Dubai: UAE pupils have received their A-level results after an exam season unlike any other, with students forced to prove their academic performance without sitting a single formal examination. In April, Cambridge, Pearson Edexcel and OxfordAQA cancelled all IGCSE and A-level examinations in the U»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), joins Pacific Fleet Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Liina (L), on the bridge of the Guards missile cruiser Varyag on Wednesday during naval exercises off the coast of Sakhalin region. Photo by Gavril Grigorov/Kremlin Pool/EPA Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Japan issued a s»»»

Dubai: UAE pupils have received their A-level results after an exam season unlike any other, with students forced to prove their academic performance without sitting a single formal examination. In April, Cambridge, Pearson Edexcel and OxfordAQA cancelled all IGCSE and A-level examinations in the U»»»

GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME The programme of Prime Minister Rumen Radev's government, adopted by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, is a leading topic in Bulgarian media. 24chasa.bg highlights important changes envisioned by the powerholders. The website says that under the chapter on "Dismantling the»»»

JERUSALEM: The US Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee called the siege a “horrific act of terror.” Since Sunday, according to local officials and fam»»»

QUSRA: Israel’s military said on Thursday it had sent ​more troops to a West Bank village where settlers have trapped Palestinian families inside their homes, a siege the Palestinians say is aimed at forcibly displacing them from their land. The siege began at the weekend when Jewish settlers close»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States did not transmit Volodymyr Zelensky's proposals to end the Ukrainian conflict to Russia via diplomatic channels, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday. “No," Ryabkov told reporters, when asked whether the American side had transmitted Z»»»

Berlin, Aug. 13 (SANA) German container shipping group Hapag-Lloyd said Thursday that the Middle East conflict and closure of the Strait of Hormuz cost it about $600 million in the second quarter, adding to expenses and weighing on earnings. The Hamburg-based company reported net profit of $83 mill»»»

London/Washington, Aug. 13 (SANA) Oil prices edged lower on Thursday after forecasts pointed to weaker global demand, while gold climbed to its highest level in more than two months as slowing U.S. inflation reduced expectations of further interest rate increases. Brent crude futures fell 0.1% to $»»»

On 9 August, Donald Trump sat for an interview with Axios and, in the space of a few sentences, reversed the tone of the previous week. “We're moving very quietly,” he said. Rather than ordering the sweeping new strikes he had threatened days earlier, the president said he preferred to let sanction»»»

The Trump administration has said that Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz’s comments that Israel will not withdraw from certain south Lebanon areas are inconsistent with a framework deal agreed to by Israel and Lebanon. A U.S. State Department official reaffirmed that the U.S. “expects all partie»»»

The United States is considering closing its consulate in Medan, Indonesia, which is near the highly strategic Strait of Malacca. File Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The Trump administration's decision to close the U.S. Consulate in Medan, Indonesia, may save relatively little money. Bu»»»

The deadly beating of Georgi Kuzev in Plovdiv has renewed attention on groups of young people who organize online and carry out aggressive attacks against others in Bulgaria. Journalists Eduard Papazyan and Nikolay Hristov say such groups are not a new phenomenon in Bulgaria and have been operating»»»

Washington’s warning exposes growing rift as Israeli minister openly defies framework commitments, raising fears of permanent land grab The Trump administration has issued an unusually sharp rebuke to Israeli War Minister Israel Katz after he declared that Israeli enemy forces would maintain a long»»»

A US State Department official said the United States expects Israel to act in accordance with the framework agreed with Lebanon, in response to comments by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, who said that Israeli forces would not withdraw from areas they have seized in Lebanon and Syria. The US»»»

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Wednesday condemned Israel's "systematic destruction" in the country's south as a violation of international law, as Israel's defense minister said its military was "destroying all the houses" there. Salam said Israeli "attacks, incursions, demolitions and the systemat»»»

Relatives of Lebanese seized by Israel during its last two wars with Hezbollah held a rally in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Beirut on Wednesday to demand information. Israel is estimated to have seized dozens of people in Lebanon since 2024, including Hezbollah fighters »»»

Washington: A 17-year-old Indian-origin boy has been charged with murdering his mother and younger brother at their family home in Massachusetts after an overnight search ended with his arrest in a neighbouring town. Arjun Aravind, a resident of Acton, faces two counts of murder in connection with »»»

Dubai: DP World’s revenue rose 13.1% to $12.7 billion in the first half of 2026, with growth across its global ports, logistics and marine businesses helping offset lower activity at Jebel Ali following disruption to Middle East trade flows. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Bala»»»

On Aug. 13, 2020, Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to full normalization of relations. 1 of 5 | U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd-L), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), United Arab Emirates' Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al »»»

Djibouti, Aug. 13 (SANA) Djibouti strongly condemned Colombia’s recognition of what it called “Israeli sovereignty” over the occupied Syrian Golan, saying the move violates international law and relevant UN Security Council resolutions. Djibouti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Coope»»»

BEIJING/SINGAPORE: Oil prices eased on Thursday after gains in previous sessions, as attention turned ‌to expectations of weaker global oil demand this year, while there was no progress on opening the vital Strait of Hormuz. Brent futures slipped 42 cents, or 0.47 percent, to $88.56 a barrel by 07:»»»

Russia's Supreme Court has banned the Yabloko party and its candidates from being on next month's ballots for the Duma legislative elections. File Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA-EFE Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Russia's Supreme Court has removed Yabloko, the country's only anti-war political party, from the ballo»»»

Doha, Qatar: The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) yesterday conducted the seventh edition of its specialised training series focused on the secure adoption and usage cycle of artificial intelligence (AI), bolstering Qatar’s efforts to build a resilient, risk-aware digital infrastructure. Organ»»»

The Ministry of National Defence's (MApN) radar surveillance system detected a group of five airborne targets at 1:27 am on the night of Wednesday to Thursday in the area of the town of Izmail, over Ukrainian territory. Two Romanian Air Force F-16 aircraft from the 86th Borcea Air Base were scrambl»»»

Doha, Qatar: Thirty Qatari and resident students have completed an intensive three-week programme focused on memorising the Holy Quran and studying the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) at the Al Emadi Model Educational Centre. Organised by the Department of Da’wah and Religious Guid»»»

Doha, Qatar: Once withdrawn and struggling to communicate, 13-year-old Linai has experienced a remarkable transformation through opportunities provided by the Circle-In Palestine program, finding her voice and a true sense of belonging. Lina, a seventh-grade student with disability and speech diffi»»»

Dubai: Gold buyers in the UAE saw some relief on Thursday morning after local prices retreated from their highest levels of August, although rates remain well above where they started the month. (Check latest UAE gold prices here, alongside prices in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and »»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov congratulated Andras Baka on his election as the leader of Hungary. In his congratulatory message, the head of state noted the friendly nature of relations between the Kyrgyz Republic and Hungary, based on mutual respect, trust, and the historical and cultural »»»

The US-Iran standoff is deepening as Washington tightens pressure on Tehran and the Strait of Hormuz remains severely disrupted, keeping shipping, oil markets and regional aviation on alert. US forces have now redirected 59 commercial vessels as part of efforts to enforce the Iran blockade, while t»»»

UAE travellers flying today are advised to check their flight status before heading to the airport, as airlines continue to adjust some regional services while overall operations remain largely stable. Etihad Airways, Emirates, Air Arabia and flydubai continue to operate services across the region,»»»

DUBAI: The Trump administration has criticized Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz’s comments to keeps troops in southern Lebanon, as his declarations contravened commitments made by the Israeli government under the agreement signed with the US and Lebanon. “The United States expects all parties t»»»

DUBAI: Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source, who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a time frame to implement it.The comments wer»»»

JAKARTA/TAIPEI: Indonesia’s navy said on Wednesday that joint exercises which China said took place east of Taiwan were routine and not related to “war fighting,” after Taipei expressed alarm and called them dangerous. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, and in June beg»»»

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., on Thursday, January 15, 2026. Fincke announced his retirement on Wednesday. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA/UP»»»

PANAMA CITY: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth floated on Wednesday the possibility of joint strikes on Colombian armed groups, as he welcomed the nation into a military-led counter-narcotics coalition after its conservative president took over last week. Colombia had authorized “joint military ope»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Iturup, an island ​in the disputed Kuril Islands chain claimed by both Russia and Japan, state news agency TASS said on Thursday. The neighbors never signed ‌a formal ‌World War ​Two ‌peace treaty ⁠as ​the main ⁠hurdle was the unresolved territorial dispute »»»

The Pentagon was accused of whitewashing US Army crimes after publishing its annual estimate of civilian casualties in 2025.The report, submitted to Congress late Monday and obtained by US news outlets, contains numbers that are far lower than estimates by independent outlets.The Pentagon concluded»»»

MAKKAH: The Muslim World League has launched an initiative to promote social peace in West Africa, bringing together religious, political and civil society leaders around a joint framework for strengthening coexistence and preventing conflict. MWL Secretary-General and Chairman of the Organization »»»

Dubai: As Pakistan marks its 79th Independence Day anniversary, Pakistanis living and working in the UAE have renewed their call for greater unity, stronger institutions, quality education and wider opportunities for the country’s young population, while expressing pride in their homeland and confi»»»

Washington: Keeping a low profile doesn't come naturally to Donald Trump. Yet that is the strategy the American president says he now favors in the war against Iran, and he is betting on economic pressure over diplomacy or new strikes. "We are low-keying it," Trump told news site Axios by phone Sun»»»

CALI/PEREIRA, Colombia: Colombian rescue teams raced on Thursday to find survivors still trapped beneath collapsed buildings two days after a powerful earthquake killed close to 250 people across ​the nation’s western valleys and coffee-growing region. “We are in a race against time to save lives,”»»»

WASHINGTON: US ‌President Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that the White House said was aimed at empowering federal law enforcement to use ​cyber tools against transnational criminal organizations that operate in foreign jurisdictions to attack Americans. Trump signed the national security »»»

NOUAKCHOTT: Thirty-five Mauritanians who had been detained in Mali returned home on Wednesday, a government spokesman said, alleging some had been tortured during an episode that caught national attention. The individuals had been suspected of being terrorists, a foreign ministry source and a polic»»»

WASHINGTON: Keeping a low profile doesn’t come naturally to Donald Trump. Yet that is the strategy the American president says he now favors in the war against Iran, and he is betting on economic pressure over diplomacy or new strikes. “We are low-keying it,” Trump told news site Axios by phone Sun»»»

BURGOS, Spain: Day briefly turned to night in Spain on Wednesday, as the country witnessed its first total solar eclipse in more than a century, plunging it into eerie darkness in one of nature’s greatest spectacles.The spectral glow of the Sun’s outer corona, shimmering out of the edges of the sha»»»

MOSCOW/KYIV: Russia warned Wednesday that attacks on its grain and agricultural infrastructure were worsening global food shortages and could drive food prices higher, as Moscow and Kyiv traded strikes on key ports and export facilities on both sides of the Black Sea. Russian Foreign Ministry spoke»»»

A man pays his respects during the 76th anniversary of the Jeju 4.3 memorial ceremony at the Jeju 4.3 Peace Park in Jeju City, South Korea, on April 3, 2024. File Photo by Darryl Coote/UPI JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The Korea Heritage Service announced Wednesday that Jeju Island's D»»»

Most Poles would back the deportation of unemployed military-age Ukrainian men, a recent survey by the Warsaw-based IBRiS Institute for Market and Social Research has indicated. Public perception of Ukrainians in Poland has deteriorated in recent months amid a diplomatic spat between the two countr»»»

Four more Iran-linked ships were blocked or redirected by the US Central Command on Wednesday, as American forces continue to enforce the “steel wall” naval blockade against Iran. This brings the total of ship redirections to 59 commercial vessels, 3 “disabled”, and 2 boarded as of August 12, 2026.»»»