Dubai is the place where the resource can be sold, stored, financed, and returned to farms When we speak of critical minerals, the conversation almost always turns to the energy transition and advanced technology. Lithium, cobalt, coltan, and the three Ts (tantalum, tin, and tungsten) dominate the »»»

Re-enactors recreate 1645 siege of the royalist stronghold with muskets and battle scenes The English Civil War returned to life at Basing House as re-enactors recreated a pivotal 1645 battle that helped shape the final stages of the conflict. Musketeers from The Marquis of Winchester Regiment fire»»»

Emergency crews rush casualties to hospitals after crash on Airport Road in Amman Dubai: One person was killed and 40 others were injured after a bus overturned in Jordan’s capital governorate, the Public Security Directorate said on Tuesday. Rescue and ambulance teams from the West Amman Civil Def»»»

They paid thousands for self-sponsored visas but were left waiting for their documents Dubai: Filipino expatriates in the UAE have allegedly lost thousands of dirhams after paying Trip Expert Business and Marketing Solutions for self-sponsored visas and related services, with some now facing mounti»»»

Tokyo: Carlos Alcaraz won his first title since returning from a four-month injury layoff after beating the Czech Republic's Jiri Lehecka 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in Tuesday's Japan Open final. Top seed and defending champion Alcaraz was made to work hard by world number 19 Lehecka in Tokyo before going on t»»»

Doha, Qatar: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has enabled highly skilled foreign workers to begin the visa process for eligible family members concurrently with their own work visa procedures. In a social media post issued in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of »»»

Julian Assange is a key figure in the creation of alternative media, former CIA analyst Ray McGovern has said, expressing hope that the Australian journalist and activist is preparing to get back to work. McGovern spoke to RT as WikiLeaks marks its 20th anniversary. The website, co-founded by Assan»»»

A 15-year-old school student had his hand blown off by a police crowd-control grenade during a protest in the French city of Lens. The incident comes amid a nationwide wave of unrest and street violence that has gripped France since late September. Demonstrators demand increased funding for public »»»

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a statewide disaster emergency over a rapidly growing measles outbreak, expanding authorities to vaccinate and test residents as cases surge across the northeastern US. The emergency, announced on Monday, is the first declaration of the kind by a US state»»»

GERB will call for Prime Minister Rumen Radev and ministers to be heard in Parliament over the incident involving two ships in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea. Radev has failed to clearly identify those responsible for the attack, GERB-UDF MPs Hristo Gadzhev and Daniel Mitov tol»»»

Speaker Nabih Berri is pushing for pacification between Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Hezbollah and a large segment of southerners, sources close to Berri told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. This was reflected in Salam's visit to Nabatieh on Friday and was reaffirmed in his televised statements on Sunday»»»

Victims were threatened with fake overseas cases and told to transfer money abroad. Dubai Police have arrested two suspects accused of orchestrating a sophisticated phone scam that defrauded several residents of nearly Dh11.9 million after posing as representatives of official and international ent»»»

EXPLAINERStrap: More Gulf crude is reaching world markets. What’s behind the price puzzle? DUBAI: Gulf oil is flowing again. So why is Brent crude still above $100 a barrel? Middle East crude exports rose above pre-war levels on four days in the final week of September, reaching between 19.5 millio»»»

New Delhi, India: India said 12 crew members on a Panama-flagged tanker had been injured in an attack while crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, with those hurt receiving medical treatment in Oman. "We condemn the attack earlier today on a Panama-flagged commercial vessel MT On Peace... it was»»»

RIYADH: Gulf economies could rebound sharply in 2027, with the World Bank forecasting 10.3 percent growth if the Iran conflict does not escalate this year. The organization made the claim on the basis that oil production and shipping return to normal from early 2027, with trade, tourism and domesti»»»

Fuel prices in Bulgaria are beginning to ease after a sharp rise in recent weeks, with diesel now selling at around €1.83 per liter and gasoline at €1.61, according to Dimitar Hadzhidimitrov of the Association of Bulgarian Fuel Traders, Producers, Importers, and Transporters. Hadzhidimitrov said on»»»

A commercial ship sank and another was damaged in a drone attack in the Black Sea off Bulgaria early Tuesday, with Hungary’s Prime Minister Péter Magyar expressing solidarity with Bulgaria following the incident. The attack took place in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone, around 80 nautical miles »»»

Damascus, Oct 6 (SANA) Gold prices in Syria remained unchanged on Tuesday from the previous day’s levels, according to the latest bulletin issued by the General Directorate for Precious Metals Management.The price of a gram of 21-karat gold stood at 16,250 Syrian pounds ($133.20) for selling and 15»»»

Oman aids injured Indian seafarers after vessel attack in Hormuz Strait India has condemned an attack on the Panama-flagged commercial vessel MT On Peace while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman on Tuesday. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the vessel was struck »»»

Energy Minister Joe Saddi, who was named by the Lebanese Forces, announced Tuesday his boycott of cabinet sessions until the government takes the “needed decisions” in the thorny electricity file. "The core of the electricity problem lies in the lack of production capacity," said Saddi at a press c»»»

East Timor's top diplomat Bendito Freitas is on an official visit to Russia from October 4 to 6. Join Sputnik live as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his East Timorese counterpart Bendito Freitas speak to the press in Moscow and spell out the results of their talks.In 2027, Russia and Ea»»»

HEADLINES Bulgarian media on Tuesday focus on the presidential election, prices and the economy, healthcare and public safety. Polling and expectations of a runoff in the presidential race receive considerable attention across print and broadcast media, while economic coverage centres on fuel and f»»»

The separatist Parti Québécois won provincial elections on Monday, but fell just short of enough seats to govern alone in Canada's French-speaking province, Quebec. The victory comes just two weeks ahead of a vote in Alberta, Canada's economic powerhouse, on whether it wants to begin the process of»»»

Following a drone attack against two merchant ships in the small hours on Tuesday, Continue the Change said it is only natural to protect Bulgarian territorial waters, or at the very least to establish why they were not protected. “Unfortunately, we clearly do not have a true president of the Repub»»»

Tokyo: All 7-Eleven convenience stores in India shut down in September, according to its Japanese parent company on Tuesday, as media reported the retail giant struggled to compete with local rivals. 7-Eleven is a global chain of convenience stores best known for quick grab-and-go snacks, beverages»»»

LONDON: It is half a century since the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 3379, declaring that “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.” Passed on Nov. 10, 1975, with 72 states in favor — including all six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council — 35 against and 32 ab»»»

On Israel's border with Lebanon where Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets and drones, previous backers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they are rethinking how they will vote in the first election since the war. "Many I know were right-wing and were Bibi supporters, and today they're not,"»»»

Amid higher energy prices, heightened uncertainty, and weaker economic expansion in trading partners, growth in Europe and Central Asia is likely to slow to 2.2% in 2026 from 2.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank’s latest Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Making AI Work: Jobs, Firms, and»»»

Man fell ill around a month ago and had been treated in the DR Congo Nairobi: Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country. The man, who has not»»»

RIYADH: Tunisia’s annual inflation rate rose to 5.6 percent in September from 5.4 percent in August, driven by an increase in food prices, new figures showed. According to the National Institute of Statistics, food inflation accelerated to 8.4 percent in September from 7.5 percent in August, while »»»

Nairobi: Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country. The man, who has not been named, fell ill around a month ago and had been treated in the »»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order allowing drivers to use tax-exempt red-dyed diesel, a fuel normally reserved for farm machinery and other off-road equipment, on public roads. The move came as surging pump prices tied to the Iran war weighed o»»»

A professor at an Israeli university has been indicted for allegedly planning attacks aimed at killing hundreds of Arab Israelis and Palestinians in a bid to force them to flee into neighboring countries, prosecutors announced on Monday. The suspect in his sixties lives in the central city of Petah»»»

Celebrated designer crowned for redefining global wedding and interior trends One of the pioneers of luxury design and the global wedding industry, Dr. Ali Behnam-Bakhtiar was crowned with the prestigious "best designer for events and interiors" - 2026 IIIA, India International Influencer Awards at»»»

Daraa, Oct 6 (SANA) Pomegranate production in Syria’s Daraa Governorate is expected to rise to about 44,000 tons this season from 27,000 tons last season, an increase of about 63%, as cultivated areas expand and more trees enter the fruit-bearing stage, the provincial agriculture director said.Ahed»»»

After reports that a lab technician’s death was possibly linked to pneumonic plague in Russia, US officials said they are closely watching the situation. The lab technician is a 28-year-old woman who worked at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, which was set up i»»»

Abuja, Nigeria: Civilian family members were travelling aboard a Nigerian Air Force plane when it crashed, the military said Tuesday, as search operations continued for a second day. In one of the country's worst air disasters in recent years, 32 people were killed when an ATR-42 twin-engine turbop»»»

Hungary’s housing market appears to be losing momentum, with nationwide house prices stagnating in September while prices in Budapest fell for the second consecutive month, according to the latest housing price index from ingatlan.com. The slowdown marks a notable shift after a period of rapid pric»»»

Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified. After declaring a counter-offensive, government forces claimed Monday to have pushed the Houthis out of the Bab al-Mandab area, a »»»

Doctors perform groundbreaking laparoscopic surgery on high-risk cancer patient An 81-year-old colorectal cancer patient with several medical risk factors has successfully undergone advanced minimally invasive surgery in Abu Dhabi, avoiding the need for a temporary or permanent stoma. Doctors at SE»»»

AI Everything 2026 highlights UAE's pragmatic approach to robotics and AI Abu Dhabi- Autonomous delivery vehicles and robotaxis are already rolling out across the UAE, and Faisal Al Bannai, Advisor to the UAE President and Secretary General of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), said a»»»

Western statements about a possible return of US and NATO military infrastructure and facilities to Afghanistan are absolutely unacceptable, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said. “We consider statements being made in the West about the possible return of US and NATO military infras»»»

Sofia, Bulgaria: Drones hit two commercial ships in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria on Tuesday, sinking one of the vessels, the government said. While the sailors from the sunken ship were missing, those from the second ship were rescued, Rumen Nikolov, head of the local rescue operations i»»»

East Timor’s Foreign Minister Bendito Freitas is visiting Moscow from October 4 to 6. Join Sputnik live as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds talks in Moscow with East Timor’s Foreign Minister Bendito Freitas.The two top diplomats are expected to exchange views on a wide range of bilatera»»»

Attorney claims threats aim to silence woman at center of Cornell rape lawsuit The woman at the center of the Cornell University sexual assault case is receiving threats meant to push her into dropping her lawsuit, her attorney says, while thousands of students and faculty took to the Ithaca campus»»»

A Su-25 aircraft will be sent on a search mission for more survivors from a drone attack on two commercial ships near the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said here Tuesday. He participated in a meeting convened by Prime Minister Rumen Radev with representatives of the c»»»

Abu Dhabi developer signs framework deal for 11000-home Damascus scheme and Latakia marina Dubai: Abu Dhabi developer Eagle Hills has signed a framework agreement with Syria for two residential and tourism projects. The schemes sit in Damascus and Latakia. Total investment has not been disclosed. E»»»

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Lionel Messi will pull on Argentina's sky blue-and-white jersey for the last time on Tuesday and enjoy an emotional farewell in front of his adoring fans in a stadium with a name to match his legacy: Monumental. Some 85,000 Argentina fans will be on hand to watch the 39-yea»»»

Pioneer of Christian television, Bakker’s show drew 13 million nightly viewers at its peak Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful “The PTL Club” TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He »»»

Automobile Dacia has announced that it will suspend vehicle production at its Mioveni plant on 9 and 12 October, as the company adjusts output to lower order volumes, while weaker activity at the carmaker is also beginning to affect other industrial operations in the local automotive ecosystem. The»»»