Tunis, Nov.13 (TAP) – Ways to boost military cooperation between Tunisia and Oman, and to broaden its scope, took centre stage at a meeting held Friday in Tunis between Defence Minister Khaled Sehili and Oman's Ambassador to Tunisia Hilal bin...»»»

Damascus, Nov. 13 (SANA) Minister of Finance Mohammed Yisr Barnieh discussed Friday with a visiting mission from the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB Group) the initial outcomes of the 2027–2029 Country Partnership Framework, which the Group is tasked with drafting to guide its upcoming develop»»»

Abu Dhabi, Nov. 13 (SANA) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met Friday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on the sidelines of the Sir Bani Yas Forum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The meeting addressed issues of mutual interest and ways to strength»»»

Abu Dhabi, Nov. 13 (SANA) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met Friday with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the Sir Bani Yas Forum in Abu Dhabi. The meeting addressed avenues for bil»»»

Istanbul: The Amir Sheikh HH Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and HE President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Republic of Turkiye have signed in Istanbul a joint defense agreement aimed at strengthening military cooperation between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Turkiye. The agreement was signed on Fr»»»

BEIRUT: The Lebanese army announced on Friday that it seized a large number of arms and ammunition from a depot in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, adding that it arrested one person. The army conducted “a special security operation after close monitoring of the transportation and»»»

AL-MUKALLA: Houthi forces launched ballistic missiles targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in Yemen’s interim capital Aden on Friday, Yemeni military spokesperson said. Majed Al-Nuzaili described the attack as a “serious escalation” that threatened the safety of residents and held the Ir»»»

Tunis,13 nov. (TAP)- The weather will be sometimes cloudy on Friday night with scattered and local showers expected in the far north and south, and a bit cloudy elsewhere.Nighttime temperatures will range between 14°C and 19°C in the north and...»»»

Global study measures passport strength, wellbeing, personal freedoms and quality of life Dubai: The UAE has secured 23rd place in the 2026 Happy Passports Index, scoring 73.4 points out of 100 in a global ranking that assesses quality of life, personal freedoms, international mobility, prosperity,»»»

GDRFA Dubai becomes the first in its sector worldwide to earn the top rating. Dubai: Dubai’s General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA Dubai) has become the world’s first residency and foreigners affairs authority to receive a 7-star rating in future planning, securing the highe»»»

BEIRUT: The Lebanese army announced on Friday that it seized a large number of arms and ammunition from a depot in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, adding that it arrested one person. The army conducted “a special security operation after close monitoring of the transportation and»»»

ANTALYA, Turkiye (Sputnik) - Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom will need up to 40 different ice-class vessels for the Northern Sea Route, and the first block of orders will be placed at Russian shipyards, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said on Friday. "We understand that, in general, Rosatom »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia remained the third-largest supplier of pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the European Union in September, according to Eurostat data reviewed by Sputnik on Friday. The total value of Russian pipeline gas and LNG supplies to the EU stood at 1.28 billion euros »»»

Damascus, Nov. 13 (SANA) The Syrian Arab Republic extended its sincere condolences and sympathy to the government and people of the Republic of Türkiye following the crash of a military helicopter and the deaths of its crew members. In a statement issued Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and »»»

UNIDO ranking assesses standards, accreditation and quality systems across economies The UAE has ranked fifth globally in the 2026 Quality Infrastructure for Sustainable Development Index (QI4SD) within the group of economies with GDP between USD 100 billion and USD 1 trillion, issued by the United»»»

No employees performing core policing duties in the field will be laid off, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said during a meeting of the Interior Ministry’s Social Partnership Council, the Ministry said in a press release on Friday. The Ministry's political leadership discussed the parameters al»»»

Istanbul: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and President of the Republic of Turkiye HE Recep Tayyip Erdogan co-chaired the 12th meeting of the Qatar-Turkiye Supreme Strategic Committee at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul on Friday evening. At the outset of the meeting, HE President Erdogan »»»

Tunis, Nov.13 (TAP) - Tunidex closed Friday's session up 0.79% to 18,989.99 points with a traded volume of TND 20.7 million, said broker Tunisie Valeurs.TPR shares were the best performers after rising by 4.3% to TND 13.390, trading for TND 1.9...»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A US Boeing RC-135U Combat Sent reconnaissance aircraft spent more than three hours flying near Russia's Kaliningrad Region, according to flight data reviewed by Sputnik on Friday. The aircraft departed from RAF Mildenhall in the UK at approximately 9:17 GMT and headed east. Arou»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Pentagon on Friday announced it has renamed its Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office to reflect the government's transition to the term "super intelligence." "The Department of War announced today the official redesignation of the Chief Digital and Artificial »»»

UNDP: Delaying action could double costs as extreme weather threatens vulnerable nations Acting now to counter the devastating effects of the El Nino phenomenon will cost half as much as waiting, the head of the UN Development Programme told AFP Friday. Alexander De Croo spoke to AFP at the UN clim»»»

BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday urged US President Donald Trump not to spring any surprises during expected talks on Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China next week. “Some here in Dublin fear this could turn into a ‘second Anchorage moment’,” said Merz, referring»»»

Washington: Microsoft has partially restored services after a nearly 24-hour outage disrupted its servers and affected apps used by around 430 million people worldwide. The company said early Friday that services were stabilizing, with gradual improvements underway.»»»

BELGRADE - At consultations held in the parliament building on Friday ahead of a November 17 constitutive session of the new Serbian parliament, Student List representatives said the new parliament speaker, the number of deputy speakers and their names would be decided upon by majority vote at the »»»

This week’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict yielded “meaningful progress,” US President Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner has said. He announced plans to address the Russia-Ukraine territorial dispute and wider European security order in parallel. In a statement on X on Frid»»»

In their most recent talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner apparently secured a place for ‘Europe’ at the negotiating table with Russia. European leaders will have to overcome deep factional divides and square away their most ideologically-driven fan»»»

Tunis, Nov.13 (TAP) - Tunindex ended the week (November 9-13) up 1.4 % to 18,989.99 points, taking its year-to-date performance to +41.2 %, Broker Tunisie Valeurs said.The week was characterised by a marked pick-up in the pace of trade, with a total...»»»

Hungary’s former foreign minister Péter Szijjártó reportedly coordinated with the Kremlin to bring Russian intelligence documents to Budapest, detailing efforts to discredit Tisza politician István Kapitány ahead of the 2026 election. The revelations come from a new book by investigative journalist»»»

ADEN: Yemen’s armed forces have carried out 943 air and ground strikes against Houthi positions, military sites and equipment over the past few hours, the army’s spokesperson said on Friday. In a statement, the spokesperson said the operations were part of the “Dawn of Yemen” campaign and included »»»

Two figures that best illustrate this transformation. They relate to GDP per capita, adjusted for purchasing power (Purchasing Power Standard, PPS), and to actual individual consumption respectively. The first shows us how much the economy produces, relative to the population and price levels. The »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah strongly condemns the terrorist and brutal aggression carried out by the Zionist enemy, which targeted the Nasser Medical Hospita»»»

An overwhelming majority in the European Parliament has agreed that MEPs can delegate their vote to another member in the months before and after childbirth, retaining their say in key files. The statute change, passed with 578 votes for, 25 against, and 4 abstentions on Thursday (12 November) will»»»

JERUSALEM: Israeli prime ministerial hopeful Gadi Eisenkot called on Friday for respect for the country’s Arab minority after caretaker premier Benjamin Netanyahu and other right-wing figures sought to delegitimize the community’s lawmakers by linking them to Hamas. Two Arab-majority parties, Raam »»»

AL-JIB: Looking tiny in his adult-size grey prison jumpsuit, 15-year-old Palestinian Ezzedine Al-Lahalia appeared stunned as his mother embraced him after a month in an Israeli jail. His first request was a child’s wish for his favorite food: stuffed cabbage and shawarma. The teenager, who had been»»»

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that he would not be cowed by Iranian threats ​against his life, after recently moving from his Washington, DC, residence to a US military base. “Why am I going to be afraid when our, the brave military personnel in the Gulf, President »»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump does not see the need for a peace settlement with Iran and prefers applying economic pressure on Tehran, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said on Friday. "President Trump does not think we need a deal, and we will just keep squeezing them,” Be»»»

Investigators examine brakes, speed records, road safety measures after deadly collisions Abu Dhabi: The UAE Public Prosecution has ordered the detention of a truck driver and launched a detailed investigation into a devastating crash in Fujairah that killed 14 people and injured around 30 others, »»»

Chief of Defence Admiral Emil Eftimov, in his address to the personnel of the Varna Naval Base on the occasion of the 129th anniversary of its establishment, said that in the context of a changing security environment, the role of the base will continue to grow, the Defence Ministry said on its web»»»

Putin’s remarks comparing European plans to send troops to Ukraine after a settlement to an anecdote about logical loops is an apt characterization of the situation European countries have created for themselves – calling for peace while supporting measures that will prolong the conflict, CIPI Foun»»»

MOSCOW: A car bombing on Friday in Moscow injured an adviser to Ukraine’s former prime minister in the second such attack in as many days and part of a series linked to the conflict with Russia’s neighbor. The explosion struck a car driven by Sergei Zavorotnyi, who previously worked as an adviser t»»»

Exams will run from 25 November to 11 December for pupils in Grades 3 to 12. Abu Dhabi: The UAE Ministry of Education has approved the timetable for first-term examinations for the 2026–2027 academic year, with pupils in Grades 3 to 12 required to attend school in person for exams running from 25 N»»»

Istanbul: Acting President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela HE Delcy Rodriguez met Friday with Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, at her residence in Istanbul. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral cooperation between»»»

LONDON: The world oil market will return to a surplus in the fourth quarter of this year, the International Energy Agency said on Friday, as Middle East exports recover faster than global oil demand despite continued attacks on shipping. The agency also gave more details of remaining volumes to com»»»

Airline reassures travellers that bookings are secure despite delayed confirmations Dubai: Emirates has warned passengers that booking confirmation emails may take longer than usual to arrive because of a global disruption affecting email delivery services. In an advisory published on its website, »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: In the absence of any valid legal justification for the use of force, a U.S. military attack on Ir»»»

Further documents linked to Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have emerged, shedding light on the relationship between Áron Orbán, the brother of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and former Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó. One email from 2023 shows Áron Orbán offering to cooperate with Szij»»»

MADRID: Spain’s two deadly train accidents this year have driven passengers away from the world’s second-largest high-speed rail network, a concern for a country heavily reliant on tourism and business travel, experts and business groups said. The October 28 collision, which killed 69 people, shut »»»

Step Back in Time at Al Jahili Fort, UAE's Historic Landmark Al Ain: Beneath the mud plaster of Al Jahili Fort, hidden from every visitor, runs a network of chilled-water pipes. It is a quiet piece of engineering in a building that dates from the 1890s, and it exists for a simple reason: summer tem»»»

BELGRADE - The Aleksandar Vucic-United Serbia list's candidate for MP Ana Brnabic said on Friday the new Serbian authorities were not interested in holding discussions and hearing the opposition, and noted that, during consultations in the parliament earlier in the day, Student List representatives»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Life Under Israeli Drones: Beirut Residents Hear the Buzz of Occupation in Every Corner of Daily Life 13-11-2026 16:33 PM The constant pres»»»