Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he will launch a renewed campaign effort ahead of the October 25 runoff after falling short of the first-round victory he had expected. “The result is often unexpected, we didn’t get everything we wanted (…) I was convinced that I was going to win »»»

Fuel prices soar as Hormuz risks persist, impacting UAE households The US-Iran conflict enters another tense phase on Monday (Oct. 5, 2026) as hopes for a quick reopening of the Strait of Hormuz remain uncertain, maritime attacks increase and fighting intensifies in Yemen. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf,»»»

October 5, Word Teachers' Day, is marked in Bulgaria and more than 100 countries worldwide. In Bulgaria, the day has been marked since 2006, following a Council of Ministers decision of September 29 that year. UNESCO has marked World Teachers' Day since 1994 to honour the contribution of teachers t»»»

Gulf crude flows rebound despite Strait of Hormuz disruptions and tanker attacks Dubai: Middle East crude oil exports rose above pre-war levels on several days in the last few weeks of September, according to shipping data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler. The increase was despite continued at»»»

Tribune News Network Doha High school students from across Qatar are being invited to get a first-hand look at Qatar Foundation’s unique landscape of education as they consider their future university path – at ‘Study in Education City’. The third and final day of the event, Tuesday October 6, is o»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Prof. Syed Javaid Zaidi, the UNESCO Chair on Desalination and Water Treatment at Qatar University (QU), participated in the World Water Week events organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute focusing on innovation in water sector. The event gathered stakehold»»»

AMIR RECEIVES SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with Member of the Senate of the Congress of the United States of America, Senator Chris Murphy, and his accompanying delegation at Lusail Palace on Sunday. During the meeting, they discussed the friendly r»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The impact of a teacher is often remembered long after a lesson ends – in the confidence a student carries forward, the skill they once thought they could not master, or the encouragement that stays with them through the years. On World Teachers’ Day, celebrated annually o»»»

Ukraine has developed a vast scam-call-center industry employing an estimated 60,000 people and at its peak generating up to $1 billion a month, NZZ am Sonntag reported. Researchers say Russians accounted for only around 10–15% of targets, while victims have been identified in at least 29 countries»»»

The US abruptly pulled all 12 B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford, a key base used for illegal US strikes on Iran, after commanders received new warnings about an alleged threat, The New York Times reported. The withdrawal was so urgent that some bombers departed while aerial refueling aircraft were stil»»»

Crime, economy, and democracy dominate Brazil's closely watched presidential race Brasilia: Brazil’s October 4 first-round vote is too close to call in most final polls, with incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) locked in a tight race that points to a»»»

UAE President called on people to use the occasion to recognise their own teachers Abu Dhabi: More than half a century after he dedicated a photograph to one of his teachers, President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan returned to that memory on World Teachers’ Day, sharing the image alongside a t»»»

Why Abu Dhabi is the heaven on earth, according to Hamdan Al Qubaisi Abu Dhabi: Past The Emirates Palace, on the quiet side of the Corniche, a car is parked. Inside, a man holds a karak, or maybe an americano from Cartel. The news is on low. Through the windshield sit the Etihad Towers and Qasr Al »»»

Ship-to-ship manoeuvres bypass Strait of Hormuz amid heightened security risks High-resolution imagery captured by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-2 satellite network on October 4, 2026, revealed an unprecedented surge in maritime energy manoeuvring. Orbiting optical sensors documented 1»»»

Dubai Police urge safe driving amid heavy congestion on key routes Motorists in Dubai and Sharjah are facing heavy and bumper-to-bumper traffic on several major roads on Monday morning, with minor accidents and incidents reported on key routes including E311, E611, D67 and roads in Sharjah. The inc»»»

Seven Korean AI medical technology companies to meet UAE healthcare leaders at ADNEC Abu Dhabi: Seven pioneering Korean artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare companies will present their technologies to UAE healthcare professionals and industry leaders at Medical Korea 2026 in the UAE: Digital He»»»

China’s next EV power play: Beijing targets solid-state battery scale by 2030 Elon Musk has scale, capital and a global EV brand. China has something harder to replicate: a vast, vertically integrated battery ecosystem now backed by a national plan to push all-solid-state batteries from the lab tow»»»

WBJ spoke with Monika Szelenberger, Director of Leasing and Asset Management and a member of the Management Team at Adgar Poland, about rising labor and fit-out costs, shifting tenant expectations, workplace strategy, and how AI could reshape the future of office space. WBJ: The past few years have»»»

Echo Investment’s controlling shareholder plans to seek full ownership of Poland’s largest developer and remove it from the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Lisala, a joint venture between Hungary’s Wing and Griffin, owns 62.37 percent of Echo and intends to offer PLN 5.20 per share for the remainder. The pr»»»

The Solorz family is preparing a tender offer that could remove ZE PAK from the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Cyprus-registered Argumenol, controlled by Zygmunt Solorz’s children, plans to offer PLN 18 per share, a 4.2 percent premium to Friday’s closing price. Argumenol already owns 65.96 percent of the »»»

Poland has reintroduced maximum fuel prices alongside temporary cuts in VAT and excise duty, with the first caps applying from Saturday through Monday. The Energy Ministry set maximum prices at PLN 6.73 per liter for 95-octane gasoline, PLN 7.59 for 98-octane gasoline and PLN 7.88 for diesel. The g»»»

According to draft documents on the Kremlin’s 2027 defence spending plans seen by Reuters, Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to raise defence spending to levels not seen since the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. Spending on the Russian military, including arms production, is set to reach 17.1»»»

Some of the world’s wealthiest nations agreed on Friday to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude from their reserve stockpiles over the next four months in an effort to rein in runaway fuel prices. That amounts to around one day’s worth of global oil demand and includes a “frontloaded sub»»»

**Update since publishing: Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff on 25 October for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy after neither won a majority in Sunday’s vote. On 4 Octobe»»»

New requirements cover licensing, storage, transport, security checks and permits Dubai: Saudi Arabia has tightened regulations governing the import of toy weapons and air rifles for recreational use, introducing mandatory licensing, storage, transport and security requirements as part of a regulat»»»

Reward capped at 5% of property value under rules to revive unknown and dormant endowments Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Endowments has set rewards of up to SR10 million for people who report previously unknown endowments, under new regulations aimed at identifying and reviving endowm»»»

The week will begin with pleasant, sunny, early-autumn weather, with daytime temperatures typically expected to reach 22–26 degrees Celsius, while temperatures will drop to between 1 and 7 degrees in the early morning hours. From Thursday, cloud cover will thicken and rain, showers, and possibly th»»»

Elderly couple found dead in Kolkata home, suicide suspected Kolkata, India: The discovery of the bodies of a couple from a house in the Nayabad area on the southern outskirts of Kolkata created a sensation on Sunday. The incident took place in Nayabad's Nawa Malanch area under Panchasayar Police S»»»

TORU-AYGYR, Kyrgyzstan: The sun had barely risen, but diving volunteer Elizaveta Bodrova was already raring to plunge into the cold waters of Lake Issyk-Kul, where the ruins of a once-thriving city have lain submerged for centuries. Situated on an ancient trading route between China and Europe, lit»»»

Experience the future of driving with IM LS9's advanced REEV and ADAS systems IM LS9 - Beyond Comparison. Game Changed by a Game Changer. “IM LS9 is setting a new benchmark for luxury, comfort, technology and power in the UAE,” says Fayha Al Malla, Vice President of Smart Mobility International (SM»»»

Police allege the 26-year-old travelled 2,000km after watching the newly released thriller A 26-year-old man allegedly travelled nearly 2,000km from Surat to Bihar after watching the recently released Bollywood thriller Drishyam 3 and killed his father, police said. Shiv Shankar, who lived and work»»»

Property Forum 2026 highlighted a real estate market entering a period of adjustment, as investors, developers, tenants, funds and lenders gathered in Warsaw to discuss what now drives asset value and investment decisions. Capital and new opportunities remained central, but demographic shifts, ener»»»

Iran link, arrests and what we know about the security probe US bombers have been relocated from RAF Fairford, the UK airbase used by the US military for operations involving Iran, amid an ongoing security investigation near the base. The Pentagon confirmed that all US B-1 bombers deployed to RAF F»»»

Step back to 1950s Abu Dhabi, when life was shaped by the sea, sand and traditional trades Abu Dhabi in the 1950s was a small coastal settlement, vastly different from the modern capital it would become. Gulf News archives describe a community of about 3,000 people in 1953, where families lived in »»»

Motorists have been urged to follow the speed limits displayed on electronic signs Abu Dhabi Police have activated temporary 80km/h speed limits on two roads as fog reduces visibility in parts of the emirate. The limits are in force on Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan Road between Al Hayer and»»»

Women and youth shaping the Nobel Prize narrative over the decades Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have been awarded to individuals and organisations for work leading to great advances for humanity, in line with the wishes of the prizes' founder, inventor Alfred Nobel. The 2026 winners will be announc»»»

Clouds could turn convective in eastern areas as humidity brings fog risk Dubai: The UAE can expect fog and mist in some areas and a chance of convective cloud formation in the east this week, with temperatures reaching as high as 42°C, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). Conditi»»»

BRUSSELS: EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic will head to Beijing on Thursday for two days of make-or-break meetings with Chinese officials to try to stave off a trade war. The European Union has toughened its stance toward Beijing to defend businesses against what it believes is unfair competition in c»»»

TEL AVIV, Israel: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates shared with Israel a list of passengers and crew ahead of the FlyDubai flight on which a pilot attempted to seize control of the Israel-bound aircraft and crash it, regional officials said Sunday, raising new questions over how the attacker »»»

Hormone research for weight-loss drugs leads Nobel medicine prize predictions Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday when the 2026 Nobel season kicks off. The winners of the six Nobel prizes for medicine, physics,»»»

DAMASCUS: Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait on Sunday condemned Israel’s completion of work on the so-called “Sufa 53 Line” in Syria’s Quneitra province, saying the project violates Syrian sovereignty, international law and the 1974 Disengagement Agreement. The statements, reported by the Syrian state news »»»

NADI, Fiji: Extreme heat is putting pregnant mothers and their newborns at increasing risk, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell will warn on Monday. Speaking at the “pre-COP” summit in Nadi, Fiji, Stiell will cite a new survey showing more than two thirds of health professionals across five c»»»

BRASILIA, Brazil: Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s veteran President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off on Oct. 25 in a runoff for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy. The country’s electoral court in Brasilia said neither the 80-year-old »»»

Green Party's Zionism policy ignites debate on antisemitism and Palestinian rights The UK's left-wing Green party voted Sunday to define Zionism as racism at the party's annual conference, drawing sharp backlash from three British Jewish groups, the ruling Labour Party and Israel's government. Memb»»»

From French highschoolers protesting to demand better learning conditions to a Flydubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia after a flightcrew member's onboard attack and flooded streets in Bangkok, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking pictures. »»»

France 24's Gavin Lee speaks to Brazil analyst Henrique Tavares Furtado about how Flavio Bolsonaro is pledging to reshape the country, and asks: who is the man behind the political persona? France 24's Gavin Lee speaks to Brazil analyst Henrique Tavares Furtado about how Flavio Bolsonaro is pledgin»»»

On World Teachers’ Day, learn what it will cover and when further details will be out Dubai: Dubai is developing a dedicated well-being strategy for its educators, the emirate's education regulator has announced, in a development that comes as educators globally mark World Teachers' Day today, Octo»»»

In Bulgaria, the remains of medieval ruler Tsar Samuel have been laid to rest in the capital Sofia, after being flown back from the border with Greece by Bulgarian fighter jets. Their return follows decades of negotiations with Athens, in exchange for the return of religious artefacts. Nicholas Rus»»»

Brent crude surpasses $103 amid Middle East supply concerns Oil prices showed mixed movements in early Tokyo trading on Monday, October 5, with Brent crude and Murban rising while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and natural gas edged lower, according to Trading Economics taken at 8:37 am Tokyo time. »»»

Tehran demands compliance with MoU for Hormuz reopening amid rising tensions Tehran: Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that the strategic Strait of Hormuz will remain "closed" until the US meets seven conditions based on the 14-point June Memorandum of Understanding, as tensio»»»