MADRID: A woman aged 102 died and firefighters rescued 90 people after flooding in the town of Madrigueras in southeastern Spain, regional authorities said on Saturday. The flooding follows the hottest summer on record in Spain, where almost 2,150 people are thought to have died from heat-related c»»»

Execution mishap prompts Tennessee prison chief to step down this month The prison commissioner in the US state of Tennessee has resigned over the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike, Governor Bill Lee said Saturday. Lee said in a statement that commissioner Frank Strada will leave»»»

Coast Guard hunts for medevac plane lost near Nantucket, Massachusetts The US Coast Guard launched a search operation Saturday for a medical evacuation plane that went missing while flying from Bermuda to Boston with six people on board, officials said. The Coast Guard said on X that surface vessel»»»

New York, Oct. 3 (SANA) Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Yisr Barnieh and Central Bank of Syria Governor Mohammad Safwat Raslan met Mastercard Chief Executive Michael Miebach in New York to discuss expanding digital payments and modernizing government financial services. The meeting, held Friday at»»»

Saudi Arabia is planning a major offensive in civil war-torn Yemen, hoping to reverse gains made by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who seized a strategic Red Sea chokepoint last month, Reuters reported on Friday, citing Gulf and Yemeni officials and Western diplomats. More than 100,000 Yemeni go»»»

Oil tanker attack near Oman raises concerns for Gulf maritime security A tanker has been hit just off the coast of Oman, Saudi Arabia is preparing for a potentially major new offensive in Yemen and a security incident on a flydubai aircraft has brought the regional crisis much closer to home for UA»»»

Van carrying worshippers collided with other vehicles on the highway near Salama Nairobi: A crash involving multiple vehicles on the highway to the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday killed 17 people, most of them pilgrims on the way to a prayer site, officials said. The crash in the Salama»»»

The state must restore trust in institutions and support young people, presidential candidate Iliana Iotova told supporters on Saturday. She said the state had the means to support its citizens. Restoring effective governance through institutions operating under clear rules and laws that applied eq»»»

Tsar Samuel was receiving a fitting welcome in the city he once defended, Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev said on Saturday in a statement released by the municipality. He was commenting on the arrival of Samuel's remains from Greece and their placement in the Basilica of St Sophia. Samuel had defended Sr»»»

RWAMPARA, Congo: More than 250 participants have been enrolled in a trial for a drug that could stop them from contracting Ebola in Congo, in what experts have described as a critical step to try to fight the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the Central African country. The drug is targeted at »»»

Truck, car, bus and motorcycle were involved in the fatal Friday accident A multiple-vehicle road crash on a highway has killed 20 people in northcentral Nigeria's Plateau state, authorities said in a statement. The accident on Friday afternoon on the Hawan Kibo-Jos road involved four vehicles -- a»»»

The Omani co-pilot accused of attacking the captain aboard a Flydubai flight to Israel on September 30 attempted to carry out a "terrorist" attack, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said ​Saturday. The alleged assailant, identified as Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, had been barred »»»

DOHA: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) is marking Customer Service Week 2026, an annual occasion that highlights the importance of customer service and its instrumental role in strengthening the patient experience and the quality of services provided to patients. This year's celebration i»»»

At MECh's second party congress held here on Saturday, presidential candidate and MECh party leader Radostin Vasilev told a press briefing that MECh is vibrant and strong, which can be seen from the party's congress. He added that MECh members feel that they are more needed than ever on the politic»»»

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LAGOS: A multiple-vehicle road crash on a highway has killed 20 people in northcentral Nigeria’s Plateau state, authorities said in a statement. The accident on Friday afternoon on the Hawan Kibo-Jos road involved four vehicles — a truck, car, bus and motorcycle, Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps»»»

RIYADH: Global computing and artificial intelligence leader NVIDIA has announced that it used the Saudi Audio Dataset for Arabic, launched by the Saudi Data and AI Authority in partnership with the Saudi Broadcasting Authority, to train its Nemotron 3.5 ASR multilingual automatic speech recognition»»»

Doha, Qatar: The rise of Al-Sarfa star on October 3 marks the beginning of a 13-day period in the traditional seasonal calendar and the third of the autumn stars, according to the Qatar Meteorology Department. Al-Sarfa is traditionally associated with a gradual shift in weather, signalling the depa»»»

LONDON: Anti-immigration Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage was ignored when he complained of threats to his safety, his deputy said Saturday after the man accused of killing former British politician Ann Widdecombe was charged with plotting a terror attack against Farage. Richard Tice said Farage»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia ranked first globally in date exports by value for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, with shipments worth SR1.938 billion ($517.7 million), according to data from the International Trade Centre. The figure represents an increase of about 14 percent from 2024, highlighting th»»»

CAIRO: African leaders argued for unlocking the continent’s capital at a business summit in Egypt on Saturday, saying Africa can “do much better” in financing its growth and reducing reliance on external funding. The three-day gathering in Egypt’s Mediterranean city of El-Alamein brought together m»»»

The heartland of the First Bulgarian Empire is divided into three parts, but Bulgarian is still spoken in each, Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov said on Saturday. He was commenting on the return of Tsar Samuel's remains to present-day Bulgaria in a statement circulated by the party's press of»»»

DOHA: The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has hosted the ShakeSmart Regional Communication Workshop on earthquake preparedness. The two-day event was organised by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to explore implementation tools, with technical support fr»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia ranked first globally in date exports by value for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, with shipments worth SR1.938 billion, according to data from the International Trade Centre. The figure represents an increase of about 14 percent from 2024, highlighting the sector’s growin»»»

The launch of the Distressed Factories Restructuring Fund, with total capital of EGP 1bn, marks a shift in the approach to industrial distress. It places existing assets and production capacities at the heart of the solution, rather than focusing solely on addressing debts or providing short-term f»»»

NAIROBI: A crash involving multiple vehicles on the highway to the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday killed 17 people, most of them pilgrims on the way to a prayer site, officials said. The crash in the Salama area happened after midnight when a truck driver tried and failed to overtake an»»»

Kyiv's Northern Bridge across the Dnipro river was hit by a Russian air attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Saturday, amid an escalation in strikes ​on ‌infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital. The attack comes a day after the city's Southern Bridge was hit by several strikes that officials sa»»»

Greek media gave extensive coverage to Saturday's ceremony in Thessaloniki marking the handover of the remains of Tsar Samuel to Bulgaria and the return of 48 ecclesiastical relics to Greece, with the main focus being on the historical significance of the agreement, the origin of the relics and the»»»

Media in North Macedonia linked Saturday's transfer of Tsar Samuel's remains from Greece to Bulgaria to disputes over shared history and what they described as political pressure on Skopje. "Tsar Samuel's Remains Arrive in Bulgaria: Messages of 'Shared History' and Blackmail against (North) Macedon»»»

Beijing: Big-serving Alexander Zverev trounced home hopeful Shang Juncheng 6-0, 6-3 at the China Open on Saturday to set up a quarter-final clash with Novak Djokovic in Beijing. The German top seed needed just 55 minutes to brush aside the Chinese wildcard, ranked 250th, firing nine aces along the »»»

KYIV: Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least six people and damaged Kyiv’s Northern Bridge, suspending traffic and causing tailbacks for a third day in Moscow’s latest effort to disrupt life in the Ukrainian capital. The strike came after two days of Russian assaults forced the full or partial »»»

Argentina offers citizenship to foreigners who invest at least $350,000 in the country Buenos Aires: Argentine President Javier Milei's government said Friday that the country would offer citizenship to foreigners who invest at least $350,000 in the country. South America's second-largest economy a»»»

Paris, France: The International Energy Agency said Saturday that member countries had so far released 325 million barrels of oil and oil-derivative products from strategic reserves, from 400 million barrels promised in March. The update came a day after G7 countries, in coordination with the IEA, »»»

The man accused of murdering former UK Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe has also been charged with preparing a terrorist attack on Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Joshua Kerry, 28, of Rotherham, South Yorkshire was charged on Friday under the Terrorism Act 2006 and will appear in court on Wednes»»»

Nagoya (Japan): Team Qatar's Rashid Nawaf and Mashari Nawaf clinched the gold medal for the first time in history after defeating their Malaysian counterparts in straight sets today. The final was held as part of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, currently taking place in Japan and set to conclude»»»

During the solemn ceremony of receiving the mortal remains of Tsar Samuel on Saturday, Bulgarian Patriarch and Sofia Metropolitan Daniil said that it is with reverence and filial honour that Bulgaria welcomes the sarcophagus containing the mortal remains of one of the greatest and most worthy ruler»»»

Doha, Qatar: An international brand of custom luxury devices has introduced Black Edition of the iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro in black titanium, with no cameras. Caviar has unveiled the limited-edition phones "without unnecessary details," removing the rear cameras and disabling the front cameras a»»»

Captain Machchhar applauded for helping bring the mid-air emergency under control Dubai: Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan have praised Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar for his courage and quick thinking during a serious security incident on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Captain Mach»»»

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Damascus, Oct. 3 (SANA) Deir Ali, Tishreen and al-Nasiriyah power plants form a key trio within Syria’s electricity-generation system because of their installed capacity, geographic distribution and links to the national transmission grid. Their recent temporary shutdown highlighted the strategic i»»»

Smit Machchhar, the Indian captain who was attacked by his co-pilot onboard the Flydubai flight 1073 in an apparent attempt to crash the plane, on Friday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that although he was severely injured in the altercation, “I could not let all those people die”. Although coll»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday warned that any country or organisation found to be responsible for the violent clash on board an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight would "pay a very heavy price". While Netanyahu has alleged the co-pilot who stabbed his captain mid-flight had undergon»»»

In an interview with FRANCE 24, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said the US continues to be "a very significant partner", despite owing $3 billion to peacekeeping. With the UN forced to cut about 25 percent of its capacity, Lacroix defended missions that cost just 0.2 percent of»»»

The first round of Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday pits two well-known names in the political ring: Lula vs. Bolsonaro. But it’s not former president Jair Bolsonaro facing off against the incumbent head of state – it’s his eldest son, Flavio Bolsonaro. He’s less charismatic than his father»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 2: We look at reactions in the French papers after high school blockades turned violent across France. We also look ahead to Brazil's two-round presidential election, which begins this weekend. The electoral campaign culminated with the cancellation of a presiden»»»

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will stand for re-election in Brazil on Sunday. At 80, the former steelworker hopes to capitalise on his popularity and economic successes to win a fourth term in office but is neck-and-neck in the polls with far-right rival Flavio Bolsonaro. Nearly four decades »»»

Riga: Latvians have begun to vote in an election shaped by concerns over neighbouring Russia and the cost of living, but the result is not expected to steer the country off its pro-European and pro-Ukrainian course. Voters of several ages and backgrounds spoke to AFP in Riga, expressing their prior»»»