From ground zero to classrooms, Americans honor 9/11’s enduring shadow NEW YORK: Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity. Friday's milestone anniversary wi»»»

Yemen’s Houthis seized the strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday as their offensive against Saudi-backed government forces intensified. Saudi Arabia launched dozens of airstrikes over the past 24 hours, the Houthis said, after the Iran-backed group carried out attacks on Saudi territory »»»

WASHINGTON, United States — The IMF has pushed borrowing countries to make bigger austerity cuts over the past decade, charity Oxfam said Thursday, urging for alternatives to such measures.

"These cuts undermine vital spending on public services — from health care to education and housing — that p»»»

Acting US Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao said that Iranian forces had inflicted significant damage on US facilities in Bahrain, including infrastructure essential for basing and supplying the Navy. Iranian forces "blew the hell out of Bahrain," Cao told The Epoch Times. Damage to the Fifth Fleet he»»»

Parliament will devote its entire sitting on Friday to question time, having completed its legislative agenda for the week. MPs approved a proposal by presiding officer Ivan Angelov on Thursday. Question time will continue until ministers have answered all questions from MPs. Minister of Regional D»»»

Rising oil, shipping risks as Houthis threaten Saudi routes and Red Sea chokepoint UAE airports remain open and major flights are operating, though the regional security environment remains a challenge. The immediate risks for residents are flight changes, higher fuel and transport costs, shipping-»»»

It is not yet official, but a specialist portal has already calculated how vignette prices are likely to rise in 2027. If the Tisza government retains the relevant regulation introduced by its predecessor in 2020, the vignette prices for the use of motorways can be derived from the August inflation»»»

Unconfirmed blaze raises concerns for Saudi Arabia’s vital Red Sea oil lifeline Satellite imagery and fire-detection data are raising questions over whether Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement has struck Saudi Arabia’s strategically important East-West oil pipeline. There is no independent confirm»»»

Autumn equinox, Harvest Moon and five planets light up UAE’s September nights Dubai: We are eleven days into September, and there is still plenty to see in the UAE's night sky. Saturn is already out for most of the night. Mars and Jupiter can be seen before sunrise. Venus is fading fast in the west»»»

Share: Photo- Israel says destroyed key Hezbollah tunnels in south Lebanon The Lebanese army came out strongly against Israeli military action in the southern part of Lebanon on Wednesday, as the country has worked to achieve peace and fight the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia within its borders. “In»»»

Meta is expanding its shift away from professional fact-checking. The tech giant announced it's trialling it's crowdsourced "Community Notes" system across 16 countries in Latin America. Meta says the system will only fully roll out once it is confident it works, but critics warn that with mis»»»

Closer calls and manoeuvrable warheads raise fears Tehran’s targeting ability has improve Dubai: Iran has spent much of its six-month war with the United States trying to make the Strait of Hormuz dangerous for commercial shipping. Now it is taking a far bigger risk: Firing increasingly sophisticat»»»

Share: A U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter launches from the flight deck of USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) while enforcing the U.S. blockade against Iran. HERE IS THE LATEST– President Trump said Wednesday that Iran is desperate to affect the midterm elections and mused the conflict would end righ»»»

Documentary’s standing ovation met with Musk’s defamation warning Elon Musk's lawyers put the makers of a new four-hour documentary about the multibillionaire on formal legal notice days before its premiere, warning that the film defames him. The September 3 letter from attorney Alex Spiro, address»»»

Sermon highlights her faith, knowledge, generosity and devotion to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) First Sermon (Khutbah One) All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the earth and the heavens. He exalted the rank of the wives of our Prophet (PBUH) in His clear and decisive verses and made them Mothers of the B»»»

In an interview with FRANCE 24, former football star and current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation Samuel Eto'o spoke about the recent backlash towards FIFA president Gianni Infantino and confirmed he will support him for re-election because of "everything he has brought to»»»

Moroccan authorities said on Thursday there were "no facts" establishing its involvement in the migrant rush into Spain's North African exclave of Ceuta in July. It was the kingdom's first official response to a Spanish police report accusing its security forces of "total permissiveness" when the m»»»

The UN chief stressed that the late Father Amir’s influence extended beyond Qatar’s economic achievements, noting that the country’s international role could also be measured through its contributions to peace and dialogue. Under late Father Amir’s leadership, Guterres said, Qatar became a trusted »»»

TNN/Agencies Tokyo Qatar’s men’s basketball team made a winning start as the 20th Asian Games ‘Aichi-Nagoya 2026’ began on Thursday. The continental sporting extravaganza in Japan has more participants than the Olympics with over 17,000 athletes and officials are expected to take part in 43 sports »»»

President Joseph Aoun stated Thursday that the Lebanese state has "received the appeals of our people in Nabatieh, Tyre and Arab Salim.” “I wish to tell them: We have heeded your calls and stand by your side; we certainly cannot remain distant from you. We must exert every effort to support and ass»»»

Washington (United States) (AFP) – President Donald Trump ⁠promised a $5,000 "Trump dividend" ​payment to every US adult on Wednesday if his Republicans retain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the November 3 midterm elections. The pledge has raised numer»»»

France's government on Thursday condemned the return of expelled Russian commentator Xenia Federova to conservative TV channel, CNews, for alleged Kremlin ties. Federova was formally expelled from France in August over claims she was a Kremlin agent and accusations that she spread Kremlin propagand»»»

Hungary’s central bank governor has spoken of the pitfalls of euro adoption: this, he says, is how a Hungarian euro can be made to work. Only one criterion met The president of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank emphasised that the aim is not a swift, but a successful euro introduction. In his view, three thi»»»

Despite severe security risks and an ongoing war, retirees, nurses, workers, teachers and students have held sit-ins and protests across Iran since this summer, most often over economic hardship. With prices going up every few hours, salaries and pensions going unpaid for months, and unemployment i»»»

Algeria is severing diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates, state media reported Thursday. Algerian President ‌Abdelmadjid Tebboune has in the past accused the Gulf state of trying to meddle in Algeria's internal affairs. Algeria decided to sever diplomatic relations ​with the United Ar»»»

Foreign nationals are being tricked into fighting for the Russian army against Ukraine through fake job offers, an Amnesty International report said Thursday, citing interviews with prisoners of war. The average targeted recruit is under 40, living in a poorer country and lured by the "promise of a»»»

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Global oil prices accelerated their growth to nearly 6%, with the price of Brent crude climbing above $107 per barrel for the first time since May 21, trading data showed on Thursday. As of 18:58 Moscow time (15:58 GMT), the price of Brent crude futures for November delivery was»»»

Doha, Qatar: Apple has officially entered the foldable smartphone market, unveiling the iPhone Duo, the company’s first foldable iPhone and one of the biggest changes to the device since the original iPhone was introduced. The new device opens to reveal a 7.6-inch inner display, the largest screen »»»

Joint declaration sets out deeper cooperation across strategic sectors and regional Abu Dhabi: At the invitation of the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, visited Germany from September 9 to 11, »»»

There are indications of attempts to influence the election of members of the new Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) by senior representatives of the judiciary, Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov told journalists in Lovech. According to him, no such pressure has been exerted by representatives of the ex»»»

The removal of long-serving journalist Georgi Angelov as host of History.BG, a Monday evening show of Bulgarian National Television (BNT), was discussed by the electronic media regulator on Thursday and elicited further political statements. Angelov announced his removal in a Facebook post on Wedne»»»

Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov recently put the question in a form most Bulgarians will recognize from their own experience, saying it is not normal for him to sit in a restaurant in Vienna and one in Sofia and find the prices relatively the same when the standard of living is completely diff»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's most-capped football player Dusan Tadic is set to return to the national team, Sport klub reports. The news will be confirmed once Serbia head coach Veljko Paunovic officially announces his squad list for the first four UEFA Nations League fixtures. Tadic, 37, made his debut for»»»

The EU’s data protection watchdog is being sued and accused of shielding Europe’s police agency Europol, in a case that could have wide reaching repercussions for human rights defenders and activists. “I’ve lived in a state of emergency for almost six years,” saysNatalie Gruber, an Austrian nationa»»»

Declining rates of migration to Europe have hit a new landmark, as the EU’s asylum agency (EUAA) found asylum applications to have dropped to the lowest numbers since 2021. Despite frequent references to a migration “invasion,” especially in the aftermath of a mass-arrival episode in Spain’s Africa»»»

The Hungarian agriculture ministry has acknowledged an “embarrassing blunder” after a poorly worded letter sparked claims that Budapest was demanding the return of two Lipizzaner horses gifted to King Charles for his coronation. A diplomatic wobble in the royal stables The row broke after the Daily»»»

Scientists uncover previously unknown class of cosmic sources hiding across six galaxies Astronomers reviewing old observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory discovered something they weren't expecting. Not one mysterious object, but 84. Spread across six galaxies, the objects behave differ»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Lithuanian government plans to remove the provision banning weapons of mass destruction on its territory from the constitution in early 2027, the speaker of the republic's parliament, Juozas Olekas, said on Thursday. "The Lithuanian parliament plans to adopt a constitutional »»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a third visit to Israeli troops in an occupied stretch of Syria Wednesday, sparking fresh condemnation from Damascus. Netanyahu repeated his claim that the Iranian government is on the verge of collapse as the US-Israeli war against Iran drags on. Isra»»»

Colombia's right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella has been ordered to hide social media videos showing him walking past rows of the dead bodies of alleged guerrillas killed by the country's armed forces, according to a court document seen Wednesday. The newly sworn-in president has launched »»»

During a meeting of the National Assembly Committee on Culture and the Media on Thursday, Culture Minister Evtim Miloshev declined to comment on the removal of presenter Georgi Angelov from the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) airwaves. The issue was raised by MP Ivo Mihaylov of the Continue the»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Oil prices could rise to $150 per barrel if major energy infrastructure amid escalation in the Middle East gets damaged, media reported on Thursday, citing Bank of America analysts. If attacks continue and passage through the Strait of Hormuz gets further restricted, oil pric»»»

Dorian JonesAnxiety over a looming global food crisis is mounting as Ukraine and Russia intensify their attacks on Black Sea cargo ships, slashing grain exports that feed a quarter of the world. https://p.dw.com/p/5L0PQAdvertisementUkraine and Russia are attacking cargo ships in the Black Sea in a »»»

A massive attack by Yemeni’s Houthis on Saudi Arabia has become the first serious test for the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement – a defense pact between Riyadh, Ankara, and Islamabad established just a month ago. We’re no longer talking about a future security architecture in abstract terms. Rather, a»»»

Tehran turns up pressure on Hormuz, betting war costs could hurt Trump before Nov vote Dubai: Donald Trump says the Iran war could end “immediately after” America’s November 3 midterm elections. Tehran appears to have its own reason for watching that date closely. With less than two months until Am»»»

Dubai bets on long-term growth, global connectivity and ATM to rebuild travel momentum Dubai: The emirate is confident of a tourism rebound as the city prepares to host Arabian Travel Market (ATM) next week, with the emirate banking on its long-term strategy, global connectivity and close public-pr»»»

MP Ali Ammar of Hezbollah on Thursday responded to a statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, lamenting that “day by day, the United States’ blatant interference in Lebanese affairs is intensifying and Lebanon’s sovereignty is crudely violated -- whether through statements from the U.S. Em»»»

More than 200 artists, writers, academics, former ministers and other public figures have joined the Initiative Committee backing Andrey Gyurov for president and Georgi Kandev for vice president. The committee was formally established Thursday at the Toplotsentrala cultural center in Sofia, 45 days»»»

The British Museum on Thursday opened its doors for the first public display of the 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry outside of France. The museum has so far sold a record-breaking 100,000 tickets to see the tapestry, which depicts the Norman conquest of England under William the Conqueror. London's »»»

Man accused of killing wife, storing severed head in fridge now issues warning to others Days after declaring that he had "no regrets" over the killing of his wife, a man in India has dramatically changed his message. Ramanuj Goswami, accused of killing his 25-year-old wife Riya Talukdar in Guwahat»»»