WASHINGTON: US House Speaker Mike Johnson said he had reservations about a planned livestreamed execution in an interview broadcast by CBS News on Monday. Nidal Hasan, 56, was sentenced to be executed by firing squad on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he shot and killed 13 people in 2009. The»»»

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Navi Pillay, the South African-born jurist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week, told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that, as a judge, she had to see the evidence of her win before she could believe the news. “I received the letter in writing … so now»»»

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that while Ukraine is willing to halt attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure, Moscow has continued to strike his country’s energy sites despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the warring countries had agreed to ceas»»»

Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi on Monday met separately with Ambassador of Indonesia to Qatar HE Syahda Guruh Langkah Samudera and Ambassador ofTurkiye to Qatar HE Yakup Caymazoglu. During the two meetings, they discussed legal and judi»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) has been named “Worldwide Operator of the Year” at the Global Light Rail Awards 2026 in the United Kingdom.The award recognises the company’s resilience and operational efficiency, world-class safety and service performance, outstanding »»»

WARSAW: Germany detained two Turkish citizens suspected of setting fire to a Polish Starlink station, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Monday, calling the blaze last month an act of “hybrid warfare.” “On behalf of Polish services, German police detained two Turkish citizens suspected of setti»»»

WASHINGTON: Federal agents on Monday searched the home of Democratic US Rep. Ilhan Omar, a startling escalation in a criminal investigation that brings renewed focus to the frequent target of Trump administration derision in the final weeks of her reelection bid. The search of the Minnesota congres»»»

WASHINGTON: Federal agents on Monday searched the home of Democratic US Rep. Ilhan Omar, a startling escalation in a criminal investigation that brings renewed focus to the frequent target of Trump administration derision in the final weeks of her reelection bid. The search of the Minnesota congres»»»

By Staff, Agencies Poland has deployed 24,000 police officers nationwide following a series of school stabbings and online threats, triggering a sweeping security operation that has already resulted in dozens of arrests. The emergency measures follow three stabbing attacks in four days that left on»»»

LONDON: Britain is to carry out an urgent review of the security given to public figures including lawmakers and royals, the interior ministry said Monday, after a series of violent attacks in recent years. Ann Widdecombe, a former Conservative MP and prominent figure in the right-wing Reform UK pa»»»

LONDON: A judge said that numerous members of the UK special forces who were asked to contribute to an inquiry into alleged extrajudicial killings in Afghanistan had refused to cooperate. During a public hearing on Monday, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, leading the inquiry, said several notices were sen»»»

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s campaign has accused US tech giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, of interfering in the country’s presidential election in favor of his right-wing rival, Flavio Bolsonaro. In a statement on Saturday, Lula’s Workers’ Party (PT) acc»»»

Poland has deployed more than 20,000 police officers nationwide following a series of school stabbings and online threats, launching a sweeping security crackdown that has resulted in dozens of arrests. The emergency measures follow three stabbing attacks in four days that left one person dead and »»»

Two men have been remanded in custody in Hungary after allegedly posing as fake government officials from the newly assembled government asset protection and recovery office and attempting to extort HUF 2 billion (almost EUR 5.5 million) from a man in exchange for making criminal proceedings agains»»»

LONDON: Australian construction engineer Robert Pether, 51, was reunited with his family in Ireland five years after his arrest in Iraq on charges of allegedly embezzling funds, according to his family and Australian and Irish officials. Iraqi authorities arrested Pether and his colleague in Baghda»»»

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev and European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen discussed ways to ensure sustainable investment in technology and innovation as drivers of European development and growth, in the context of negotiations on the European Union’s new Multiannual Fi»»»

NATO's top US military commander in Europe said Monday that any "foolish" attack on the alliance would be "utterly futile", a warning to Russia as European fears grow over the threat from Moscow that includes "hybrid" warfare and cyberattacks.  "If someone is foolish enough to attack us, we wi»»»

By Staff, Agencies A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to immediately halt a $20 million taxpayer-funded advertising campaign promoting President Donald Trump, barring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from airing the remaining broadcasts or restarting the campaign, Politic»»»

Lebanon’s general amnesty law is set to take effect after the Constitutional Council unanimously rejected a challenge to it on Monday, clearing the way for its implementation. The council requested clarifications on certain provisions concerning corruption, but “the interpretations will not change »»»

By Staff, Agencies A federal search of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar’s Washington residence has drawn condemnation from senior House Democrats, who accused President Donald Trump’s administration of using federal law enforcement against political opponents less than a month before the midter»»»

Victim's family demands murder charges in Mini Cooper crash as Excise books three bars Dubai: The 19-year-old son of a Dubai boutique owner and three friends accused with him have been sent to a borstal school in Kerala over the Mini Cooper crash that killed three young people near Cochin Internati»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Media Minister Salman Al-Dossary on Monday urged the public to rely on official sources and avoid circulating images, videos or information about security and military operations from unknown or unreliable sources. “Accurate information is part of safeguarding security,” he t»»»

A Hungarian woman has received a two-year suspended prison sentence for hiding her daughter from the girl’s Italian father for almost a decade, during which the child grew up without attending nursery or school. Woman hid daughter from her father for a decade The Mezőtúr District Court sentenced th»»»

François Picard is pleased to welcome Sandrine Ageorges-Skinner, author, advocate against the death penalty and member of the association "Ensemble contre la peine de mort": Together Against the Death Penalty. She asserts that capital punishment is “really a political agenda, especially in electora»»»

Hundreds of French supermarket chains were targeted overnight Sunday to Monday in a cyberattack that affected the refrigerators of up to 200 Intermarché stores and almost 100 Coopérative U locations, according to the retailers. Carrefour said that 80 of its supermarkets had also been hit. Majo»»»

A devastating blaze destroyed the French capital’s oldest covered food market in the early hours of Monday, stripping Paris of a cherished venue popular with locals and tourists alike. Traders and residents said the destruction of the Enfants Rouges market, named after a 16th-century orphanage, had»»»

Opposition parties and supporters of the so-called "cockroach" youth movement marched towards the country's Supreme Court on Monday, in the latest show of outrage against the recent removal of millions of names from voters lists. Critics say the move is likely to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Mod»»»

North Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry said it would notify the European Union and the Council of Europe about Iva Mihaylova’s departure from the country and her reception by Bulgarian officials, while its Interior Ministry reported finding no record of her exit in the border control system. The Minist»»»

And as the war in Ukraine continues, Western concerns are growing over Moscow’s alleged campaign of sabotage and interference against Kiev's wartime backers. NATO's top military commander gave a press conference this Monday from Warsaw. US General Alexus Grynkewich looks set to warn Russia over the»»»

Bulgarian customs officers have seized more than 348 kilograms of cocaine and marijuana from a Bulgarian-registered truck at the Danube Bridge 2 border crossing near Vidin, finding the drugs in a concealed compartment in the trailer and among pallets of peanuts, the Customs Agency reported. The cas»»»

Woman ordered to pay Dh100,000 after failing to hand over car sale money in Dubai Dubai: A Dubai court has ordered a woman to pay Dh100,000 to a man after she failed to hand over the proceeds from the sale of his four-wheel vehicle, despite agreeing to transfer the money immediately after ownership»»»

Alcohol consumption and related health burdens have declined in Poland in recent years, following a period when alcohol-related harm was rising. The author supports measures such as higher excise taxes and restrictions on late-night sales, noting that behavioral risks still cost Poles substantially»»»

Eight Polish publishers have joined to create Novelist, a subscription platform for audiobooks and e-books, aiming to offer a local alternative to global services. The company says it focuses on curated recommendations from writers, musicians and other cultural figures rather than overwhelming user»»»

DAMASCUS: Syria’s state-operated postal service has resumed parcel deliveries between provinces and reopened international shipping routes, expanded its network and developed financial and digital services as it seeks to reconnect with customers and overseas markets. Syrian Post’s director general,»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage on Monday called Ukraine one of the most corrupt countries in the world. "Look, you know, this is one of the most corrupt countries on Earth. All right, we know that. I've been very, very worried about where some of our money has gone... Zelens»»»

Pope Leo has condemned capital punishment as an attack on human dignity amid growing criticism of the US military’s plans to livestream the execution of the convicted Fort Hood shooter. US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced last week that Nidal Malik Hasan would face a military firing squad on»»»

The President’s Administration website lacks a Cyrillic domain name and uses Russian-style rather than Bulgarian Cyrillic characters, Yes, Bulgaria Co-Chair Bozhidar Bozhanov said in a Facebook post cited by the party’s press service on Monday. “If [President Iliana] Iotova is so keen on everything»»»

WASHINGTON: US federal agents searched the Washington home of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Monday as part of a criminal investigation, officials said, marking a dramatic escalation in President Donald Trump’s confrontation with the outspoken lawmaker. The search was conducted by agents fr»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian caretaker FM Marko Djuric spoke by phone with Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath on Monday about advancement of bilateral relations, strengthening of political dialogue and opportunities for development of economic cooperation. D»»»

An analysis of 262 product groups found no broad displacement of Polish suppliers by China. From 2019 to 2025, Poland’s share of EU imports rose from 3.5% to 4.2%, while China’s increased from 7.5% to 8.6%. Poland gained share in 187 product groups, or 71.4%, and both countries mainly displaced oth»»»

China became Poland’s second-largest supplier of new cars by value in the second quarter of 2026, overtaking the Czech Republic and trailing only Germany. Its share of Polish passenger-car imports more than doubled, rising from 5.3% a year earlier to 11.2%, while the value of car imports from China»»»

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ignored allegations of “very well-documented” NATO war crimes brought before it, former Libyan Information Minister Moussa Ibrahim has told RT. In an interview on Saturday, he argued that the US-led military bloc has never been held accountable for what he»»»

When it came, the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the United States last month was more pomp and pageantry than substance. That did not make it irrelevant. Across Asia, symbolism matters, whether to the Chinese audience at home or to political figures in India, Japan, Taiwan, and the Middle E»»»

Geneva: The UN refugees chief warned Monday about being "asked to do the impossible", with his agency over-stretched by a huge funding shortfall and heavy displacement. Barham Salih, the United Nations' high commissioner for refugees, said the UNHCR had slashed its workforce due to budget cuts, whi»»»

Social media platform Meta has 48 hours to respond to claims by Brazil's leftwing candidate and incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's campaign accusing the tech platform of blocking content on the company's platforms. Brazil's Superior Electoral Court on Saturday gave the social medi»»»

Paris, France: Two paintings by impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir, stolen from a museum in southern France and later discovered hidden behind a wall, have sustained slight damage, prosecutors said on Monday. In September, thieves broke into the museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer and escaped with two»»»

Indian opposition politicians and journalists alleged that police had been heavy-handed in cracking down in protests that swept New Delhi over the weekend in response to a nationwide voter roll revision that critics say disproportionately affects Muslim and other minority voters. Opposition leader »»»

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, October 12: Widespread protests in India are met with detentions judged "illegal" by the country's Supreme Court. But first: Lebanese papers report as Hezbollah prepares for a new regional flare-up. Finally, Citroën hopes to win hearts and minds with an electric reboot o»»»

KHARTOUM: Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Monday ordered an investigation into what he described as a “painful incident” involving Sudanese miners. The announcement came a day after a rights group said an Egyptian airstrike on an area on the Sudanese border with Egypt had killed 72 peopl»»»

RIYADH: The General Entertainment Authority has been named among Saudi Arabia’s top 70 brands for social responsibility and sustainability in 2026, in a ranking by Forbes Middle East and the National Center for Responsibility and Studies. The authority was included among leading Saudi government in»»»