Madrid: Two people have died and one is missing near Barcelona due to torrential rains in the northeastern Spanish province, authorities said on Sunday, warning that the extreme weather was moving north to the neighbouring province of Girona. They warned of flooding in Girona -- between Barcelona a»»»

Invest in Sharjah CEO says stability, regulation and talent are drawing global investors Sharjah: Sharjah recorded a 45 per cent increase in foreign direct investment projects in 2025, highlighting the UAE’s appeal to investors as global capital becomes increasingly selective, the emirate’s investm»»»

Tennessee’s prisons chief will step down following a failed attempt to execute death row inmate Christa Pike, Governor Bill Lee said on Saturday. Pike, who was sentenced to death in 1996 for the 1995 torture and murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, remains unconscious and on a ventilator after su»»»

A passenger on Flydubai flight 1073 has described the actions of on-duty crew members who rushed into the cockpit to stabilise and land the plane after the co-pilot attacked the captain with a crash axe. The flight carrying 182 people en route to Israel was able to make an emergency landing in»»»

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for attacks in Riyadh, including on facilities belonging to Aramco, the world’s largest oil company. This follows reports from residents of flames and smoke rising from an oil facility on the outskirts of the Saudi capital. Meanwhile, the Houthis ha»»»

Brazilians are voting for governors and lawmakers, but the biggest stakes are in the presidential race. Twelve candidates are on the ballot, but the contest is seen as a toss-up between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro. Lula is seeking a fourth and final term, warning that B»»»

Brazilians began casting their votes on Sunday in a closely watch presidential election pitting incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Nearly 160 million voters will also pick lawmakers, senators and governo»»»

RIYADH: AlUla has added seven destination management companies to its Preferred DMC Program, expanding its network to 19 travel partners as Saudi Arabia seeks to attract more international visitors to the heritage destination. Destination management companies, or DMCs, work with travel agencies and»»»

Latvian ​Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs was set to retain power and form a coalition after his centrist United List won parliamentary elections on Sunday, the biggest in the country's post-independence history. While the result is expected to reinforce the Baltic country’s pro-European and pro»»»

Damascus, Syria, Oct. 4 (SANA) Director of International Organizations and Conferences at the Syrian Foreign Ministry Saad Baroud met Sunday with Maj. Gen. Anita Asmah, head and force commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), to discuss ways to strengthen coordination be»»»

Tokyo: Carlos Alcaraz qualified for the semi-finals of the Japan Open on Sunday after an ailing Denis Shapovalov retired to hand the world number three a 7-6 (7/3), 2-1 victory. His Canadian opponent was forced to withdraw after suffering an injury to his upper right thigh in the first game of the »»»

Muscat: Data from the report "Outward Workers' Remittances from the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, 2025," issued by the Statistical Center for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat), showed that the GCC countries collectively recorded the world's highest total of»»»

Doha, Qatar: CEO of the Qatar Media Corporation HE Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al-Thani met with the Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the State of Qatar HE Aibek Tektobolotov. During the meeting, they discussed ways to enhance media cooperation between the two countries and exchange »»»

UAE's asteroid probe ready for 5 billion-km journey to explore seven celestial bodies His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of the Supreme Space Council, witnessed the unveiling of»»»

RIYADH: The central banks of the UAE and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding on financial and technical cooperation, as the two countries seek to strengthen banking ties and exchange regulatory expertise. The agreement was signed by Khaled Mohamed Balama, governor of the Central Bank of the »»»

Clear skies, calm winds and moisture from the Arabian Gulf can sharply reduce visibility Abu Dhabi: The UAE’s outdoor season is beginning to stir back to life, with cooler mornings and evenings drawing residents towards barbecues, desert trips and time outside. But the same seasonal shift is also b»»»

Damascus, Oct 4 (SANA) Syria’s mushroom farming sector is expanding from small household operations into a potentially scalable agricultural activity, but high production costs, marketing challenges and the short shelf life of fresh mushrooms are constraining its growth, farmers and specialists say»»»

Russian strikes intensify, Indian-operated plant in Ukraine among latest targets A pharmaceutical plant in Ukraine’s Sumy region operated by India’s Kusum Group was largely destroyed in a Russian drone attack, with one person killed and several others injured, according to Ukrainian officials and m»»»

Criminal probe reopened as university faces questions over handling of 2024 case Dubai: Cornell University’s president has called the alleged gang rape of a student at a fraternity house “deeply disturbing” and pledged greater transparency as new questions emerge over evidence gathered in the 2024 »»»

Qatar’s climate has a direct influence on the way homes are maintained throughout the year. From dusty conditions and strong summer heat to periods of higher humidity, the environment can affect how quickly dust accumulates and how frequently different areas of a home require attention. For homeown»»»

From CAET eligibility to fees, here is what UAE students need to know before applying Starting preparation early, preferably from Grade 8, can give UAE students more time to build the strong foundation needed to compete for a place at IIT Delhi Abu Dhabi, said Asanul Ameen, Head of Operations, Uniq»»»

Nagoya, Japan: The Asian Games in Japan's Aichi-Nagoya were officially declared closed on Sunday after more than two weeks of competition. The continent's biggest sporting spectacle, boasting more than 17,000 athletes and officials, is next scheduled for Doha in 2030.»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met in his office at Lusail Palace on Sunday morning with Member of the Senate of the Congress of the United States of America, HE Senator Chris Murphy, and his accompanying delegation on the occasion of his visit to the country. During the m»»»

Dr Abdulrahman Al Awar says academic staff are key partners in shaping future generations Dubai: Dr Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation and Acting Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, has thanked teachers and academic professionals across the UAE ahea»»»

JEDDAH: Oman’s business activity continued to grow in the first half, with the wholesale and retail sector’s gross domestic product rising 5 percent to 1.74 billion Omani rials ($4.5 billion), official data showed. Foreign investment in commercial activities rose 9.7 percent to about 305.3 million »»»

Thrill rides, concerts, and culinary delights await at Dubai's Global Village Mark your calendars — Dubai’s favourite seasonal outing is back. Global Village Season 31 opens on October 14, bringing more than 90 cultures together through international food, shopping, live entertainment, cultural exp»»»

Dubai's selection as host was announced at the Concordia Annual Summit in New York Dubai will host the Concordia Horizon Summit in May 2027, the first time the event has been held in the Middle East. The summit will bring together government leaders, business executives and other decision makers un»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia will use its entire arsenal of weapons in the event of a threat to the Kaliningrad region from foreign states, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday. "They spoke about the fact that this is a Russian region, and in the event of any threat - and we have heard many »»»

Abu Dhabi, Oct. 4 (SANA). The UAE, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on developing a strategic railway corridor linking Central Asia with South Asia, according to the UAE News Agency (WAM). WAM reported Sunday that the memorandum aims to develop a railway r»»»

Javier Milei is an unlikely champion of Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands. An admirer of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (who fought and won a war against Argentina) and an international ally of Israel (which is working with the British on a nearby oilfield), the libertarian»»»

Strikes on Ukrainian military facilities, defense-industrial sites and related infrastructure will be intensified following a statement by Volodymyr Zelensky, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The ministry said it had taken note of Zelensky’s statement that, in response to Russian strikes on defen»»»

Tokyo: A US Marine stationed on Japan's southern island of Okinawa was arrested on suspicion of the murder of a Japanese woman, police said on Sunday. The suspect "killed the 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha and stole her wallet on Saturday", a local police spokesman told AFP. Crimes by US pers»»»

Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated across Spain to demand affordable rent and stronger protections for tenants amid a deepening housing crisis. Average rent has almost doubled over the past decade, according to property website Idealista. On Friday, parliament narrowly rejected two emerg»»»

British livestock farmers are confronting an unprecedented spread of bluetongue, a virus carried by biting midges. Cases this season have exceeded the previous three seasons combined, according to UK government data updated on Saturday. The UK has recorded 2,579 cases so far in the 2026-27 bluetong»»»

Manila: Philippines authorities arrested more than 200 "mostly Chinese" foreign workers in the country's largest crackdown on illegal online gaming operators this year, the immigration bureau said. Manila banned Philippine online gaming operators, known locally as POGOs, in 2024 on the grounds that»»»

AI’s rapid growth brings new responsibilities, from accuracy, privacy to individual rights The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has affirmed that artificial intelligence is no longer a technology of the future, but has become an integral part of the present-day government workp»»»

AL-MUKALLA: Yemeni government forces in the southwestern province of Taiz on Saturday repelled what local army officers described as some of the most “aggressive” assaults by the Iran-backed Houthis, as the army also launched strikes on targets in Houthi-controlled Sanaa. Local army commanders said»»»

Dubai: An attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz damaged its engine room, a British maritime agency said Sunday, without specifying when the incident occurred. An "unknown projectile" struck the ship but the crew were unharmed, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) said. N»»»

Airplane mode: More than just a routine pre-flight instruction You hear it on almost every flight: please switch your phone to airplane mode. It is one of those routine instructions passengers follow almost automatically. A quick tap, a familiar icon on the screen, and you are ready for take-off. B»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received a written message from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, inviting His Highness to participate in the second summit between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and »»»

Motegi, Japan: Defending world champion Marc Marquez won the Japanese MotoGP on Sunday to slice Jorge Martin's overall championship lead to two points with six events of the season remaining. Marquez pushed pole-sitter Martin into second place in Motegi after overtaking his fellow Spaniard midway t»»»

More than 150 engineers and scientists are working on the 5 billion-kilometre mission Dubai: The spacecraft at the heart of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt has reached flight readiness less than two years after being developed, assembled and tested in the UAE, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed b»»»

Dh3.5b development offers homes as new residential communities expand across the emirate Sharjah: Families looking for larger homes in Sharjah are set to have more housing options as a major new residential community takes shape, bringing around 1,100 villas and town houses to the emirate. The Dh3.»»»

Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until all seven of Iran’s conditions under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding are fulfilled, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stressed on Sunday., stressing that Tehran’s position is “completely clear and definitive.” “The period of buying time »»»

The convoys delivered food and shelter supplies to help ease the suffering in Gaza Abu Dhabi: Five UAE humanitarian aid convoys comprising 55 trucks and carrying 617 tonnes of humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip this week under Operation Gallant Knight 3, as part of the UAE's continued efforts »»»

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his main challenger Flavio Bolsonaro wrapped up their campaigns on Saturday in the powerhouse state of Sao Paulo, where a fifth of the nation's vote is based, seeking to rally supporters and convince the undecided on the eve of Sunday's nail-bit»»»

Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democratic favourite, is running for re-election in Georgia in the 2026 US midterms while Abdul El-Sayed is a Senate candidate in the battleground state of Michigan. The two Democrats have very different profiles and platforms, underscoring divergences within the party. They c»»»

AI Everything Abu Dhabi brings experts and tech firms together to explore AI in finance The UAE is looking to build and scale AI companies across key sectors, with finance emerging as a major area of opportunity as the technology reshapes how capital is deployed, investment decisions are made and b»»»

Fitch expects Ras Al Khaimah growth to rebound to 5% in 2027 amid fiscal strength Ras Al Khaimah: International credit ratings agency Fitch has affirmed Ras Al Khaimah’s Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘A+’, reflecting an easing of direct risks associated with geopolitical challenges sin»»»

Hama, Oct 3 (SANA) Fish farms in Syria’s al-Ghab region are gradually resuming operations after more than 14 years of disruption, but Hama’s fish production has fallen to about 2,000 tons amid damaged ponds, limited resources and high input costs, officials and farmers said. Hussein al-Hussein, dir»»»