26-08-2025 MOSCOW: Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russia, forcing a sharp fall in the capacity of a reactor at one of Russia’s biggest nuclear power plants and sparking a huge blaze at the major Ust-Luga fuel export terminal, Russian officials said. Despite talk of peace by Russia and Ukraine, …

26-08-2025 TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the United States wants Tehran “to be obedient” to it, but the Iranian people will resist such “a grave insult”, state media reported on Sunday. “They want Iran to be obedient to America. The Iranian nation will stand with …

26-08-2025 SANAA/ JERUSALEM: Israel launched air strikes on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Sunday, killing two people and wounding five. Israel said it targeted a military compound, where the presidential palace is located, missile bases, and oil and power stations. Yemeni al-Masira TV channel reported that Israel struck an …

25-08-2025 ISTANBUL/ UNITED NATIONS: Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan has written to US President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, and urged her to contact Israel’s prime minister and raise the plight of children in Gaza, authorities in Ankara said on Saturday. Emine Erdogan wrote that she had been inspired by …

25-08-2025 DAMASCUS/ SWEIDA: Syria’s first parliamentary election under its new Islamist administration, scheduled for September, will not include the southern province of Sweida and two other provinces because of security concerns, the electoral commission said on Saturday. Hundreds of people were reported killed in July in clashes in Sweida province …

25-08-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: President Donald Trump said he would nominate Sergio Gor, one of his closest aides, to be the next US ambassador to India, where he will oversee frosty relations that have worsened with the planned doubling of US tariffs on goods from India next week. Gor, who …

25-08-2025 CONAKRY: Guinea‘s military rulers have suspended the country’s three main opposition parties, including that of former President Alpha Conde, in the run-up to a constitutional referendum next month. The order on Saturday prevents Conde’s Rally of the Guinean People, the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea, led by former …

25-08-2025 ABUJA: The Nigerian military said more than 35 jihadis had been killed in an air strike on Saturday. The attack was carried out close to the border with Cameroon, where Islamist militants had reportedly gathered. Violent attacks have been resurging in the West African country following a period of …

25-08-2025 LONDON/ LIVERPOOL: Protesters have rallied in cities and towns across the United Kingdom, demanding that Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government stop housing asylum seekers at hotels. The rallies on Saturday were met with counter protests by anti-racism campaigners, triggering scuffles between the opposing groups, and police intervention to keep …

25-08-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 63 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, medical sources tell Al Jazeera, as Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza City as part of their effort to seize the city and forcibly displace about one million people. Media obtained footage on Saturday showing …