Nora Fatehi, a Dubai-bound passenger arrest and passport changes make the list From higher UAE fuel prices and flight disruptions amid regional tensions to major developments involving flydubai, this week delivered stories with an immediate impact on residents and travellers. Entertainment also gra»»»

US President Donald Trump defended the economic cost of the continuing war with Iran during a campaign appearance in Oklahoma, telling Americans that higher fuel prices were a “small price” compared with what he described as the danger of Tehran obtaining a nuclear weapon. “You’re paying a price. B»»»

The water balance of Lake Balaton is a cause for concern, with its natural shoreline zones continuously shrinking. Extensive construction work has begun in recent days at one of the lake’s tributaries, between Fonyód and Fonyódliget. As Gábor Vasas, Director of the Balaton Research Institute for In»»»

The remains of Tsar Samuel will be received at a state ceremony in Sofia's Knyaz Alexander I Square on Saturday, the government press service said. The remains of Samuel, one of Bulgaria’s best-known medieval rulers, will be handed over to the Bulgarian state more than 1,000 years after his death. »»»

The parliament's national security committee would hear former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó on Monday, where he would be questioned about BYD — the Tisza parliamentary group announced to MTI on Friday. They wrote that Péter Szijjártó had led Hungary’s foreign affairs and fo»»»

TEL AVIV: The first flight carrying Israelis home from the United Arab Emirates after services were suspended following the flydubai attack landed in Tel Aviv early Saturday, according to Israel’s airport authority website. The arrival, which Israeli media called a repatriation flight, came after W»»»

Dubai’s former Lamcy Plaza to return as The Plaza in 2027, bringing a new chapter For many Dubai residents, Lamcy Plaza was more than a shopping mall. It was a meeting place, a weekend destination and, for some, part of everyday life. Now, almost a decade after it closed, the Oud Metha landmark is »»»

SEOUL: North Korea fired a ballistic missile, Seoul’s military said Saturday, days after demanding an apology for a blast that wounded three South Korean soldiers in the DMZ that it blames on the North. Pyongyang has denied responsibility for last month’s explosion inside the Demilitarized Zone (DM»»»

Temperatures will ease slightly on Saturday, with mist possible over some coastal areas Abu Dhabi: Temperatures across the UAE are expected to fall slightly on Saturday, although daytime highs will remain close to 40°C in several areas, according to the National Centre of Meteorology. Conditions wi»»»

UAE diesel prices rise to Dh4.80, putting pressure on delivery firms and transport firms Dubai: Picture this, your shopping cart is full, and you’re ready to check out. But before hitting pay, a thought crosses your mind: will delivery still be free next month? The culprit behind that thought sits »»»

Summer campaign focuses on speeding, fatigue, maintenance and rider safety Dubai: Dubai Police has conducted a road safety awareness session for more than 167 delivery motorcycle riders employed by Zone, as part of its ongoing “Summer Without Accidents” campaign aimed at reducing road crashes and p»»»

ABHA: Coffee cultivation in Saudi Arabia’s Asir region is expanding from a generations-old agricultural tradition into a growing economic activity, with thousands of farms and hundreds of thousands of trees spread across its mountain terraces, valleys and slopes. The cultivation stretches from Al-F»»»

WASHINGTON: The US G20 presidency said Friday it was “severely disappointed” that some members rejected a statement this week for action against excess industrial capacity, a criticism commonly aimed at China. The United States holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 major economies this y»»»

Cross-border rail may take years, but related cable projects may move ahead sooner If you have heard more about the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor lately, you may be picturing containers moving between India and Europe by ship and train. That is the plan’s biggest promise. It may also b»»»

MOBILE, Alabama: President Donald Trump is continuing his midterm campaign swing with a rally in deep red Alabama Friday, returning to the place where he drew his first mega crowd. Trump is stumping for Republican candidates, including Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running against former Democratic»»»

RIYADH: At least one person was injured by falling debris from an intercepted ballistic missile in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern governorate of Ahad Rafidah, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported early Saturday. The missile was fired late Friday by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group, SPA said, quoting »»»

JERUSALEM: Israel’s Supreme Court on Friday put back on the election ballot an Arab party that could be a kingmaker, hours after one Arab-Israeli politician withdrew under court pressure. In September, an electoral committee of MPs voted to disqualify multiple candidates for the October 27 general »»»

GENEVA: Getting humanitarian aid through Israel into Gaza is layered with “delay after delay,” the World Health Organization said Friday, as it decried “chronic shortages” of medical supplies. Reinhilde Van de Weerdt, the WHO’s representative in the Palestinian territories, said the health situatio»»»

NEW YORK: UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Claudio Cordone has urged the international community to translate its political support for Syria into practical assistance and funding to help rebuild the country’s economy and institutions, while warning that Israeli military operations are threatening»»»

TUNIS: The Islamic Development Bank has ​approved €335.49 million ($391 million) in financing for Tunisia to extend the motorway ‌network in ‌the ​country’s northwest. The ‌project ⁠will ​extend the ⁠motorway network to the provinces of Kef and Jendouba, improving ⁠connectivity and transport ‌links»»»

HAMBURG/PARIS: Tunisia’s state grains agency is believed to have purchased about 100,000 tonnes of durum wheat in an international tender on Friday, European traders said. It was said to have been bought in four 25,000 tonne consignments. Two were purchased from trading house Casillo at an estimate»»»

JAKARTA: Indonesian President ‌Prabowo Subianto named a new advisory council on Friday that includes tycoons, politicians and influential former Islamic leaders, the latest ​in a slew of personnel changes as he grapples with a declining approval rating. * Among the 24 new members appointed are loca»»»

HAMBURG: Tunisia’s state grains agency has issued an international tender to purchase about 100,000 metric tons of durum wheat, European traders said on Thursday. The origin is optional and the deadline for submission of price offers is Friday, October 2. The durum is ⁠sought in four ⁠25,000-ton co»»»

Brazil is seeking to investigate allegations of US government funding for activities aimed at interfering in its elections and undermining the legitimacy of its Supreme Federal Court, public news agency Agencia Brasil reported Thursday. Earlier this week, The Guardian cited a source familiar with t»»»

The US is pressuring France and Germany to tap emergency diesel reserves to help bring down soaring global prices, and has threatened not to export the fuel if they refuse, Reuters has reported. Washington wants the EU to release 120 million barrels over the next six months as US President Donald T»»»

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has rewarded her personal communications adviser with a permanent job in the commission’s media department, in a move that reveals how the EU bureaucracy really works, and how von der Leyen has created a royal court in Brussels. Von der Leyen’s Col»»»

Crowds of protesters jeered at NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, after the US-led military bloc was awarded the Westphalian Peace Prize on Thursday. The prize, awarded by the Economic Society for Westphalia and Lippe, commemorates the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, »»»

Toyohashi, Japan: Taekwondo dates back more than 2,000 years, but on Friday at the Asian Games the Korean martial art stepped into a not-so-brave future where nobody gets hurt: virtual taekwondo. At a gymnasium about a 90-minute drive from the main Games host city of Nagoya, a modest number of spec»»»

LONDON: Ethiopia on Thursday closed its embassy in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, and ordered 10 Eritrean diplomats to leave within 48 hours. Addis Ababa accused Eritrea of “direct and indirect acts of hostility and belligerence” that pose “a direct threat to Ethiopia’s national security.” Eritrea’s»»»

LONDON: Two Iranian men have been charged with plotting a terror attack on the Jewish community in Manchester, UK police said Friday. The arrests come nearly a year after a deadly knife and gun attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in northern Manchester where worshippers had gath»»»

New York: Tesla's stock jumped Friday after the electric car maker said its global sales dipped in the third quarter but were higher than expected. Elon Musk's company sold 486,532 vehicles in the July-September quarter, two percent lower than the year-ago period but above most leading estimates. A»»»

TENNESSEE, USA: Christa Pike was placed on a ventilator and remained unconscious in a hospital in the hours after her failed execution in Tennessee, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday. Hospital staff, her lawyers said, were working to save Pike’s life and as of late Thursday were trying to»»»

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday attended military drills in the Ural Mountains involving troops from China and several other countries. Putin visited a firing range in the Chelyabinsk region to observe the final stage of the Center-2026 maneuvers. The exercises were combined with»»»

LONDON: A 28-year-old man already charged with the murder of one politician, has been charged with preparing acts of terrorism, including against hard-right leader Nigel Farage, British police announced Friday. Police said Joshua Kerry had been charged with one count of preparing acts of terrorism »»»

PARIS: The official opening ceremony of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend took place in Paris on Thursday evening, October 1, marking the start of one of the most prestigious fixtures on the international horse racing calendar. Heading the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) delegatio»»»

American forces are completing their withdrawal from Iraq, yet the country that Washington once promised to turn into a model of democratic transformation in the Middle East is still facing questions that years of military presence never managed to answer. For Iraq, this is a long-awaited political»»»

CHIȘINĂU: Saudi Ambassador to Romania and Non-Resident Ambassador to Moldova Khalid bin Eid Al-Shammari presented his credentials to Moldovan President Maia Sandu. Al-Shammari conveyed greetings from King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Sandu, who, in turn, returned her greetings. Th»»»

UNAIZAH: Unaizah Gov. Saad Al-Saleem honored security agencies, government bodies and participating teams at the conclusion of the Unaizah Dates Season. At a ceremony held in Al-Naqwa Hall at the date market in Unaizah, the governor presented them with commemorative plaques for their contributions »»»

RIYADH: “You are never alone in the mountains.” That is the promise that greets readers in the opening pages of “A Wild Companion: Sarawat and Hijaz,” a bilingual exploration of the wildlife, plants, stories and cultural memory of western Saudi Arabia’s highlands. Conceived as a “friendly sage” rat»»»

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Ex-German leader Schroeder appointed to Russian retail chain's supervisory board Germany's ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, known for his ties to Russia's Vladimir Putin, has been appointed to the supervisory board of Hyperglobus, a Russian supermarket chain previously owned by the German Globus gr»»»

LONDON: An online fundraiser to support the UK Supreme Court challenge to the ban on Palestine Action has been blocked due to US sanctions against the group. UK company CrowdJustice declined to host the crowdfunding campaign because it uses US company Stripe as a payment processor, The Guardian rep»»»

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on Friday that the government should consider phasing out the country’s food retail margin caps, arguing that the measure is increasingly damaging farmers and small shops. Speaking during a stop in Kisvárda as part of his nationwide tour, Magyar said the m»»»

PARIS: A leading Iranian actress has been sentenced to one year in prison in Iran for her support of protesters killed during a crackdown on anti-government rallies in January, a US-based NGO said Friday. Elnaz Shakerdoust, who acted in dozens of films over a two-decade career, said in February tha»»»

RAMALLAH: Israeli settlers or troops shot dead a young Palestinian on Friday, West Bank authorities said, the second such death in as many days. The violence comes as Israel faces mounting international criticism over the rise in settler violence, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has downpla»»»

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Argentine President Javier Milei's government said Friday that the country would offer citizenship to foreigners who invest at least $350,000 in the country. South America's second-largest economy attracted the lowest level of foreign direct investment of any major Latin Am»»»

New York, Oct. 2 (SANA) A Central Bank of Syria delegation headed by Governor Safwat Raslan took part Friday in a roundtable on Syria hosted by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in New York to discuss steps to rehabilitate the Syrian banking sector and strengthen its links with the global financi»»»

NEW YORK: Turkish officials have begun to shop around the idea of a former foreign minister joining the list of candidates vying to lead the United Nations as the monthslong race for secretary-general continues with no clear victor. Feridun Sinirlioglu, a 70-year-old former Turkish foreign minister»»»

Twenty rescue dogs and 24 handlers from across Bulgaria are taking part in disaster and emergency response training in the Bansko area, the Bansko municipality's press office said Friday. The dogs and handlers are from the dog rescue group of the Bulgarian Red Cross's Mountain Rescue Service. Train»»»

London: The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) announced today that a tanker was attacked whilst conducting an outbound transit of the Strait of Hormuz, causing a fire onboard. UKMTO stated that the tanker's captain reported being struck by an unidentified projectile while sail»»»