Manchester, England: Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino has agreed to become the Manchester United men’s head coach from 18 November, the club announced on Friday. In its statement, Manchester United said that it reached an agreement with the U.S. Soccer Federation for Mauricio and his staff to be»»»

NEW YORK: New York authorities on Friday pledged a full investigation into how a residential building collapsed this week, killing eight people and injuring over a dozen more. The three-story property in Brooklyn tumbled into a neighboring excavation site on Wednesday afternoon, prompting a huge em»»»

Judicial employees across the country Friday expressed their dissatisfaction with the parametres of the 2027 State Budget Bill as part of The Invisible Ones in the Judicial System initiative. Protests were held in Blagoevgrad, Burgas, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Gabrovo, Kardzhali, Kyuste»»»

Presidential adviser offers condolences to families of victims and prayers for the injured The deadly road accident in Fujairah that claimed 14 lives and left 30 people injured has deeply saddened the UAE, Dr Anwar Gargash, the Diplomatic Adviser to the President of the UAE, said. In a message post»»»

Talks focus on strengthening collective Arab action and regional stability Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received His Excellency Nabil Fahmy, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, who is visiting the UAE. During the meeting, Sheikh Mohamed and th»»»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security last week, called the Moscow Format consultations on Afghanistan “the most representative platform for developing a region-wide consensus.” It is hard to argue with the central point of the f»»»

Germany’s continued military buildup, financed largely through government borrowing, could push public debt to nearly 100% of GDP by 2040, an independent government advisory body has warned, urging Berlin to promptly rein in spending. The country’s deeply ingrained cultural and political aversion t»»»

US President Donald Trump has said he wants to “get Cuba done” before leaving office in two years, adding that he is open to ordering a military operation against the island. Speaking to conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday, Trump made clear that he “would certainly consider” a week-long»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The UN’s human rights chief on Friday demanded that the Houthis immediately return the body of a UN staff member who died in their custody in Yemen. The high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, also warned that another detained UN worker might have been tortured into making “»»»

Tunis, Nov.13 (TAP) – Ways to boost military cooperation between Tunisia and Oman, and to broaden its scope, took centre stage at a meeting held Friday in Tunis between Defence Minister Khaled Sehili and Oman's Ambassador to Tunisia Hilal bin...»»»

Damascus, Nov. 13 (SANA) Minister of Finance Mohammed Yisr Barnieh discussed Friday with a visiting mission from the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB Group) the initial outcomes of the 2027–2029 Country Partnership Framework, which the Group is tasked with drafting to guide its upcoming develop»»»

Abu Dhabi, Nov. 13 (SANA) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met Friday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on the sidelines of the Sir Bani Yas Forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The meeting addressed issues of mutual interest and ways to strength»»»

Abu Dhabi, Nov. 13 (SANA) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met Friday with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the Sir Bani Yas Forum in Abu Dhabi. The meeting addressed avenues for bil»»»

Istanbul: The Amir Sheikh HH Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and HE President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkiye have signed in Istanbul a joint defense agreement aimed at strengthening military cooperation between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Turkiye. The agreement was signed on Fr»»»

BEIRUT: The Lebanese army announced on Friday that it seized a large number of arms and ammunition from a depot in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, adding that it arrested one person. The army conducted “a special security operation after close monitoring of the transportation and»»»

AL-MUKALLA: Houthi forces launched ballistic missiles targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in Yemen’s interim capital Aden on Friday, Yemeni military spokesperson said. Majed Al-Nuzaili described the attack as a “serious escalation” that threatened the safety of residents and held the Ir»»»

BELGRADE - Speaking to reporters after consultations held in the National Assembly building on Friday ahead of a November 17 constitutive session of the new Serbian parliament, the United Serbia list's candidate for MP Milenko Jovanov said that, after initial discussions, it could be said that "rev»»»

Tunis,13 nov. (TAP)- The weather will be sometimes cloudy on Friday night with scattered and local showers expected in the far north and south, and a bit cloudy elsewhere.Nighttime temperatures will range between 14°C and 19°C in the north and...»»»

Global study measures passport strength, wellbeing, personal freedoms and quality of life Dubai: The UAE has secured 23rd place in the 2026 Happy Passports Index, scoring 73.4 points out of 100 in a global ranking that assesses quality of life, personal freedoms, international mobility, prosperity,»»»

GDRFA Dubai becomes the first in its sector worldwide to earn the top rating. Dubai: Dubai’s General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA Dubai) has become the world’s first residency and foreigners affairs authority to receive a 7-star rating in future planning, securing the highe»»»

BEIRUT: The Lebanese army announced on Friday that it seized a large number of arms and ammunition from a depot in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, adding that it arrested one person. The army conducted “a special security operation after close monitoring of the transportation and»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces hit two electrical substations in Ukraine's Sumy region, which ensure the functioning of military industry enterprises, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday. "As a result of the strike, power substations PS-110 and PS-330 were damaged in ... the Su»»»

ANTALYA, Turkiye (Sputnik) - Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom will need up to 40 different ice-class vessels for the Northern Sea Route, and the first block of orders will be placed at Russian shipyards, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said on Friday. "We understand that, in general, Rosatom »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia remained the third-largest supplier of pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the European Union in September, according to Eurostat data reviewed by Sputnik on Friday. The total value of Russian pipeline gas and LNG supplies to the EU stood at 1.28 billion euros »»»

Damascus, Nov. 13 (SANA) The Syrian Arab Republic extended its sincere condolences and sympathy to the government and people of the Republic of Türkiye following the crash of a military helicopter and the deaths of its crew members. In a statement issued Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and »»»

NAIROBI: Six people died near Kenya’s capital Nairobi after the top floor of a building under construction collapsed on Friday, a police official said, the latest in a string of construction accidents to hit the country recently. “So far we have confirmed six bodies, but also five people have been »»»

UNIDO ranking assesses standards, accreditation and quality systems across economies The UAE has ranked fifth globally in the 2026 Quality Infrastructure for Sustainable Development Index (QI4SD) within the group of economies with GDP between USD 100 billion and USD 1 trillion, issued by the United»»»

No employees performing core policing duties in the field will be laid off, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said during a meeting of the Interior Ministry’s Social Partnership Council, the Ministry said in a press release on Friday. The Ministry's political leadership discussed the parameters al»»»

Istanbul: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and President of the Republic of Turkiye HE Recep Tayyip Erdogan co-chaired the 12th meeting of the Qatar-Turkiye Supreme Strategic Committee at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul on Friday evening. At the outset of the meeting, HE President Erdogan »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A US Boeing RC-135U Combat Sent reconnaissance aircraft spent more than three hours flying near Russia's Kaliningrad Region, according to flight data reviewed by Sputnik on Friday. The aircraft departed from RAF Mildenhall in the UK at approximately 9:17 GMT and headed east. Arou»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Pentagon on Friday announced it has renamed its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to reflect the government's transition to the term "super intelligence." "The Department of War announced today the official redesignation of the Chief Digital and Artificial »»»

UNDP: Delaying action could double costs as extreme weather threatens vulnerable nations Acting now to counter the devastating effects of the El Nino phenomenon will cost half as much as waiting, the head of the UN Development Programme told AFP Friday. Alexander De Croo spoke to AFP at the UN clim»»»

BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday urged US President Donald Trump not to spring any surprises during expected talks on Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China next week. “Some here in Dublin fear this could turn into a ‘second Anchorage moment’,” said Merz, referring»»»

BELGRADE - At consultations held in the parliament building on Friday ahead of a November 17 constitutive session of the new Serbian parliament, Student List representatives said the new parliament speaker, the number of deputy speakers and their names would be decided upon by majority vote at the »»»

This week’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict yielded “meaningful progress,” US President Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner has said. He announced plans to address the Russia-Ukraine territorial dispute and wider European security order in parallel. In a statement on X on Frid»»»

In their most recent talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner apparently secured a place for ‘Europe’ at the negotiating table with Russia. European leaders will have to overcome deep factional divides and square away their most ideologically-driven fan»»»

Tunis, Nov.13 (TAP) - Tunindex ended the week (November 9-13) up 1.4 % to 18,989.99 points, taking its year-to-date performance to +41.2 %, Broker Tunisie Valeurs said.The week was characterised by a marked pick-up in the pace of trade, with a total...»»»

Hungary’s former foreign minister Péter Szijjártó reportedly coordinated with the Kremlin to bring Russian intelligence documents to Budapest, detailing efforts to discredit Tisza politician István Kapitány ahead of the 2026 election. The revelations come from a new book by investigative journalist»»»

A temperature of 27.4 C was recorded in Ruse on November 13, while wind gusts reached speeds of up to 16 metres per second, the hydrometeorological station in the Danube city told the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). The station said that the previous highest temperature recorded in Ruse on November 13»»»

ADEN: Yemen’s armed forces have carried out 943 air and ground strikes against Houthi positions, military sites and equipment over the past few hours, the army’s spokesperson said on Friday. In a statement, the spokesperson said the operations were part of the “Dawn of Yemen” campaign and included »»»

Two figures that best illustrate this transformation. They relate to GDP per capita, adjusted for purchasing power (Purchasing Power Standard, PPS), and to actual individual consumption respectively. The first shows us how much the economy produces, relative to the population and price levels. The »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah strongly condemns the terrorist and brutal aggression carried out by the Zionist enemy, which targeted the Nasser Medical Hospita»»»

An overwhelming majority in the European Parliament has agreed that MEPs can delegate their vote to another member in the months before and after childbirth, retaining their say in key files. The statute change, passed with 578 votes for, 25 against, and 4 abstentions on Thursday (12 November) will»»»

JERUSALEM: Israeli prime ministerial hopeful Gadi Eisenkot called on Friday for respect for the country’s Arab minority after caretaker premier Benjamin Netanyahu and other right-wing figures sought to delegitimize the community’s lawmakers by linking them to Hamas. Two Arab-majority parties, Raam »»»

ISTANBUL: Turkiye and Qatar signed a mutual defense agreement on Friday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s office said, after ‌the ‌president met ‌the Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in Istanbul. “President Erdogan stated that we would continue ‌working together to ‌prevent the ‌resurg»»»

Tunis, Nov.13 (TAP) - Tunisian olive oil expert Professor Imene Trabelsi Trigui has been selected as a member of the jury for the 5th Buenos Aires International Olive Oil Competition (BAIOOC), to be held on November 13-14 in Argentina, Argentia's...»»»

AL-JIB: Looking tiny in his adult-size grey prison jumpsuit, 15-year-old Palestinian Ezzedine Al-Lahalia appeared stunned as his mother embraced him after a month in an Israeli jail. His first request was a child’s wish for his favorite food: stuffed cabbage and shawarma. The teenager, who had been»»»

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that he would not be cowed by Iranian threats ​against his life, after recently moving from his Washington, DC, residence to a US military base. “Why am I going to be afraid when our, the brave military personnel in the Gulf, President »»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump does not see the need for a peace settlement with Iran and prefers applying economic pressure on Tehran, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said on Friday. "President Trump does not think we need a deal, and we will just keep squeezing them,” Be»»»

Investigators examine brakes, speed records, road safety measures after deadly collisions Abu Dhabi: The UAE Public Prosecution has ordered the detention of a truck driver and launched a detailed investigation into a devastating crash in Fujairah that killed 14 people and injured around 30 others, »»»