WASHINGTON. D.C./TEHRAN/BEIJING: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on August 24 that the United States was preparing new secondary...

WASHINGTON, DC: On Monday, the Trump administration moved to make permanent a fee of more than $100,000 on new H-1B visas for highly...

SEATTLE, Washington: Boeing engineers and technical workers have overwhelmingly rejected the U.S. planemaker's proposed four-year labor...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico: The governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state, Ruben Rocha Moya, returned to office this week after taking more than...

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran has granted permission to several Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after repeated requests...

LONDON, U.K.: Prince Harry and the other high-profile claimants must make an interim payment of £9.54 million towards the legal costs...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's High Court on August 21 convicted two pro-democracy activists of inciting subversion, focusing on their use...

DUBAI/WASHINGTON: Iran said on August 21 that it would respond crushingly to any new U.S. threats after Washington said it planned...

JERUSALEM/CAIRO: More than two years after her killing, Israel's military admitted that its troops had opened fire on a car carrying...

HONG KONG/SHENZHEN, China: The founder of China Evergrande Group, the world's most heavily indebted property developer, was sentenced...

KYIV, Ukraine: A major Russian airstrike killed 16 people and injured more than 40 in Kyiv and the surrounding region on August 20....

WASHINGTON D.C.: U.S. public debt has crossed US$40 trillion for the first time, more than doubling in less than a decade as government...

OAKLAND, California: A former Meta Platforms engineering director told jurors on Thursday that CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a company...

DAMASCUS, Syria: Syrian security forces have arrested a former security officer from the Assad era who fled Austria after being sentenced...

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at a news conference in Ottawa, Canada, August 22, 2026. /CFP Editor's note: Radhika...

(Photo credit: Andrew Dolph / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) LeBron James and the PGA Tour are teaming up to bring an event...

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday unveiled fresh sanctions on Iran and warned...

KABUL, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Behind the glass counters of Kabul's antique sellers' street, blue lapis lazuli, green emeralds, red rubies...

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers on Tuesday began reviewing a draft law on countering transnational corruption, a move...

Obstacles to Brussels plan including Belgiums fierce opposition remain the same, a senior EU official has told the paper The EU is...

DUBAI, 25th August, 2026 (WAM) -- The 13th edition of the International Family Medicine Conference & Exhibition (IFM 2026) opened today...

Seven others were injured when gunmen attacked a patrol traveling through Jonglei State Two UN peacekeepers have been killed and...

(260825) -- ULAN BATOR, Aug. 25, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Guests attending the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the...

At the Apopo Detection Rat Training and Research Center at Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, African...

(Photo credit: Stephen Brashear-Imagn Images) The Seattle Mariners usually shoot off fireworks after victories at home. But with...

(260825) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 25, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Karimi Reyhane (R) of Iran competes during the pool A match between Iran and Iraq at...

DUBAI, 25th August, 2026 (WAM) -- The UAE Aid Agency and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) held a roundtable titled From...

Civil Defense crews say around 8,000 bodies are trapped beneath the rubble, years after some of the Israeli strikes Gaza rescue crews...

ABU DHABI, 25th August, 2026 (WAM) -- Reflecting its key role in strengthening the UAE's leading position within the international...

Arctic drilling will continue, the countrys energy minister has insisted Norway will continue developing oil and gas fields in the...

SHARJAH, 25th August, 2026 (WAM) -- The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) has announced the closure of registration for...

ABU DHABI, 25th August, 2026 (WAM) -- The selection of Don Quixote as the 'Book of the World' for the 35th edition of the Abu Dhabi...

SHARJAH, 25th August, 2026 (WAM) -- Air Arabia today announced the launch of its new non-stop service connecting Sharjah International...

Japans rupture with Moscow and North Koreas rise as a Russian ally show how US power is reshaping the security order across Northeast...

ABU DHABI, 25th August, 2026 (WAM) -- UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a written message to the...

VMPL Mohali (Punjab)/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 25: Kedaara Capital has announced a strategic investment of USD 200 million...

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 25 (ANI): BJP MLA Palvai Harish Babu on Tuesday accused Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy...

HT Syndication Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 25: KRAFTON India is extending the ongoing BGMI 5th Anniversary Edition 4.5...

LANZHOU, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- With a single tap on a smartphone screen, celestial maidens holding lotuses, painted 1,400 years ago,...

'Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said his government will...