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Trump vows to destroy Iranian ships laying mines in Strait of Hormuz

Trump vows to destroy Iranian ships laying mines...

Washington [US], August 26: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday again threatened to destroy any Iranian ships or boats laying...

Rwanda accuses DRC of supporting armed group

Rwanda accuses DRC of supporting armed group

Kigali [Rwanda], August 26: Rwandan President Paul Kagame has again blamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the...

Rohingya refugees demand justice, dignity

Rohingya refugees demand justice, dignity

Washington [US], August 26: Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees have rallied to protest against conditions at overcrowded camps in...

Nevada wildfire contained to 27 percent as thousands of people still displaced

Nevada wildfire contained to 27 percent as thousands...

Reno [Nevada], August 26: Fire containment has reached 27 percent in the rampant wildfire that first erupted in the Sierra...

Israeli forces raid UNRWA centre in East Jerusalem

Israeli forces raid UNRWA centre in East Jerusalem

Jerusalem [Israel], August 26: Israeli forces have raided the Qalandiya Training Centre, a key facility operated by the United Nations...

Iran, Oman say discussed Hormuz navigational corridor

Iran, Oman say discussed Hormuz navigational corridor

Tehran [Iran], August 26: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi have discussed implementing a temporary...

Arab Media Summit 2026 to feature silver jubilee celebrations of Arab Media Award

Arab Media Summit 2026 to feature silver jubilee...

Dubai [UAE], August 26: The Arab Media Award is celebrating its silver jubilee during the upcoming Arab Media Summit 2026,...

Lebanon's Minister of Culture to deliver keynote address at Arab Media Summit 2026

Lebanon's Minister of Culture to deliver keynote address...

Dubai [UAE], August 26: The Arab Media Summit Organising Committee has announced that Dr. Ghassan Salame, Minister of Culture of...

Abdullah bin Zayed receives phone call from Lebanese Prime Minister

Abdullah bin Zayed receives phone call from Lebanese...

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 26: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs,...

Syrian Democratic Forces dissolved, fully integrated into Syrian Army

Syrian Democratic Forces dissolved, fully integrated into Syrian...

Damascus [Syria], August 26: Mazloum Abdi announced Tuesday the end of the mission of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and...

South Korea says US cancelled upcoming joint marine exercises over Iran war

South Korea says US cancelled upcoming joint marine...

Seoul [South Korea], August 25: South Korea says the United States has cancelled a large joint amphibious landing exercise scheduled...

Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope Leo urges global action to save lives

Ebola cases in DRC hit 5,515 as Pope...

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached 5,515 confirmed cases of infection and killed...

Eight, including 2 children, killed in Gaza strikes

Eight, including 2 children, killed in Gaza strikes

Gaza [Israel], August 25: Sources at hospitals in Gaza told Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli air strikes killed at least...

Iran vows to retaliate after US widens sanctions

Iran vows to retaliate after US widens sanctions

Tehran [Iran], August 25: Iran promised to retaliate against expanded U.S. economic sanctions that the Americans said would cut off...

US unveils 'economic D-Day' of sanctions to isolate Iran

US unveils 'economic D-Day' of sanctions to isolate...

Washington [US], August 25: The U.S. on Monday announced an expansion of secondary sanctions it hopes will "sever every economic...

US removes Syria from terrorism sponsor list

US removes Syria from terrorism sponsor list

Damascus [Syria], August 25: The United States removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism on Monday, lifting...

Tornado in southern France injures 26 people, damages 100 homes

Tornado in southern France injures 26 people, damages...

Paris [France], August 25: A tornado in the Aude department, southern France, injured at least 26 people and damaged around...

Hungary keeps 7.5% deficit goal while drought, energy costs bite

Hungary keeps 7.5% deficit goal while drought, energy...

Budapest [Hungary], August 25: Hungary's new government promised to clean up the budget. The weather and the energy market are...

S. Korea to develop environmental, ocean observation satellite

S. Korea to develop environmental, ocean observation satellite

Seoul [South Korea], August 25: South Korea will develop a next-generation environmental and ocean observation satellite by 2033 to succeed...

UN reports 47 killed, 22 injured in overnight gang attack near Port-au-Prince

UN reports 47 killed, 22 injured in overnight...

Port-au-Prince [Haiti], August 25: At least 47 people were killed and 22 more injured in an overnight gang raid on...

Landfill collapse in Guinea kills at least 30

Landfill collapse in Guinea kills at least 30

Conakry [Guinea], August 24: A mountainous heap of refuse has collapsed at the largest landfill in Guinea's capital, Conakry, killing...

Spanish villagers return home after wildfires and floods

Spanish villagers return home after wildfires and floods

Madrid [Spain], August 24: Spanish villagers on part of the Mediterranean coast hit by wildfires and flooding were returning home...

Two people dead as Latvia, Lithuania battered by severe summer storms

Two people dead as Latvia, Lithuania battered by...

Riga [Latvia], August 24: Two people have been killed and power supplies were partially disrupted in the Baltics after the...

Kazakhstan holds parliamentary polls expected to cement president's grip

Kazakhstan holds parliamentary polls expected to cement president's...

Almaty [Kazakhstan], August 24: Voters were heading to the polls in Kazakhstan's snap parliamentary election, which critics say will strengthen...

Wartime elections a 'huge risk', could 'destroy' Ukraine: Zelensky

Wartime elections a 'huge risk', could 'destroy' Ukraine:...

Kiev [Ukraine], August 24: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected his ex-defence chief's calls for a wartime election, calling the...

Drones hit two industrial sites in Russia's Orenburg region

Drones hit two industrial sites in Russia's Orenburg...

Moscow [Russia], August 24: The governor of Russia's Orenburg region said on Sunday that two ​industrial facilities were hit by...

Syria foreign minister sees Israel security talks resuming despite no trust

Syria foreign minister sees Israel security talks resuming...

Damascus [Syria], August 24: Syria expects negotiations to resume soon with ​Israel over a security deal it hopes will lead...