BELGRADE — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced Russia’s latest deadly attacks on Kyiv on Saturday during his first official visit to Serbia, one of the few European countries that has maintained friendly relations with Moscow throughout the war. Four people, including a 3-year-old child, were killed in overnight strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian forces, meanwhile, struck oil facilities inside Russia. Zelenskyy arrived in Belgrade on Friday for the first visit by a Ukrainian president to Serbia in eight years. Speaking alongside Zelenskyy at a news conference, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic described Ukraine as a…
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BOGOTA — Conservative Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as Colombia’s president Friday, breaking with tradition by holding his inauguration in the volatile southwestern city of Cali in a move intended to signal his hard-line approach to illegal armed groups. De la Espriella, 48, succeeds Gustavo Petro after narrowly defeating Petro ally Sen. Iván Cepeda in a June 21 runoff election. The lawyer and businessman, who had never previously held public office, campaigned as an outsider and largely financed his presidential bid with his own fortune. His victory marks a further shift to the right in Latin America. The…
BANGKOK — Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has vowed to introduce tougher gun control laws after a 14-year-old carried out a shooting that left eight people dead and 22 injured at a school on the outskirts of Bangkok. Fourteen people remained hospitalized following Friday’s attack, seven of them in critical condition. Authorities said the teenager first shot and killed his 73-year-old grandfather and 74-year-old grandmother at their home before taking a school bus to Debsirin School in Nonthaburi, where he was a student. He later opened fire inside the school, killing five teachers before shooting himself. Thai media subsequently reported…
New Shariah-compliant business account enables small businesses to put surplus cash to work automatically, without locking it away, as Pemo cements its position as the leading all-in-one spend management platform for the UAE’s SME economy. Dubai — Pemo, the UAE’s leading all-in-one spend management platform, announced the launch of its very first business account, designed specifically for the country’s burgeoning small business economy. Issued by ruya and structured in line with Shariah-compliant principles, the account enables SME customers to put idle cash to work through a Wakala deposit, with an expected profit rate of up to 3.75%, no minimum balance and…
Spain on Saturday (Aug 8) started border checks on travellers arriving from Italy, responding to similar measures Rome imposed following a massive migrant rush into the Spanish north African enclave of Ceuta. “I don’t see a lot of the word ‘diplomacy’ used in these decisions, not by the Italian government, nor by the Spanish government,” said one 36-year-old Italian tourist, Maria Celeste Grillo, who had just flown into Madrid. She said she had not seen any added checks as she stepped off the plane, but found their implementation “sad”. Spain announced Friday it would proceed with the heightened controls, citing…
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Saudi Arabia’s strongest condemnation of the targeting of a UAE tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz. “These unacceptable attacks constitute an assault on the security and safety of maritime navigation and global energy supplies,” the ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency. Saudi Arabia affirmed that Iran’s continued perpetration of these attacks is a grave violation of international laws and norms, including Security Council Resolution 2817, which guarantees freedom of navigation and safe passage in international waterways. Saudi Arabia holds Iran responsible for the consequences…
WASHINGTON — The United States expects Iran to restore oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz to pre-conflict levels and ensure the safe passage of commercial vessels, US Vice President JD Vance said Saturday. “Our expectation is you’re going to see the same amount of oil and gas come out of the Gulf that you saw before the conflict started,” Vance told Fox News, saying Tehran had communicated that intention to Washington. Vance, however, stressed that the United States would assess Iran based on its actions rather than its assurances. “But you know, we don’t trust. We verify,”…
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The National Institute for Educational Professional Development concluded its summer training initiative, recording over 162,000 registrations across 26 educator programs on its digital platform. The offerings included 18 live workshops with over 70,000 registrations and eight self-paced courses with over 91,000 registrations, covering key subjects such as generative AI in education, instructional design, reading comprehension, leadership, special education, and professional ethics. A course on promoting national identity and cultural diversity led self-paced enrollment with over 23,000 participants, while live workshops saw strong engagement in AI technology and mental health. The initiative advances the institute’s mission to build a sustainable national…
TEHRAN — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that now is the “best time” for Iran and the United States to reach an agreement, arguing that outstanding disputes cannot be resolved through war alone and should be addressed through dialogue. “When people talk about reaching an agreement, I believe now is the best time, because there is cohesion, strength and unity in the country,” Pezeshkian said at his second news conference since taking office. He said Iran was viewed as having emerged from the conflict “victorious and strong,” creating an opportunity to pursue an agreement while defending the country’s rights…