Capitol Hill reacts to Starshield disruptions impacting Ukraine's drone operations WASHINGTON: Recent efforts to throttle Ukraine’s access to satellite systems have created a blame game of sorts among Trump administration officials and their allies, who have offered mixed messages about what led to»»»

LONDON: Maysa Yousef’s husband went to a market in central Gaza on Thursday evening to buy food for the weekend but found little to bring home. “All I can find is a couple of grapefruits,” he told her. For Yousef, an artist and mother of three, shopping has become an exercise in timing and improvis»»»

QNA Doha The fourth Educational Guidance Forum for 2026, organised by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), reviewed the key achievements of the Educational Guidance Department during the 2025-2026 academic year. The forum also examined the results of the department’s self-evaluat»»»

JAKARTA: Indonesia remains on high alert ​for wildfires despite a decline in hotspots over the past week, with the sporadic rainfall still not enough to put them out, a disaster agency official said on Thursday, as students on Borneo island staged protests against the government’s handling of the c»»»

WASHINGTON: The United Nations’ climate loss and damage fund moved Thursday to provide $20 million in aid sought by flood-stricken Nepal, the first time it has set aside money for any country, in a key test of the body’s credibility. In an extraordinary meeting, the fund’s board agreed to earmark t»»»

In response to the use of the phrase “Iranian conflict” in the positions of certain parties—including the joint statement by Qatari and French officials—the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Esmail Baghaei, stated: “Do not distort the truth by calling the ‘aggressive war on »»»

How noble a quality it is to mention people's good qualities and worthy deeds First Sermon (Khutbah One) All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the earth and the heavens, who has commanded us to mention virtues and good deeds. We bear witness that nothing is worthy of worship except Allah, and we bea»»»

Bulgaria's National Service for Protection (NSP) has ordered an immediate and thorough investigation into the actions of security officers involved in an incident with a journalist from the PIK news agency, the service's press office said on Thursday. The NSP said it had reviewed video footage of t»»»

Bulgaria's National Service for Protection (NSP) has ordered an immediate and thorough investigation into the actions of security officers involved in an incident with a journalist from the PIK news agency, the service's press office said on Thursday. The NSP said it had reviewed video footage of t»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Yemeni media: A citizen was killed and a child was injured in a Saudi airstrike that targeted homes in the Al-Za’za’a area of ​​Al-Shamaita»»»

Prime Minister Péter Magyar has pledged to establish a museum dedicated to the heroes and victims of Hungary’s 1956 Revolution, saying the country has failed to honour this historic debt for 70 years. Hungary will establish a dedicated museum commemorating the 1956 Revolution and its heroes, Prime »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli Channel 15: Family members of American diplomats are being evacuated from all Middle Eastern countries, with the exception of Oman »»»

The Israeli enemy continued on Thursday its attacks and violations in South Lebanon and Beirut, executing more explosions and air raids. In this regard, Al-Manar correspondent reported artillery and gunfire attacks on Baraachit town, South Lebanon. The reporter added that the enemy fired two flares»»»

BELGRADE: Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Serbia ‘s protesting youth movement gathered Thursday at the final campaign rally ahead of a tense weekend parliamentary election in a challenge to the Balkan country’s powerful populist strongman Aleksandar Vucic. Crowds streamed into Belgrade’s cen»»»

JAMLA, Syria: A developmentally disabled man was killed by Israeli forces during a raid on a village in southern Syria’s Daraa province, state media and residents said Thursday. The man, Muath Salama Al-Baeer, was buried in the village of Jamla later Thursday as anger rose over Israeli incursions i»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron has slammed as “stupid” and “unacceptable” remarks by foreign leaders about the unrest gripping France, in an apparent swipe at US President Donald Trump, who blamed the violence on Paris’ lax border policies. France has been rocked by some of its worst riots in yea»»»

JAMLA, Syria: A developmentally disabled man was killed by Israeli forces during a raid on a village in southern Syria’s Daraa province, state media and residents said Thursday. The man, Muath Salama Al-Baeer, was buried in the village of Jamla later Thursday as anger rose over Israeli incursions i»»»

MELBOURNE: A man was charged on Thursday with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car. Nunchucks are a controlled weapon used in martial arts consisting of two or more batons joined by a »»»

Addressing potential voters on Thursday, presidential candidate Kostadin Kostadinov said that a head of State should be able to talk to everyone, listen to everyone, and respect everyone, even those who do not like them. Both Kostadinov and his running mate, Petar Volgin, stated that they have the »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Lebanon’s PM Reports Progress in Talks with Qatar on Power Project 22-10-2026 19:10 PM Prime Minister Nawwaf Salam stressed during the cabi»»»

Berlin: Estrel Berlin became a meeting place for Arabic and German literature, scholarship and culture as Der Divan – The Arabic Cultural House held its fourth Arab Book Fair from 16 to 18 October. Bringing together more than 110 publishers from the Arab world and Germany, the fair offered visitors»»»

Bainah Al Ali’s father receives her academic excellence certificate at graduation event Al Ain / Ras Al Khaimah: The father of an Emirati student who died in a road accident before completing her university studies attended her graduation ceremony to accept an academic excellence certificate in her»»»

Minister of Education and Science, Prof. Georgi Valchev, met with the new UNICEF Representative in Bulgaria, Mioh Nemoto, on Thursday. The discussion covered the longstanding partnership between Bulgaria and UNICEF, current challenges facing the education system, and future directions for cooperati»»»

Aramco evacuates HQ, four killed in separate incidents as US pulls embassy staff Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s confrontation with Yemen’s Houthis has entered a dangerous new phase, with attacks on airports and energy facilities killing civilians, forcing oil giant Aramco to evacuate its remaining headquart»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration is on track to deport about 660,000 people over the past year, a new report released Thursday shows, as arrests ramp up across the country fueled by billions of dollars meant to supercharge his immigration agenda. The report by the Migration Polic»»»

CUETA, Spain: Mari Carmen Mata remains furious with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez over his response to the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta, a crisis complicating the Socialist leader’s bid for re-election next month. “We want nothing to do with him,” the 58-year-old nursing assistant told »»»

Discover Al Ain Museum: A Gateway to UAE's Rich Archaeological Past Abu Dhabi: Beneath the streets of Al Ain lie traces of communities that lived in the area thousands of years before the United Arab Emirates was founded. Now it is the country’s first museum that tells their story. Al Ain Museum wa»»»

Indian family considers leaving Australia after racist attack and safety concerns An Indian-Australian family in Brisbane is considering leaving their apartment and returning to India after a 19-year-old man allegedly hurled racist abuse at them and threatened to blow up their residential building.»»»

Dubai scientist pioneers global strategy to safeguard fungi at COP17 in Armenia Dubai: A Dubai-based scientist has joined experts from 30 countries to develop the world's first global fungal conservation strategy, launched at COP17 in Armenia. The initiative aims to protect fungi, which play a vita»»»

TOLEDO, Ohio: US House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries listened from the front row at the old Ohio church as the Sunday congregation heard of scripture’s guidance for calming a gathering storm. “Wind, hush!” the speaker advised, describing the power to bring about change. Jeffries nodded along, t»»»

JAKARTA: Indonesia should reconsider its involvement in US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan because it is being shaped by Israel and the US and lacks a Palestinian voice, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories told Reuters on Thursday. »»»

Andrey Sushentsov, dean of the Faculty of International Relations at MGIMO and a member of the Scientific-Expert Council under the Security Council of the Russian Federation, discusses why Western Europe is so afraid of a direct confrontation with Russia, how the US is shifting the burden of the Uk»»»

By Staff, Agencies The US State Department has issued internal assessments suggesting that violent crime in parts of Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador is comparable to that in some American cities, despite publicly warning US citizens about security risks in the same countries, CNN report»»»

The Islamic State (IS) has been defeated in its original core territories, Syria and Iraq. Despite the US military withdrawal from those states, the United States, its international Anti-IS Coalition, Iraq and Syria have powerful capabilities to keep the terrorist group suppressed. But many of the »»»

John Smart entered Beazley’s office while holding two pieces of wood above his head Melbourne: A man was charged on Thursday with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car. Nunchucks are a »»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he would inform U.S. President Donald Trump of what Israel intends to do, but will not ask him for a green light to strike Iran. Netanyahu added that he had issued a directive stating that "the only acceptable solution is the overthrow»»»

DIMONA, Israel: When Israeli voter Daniela Hermon heads to the polls next week, she will cast her ballot for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu without hesitation. “A leader of this calibre emerges only once every century,” she said in her hometown of Dimona. Netanyahu is in the midst of a close rac»»»

Amman: Sunni Arabs in Iraq are increasingly growing frustrated over a “lack of representation”, a member of the Jabouri tribe from the Salah al-Din province who requested anonymity told Al Majalla. “They don’t see any sort of Sunni-Shiite conflict,” the man, who works with a non-governmental organi»»»

BELGRADE - Aleksandar Vucic, who heads the Aleksandar Vucic-United Serbia electoral list for the October 25 early parliamentary polls in Serbia, said on Thursday that, if the list won Sunday's elections, it would not let any foreign embassy or anyone else hijack that victory. "If we win, no foreign»»»

Workers had herded shark out of canal a day before, only for it to swim right back Seoul: A city in South Korea was trying Thursday to come up with a new way to free a huge dusky shark out of a narrow canal. Workers in the port city of Busan had herded the shark, nicknamed Bukangi, out of the canal»»»

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun warned on Wednesday that wars rarely unfold as either side expects, as fears grow that Lebanon could once again be drawn into a wider regional confrontation. “The course of wars always differs from what the parties to the conflict expect,” Aoun said, stressing»»»

Camera-equipped ‘spy’ glasses and hidden recording devices banned over privacy concerns Dubai: People in Pakistan’s Punjab province have been banned from wearing camera-enabled smart glasses and using miniature cameras disguised as everyday objects for 30 days, as authorities move to prevent secret»»»

By Mohamad Hammoud How Washington’s attack on Iran pushed Europe’s grievances into the streets and raised questions about the "Israeli" entity’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s influence over the American president. Wars do not confine their consequences to the battlefield. They travel through »»»

Seoul: The Republic of Korea's military said Thursday it had seen no signs of newly deployed North Korean weapons on their shared border, hours after Pyongyang said new "counter means" would be put on alert along its length. Pyongyang has rejected claims it was behind an explosion that injured thre»»»

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said she plans to move her family to a new home after receiving death threats, as she recounted the events of a federal raid tied to an immigration fraud investigation. “Obviously, I can’t continue to live there,” the congresswoman told MS NOW’s Chris Hayes in her first in»»»

Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s government is considering replacing Russian state-owned Rosatom as the main contractor for the Paks II nuclear expansion, according to Reuters. A final decision is expected later this year or in early 2027, as the government reviews the project’s costs, viability and p»»»

DUBAI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that he will not ask US President Donald Trump for a green light to strike Iran. “I will brief Trump on what we intend to do, but I will not ask him for the green light to strike Iran,” Netanyahu said. “I have issued a directive stat»»»

The Kremlin has not heard a single statement from Ukraine or European countries indicating a willingness to move from escalation to dialogue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. Journalists asked Peskov how the Kremlin assessed the readiness of Ukraine and several European governments»»»

Washington, United States: Governments and companies around the world shut down websites as they raced Thursday to protect themselves from hacks after artificial intelligence uncovered critical flaws in a widely used programming language called PHP. PHP helps run about 70 percent of the world's web»»»

Camunda executive explains why adding AI to outdated processes may not be enough The UAE has placed digital transformation and artificial intelligence at the forefront of its economic agenda, driven by its vision to build a competitive economy powered by knowledge, innovation and advanced technolog»»»