Addis Ababa: Ethiopian federal forces were in full control of the Tigray rebels' regional capital, a local journalist said on Sunday, while Ethiopia's regional rivals gathered in Egypt to discuss the risk of a wider war. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and federal forces began fighting »»»

Ethiopian federal forces have entered the capital of the northern Tigray region and seized its airport, witnesses said Saturday, reversing a takeover by rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) that prompted the suspension of commercial flights last month. The TPLF has been fighting »»»

Addis Ababa: Ethiopian federal forces were in full control of the Tigray rebels’ regional capital, a local journalist said Sunday, while Ethiopia’s regional rivals gathered in Egypt to discuss the risk of a wider war. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) launched attacks against federal forc»»»

Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democratic favourite, is running for re-election in Georgia in the 2026 US midterms while Abdul El-Sayed is a Senate candidate in the battleground state of Michigan. The two Democrats have very different profiles and platforms, underscoring divergences within the party. They c»»»

LONDON: Britain will scrap plans ​to remove the historic right to trial by jury for defendants in less serious criminal cases, the government announced on Sunday, in response to sustained criticism of the proposals by many lawyers and politicians. The decision by Andy Burnham, who became prime mini»»»

KAMPALA, Uganda: Ethiopian federal forces have taken the airport in Mekelle, the capital of the northern Tigray region, according to people in the city who spoke to The Associated Press on Saturday, reversing a takeover by Tigrayan fighters that prompted the suspension of commercial flights last mo»»»

CAIRO: Egypt will host the leaders of Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia for talks on Sunday in the northern coastal city of El-Alamein as renewed fighting in Ethiopia and a rapidly escalating diplomatic dispute raise fears of a wider conflict across the Horn of Africa. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will »»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia ranked first globally in date exports by value for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, with shipments worth SR1.938 billion ($517.7 million), according to data from the International Trade Centre. The figure represents an increase of about 14 percent from 2024, highlighting th»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia ranked first globally in date exports by value for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, with shipments worth SR1.938 billion, according to data from the International Trade Centre. The figure represents an increase of about 14 percent from 2024, highlighting the sector’s growin»»»

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s federal military has recaptured the main airport in the capital of the northern Tigray region, three sources said on Saturday, dealing a major setback to an opposition alliance in its stronghold. Clashes pitting a rebel alliance led by Tigray’s ruling party against the gover»»»

The man accused of murdering former UK Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe has also been charged with preparing a terrorist attack on Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Joshua Kerry, 28, of Rotherham, South Yorkshire was charged on Friday under the Terrorism Act 2006 and will appear in court on Wednes»»»

Nagoya: Qatar's Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan cemented their Asian Games dominance on Saturday, defeating Indonesia 2-1 in the men's beach volleyball final to capture a third consecutive gold at Aichi-Nagoya 2026. The Qatari duo held their nerve in a hard-fought final to add another Asian Games »»»

NAGOYA: Qatar's Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan cemented their Asian Games dominance on Saturday, defeating Indonesia 2-1 in the men's beach volleyball final to capture a third consecutive gold at Aichi-Nagoya 2026. The Qatari duo held their nerve in a hard-fought final to add another Asian Games »»»

A ‌militia group allied to Ethiopia’s federal government said they had recaptured the main airport in the capital of the northern Tigray region, an opposition stronghold. “We have taken full control of Mekelle Alula Aba Nega Airport. We are currently clearing the ‌city of ‌Mekelle,” the pro-governm»»»

LONDON: Ethiopia on Thursday closed its embassy in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, and ordered 10 Eritrean diplomats to leave within 48 hours. Addis Ababa accused Eritrea of “direct and indirect acts of hostility and belligerence” that pose “a direct threat to Ethiopia’s national security.” Eritrea’s»»»

BISSAU: Guinea-Bissau ‘s military government has barred former President Umaro Sissoco Embaló from returning to the country, citing security and public order concerns. Embaló, who ruled the Portuguese-speaking West African nation between 2020 and 2025, planned to return on Oct. 4 and said he would »»»

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday issued sanctions against three individuals and two France-based charities that it said were part of a network that raised more than $2 million for Palestinian armed group Hamas. “These designations expose a sophisticated, multi?year financing architecture tha»»»

Geneva: Global life expectancy is close to the levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, but the outlook for years lived in good health is recovering more slowly, the WHO said Friday. Life expectancy reached 73.3 years in 2023 -- close to the 73.4 years recorded in 2019 before the pandemic struck, »»»

Egypt’s financial sector achieved its strongest foreign reserve position in six years, boosted by a massive influx of capital from citizens living abroad. Latest data released by the Central Bank of Egypt reveals that net foreign assets held across the banking system scaled $31.2 billion as of Augu»»»

Average rainfall stands at 5.2mm, while temperatures are expected to exceed normal levels Abu Dhabi: Rainfall across the UAE is expected to be slightly above average this October, while temperatures are also forecast to remain higher than normal, according to the National Centre of Meteorology. The»»»

Romanian Creative Week—the largest event dedicated to the creative industries in the European Union—returns from October 2 to 8, 2026, with the second edition of RCW X Bucharest, the event’s autumn capsule. Held under the High Patronage of the President of Romania, the program brings projects spann»»»

The Liberty Memorial on Shipka Peak will look exactly the same after the renovation, which is why there are 1,000 pages of publicly available documentation, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Friday during parliamentary question time in response to a question from the Vazrazhdane parliamentary grou»»»

First published in Respekt. In Germany’s recent state elections, voters as young as 16 could cast ballots. The results confirmed a global trend of political division between young women and men. “On 1 January, we both deleted Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat. And whichever of us would be the first to»»»

LONDON: On Sept. 28, two days before the terrifying incident that unfolded on board flydubai Flight 1073 on Wednesday, the airline was setting up its stand at the inaugural Syria Travel Show at the Dama Rose Hotel in Damascus. For Syria’s Ministry of Tourism, the event was a central part of efforts»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar has ranked first globally and regionally in the General Infrastructure and Tertiary Inbound Mobility indicators in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2026, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The results showed Qatar’s advancement across several key p»»»

Plovdiv police say the evidence gathered so far points to 51-year-old Slavcho Megerov as the perpetrator of the murder of businessman Iliyan Filipov, with prosecutors preparing to request his remand in custody. Megerov has been formally charged with premeditated murder under the relevant provision »»»

Prime Minister Péter Magyar identified the settlement of Budapest's finances, the preservation of its operational capacity, and the establishment of a partnership with the capital and its districts as the most important goals, speaking after Thursday's session of the Metropolitan Public Development»»»

Schools pay tributes to Kerala banker-turned-educationist, founder of Bhavans Middle East Dubai: NK Ramachandran Menon, founder and chairman of Bhavans Middle East, who built a network of schools across the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain, has died aged 78, his family told Gulf News. The Indian expat educa»»»

The last US troops belonging to the global coalition to fight the Islamic State (IS) have left Iraq, where they were stationed at Victoria Base at the Baghdad International Airport. But in reality, many had already left well before the 30 September 2026 deadline, starting when Israel attacked Iran »»»

Since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, which led to the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, Iraq has undergone a qualitative shift in regional and international balances of power. The two main players in the Iraqi arena are the US and Iran, and both compete for influence. Iran has invested patiently a»»»

DUBAI: Intensifying summer heat and accelerating climate change is a problem faced by every city in the world. Perhaps nowhere is it as destructive to everyday life than in the Arab world, where even before any notable global warming, summer temperatures can reach unbearable levels. It is a problem»»»

WBJ spoke with Monika Szelenberger, Director of Leasing and Asset Management and a member of the Management Team at Adgar Poland, about rising labor and fit-out costs, shifting tenant expectations, workplace strategy, and how AI could reshape the future of office space WBJ: The past few years have »»»

RIYADH: Rolls-Royce has become the first high-speed engine manufacturer to license production in Saudi Arabia after signing an agreement with local industrial company Makeen. The firm will manufacture and assemble mtu Series 2000 marine engines under the deal, building on a Framework License Agreem»»»

The United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday it was probing a possible "terrorist" link to an apparent attack by a pilot on board a flight to Israel that saw passengers reroute the plane to stop it from crashing. The dramatic events on Wednesday ended with passengers being given a hero's welcome »»»

The European Commission has decided to refer Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over the failure to transpose two key EU directives into national law. The legal proceedings could result in financial penalties for the country. The first case concerns Bulgaria's failure to»»»

Explosions were heard overnight in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, three diplomatic sources said on Thursday, adding to anxiety about the possible spread of renewed conflict in the country’s north. A source linked to the opposition alliance fighting government forces since last week said it had car»»»

GENEVA: A staff member at humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières has tested positive for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease while working on the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MSF said on Thursday. “This person is being safely evacuated under a strict medical protoc»»»

Dubai-based airline FlyDubai has suspended flights to and from Israel after a Tel Aviv-bound passenger jet was diverted and made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia following an apparent hijacking attempt. Direct air travel has been one of the most visible signs of normalized relations between Isr»»»

The Sofia City Court on Thursday handed a Chinese national a three-year suspended prison sentence with a five-year probation period on charges related to espionage. The man was accused of attempting between July 2025 and June 18, 2026, in Sofia to collect information constituting a state secret wit»»»

France's public debt has climbed to a record during the two terms of President Emmanuel Macron, unsettling investors and emerging as a defining issue ahead of next year's presidential election. With France already gripped by deep social tensions, the candidates vying to succeed Macron are under pre»»»

A former employee of Bulgarian businessman Iliyan Filipov, who was shot dead in Plovdiv overnight, has been arrested in Sofia in connection with the killing, according to Bulgarian media reports. The suspect is a 51-year-old man identified by the initials S.M. He reportedly has a police record and »»»

Mumbai-born pilot saves 174 lives despite severe injuries in cockpit struggle Dubai: A Dubai-based Indian pilot with flydubai is being hailed as a hero after a rare and frightening security scare in the skies. He was injured in a violent confrontation on the flight deck of a Wednesday flight from D»»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump unveiled what he called a "damn good" AI chatbot, but it quickly drew attention for contradicting some of his contentious political claims. A day later, however, it stopped answering some political questions. "Hello, America. Whatever you need fr»»»

LOS ANGELES: A popular California roller coaster is being permanently shut down after dozens of people claimed to have suffered brain damage while riding it. The X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain features precipitous drops and jarring twists that have thrilled millions of riders over two decades, with»»»

Old friendships rarely demand our time, which is why we need to make time for them “We must catch up.” I say those four words often, and I always mean them, whether I’m saying them to a former pupil, an old colleague or a relative I haven’t seen for far too long. Then the days fill up, life gets bu»»»

Donald Trump has launched “America”, an AI chatbot designed as a digital portal for US government information. But its responses appear to be changing. The chatbot initially challenged several of Trump’s claims, including on the 2020 election and inflation, providing evidence and links. More recent»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: US President Donald Trump unveiled what he called a “damn good” AI chatbot, but it quickly drew attention for contradicting some of his contentious political claims. A day later, however, it stopped answering some political questions. “Hello, America. Whatever you need fr»»»

Six Flags retires X2 after lawsuits allege severe brain injuries A popular California roller coaster is being permanently shut down after dozens of people claimed to have suffered brain damage while riding it. The X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain features precipitous drops and jarring twists that hav»»»

Cape Town: Sub-Saharan Africa continues to expand its global academic footprint, placing 69 institutions in the most recent world university standings, with South Africa's University of Cape Town climbing back into the top 150 to claim a share of the 147th spot. The Times Higher Education World Uni»»»

OSLO: Norway’s prime minister denied Wednesday an “unhealthy culture” among the country’s diplomats, as current and former ministers addressed a hearing over ties between late US convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and senior Norwegian officials. The hearings come against the backdrop of the for»»»