DAMASCUS: Across the agricultural heartlands of Syria, the hum of reopening cotton ginneries is offering a glimmer of hope to a cornerstonnee industry shattered by years of war, economic strain and neglect. Yet, from parched depressions in the west to irrigated riverbeds along the Euphrates, farmer»»»

As Israel marks three years since the October 7 Hamas-led assault in 2023, the security failures surrounding the attack have become a major election issue, RT Middle East correspondent Charlotte Dubenskij has reported. The incursion by the militant group left around 1,200 people dead in Israel whil»»»

British expat turns personal journey to a call for greater awareness, inclusion, research Dubai: For Rhian Adams, every step her six-year-old son Samson takes is a milestone worth celebrating. Samson, who is nearly seven, has been diagnosed with Angelman syndrome when he was just 10 months old. The»»»

'Traffic is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz right now carrying commercial goods' Washington: The US Central Command (CentCom) on Wednesday (local time) rejected Iran’s claim that the Strait of Hormuz is closed, saying commercial and energy traffic continues to move through the strategic waterw»»»

HASAKAH, Syria: Unusual vapors observed at Mount Kawkab near the northeastern Syrian city of Hasakah were most likely caused by human activity rather than seismic or tectonic activity, a joint technical committee said after inspecting the site. The findings were reported Wednesday by Syria’s state »»»

Thousands rally in Rio against Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil's election runoff Thousands of people joined a student march Wednesday in downtown Rio de Janeiro to protest against election favourite Flavio Bolsonaro and the prospect of the far-right's return to power in Brazil, as the campaign for a runo»»»

WASHINGTON: An award-winning filmmaker whose work has explored ​conflict in his native Kashmir has been detained by US immigration officials after legally coming to the United States to study and later claiming asylum, his family and friends said on Wednesday. The Department of Homeland Security se»»»

Trump predicts swift end to Iran war, promises falling oil prices Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said the war with Iran will end "very quickly" and claimed that oil prices will "come tumbling down", while asserting that the US has taken away Iran's nuclear power. "I»»»

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he wants to develop one of his Florida golf courses into a presidential retreat where his successors can spend quiet weekends on the greens, describing it as “sort of a Camp David ” that he says would already have many of the securi»»»

Watchdog warns ChatGPT for Teens poses risks despite safety claims by OpenAI Some of the guardrails that OpenAI included in its ChatGPT for Teens product don't work as intended and the chatbot poses an “unacceptable risk” to children, according to a report Wednesday by Common Sense Media. The watch»»»

LONDON: ‌Britain and Germany will launch a joint partnership to counter ​sabotage and cyberattacks as Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor Friedrich Merz meet in Berlin on Thursday, shortly after both leaders warned of the hybrid ‌threat from ‌Russia. New ​joint ‌partnership ⁠will ​involve sh»»»

Military representatives from all of NATO's 32 members have gathered in Kiev. Ukraine has been trying to join the expansionist military-bloc for years, but has been consistently rejected. The visit by the members of the so-called Military Committee, takes place just a day after US Secretary of Stat»»»

Iran and Oman finalise safe transit routes through the Strait of Hormuz Iran and Oman have agreed on the geographical coordinates of designated "safe" transit routes for ships entering and leaving the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Wednesday (Oct. 7, 20»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday urged Western nations to return to what he called their civilisational roots and ensure the West "maintains its place at the head of the world" in a speech delivered against the backdrop of the Acropolis in Athens. The top US diplomat called on Europe »»»

Thousands of people joined a student march in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday to protest against Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil's October 25 presidential runoff. Bolsonaro led Sunday's first-round vote, prompting demonstrators to rally behind incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and oppose th»»»

Maricarmen ​Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing ​protests in Spain, has died, Madrid's tenants' union said on Wednesday. Massive protests following Abascal's eviction spiralled into a political crisis, eventually leading Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call a snap election»»»

IZMIR, Turkiye: More than 1,000 protesters gathered in Turkish opposition stronghold Izmir on Wednesday, angered by the defection of the city’s mayor to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AKP. The move was a huge symbolic victory for the Turkish leader, who has long wanted to control the secul»»»

MILAN: Foreign workers building the vast new US consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing payouts averaging 45,000 euros ($50,400) each for alleged labor abuses while working for an American construction company. More than 60 laborers, mostly from India, sign»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced the re-awarding of delayed infrastructure projects, with the remaining eight projects re-awarded to new contractors, in preparation for the resumption of work. This follows the resumption of work on 13 projects since April»»»

QNA Dar es Salaam Qatar’s Shura Council is taking part in the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) 153rd Assembly and 218th Governing Council meetings in Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzania. The gatherings are being held under the theme ‘Enhancing good governance and empowering communities through»»»

Liaqat Nawaz Malik Doha Halqa-e-Ahbab, Qatar recently organised a special “Back to School” programme across dual locations in Al Khor and Al Wakra, welcoming children into the new academic year with fresh minds, renewed confidence, and a positive attitude towards learning. The engaging initiative b»»»

LONDON: The longtime speaker of the Libyan parliament was ousted on Tuesday in a move likely to inject fresh tension into the country’s largely frozen political landscape. Aguila Saleh, a supporter of the Libyan National Army commander, Khalifa Haftar, was removed after 12 years in the post. Al-Sal»»»

Al Marri says next phase will improve efficiency, customer experience and security Dubai: The UAE’s ambition in government services goes beyond keeping pace with change to actively shaping the future, Lieutenant General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General of the General Directorate of Identit»»»

Hero pilot who saved 174 lives honoured at event marking 25 years of PM Modi's service Dubai: More than 200 Indian expats rose as one at the Indian Consulate auditorium in Dubai on Wednesday to give flydubai’s ‘hero’ pilot Captain Smit Machchhar a standing ovation and a loud, heartfelt tribute to t»»»

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has been questioned by the Central Investigating Chief Prosecutor’s Office over a 2024 incident in which he is accused of taking a man’s mobile phone and throwing it into the Danube. Magyar said on Wednesday evening that he had been questioned at a pre-arranged»»»

Haiti has indefinitely postponed elections scheduled for December and February, the electoral council said Tuesday, citing technical and operational requirements as gang violence continues to disrupt preparations. The delay leaves Haitians without a democratic process as authorities struggle to reg»»»

LONDON: The Syrian Arab Republic said on Wednesday it had foiled a smuggling attempt along the Lebanese border in the Damascus countryside, seizing two vehicles and their cargo after an exchange of gunfire. The smugglers opened fire on a patrol in the Jurd Al-Maarra area of Yabroud, prompting Syria»»»

WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday hailed the USS Abraham Lincoln’s crew while visiting the ship as it returned from a lengthy, difficult Iran war deployment in which multiple service members in the carrier strike group attempted suicide. The massive nuclear-powered warship lef»»»

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it had approved an 18-month program to help war-ravaged Yemen achieve economic stabilization and strengthen its macroeconomic frameworks, even as its civil war rages on. The IMF’s “Staff-Monitored Program” offers technical assistance but»»»

USS Abraham Lincoln honored for extraordinary service despite hardships at sea Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday hailed the USS Abraham Lincoln's crew while visiting the ship as it returned from a lengthy, difficult Iran war deployment in which multiple service members in the carrier stri»»»

A court on Wednesday ordered the former head of Germany's foreign intelligence service August Hanning to remain in pretrial detention after his arrest on suspicion of espionage and treason, along with a former deputy who allegedly supplied him with secret files. Here's what we know about one o»»»

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: Thousands of people joined a student march Wednesday in downtown Rio de Janeiro to protest presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and a surge of the far-right in Brazil. Wearing stickers declaring “Never Again Bolsonaro” and “No to the father, no to the son,” Brazilians, yo»»»

MADRID: An 87-year-old Madrid woman whose eviction triggered nationwide protests over Spain’s chronic housing crisis and a political debate that culminated in early elections died on Wednesday, a tenants’ union said. “We are sorry to announce that Maricarmen passed away today,” the Madrid Tenants’ »»»

WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday hailed the USS Abraham Lincoln’s crew while visiting the ship as it returned from a lengthy, difficult Iran war deployment in which multiple service members in the carrier strike group attempted suicide. The massive nuclear-powered warship lef»»»

Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov, commenting in an interview for Nova TV on the two merchant ships struck by drones in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea, said that Bulgaria has requested the assistance of international organizations to survey the sunken vessel using an underwater»»»

BEIRUT: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said one of its posts was targeted on Wednesday near the border with Israel by small-arms fire, but there were no casualties. “This morning, several rounds of small arms fire impacted a UNIFIL position near Kfar Shouba along the Blue Line in Secto»»»

DAMASCUS: Syria’s state petroleum company said on Wednesday that an oil pipeline in the country’s northeast was damaged in a “sabotage attack,” the third such incident in recent weeks. Years of civil war before the fall of longtime ruler Bashar Assad in late 2024 devastated Syria’s oil, gas and ele»»»

Pike would have been the first woman put to death by Tennessee in more than 200 years A convicted US killer who survived a botched execution is shackled to her hospital bed, awake and able to speak a little, her lawyer said on Wednesday, as a court ordered prison authorities to preserve evidence in»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the death of a Russian plague laboratory worker did not appear to be linked to a biological weapon. “We don’t think so. We’re going to find out soon enough, but we don’t think so,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked if a “bio»»»

Doha, Qatar: The General Directorate of Traffic announced an online auction for the sale of impounded vehicles through the Ministry of Interior’s Soum app. The auction will begin at 4pm on Sunday, October 11, 2026, and continue until 4pm on Monday, October 12. Ahead of the auction, photos of the ve»»»

Court finds no reliable proof she received money or sent the disputed messages Ajman: The Ajman Appeal Court has overturned the conviction of an Egyptian woman accused of embezzlement and breach of trust, ruling that doubts over the authenticity of WhatsApp evidence and a lack of proof that money w»»»

US citizens warned of possible flight cancellations, airspace closures, travel disruptions Dubai: The US Mission in Saudi Arabia has urged American citizens to exercise heightened vigilance amid the ongoing security situation and public threats by Yemen's Houthis against airports and airspace acros»»»

Twelve years ago, EU summit leaders announced they had a strategy to tackle unprecedented migrant arrivals. Next week, they will meet again in Brussels and to tell us something similar. We journalists will report on the latest twists and turns, hoping to get some sort of angle that hasn’t been cove»»»

Geneva: The World Health Organization said Wednesday it could not produce a full risk assessment as it did not yet have the whole picture from Russia on the suspected plague death of a laboratory technician. The WHO, the United States and the European Union have urged Moscow to provide more informa»»»

Damascus, Oct. 7 (SANA) Syrian Foreign Ministry Adviser for Arab Affairs Mohammad Taha al-Ahmad met with Mohamed el-Feki, Chargé d’Affaires of the Egyptian Embassy in Damascus, along with a delegation that included the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Egypt’s Air Cairo and several of the compa»»»

It has become a cliché in Israel to say the country is “stuck on October 7”: unable to move on to 8 October; unable to return to 6 October. Moving beyond that day will take time, but it will also require moments that mark a before and an after. One came last year, when the last living Israeli hosta»»»

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At Wednesday’s meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security (CCNS), participants agreed that those responsible for the attack on two merchant ships in the Black Sea should be identified, while Prime Minister Rumen Radev said after the meeting that there was no threat to Bulgaria’s nati»»»

The French agriculture ministry on Wednesday forecast a historic low wine output this year after a summer of record high temperatures and a reduction in cultivated areas. The total harvest plunged 14 percent below the 2021–2025 average, with the Champagne region hit hardest due to an early har»»»

Staff shortages, rats in the corridors, and a university admissions system that feels like a lottery: As protests sweep France, high school students have drawn up a list of demands to deal with these and other issues. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has promised a government response by the end of»»»