GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: A barefoot Niven Abu Zreina swept an incessant stream of water away from her tent, as the season’s first big rain hit her makeshift displacement camp in Gaza City. “I’ve been trying since morning to sweep away the rainwater that flooded our tent,” the Palestinian»»»

Tunis, Nov 14 (TAP) – The 2026 budget of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines, estimated at TND 5,326 million, accounts for 8.3% of the 2026 State budget when including energy-sector subsidies amounting to TND 4,993 million, and 0.52% when...»»»

Torrential rains and high winds are forecast for much of Southern California through Saturday and already have caused mud to block some roadways and put 23 million under a flood watch. File Photo by Etienne Laurent/EPA-EFE Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Rainstorms that are forecast to bring up to 8 inches of rai»»»

ALGIERS: Algerian firefighters on Friday were battling wildfire hotspots near Tipaza, west of the capital Algiers, for a second day after fast-moving flames forced the evacuation of around 50 families, authorities said. Unseasonably high temperatures and wind gusts topping 60 kilometers per hour pu»»»

The Screen Actors Guild Awards, the marquee awards ceremony honouring actors, is getting a new name. Known colloquially as the SAG Awards, the awards show will now be dubbed the Actor Awards presented by Sag-Aftra, the labour union representing US film, television and radio actors. "Since the begin»»»

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order allowing a range of food products, including coffee, bananas and beef, to escape his sweeping tariffs. The move comes as his administration faces mounting pressure over rising prices. While Trump previously downplayed concerns about the cost o»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signed an order Friday to lower US tariffs on agriculture imports such as beef, bananas, coffee and tomatoes, as his government comes under pressure from voters grappling with the escalating cost of living. These products are now exempted from his “reciprocal” tar»»»

CHICAGO: Authorities arrested 21 protesters Friday and said four officers were injured outside a Chicago-area federal immigration facility that activists say functions as a de facto detention center and is plagued by inhumane conditions. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said most faced charges of o»»»

SAVANNAH, Georgia: A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed the running Black man with a shotgun. A three-judge panel of the 11th US Circuit Court of»»»

LOS ANGELES: The Screen Actors Guild Awards are now called the Actor Awards. The show commonly known as the SAG Awards will officially become the Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA in its next incarnation on March 1, when Netflix will stream the ceremony as it has since 2023. The move was announce»»»

Tunis, Nov 14 (TAP) – Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Fatma Thabet Chiboub estimated that exports of packaged olive oil for the 2024–2025 season will reach nearly 40,000 tonnes, as the country enters a new production season.Speaking on Friday...»»»

In November 2018, Steve Bannon, formerly Donald Trump's chief strategist, was in the UK preparing for a speech at the Oxford Union. The event was interrupted by hundreds of protesters and Bannon, who was due to board a flight that night, told Jeffrey Epstein in an email: "Protesters slowed down spe»»»

US rap star Cardi B has welcomed her fourth child - her first with American footballer Stefon Diggs. The Grammy winner shared news of the baby boy's arrival on Instagram, writing: "I brought new music and a new album to the world! A new baby into my world, and one more reason to be the best version»»»

Tunis, Nov 14 (TAP) – The Arab Network for the Independence of the Judiciary on Friday called on the Tunisian authorities to halt what it described as “illegal measures and void prosecutions” targeting Judge Hammadi Rahmani, and to implement the...»»»

In hindsight, will it go down as a dud, a wet squib? For a day last week, the big Donald Trump-Central Asia summit consumed the agenda at the White House. Numerous memoranda that could deliver a great quantity of trade and investment deals were signed and America’s loquacious president declared tha»»»

Four U.S. citizens and a Ukrainian have pleaded guilty to participating in criminal schemes aimed at generating funds for North Korean arms development, the Department of Justice announced on Friday. Photo by KCNA/EPA-EFE Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Four U.S. citizens and a Ukrainian pleaded guilty to partici»»»

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is often described as the world's "first drone war". It has led to a continuing huge growth in the production of military drones, both within and outside Ukraine. Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine Kseniia Kalmus was a floral artist. She co-owned a flower shop in Ky»»»

In hindsight, will it go down as a dud, a wet squib? For a day last week, the big Donald Trump-Central Asia summit consumed the agenda at the White House. Numerous memoranda that could deliver a great quantity of trade and investment deals were signed and America’s loquacious president declared tha»»»

The marks of the attack on Hamida Mosque, near Deir Istiya in the occupied West Bank, are still scattered on the ground outside. Charred furniture, lecterns and smoky curls of carpet are piled around the entrance - its guts emptied, and debris cleared, in time for Friday prayers. Dozens of men arri»»»

Tunis, Nov 14 (TAP) – The Ministry of Industry is Tunisia’s largest employer, Minister of Industry, Energy and Mines Fatma Chiboub Thabet announced.She added that the number of industrial companies employing ten or more workers stands at around...»»»

The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on its website on Friday that it had issued General License No. 130 Authorizing Transactions Involving Certain Lukoil Entities in Bulgaria. The licence is dated November 14, 2025 and will remain valid until April 29, 2»»»

JEDDAH: The seventh edition of the Dakar Rally Saudi Arabia will take place from Jan. 3–17, 2026, with more than 800 participants set to compete. The announcement was made on Thursday night during a press conference at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, attended by Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al»»»

Tunis, Nov 14 (TAP) – Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Fatma Thabet Chiboub said that inspection missions carried out during 2024 and 2025 have revealed several irregularities in violation of existing regulations.Files containing management...»»»

Former American football coach John Beam, who was featured in Netflix series Last Chance U, has died after being shot. The shooting took place at Laney College in Oakland, California, on Thursday. On Friday, police announced that they arrested a suspect, but did not provide any motive for the attac»»»

DUBAI: A new wave of Arab animators and writers is transforming what was once a niche art form into a medium of cultural expression, identity and resistance. From Riyadh to Beirut, creators are reclaiming the animated screen — long dominated by imported content — to tell stories that sound, look an»»»

DAMASCUS: Rockets were fired at a home in Syria’s capital on Friday night, wounding one person and causing damage, state media reported. It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind the rocket attack in Damascus’ western neighborhood of Mazzeh 86. An Associated Press journalist at the scene said that»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia secured a deserved 1–0 victory over Ivory Coast in Jeddah on Friday, with an early strike from Saleh Aboulshamat proving decisive at King Abdullah Sports City. The hosts made a fast start and were rewarded in the eighth minute when Aboulshamat finished confidently after a sharp»»»

LONDON: A delegation from the City of London — the UK capital’s oldest financial district, and a center for trade and commerce since Roman times — will use a visit to Saudi Arabia this week as an opportunity to learn about the very latest in modern infrastructure and city-building. Tom Sleigh, chai»»»

Lebanon has swiftly initiated a legal and procedural compliance process in response to what officials described as “very serious” US demands to curb terrorism financing, after a visiting US Treasury delegation delivered the requests to political and monetary authorities earlier this week along with»»»

Indications that Saudi Arabia is moving to lift its ban on agricultural imports from Lebanon and bolster trade with Beirut have rekindled hopes for new opportunities, particularly in the farming sector that has suffocated in recent years after drug smuggling networks exploited it to traffic narcoti»»»

Ilian Iontchev MP of BSP - United Left commented that Bulgaria had already had some good news on Friday - that Britain has paused sanctions to allow Lukoil's Bulgarian subsidiaries to operate until February 14, which clearly shows the decisions of the National Assembly and the government were corre»»»

In hindsight, will it go down as a dud, a wet squib? For a day last week, the big Donald Trump-Central Asia summit consumed the agenda at the White House. Numerous memoranda that could deliver a great quantity of trade and investment deals were signed and America’s loquacious president declared tha»»»

Author: AUSTIN GALLAGHER An ocean encounter with a shark is one of nature’s most awesome experiences.There is no better way to understand sharks than to get up close and personal with great whites, hammerheads, and tiger sharks. “The Shark Watcher’s Manual” provides a complete handbook for encounte»»»

Commenting on the news of temporary sanctions waivers by the UK and US for Lukoil entities in Bulgaria, GERB leader Boyko Borissov said on Facebook late on Friday: "Whatever happened, will now happen as it used to." Borissov recalled that he said on Friday morning he hoped Bulgaria would receive a »»»

In hindsight, will it go down as a dud, a wet squib? For a day last week, the big Donald Trump-Central Asia summit consumed the agenda at the White House. Numerous memoranda that could deliver a great quantity of trade and investment deals were signed and America’s loquacious president declared tha»»»

NEW YORK, Nov 13 (KUNA) -- The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) group of states at the United Nations called for enhancing cooperation among governments, the technology sector, and civil society to ensure the digital space upholding human dignity and respecting religions and cultures. Second-Secretar»»»

3260314 KUWAIT -- His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, chairs the 34th meeting of the ministerial committee on major projects. 3260380 KUWAIT -- Minister of Information and Culture Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi inaugurates the "KLand" tourism and entertainment project. »»»

KUWAIT, Nov 14 (KUNA) -- 1959 -- State of Kuwait hosted a conference for Arab chambers of commerce. 1968 -- A number of bomb blasts took place in several Kuwaiti areas during a three-day visit by the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. 1970 -- State of Kuwait Government imposed additional five perc»»»

KUWAIT, Nov 14 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) announced on Friday flights will resume at Kuwait International Airport as of 7:45 am local time thanks to better weather conditions and rising horizontal visibility.The PACA's Spokesman Abdullah Al-Rajhi told KUNA that ho»»»

WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (KUNA) -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held separate talks with his Argentine and Brazilian counterparts about ways of promoting their trade and investment relations."Today, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs Pablo Quirno to congr»»»

Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of John Beam, the Laney College athletic director who was featured in the Netflix series Last Chance U, according to authorities. No further details of the arrest have been made public. Beam was taken to Highland Hospital in critical c»»»

Israel’s war in Gaza, which erupted in October 2023, has become one of the most profitable conflicts for major US defense contractors. As Gaza was being devastated and hundreds of thousands of civilians faced death and starvation, weapons factories across several US states were running at full capa»»»

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk listens to a statement during the Human Rights Council Special Session on the situation El Fasher, Sudan, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday. The special session discussed the situation in the city, which fell to the Rapid Support Forces »»»

CAIRO: From regulating the price of chicken to levying fees on cigarettes, Hamas is seeking to widen control over Gaza as US plans for its future slowly take shape, Gazans say, adding to rivals’ doubts over whether it will cede authority as promised. After a ceasefire began last month, Hamas swiftl»»»

HELSINKI: Malta snatched their first win in 2026 World Cup qualifying on Friday, converting their only shot on target to stun Finland 1-0 in Helsinki. According to the Malta Football Association, this was only the fourth win ever by Malta in World Cup qualifying. Midfielder Jake Grech came off the »»»

Tunis, Nov 14 (TAP) – The 4th Criminal Chamber of the Tunis Court of First Instance decided on Friday to adjourn to December 5 the hearing in the so-called “registry office” case involving President of the Free Destourian Party (PDL) Abir Moussi,...»»»

High school girls are less likely than boys to marry in the future for the first time, the Pew Research Center reported Friday. File Photo by Ym Yik/EPA Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Girls who are high school seniors for the first time are less likely to marry than boys of the same age, according to the Pew Res»»»

President Claudia Sheinbaum said the call for the march is backed by a paid digital campaign against her, supported by disinformation networks, automated accounts and opposition political and business actors. File Photo by Isaac Esquivel/EPA Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A call that began on social media for a »»»