GCC Secretary General condemns repeated hostile Iranian attacks on ADNOC tankers

Aug 16, 2026

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], August 16: Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), has condemned the repeated hostile Iranian attacks targeting two...

MBZUAI develops landmark benchmark to bridge cultural, dialect gap in Arabic AI

Aug 16, 2026

Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 16: Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is pioneering research to refine artificial intelligence so that systems can genuinely...

UAE Team Emirates targets podium finish at Cyclassics Hamburg

Aug 16, 2026

Hamburg [Germany], August 16: Mexican cyclist Isaac Del Toro will lead UAE Team Emirates XRG at the 29th edition of the Bemer Cyclassics in Hamburg...

UN warns Ebola claiming one life every 30 minutes in DRC

Aug 16, 2026

Geneva [Switzerland], August 16: The United Nations and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have issued a urgent warning over the accelerating Ebola outbreak in...

Meta tests AI scam alert feature on WhatsApp

Aug 16, 2026

Washington [US], August 16: Meta has launched a new optional AI-powered scam alert feature on WhatsApp, currently rolled out as a limited test version to...

Mexico races to clear record seaweed surge from Caribbean beaches

Aug 15, 2026

Mexico City [Mexico], August 15: Mexico is scrambling to contain a record surge of foul-smelling sargassum along its Caribbean coast, as the brown seaweed swamps...

Belgium records hottest day of 2026 amid ongoing heat wave

Aug 15, 2026

Brussels [Belgium], August 15: Belgium recorded its hottest 13 August since measurements began on Thursday, with 32,2 °C measured in Uccle, according to Royal Meteorological...

French taxpayers' data stolen in cyber attack, French Finance Ministry says

Aug 15, 2026

Paris [France], August 15: French taxpayers' ​data, both individuals and professionals, stolen in a cyberattack, the French Finance Ministry said.

Indonesia targets 30 GW of solar power in 2026

Aug 15, 2026

Jakarta [Indonesia], August 15: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said the government would build solar power plants (PLTS) with a capacity of 30 gigawatts (GW)...