By Staff, Agencies The BBC has asked a Florida federal judge to compel US President Donald Trump to set a firm date for sworn testimony in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster, accusing his legal team of delaying his deposition as the case moves toward trial. In a court filing»»»

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian officials said Israeli strikes killed four people in Gaza on Wednesday, days after the anniversary of the declaration of a US-mediated ceasefire. Two young men died when Israeli forces struck a vehicle near Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, civil»»»

By Staff, Agencies Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the far-left Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) have jointly passed a motion in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt calling for an end to German military assistance to Ukraine and the lifting of sanctions against Russia. Adopted »»»

Hungary is set to receive EUR 254.1 million (more than HUF 92 billion) in Norwegian and EEA funding after negotiations between Budapest and the donor countries were concluded. The agreement marks a major step towards restoring a funding programme that was suspended in Hungary in 2021. Foreign Minis»»»

Bangkok, Oct. 14 (SANA) Finance Minister Mohammed Yisr Barnieh and Central Bank of Syria Governor Safwat Raslan held a meeting with Jonathan Greenstein , Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Finance at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and Eric Meyer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Afric»»»

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi urged citizens to “fortify your country against this conspiracy.. and I do not say fortify the president,” while asserting Egypt harbours no hidden ambitions following recent remarks by an Israeli official regarding Sinai. Speaking at the 44th Educational Sem»»»

Egypt currently accounts for 20% of global date production and 25% of Arab production, Minister of Industry Khaled Hashem announced on Monday as the government outlined plans to update its sector strategy to boost exports and value-added manufacturing. The figures were presented during the 9th Inte»»»

Transport Minister Kamel Al-Wazir has inaugurated Amreya Dry Port in Alexandria, in the presence of Magdy Anwar, Director of the National Service Projects Organisation; Amira Yassin, Deputy Governor of Alexandria; and Sayed Metwally, Head of the General Authority for Land and Dry Ports. The ministe»»»

Washington, United States: US consumer inflation was hotter than anticipated in September, government data showed Wednesday, as Washington's continued war with Tehran pushed energy costs higher, deepening strains on American households ahead of next month's midterm elections. The uptick underscores»»»

Indonesia: A female orangutan who was likely starving was evacuated Wednesday from an area razed by fire on the Indonesian island of Borneo, officials said, as the country rescues hundreds of animals affected by the blazes. Indonesia has for weeks struggled to control fires that have razed parts of»»»

BOGOTA: Thousands of Colombians marched in major cities on Wednesday against the right-wing government’s hard-line policies, the first day of a nationwide campaign. The government “is going to fall!” trade unionists, Indigenous people, students and feminists yelled, led by former president Gustavo »»»

A Second World War-era Soviet bomb discovered at a construction site in Budapest’s 18th district will be defused in place on Sunday, 18 October, prompting the evacuation and closure of an area within a radius of approximately 200 metres. Soviet bomb from the Second World War has been found The FAB-»»»

BEIRUT: UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to begin negotiations on the future of peacekeepers deployed in Lebanon, as Beirut campaigns for an extension to the mandate set to expire at the end of this year. A UN peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL ha»»»

BEIRUT: Djibouti, a nation of about 1.2 million people at the southern end of the Red Sea, cannot on its own absorb the wave of Yemenis arriving there as they flee the conflict in their own country, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of migrants who already pass through its desert each year, »»»

Health Ministry investigates acute eye infections at Tangier hospital after treatment Dubai: Dubai: Morocco's Ministry of Health and Social Protection has launched an urgent investigation after 15 patients suffered severe vision loss following therapeutic eye injections at Mohammed VI University Ho»»»

Protesters derailed a Washington, D.C., panel featuring U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, calling him a “war criminal” and a “Nazi.” Six people interrupted the speakers at various points during the beginning of the roughly hour-long panel, which was part of the Association of the U.»»»

Bulgaria’s security requires concrete action, not wishful thinking, presidential candidate Andrey Gurov said at a campaign event in Dobrich on Wednesday. Against the backdrop of escalating tensions in the Black Sea, the country should request the activation of Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty»»»

Employees of the Trigrad State Forestry Enterprise, part of the South Central State Enterprise, on Wednesday captured and relocated one of the two young bears that had repeatedly entered the southern village of Gyovren over the past month. The bear is now in the Kormisosh State Hunting Enterprise, »»»

It was a secession vote no one in Westminster saw coming. In September, the village of Piddington in Oxfordshire held a referendum to declare independence from the United Kingdom. The vote, of course, had no legal weight, and was a symbolic gesture by the village’s 350 residents (285 of whom voted »»»

PORT LOUIS: Mauritius extended a curfew on Wednesday over roughly a third of the island after rare violent protests saw almost 100 people arrested. The Indian Ocean island nation, popular with tourists for its pristine beaches and coral reefs, has long been seen as a model of prosperity and stabili»»»

LONDON: Britain is facing calls to take tougher action against Iran and the Iran-backed Houthis, with one Labour MP saying it was “astonishing” that the UK government had not already proscribed the Yemeni group as a terrorist organization following deadly attacks on multiple civilian targets last w»»»

Yemen's Houthi rebels said Wednesday they had targeted facilities belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco after officials in Riyadh reported a strike on a building in an area housing the energy giant's headquarters. The Iran-back militia also claimed missile strikes on the capital Riyadh and vowed to c»»»

From our special correspondent in Phoenix – More than a year after the assassination of far-right influencer Charlie Kirk in September 2025, young activists from the organisation he co-founded, Turning Point USA, are working tirelessly to honour his legacy by rallying the youth »»»

US President Donald Trump asked his ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign on Tuesday after reports alleged she sought $100,000 from a Trump supporter to pay personal credit card debt and accepted luxury trips and hotel stays from wealthy Greek businessmen. Guilfoyle denied wrongdoing an»»»

PARIS — Diesel supply disruptions in the Gulf stemming from the US war against Iran will keep the market tight into 2027, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, as it will take time to rebuild depleted stocks.
"The gasoil market balance will remain tight well into 2027 and is dependent on »»»

AMMAN — The King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF) and Microfund for Women (MFW) signed a partnership agreement on Wednesday to promote social solidarity and expand access to health protection.Under the agreement, MFW will enable subscribers to the foundation’s Taameen Riaaya (Care Insurance) progra»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that France's student protesters are being "exploited" by political forces ahead of the country's presidential election in April 2027. Hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon participated in a Paris demonstration while hard-right frontrunner&nb»»»

Turkish authorities appointed a government trustee to run popular broadcaster Halk TV on Wednesday after police raided its headquarters, halting live broadcasts and arresting 11 people. Halk chairman Cafer Mahirogluin denounced "a dark day for Turkey", adding that seven of his family members w»»»

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Investments, and Industry Alexander Pulev discussed security, defense cooperation, and expanding economic ties in high-tech sectors with US State Department officials during a visit to Washington, where he also signed a joint declaration on c»»»

Bulgaria will not extradite Iva Mihaylova to North Macedonia without a ratified international treaty permitting it, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry said after receiving an Interpol request for her international search, arrest, and extradition. The ministry’s Directorate for International Operationa»»»

Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security (SANS) does not rule out future acts of sabotage on Bulgarian territory, its chairman, Plamen Tonchev, told the National Assembly during a hearing on the suspected arson of antennas near Sofia intended to connect to the US satellite system Starlink. Sev»»»

By Staff, Agencies SpaceX has disrupted Ukrainian drone operations by reportedly imposing new speed restrictions on military access to its Starlink satellite network, according to Ukrainian officials and frontline commanders. The reported disruption comes as US President Donald Trump increases pres»»»

ATHENS, Greece: News about US Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle dominated in Greece Wednesday a day after her resignation, as government officials fretted about potentially losing Washington’s attention. The White House publicly asked for the ambassador to Greece to resign after she faced severe critic»»»

RIO DE JENEIRO: Brazil is probing possible “deliberate criminal activity” behind surging fires in the Amazon, as well as possible links to a tense election period, Brazil’s environment minister told AFP. The northwestern state of Amazonas, home to a huge chunk of the world’s largest rainforest, has»»»

By Staff, Agencies The British Navy has been left without its only icebreaker after HMS Protector suffered simultaneous engine failures at sea, forcing the vessel to be towed back to Devonport naval base in Plymouth, The Telegraph reported Tuesday. The incident has renewed concerns about the UK's m»»»

Moscow: Russia on Wednesday said Ukrainian drones attacked two oil refineries and violated an "energy ceasefire" declared by US President Donald Trump but Kyiv dismissed it as a "fake" claim. "Two oil refineries were attacked today by the Kyiv regime, in the Saratov and Ryazan regions," Russian Dep»»»

Riyadh Season shifts star-studded tennis event from October 21–24 to December 27–30 Dubai: Saudi Arabia has postponed the third edition of the Six Kings Slam tennis tournament from October to December, citing organisational and logistical challenges that could affect the quality of the event and sp»»»

BEIRUT: Yemen’s foreign minister warned on Wednesday that the Houthis would become “undefeatable” if the world allowed them the time to do so, and her government sought neither a ceasefire nor negotiations with the Iran-backed militia. “If the Houthis are given more time, they will become an undefe»»»

President Iliana Iotova said in Burgas on Wednesday that it would be best to hold a meeting on Black Sea security with representatives of all Black Sea countries, including the warring parties. "There is no way to ensure security in the Black Sea without the participation of both countries," she ad»»»

A Russian media outlet accused of spreading Kremlin-friendly narratives has moved its editorial address to Budapest, but its contact page lists a surprising name as editor-in-chief: Mária Schmidt, the former director of the House of Terror Museum, a close friend of former PM Viktor Orbán. She denie»»»

Bulgaria ranks 21st among the 29 Schengen Area countries in the Passport Reports ranking published on October 13, 2026, while placing 20th in the overall global passport ranking, according to the platform. Romania is one position ahead of Bulgaria in the Schengen list, at 20th, while Croatia ranks »»»

SABAC - Aleksandar Vucic, who heads the Aleksandar Vucic-United Serbia electoral list for the October 25 early parliamentary polls in Serbia, said on Wednesday that, in case they lost the elections, representatives of the list would extend a hand to congratulate the winners and that, if they won th»»»

By Staff, Agencies The Joint List and the United Arab List (Ra’am) have signed a surplus-vote agreement ahead of the next "Israeli" "Knesset" elections, while the Joint List has set conditions for supporting Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot in efforts to remove Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fr»»»

KYIV: Ukraine on Wednesday accused the United States of helping Russia by failing to warn it of incoming missile strikes and hobbling its military response through changes to the Starlink system it uses on the battlefield. President Volodymyr Zelensky framed the lack of notice about a wave of power»»»

BUTEMBO, DR Congo: The fear of Ebola is keeping women and children from seeking health care in eastern Congo, health workers and aid agencies say, contributing to soaring maternal deaths and falling childhood immunization rates that could strain the health care system for years to come. Health work»»»

DUBAI: Yemen’s armed forces have carried out 2,309 precision strikes against Houthi positions across several battlefronts, leaving an estimated 1,250 militia fighters killed and destroying more than 460 military vehicles and equipment, a military spokesperson said on Wednesday. Majed Al-Nuzaili, sp»»»

BRUSSELS: The Norwegian police arrested five people as part of an investigation over possible bribery involving a company supplying services to NATO ⁠military vessels, the European ⁠Union’s criminal justice body Eurojust said on Wednesday. 🚨 Company suspected of bribery & EUR 1 million+ fraud i»»»

How is AI being used to navigate the changing times RISE Summit 2026 was held at Dubai World Trade Centre on October 14, under the theme ‘Recharging Momentum in Global Economies’. The summit brought together investors, policymakers, developers and industry decision-makers to explore how investment »»»

ZAGREB - Specialised EXPO 2027 and Serbia's tourism potential were showcased in Zagreb on Wednesday as part of a Visit Serbia business meeting that brought together representatives of the Serbian and Croatian tourism and business sectors. The event was an opportunity to familiarise the Croatian pub»»»

VATICAN CITY: When US Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in May 2025 as Pope Leo XIV, the new leader of the Catholic Church, he struck a stark contrast from his predecessor Francis. Leo, young for a pope at 69, appeared energetic, spoke in a strong voice and had »»»