Nataliya Efremova told a briefing at the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. The amendments set out the criteria and indicators for determi»»»

Helsinki, Sept. 09 (SANA) Google announced on Wednesday that it will invest €13 billion in Finland over the next two years in digital infrastructure projects, including data centers dedicated to operating artificial intelligence models.In a statement published on its Google Cloud Press Corner websi»»»

The United States is banning the import of some dairy products and motorcycles from Canada along with most alcoholic beverages, the White House said Tuesday, as part of a trade war that shows little sign of cooling off. The ban will take effect Sept. 29 and comes after retaliatory tariffs promised »»»

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the seizure of “one of the most modern, unmanned, and smart submarines” in the possession of the US military. The Pentagon downplayed the incident, saying it was an old drone without any sensitive equipment. On Tuesday, the IRGC publishe»»»

The sun set over this southern Iranian city, and Heydar Sadeghi was where he can be found almost every evening: on a bench next to the shattered remains of his grandson's school. His face was soaked with tears. A banner strung around the rubble showed the faces of children and teachers killed here »»»

Doha, Qatar: President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana HE Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali met on Wednesday HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, at his residence in Doha. During the meeting, they reviewed cooperative relations between t»»»

Cairo: Egypt is planning to build its first large-scale artificial intelligence data centre, aiming for a 200 megawatt facility worth $1 billion, using Nvidia technology. The project, announced on Wednesday by Egypt's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, comes as the world's two m»»»

Business leaders say Dubai can connect Southeast Asian companies with UAE, wider markets Dubai: Dubai is emerging as a key gateway for businesses from Southeast Asia seeking to enter the UAE and expand into the wider Middle East, Africa, and Europe, according to business leaders from the ASEAN Busi»»»

Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Wednesday said it fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan used by the US military, attacked 10 ships, and threatened to strike tankers located off Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for US forces’ destruction of five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday. Follow our liveb»»»

Sensors, new tracking app are part of a wider push to improve collection and recycling Twenty-five years after Clean UAE began as a street clean-up drive, the entities behind it say the focus will now also be on stopping people from calling it waste in the first place – a shift backed by new techno»»»

Dibba Al-Hisn, Khor Fakkan and Khor Kalba form a 2,000-year-old maritime network Sharjah: A historic coastal network linking Dibba Al-Hisn, Khor Fakkan and Khor Kalba has been added to UNESCO’s Tentative List for World Heritage, strengthening Sharjah’s presence on the global heritage map. The Sharj»»»

London: UK air travellers faced more misery Wednesday with 177 flights scrapped across the country, as Britain's air traffic control service scrambled to recover from a technical glitch which it ruled out as a cyberattack. Aircraft tracking website FlightRadar24 revealed the fresh cancellations aft»»»

In the first half of 2026, Kyrgyzstan recorded higher self-sufficiency levels in nine socially significant food products compared with January—June 2025, the press service of the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry reported. Food self-sufficiency indicators In January—J»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran is imposing a no-shipping zone east of the Strait of Hormuz, and vessels must coordinate with Tehran to pass through it, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said on Wednesday. "The closed area starts from the port of Chabahar all the way to cer»»»

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea expressed deep concern Wednesday that Nabatieh could face the same fate as Ali al-Taher and Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, calling on state authorities to strictly enforce decisions outlawing Hezbollah’s military and security wings. Geagea urged the governm»»»

Following a meeting with Moldova's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihail Popsoi, Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova told a briefing that Bulgaria would continue to support Moldova’s path to the EU. According to her, Moldova has proved that when there is political will and readiness for »»»

More than 100 events are set for DWTC venues as DEC expansion progresses towards 2031 Dubai: Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) is gearing up for a busy final quarter of 2026, with more than 100 exhibitions, conferences and business events scheduled across its two Dubai venues through the end of the y»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The level of gas prices on the stock exchange in Europe has not yet reached its peak, new records will be broken, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. "The current level of gas prices on the exchange is not a record. Records will be set further, and Europeans are we»»»

Taraclia will retain its separate administrative status and become a municipality, Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi said on Wednesday. He described this as extremely important after meeting Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova to discuss Moldova’s administrat»»»