Abu Dhabi, Oct. 5 (SANA) The United Arab Emirates strongly condemned Monday the Israeli occupation’s completion of work on the so-called “Sufa 53” line in Quneitra, emphasizing that it constitutes a violation of Syrian sovereignty and a threat to regional security and stability. In a statement post»»»

TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that negotiations with the United States were “meaningless” and only resulted in renewed American attacks, state media reported. “So far, they have attacked us three times after talks, and this shows that they are not seeking dialogue; rather,»»»

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Monday it seized two people it said were approaching an army outpost in an area of southern Syria it has occupied since the overthrow of president Bashar Assad. “A short while ago, IDF soldiers identified two suspects riding a motorcycle toward an IDF post in»»»

LONDON: King Abdullah of Jordan and the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohammed Al-Nahyan, oversaw the laying of the foundation stone for the Aqaba-Shidiya-Maan railway on Monday. The UAE-Jordan Railway Company is carrying out the transport project, which officials say will be capable»»»

A US envoy met over the weekend with Sudan’s top general as the Trump administration pushes for diplomatic efforts to end a war that has created what many describe as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, met Sa»»»

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council on Monday condemned indiscriminate drone strikes and attacks on civilians in Sudan, and slammed outside forces fueling the conflict with weapons and mercenaries. The United Nations’ top rights body decided to extend the mandate of the council’s independent intern»»»

Geneva: The World Food Programme (WFP) strongly condemned the attack in Sudan's South Kordofan that targeted two trucks carrying food aid, which led to the death of its driver, calling for an immediate and unbiased investigation and holding people accountable. WFP stated on Monday that the investig»»»

DAMASCUS: Syria on Monday signed a framework agreement with an Emirati company for two huge property development projects as the country boosts efforts to attract foreign investment to finance reconstruction after years of war. The accord was signed by Dubai real estate tycoon Mohamed Alabbar, chai»»»

Hungary will not block the launch of the next, technical stage of European Union accession talks with Ukraine, according to the Financial Times. The London-based business daily reported on Monday, citing EU sources, that Prime Minister Péter Magyar has instructed Hungarian diplomats not to prevent »»»

AI-driven strategy to position UAE as a global hub for advanced technology Abu Dhabi: The UAE has launched a major project to develop its digital infrastructure both domestically and internationally, with plans to increase international connectivity capacity to more than 500 terabits per second by »»»

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CAIRO: In 2023, the Suez Canal earned $10.2 billion. A year later, after many of the world’s biggest shipping lines abandoned the Red Sea, it earned $4 billion. Now the ships, and the money, are coming back. Suez Canal revenues rose 23 percent to $4.67 billion in fiscal year 2025/26, as vessels ret»»»

Riyadh: The Political and Defense Strategic Committee of the Mecca Defense Alliance has decided to immediately execute its mutual defense commitments, deploying agreed military forces to Saudi Arabia to enhance readiness and counter regional threats. The decision came during an emergency meeting he»»»

Tunis, Oct. 5 (TAP) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Mohamed Ali Nafti received on Monday at the ministry headquarters Dacian Cioloș, adviser to the Romanian president and Romania’s candidate for secretary-general of...»»»

Dubai: A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz experienced an engine room fire after being hit by an unknown projectile on Monday, a British maritime agency said, hours after it reported another ship turning back in the face of Iranian threats. Iran has sought to assert control over the vital shipping rou»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States was looking “very strongly” at a reported plague case in Russia and was ready to help Moscow with the situation. “We’re looking at it very strongly, we just heard about it,” Trump told reporters when asked what Washington was »»»

Community mourns loss of child as suspect faces murder charges in Chicago A woman has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing to death a 7-year-old girl who was walking along a sidewalk in a Chicago neighbourhood, police said. Shavon Gayden, 48, was charged with one felony count of first-de»»»

Tunis, Oct. 5 (TAP) - Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Sofiene Tekaya inaugurated on Monday at the Kram Exhibition Centre the third edition of the professional handicrafts trade fair “ArtiCrea.” The third edition of “ArtiCrea” features 228...»»»

LONDON: Saudi Arabia is to begin rectifying the status of Yemeni nationals living in the Kingdom without legal residency documents, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. The move follows a directive from King Salman after Rashad Al-Alimi, chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, request»»»

US moves B-1 bombers from UK base amid security concerns, says Trump US President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from the British airbase of RAF Fairford because of "some threats," without saying what they were. "There were some threats, and rather tha»»»

Cairo, Oct. 5 (SANA) Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy strongly condemned Monday the Israeli occupation’s completion of work on the so-called “Sufa 53” line in Quneitra, describing it as a flagrant violation of Syrian sovereignty, international law, and the 1974 Disengagement Agreement. In »»»

If the presidential election was held in early October, Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev would receive 46.9% of the vote, while Andrey Gurov and Georgi Kandev would receive 25.3%, according to a survey by Myara, the polling agency said on Monday. The survey was conducted through face-to-face intervi»»»

Doha: The Qatar Tourism Awards, organised in collaboration with the World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism), has announced the shortlist of nominees for its fourth edition, with public voting now open. This year's shortlist features 276 nominees selected from more than 1,623 submissions across 35 s»»»

US soldiers wounded in the Iran war’s deadliest strike yet on American troops are raising concerns publicly, many for the first time, about whether commanders underestimated the threat. Some of those wounded also said the military medical system failed them. The Pentagon has so far released few det»»»

Tunis, Oct. 5 (TAP) - Secretary of State to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Mohamed Ben Ayed, reaffirmed Tunisia’s commitment to strengthening the fraternal relations between Tunisia and Mauritania and enhancing...»»»

Meeting with supporters in Varna on her campaign for the presidential elections Monday, Iliana Iotova spoke of dialogue, unity and the need for a negotiated solution to the Ukraine war. "Together with Kiril Valchev, we are asking for your trust so that there is no more hatred, division, makeshift a»»»

JERUSALEM: 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 neighbouring countries, prosecutors announced on Monday. The suspect, in his sixties, lives in the central»»»

MADRID: Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called a snap election for Nov. 29, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government amid nationwide protests. The defeat on Friday was just the latest political setback for Sanchez, one of the few»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye on Monday agreed to immediately implement collective-defense commitments under the previously agreed Makkah Defense Alliance, including the swift deployment of agreed forces and other military capabilities to the Kingdom amid ongoing threats. The decision »»»

Frank Gehry’s architectural masterpiece set to redefine Saadiyat Island The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has shared the architectural vision behind Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, a landmark cultural institution located within Saadiyat Cultural District and designed by the la»»»

New alliance prompts swift military action in Gulf region Turkey and Pakistan will undertake a "rapid deployment" of troops to Saudi Arabia as part of a new mutual defence alliance, the three countries said Monday, as the Gulf kingdom faces escalating attacks from Yemen's Houthis. The three countri»»»

TUNIS, Oct 5, 2026 (TAP) - A national technical commission met on Monday in Tunis to examine the ongoing implementation of an early warning system in the Tunis governorate, which had been selected as one of the pilot sites for natural risk analysis...»»»

GAZA STRIP: Five civilians, including two children, were injured on Monday, as a result of Israeli gunfire and shelling targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip. A medical source reported that a woman sustained a head injury from gunfire originating from an Israeli naval vessel in the Al-Sudaniya »»»

Doha: The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) has officially granted Group 1 International status to HH the Amir Trophy, the flagship Thoroughbred feature of the HH the Amir Sword Festival. The decision was approved at the IFHA meeting in Paris, attended by a Qatar Racing and»»»

A souvenir shop in Bulgaria has caught attention with an unusual collection of mugs featuring notorious historical figures and authoritarian leaders – including North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, and for some reason, former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán and current Hungarian prime minister Péter Ma»»»

UAE denounces Israeli actions violating Syria's sovereignty and stability The United Arab Emirates has condemned Israeli forces’ resumption of excavation and bulldozing operations, as well as the construction of fortifications, in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic in the area referred to as»»»

DOHA: The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) has officially granted Group 1 International status to HH the Amir Trophy, the flagship Thoroughbred feature of the HH the Amir Sword Festival. The decision was approved at the IFHA meeting in Paris, attended by a Qatar Racing and»»»

DOHA: Visit Qatar will welcome Power Slap to Doha for the first time on November 19, as Power Slap 27: Quinones vs. Godfrey, presented by Monster Energy, takes over Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena (ABHA Arena) with two championship titles on the line. Held in partnership with Visit Qatar, the event »»»

New alliance prompts swift military action in Gulf region Turkey and Pakistan will undertake a "rapid deployment" of troops to Saudi Arabia as part of a new mutual defence alliance, the three countries said Monday, as the Gulf kingdom faces escalating attacks from Yemen's Houthis. Following a meeti»»»

LONDON: Six Palestinian families who were forced to evacuate homes in a West Bank town due to violence by Israeli settlers returned to their residences on Monday, according to the Palestinian Authority. The General Authority of Civil Affairs, which coordinates security and civilian matters with Isr»»»

Occupied Jerusalem: Dozens of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday through Al-Maghariba Gate during the morning and afternoon incursion periods, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The incursions are part of ongoing settler assaults on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, protected by occupation»»»

BRUSSELS: The secretary-general of the Muslim World League, Mohammed Al-Issa, met leaders and other figures from Belgium’s Muslim community in Brussels on Monday. Al-Issa, who also chairs the organization’s Association of Muslim Scholars, praised the contributions of the country’s Muslim community »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian forces struck a vessel delivering supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces in the port of Yuzhny, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. "As a result of strikes in the Yuzhny port, a dry cargo vessel delivering supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces was hit," the »»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye on Monday agreed to immediately implement collective-defense commitments under the Makkah Defense Alliance, including the swift deployment of agreed forces and military capabilities to the Kingdom amid ongoing threats. The decision was announced following »»»

Authorities investigate cause of Sweden bus accident Dozens of people were injured, including 10 seriously, when a double decker bus in Sweden drove off a road and tipped over, officials said Monday. Images from the accident, which occurred between the towns of Vaxjo and Alvesta in the south of the»»»

Tunis, Oct. 5 (TAP) - Investment projects in the agriculture and fisheries sectors, with a total value of 17 million dinars, were approved on Monday by the National Committee for the Granting of Incentives, under the Agricultural Investment...»»»

Three years after the outbreak of the Israeli occupation war on Gaza, data from the Israeli Clalit Health Services, based on records from around five million insured members, reveal mounting physical and psychological health consequences, with children and residents of areas from which people were »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) recorded 628,118 visits across its health centres in September 2026, according to figures the corporation released. Family medicine clinics accounted for the largest share, recording 307,621 visits, while dental clinics received 39,606 visits.»»»

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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday strongly condemned continued Houthi attacks targeting civilians and civilian and economic infrastructure in the Kingdom, as well as repeated attacks on Makkah and Madinah, Riyadh and other Saudi cities. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also condemned at»»»