Cairo: The State of Qatar has participated in an Arab League extraordinary session to discuss mechanisms to provide international protection for Palestinians and uphold international law concerning Jerusalem's legal status and international character. The session was held at the level of permanent »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Museums (QM) will stage the world premiere of Again, a powerful new musical theatre production exploring the histories of struggle for freedom and self-determination in South Africa and Palestine. Developed from an original idea by writer and historian Tariq Ali, the production b»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev discussed attacks on Black Sea merchant ships with Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan by telephone, the government press service said on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning, Radev said there had been further drone attacks on ships in the Black Sea. One vessel was hit by three a»»»

LONDON: Iran is trying to hit military sites in the UK and the suspected plot to attack a US-run military air base in September is “not unique,” the head of Britain’s MI5 spy agency said Tuesday. Ken McCallum, who leads the UK’s domestic security service, said Tehran is seeking to intensify its att»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have discussed strengthening cooperation and joint efforts between the two countries. The leaders reviewed in a telephone call on Tuesday a number of regional and international issues of mutual intere»»»

Sheikh Abdullah affirms full support for measures to safeguard Saudi security, stability Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, held a telephone call with his brother, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs »»»

PRISTINA - Srpska lista leader Zlatan Elek and party whip Igor Simic met with US Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Dick Durbin at the US embassy in Pristina on Tuesday, pointing to the extremely difficult position of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, as well as to the numerous problems and challenges they face o»»»

KABUL: For years, Afghans have faced barriers to travel — closed embassies, limited visas, and a shrinking list of countries that they could visit. Saudi Arabia’s recent change to Umrah entry rules has opened a door that many thought was shut. For pilgrims, it is a spiritual journey made simpler. F»»»

RIYADH: About 400 medical personnel treated people following the incident at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, performing 25 surgeries within 10 hours, according to Dr. Maad Al-Saati, head of the Orthopedic Surgery Department at Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Hospital in Riyadh. Speaking to Ashar»»»

The football superstar has chosen a Sunreef ULTIMA 88 for his family and guests Dubai: Football superstar Leo Messi has ordered a new ULTIMA 88 luxury catamaran that is being built at Sunreef Yachts’ shipyard in the UAE, adding a made-in-the-Gulf yacht to his MIM Ocean fleet. Sign up for our daily »»»

Damascus, Oct. 13 (SANA) Syria transported 25.27 million tonnes of goods from January through September 2026, including 22.77 million tonnes domestically and 2.51 million tonnes across its borders, according to the Transport Ministry’s Directorate for Freight Transport Regulation. The directorate r»»»

Barcelona: Streaming platform Netflix will show every match of the 2030 World Cup to audiences in Spain and Andorra, the entertainment giants announced Tuesday. "(We) will offer all 104 matches of the world's biggest football competition live," Netflix said in a statement. Spain, the reigning champ»»»

GENEVA: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has condemned a wave of Houthi attacks on airports in Saudi Arabia that have killed and injured dozens of Saudis and foreign nationals, warning that the renewed escalation threatens to inflict further suffering on civilians across the region»»»

BEIRUT: Hezbollah will pay up to $14,000 in aid to families whose homes in Lebanon were destroyed or made uninhabitable during the war with Israel, the head of the group’s Executive Council said Tuesday. At a news conference, Ali Daamoush accused the Lebanese state of failing to carry out its dutie»»»

Specialised training ensures traffic safety at Dubai's Global Village 2026 As Global Village prepares for a grand return tomorrow, October 14, Dubai Police is also working hard to ensure the safety and security of all visitors and residents of the city. The General Department of Traffic at Dubai Po»»»

Live shows, photo ops, and Halloween twists on rides for all ages Abu Dhabi: Halloween was not born here. There are no old customs to point to and no generations of tradition behind it. Yet every year, as October draws to a close, the capital finds its own way of marking the date. On the evening of»»»

She claims she fell down Supreme Court steps after confrontation with Gandhi’s security Dubai: A pregnant journalist has accused Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi of grabbing her hand and pulling her during a protest march near the Supreme Court in New Delhi, alleging that his security personne»»»

French students are taking to the streets for a fourth consecutive week of protests over poor school conditions, including teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and deteriorating facilities. Backed by trade unions and university students, the movement has led to school blockades and clashes wit»»»

France’s National Assembly is voting on a comprehensive bill to tackle gender-based and sexual violence, following public outrage over the rape and murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna. The proposed law includes stronger investigations, specialised police units and courts, and dedicated support for child »»»

The Tampa military meeting between Lebanon and Israel will take place on October 20 and 22 but there are no high expectations regarding the results, a Lebanese source said on Tuesday. “Israel is not cooperating with the verification mechanism, which includes the United States,” the source told Al-A»»»

A forum focusing on disaster prevention, climate risk preparedness and institutional coordination was held here on Tuesday as part of the Annual Meeting of the National Association of the Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria. The event marked the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction »»»

WARSAW: The top diplomats of Britain and Germany pressed on Tuesday for more sanctions on Moscow over its war in Ukraine, after President Donald Trump announced an easing of US sanctions on Russian diesel. “I would say this is not the time to lower the sanctions regime but to strengthen this,” Germ»»»

Attack ended when man was apprehended by staff who used trays to defend themselves Seoul: A man wearing an electronic ankle monitor was arrested after a stabbing attack at a supermarket in South Korea’s Incheon on Tuesday that left one person in cardiac arrest and seven others wounded, authorities »»»

The award recognises Nomachi’s career spanning more than half a century Dubai: The Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) has named renowned Japanese documentary photographer Kazuyoshi Nomachi the recipient of its prestigious Photography Appreciation Award »»»

Saudi coalition warns Sanaa civilians to evacuate as Houthis threaten Riyadh Dubai: The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Houthi militia said it would shortly issue an evacuation warning to civilians at a site in the Yemeni capital Sanaa ahead of a planned military operation, as cross-border att»»»

Saudi military thwarts drone attack near capital city The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said Tuesday that its forces intercepted three drones north of the capital Riyadh. "Interception and destruction of 3 drones north of Riyadh city," Major General Turki al-Maliki, a spokes»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Three explosions heard in Saudi capital, Riyadh: media reports 13-10-2026 15:18 PM Latest News Urgent News Yemeni Armed Forces: Any attack »»»

Romania recorded 32.9 completed homes/1,000 inhabitants during the analyzed decade. This compares with 33.6 in Germany, 34.4 in Slovakia and 31.5 in Czechia. Residential construction intensity was considerably higher in markets such as Poland, with 55.2 homes/1,000 inhabitants, France (52.8), Finla»»»

Insurance for oil tankers operating in the Black Sea has climbed from about USD200,000 to USD2.5 million per vessel in recent months, raising crude oil transportation costs and adding pressure to fuel prices in Bulgaria, Evgeni Simeonov, special commercial manager for Lukoil’s companies in the coun»»»

Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov has called for stronger intelligence sharing and coordinated surveillance with Romania and Turkey following overnight drone attacks on two commercial vessels in the Black Sea, the Defense Ministry said. Stoyanov spoke by phone on October 13 with Romanian »»»

Bulgarian border police rescued the crew of the drone-damaged Chelsea-3 in a dangerous overnight operation in extremely rough seas, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said. The border police vessel 514, Burgas, and its nine-member crew carried out the rescue despite sea conditions exceeding Sea Sta»»»

The latest strikes on commercial vessels in the Black Sea occurred in Bulgaria’s contiguous zone, closer to its territorial waters than last week’s attacks, which took place farther out in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The two vessels were hit overnight, exactly one week after the ALFA WAT»»»

SEOUL: South Korean police said they had detained a man suspected of stabbing eight people on Tuesday at a shopping mall in the city of Incheon, and the Yonhap news agency said one of the victims was in a life-threatening condition. Officers are investigating the motive and circumstances of the att»»»

KYIV: Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv in which five missiles hit civilian infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday in a post on X. Zelensky characterized the barrage on the capital as “particularly vile,” and emph»»»

Financing growth lifts income as customer deposits reach Dh60.4 billion Dubai: Sharjah Islamic Bank reported a 9% increase in net profit after tax to Dh1.2 billion for the first nine months of 2026, supported by higher income from Islamic financing and sukuk investments. Get updated faster and for »»»

COMMENTThe UAE’s green transition is creating investment opportunities across energy and industry The global conversation around sustainability is entering a new phase. The question is no longer simply whether governments and businesses should pursue net zero, but rather how the capital required to»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has received a written message from President HE Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt concerning bilateral relations and ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affair»»»

Calls on them to refrain from reposting videos related to any ongoing events The Indian Embassy in Riyadh has called on Indian nationals in the country to stay calm and vigilant in light of the recent circumstances. In a tweeted circular, it called on Indian nationals to stay indoors in case of an »»»

Tunis,Oct.13 (TAP) - Tunisia called Tuesday for greater intra-African cooperation in the digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) fields, pointing to the urgent need to move from isolated initiatives towards a strategic continental...»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Saudi-led Coalition says to issue “evacuation warning for civilians” in Yemeni capital, Sanaa 13-10-2026 15:20 PM Latest News Urgent News S»»»

Hungary's parliament voted on Tuesday to remove anti-LGBTQ provisions from a "child protection" law adopted in 2021 under the country's former nationalist leader, in the first significant move to reverse discriminatory legislation since Prime Minister Peter Magyar took power in May. Hungarian lawma»»»

Arab Finance: Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly witnessed the signing of EGP 10 billion financing agreements between Banque Misr and Founders Real Estate, a subsidiary of Hyde Park Developments, according to a statement. The eight-year partnership aims to fund the purchase and marketing of assets own»»»

Calls on them to refrain from reposting videos related to any ongoing events The Indian Embassy in Riyadh has called on Indian nationals in the country to stay calm and vigilant in light of the recent circumstances. In a tweeted circular, it called on Indian nationals to stay indoors in case of an »»»

As word came of Houthi rebels closing in, Weam Abdullah and her family decided it was time to leave their home in Taiz, Yemen's third largest city. They had survived a yearslong siege by the rebels earlier in their country's civil war, and they didn't want to endure that again. They made it out jus»»»

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen's Houthis said Tuesday that its forces intercepted three drones north of the capital Riyadh. "Interception and destruction of 3 drones north of Riyadh city," Major General Turki al-Maliki, a spokesman for the coalition, wrote on X.»»»

Empowering Zanzibar’s women farmers through sustainable seaweed farming solutions Dubai: For more than 112 days each year, Nadhifa Ibrahimu walks into the shallow waters off Zanzibar’s coast to tend the seaweed that helps support her family. The 35-year-old mother of four from Muungoni Village has »»»

At the same time, the Romanian leu has reached a new record low, crossing the threshold of 5.35 lei per euro, after President Nicușor Dan presented a fourth consecutive nomination for the position of prime minister. Despite having the highest interest rates in the European Union, at 6.5%, the count»»»

An Israeli strike targeted Tuesday Wadi Slouqi, Kfartebnit and Wadi al-Hujair, while artillery shelled overnight Harees, Baraashit, Mayfadoun and al-Mansouri. An explosion involving unexploded ordnance killed a student and injured 24 others during a school trip in northern Israel on Monday, raising»»»

At a briefing at the National Assembly on Tuesday, in response to a question about the latest drone attacks on two ships in the Black Sea, Continue the Change Chair Assen Vassilev said: "Following the two attacks, it is clear that normal shipping in the Black Sea will no longer be possible, with a »»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev could have spoken directly with Russian President Putin on his Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov about the latest drone attacks on merchant vessels off the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, former Foreign Minister and now MP of GERB-UDF Georg Georgiev said here Tuesday. He was speak»»»