The government has decided on the details of the wealth tax, the expansion of kata taxation, and the abolition of tax relief for professional footballers and other athletes — Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced on Tuesday on Facebook. The billionaires’ wealth tax will be introduced from 2027, set»»»

The number of signatures collected in the nationwide referendum initiative — organised by the Trade Employees' Union to declare 24 December a public holiday — remained below one hundred thousand, the National Election Commission (NVB) established at its Tuesday session. The Trade Employees’ Union i»»»

Former German spy chief August Hanning was detained Tuesday on suspicion of treason and espionage after prosecutors accused him of paying for secret intelligence documents and using them to prepare an analysis for a foreign intelligence service, in a case that could strain Berlin’s ties with allied»»»

Ex-German intelligence chief accused of espionage and treasonous activities BERLIN: A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested Tuesday on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said. August Hanning, wh»»»

From receptionist to mascot maker, she is now pursuing her childhood dream of flying Dubai: For years, MJ Tenchavez has made children smile by bringing colourful mascots to parties and community events across the UAE. But behind the costumes and celebrations is another dream. Tenchavez, a Filipino »»»

29 companies list this week as India's IPO market outpaces its struggling stocks Dubai: The Indian stock market is having a difficult year, however its IPO market is telling a completely different story. According to a recent Reuters report, the Nifty 50 posted its eighth consecutive weekly decline»»»

EXCLUSIVEShe held on to the seven-year-old boy until rescue teams arrived Fujairah: A 25-year-old Ethiopian domestic worker held on to a seven-year-old boy and refused to let go despite suffering a fractured leg after both fell into a well when its cover collapsed at a house in the Merashid area of»»»

AfCRA promises fair ratings, addressing informal economies and reforms Africa will launch its own credit rating agency on Wednesday, aimed at countering what many see as unfair assessments by global institutions that make it more expensive for African nations to borrow money. The Africa Credit Rati»»»

'Unprecedented': She is believed to be the only known person to survive lethal injection NASHVILLE: Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is awake, conscious, and speaking six days after surviving a failed lethal injection execution, her legal team confirmed in a statement on Tuesday. Pike, 50, r»»»

FAIRBANKS, Alaska: US Vice President JD Vance said in an exclusive interview with Reuters that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in ​its nuclear enrichment capacity to satisfy US demands and end the countries’ seven-month war, even as Washington was unsure how Tehran makes decisions in negoti»»»

MOSCOW: Ukraine struck an oil tanker off the southern Russian coast on Tuesday evening, triggering a huge fire and black smoke cloud that blanketed parts of the resort city of Sochi. Both sides have heavily targeted commercial shipping around the Black Sea since the start of the conflict in 2022, w»»»

MIAMI: The Trump administration is creating a team of attorneys to represent children who traveled alone to the United States in immigration proceedings, which critics say would deprive them of having lawyers who aren’t employed by the government and could put them at greater risk of deportation. T»»»

Trump to discuss Siberian plague case with Putin amid global health concerns WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible case of plague at a Siberian research institute. Speaking to reporters at the White Hou»»»

Yemen’s internationally recognized government has vowed to retake territory held by the Houthis, raising the prospect of a new phase in a conflict that has ravaged the country for more than a decade. The Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) has ordered its armed forces and security formations to b»»»

Ukraine drone strike ignites tanker fire near Russia's Sochi coast Ukraine struck an oil tanker off the southern Russian coast on Tuesday evening, triggering a huge fire and black smoke cloud that blanketed parts of the resort city of Sochi. Both sides have heavily targeted commercial shipping arou»»»

RAMALLAH: Israeli forces and settlers carried out 26 incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque in September, while authorities prevented the call to prayer 150 times and closed Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron for six days, the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs said on Tuesday. The figures reflecte»»»

Paramount completed its acquisition of Warner Bros Discover on Tuesday, after a bidding war against Netflix. The deal closed following federal approval of a settlement between Paramount and 12 US states that tried to block the transaction on antitrust grounds. Opponents in the movie industry warned»»»

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro received on Monday endorsements ​from Ronaldo Caiado and Romeu Zema, two right-wing politicians who ran against him in Sunday's first-round vote, ​for ‌the runoff against President Luiz ⁠Inacio Lula da Silva later this month. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Anthon»»»

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro received on Monday endorsements ​from Ronaldo Caiado and Romeu Zema, two right-wing politicians who ran against him in Sunday's first-round vote, ​for ‌the runoff against President Luiz ⁠Inacio Lula da Silva later this month. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Anthon»»»

Share: Geagea calls for dismantling Hezbollah , says this is a Lebanese demand Geagea says that dismantling Hezbollah in lebanon is a necessity and called for linking US Aid to the Lebanese army to its performance in implementing the Framework agreement Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forc»»»

Kenya on Tuesday reported its first-ever Ebola death after a Kenyan national who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) died after returning to the country. Kenya is the fourth country to record an Ebola case in the current outbreak, which was declared in eastern DR Con»»»

A quarter of a million demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday as unions and teachers joined high school students demanding better learning conditions in protests that later descended into sporadic clashes with security forces. A French policeman was on Tuesday charged with viole»»»

Hundreds of thousands of students and their supporters took part in nationwide protests across France on Tuesday after weeks of student barricades protesting school conditions.  If the French government was hoping to drive its protesting high schoolers back into their classrooms with a whiff o»»»

Two commercial vessels were hit by unidentified drones on Tuesday off the Bulgarian coast in the Black Sea, Prime Minister Rumen Radev has confirmed. The attack marks the first time when merchant vessels were attacked within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of a NATO member in the waterway. Such z»»»

JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump’s year-old plan to end the Gaza war has stalled, with Israel mounting near daily ‌attacks and occupying around two-thirds of the shattered enclave where Palestinians face dire conditions. The initial phase resulted in a ceasefire on October 10, 2025 and secured »»»

RAMALLAH: Israel has barred Palestinian election officials from entering Gaza and Jerusalem to prepare for November’s long-awaited legislative elections in the territories, creating a fresh obstacle to the first Palestinian parliamentary vote in two decades. The Palestinian Central Elections Commis»»»

Damascus, Oct. 7 (SANA) A Syrian delegation headed by Nahla Othman, Director of the Expatriates and Refugee Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with Denmark’s Minister of State for Development Policy, Elisabeth Søndergaard Krone, who headed the Danish side, to discuss prospec»»»

A Spanish Supreme Court judge on Tuesday lifted the arrest warrant for Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, clearing the way for him to return home without fear of detention ahead of a general election in November. A Spanish judge on Tuesday lifted an arrest warrant for exiled former Catala»»»

Recent reports and videos of alleged recruitment irregularities are fuelling tensions between mobilisation authorities and Ukrainian society, while raising questions about the oversight and implementation of military recruitment. In a video posted on September 4, a man was forcibly taken into a pol»»»

LONDON: Recent satellite imagery has revealed the sheer scale of destruction in Gaza. But beneath the rubble covering large swathes of the enclave, what remains hidden is harder to quantify — and far more consequential. The latest UN estimates put the amount of rubble at about 61 million tonnes — r»»»

RIYADH: Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy said on Tuesday that the Department of Defense denied him access to a key military ​base in Qatar during a visit to the Middle East, describing it as part of a US government effort to conceal the impact of the Iran war. The Al Udeid Air Base is the largest»»»

WASHINGTON: A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth tens of millions of dollars, according to court records. David J. Rush fabri»»»

WASHINGTN: US President ​Donald Trump said on Tuesday the biggest problem ‌for ‌him ​is ‌that ⁠nobody ​knows who is ⁠running Iran. “Their second group of ⁠leaders ‌are gone, ‌and ​the ‌biggest problem ‌I have is nobody knows ‌who the hell is ⁠running ⁠the country,” Trump said.»»»

Raqqa, Oct. 6 (SANA) In the cotton fields of northern Raqqa countryside, the day begins for women cotton pickers with the first light of dawn. Carrying their bags, they head into the fields to harvest what is locally known as Raqqa’s “white gold,” embarking on a long workday, or “sarwa,” that stret»»»

RAMALLAH: Israel has barred Palestinian election officials from entering Gaza and Jerusalem to prepare for November’s long-awaited legislative elections, creating a fresh obstacle to the first Palestinian parliamentary vote in two decades. The Palestinian Central Elections Commission was prevented »»»

MANILA: The Philippines is recording a boom in the number of halal-certified businesses as the government expands the local industry to tap into the multi-trillion-dollar global halal market. In the predominantly Catholic Philippines, Muslims make up around 10 percent of the country’s 120 million p»»»

France and Germany are pressing Brussels to take a tougher line on China by creating new powers that could rapidly shut foreign countries out of the EU market. The proposal effectively tells Brussels to beef up its position as it prepares for negotiations with Beijing. It also marks a shift for Ger»»»

LONDON: Three Iranian men went on trial in the United Kingdom Tuesday charged with spying for Iran, allegedly laying the groundwork for a violent attack against at least one London-based journalist. The Iranian nationals visited addresses linked to people including two journalists working for the F»»»

IRKUTSK, Russia: Reports of a plague laboratory worker’s death in Siberia have caused waves of speculation outside Russia, but in the city where she worked, many appeared unfazed. The laboratory worker’s death was first reported on Friday. Several Russian media outlets reported she had died from pn»»»

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LONDON: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for an end to the US-Iran war and the restoration of freedom of navigation, warning of the conflict’s toll on global trade as he began an official visit to Pakistan. “From Islamabad, I want to send a loud and clear message to all parti»»»

The major battle is to reach the runoff, presidential candidate Ivan Hristanov said at a meeting with voters in Yambol, Southeastern Bulgaria. According to him, actual polling data not released to the public indicate that three opponents are running against presidential candidate Iliana Iotova with»»»

The European Commission has proposed up to 15 years of post-accession safeguards to punish new member states in case of bad behaviour, in a long-delayed pre-enlargement policy review out on Tuesday (6 October). The reforms were initially requested by the European Council in June 2024 to be ready by»»»

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei dismissed US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s predictions and anti-Iran rhetoric as baseless, warning that Washington will fail in its economic war against Tehran as well.Rezaei made the remarks in a post on his X account address»»»

The American “Israel” Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), for decades one of Washington’s most powerful pro-Israeli occupation lobbying groups, is steadily losing influence as it maintains its unconditional support for “Israel” and moves increasingly closer to the Republican Party, even as criticism »»»

Speaking on the Bulgarian National Television, Chief of Defence Admiral Emil Eftimov said that the crew of a merchant vessel that sank following Tuesday’s drone attack in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone had only three minutes to react, which explains the lack of rescue actions. He noted that the»»»

MADRID: A Spanish judge on Tuesday lifted an arrest warrant for exiled former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, paving the way for his return to Spain ahead of a general election in November. Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium after Catalonia’s failed 2017 independence bid, hailed the decis»»»

TEL AVIV: Britain is ​considering expelling Israeli diplomats if Israel carries out its order to shut the British consulate in East Jerusalem this week in a dispute over sanctions targeting Israeli settlements, four sources said. Israel on September 8 ordered Britain to close the East Jerusalem con»»»

Two lanes open in each direction between University City and the Exhibition Grounds Sharjah: Sharjah has partially reopened traffic between University City and the Exhibition Grounds as work advances on roads providing access to the Etihad Rail station. The Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority sai»»»

World Teachers’ Day drive supports teachers in remote communities across 10 countries Sharjah: Sharjah Charity International has launched an initiative to sponsor 100 teachers across 10 countries, as part of its efforts to support educators working in schools and classrooms in remote areas. The “Sp»»»