DUBAI: Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot is expected to receive the backing of 67 lawmakers to form the country’s next government, against 46 for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after two Arab-led parties endorsed his candidacy on Thursday. Israel’s largest Arab party grouping, the Joint L»»»

MOSCOW: Moscow said Thursday that shipments of Russian diesel bound for the United States were still on course, after tracking data showed two of three vessels appeared to be heading to other destinations. US President Donald Trump eased sanctions on Russian oil last month as part of a deal with Ru»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Thursday accused the BBC of biased coverage after the UK broadcaster dismissed as "rumors" the widely circulated footage of a severely beaten 14-year-old boy rescued from a secret torture chamber near Kiev. "Of course, the w»»»

FM Sitharaman cites foreign investor withdrawals and retail concerns ahead of the Budget Dubai: UAE-based NRIs who own Indian shares face uncertainty over how much tax they will pay when they sell after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said she would consider investors’ concerns about stock mark»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s utility giant Acwa reported a 71.1 percent year-on-year increase in third quarter net profit attributable to shareholders, reaching SR635.1 million ($169.4 million), according to a Tadawul filing on Nov. 5. Revenue climbed 32.7 percent to SR2.2 billion in the three months end»»»

TEHRAN: Five oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and army said in separate statements, according to local media on Thursday. Since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, Tehran has severely restricted traffic through the strategic water»»»

A ballistic missile fired at the Saudi city of Medina, one of Islam's holiest cities, was intercepted Thursday, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi rebels said. The announcement came shortly after the kingdom's civil defence agency warned of potential danger around »»»

Tunis, Nov.5 (TAP) - Tunindex closed Thursday's session up 0.15% to 18,696.43 points, with a modest volume of TND 4.9 million, said broker Tunisie Valeurs.TELNET HOLDING shares were the best performers after rising by 5.5% to TND 12.130, trading for...»»»

HARARE: A son of the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe appeared in a court in Harare on Thursday accused of assaulting an anti-corruption agency official during an operation linked to the alleged smuggling of two luxury vehicles into the country. Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe arrived at the Hara»»»

Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to march through French cities and public workers to strike on Thursday, in a fresh test for President Emmanuel Macron after weeks of ​unrest that have rattled ‌his government and dominated the agenda five months ahead of a presidential election.»»»

WSJ report also says the Iran-backed group seeks recognition as Yemen’s rulers Dubai: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have demanded $51 billion and formal recognition as the country’s rulers in exchange for ending hostilities with Saudi Arabia, presenting Riyadh with a difficult choice as renewed missi»»»

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 more years in prison on Thursday for colluding with foreign powers, a court summary said. Wong, 30, pleaded guilty in September to seeking foreign sanctions against Hong Kong and China under Beijing’s national security law, having spent n»»»

TEL AVIV: When cheers erupted at a packed Tel Aviv stadium for Boy George, it was not only a sign of the 65-year-old singer’s enduring fame. It was the sound of national delight at an international pop star willing to perform in an increasingly isolated Israel. A smattering of Israeli flags dotted »»»

GERB leader Boyko Borissov has called Bulgaria's Parliament "an absolutely pointless organization right now," accusing lawmakers of deliberately delaying a vote on a proposal to lower fuel prices. Borissov, who chairs the GERB-SDS parliamentary group, made the comments while responding to a questio»»»

Paris, France: Striking workers marched across France against the rising cost of living on Thursday, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to take to the streets nationwide in a new escalation following weeks of protest. More than 250,000 people were taking part in demonstrations across 73 »»»

An Airbus A320 ​flying from Dublin to Rome was safely diverted to France's Evreux airbase ​following a ‌bomb threat, ⁠the French prime minister's office said Thursday, in the latest in a series ‌of threats targeting flights across Europe. Multiple other flights in Europe also made emergency landing»»»

LAGOS: A Nigerian court Thursday declared invalid the nomination of Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate for the opposition African Democratic Congress, the party said, two months before the country’s elections. The ADC, one of the main opposition parties trying to oust President Bola Tinub»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The shift in control of the US Congress from Republicans to Democrats following the midterm elections will change the country's political landscape, Timothy Niland, a professor of history, political science, and law at Nazareth University in the state of New York, said. "It [»»»

Israel's largest Arab party grouping, the Joint List, said Thursday it would recommend opposition bloc leader Gadi Eisenkot for the formation of a new government after last week's election. "The Joint List announced today, Thursday, that it will inform the President of the State, Isaac Herzog, this»»»

Trump considers a deal, fresh strikes or continued pressure as Qatar steps up mediation Diplomatic efforts continue to prevent a fresh escalation, but tensions remain high over the Strait of Hormuz, regional security and air travel. Here are the key developments UAE residents and travellers should »»»

Exploring childhood memories through art and playful creativity Abu Dhabi: Somewhere in your childhood there is a white plastic chair. It sat on a balcony, in a garden, at the edge of a beach. It was meant for sitting, but you probably never sat on it properly. You stacked it, tipped it over, and t»»»

Lachezar Bogdanov of the Institute for Market Economics (IME) has warned that Bulgaria will spend nearly EUR 1.5 billion on public debt interest next year, while criticizing proposed changes to pension contributions and the government's plans for an excess-profit tax in an interview with Bulgarian »»»

Bulgaria recorded the European Union's lowest natural gas price for businesses in the first half of 2026, at €0.0438 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), while costs for household consumers fell by 14.5% year-on-year, the largest decline in the bloc, according to Eurostat data published on November 4. For non-»»»

The Bulgarian National Revenue Agency (NRA) found violations at nearly 60% of dental and medical practices and clinics inspected in Sofia, after carrying out checks at 24 locations in a single day, the agency said. Inspectors recorded several types of irregularities, including receipts missing mand»»»

The view from Washington is clear: President Donald Trump’s decision to wage war on Iran cost the Republican Party the midterm elections. RT looks at how Benjamin Netanyahu’s war became Trump’s problem and whether Israel will bear any costs. The Republican Party suffered an unequivocal wipeout in T»»»

The Bulgarian National Audit Office (BNAO) will begin using artificial intelligence (AI) to check public procurement procedures in audits under its 2027 Annual Audit Programme, the BNAO said. The project for integrating AI into the audit process, ODIS, is a joint initiative of the BNAO and the Inst»»»

SARAJEVO - Student List candidate for MP Dejan Soskic said on Wednesday the new Serbian government could be formed within a month, following the formal completion of the electoral process and the constitution of the new parliament. "We will see whether we will get the report from the Republic's ele»»»

Singapore, Nov. 5 (SANA) Oil prices fell for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday as investors assessed the implications of the U.S. midterm elections, which could increase political pressure on President Donald Trump to seek an end to the war involving Iran and reduce the risk of further milit»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday cited "serious suspicions" around foreign interference in Israel's recent parliamentary elections. He claims foreign countries spent large amounts of money to influence the results, while the largest Arab-Israeli bloc called such accusations "p»»»

DUBAI: Israel’s largest Arab party grouping, the Joint List, said Thursday it would recommend opposition bloc leader Gadi Eisenkot for the formation of a new government after last week’s election. “The Joint List announced today, Thursday, that it will inform the President of the State, Isaac Herzo»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, November 5: "Loser" and "Reborn in the USA" are just some of the headlines dominating the international press after the Democrats stomped to victory in the US midterm elections. What impact will their success have on the rest of Donald Trump's presidency? How will he g»»»

Russian and Ukrainian officials, including human rights chiefs, are set to meet US First Lady Melania Trump at the White House Thursday ahead of Abu Dhabi talks aimed at ending the Ukraine war. It comes weeks after Melania Trump helped broker a partial ceasefire enabling the evacuation of civilians»»»

Tunis, Nov.5 (TAP) - A new round of exceptional price reductions has been introduced on a number of consumer goods, effective on November 7-8 in major retailers, the Trade and Export Development Ministry announced Thursday.These reductions, of up to...»»»

London: The Bank of England raised its benchmark interest rate to four percent on Thursday, the first increase in more than three years, as soaring energy costs push up global inflation. The BoE warned UK inflation risked hitting 6.2 percent in the third quarter of next year from 3.5 percent curren»»»

Natural gas deposits off the southern coastline of Cyprus are an opportunity for the European Union to bolster its own energy security by diversifying its supply, the island nation's president said Thursday. President Nikos Christodoulides told The Associated Press in an exclusive statement that th»»»

World shares were mostly higher Thursday, though heavy selling of artificial intelligence-related stocks offset gains for some markets following the U.S. midterm elections. South Korea's Kospi sank more than 5% and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo lost nearly 2%. Oil prices were mixed after the Dow industri»»»

Asian man found hanging from villa shower rail as forensic tests expose murder. Dubai: A broken shower curtain rail helped expose a murder disguised as suicide. In another case, traces of fuel beneath a burnt vehicle revealed an attempt to cover up a killing by making it look like an accidental fir»»»

Woman in intensive care as police investigate conflicting accounts of hotel fall Dubai: Egyptian authorities have arrested two Kuwaiti men for allegedly throwing a Moroccan woman from an upper floor of a prominent Cairo hotel following a dispute over private videos, according to local media reports»»»

As the Iran-backed Houthis seek to capture the city of Taiz and outflank government forces in and around Bab al-Mandab, the Yemeni army is advancing through heavily fortified and mined Houthi rebel positions in Al-Jawf governorate of northeastern Yemen. After recapturing the Huwashiyan mountain in »»»

KYIV: Russia and Ukraine exchanged airstrikes overnight as talks were set to resume in Brussels on Thursday on Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction and security guarantees once the fighting ends. The latest Russian aerial barrage underscored the scale of the rebuilding task, as did the ongoing search f»»»

By Staff, Agencies Bavarian Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Hubert Aiwanger, 55, was found dead in his hotel room in central Berlin on Wednesday evening, German media reported, citing police and government sources. Berlin police and prosecutors have launched an investigation to establish»»»

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The Embassies of the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, and Japan affirmed Thursday their strong support for the Lebanese government as the sole entity authorized to hold weapons and decide on matters of war and peace. "We, the Embassies of the United Kingdom, the United States o»»»

PARIS: Tens of thousands of trade union members joined nationwide strikes and demonstrations on Thursday to demand higher wages and support the high school protest movement, piling fresh pressure on the beleaguered government. After more than a month of large, recurring protests across France, majo»»»

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CHICAGO: US Rep. Ilhan Omar’s landslide reelection victory in Minnesota does not protect her from federal prosecution or possible expulsion from Congress, a prominent election law attorney has told Arab News. Burton S. Odelson, who represented George W. Bush’s campaign during the disputed 2000 pres»»»

Abu Dhabi watch designer creates timepieces inspired by the UAE's culture and landscapes. For Hamdan Ahmed Al-Mehyas, watches have never been just about telling time. They have marked milestones, carried memories and, eventually, become a canvas for creativity. The 24-year-old Abu Dhabi Entrepreneu»»»

Veteran desert marshal and automobile expert from Sri Lanka was in hospital since August Dubai: Mitchell Perera, a well-known figure in the UAE's off-roading and camping community and a veteran marshal of Gulf News' annual Fun Drive, died in Dubai on Wednesday, his family told Gulf News on Thursday»»»

Syndicate allegedly posed as police to extort victims over fake drug parcels Manila: Philippine police rescued 166 foreign nationals from a suspected scam hub in Pasay City, where workers were allegedly forced to threaten victims with arrest over fictitious drug shipments. The Philippine National P»»»

Developer pushes Dh4.4b special dividend as revenue climbs 13%, property sales reach Dh35b Dubai: Emaar Properties reported a 17% increase in net profit after tax to Dh17.1 billion for the first nine months of 2026, supported by higher property development revenue and steady income from its shoppin»»»