Doha, Qatar: Qatar added a bronze medal at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 yesterday as wrestler Shahin Mohammed finished third in the men’s Greco-Roman 77kg category, while beach volleyball duo Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan advanced to the final. Shahin’s bronze took Team Qatar’s medal tally »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar has ranked first globally and regionally in the General Infrastructure and Tertiary Inbound Mobility indicators in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2026, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The results showed Qatar’s advancement across several key p»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar will face hosts Saudi Arabia in the Gulf Cup semi-final tomorrow in Jeddah, with striker Almoez Ali confident the Asian champions can reach the final despite expecting a tough challenge in front of the home crowd. Saudi Arabia topped Group A to set up a semi-final against Qatar, »»»

Wellington: World powers are flying delegates to the Pacific to haggle over the fight against global warming, and to see the plight of island nations surrounded by a rising ocean. Ministers, climate negotiators and a handful of leaders will meet in the Fijian city of Nadi for the October 5-8 talks.»»»

Kyrgyzstan is changing the rules for the issuance of ID cards and international passports. The amendments were made to the Cabinet of Ministers resolution dated April 12, 2024, No. 167. One of the main changes concerns the digital passport. After an ID card is personalized, its digital version will»»»

Vance assails H-1B visa program, voiced support for its elimination Washington, DC [US], October 2 (ANI): US Vice President JD Vance has branded the H-1B visa programme as “completely broken”, indicating he would back its total abolition on the grounds that corporations exploit the framework to sub»»»

Oud Metha mall is set to reopen as The Plaza, but there's no word yet on its famous clown Dubai: For anyone who grew up in Dubai in the late 1990s and 2000s, one image of Lamcy Plaza tends to come to mind first. It isn't a shop or a restaurant. It's a clown. The figure, dressed in a patterned costu»»»

UNICEF and the Ministry of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic have launched the third phase of the STEAM4Girls program «Girls Create the Present and the Future.» The official launch took place at the National History Museum in Bishkek. According to UNICEF, the third phase builds on six years of STEAM»»»

JERUSALEM: An Arab Israeli politician Sami Abu Shehadeh withdrew his candidacy for next month's parliamentary election on Thursday after the country’s Supreme Court indicated a majority of its judges supported barring him from the race. Arab Israeli parties are seen by political analysts as potenti»»»

JERUSALEM: Facing growing isolation over the war in Gaza, Israel is increasingly allying itself with Europe’s far right, despite some parties’ legacies of antisemitism. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused foreign critics of Israel’s conduct in Gaza of fanning hate against Jews, but his go»»»

US Energy Department employee accused of aiding Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen Washington: A US Department of Energy (DOE) employee has been arrested on charges of attempting to provide material support to the Houthis after allegedly travelling to Yemen and using his electrical engineering expertise »»»

Edufair features over 20 exhibitors offering courses, study abroad and career pathways Dr. Emmadi Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Consul General of India to Dubai and the Northern Emirates, will inaugurate the 11th edition of Gulf News Edufair Dubai, which opens today at Shangri-La Dubai, bringing together m»»»

New AI assistant, environmental court, new judicial attire and digital services unveiled Sharjah: Sharjah has approved a new framework governing the use of artificial intelligence across its judicial system and agreed to establish a specialised public prosecution and court for municipal and environ»»»

False videos are circulating after the attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight between Dubai and Tel Aviv. One fake “BBC” report falsely claims an Indian passenger was behind the incident and links him to the stabbed pilot, Smit Machchhar. The video though, is an AI-generated deepfake: the BBC nev»»»

Tennessee’s failed attempt at executing Christa Pike despite administering two doses of a lethal drug in the state’s death chamber has left her in critical condition, according to her attorneys. Pike, 50, was still in the hospital Thursday and her lawyers said they did not know her long-term chance»»»

WASHINGTON: A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, including by buying materials for homemade explosives and drones and traveling to Yemen, the Justice Department said Thursday. Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, of»»»

Christa Pike survives execution attempt, calls for clemency intensify A condemned female murderer who survived two lethal injections during a botched execution by the US state of Tennessee was in critical condition and receiving "life-saving care," her lawyer said Thursday. In an extraordinary chai»»»

WASHINGTON: Kentucky Democrats say they have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to flip a US Senate seat in a Republican stronghold. But a couple of things are missing: their governor and money. Kentucky is one of several states that President Donald Trump won by double digits in 2024 ​where Republ»»»

MILWAUKEE: G20 trade ministers agree that it is “not acceptable” for countries to target food supplies in conflicts, a French official told AFP on Thursday, adding that European leaders took aim at Russia on the issue at high-level talks. Trade officials from the Group of 20 major economies are gat»»»

Cape Town: India will meet defending champions Australia and bitter rivals Pakistan in their first two matches at the 2027 Cricket World Cup, the International Cricket Council announced on Thursday. The India-Australia match, a repeat of the 2023 final, will be in Cape Town on October 7 and the Ind»»»

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, targeting its rail and automotive conglomerates and international suppliers to the sectors, the Treasury Department said, in the latest US push to isolate Tehran economically. The sanctions are part of the department’»»»

Some stories do not end when they are published; they remain open, and years later they return to you, or you return to them. You discover that what you thought you knew then was only part of a much bigger story. The story of Israeli spy Eli Cohen in Syria is one such example. In March 2004, I inte»»»

The European Commission closed an infringement procedure against Bulgaria, which was launched over delays in notifying the Commission of measures fully transposing Directive (EU) 2022/2555, known as NIS2. The Innovation and Digital Transformation Ministry was notified on Thursday, the Ministry’s pr»»»

Bulgarian fintech Payhawk is opening its 10th office in Warsaw, where it plans to hire a four-person sales team. The company already serves about 100 Polish businesses, a customer base that grew 30% over the past year. Its corporate finance platform manages employee spending, invoices, payments and»»»

Polish stocks fell broadly on Oct. 1, giving the WIG20 and WIG indexes their steepest losses since Aug. 27. The WIG20 dropped 1.9% to 4,102 points, while the WIG lost 1.6%. Seventeen of the 20 blue chips declined, and nearly 60% of listed stocks finished lower. Banks and Allegro were among the weak»»»

Northland Power secured about PLN 500 million in financing from Canadian and Polish institutions for two battery storage projects under construction in Poland. Mieczysławów will provide 200 MW and 800 MWh, while Kamionka will provide 100 MW and 400 MWh, for combined capacity of 300 MW and 1.2 GWh. »»»

Since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, which led to the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, Iraq has undergone a qualitative shift in regional and international balances of power. The two main players in the Iraqi arena are the US and Iran, and both compete for influence. Iran has invested patiently a»»»

Russia launched its heaviest combined assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in months on Wednesday, killing seven people and triggering emergency power cuts in Kyiv and nearby regions. The strikes came as officials warned of a difficult winter amid Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power and heatin»»»

European NATO members should have been able to attack Iran instead of relying on the US and Israel, according to Secretary-General Mark Rutte, the head of the self-described defensive alliance. Iran has been attacked twice in two years, both times over allegations that it seeks to develop nuclear w»»»

Ukrainian refugees contributed an estimated 2.4% of Poland’s GDP in 2025, or about PLN 94 billion, according to a Deloitte report commissioned by UNHCR. Their contribution could reach 2.8% of GDP by 2035. Refugee-related economic activity generated an estimated PLN 43.6 billion in additional public»»»

Poland’s offshore wind sector is entering a new phase, and companies need clear legal rules to prepare, Baltic Power CEO Maciej Stryjecki said at Energy Days. About a decade ago, analysts projected 4–6 GW of Baltic Sea wind capacity by 2030, a target then viewed skeptically. Most developers that wo»»»

Big-screen TVs, a pool, gym and golf simulator found in compound for selected prisoners Indonesian authorities have demolished a cluster of luxury “villas” inside an overcrowded prison after investigators discovered that selected inmates were allegedly living with big-screen televisions, air condit»»»

Parliament's Committee on Policies for Bulgarians Abroad on Thursday heard Foreign Ministry representatives over North Macedonia's refusal to allow Committee Chair and Vazrazhdane MP Angel Georgiev to enter the country o September 27. Georgiev was travelling to North Macedonia as part of a Bulgaria»»»

ElevenLabs, a London-based voice AI company founded by Poles Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dąbkowski, was valued at $22 billion in a sale of employee shares. The valuation, led by Wellington Management and T. Rowe Price, is double its February level of $11 billion and equivalent to nearly PLN 85 bill»»»

MADRID: King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will visit Spain’s diplomatically sensitive enclave of Ceuta on October 13 as a migration crisis engulfs the north African territory claimed by Morocco, the palace announced on Thursday. Their trip to Ceuta, and then to Spain’s other north African enclave of»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index continued falling on Thursday, losing 47.67 points, or 0.46 percent, to close at 10,392.97. Trading activity totaled around 219.51 million shares worth nearly SR4.68 billion ($1.25 billion), with 109 stocks advancing and 149 declining. The Kingdom’s pa»»»

Christa Pike, who has been on death row for more than 30 years for torturing and murdering a classmate, was on Wednesday set to be executed, but the lethal injections meant to kill her failed. Pike was then transported to a medical facility, but except for the fact that she is still alive, her lawy»»»

The Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) referred the case concerning the registration of the Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Bulgaria back to the Sofia City Court for a new hearing by a different panel. The decision is final and cannot be appealed. The case before the SCC was initiated following a cas»»»

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe: Flamboyant Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo, killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday, was one of the most recognizable faces of a class of conspicuously wealthy entrepreneurs with ties to the ruling party. Famous for giving luxury vehicles and wads of cash to allies at »»»

The European Commission has decided to refer Bulgaria to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over the failure to transpose two key EU directives into national law. The legal proceedings could result in financial penalties for the country. The first case concerns Bulgaria's failure to»»»

Bulgaria and Germany discussed judicial cooperation, justice reforms and digitalization at a meeting between Bulgarian Deputy Justice Minister Irena Borisova and Annette Kramme, Parliamentary State Secretary at Germany's Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, the Bulgarian Justice Min»»»

A court in Kecskemét has ordered the detention of former Culture and Innovation Minister Balázs Hankó, who is being investigated over alleged misuse of state cultural funds. Hankó brought to court in handcuffs Balázs Hankó, a Fidesz MP and former Culture and Innovation Minister, was brought to the »»»

The contribution of KPMG leaders in Romania and Moldova is being recognized both locally and regionally through the assumption of new responsibilities within KPMG’s Central and Eastern Europe leadership team. Ramona Jurubiță takes on the role of Head of Clients & Markets for Central and Eastern Eur»»»

A representative says the rebranded mall is targeting the first or second quarter of 2027 Dubai's former Lamcy Plaza, returning as The Plaza, under the asset management of Azure Properties, is expected to reopen in the first half of 2027. A representative for The Plaza told Gulf News that the mall »»»

ALGIERS: Algerian lawmakers on Thursday adopted a law imposing the death penalty on convicted forest arsonists, after deadly wildfires ripped through swathes of the country in recent weeks. The official death toll from the blazes, which swept through the country’s northeast during the summer, was 1»»»

PECINCI - Aleksandar Vucic, who leads the United Serbia electoral list for the October 25 early parliamentary polls in the country, said on Thursday representatives of a Student List had given up on taking part in debates as they were unwilling to show what their actual agenda and intentions were, »»»

ALGIERS: Algerian lawmakers on Thursday adopted a law imposing the death penalty on convicted forest arsonists, after deadly wildfires ripped through swathes of the country in recent weeks. The official death toll from the blazes, which swept through the country’s northeast during the summer, was 1»»»

Work on legislative changes in the areas of combating corruption and financial crime, confiscation of illegally acquired assets, criminal legislation, and implementation of European and international recommendations was discussed by Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov and Fabian Bornhorst, head of th»»»

Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius has said there is no evidence that Russia is preparing an attack on NATO territory, following a meeting with the military bloc’s chief, Mark Rutte, in Brussels. His remarks came amid heightened tensions between Russia and NATO, as some Western officia»»»

Venkitaraman is facing trial on charges of rash driving in journalist Basheer death case Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday stayed further proceedings in the trial against senior IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman in the 2019 road accident death of journalist K.M. Basheer. Justice G. Girish pass»»»