LONDON: Russell Brand, once a high profile British comedian and star of several Hollywood movies, is likely to face further allegations as more victims come forward in the wake of his rape conviction, the country’s top policeman said on Friday. Brand, the former husband of US pop singer Katy Perry,»»»

Khartoum: Throughout history, Sudanese women remained a symbol of pride and dignity, serving as an essential pillar in building society and shaping its narrative. Etched into the nation's history since the era of ancient Sudanese kingdoms, their contributions span national, social, cultural, and ec»»»

Paul Mackenzie convicted over deaths linked to sect whose followers were told to starve A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher was sentenced to 200 years in prison on Friday for the murder of 190 children and one adult in an infamous starvation cult. Hundreds of bodies have been discovered since 2023 at»»»

CAPE TOWN: Veteran Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu was acquitted of treason on Friday but sentenced to four years in prison for inciting others to disrupt last year’s elections. The 58-year-old Lissu had faced the death penalty on the treason charge. His case mirrors others in Africa where »»»

In an interview with Talking Europe, the EU's former top diplomat Josep Borrell reacts to the Democrats' victory in the US midterm elections, warning that US President Donald Trump is still "a very dangerous person for the world". Josep Borrell spent five years at the heart of European diplomacy as»»»

Mars may still have volcanic activity beneath its surface despite the absence of observed eruptions, a new Russian-led study suggests. Areas where volcanic gases continue to seep from underground could be promising locations to search for signs of life. The Red Planet bears extensive evidence of an»»»

Bulgaria's main opposition parties on Friday criticized the government's draft 2027 state budget, warning that it would fuel inflation, increase public debt and undermine economic growth, while trade union and employer representatives said they would reserve judgment until they had examined the det»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Ukrainian court has arrested another participant in a protest against the secret prison in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka near Kiev, Ukrainian media reported on Friday. According to the report, the court chose a preventive measure for Valeria Ladyka, suspected of involvement in t»»»

BEIJING: A court in the Chinese territory of Macau sentenced ex-lawmaker and democracy campaigner Au Kam San to 12 years and six months in prison on Friday for subversion and other offenses. Au, 69, is the first person convicted under national security laws widened in 2023 in Macau, the former Port»»»

Platform serves 4.9 million users and handles more than 18 million transactions annually His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Ain Region, was briefed on the latest developments, features and evolution of the unified government services platform (TAMM), which h»»»

The Ministry of Tourism is preparing a long-awaited reform that responds to calls from the tourism industry for stronger government support, better connectivity and tangible results from advertising expenditure. The draft 2027 state budget provides an additional EUR 10 million for a new advertising»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev and Finance Minister Galab Donev presented the draft 2027 state budget on November 6 in the Grand Hall of the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) in Sofia, instead of at the Council of Ministers. The plan targets a cash deficit of 3.5% of GDP, or about €5 bill»»»

BEIJING: Senior Chinese official Cai Qi on Friday told a North Korean delegation in Beijing that both sides should enhance strategic communication and coordination, and promote regional peace, stability and development, Chinese state media reported. China is willing to work with North Korea to “imp»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has categorically denied a recent report by the Wall Street Journal report that claimed Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia asked the Kingdom for $51 billion to halt its attacks. The WSJ report, published on Wednesday, cited unnamed sources and claimed Saudi officials reached ou»»»

Debtor secures relief after proving his insolvency application was accepted. Sharjah: A Sharjah court has cancelled an arrest warrant against a Gulf national over a debt exceeding Dh2 million after he submitted proof that Dubai Courts had accepted his insolvency application. The Sharjah Civil Execu»»»

"The government of lies has presented a budget of devastation," said Ivaylo Mirchev, co-chairman of Yes, Bulgaria and MP from Democratic Bulgaria (DB), in Parliament, commenting on the draft 2027 State Budget Act presented by Finance Minister Galab Donev. "Just as they lied about not having propose»»»

ISTANBUL: A Turkish former minister and senior ruling party official was placed in detention pending trial on Friday as part of an investigation into a multi-billion-dollar investment fund scandal, state news agency Anadolu reported. Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya was remanded in custody by an Istanbul cou»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Friday that the government faced a major challenge in drawing up the 2027 state budget, as it had to strike a difficult balance between reducing the excessive budget deficit and cutting expenditure without undermining incomes and social support, while also settlin»»»

COLOMBO: Trade unions and political activists rallied in Sri Lanka’s capital on Friday against anti-terrorism and anti-crime bills, saying they would give sweeping powers to law enforcement authorities and could lead to abuses. The bills — the protection of the state from terrorism and prevention o»»»

The firearm used to kill Plovdiv businessman Iliyan Filipov has been found and added to the investigation as physical evidence, the Ministry of Interior and the Prosecutor's Office confirmed to BNT. The discovery was made during investigative work in the pretrial proceedings opened by the Plovdiv D»»»

MADRID: The European Union is investigating the possible misuse of EU funds earmarked for the renovation of a Spanish railway line where a train crash killed 69 people, prosecutors said Friday. The October accident on the Madrid-Seville high-speed line was one of the worst railway disasters in Euro»»»

European prosecutors investigate funds allocated to safety upgrades on Madrid-Seville line The European Union is investigating the possible misuse of EU funds earmarked for the renovation of a Spanish railway line where a train crash killed 69 people, prosecutors said Friday. The October accident o»»»

MOMBASA, Kenya: The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of more than 400 people was sentenced on Friday to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people. The High Court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa issued the sentence for Pastor Paul Mackenzie. He was convicted of murder»»»

BELGRADE - The First Basic Court in Belgrade has ordered 30-day custody for nine police officers suspected of physically abusing and torturing several people in the Serbian government building in central Belgrade in August 2025. They are suspected of the criminal offence of abuse and torture. The p»»»

Strong El Niño adds to global warming as October sets another temperature record The world is on track for 2026 to be the second-hottest year on record as an exceptionally strong El Nino weather pattern turbocharges human-driven global warming, the EU's climate monitor said Friday. This year still »»»

MOMBASA, Kenya: A Kenyan court sentenced cult leader Paul Mackenzie on ‌Friday ‌to 200 ‌years in prison for the murders of 190 children starved to death ‌on his orders ‌and buried ‌in ‌a forest, among 500 suspected ‌victims of one of the worst ceremonial massacres of modern times.»»»

A London jury on Thursday convicted British comedian and actor Russell Brand of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.  British ​comedian and ​actor Russell Brand was found guilty ​in ‌a ⁠London court ‌on Thursday of rape ⁠and sexual assault related to allegations dati»»»

‌Iran is not satisfied with “paper commitments” and must see practical US steps before the launch of ‌any new ‌diplomatic efforts, ‌Ali Bagheri Kani, the deputy head of Iran’s top security body, told Iranian state television. Iran ‌has ‌sent the ‌United States ‌a nuclear proposal via Qatar to be di»»»

Democratic Bulgaria (DB) has referred amendments to the Agricultural Producers Support Act to the Constitutional Court, the coalition's press office said on Friday. DB's petition concerns funds from the so-called "blank spots". It alleges that "EUR 150 million has been forcibly taken from the prope»»»

MP Ali Ammar of Hezbollah on Friday said a statement issued by the embassies of the U.S., the UK, Australia, Canada and Japan represented the “peak of lowness and insolence.” Ammar blasted what he called the “blatant audacity in interfering in the finest details of Lebanese internal affairs -- with»»»

Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond experimentation, forcing companies to think more carefully about business value, costs, trust and the organisational changes required to deploy it at scale, speakers said during the final panel of Business Review’s Foreign Investors Summit 2026. The »»»

Tokyo: Japan will announce the launch of a "cyber rescue team" on Friday in response to a sudden wave of hacking incidents, media reports said. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to compile an emergency package of measures after dozens of businesses reported unauthorised access in recent weeks»»»

Inmates craft Emirati heritage through art at Al Ain Festival Abu Dhabi: Wooden furniture, leather goods, paintings and embroidery made by inmates of Abu Dhabi’s correctional and rehabilitation centres are on display at a heritage festival in Al Ain. The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) is taki»»»

POLITICS Dnevnik.bg has an interview with Yes, Bulgaria co-chair Ivaylo Mirchev, who said he sees prospects for unity within the democratic community in the wake of the recent presidential election. He added that the vote had shown that it was possible to seek unity around important causes, which w»»»

Morocco on Friday commemorated the Green March, the 1975 mass mobilization into then-Spanish controlled Western Sahara that helped pave the way for Morocco's takeover of most of the disputed territory. The anniversary comes as the decades-old conflict enters a new diplomatic phase as a U.N. peaceke»»»

KUALA ‌LUMPUR: The ​chambers of Malaysia’s Attorney General said on Friday that ‌former ‌Prime Minister ​Najib ‌Razak’s ⁠transfer ​to house ⁠arrest has been temporarily suspended. Najib’s current detention ⁠status in ‌prison ‌will ​be maintained ‌as ‌some legal questions regarding the interpretatio»»»

Kerala High Court grants bail in crash that claimed three lives near Cochin Airport Dubai: The Kerala High Court on Friday granted regular bail to all four accused in the Mini Cooper crash that killed three young people in the southern Indian state. The prime accused, Suhail Sajeev, 19, is the son »»»

Kerala High Court grants bail in crash that claimed three lives near Cochin Airport Dubai: The Kerala High Court on Friday, granted regular bail to the four accused in the Mini Cooper crash in Kerala that killed three young people. According to local media reports, the court granted bail to prime a»»»

Antal Rogán, former minister heading the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office from 2015 to 2026 and former prime minister Viktor Orbán’s right-hand man, has been summoned to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating alleged abuses of power within the executive branch. The hearing is schedule»»»

A string of bomb threats has affected dozens of passenger flights across Europe this week, prompting diversions, emergency landings and security checks, as well as military escorts in some cases. At least 27 incidents were reported on Thursday alone, bringing the total number of affected flights th»»»

Mass demonstrations over wages, rising living costs, and government spending cuts have swept France, with crowds facing off with police during a nationwide strike on Thursday. The CGT union estimated that nearly 1.6 million people took part in the latest wave of unrest. Initially sparked by student»»»

Police seize 200,000 Captagon pills and more than 30kg of narcotics Abu Dhabi: The National Drug Enforcement Authority (NDEA), in cooperation with Ras Al Khaimah Police General Headquarters and the General Directorate for Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances at Iraq's Ministry of Interior, and in »»»

By Staff, Agencies Mass demonstrations swept across France on Thursday, with approximately 1.6 million people taking to the streets nationwide, including around 350,000 in Paris, according to trade union figures. Protesters demanded measures to improve purchasing power, reform education, reduce tax»»»

TRIPOLI: A court ‌in Libya has convicted six people of producing the psychotropic substance Captagon for trafficking, the latest move to tackle the illegal spread of the amphetamine-type stimulant. The North African nation has become a major regional transit hub for synthetic drugs and other narcot»»»

By Staff, Agencies Hoax bomb threats have disrupted at least 34 flights across Europe this week, with some forced to make emergency landings, as questions mount over an apparently coordinated effort to cause chaos for travelers. At least 25 bomb threats affected flights on Thursday between Italy, I»»»

Bomb threat email sparks security measures at Bombay High Court and BSE A bomb threat email sent to the Bombay High Court has triggered a security alert in Mumbai, with the sender also threatening to blow up the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Worli Racecourse and Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan's re»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to discuss efforts to end the U.S.-Iran war, amid a diplomatic push to avoid a new round of conflict. The high-profile exchange was the latest in a flurry of diplomatic phone calls that saw Iran's top diplomat »»»

DOHA: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index breached the significant 10,000-point threshold yesterday, crossing into positive territory amid strong buying interest and bullish investor sentiment, as the market rallied 181.68 points, or 1.84 percent, to close at 10,065.85 points. This opening puts th»»»

DOHA: Al Arabi and Al Ahli kick off the ninth round of the Qatar Stars League at Al Thumama Stadium today, with just two points separating the teams in the standings. Fourth-placed Al Arabi have 13 points, two more than Al Ahli, who are fifth. Al Arabi were held to a draw by Al Rayyan in their prev»»»

DOHA: Sultan Salem Al-Nuaimi topped the Silver Tour while Salman Faisal Al-Marri claimed the Amateur class title as the fifth leg of the 10th edition of the Longines Hathab Qatar Equestrian Tour got underway at the Qatar Equestrian Federation’s indoor arena yesterday. Al-Nuaimi produced the fastest»»»