By Staff, Agencies The president Yemen’s Supreme Political Council Mahdi Al-Mashat announced that Sanaa's military operations against Saudi Arabia are justified and aim to force Riyadh to end its longstanding aggression and blockade of Yemen. In remarks to SABA News Agency, Al-Mashat said the most »»»

Al Zaabi says simpler approvals and integrated services will help firms launch faster Abu Dhabi is working to set a new global standard for business competitiveness, making the time from an investment decision to actual operations a key measure of the investor journey. This approach focuses on simp»»»

Protest sparks arrests amid tensions over Election Commission Two top leaders of India's youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) were sent to jail for five days on Wednesday for alleged trespassing, the party said. Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das "have been sent to five days judicial custody", CJP foun»»»

Court grants leniency due to family relationship despite medical evidence of injuries Ajman: The Ajman Federal Court of First Instance has fined a 33-year-old Gulf national mother Dh1,000 for assaulting her son with a microphone, causing injuries that left him temporarily unable to carry out his da»»»

Expert finds disputed payment was an authorised end-of-service benefit Dubai: The Dubai Court of Appeal has acquitted a former executive accused of embezzling Dh1.24 million after a court appointed expert found the disputed payment was an authorised end of service benefit. The court overturned a pr»»»

Prosecutors say device was concealed in toilet paper behind a TV at OpenAI's office An OpenAI engineer has been arrested and charged with allegedly planting a secret recording device in an executive meeting room at the ChatGPT maker’s San Francisco offices, US authorities said on Tuesday. Abdulrahm»»»

Villarreal goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi and his family were targeted in an armed robbery at their home near Valencia in the early hours of Tuesday. The 36-year-old Hungarian international has been ruled out of his side’s Champions League clash with Napoli following the incident. Hungarian goalkeeper Pé»»»

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Acquisition combines both strengths to build a stronger global energy logistics network Dubai: Tristar Group has entered into an agreement for Aegis Logistics, one of India’s leading integrated oil, gas and chemical logistics companies, to become its major shareholder, following a transaction that »»»

Houthi media reported an ​attack ‌by Saudi Arabia on ⁠the ‌Yemen Oil Company ⁠in Sanaa on Tuesday, which came ‌shortly after the ‌Saudi-led coalition ​ordered the evacuation of the ​facility ​ahead of ​a military ​operation. The Iran-backed rebels had warned that they would target Riyadh's air»»»

Rubio's visit aims to enhance commercial and energy cooperation abroad US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will this week lead a large business delegation to Uzbekistan and join a ministerial meeting with five Central Asian nations, before traveling to India, the State Department said Tuesday. Travel»»»

The ₱817-million question: Can a company name hide a public official’s wealth? Manila The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is full of legal words, objections and technical details. But few things cut through the elaborate legal arguments, procedures and debates quite like one simple»»»

Pakistan International School Qatar (PISQ) has launched its annual Readers’ Day initiative to promote a culture of reading and recognise students’ engagement for books and learning. The inaugural Top Ten Readers Recognition Ceremony and High Tea with the Principal was held at the school campus, whe»»»

QNA Doha His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani patronised the inauguration of the second ordinary session of the second legislative term, corresponding to the 55th annual session of the Shura Council, held at Tamim bin Hamad Hall at the Council’s headquarters o»»»

NEW YORK: An American woman alleged to have been an Daesh group member caught by anti-Daesh forces in Syria went on trial in New York on Tuesday, charged with receiving military training from the terrorist group. Halima Salman, 27, was one of hundreds of women who ended up in the territory controll»»»

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the former Los Angeles gang leader who boasted in books and interviews of his involvement in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, only to deny it when he came to trial, was sentenced to a minimum 40 years in prison on Tuesday. A former gang leader was sentenced ​to 40 yea»»»

Gaza should be wiped out entirely, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said, describing its inhabitants as “Nazis” and demanding that Israel take the entire territory for “Zionist and security reasons.” Speaking at a public event on Monday, the Religious Zionist Party leader defended his »»»

NEW YORK: An American woman alleged to have been an Daesh group member caught by anti-IS forces in Syria went on trial in New York on Tuesday, charged with receiving military training from the jihadist group. Halima Salman, 27, was one of hundreds of women who ended up in the territory controlled b»»»

MOSCOW: Russia has arrested a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova identified the reporter as Yuki Imai from the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, saying he was accredited with the ministry but was accused of “conducting es»»»

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held a series of meetings and participated in ministerial sessions in Bangkok on Tuesday on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), focusing on food security, maritime routes, development financ»»»

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a sweeping immigration crackdown plan that would suspend Britain’s asylum system for up to five years, deport tens of thousands of migrants and scrap key legal protections for asylum seekers. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Farage called illegal »»»

LONDON: The Syrian Arab Republic has submitted more than 100,000 official documents to the international chemical weapons watchdog, Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani said on Tuesday. Speaking at a joint news conference in Damascus with Sabrina Dallafior, director-general of the Organization for th»»»

LONDON: The Houthis’ escalating missile and drone attacks on civilian targets in Saudi Arabia should no longer be viewed simply through the prism of Yemen’s civil war, according to former senior US intelligence official Norman Roule. They represent a terrorist threat not only to the Kingdom, he sai»»»

Norwegian defense company Kongsberg plans to invest more than PLN 200 mln in a factory in Pomerania to produce counter-drone systems. The facility will employ 100 people and become part of Kongsberg’s global manufacturing network, serving Poland and future customers in Europe. Poland’s Defense Mini»»»

Tensions have flared in South Africa after a court ruling prompted the government to open its application system to all foreign nationals, regardless of their legal status. Despite applications remaining subject to approval, anti-immigrant protests erupted outside several Home Affairs offices, forc»»»

In France, a new "comprehensive law" aims to strengthen preventative measures, the judicial process and support for child victims of sexual violence. Yet advocacy groups, lawyers, and healthcare professionals point out that the legislation has numerous shortcomings. We take a closer look in this ed»»»

A passer-by intervened after witnessing the attack on a 28-year-old woman, helping her escape. Police arrested the 34-year-old Hungarian suspect just 300 metres from the scene. A 34-year-old Hungarian man has been arrested in Vienna on suspicion of attempting to rape a woman who was out running on »»»

By Staff, Agencies Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has unveiled a sweeping immigration plan that would suspend Britain’s asylum system for up to five years, deport tens of thousands of migrants, and remove key legal protections for asylum seekers. Speaking Monday, Farage described illegal immigration»»»

WARSAW: A Polish court will decide on Wednesday whether to keep in custody a man suspected of planning an attack on the prime minister and defense minister after improvised explosive materials were found in his apartment, prosecutors said. The 66-year-old man, identified only as Krzysztof N. under »»»

WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear arguments in a watchdog’s lawsuit seeking public records about trillionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The high court is intervening for a second time in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s case, which see»»»

Bulgaria needs an independent president who can set the direction and act as a check on those in power, presidential candidate Andrey Gurov said at a meeting with citizens in Razgrad. He noted that the presidency should not only oversee the actions of the executive branch but also propose solutions»»»

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday that displaced residents of a Palestinian refugee camp would not be allowed to return to their homes, after the supreme court ordered the government to provide a timetable for their return. In a video statement filmed in the vicinit»»»

MIAMI: A Florida prisoner who claimed he killed his cellmate so he could be moved to death row is set to be executed Tuesday, nearly 18 years after the fatal attack. James Robertson, 63, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and waived all appeals in the 2008 strangling of Frank Hart. Robertson is »»»

BRUSSELS: The EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said Monday that Palestinian legislative elections should be held “as soon as possible,” after they were delayed to 2027. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed the polls — due to be held on November 28 — to September next year, officia»»»

CAIRO: In a Cairo cemetery shaded by palms and tangled shrubs, pale graves are packed so tightly that in some places only narrow strips of sand and broken pavement separate one family’s plot from the next. This is the last remaining burial place of Egypt’s Baha’i community, a religious minority lon»»»

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is deliberately prolonging the conflict with Russia to avoid being held accountable for his policies and rampant corruption within his inner circle, Polish MEP Ewa Zajaczkowska-Hernik has said. Zajaczkowska-Hernik’s remarks came after Zelensky demanded a 60-day “total tr»»»

The Warsaw Security Forum has long been a soapbox for Eastern Europe’s most belligerent elites to air their fantasies of inflicting a military defeat upon Russia. This year, with nuclear weapons on the table, the forum has taken on a dangerous new dimension. Running from Monday to Tuesday in the Po»»»

Haskovo District Court ordered the temporary detention of Russian citizen Anzor Unezhev, 40, for up to 40 days pending extradition proceedings, the court said on Tuesday. Unezhev was arrested on October 10 near the village of Sladun, close to the border with Turkiye, after entering Bulgaria without»»»

THE HAGUE: Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay urged the United States on Tuesday to resume its traditional role of defender of human rights and freedom for the rest of the world as Washington campaigns to undermine the International Criminal Court. “My message is: ‘You have to get back to playing»»»

Democratic Party MP Ivi Kaso has warned that the ongoing standoff between Albania’s Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO) and the Albanian Bar Association could have serious consequences for the country’s justice system, including the potential release of high-profile suspect»»»

Thelyson Orelien was accused of using AI to write his French-language novel A top-selling Haitian-Canadian writer who was accused of using AI to write his breakthrough debut novel denied the allegations Tuesday in his first detailed response to the scandal, while acknowleding past plagiarism "mista»»»

RAHAT: Under an overcast sky in southern Israel, Bedouin villagers wandered through the rubble of what used to be their homes, the latest to be demolished after being deemed illegal structures by Israeli authorities. The residents of Al-Dahiya in the Negev desert say they have nowhere else to go af»»»

The Red Cross called Tuesday for urgent de-escalation in the Middle East, warning that further fighting would be disastrous for tens of millions of civilians. Yemen's civil war -- in which a Saudi-led military coalition supports the government against the Iran-backed Houthis -- reignited in July, m»»»

Britain ranks seventh and US tenth as UAE leads global passport mobility rankings for 2026 Dubai: The UAE passport has been ranked the most powerful in the world in the 2026 Passport Index, giving Emirati citizens access to 182 destinations without having to obtain a traditional visa in advance, ac»»»

A7 International has enabled businesses and individuals to pay invoices using digital assets, while recipients receive funds via conventional bank transfers. This new service supports A7's international expansion strategy and expands the cross-border payment options available to clients worldwide. »»»

Execution scheduled for Florida man who waived appeals after killing cellmate A Florida prisoner who claimed he killed his cellmate so he could be moved to death row is set to be executed on Tuesday, nearly 18 years after the fatal attack. James Robertson, 63, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder »»»

Minister of Interior and Municipalities Ahmad al-Hajjar on Tuesday commended the Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces (ISF), praising "the efforts of the officers and members at the Dahr al-Baydar checkpoint, whose vigilance, professionalism, and dedication enabled them to intercept »»»

WASHINGTON: Trump appointee Kimberly Guilfoyle, the US ambassador to Greece, has been asked to resign from her post after coming under severe criticism over allegations she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens, new Trump press secretary Katie Z»»»

Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov has sent a letter to the Prosecutors' Chamber of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), calling on it to offer the SJC Plenum with a genuine choice between candidates who have clearly stated positions and a vision for the prosecution service for the next six-month per»»»

French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen has emerged as the frontrunner in the 2027 presidential race and would defeat both left-wing and centrist rivals in hypothetical runoffs, according to a new poll. Published on Monday, the Toluna Harris Interactive survey for French broadcasters M6 and RTL »»»