The National Assembly did not vote to approve the head of state's candidate, Zoltán Szathmáry, for the position of Prosecutor General. At the National Assembly's extraordinary session on Monday, members rejected the election of President András Baka's candidate to the post by a secret vote of 138 a»»»

Miklós Seszták (KDNP), a member of parliament and former minister of national development, was taken into custody at the Central Investigation Prosecutor's Office (KNYF) on Monday — 24.hu learned this from Gábor Papp, the politician's lawyer. On Monday morning, after the National Assembly voted to »»»

Dual chokepoint disruptions force costly detours, boosting global energy prices Oil prices climbed on Tuesday (Sept. 29, 2026) as President Donald Trump’s rejection of an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz kept supply risks elevated, with Brent up 1.4% near $106.80 and U.S. WTI gaining»»»

Mercury could hit 46°C on Tuesday before gradually falling from Wednesday Dubai: Temperatures across the UAE are expected to begin a gradual decline from Wednesday after reaching as high as 46°C on Tuesday, with fog, blowing dust and rougher seas forecast in parts of the country through the end of »»»

Killing comes amid a bitter child custody dispute and domestic violence legal battle Dubai: A New York Times engineering executive was fatally shot at a park in California’s Bay Area on Saturday, with police saying his in-laws were arrested in connection with the killing. Jonathan McKinsey, 40, who»»»

BRUSSELS, Belgium — European energy ministers are to hold talks in Dublin Tuesday as the EU looks to cushion the impact of soaring energy prices ahead of a winter that promises to be difficult for consumers.Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen wrote to the 27 member states ahead of the meeting recomme»»»

Travellers can still find fares below Dh1,500, but agents expect prices to rise in October Dubai: UAE-based Indian travellers planning to fly home for Dussehra and Diwali can still find relatively affordable airfares, with demand beginning to pick up ahead of the festive season and travel agents ex»»»

Talks falter as Drumcree parade dispute deepens in Portadown The UK's Northern Ireland minister Monday admitted that talks to overcome a dispute about a contentious pro-British Protestant parade through a mainly Catholic area had so far failed to resolve one of the region's worst crises in decades.»»»

DAMASCUS: ‌Syria’s state petroleum company said a ​fire broke out on Monday evening on a gas pipeline between the Al-Shola ‌area ‌and ​Deir ‌Al-Zour ⁠after ​an explosion ⁠at a pipeline isolation valve, which it attributed to sabotage, ⁠state news agency SANA ‌reported. The ‌fire ​halted ‌gas flows »»»

Eviction outcry lets 87-year-old return home as Spain confronts housing crisis A Madrid pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests that have piled pressure on the government to resolve Spain's housing crisis can return home after a deal with the property's owners, her lawyer said on Monda»»»

DAMASCUS: ‌Syria’s state petroleum company said a ​fire broke out on Monday evening on a gas pipeline between the Al-Shola ‌area ‌and ​Deir ‌Al-Zour ⁠after ​an explosion ⁠at a pipeline isolation valve, which it attributed to sabotage, ⁠state news agency SANA ‌reported. The ‌fire ​halted ‌gas flows »»»

After botched test, NASA plans uncrewed and crewed Starliner return to ISS NASA on Monday announced it was planning new missions using Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, the first since the vessel's botched test flight left two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station for months. Starline»»»

Ukraine capital endures intensified overnight strikes amid ballistic missile threat Several loud explosions rang out in Kyiv early Tuesday, with air defence systems activated during an air raid alert, AFP journalists observed. "New ballistic missiles are heading towards Kyiv," the Ukrainian Air For»»»

Erdogan critic comedian released after 88 days, free speech case heads to appeal A popular Turkish comedian left prison after 88 days behind bars late Monday despite being convicted by an Istanbul court of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with the judge ordering his interim release pending»»»

London scrambles for contingency plans as US weighs diesel export curbs The United Kingdom is holding urgent talks with US authorities over President Donald Trump’s threat to halt American diesel exports, as London prepares contingency measures to cushion a potential supply shock, Chancellor John H»»»

KYIV, Ukraine: Several loud explosions rang out in Kyiv early Tuesday, with air defense systems activated during an air raid alert, AFP journalists observed. “New ballistic missiles are heading toward Kyiv,” the Ukrainian Air Force warned on Telegram. Journalists in Kyiv reported a combined drone a»»»

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he expected talks with Iran to resume next week, despite rejecting Tehran’s proposal for a seven-day truce followed by the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump raised the possibility of renewed air strikes on Iran but also said he anticipated further neg»»»

HONG KONG — Oil prices spiked with bond yields Monday as Donald Trump's rejection of an Iranian offer of a seven-day truce stoked inflation concerns, while stocks were mixed as traders look ahead to the release of key US data.Tehran last week set out a plan at the UN General Assembly for a halt in »»»

France's largest wildfire since 1949 has been declared extinguished more than two months after it broke out in southwestern Gironde, forcing the evacuation of around 224,000 people and covering the city of Bordeaux with a thick plume of smoke. The blaze was put under control on August 1, »»»

Pope Leo XIV urged Europe on Monday to draw from its Christian roots and tradition of dialogue to counter the "uncivilised" relations and "desire for domination" driving today's wars, as he wrapped up a four-day state visit to France that leaned heavily into politics and drew huge crowds at ev»»»

The CIA has reportedly warned several countries that Russia is preparing to launch hybrid operations across the Mediterranean Sea. But is the risk real, or is it a form of cyber warfare? Several countries across the Mediterranean have reportedly been informed by the CIA of a possible immi»»»

Russian drones struck Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in the historic heart of Kyiv on Monday, in the latest deadly daytime attack on the capital. Volodymyr Zelensky has long been pleading with Ukraine’s allies for more military aid to fend off Russia. But Ukrainian weapons producers say the»»»

PARIS: As the United States celebrates the success of its sanctions on Iran’s aviation sector, Iran in turn boasts that it continues to serve some 30 international destinations from Tehran alone. Here is what we know about the situation: ‘SHUT DOWN’ In early September, the US imposed sanctions on I»»»

KYIV: At least two people were killed when a drone hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv on Monday, as Russia pounded the heart of the Ukrainian capital with some of the most persistent drone strikes since the start of the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky said nine people had been k»»»

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: NASA is throwing extra support and money behind Boeing’s troubled astronaut capsule to get it fixed and flying again as soon as possible. Boeing’s Starliner capsule had so many problems in 2024 that its two test pilots were stuck at the International Space Station for nearl»»»

MADRID: The Spanish octogenarian whose eviction last week has triggered nationwide protests ​over Spain’s housing crisis will be able to return to her Madrid house after reaching an agreement with her landlord, her lawyer said on Tuesday. Protesters camped outside the Madrid regional government’s h»»»

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT: Pope Leo on Monday said concerns that artificial intelligence could destroy the world are not “fake news” and should ​be taken seriously, in an apparent rebuke of US President Donald Trump. The first US pope, who has warned of the dangers of AI throughout his 16-month papac»»»

BAGHDAD: US President Donald Trump’s administration ​was set to grant a limited waiver to its Iran sanctions program on Monday to allow for flights carrying Shiite Muslim religious pilgrims between Iran and Iraq, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. The source, who is involved in the »»»

Doha: HE Minister of Finance and Chair of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for 2026 Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari affirmed that the success of climate finance depends on translating political commitments into investments that generate growth and align commercial i»»»

BELGRADE: Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic resigned Sunday to pursue a bid to become prime minister in an upcoming early parliamentary election that will test his firm rule in the Balkan country, which was rattled by nearly two years of protests. Vucic’s second presidential term would o»»»

RABAT: Moroccan authorities on Monday placed the mayor of Tangier in police custody over suspected electoral fraud in the recent parliamentary elections, a judicial source told AFP. Five other people, including two officials who were overseeing polling stations in Tangier, were “being held in pre-t»»»

Geneva: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has identified 214 companies from 11 countries as involved in activities in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, calling on them to take measures to address the adverse human rights impacts ass»»»

Former Culture and Innovation Minister Balázs Hankó has been detained after Parliament lifted his immunity over the National Cultural Fund corruption case. His lawyer says Hankó was taken from Budapest to Kecskemét for further procedural measures. Hankó detained after arriving for questioning Baláz»»»

BISSAU: Guinea-Bissau’s exiled former president Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who was ousted in a November coup, told AFP on Monday he will return and run for president in an election due on December 6. The army seized power in the perennially unstable and poor west African nation just days after a preside»»»

Fidesz–KDNP MP Balázs Hankó left Hungary’s Parliament on Monday evening after receiving a summons from prosecutors, but his emotional farewell took an unexpected turn when the car waiting to take him away drove off without him. Hankó leaves Parliament after receiving summons Balázs Hankó, a former »»»

On the second anniversary of the martyrdom of the Master of the Umma Martyrs Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, Al-Manar TV broadcast an exclusive video that showed His Eminence meeting with a group of Hezbollah’s elite fighters, Al-Rudwan. After noting that the time and place of the meeting are unknown, the »»»

LONDON: The arrest of five men near RAF Fairford, the British air base used by American bombers in operations against Iran, has sharpened scrutiny of Tehran’s capacity to project asymmetric power deep inside Europe. But it has also demonstrated how quickly suspicion can run ahead of evidence. Briti»»»

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Monday denied asking Xi Jinping if he would like to buy American weapons, after the US ambassador to Beijing said the US president made the offer to his Chinese counterpart. "I've never heard of that one," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the comm»»»

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully put Starship into orbit for the first time, deploying 26 next-generation Starlink satellites. However, the mission was cut short and the spacecraft erupted in a fireball following its splashdown in the Pacific. The spacecraft blasted off from Starbase, Texas, at »»»

TEHRAN: Flying out of Iran has long required patience in the face of restrictions and delays, but new US sanctions have grounded flights at short notice and left war-weary travelers feeling trapped as they try to leave the country. Among those scrambling for a way out is Mitra, a 49-year-old woman »»»

Sultan Qaboos University says the earthquake struck at 9.38pm local time on Monday Dubai: A 4.5-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Gulf of Aden on Monday evening, about 451 kilometres south-west of Salalah, according to the Earthquake Monitoring Center at Sultan Qaboos University. The tremor »»»

LONDON: Sudan’s foreign minister on Monday called on the UN to ensure that agreements on the responsibilities of the US as the host nation of the international organization are upheld, after the chairman of the country’s Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, was denied an entry »»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States, the US ambassador to China said. David Perdue said Trump raised the prospect of the arms sales from the US to its ascendant geopolitical rival, an unlikely offer that if con»»»

GENEVA: Dozens of civil society organisations called on Monday for international action to pressure Washington to submit to its regular United Nations human rights review, after it boycotted the process last year. Last November, as President Donald Trump’s administration faced criticism over mounti»»»

MOGADISHU: At least three people were killed in heavy fighting involving fighter jets and drones in the Somali city of Baidoa on Monday after an attack by thousands of fighters loyal to an ousted governor. Several states in the deeply fragmented country are opposed to control by President Hassan Sh»»»

NEW YORK CITY: Israeli drones, fighter aircraft and helicopters violated Lebanese airspace 143 times over the weekend, UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon reported. No rocket or artillery fire from Hezbollah or other armed groups was detected during that time. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon record»»»

A petition challenging Budapest’s planned parking changes has gained momentum, even after the city council voted to soften some measures affecting electric cars. The original rules, due to take effect on 1 January 2027, would have ended free parking for vehicles with green number plates and introdu»»»

Macron bids farewell at Metz airport as papal trip concludes peacefully Pope Leo XIV left for Rome on Monday evening after a historic four-day visit to France that sparked huge enthusiasm, an AFP journalist aboard the pontiff's plane reported. The American pope was escorted to the airport at the ea»»»

NEW YORK CITY: Overcrowded displacement sites in war-torn Yemen are increasing the risk of deadly cholera and measles outbreaks, the UN warned on Monday, as the recent escalation in fighting has driven another 142,000 people from their homes and pushed the country’s fragile health system to the bri»»»

In a televised interview on Monday, Economy Minister Alexander Poulev said that according to an expert position of the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC), the former special commercial administrator of Lukoil's operations in Bulgaria, Roumen Spetsov, exerted price pressure at the start »»»