JEDDAH: The Saudi Red Crescent Authority said it had placed 166 ambulance teams on standby across Makkah region ahead of the rainy season, to ensure a rapid response to medical emergencies. The deployment includes 69 teams in Jeddah, 60 in Makkah and 37 in Taif, which are supported by six specializ»»»

LONDON: King Abdullah of Jordan and Iraqi President Nizar Amidi discussed the long-standing ties between the two countries and explored ways to strengthen cooperation across sectors. The call on Monday addressed the Basra-Aqaba oil pipeline project and stressed the importance of implementing it for»»»

Europe is heading towards a potentially snow-poor winter in 2026–2027, with the latest seasonal models pointing to below-average snowfall across much of the continent. Hungary is also expected to see less snow than usual, while a strong El Niño could influence when the heaviest snowfall arrives. Th»»»

Doha: Minister of State for International Cooperation HE Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad participated today in a focus panel titled "Bridging Humanitarian Diplomacy to Water Security," held as part of the Global Security Forum 2026 in Doha. In her opening remarks for the session, Her Excellenc»»»

Doha: Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani held separate meetings with Minister of Interior and Narcotics Control of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan HE Mohsin Raza Naqvi; Minister of the Interior of the Kingdo»»»

Doha: Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani said security today extends substantially beyond conventional threats, encompassing the protection of people, the economy, infrastructure and digital space, as well as»»»

RIYADH: Mental health professionals across Saudi Arabia are encouraging people to prioritize emotional well-being, support one another and seek professional help when needed, as the Kingdom responds to recent attacks with a renewed sense of unity. Experts have used social media and public platforms»»»

PORT-AU-PRINCE/SAN SALVADOR: Heavily armed criminal gangs ambushed members of an international security force in Haiti, and four Salvadoran troops were missing after fleeing their burning armored vehicle near Port-au-Prince, authorities told the UN Security Council on Monday. The UN-backed Gang Sup»»»

Mumbai, India: Three suspects have been arrested after shots were fired at Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff in Mumbai on Sunday, authorities in India confirmed. Shooters opened fire at the 36-year-old actor as he was leaving a private event in the city's upscale Juhu area on Sunday evening, according t»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and the UAE on Monday called for stronger coordination among Gulf nations to contain escalating regional tensions amid continuing Houthi attacks on the Kingdom. It came as the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and his Emirati counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zay»»»

TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry on Monday summoned Germany’s ambassador to Tehran, accusing Berlin of levelling “baseless political allegations” against the Islamic republic. The move to summon ambassador Axel Dittmann was in retaliation for Germany’s own decision to summon the Iranian ambassador o»»»

Doha: Under the patronage and in the presence of Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, the Community College of Qatar celebrated the graduation of its Class of 2026 on Monday. The ceremony was attended by Their Excellencies sheikhs, m»»»

ABU DHABI: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday called for closer coordination to safeguard maritime security and global energy supplies amid escalating tensions and attacks on shipping routes across the Middle East. The two leaders discuss»»»

WASHINGTON: Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that opened the door for President Donald Trump’s administration to re-arrest and deport the Palestinian activist. Khalil’s lawyers asked the justices to take up his case after the Phil»»»

Doha: The ninth meeting of the Qatar-Singapore High-Level Joint Committee (HLJC) was held in Doha on Monday. The HLJC was co-chaired by HH the Amir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, and HE Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of the Republic of Singapore, Lawrence Wong. The»»»

ABU DHABI: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday called for closer coordination to address escalating tensions in the Middle East and their impact on maritime security and global energy supplies. The two leaders discussed diplomatic ef»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Iranian Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. "Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei," the ministry said»»»

ABU DHABI: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday called for closer coordination to address escalating tensions in the Middle East and their impact on maritime security and global energy supplies. The two leaders discussed diplomatic ef»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iran is grateful to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian people for their principled position on recent events in the country, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday. "We are grateful to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the government, and the people of t»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - European Union countries do not know where to find an additional 70 billion euros ($78.4 billion) to aid Ukraine in 2027 after Vladimir Zelensky asked for that at the recent EU summit, an Italian newspaper reported on Monday, citing an unnamed EU official. "We do not know where w»»»

A 62-year-old German man has been arrested in Hungary on suspicion of stealing 22 gold bars worth more than HUF 13.6 million (approximately EUR 37,500) from a woman’s garden after she showed him exactly where they were buried. Gardener turned gold digger According to Hungarian police, the woman had»»»

A ceremony presenting the Doctor of the Year Award and marking the 125th anniversary of the Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) was held here on Monday. The award went to Prof. Kaloyan Davidoff MD. Attending the ceremony were President Iliana Iotova, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Galab»»»

Intro Investments Holding (Dubai) announced a partnership and management agreement with Mona El Helw for its real estate development arm, M squared. Under the agreement, Mona becomes a partner in M squared and takes on its management as Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 Nove»»»

EU ministers have discussed how to make labour standards compatible with modern technological conditions and workplace culture, such as telework and AI-led staff oversight, without losing competitiveness. The law in question, called the Quality Jobs Act, covers a wide range of work protection measu»»»

Doha: In a move that reflects the strength and solidity of the historical ties and the close, growing strategic partnership between the two friendly nations, HE President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron will arrive for an official visit to the State of Qatar, as announced in a statement by t»»»

Security forces carried out more than 400 air and land rescues in Spain’s Valencia region Madrid: Torrential rain battered eastern Spain, unleashing severe flooding that left at least four people dead in recent days, inundated streets and forced many residents to stay indoors, authorities said Mond»»»

Videos circulating online appeared to show smoke coming from the aircraft’s left wing A LATAM Airlines Perú flight bound for Piura was disrupted on Monday after a fire was reported around the aircraft’s left engine and wing area shortly before takeoff at Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport. F»»»

Lebanon's economic crisis has dragged on since 2019. A re-igniting of Israel's war with Hezbollah derailed the weak recovery seen last year. The World Bank now forecasts that the Lebanese economy will shrink by 6.4 percent this year, with inflation expected to reach around 17.5 percent. A growing d»»»

TUNIS, Oct. 19, 2026 (TAP) - Late Monday night will see intermittent thundery showers, locally heavy, in the eastern regions of North and Centre, and in Sfax, then temporarily cloudy over most regions, according to the National Institute of...»»»

The spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced in a statement six six qualitative military operations in the past 48 hours, using a large number of ballistic and cruise missiles and drones. General Saree affirmed that the quality strikes came in response to the on»»»

The historic building of the National Assembly, the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, and the Tsarevets Fortress in Veliko Tarnovo (North Central Bulgaria) on Monday were illuminated in pink, the symbol of the fight against breast cancer. The initiative was proposed by Health Committee Chair Kos»»»

The role of the president is to act as a balancer, presidential candidate Andrey Gurov said at a meeting with residents of Varna on Monday. Gurov stressed that the head of State cannot draft budgets, run ministries or build motorways, but has the voice entrusted to him by the Bulgarian people and c»»»

Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Ministry of Economy announced on Monday that Malaysia is moving to regulate data center developments to ensure sustainable industry growth and transition toward a circular economy. This will include a Digital Infrastructure (Data Center) Bill, which is expected to be pre»»»

In tonight's programme: Kenya confirms a third case of Ebola, a relative of a man who died earlier this month after travelling from DR Congo. Also, Cameroonian journalist Ambe Macmillan is recovering in hospital after being shot in the legs by gunmen in Bamenda. Finally, we meet Ghanaian »»»

French authorities issued a curfew for Place de la Republique ‌and the ‌streets around Les Halles in central Paris to take effect Monday night from 11pm until 6am on Tuesday. Earlier, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez admitted that police had "lost control" of the protests in seve»»»

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Monday warned that he was prepared to declare a state of emergency as authorities struggled to contain ongoing violence after looting affected thousands of businesses over the weekend. The unrest linked to a student protest movement comes months before Fra»»»

CACAK - Aleksandar Vucic, who heads the Aleksandar Vucic-United Serbia electoral list for the October 25 early parliamentary polls in Serbia, said on Monday a decision by N1 TV to reject him as a representative of the list on a Wednesday evening pre-electoral show was unprecedented since the 1990s »»»

Two suspects accused of setting fire to 11 Starlink antennas at a secured site near Sofia have left Bulgaria, and their whereabouts are unknown, according to reports citing the investigation, as prosecutors seek European Arrest Warrants for them. The two men, aged 20 and 21, hold German passports b»»»

Bulgaria’s Sofia City Court has authorized European Arrest Warrants for two German nationals suspected of setting fire to Starlink antennas at the Teleport Plana facility near Sofia, BNT reported, as the suspects have left the country and their current whereabouts remain unknown. The two men, Tirpa»»»

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has pledged to deepen economic cooperation with China, presenting Bulgaria as a gateway to the European market, while agreements pursued by his government have raised questions about transparency, economic benefits and alignment with European Union policy. “We s»»»

Annual urban headline inflation decelerated to 13.9% in September 2026, down from 14.5% in August, according to the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). The decline was mainly driven by a softening in annual non-food inflation, which eased to 18% in September from 19.5% in August, coupled with a favourable»»»

Egypt’s exports of chemicals and fertilisers to India surged 325% year on year to $627m during the first eight months of 2026, up from $147m in the same period last year, according to the Chemical and Fertilisers Export Council. The increase amounted to approximately $480m, making India the third-l»»»

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is visiting Bulgaria as part of a tour of Azerbaijan and the Balkans, held talks with Prime Minister Rumen Radev, President Iliana Iotova and Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova on Monday. Wang has already visited Croatia and Montenegro. Radev and Wang held a on»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Government said in a press release on Monday. The meeting was attended by Daniil, Patriarch of Bulgaria and Metropolitan of Sofia, Deputy Prime Minister Ivo Hristov, and clergy from the Ecumenical Patriarchate and synodal bis»»»

CACAK - Aleksandar Vucic, who heads the Aleksandar Vucic-United Serbia electoral list for the October 25 early parliamentary polls in Serbia, said on Monday a decision by N1 TV to reject him as a representative of the list on a Wednesday evening pre-electoral show was unprecedented since the 1990s »»»

Ankara, Oct. 19 (SANA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday welcomed positive developments in Syria, warning that Israel was seeking to foment chaos there. “We are receiving good news from Syria, but Israel is doing everything in its power to foment chaos there as well,” Erdoğan, spea»»»

Hungary’s government will replace the previous administration’s Otthon Start housing loan scheme with a new programme offering more targeted support for young homebuyers, housing savings and energy-efficient renovations from 2027. The Wekerle Plusz programme will retain subsidised 3 per cent mortga»»»

Bulgaria supports open and constructive dialogue between the European Union (EU) and China, Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said on Monday after meeting with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria. The two discussed EU-China relations, among other topics. Bulga»»»

The two leaders discussed the strategic ties between the two countries Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the strategic ties between the two countries and ways to broaden their scope, particularly in the fields of »»»

DOHA: In recognition of QIIB’s growing presence in sustainable finance, Forbes Middle East has named Dr. Abdulbasit Ahmad al-Shaibei, the Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, among its Middle East Sustainability Leaders for 2026. The recognition highlights his leadership in advancing the Bank’s sustaina»»»