Ukraine defies Trump as Zelensky pushes for stronger European backing Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to rally European allies at a Brussels summit on Friday after saying Kyiv would no longer abide by US President Donald Trump's demands not to strike Russian oil refineries. Relati»»»

WASHINGTON: A strong majority of voters believe that President Donald Trump is falling short at home and abroad, and they want major change in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a new AP-NORC poll that raises serious warning signs for the Republican Party at a critical moment. The survey »»»

Social media personality returns to his hometown following release from custody Dubai: Lebanese social media personality Dr Food returned to his hometown in Lebanon after being released from custody under the country's general amnesty law, marking a new chapter following his legal troubles. The con»»»

At least five people were killed and 16 wounded Thursday in a Houthi missile and drone attack on the palace located in Yemen's interim capital – the southern port city of Aden, used by the country's internationally recognised government, an official said. At least six explosions struck Thursda»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought European backing Thursday after vowing to resume strikes on Russian oil refineries despite US President Donald Trump’s demands, as tensions with Washington escalated over sanctions, energy infrastructure attacks and restrictions on satellite communicati»»»

Victims' families may witness Fort Hood shooter's execution in person, Trump states Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday said Nidal Malik Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, “will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be »»»

Share: File : US Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds talks with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Washington before his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House July 19, 2026 Secretary of State Marco Rubio pressed Lebanon President Joseph Aoun not to return to Hezbollah a truck fu»»»

QNA Manama Qatar, represented by the Public Prosecution, participated in the 18th meeting of the Attorneys-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, held in Bahrain. The Qatari delegation was led by First Attorney-General and Director of the Judicial Inspection Department at the »»»

Bandar Al-Khorayef, Saudi Arabia’s minister of state and acting governor of the General Authority for Military Industries, recently delivered a lecture at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Command and Staff College of the Ministry of National Guard on military industries, localization and building sustai»»»

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Palestinian activist Samer Sinijlawi called the postponement of the first legislative elections in 20 years to September 2027 "a terrible disappointment" for a generation that has never had a chance to vote. He also dismissed the citing of Israeli restrictions as an »»»

Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new torture charges brought against them by US authorities, calling them “false allegations". The couple has been held in a New York jail since their capture in early January and is facing a »»»

The US has proposed unfreezing billions of euros in Russian assets held in the EU to give impetus to Ukraine peace talks, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing sources. Moscow has long described the freezing of its assets as “theft” while warning of significant retaliation if the funds »»»

By Staff, Agencies The US has proposed unfreezing billions of euros in Russian assets held in the European Union as part of efforts to advance Ukraine peace talks, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the discussions. Moscow has repeatedly condemned the freezing of i»»»

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fights to retain power, loyalists are crediting him with strengthening the country and defeating its enemies, while former supporters blame his leadership for October 7 and are seeking alternatives on both the left and the right. With less than a month t»»»

Hungarian house prices fell by 1.4% in the second quarter of 2026, marking their first quarterly decline since late 2022 and the steepest drop among European countries. Prices are still 10.2% higher than a year ago, but the slowdown in demand and more moderate rent increases suggest that the market»»»

LONDON: Missiles used by the Houthis to attack Saudi Arabia draw on a global supply chain, with components originating in countries friendly to the Kingdom reaching Yemen through intermediaries, according to one of the world’s leading experts on the proliferation of arms. Wolf-Christian Paes, who s»»»

Thousands of Colombians protested peacefully across the country on Wednesday against right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella, in the opposition’s first major demonstrations since he took office in August. Former leftist president Gustavo Petro led a rally in Bogota joined by trade unionists, »»»

Charles Pellegrin is pleased to welcome Nicolas Vercken, Director of Advocacy for Oxfam France. France’s tax inequality is under scrutiny and Oxfam is challenging the state over its constitutional obligations. “It’s not so much about how much the percentage of tax and the burden of o»»»

North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski has accused Iva Mihailova of illegally crossing into North Macedonia's neighboring country of Bulgaria and warned that she and her father would eventually face justice, despite claims that she left through an official border checkpoint. Speaking at»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has canceled the planned livestream of the execution of ​the former US Army major who killed 13 people at Texas’ Fort Hood, saying on Thursday that he had overruled his defense chief who had intended it to be a public spectacle. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth h»»»

An MCA Grup analysis, one of the largest garage and sectional doors local manufacturers, reveals a major discrepancy between Romania and other European markets: while the French sectional door market is over 6 times larger and the Polish market is 4 times higher than Romania’s, and the legislative »»»

Beirut, Lebanon: Lebanon has decided to release a TikTok content creator arrested for drug trafficking and smuggling, dropping the charges against him under a new amnesty law, a judicial source told AFP on Thursday. Georges Dib, better known as “Doctor Food” to his more than eight million followers»»»

Manama: The State of Qatar, represented by the Public Prosecution, participated in the 18th meeting of the Attorneys General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, held in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Qatari delegation was led by First Attorney General and Director of the Judicial Insp»»»

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Poland’s government has published legislation expanding the powers of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, UOKiK. The changes would permit undercover test purchases using fictitious identities, including financial products, to gather evidence of consumer protection violations. Such op»»»

Poland recorded 86 mergers and acquisitions in the third quarter of 2026, up from 73 in the previous quarter and 76 a year earlier, according to a report by Fordata and Navigator Capital. Deal volume rose 18 percent quarter over quarter and 13 percent year over year. Software and health care each a»»»

The Pentagon has said Hasan's execution is scheduled for December 3 Washington: President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President JD»»»

Bulgaria's Continue the Change (CC) party and Romania's Save Romania Union (USR) have expressed concern over drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea near Bulgarian and Romanian territorial waters, and more recently within Romania's territorial waters. In a letter to NATO Secretary Gene»»»

BEIRUT: Anxiety is rising in Lebanon after statements by Israeli officials and Hezbollah figures over the past 48 hours signaled the possibility of a new war between the two sides. President Joseph Aoun said on Thursday that regional and international developments, as well as Israel’s elections, ma»»»

LONDON: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday defended the country’s ambassador to Washington after a lawyer filed a complaint against her over an unconfirmed report that she had contacted her Israeli counterpart, according to the Lebanese newspaper Annahar. Judge Claude Ghanem, the state comm»»»

A 36-year-old woman has been charged over a fatal hit-and-run near Szigetszentmiklós, Hungary, after allegedly drunk driving without a driving licence, killing an electric tricycle rider and leaving the victim without assistance. Drunk woman with no driving licence caused fatal accident The Budakör»»»

Experts have assessed the results of Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev's visit to Pakistan — the first ever by a head of the Russian Interior Ministry. Kolokoltsev met with Pakistan's top leadership, including Chief of the General Staff Asim Munir, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interi»»»

The Plovdiv Court of Appeal upheld the pre-trial detention order against Prof. Mariela Geneva-Popova, imposed by the Plovdiv District Court, the press office of the Palace of Justice announced on Thursday. The accused, Geneva-Popova, and Artmed Medical Centre accountant Adrian Belov, who did not ap»»»

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said Egypt will not accept any threat to Saudi Arabia’s security or borders, or to Red Sea security, warning that deep geopolitical shifts in the region will have consequences. He described Egypt and Saudi Arabia as the heart of the Arab and Islamic worlds an»»»

LONDON: Syria’s anti-drug authority said on Thursday it arrested a suspected drug dealer in Damascus and seized 87,000 Captagon pills in his possession. The suspect and the seized drugs were referred to judicial authorities for legal proceedings, the state-run agency SANA reported, citing the Drug »»»

LONDON: The death toll in the Gaza Strip rose on Thursday to 74,396, with 175,449 people injured since Israel launched its military campaign in the Palestinian coastal enclave in October 2023. Four people were killed on Thursday and nine were injured in an Israeli bombing, according to health autho»»»

LONDON: Jeffrey Donaldson, the former leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison for the rape and sex abuse of two girls decades ago. The judge said that Donaldson, 63, had expressed no “regret, apology or shame” for crimes that had blighted»»»

LONDON: Britain’s interior minister warned Eritrea on Thursday it could face a complete visa ban unless it agrees to accept the return of more of its nationals. The warning from Shabana Mahmood came after the Democratic Republic of Congo agreed earlier this year to take back undocumented immigrants»»»

Kosovo’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Glauk Konjufca, has warned that the risk of renewed armed confrontation with Serbia must be taken seriously. In an exclusive interview with Hungary Insider, he accused Belgrade of pursuing territorial ambitions and called for stronger inter»»»

Eleven people have been detained as Bulgaria's General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDCOC) continues investigating an alleged corruption scheme involving public procurement contracts awarded by a water utility company, which investigators say caused millions of euros in losses to the »»»

The trial of Nord Stream bombing suspect Sergey Kuznetsov is underway in Germany, and the Ukrainian veteran’s defense team have revealed their strategy: say nothing and blame Russia. Kuznetsov arrived at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg under heavy security on Wednesday. The hearing is the firs»»»

MADRID: A possible investigation into veteran crooner Julio Iglesias for alleged abuse of two women ex-employees is a step closer after prosecutors said Spain could judge the case, legal sources said on Thursday. The women, a domestic worker and a physiotherapist, allege they suffered sexual abuse »»»

Two foreign nationals aged 21 and 20 have been detained over the deliberate burning of Starlink antennas at a secret facility near Sofia, Bulgaria in what authorities are investigating as a terrorist attack, Faktor.bg reported, citing Prosecutor’s Office sources. The two men were arrested on Monday»»»

Magdalena Lazarova-Prodanova was elected acting Prosecutor General of Bulgaria by a 17-2 vote of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Plenum on Thursday, with the decision subject to appeal within 14 days. Under the Judiciary System Act, the same person may hold the acting positions of President of t»»»

President Joseph Aoun on Thursday threw his support behind Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad following the complaint that was filed against her by a pro-Hezbollah lawyer. “On what basis did the press start highlighting the reports against the Lebanese Ambassador in Washington and »»»

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hold a phone call with President Joseph Aoun at 7:00 PM Thursday, media reports said. The discussions will tackle the issues of the seized Hezbollah explosives and the judicial complaint that was filed against Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moa»»»

Damascus, Oct. 15 (SANA) Syria’s central bank will begin taking legal action against unlicensed currency exchange and money transfer operators on Sunday, Oct. 18, without prior notice, ending the period in which violators were warned to regularize their status. The Central Bank of Syria said on Thu»»»

A blaze has occurred at a Starlink satellite internet service facility near Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, Bulgarian Prime Minister Roumen Radev has said. The incident follows a fire at a SpaceX station in Poland, which serviced the Ukrainian military, in late September. Ukraine has relied heavily on St»»»

Member of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Hasan Fadlallah on Thursday warned Lebanese authorities that any measures against its fighters and military capabilities would have serious repercussions for domestic stability. In a statement, MP Fadlallah accused Lebanese authorities of expl»»»

LONDON: Israel’s prime minister should be prosecuted for war crimes, the latest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has said. Navi Pillay said she is “confident” that Benjamin Netanyahu will eventually face prosecution in the International Criminal Court. The South African judge, who led the UN’s Indep»»»