WASHINGTON: Ukraine will present the Trump administration and Congress this week with a wish list of Russian companies, vessels and individuals it would like to see hit with US sanctions under a new law signed by President Donald Trump this month, according to a senior Ukrainian diplomat. Denys Sie»»»

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday insisted that there were "strong indications" that Tehran was involved in a security incident on Sunday near an airbase in England that the US military uses in its war against Iran. The British government has still not explained the nature of the incident»»»

WASHINGTON: Human rights advocates asked a United Nations panel to intervene Wednesday to help end a new US government practice of withholding from families and lawyers the whereabouts of thousands of detainees facing deportation. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed the names of detainee»»»

A US appeals court ordered a "short stay of execution" for death row inmate Christa Pike, less than two hours before she was scheduled to be the first woman put to death in the state in more than two centuries. The court halted the execution to give it time to consider Pike's claims that her histor»»»

AMMAN: Israeli passengers on the FlyDubai jet forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia spoke of his gratitude to the Kingdom and its people on Wednesday. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said one of the pilots on the flight from the UAE to Israel stabbed his co-pilot and attemp»»»

Quantico announcement marks sweeping reduction in senior military leadership Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday the United States has slashed the number of generals and admirals in the US military by 20 per cent in a move he said is aimed at "accountability." "The number-crunchers s»»»

NASHVILLE, USA: Tennessee’s execution of Christa Gail Pike for a murder she committed at age 18 was halted Wednesday about an hour before it was set to begin, as a federal appeals court sought to review whether her allegations of childhood sexual abuse and rape were fully considered at her sentenci»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, September 30: The Cornell University gang rape investigation reopens. But first: students and prisoners protest in Iran "in a rare show of dissent". Journalist Evan Gershkovich speaks about his 16 months in a Russian prison. Bonus: what can we do to be less lonely? Fi»»»

AMMAN — The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) has conducted its quarterly review of the constituents of its indices to ensure they reflect market performance and the trading activity of listed companies.As part of the rebalancing process, the ASE reviewed the trading activity of listed companies during th»»»

AMMAN — The first Arab Worldwide Freight Alliance (AWFA) conference opened in Amman on Wednesday, bringing together 100 freight and logistics companies from 18 Arab countries to strengthen regional partnerships, improve supply-chain connectivity and explore new markets.The conference also saw the l»»»

DEAD SEA — The Jordan FinTech Festival 2026 highlighted the growing role of financial technology in attracting investment, supporting sustainable development and creating opportunities in digital assets and tokenisation, industry leaders said.Speaking to the Jordan Times on the sidelines of the fes»»»

AMMAN — Jordan Securities Commission (JSC) Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Emad Abu Haltam, on Wednesday launched a financial legislation examination session at the commission’s headquarters, with 39 candidates taking part.The candidates included financial sector professionals and applicant»»»

Ethiopia has one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, rumoured to be the descendants of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon in 950 BC. From the 1970s to 1990s, this community known as Beta Israel was persecuted under the Communist regime, and Israel evacuated more than 20,000 Ethiopian Je»»»

Pro-Russian influence operations have caused a surge of 850% in fake news stories mimicking real media brands, according to a report published this week by disinformation specialist, NewsGuard. Out of the 15 most imitated news outlets, eight are French – including FRANCE 24. The Russian disinformat»»»

Speaking alongside Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said that it would be "a good decision" if the UK decided to rejoin the European Union. The two leaders met at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on the second day of Macron's two-day state visit to Spa»»»

A British-French agreement aimed at reducing the number of people trying to cross the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, London said Wednesday. The pilot programme was intended to break the business model of "people smugglers" by exchanging undocumented migrants who had made the cros»»»

LONDON: A dozen Impressionist and post-Impressionist artworks collectively valued at almost half a billion dollars are going up for auction after sitting unseen for decades in a fabled private collection in South America. Sotheby’s auction house said Wednesday that works by Vincent van Gogh and Pau»»»

Divorce filing follows questions over alleged affair and fallout from protest deaths Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her husband of 34 years. Noem, who was tasked with leading US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown from January 2025»»»

A 15-meter-high bronze memorial towers over the Amur River embankment: a Soviet soldier swings his rifle butt, smashing a Japanese border marker bearing the Imperial Chrysanthemum emblem – a symbol held sacred in Japan. On September 4 – the day following Victory Day over Militaristic Japan and the »»»

Trump celebrates end of US-led mission in Iraq, says it was time to go home US President Donald Trump hailed the withdrawal of US-led coalition forces from Iraq on Wednesday as a "victory" for Washington, despite fears that it will embolden pro-Iran armed factions. "This Day is a victory for the Un»»»

The parliamentary Committee on Innovation and Digital Transformation ratified Amendment No. 1 to the Framework Agreement between the Ministry of Economy and Lockheed Martin Global Inc. regarding the F-16 Block 70 Industrial Cooperation Programme, signed on June 1 and June 15, 2026, in Sofia and Was»»»

TUNIS, Sept. 30, 2026 (TAP) - The stock market ended Wednesday's session on a positive note. The benchmark TUNINDEX recorded a rebound of 0.3% to 18,386.35 points, in a modest volume of TND 5.6 million with no block trades, according to stockbroker...»»»

ISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors have moved to freeze the assets of a senior governing party official and former minister who resigned at the weekend over allegations she profited from an investment fund crisis. The move involved the assets of Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya, a senior figure in President Recep»»»

The busiest conversations at ABHFX’s booth during Forex Expo Dubai 2026 rarely started with “tell me about your broker.” They started with a number. A leverage ratio. A withdrawal window. A spread on gold. Over two days at Booth 063, September 22 and 23, that was the shape of the crowd, traders who»»»

Following three days of intense competition across three adrenaline-fueled phases—dressage, cross-country, and show jumping—the 11th edition of the Karpatia Horse Show at the historic Cantacuzino Estate in Florești, Prahova, has crowned its champions. A definitive highlight of the event was the exc»»»

At the same time, the city is benefiting from a wave of major public investment — the Regional Institute of Oncology (€317 million), the new Dan Păltinișanu Stadium (over €100 million) and the conversion of the former military base in Giroc into a multifunctional cultural and educational centre — a»»»

Revolut Business, the global fintech serving more than 850,000 business customers, has published new data showing a sharp increase in corporate spending on artificial intelligence, with Romania’s mid-market segment recording 440% year-on-year growth. Across Revolut Business customers globally, tota»»»

Early Game Ventures has invested EUR 500,000 in a pre-seed round in Kyndred, a Romanian startup developing AI-based digital companions. The company was founded by Alex Băraru and Rareș Moșescu, who previously built Meditații.ro and say their earlier business generated more than EUR 15 million in gr»»»

At European level, 48% of the banks included in the study focus their AI investments on operational efficiency or staff productivity, whilst 30% cite customer experience or fraud prevention as the main driver of investment. The area in which the technology is applied influences the results achieved»»»

If you do any research around project management, you will realise that many posts and other sources of information out there focus a lot on what you should do to become a project manager. Some may point you towards the qualities that help you succeed and grow in this career. There’s one issue with»»»

Most healthcare organizations don’t fail compliance audits because they ignored the rules. They fail because the rules kept changing and nobody noticed in time. Healthcare compliance platforms exist to close that gap, but picking the wrong one means your team is still tracking policy updates in spr»»»

Hotspot, a premium office space operator in Bucharest, has announced the launch of Hotspot Exclusive, the third location in its portfolio, which will open in One Tower, the Class A office building within One Floreasca City, the mixed-use development by One United Properties. Hotspot Exclusive is ex»»»

Fressnapf Romania has leased office space at Hermes Business Campus in Bucharest’s Dimitrie Pompeiu area, in a transaction advised by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance. The new office is the company’s first permanent base in Romania, following a period in whi»»»

The government proposed by prime minister-designate Siegfried Mureșan failed to win Parliament’s confidence on Wednesday, deepening Romania’s nearly five-month political crisis and, for the first time in the current standoff, fulfilling the constitutional conditions that allow President Nicușor Dan»»»

55-year-old victim succumbs to injuries after Neuchatel apartment explosion A woman injured when an explosion ripped through an apartment in northwestern Switzerland died on Wednesday, a day after the blast, police said. Four people were in the residential building in Neuchatel when the explosion h»»»

Pike was 18 when she and her boyfriend beat and killed Colleen Slemmer WASHINGTON A US court on Wednesday halted the lethal injection of a 50-year-old female killer that would have been Tennessee's first execution of a woman in more than 200 years. Barely an hour before Christa Pike was due to die »»»

Most healthcare organizations don’t fail compliance audits because they ignored the rules. They fail because the rules kept changing and nobody noticed in time. Healthcare compliance platforms exist to close that gap, but picking the wrong one means your team is still tracking policy updates in spr»»»

Presidential candidates Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev have the support of 41.4% of voters who intend to cast a ballot in Bulgaria's October 25 presidential elections, while Andrey Gurov and Georgi Kandev are backed by 21.9%, according to a Market Links poll released on Wednesday. The nationally r»»»

Metropolitan Court has reduced the prison sentence of German national Maja T., who was convicted over a series of antifa attacks on people perceived to be far-right supporters in Budapest in February 2023. Maja T.’s sentence was cut from eight years to seven years by the Metropolitan Court on Wedne»»»

BUCHAREST: The Romanian parliament on Wednesday rejected a pro-European liberal as prime minister, prolonging a political crisis seen as fueling an already rising far right. Liberal European Parliament member Siegfried Muresan failed to get lawmakers’ backing with just 182 of the 233 votes needed t»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Working in the interests of every nation while respecting those interests — this is how Majid Ehsan, president of the Institute of Policy Studies (Islamabad), describes Pakistan's pragmatic foreign policy course in a multipolar Asia. Such a course serves Islamabad's interests, si»»»

It would have been the first execution of a woman in Tennessee in more than 200 years A US court on Wednesday halted the execution of a woman in Tennessee shortly before she was due to die from lethal injection, three decades after she murdered a classmate. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued»»»

A minor bump on the French far right's road to power, or a car crash that wipes out years of rebranding? Bombshell allegations of past anti-Semitic tropes by the man Marine Le Pen has touted as her future prime minister could test her years-long effort to convince French voters that the National Ra»»»

The war in Ukraine is creating not only security and economic challenges for Europe, but also waves of political instability and growing populism across the continent, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Wednesday. “We need to understand what the outcome will be if we do not change our app»»»

Israeli leaders said on Wednesday that a "jihadist" pilot had aimed to crash a flydubai plane with mostly Israeli passengers, who overpowered him and prevented a "major disaster". "During the flight, as they approached the country, one of the pilots stabbed the other pilot, and apparently tried to »»»

Your best bet might be to take the long way home The evening drive from Dubai to Sharjah is looking slow in the usual trouble spots, but motorists willing to take a wider route may have a smoother journey home. The latest Google Maps data point to heavy traffic on E11 heading towards Sharjah as dri»»»

Nagoya, Japan: Philippines tennis star Alexandra Eala stormed into the Asian Games semi-finals in Japan on Wednesday, cheered on by fans who had come from far and wide to see their hero in action. The world number 18 and favourite for women's singles gold had to work hard early on to beat Taiwan's »»»

A passenger on a rerouted flydubai flight that was bound for Tel Aviv said one of the pilots tried to crash the plane and kill everyone on board, after both pilots were found to be wounded on landing in Saudi Arabia. In the first comment by an official, Israel's far-right national security minister»»»

The parliamentary Committee on Innovation and Digital Transformation ratified Amendment No. 1 to the Framework Agreement between the Ministry of Economy and Lockheed Martin Global Inc. regarding the F-16 Block 70 Industrial Cooperation Programme, signed on June 1 and June 15, 2026, in Sofia and Was»»»

NEW DELHI: An Indian sailor was among five crew members killed aboard a fuel tanker retaken from pirates off the coast of Somalia, his family confirmed on Wednesday, pleading with authorities to help repatriate his remains. The Palau-flagged MT Honour 25 was seized by pirates off Somalia’s northeas»»»