BELGRADE - Air Serbia achieved its best-ever Q3 result in 2026, carrying a total of 1,737,977 passengers on scheduled and charter flights, the national airline announced on Friday. "At the same time, the national airline achieved a record result for the first nine months of the year, carrying a tot»»»

A former Syrian general wanted for crimes against humanity is being bankrolled and protected by the U.S. and Lebanese authorities, a BBC investigation has found. Bassam al-Hassan, who oversaw Syria's chemical weapons program and was a senior adviser to former President Bashar al-Assad, is being har»»»

New study estimates 183,000 tortoises on Aldabra Atoll after decades of conservation Giant tortoises that were once hunted to the brink of extinction now outnumber humans in the Seychelles, with a landmark scientific survey estimating that nearly 183,000 of the animals live on a remote Indian Ocean»»»

Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov is awaiting a response from Acting Prosecutor General Vanya Stefanova before deciding whether to nominate a candidate for acting Prosecutor General, the Justice Ministry press service said on Friday. On October 7, Naydenov sent Stefanova a letter requesting the nam»»»

Tunis, Oct. 9 (TAP)- President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed Thursday received in Carthage Speaker of the Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP) Brahim Bouderbala and President of the National Council of Regions and Districts (CNRD) Imed...»»»

Gold gained over 1% to trade near $4,180/oz after dipping to a 2-month low earlier Dubai: Gold prices climbed overnight after strong demand at a 30-year US Treasury auction pulled long-dated yields back from their highest levels in more than two decades. The metal gained over 1 per cent to trade ne»»»

Emirates, Etihad and flydubai list Riyadh cancellations, Air Arabia reports flight changes Dubai: Several flights from the UAE to Riyadh have been cancelled on Friday, October 9, and Saturday, October 10, according to the airlines’ websites, with Emirates, Etihad and flydubai reporting changes to t»»»

Bulgarian customs officials seized nearly 25 million cigarettes worth an estimated EUR 5 million in a 24-hour operation targeting illicit excise goods. The cigarettes were discovered in four trucks at the Lesovo and Kulata border checkpoints, Stefan Bakalov, Deputy Director of the National Customs »»»

DUBAI: Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a condemnation following the two attacks launched by the Houthi militia on Thursday, which targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority confirmed the attacks resulted in the death of three »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian caretaker Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Dragan Glamocic met with Chinese Ambassador to Belgrade Li Ming on Friday to discuss further advancement of cooperation between the two countries, primarily in agricultural digitalisation and application of modern t»»»

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he will ask US President Donald Trump to remove ICE from the city after federal immigration agents on Thursday shot a man in a vehicle with his five-year-old child during an attempted arrest. The 28-year-old survived and is being treated at hospital.»»»

Brazil's right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro secured third-place finisher Augusto Cury's endorsement on Thursday, strengthening his position against incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead of the runoff. Cury won nearly three percent in Sunday's first round. A Datafolha p»»»

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As France's nationwide student protest movement continued on Thursday with more clashes between protesters and police, the education minister pledged to deploy 3,000 substitute teachers "within the next hours" to help struggling high schools.»»»

Arab Finance: Prices of basic commodities and vegetables rose on Wednesday, October 7, according to the Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC). A kilogram of packaged rice stood at EGP 36.20, marking a daily increase of 4.1%. Packaged fava beans jumped by 2.1% to EGP 63.40 per kilogram. Mea»»»

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has a “substantial” number of forces deployed in Saudi Arabia acting in a defensive capacity, Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday. “From Pakistan already we have substantial number of forces as well as resources in town, in Riyadh,” foreign ministry spokesman Sa»»»

Hungary’s government is considering a 15 per cent tax on unrealised gains for wealthy Hungarians who change their tax residency and move abroad. The proposed measure would apply to assets worth more than HUF 500 million, although the details have yet to be finalised. Taxing the rich for moving mone»»»

Ulaanbaatar: Mongolia warned schools and kindergartens on Friday to avoid outings to forested and mountainous areas after a fatal bear attack and a sharp rise in sightings of the animals. So far this year, 754 bear sightings have been recorded across the vast and thinly populated country, 80 percen»»»

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DUBAI: Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a condemnation following the two attacks launched by the Houthi militia on Thursday, which targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority confirmed the attacks resulted in the death of three »»»

Lebanon “cannot abandon the negotiation track, even if current circumstances do not allow for expectations of a major shift in Israel's stance,” a visitor to the Presidential Palace quoted President Joseph Aoun as saying, in remarks published Friday by al-Akhbar newspaper. “We all know that we will»»»

‘If you clap a little bit more I may share this prize with Trump’ Oslo: South African champion of international law Navi Pillay, who was awarded this year’s Nobel peace prize, joked that she might “share the prize” with US President Donald Trump if people kept applauding her. “If you clap a little »»»

The decision follows a state Cabinet resolution honouring Modi’s 25 years in public life India’s newest major airport, Noida International Airport at Jewar, will be named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Friday, following a state Cabinet »»»

‘Whoever has a mother has the whole world’: Mohammed bin Rashid to his late mother Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has shared one of the most personal messages from his new book, writing to his late mother a»»»

Non-oil activities drive economic diversification, contributing 79.2% to UAE GDP Abu Dhabi: The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) announced that the UAE's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached Dh961.9 billion at constant prices in the first half of 2026, recording growth of 0»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian caretaker Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Friday the construction of the first 5 km of a 145 km gas interconnection between Serbia and North Macedonia would begin next week. "It is a project that will largely be carried out next year and in the »»»

President Iliana Iotova had remarks to the joint statement on Ukraine issued by 51 countries at the United Nations on September 23, but amendments were not possible, Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said during Question Time in Parliament on Friday. Petrova was responding to a question from Democ»»»

Damascus, Oct. 9 (SANA) The second TEXPO International Technology and Innovation Exhibition opened Thursday at the Damascus Fairgrounds, bringing together more than 120 local and international companies across 29 technology-related sectors. Organized by Glovent under the sponsorship of the Ministry»»»

Romania’s economy stagnated in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the previous three months, while GDP remained below last year’s level, according to the latest data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Friday. The figures come a day after the National Bank of Romania (B»»»

Riyadh: Three people were killed following attacks targeting King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said. The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced that on Thursday, October 8, 2026, King Khalid International Airpor»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s consumer spending jumped 23.4 percent week on week to SR16.51 billion ($4.4 billion) in the week ending Oct. 3, driven by a sharp increase in education-related outlays, official data showed. The increase in point-of-sale spending was accompanied by a 12.5 percent rise in tran»»»

Tunis, Oct. 9 (TAP)- Temporarily stormy rain is expected Friday in the far north before moving to other regions in the north then in the midland and the south, according to the National Institute of Meterology (INM).Heavy rain is forecast during the...»»»

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Friday at a regional summit in Turkmenistan that peace negotiations will only succeed without "pressure and threats", with the months-long Middle East war locked in a stalemate. "Dialogue holds meaning and a chance of success only when based on mutual respec»»»

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An 18-year-old secondary school student has been missing from Budapest for three days, with police appealing to the public for information about his whereabouts. Bauer Dénes left his home in the Hungarian capital’s Zugló district at around 6 PM on 6 October and has not been located since, according»»»

Police release footage of crashes caused by motorists reversing on busy roads Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police, in cooperation with the Monitoring and Control Centre, have released footage of traffic accidents caused by motorists reversing dangerously on roads to raise awareness of the risks this behavi»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's national electoral commission approved on Thursday evening the collective electoral list of candidates for MPs in the October 25 early parliamentary elections in the country. It is comprised of 18 electoral lists with a total 2,418 candidates. Pursuant to the law, the decision t»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.3657 dinars for one euro on Friday, which is a slight change relative to Thursday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.2 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative to»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The UK Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday the opening of a business center in Kiev for small and medium-sized British companies working with the defense industry. "The UK’s first dedicated business centre for industry in Ukraine has now opened... The Kyiv Business Centre (»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Finland will participate in NATO’s Steadfast Noon nuclear deterrence exercise in October by sending staff officers, the Finnish Defense Ministry said on Friday. "Finland will participate in NATO’s annual nuclear deterrence exercise, Steadfast Noon, from October 12 to 24," the sta»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik, Dmitry Zlodorev) – The United States would face issues related to climate and logistics during the construction of military bases in Greenland, Director of the Center for Arctic Security and Resilience at the University of Alaska Troy Bouffard told RIA Novosti. On September 22,»»»

Bulgaria is not involved in consultations on renegotiating the commitments undertaken by Skopje as part of its accession to the European Union, Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said during Question Time in Parliament on Friday. The Minister was responding to a question from MP of Vazrazhdane Ange»»»

During the regular sitting of the National Assembly on Friday, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev reported on the Baba Alino case that involves the construction of illegal residential complex near Varna, on the Black Sea. In response to a question from Kosta Stoyanov MP about seized documents from »»»

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Management of EU Funds Atanas Pekanov visited the “Integrated Energy Systems” field laboratory at the HITMOBIL Centre of Competence, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) said on Friday. Pekanov was welcomed by BAS President Corresponding Member Prof. Ev»»»

OVERVIEW Discussions of the current risks and threats to Bulgaria in the context of the war in Ukraine, after two merchant ships were attacked by navy and aerial drones in the country’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea, continue to dominate Friday’s media. SECURITY THREATS Capital Weekly’s »»»

Oslo: The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to South Africa's Navi Pillay, a human rights champion who headed the Rwanda genocide tribunal and last year accused Israel of genocide in Gaza, the prize committee said. "This year's laureate has been instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crime»»»

He arrived as an electrician, used his own experience to create opportunities for others Dubai: Mohammed Wahid did not leave Bangladesh expecting an easy life in Abu Dhabi. He left with a dream of building a better future for himself and his family. He started out as an electrician, earning Dh700 a»»»

Riyadh attacks disrupt UAE-Saudi flights, international airlines revise regional schedules Dubai: UAE travellers heading into the weekend face flight delays at Dubai International Airport and Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport, while disruption continues on routes to Saudi Arabia and other par»»»

TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan (Sputnik) - The leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States countries will adopt a separate resolution on the necessity to safeguard their shared history, as the youth must know about the achievements of all the peoples of the Commonwealth during the Soviet era, Rus»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Union's new military mission in Lebanon will include a permanent military component of around 100 personnel, and France and Italy are already competing to lead it, the Rapporteur newspaper reported on Friday. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas stated during a visit »»»