Every autumn, cemeteries across Hungary are transformed into seas of flickering candlelight as families gather to remember those they have lost. All Saints’ Day in Hungary, observed on 1 November, is one of the country’s most deeply rooted traditions. But what exactly do Hungarians commemorate, why»»»

Paris, France: Tadej Pogacar has revealed he suffered three fractured vertebrae in the crash that ended his season, admitting he is "just happy to be alive" after scans uncovered the full extent of injuries that also left him battling concussion-related balance problems. The Slovenian rider had ini»»»

MANAMA: Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the US Princess Reema bint Bandar has called on the international community to designate Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist organization, warning that the Iran-backed militia poses a growing threat to regional security, global trade and energy markets. Writing in Th»»»

MANAMA: Syria’s top diplomat on Saturday said Damascus was considering whether to join the NATO-style Makkah defense alliance that binds Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Saudi Arabia, under heavy fire from Yemen’s Houthis, is a key backer of Syria’s government that came to power after the fall o»»»

Cape Town: South Africa beat Australia by 176 runs and clinched a series victory when Australia were bowled out for 111 on the fifth day of the third Test at Newlands on Saturday. Kagiso Rabada took two wickets in the first over and followed up with a third in a devastating opening spell which ripp»»»

ISTANBUL (Sputnik) - Iran will decide whether to hold direct or indirect negotiations with the United States once it agrees to Iran's terms, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday. "We will make a decision on whether to hold direct or indirect talks with the US as soon as Washingt»»»

Warsaw’s WIG20 gained just 0.3% over the week ended October 30, closing at 4,180 after hitting a record 4,291 on Thursday. Friday brought its worst session since June, erasing most weekly gains. The WIG rose 0.2%, mWIG40 was unchanged and sWIG80 fell 1.8%, leaving small caps barely positive year-to»»»

Poland’s consumer prices fell 0.4% m/m in October 2026, exceeding the expected 0.2% decline, according to Statistics Poland’s preliminary estimate. Annual inflation slowed to 3.5% from September’s 4.1%, below the forecast 3.7% and at the upper boundary of the central bank’s target range. Electricit»»»

NTT System’s shares gained over 100% in October and 300% over the past year, lifting its market capitalization to approximately PLN 500 mln. CEO Tadeusz Kurek considers the valuation more appropriate after earlier undervaluation, with shares now trading at roughly twice book value. First-half 2026 »»»

Companies are increasingly using AI to monitor workers and inform performance and pay decisions. Co-op Legal Services analyzes and scores customer calls, while Walmart assigns tasks and tracks completion. Burger King plans AI monitoring of greetings and polite language in 500 restaurants. Multivers»»»

Manila: Over 1,400 people in Albay province in the northern Philippines have been evacuated since Friday after the Mayon Volcano erupted, according to local officials. The evacuees, who lived within the volcano's 6-km permanent danger zone (PDZ), were moved to safer areas. The Philippine National P»»»

The center will start operations on January 1, 2027, the Finnish Air Force announced. It will be located within the Finnish Air Force HQ in central Finland. The center's goal is to monitor space activity, coordinate Finland's actions with NATO and other allies , and run its own space systemsThe cor»»»

Yashasvi Rohilla, 23, had recently secured a job placement; police are investigating Jaipur: A 23-year-old MBA student died after jumping from the sixth floor of Poornima University in Jaipur on Saturday. The student, identified as Yashasvi Rohilla, was pursuing her second year of MBA studies and h»»»

By Staff, Agencies Polish President Karol Nawrocki has called an emergency meeting bringing together all political forces and parliamentarians in an effort to resolve the escalating crisis surrounding the country's Constitutional Tribunal. "I am calling an urgent meeting with participation of all p»»»

DAMMAM: As the sun began to set over the Arabian Gulf on Friday, a sea of pink swept across Tharwah Corniche. Around 8,000 participants wearing pink gilets and carrying 4,000 pink balloons gathered along the waterfront connecting Dammam and Alkhobar for the annual Pink Eastern Marathon, a community»»»

Actor urges parents to guide children on phone use as Kerala steps up cyber safety efforts Malayalam superstar Mammootty has been named Kerala Police’s ‘Cyber Security Captain’ as the state launches a new campaign to raise awareness about online fraud and cybercrime. Home Minister Ramesh Chennithal»»»

Yerevan: Nearly 200 nations struck hard-fought agreements Friday at a UN biodiversity summit, but the outcome was accompanied by disappointment over missed opportunities to address humanity's destructive toll on nature. Delegates cheered as crucial texts were approved in overtime but the celebratio»»»

Ziina's payment volume now exceeds $1.5bn, with 500,000 users and 290,000 business owners. Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, has announced Ziina as the winner of the Dubai-it Award for Companies in the Fiel»»»

Arche, Poland’s largest independent hotel chain, plans a Warsaw Stock Exchange IPO in the first half of 2028 to finance expansion. It operates 26 properties and has 20 projects underway or in preparation, with planned investments totaling approximately PLN 3 bln. The company expects a 30–50% free f»»»

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The Trump administration on Friday green-lit the sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, the State Department said, but the Ukrainian president warned deliveries could take years. The approval, which goes to Congress for review, comes after weeks of complaints by Ukrainian authorities that its sup»»»

Brazil's defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro posted a video message on social media late Friday to declare he had fled to the US because he was a victim of 'persecution'. Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday's election runoff to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, gave no details of »»»

Americans vote on November 3 in midterm elections that could see Republicans lose control of Congress, endangering US President Donald Trump's legislative agenda. Under the US Constitution, elections are organized by the respective states – but that has not halted US President Donald Trump from try»»»

By Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera Gaza City— Mohammed Hamad, 14, was on his way home from school in Deir el-Balah on October 17 when an "Israeli" strike targeted the road he was travelling along. He had finished classes at the makeshift school and was walking home through the al-Baraka neighbourhood with»»»

Belgrade: Serbia's central bank said on Saturday it revoked the license of Alta Bank, whose owner reportedly had close ties to former president Aleksandar Vucic's party. The decision comes days after the parliamentary polls that saw a student movement defeat Vucic's right-wing SNS nationalist party»»»

Hackers stole $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance in a record-breaking heist, prompting issuers to freeze roughly half of the stolen assets. The breach, which US analysts suspect was done by North Korean hackers, has shaken confidence in the crypto market. Hackers stole $6.3 billion fr»»»

Vatican urges Hindus and Christians to work together for peace through prayer, dialogue Dubai: The Vatican has called on Hindus and Christians to come together to promote peace, respect, and understanding among different faiths ahead of Diwali, which will be celebrated by many Hindus on November 8.»»»

Saturday is set to see another day of nationwide demonstrations over the cost of living and conditions in schools. Dubbed “Act Three”, the protests bring together Yellow Vest activists and student demonstrators. But France’s highest administrative court has just upheld a ban on the planned route of»»»

Many Bulgarians see the president as a figurehead who lays wreaths on national holidays and gives a speech on New Year's Eve. In this view real power sits with the prime minister and parliament. Fewer than one in four voters turned out for the first round of this year's presidential vote last Sunda»»»

Residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky have left for Russia's Anapa city with a Ukrainian delegation, senior official David Arakhamia said Friday. They are expected to fly to Belarus before returning to Ukraine by bus, during a rare ceasefire brokered by the Un»»»

Social media abuzz as Omar Abdullah and Nidhi Razdan announce marriage Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and journalist Nidhi Razdan have begun a new chapter together, announcing their marriage through social media posts on Saturday. The couple reportedly married in New Delhi on Friday»»»

DOHA QatarEnergy announced the fuel prices for November, with prices remaining stable for diesel, 95 octane (Super), and 91 octane (Premium). QatarEnergy set the price of diesel at QR2.05 per liter, 95 octane (Super) at QR2.10 per liter, and 91 octane (Premium) at QR1.95 per liter.»»»

By Staff, Agencies Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said European countries have undermined their credibility as potential mediators in the Russia-Ukraine conflict through repeated failures to uphold previous agreements. Speaking on Friday on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meetin»»»

The General Assembly of Judges elected two co-chairs and an election commission in Sofia on Saturday, preparing for the November 7 election of members of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). The start was postponed by an hour after 464 of the 2,275 judges registered at the first attendance check. Fo»»»

Ten of those injured remain in unstable condition; 14 suffered minor to moderate injuries Cairo: At least 10 people were killed and 24 others injured when a minibus carrying workers collided with a heavy goods vehicle on a major road in Egypt's Giza governorate on Saturday, the Ministry of Health a»»»

Hezbollah will not escalate over the charges filed by Judge Claude Ghanem against 13 suspects in the Dahr al-Baidar explosives case and "a decision has been made to give political contacts a chance," political sources told the pro-Hezbollah daily al-Akhbar. Hezbollah has not issued an official stat»»»

Washington, United States: The Trump administration on Friday green-lit the sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, the State Department said, but the Ukrainian president warned deliveries could take years. The approval, which goes to Congress for review, comes after weeks of complaints by Ukraini»»»

The advertising company suspended its screens as authorities investigated the cyberattack Cairo: Egyptian authorities have confirmed that a cyberattack caused pornographic footage to appear on a large digital billboard overlooking one of Cairo's busiest roads, with similar screens in several other »»»

DHAKA: Bangladesh recorded its highest monthly ‌dengue death toll of the year in October, with experts warning the outbreak is unlikely to ease significantly before December. The outbreak has killed 418 people and led to more than 133,000 hospital admissions this year as of October 30, according to»»»

Officers find sick animals before a nearby garage catches fire during rescue Dubai: Police investigating a wanted man in the US discovered more than 100 cats inside an old bus, triggering an animal rescue operation that took another unexpected turn when a nearby garage caught fire. The discovery wa»»»

TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ​ordered the armed forces to respond immediately and without “geographic limits to ‌any enemy ‌threat,” ​according ‌to ⁠a statement ​published on ⁠his official Telegram account on Saturday. Khamenei said Iran would determine ⁠the timing ‌and ‌condi»»»

PARIS: France prepared Saturday for a third consecutive weekend of protests over living costs and education, deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes and rerouting the Paris march to the capital’s edge as youth-led demonstrations spread across Europe. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez warned of a “very »»»

Hundreds of runners and visitors stopped for a quick health check-up during the 41st SPAR Budapest Marathon Festival at the FirstMed tent, on the weekend of 10-11 October. People passing through had their blood sugar and blood pressure checked, while colleagues from FirstMed’s Budapest, Rome and Mi»»»

Family seeks accountability after the girl was assaulted inside the school premises Panchkula: In a horrific incident that has shocked people in the country, a six-year-old student was allegedly brutally assaulted by a Class 3 student at a government school in Haryana's Panchkula, officials said on»»»

NAIROBI: The United Nations political mission in Somalia ended on Saturday after a two-year transition, closing a chapter of more than three decades of UN peacebuilding operations in the east African nation. UNSOM was established by the UN Security Council in 2013 to support Somali authorities in t»»»

A German and a Slovak national died after the pool water became electrically charged Bengaluru: Two foreign nationals died of suspected electrocution in the swimming pool of a five-star hotel here, while two others, including an American tourist, sustained injuries while attempting to rescue them, »»»

MANAMA: Syria’s top diplomat on Saturday said Damascus was considering whether to join the NATO-style Makkah defense alliance that binds Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Saudi Arabia, under heavy fire from Yemen’s Houthis, is a key backer of Syria’s government that came to power after the fall o»»»

Qatari mediators held talks in Tehran for more than 12 hours on Friday in an effort to reach a deal to restart direct negotiations between the U.S. and Iran and avoid an outbreak of war after the midterms, diplomatic sources told U.S. news portal Axios. The discussions will continue in Doha, Qatar,»»»

BAKERSFIELD, California: Federal immigration agents have fanned out across California’s Central Valley in recent weeks, stirring fear in Latino communities and allegations of voter intimidation in a toss-up race that could help decide control of the US House of Representatives. The planned surge in»»»

TEHRAN: Iran’s army warned Saturday that any new US attack would only spread their war wider, following threats by America and Israel of further military action as they hold crucial elections. The Iranian warning comes with fresh diplomatic efforts underway to avert a resumption of fighting, with Q»»»