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HP Inc. has unveiled HP Garage 2.0 at the LEAP 2026 event in Saudi Arabia. The new incubator aims to assist local startups in turning concepts into practical solutions, aligning with the nation's Vision 2030 goals for technological advancement.
This initiative provides dedicated infrastructure for Saudi startups to accelerate artificial intelligence innovation in alignment with national economic transformation goals.
‘Massive’ Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills 8
A large-scale overnight Russian missile and drone assault on Kyiv resulted in at least eight fatalities, with seven victims killed at a railway depot. The bombardment coincided with the start of the new school year and followed weeks of heightened aerial attacks by Moscow on the Ukrainian capital.
Nepal says death toll rises to 987, bringing total killed past 1,000
Severe flooding originating along the China-Nepal border has resulted in over 1,000 fatalities combined between the two regions. Rescue operations are continuing into their seventh day as authorities recover more bodies and thousands of people remain unaccounted for.
California lawmakers pass bill allowing people to identify their Jewish ancestry on state forms
California's Legislature has approved a measure permitting residents to voluntarily state their Jewish ancestry on official state documents. The legislation mandates that state agencies collecting demographic data include Jewish as an ethnicity or ancestry choice. Proponents argue this will improve data collection regarding Jewish Californians' employment and educational representation.
World leaders need to see rising oceans in Pacific: UN official
A high-ranking United Nations official suggested that leaders of major economies visit a Pacific atoll to witness firsthand the impacts of record-breaking sea level rises. Highlighting recent severe flooding in Nepal alongside Pacific ocean trends, the official emphasized that accelerating climate change is rapidly melting global ice and threatening vulnerable communities worldwide.
Iran president says Tehran would ‘immediately’ reciprocate if US returns to June deal
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced at a summit in Kyrgyzstan that Tehran is prepared to immediately fulfill its commitments if the United States re-enters a previously established June agreement. The statement outlines Iran's willingness to reciprocate steps toward ending hostilities should Washington reverse its stance.
Lebanon urges Greece to help implement deal with Israel
ATHENS: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun asked Greece on Monday for support in implementing a US-sponsored agreement with Israel, hours after Greece and Israel announced a multibillion-dollar arms deal. Israel and Lebanon launched direct talks aimed at ending hostilities after Iran-backed Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East war in March by attacking Israel, which responded with massive strikes and a ground invasion.
Former gang member found guilty of murdering Tupac Shakur
LAS VEGAS: Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former Los Angeles gang member, was found guilty on Monday by a Las Vegas court of the 1996 murder of chart-topping rapper Tupac Shakur. Thirty years after the rap legend’s death, the jury found Davis, 63, guilty of murder after just a few hours of deliberation. “Count one, murder with use of a deadly weapon, guilty of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon,” the foreperson of the jury announced to the court.
10 Syria security personnel wounded in clashes in Sweida: state TV
DAMASCUS: Clashes with local armed groups in Syria’s Druze-majority province of Sweida left 10 government security personnel wounded, state media reported Tuesday. The unrest, which took place on Monday, came after two civilians were killed in similar clashes west of Sweida city, according to two local security sources. Syrian state television, citing the Internal Security Command in Sweida province, said the number of wounded personnel had risen to 10 after “outlaw groups” targeted points in...
Woman stabs 2 people in New York City’s Times Square, killing 1, then is killed by police
A woman randomly stabbed two people in New York City’s Times Square on Monday, killing one woman, and then was fatally shot by police, according to officials. The shooting happened just before 4:30 p.m. next to a New York Police Department substation, just outside One Times Square, the building that hosts the city’s annual New Year’s Eve ball drop celebration. It is one of the most heavily touristed and policed spots in all of New York.
Libya enters new political phase with two-year election roadmap
CAIRO: Libya has entered a potentially decisive new phase in its long-running political transition, after representatives of the country’s rival institutions signed an agreement setting out a road map for presidential and parliamentary elections within two years. The agreement, signed in Tripoli on Sunday under the auspices of the UN Support Mission in Libya, is intended to resolve disputes over electoral legislation, reform the national elections body and create the conditions for ending more...
US Army Secretary Driscoll tenders resignation, source says
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 : US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to the White House following months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Driscoll, who officials said is close to US Vice President JD Vance, becomes the latest senior official who has either been fired or pushed out in Hegseth’s Pentagon. It also comes as the United States is still engaged in a war with Iran, with thousands of US Army soldiers deployed i...
Tanker struck by three projectiles while sailing out of Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO says
LONDON: A tanker has reported being struck by three projectiles while sailing out of the Strait of Hormuz, 17 nautical miles east of Oman’s Khasab, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency (UKMTO) said on Tuesday. No casualties or environmental impact have been reported, UKMTO said.
Trump says US reviewing position on Falkland Islands
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is reviewing its position on the Falkland Islands, after reports that Washington threatened to oppose Britain’s sovereignty if it does not increase defense spending. The proposal concerning the South Atlantic archipelago, over which Britain and Argentina went to war in 1982, was among measures being drawn up by the Pentagon to incentivize NATO allies to meet spending pledges, the Daily Telegraph reported last week.
DA says a teen who recorded San Diego mosque shooting livestream has been charged with murder
WASHINGTON: A 17-year-old North Carolina girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting, a district attorney said Monday. Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill said at a news conference in Winston-Salem that the girl, identified in court records as Sarah Lindsey Santiago, was arrested last week. A grand jury indicted her on three coun...
Trump vows to hit Iran hard after first exchanges of fire in a month
DUBAI/ASHEVILLE, North Carolina: US President Donald Trump threatened further strikes against Iran on Monday after the first exchange of direct attacks in a month, raising tensions in a conflict that had recently shifted into an economic standoff. Iran launched missiles overnight at two US air bases in Jordan in response to a US attack on Iran’s Larak Island, where Washington said it had struck Iranian launchers firing mines into the Strait of Hormuz.
Bashar Assad ruled Syria with iron fist before defeat in civil war
DAMASCUS: Bashar Assad’s 24-year rule of Syria ended abruptly in December 2024 following a lightning advance by rebel forces who struck while the Russian and Iranian allies who had backed him through years of civil war were distracted by conflicts elsewhere.
New commercial quay expands cargo-handling capacity at Syria’s Tartous Port
LONDON: The Syrian Arab Republic’s Tartous Port began commercial operations at Quay No. 4 on Tuesday, after the berth received its first vessel, expanding the port’s cargo-handling capacity and aiming to cut wait times for large ships. The vessel docked at the newly opened quay and began unloading after officials completed the handover of the berth, its facilities and adjacent storage yards, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported.
Does Syria’s death sentence for Bashar Assad bring justice any closer?
LONDON: For almost a quarter of a century, Bashar Assad stood at the apex of a Syrian state in which the president appeared beyond the reach of its courts. On Tuesday, that relationship was dramatically reversed. Syria’s Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus sentenced the ousted president to death in absentia after convicting him of offenses including “premeditated and intentional murder of more than one person and of children” as well as “torture, arbitrary arrest and crimes against humanity” c...
Trump’s secret plane swap triggers questions and confusion
WASHINGTON, United States: A secret operation that reportedly smuggled Donald Trump off Air Force One in a catering truck before the plane departed carrying journalists and top aides at apparent risk of an Iranian strike has raised questions over US security practices. The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump covertly exited the presidential plane while it was on the ground in Turkiye on July 8 as his security team deployed a scheme to evade an assassination threat.