Sunday's elections in two German states resulted in the defeat of the country's ruling CDU, a result described as a “disaster” by Chancellor Friedrich Merz. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in the northeast of the country, the far-right AfD became the strongest party while the hard-»»»

DOHA: His Highness Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will address the opening of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, as world leaders gather for the annual high-level debate. His Highness is leading the State of Qatar's delegation»»»

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Riyadh, Sept. 21 (SANA) Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan held separate phone calls on Monday with his counterparts from Kuwait, Egypt and Türkiye to discuss regional developments and efforts to address rising tensions. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement posted on X th»»»

Presidential adviser says diplomacy needed to shape region’s future and stability Dubai: Arab countries and Iran need to engage in a direct dialogue over the future of the region rather than leaving strategic discussions largely to Tehran and Washington, Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Diplomatic Advise»»»

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said Monday he would support the ongoing diplomatic efforts and the framework agreement if and only if they lead to an Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon. Jumblat told reporters after he met with President Joseph Aoun in Baabda that he woul»»»

New York: The model for managing artificial intelligence (AI) risks "is unravelling," United Nations experts warned in a report published Monday on an incident at OpenAI in July. During the incident, two OpenAI systems escaped their confined testing environment, accessed the internet and broke into»»»

Doha, Qatar: Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HE Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi met on Monday with Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the State of Qatar, HE Syahda Guruh Langkah Samudera. The meeting discussed bilateral cooperation relations and ways to support and dev»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi met Monday with Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs of the Federal Republic of Somalia HE Hassan Moalim Mohamud Sheikh Ali during his visit to the State of Qatar. During the meeting»»»

Iran has already prepared for a prolonged war and is now even more ready for such a scenario, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesperson general Hossein Mohebbi said. "If a new aggression takes place, there will definitely be significant changes in our defense and our counteroffensive… We will »»»

Transfer pricing begins with who does the work, signs the deal and carries the risk A group wins its first significant contract in a new market. The client is ready to sign. On Tuesday, someone asks a practical question: which of our companies should be on the contract? Sign up for our daily busine»»»

Amman, Sept. 21 (SANA) Central Bank of Syria Governor Mohammad Safwat Raslan discussed with representatives of several Arab banks expanding banking cooperation, opening new channels for joint work and licensing new banks in Syria. Raslan held a series of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the A»»»

London: UK flights faced fresh disruption Monday, with some cancelled due to a technical issue at the nation's air traffic control agency -- the second such outage in two weeks. The National Air Traffic Services (NATS), plagued by several incidents in recent years, apologised for the latest inciden»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian caretaker PM Djuro Macut met on Monday in Belgrade with members of the organising committee of the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, to be co-hosted by Serbia and Albania. "The upcoming championship is another major sporting event which will confirm Serbia’s readiness to »»»

Anyone already planning trips, holidays or time off in Hungary next year can start marking their calendar: Hungary public holidays 2027 will produce six guaranteed long weekends, including a four-day Easter break. Several other public holidays, however, will fall on Saturdays or Sundays, while the »»»

It is lunchtime in downtown Santiago, and dozens of businesses around the Plaza de Armas are serving up one of Chile's most democratic specialties: the "completo." For decades, the country's version of the hot dog has been one of the most affordable foods enjoyed across social classes. But as the c»»»

China and the United States are divided on many issues, from tariffs and technology to Taiwan. But there is one thing tying them together: fast food. American restaurant and beverage chains are expanding rapidly in China, drawn by the potential customer pool in a country with four times the U.S. po»»»

Madrid: Spain's World Cup-winning coach Luis de la Fuente is to sign a new contract keeping him in the role until 2032, the Spanish football federation (RFEF) announced on Monday. "Luis de la Fuente will extend his contract through the next two European Championships, in 2028 and 2032, as well as t»»»

U.S. futures are climbing as oil prices decline and investors await an expected meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week in Washington, which could cover trade, artificial intelligence and geopolitics. Futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.7% on Monday, while t»»»

For nearly four decades, Canada built its economy around closer integration with the United States. President Donald Trump has turned that dependence into leverage, imposing tariffs, threatening Canada's sovereignty and openly seeking to pull Canadian industrial production south. Canadian Prime Min»»»

Abu Dhabi Declaration highlight of UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Dubai: Crime no longer stops at any border, and the UAE says the response cannot either. As Abu Dhabi prepares to host the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice from September 26 »»»

Modi offers heartfelt condolences to Al Maktoum family and Dubai Ruler Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered his condolences to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, following the death of Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Ma»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that it was an “honor” to him to welcome President Joseph Aoun to the White House for a “truly historic visit,” the Lebanese presidency said on Monday, citing a letter sent by Trump. Aoun had visit the White House on July 21. “At a time when the Middle East is w»»»

Pontianak, Indonesia: Dozens of planes and thousands of personnel fighting huge forest fires in Indonesia are struggling to contain them, authorities said Monday, while neighbouring Malaysia stepped up efforts to combat toxic haze. "From the air to the ground, all forces continue to move. Everythin»»»

Israeli forces on Monday raided the hometown of a Palestinian man suspected of shooting dead an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank the day before, local authorities said. Sunday's shooting occurred near the Israeli settlement of Neveh Tzuf, north of Ramallah, on the eve of the Jewish holiday»»»

Gaza health officials said Israeli fire killed three people, including a woman and a child, and injured several others across the Palestinian territory on Monday. Officials at Nasser hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis said the body of a child, Ismail Al-Bardawil, was brought to the medica»»»

Frankfurt, Germany: German automotive workers held nationwide protests on Monday, calling for government and management action to protect jobs and factories as the car industry hits crisis point. Growing Chinese competition, compounded by weak domestic demand and US tariffs, has thrown the German c»»»

Free Patriotic Movement chief Gebran Bassil has said that he distinguishes between the FPM’s position, Hezbollah's position, and the government's position regarding the talks with Israel. “We do not refuse negotiation, but we want something in return. They (ruling authorities) depicted to the Leban»»»

US President Donald Trump will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday in New York, where both leaders will be attending the United Nations General Assembly this week, the White House said. US President Donald Trump will meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday in New»»»

Doha, Qatar: Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, HE Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi met on Monday with Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to the State of Qatar, HE Josefin Simonsson Broden. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation relations between the two countries and way»»»

Pope Leo XIV on Friday begins a four-day visit to France, where the Catholic Church's views on abortion and euthanasia run counter to the values of a secular country that recently enshrined abortion in its constitution and gave final approval to a bill establishing the right to assisted dying.»»»

Thousands marched across France on Sunday against a bill that would presume police officers acted lawfully when using their weapons, a measure critics have denounced as a "licence to kill". Thousands of people marched in Paris and other French cities on Sunday against a proposed law on the legitima»»»

Damascus, Sept. 21 (SANA) Rising energy costs and supply disruptions are putting pressure on fuel markets, production sectors and household budgets worldwide, with Syria also affected as it faces a gap between domestic demand and available refining capacity. The global energy market has been affect»»»

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Sunday, South Korea’s military said. This came days after Pyongyang reaffirmed its status as a nuclear-armed state and rejected a UN resolution calling for an end to its nuclear activities. North Korea fired »»»

Tokyo: China's 13-year-old swimming sensation Yu Zidi smashed another Asian Games record for her second gold in as many days on Monday, two years out from the Los Angeles Olympics. Yu gave another glimpse of her enormous potential in Tokyo as she scorched to victory in the women's 200m individual m»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev called for increased US investment in Bulgaria’s high-tech sectors, including artificial intelligence, data centers, robotics, mechatronics and semiconductors, during a meeting with the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria. Radev said the government’s work has a direc»»»

The initiative committees supporting presidential candidate Iliyana Yotova and candidate Andrey Gyurov submitted their registration documents for the upcoming election to the Central Election Commission simultaneously. Yotova was not present at the registration because she is due to address the UN »»»

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The State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan has disrupted a transnational drug trafficking route used to smuggle Afghan hashish along the Afghanistan—Tajikistan—Kyrgyzstan route, the SCNS said. Two Kyrgyz nationals — M.D.N., 44, and N.A.K., 55 — were detained on suspicion of invo»»»

Hungary’s reduced VAT rate on most new homes is set to expire at the end of 2026, potentially bringing the standard 27% rate back into play from January. In theory, the Hungary new home VAT 2027 change could add almost 21% to the gross price of an affected property if developers passed the entire t»»»

Three US news outlets President Donald Trump banned from the White House — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — are filing a critical First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access. The emergency request is set to go before a federal judge in the DC District Court and could result in hearings and legal arg»»»

Party ejected from a state legislature for first time in eight-decade history Berlin: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced a struggle to stabilise his position and keep his agenda on track Monday after voters inflicted two more defeats on his party, ejecting it from a state legislature for the fi»»»

Timur Ibragimov was elected the new President of the Judo Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic. His candidacy was supported by 108 delegates during a conference, the sports organization reported. In his speech, the new president thanked the delegates for their trust and noted that he views the new pos»»»

Competition came back larger in scale and tougher in format The second edition of the School of Cyber Defense competition reached its final at GISEC GLOBAL 2026, bringing the strongest student cybersecurity teams in the UAE to Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City. Building on its 2025 debut, the comp»»»

U.S. President Donald Trump has changed his strategy on Yemen several times, The New York Times reported, torn between Saudi pressure to strike the Iran-backed Houthis and the risk of opening another front in the Middle East war. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement has staged a lightning offensive »»»

On Monday, diesel has reached €2 per liter at some gas stations in Bulgaria. Maya Manolova, chairwoman of the Commission for Consumer Protection (CPCoo), said the commission would launch inspections to determine whether recent fuel price increases are economically justified. The price increases com»»»

TOKYO: Qatar's swimming team has qualified for the 4x200m freestyle relay final at the 20th Asian Games, Aichi-Nagoya 2026, currently taking place in Japan, clocking a time of 7:24.10 minutes in the preliminary heats. The team secured its spot in the final after a strong performance in the qualifie»»»

Scientists from the Tyumen State Medical University (TyumSMU) of Russia’s Ministry of Health have developed a new method for assessing potential metabolic disorder risks by analyzing daily fluctuations in wrist temperature. The researchers found that a smaller variation in wrist temperature is asso»»»

US President Donald Trump has signed into law a sweeping expansion of sanctions against Russia, giving Washington new powers to target Moscow as well as major buyers of Russian energy. The legislation authorizes tariffs of up to 100% on goods from certain countries purchasing Russian oil and gas, w»»»