Puerto San Carlos, Mexico: Mexico's Pacific coast survived the onslaught of Hurricane Polo relatively unscathed, with AFP reporters reporting fallen trees and partially flooded streets but no serious injuries. Polo made landfall on Monday in the south of Baja California peninsula as a Category 3 hu»»»

WASHINGTON: The United States has sanctioned 10 individuals and entities, including some based in China, Hong Kong and Pakistan,saying they helped ​Iran procure weapons and components, the US Treasury Department said Tuesday. The sanctions are part of the Trump administration’s effort to isolate Ir»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: The US Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted restrictions on the deportations of immigrants to countries that are not their own, while agreeing to hear the issue on its merits in December. The conservative-dominated high court granted an emergency request by the Trump administr»»»

Military escorts and rerouted tankers sustain Hormuz oil lifeline amid Iran pressure Gulf oil producers are moving far more crude through the Strait of Hormuz than many expected possible, using US Navy-backed workarounds to keep one of the world’s most important energy corridors operating despite I»»»

JERUSALEM: An Israeli minister came out in defense of French far-right politician Jordan Bardella on Tuesday, after an investigative website alleged that he had made antisemitic comments in 2013. Bardella, 31, is the de facto number two to the National Rally’s (RN) Marine Le Pen, and is tipped to b»»»

Stocks slip as surging Treasury yields overshadow retreat in oil prices US and European stocks traded mainly lower Tuesday despite oil prices retreating from a recent surge, as bond yields pushed higher and investors waited for key inflation data. The US 30-year Treasury yield touched 5.62 percent,»»»

Istanbul: Seven senior refereeing administrators were taken into custody in Istanbul on Tuesday, with Justice Minister Akın Gürlek confirming the detentions are tied to an ongoing probe into alleged manipulation of referee match assignments. Gurlek said on social media platform X that the detention»»»

The Amir His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received a written message from President of Maldives Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, pertaining to bilateral relations and ways to support and develop them. The message was received by Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Ahmed bin H»»»

Dr Al Ansari urged Iranian officials to take steps to distance themselves and the region from the conflict, stressing that the attacks constituted aggression against sovereign states. He said GCC states and other countries in the region had long called for a solution based on dialogue. “Qatar seeks»»»

Tunis, Sept. 29 (TAP) - Tunisia and Finland discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in border protection and benefit from Finnish expertise during a working meeting held at the Tunisian Embassy in Helsinki.Tunisian Ambassador to Finland Nabiha...»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Foundation (QF) is preparing to welcome audiences to “Showtime! 2026: The Secret of the Garden’’, which will run from October 7 to 10 at the Pre-University Education Theater in Education City, with the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) performing live alongside the »»»

Tribune News Network Paris For the fifth consecutive season, Qatar Airways and Paris Saint-Germain are once again rallying the entire Rouge & Bleu community in support of Pink October. Athletes, employees, supporters, and partners will join forces to raise awareness of breast cancer screening and t»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Geekend, the region’s premier pop-culture event held by Doha Film Institute (DFI), returns from October 1 to 3 at the Geekdom Building in Lusail Boulevard, bringing together Qatar’s artists, creators, gamers and pop-culture communities for three days of creativity, connect»»»

QNA Doha Mada - Qatar Assistive Technology Center launched yesterday a digital platform for its Advisory Team for persons with disabilities and their families, offering a dedicated channel for participation in consultations on policies, services and initiatives related to persons with disabilities,»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the tech executives gathered at the White House to discuss regulating AI had signed a “morally binding” commitment to build adequate safeguards on the fast-moving technology. “They’re going to police themselves,” Trump said after the meeting tha»»»

Abu Dhabi, Sept. 30 (SANA) Finance Minister Mohammed Yisr Barnieh and Governor of the Central Bank of Syria Safwat Raslan participated Tuesday in a high-level workshop bringing together Arab central bank governors and finance ministers on the sidelines of the 50th session of the Council of Arab Cen»»»

LONDON (AP) — A surprise decision by the U.K.'s counterterrorism police to release five suspects on bail during an investigation into a suspected bomb plot at a U.S.-operated air force base in England has deepened questions and uncertainty about the incident. Police confirmed Tuesday that no explos»»»

WASHINGTON: The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread criticism from Republicans and Democrats as a blatant misuse of taxpayer dollars that likely runs afoul of anti-propaganda law. In a »»»

TEHRAN: Iran’s currency fell to a new record low on Tuesday, with traders in Tehran exchanging more than 2.5 million rials to the US dollar in a stark reflection of how the war in the Middle East has steadily eroded the Iranian economy. The latest decline came just 27 days after the rial hit its pr»»»

NEW YORK: Mayor Zohran Mamdani debuted a sweeping plan Tuesday to combat antisemitism and hate crimes against Jewish people in New York City, moving to assuage concerns from critics who see his steadfast denunciations of Israel as antisemitic. The strategy includes increased security funding for sy»»»

Geneva, Sept. 29 (SANA) Oman on Tuesday condemned the continued Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan and repeated Israeli attacks on Syria, calling for respect for the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Oman News Agency (ONA) quoted Oman’s Permanent Representative to the United »»»

King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as Morocco's first woman prime minister on Tuesday after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in a September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said. Her government is expected to make major investments linked to the 2030 FIFA Wor»»»

More than 100 Israeli settlers have staged a riot in the West Bank village of Jalud, burning Palestinian homes and vehicles and throwing stones at Israeli forces, after the Jewish state’s High Court ordered that Palestinian families the mob had targeted and evicted weeks earlier be returned to thei»»»

SOFIA: Greece is to return to Bulgaria the remains of one of the last tsars to rule the country before it was conquered by the Byzantine Empire, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev announced on Tuesday. Sofia has long sought the repatriation of the remains attributed to Tsar Samuel, who reigned fr»»»

LONDON: A judge Tuesday refused bail to a prominent British anti-migrant activist accused of slashing a dinghy in the Channel and set a trial date next year. Daniel Thomas, better known by his nickname Danny Tommo, was charged with criminal damage this month after a video livestream showed him appa»»»

Tunis, Sept. 29 (TAP) - Minister of Public Works and Housing and Acting Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Slah Zouari held a working meeting on Tuesday at the ministry with Austrian Federal Minister for the Economy, Energy and Tourism Wolfgang...»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar is participating in the inaugural edition of the "Made in GCC 2026" Forum and Exhibition, hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain from Oct. 6 to 8. According to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Qatar will participate through its national pavilion alongside s»»»

BRATISLAVA: A knife-wielding schoolboy killed a teacher and wounded another and a pupil in an attack in northwestern Slovakia on Tuesday, authorities said. The attack occurred at around 0700 GMT in the village of Staskov close to the Czech border. A 13-year-old schoolboy was detained over the attac»»»

MADRID: Spain, Portugal, and Luxembourg have urged the European Union to set a 2040 target to expand renewable energy, in a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday, setting up a clash with other EU countries who want the goal to include nuclear power. The European Commission is preparing a raft of new EU»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi defense minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, and his Bulgarian counterpart, Dimitar Stoyanov, on Tuesday discussed the enhancement of military and defense cooperation between their countries. During their telephone conversation, the ministers explored opportunities to expand bilate»»»

New York Fed chief says one more increase may still be appropriate later this year The US central bank does not need to raise interest rates with "urgency" although a further increase may be required late this year, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Tuesday. The Fed rais»»»

DUBAI: Syrian security forces arrested three suspected members of a Hezbollah-affiliated cell accused of planning rocket attacks in the southern province of Daraa, thwarting what authorities described as a sabotage plot. The General Intelligence Directorate, working with Internal Security Forces, c»»»

UPDATEHigher global oil costs could feed into what drivers pay at the pump next month. Dubai: UAE motorists could see fuel prices rise in October after global oil prices spent much of September at elevated levels, although improving regional supply routes could ease some of the pressure. Get update»»»

Mohammed Parvez stopped mid-delivery to tackle a damaged irrigation pipe Dubai: A delivery rider who interrupted his work route to tackle a leaking irrigation pipe that was flooding a busy Dubai Road has been honoured by the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) Dubai for h»»»

Kingstown: Governor-General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines HE Sir Stanley John met Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi today in Kingstown. The meeting dealt with discussing bilateral cooperation between the two countries and th»»»

Kingstown: Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines HE Godwin Friday met in Kingstown on Tuesday with Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi. During the meeting, both sides discussed cooperation between the two countries an»»»

BUNIA, Congo: The number of confirmed cases of Ebola virus in Congo has surged past 8,000, as the country runs out of health workers to contain the deadly disease, officials said Monday. The outbreak is the country’s 17th and its deadliest. Congo announced an outbreak on May 15, caused by the rare »»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday stressed the importance of ensuring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, the Bab Al-Mandab Strait, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden.It also called for the conditions in the Strait of Hormuz to be restored to those prevailing before February 28, w»»»

The president has an important role to play in amplifying the voice of Bulgarian citizens, presidential candidate Andrey Gurov said at a meeting with supporters at the Yavorov Hall in Blagoevgrad on Tuesday. Gurov said the president represented the voice entrusted to the officeholder by citizens th»»»

Kingstown: Governor-General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines HE Sir Stanley John met Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi today in Kingstown. The meeting dealt with discussing bilateral cooperation between the two countries and th»»»

NEW YORK — US air safety regulators are delaying certification of the 737 MAX 10 until determining a fresh software glitch poses no safety risk, a top official said Monday.The problem stems from a cockpit software update to the 737 MAX that can cause an automated navigation feature to fail when pla»»»

By Robin MillardGENEVA — Artificial intelligence is fuelling a rebound in investment in innovation, with corporate research and development spending reaching record highs, the United Nations said Tuesday.The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization said more money was going into venture capita»»»

AMMAN — The Jordan FinTech Festival 2026 highlighted growing cooperation in financial technology through three agreements focused on skills development, innovation and regional knowledge exchange.The Jordanian FinTech Academy signed an MoU with the Palestinian Payments Services Company to strengthe»»»

AMMAN — Jordan is participating in the 2026 Annual Conference of the Arab Federation of Exchanges (AFE), hosted by the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), with more than 600 participants and 50 speakers representing over 25 stock exchanges and clearing institutions.The two-day conference brings to»»»

MOGADISHU: Turkey has poured huge sums into making Somalia one of its main foreign outposts but is being sucked into the country’s violent political battles, risking the goodwill it has built. Turkish F-16s fired missiles around Baidoa, a city in southern Somalia, on Monday as they helped federal t»»»

TORONTO: Three generations of an Armenian-Christian family were driving home in Baghdad in April 2003 ‌when US Marines in a firefight with Iraqi forces fired on their cars, killing three men. Almost a decade later, two women who survived the attack sat down in their Glendale, California, living roo»»»

JEDDAH: Some 37 Italian companies were in Jeddah for The Saudifood Show 2026, building on agri-food exports to Saudi Arabia that approached SR2.2 billion ($587 million) in the first 11 months of 2025. Seventeen companies exhibited food and beverage products at the show at the Jeddah Superdome, whil»»»

Tunis, Sept. 29 (TAP) - Tunisia will participate for the first time in the inaugural Fezzan Conference, to be held in Libya’s Sabha on November 24-26, through the Tunisia-Africa Business Council, which will be the event’s guest of honour, Council...»»»

The past 77 years have witnessed China’s relentless pursuit of progress through trials and triumphs. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Chinese people have opened a path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, achieving the historic transformation from national indep»»»

MoFA condemns actions by Israeli minister and settlers as provocative escalation Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates strongly condemned the storming of Al Aqsa Courtyard by Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Israeli Minister of National Security, alongside settlers, under the protection of the Israeli police, co»»»