Russia-US contacts on the issue of “irritants” will take place soon, with the timing being coordinated, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on the sidelines of the 23rd annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club. He noted that circumstances would eventually compel the United Sta»»»

US President Donald Trump has denied offering any concessions to Iran after indirect negotiations resumed in New York on Monday in the hopes of ending the war he launched alongside Israel against the Islamic Republic seven months ago. Trump took to social media to refute an Axios report claiming th»»»

Damascus/London, Sept. 29 (SANA) The selling price of 21-carat gold in Syria rose by 100 Syrian pounds ($0.82) per gram on Tuesday from a day earlier, while global gold futures recovered after opening near a seven-week low. The General Authority for Precious Metals Management priced 21-carat gold a»»»

The route ran between the islands of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago in heavy ice conditions, the Russian Defense Ministry notes. A Ka-29 helicopter was launched from aboard the ice-class patrol ship Ivan Papanin to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the route.To pass through the strait, a training »»»

The Danish retail chain NORMAL is entering the Romanian market and is preparing to open its first two stores in Bucharest and Timișoara. The first store will open its doors to the public on Wednesday, 30 September at Mega Mall in Bucharest, at 09:00 a.m, and after two days, on 2 October, the store »»»

New station integrates rail, metro and taxis to cut car dependence across emirates Dubai: Why build a railway station in an area that is still developing? For Etihad Rail, the answer lies not in where Dubai is today, but where the city will be a decade from now. As Etihad Rail prepares to launch pa»»»

BusinessNorth KoreaNew North Korea bridges build on strong China, Russia ties Don HuhTwo recently opened bridges are expected to ease trade and transport between North Korea and its powerful neighbors. The new connections come as Pyongyang builds strategic ties with China and Russia. https://p.dw.c»»»

London: The government of the said on Tuesday that no fees will be demanded of foreign nationals who wish to visit their national museums after previously having considered the idea charging them an entry fee in an effort to help the cash-strapped sector. Access to permanent collections at national»»»

MOSCOW: A Russian military plane crashed in the far eastern region of Amur on Tuesday, killing six crew members and leaving another injured, the Russian defense ministry said. Russian Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic bomber/missile carrier crashed in Amur Oblast, Far East Russia.Its six crew-members have »»»

Nairobi: Nigerian oil tycoon Aliko Dangote told AFP on Tuesday that Africa would largely supply its own refined fuel needs by 2030 as he prepared to launch a $16 billion refinery on the Kenyan coast. Dangote will break ground on the east African oil refinery, with a planned capacity of 700,000 barr»»»

210,000 transactions a year to become faster as 16 of 21 services now use agentic AI Dubai: Customers in Dubai can now apply to activate their electricity and water supply in just two minutes, down from around eight minutes, as Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) uses agentic artificial in»»»

The US, Denmark, and Greenland have signed a new agreement to expand American military activity on the island. Washington calls Greenland vital to its security, but an expanded military presence also raises an older question: What risks does the Arctic island take on in return? The agreement builds»»»

Damascus, Sept. 29 (SANA) Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in Damascus to discuss Syria-EU relations and ways to strengthen cooperation. The talks covered the latest political and security developments in the region, as well as efforts to supp»»»

Firms with Dh50 million+ revenue must appoint an ASP by 30 October or face monthly fines Dubai: With barely a month left before the first e-invoicing deadline, the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) is pushing businesses to stop treating the rollout as a future problem and start onboarding. Get updated fa»»»

Inmate says she is not afraid to die as victim’s mother prepares to witness execution Dubai: Tennessee is preparing to execute a woman for the first time in more than 200 years, bringing to a close a case that has pitted arguments about youth, childhood abuse and mental illness against a mother’s t»»»

China on Tuesday rolled out new measures to help boost its economy and sluggish property sector as pressures ramp up ahead of a year-end target for hitting the government's economic growth goal. The measures, some of the bigger moves made this year by Chinese officials, include encouraging targeted»»»

While the mission of the UNIFIL forces in southern Lebanon is expected to end late this year, a senior European diplomatic official confirmed on Tuesday that any European security mission in Lebanon will not replace UNIFIL. The diplomat also clarified to Al-Arabiya television that the proposed Euro»»»

Five daily trains connect Abu Dhabi and Dubai with Emirati-inspired onboard dining Abu Dhabi: For years, the road between Abu Dhabi and Dubai has meant one thing: hands on the wheel, eyes on the traffic, and a long stretch of highway. This will change from today. Etihad Rail's first passenger train»»»

New technology can track errors, show learners exactly why they passed or failed Dubai: Learner drivers in Dubai will be able to see exactly where they went wrong during their driving test under a new AI-powered assessment system that promises more accurate results, greater transparency and fewer i»»»

DOHA: His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and HM King Willem-Alexander of the Kingdom of the Netherlands have discussed bilateral relations between the two nations during a telephone conversation. The conversation was initiated by HM King Willem-Alexander on »»»

The operation to pump water from the Danube River into Srebarna Lake, which began in July due to low water levels in the reserve, has concluded. Over 5 million cubic metres of water were transferred over 74 days using two water pump units provided by the General Directorate for Fire Safety and Civi»»»

The National STEM Centre’s new building opened at Sofia Tech Park on Tuesday, with Education and Science Minister Georgi Valchev and Prime Minister Rumen Radev attending. Funded under Bulgaria’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), the centre will support student learning, training for aca»»»

The United States has granted Iraqi airlines a sanctions waiver allowing them to fly Iranian pilgrims in and out of the Iraqi city of Najaf, holy to Shia Muslims, an Iraqi government official and an airport source told AFP. The Iraqi government had on Saturday said it was in talks with the U.S. to »»»

The U.N. envoy for Yemen said Tuesday he met with Houthi negotiators over the weekend in efforts to avert further escalation in Yemen amid fierce battles on the country's western coast between the Iran-backed Houthis and the Saudi-supported, but fragmented, government forces. The renewed violence, »»»

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said there were "indications" that Israel's enemies could try to attack ahead of elections scheduled for the end of October, without giving details. "We have indications that ahead of the elections our enemies will try to attack us. So... I am sending yo»»»

Tunis, Sept.29 (TAP) - The Independent High Authority for Elections (French: ISIE) announced on Tuesday that the period for submitting applications for accreditation by observers, journalists and guests seeking to follow the process of removing a...»»»

Iran has denied any ties to the Fairford Airbase incident in the UK, denouncing evidence-free claims that it was involved as “Iranophobia.” Hours after call from a farmer to the military airbase at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, southwestern England, on Saturday night, police arrested five men dr»»»

JEDDAH: Investment linked to new factories in Saudi Arabia doubled in June, with more than $1 billion associated with new industrial licences. The SR4.46 billion ($1.19 billion) is linked to the 364 new industrial licences approved by the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources — a monthly rise »»»

BAGHDAD: The United States has granted Iraqi airlines a sanctions waiver allowing them to fly Iranian pilgrims in and out of the Iraqi city of Najaf, holy to Shia Muslims, an Iraqi government official and an airport source told AFP. “Iraqi airlines have obtained a conditional exemption to operate f»»»

Daily attacks around the city of Nabatieh and the town of Kfar Rumman have not stopped the Zein family from launching work to restore “what can be restored” of the home of Youssef Bek Zein, which was damaged by intensive Israeli strikes several months ago. Descendants of one of Nabatieh’s best-know»»»

Emirates launches winter campaign with free attractions and hundreds of Dubai offers Dubai: "Headlines will come and go, Dubai will keep getting better.” That is the message from Emirates in a new social media video promoting Dubai as a winter destination — and, given the number of headlines Dubai »»»

Twenty-seven presidential and vice-presidential candidate pairs will contest Bulgaria’s October 25 election, Central Election Commission (CEC) Spokesperson Stoyanka Balova-Tsvetkova said on Tuesday. The candidates were nominated by 20 initiative committees and seven parties. The final number was co»»»

More than 60 victims of human trafficking were formally or informally identified in Bulgaria during the first six months of 2026, with 17 of the victims being children under the age of 18, senior expert at the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (NCCTHB) Vanya Georgieva to»»»

The growing retail park market has not gone unnoticed by investors. Despite the first investment transaction regarding this asset type took place in 2008, on the course of 18 years the retail park and convenience retail market recorded the investment volume exceeding €2.5 billion so far. Avison You»»»

Four years after opening, Wave Międzyzdroje Resort & SPA continues to attract guests throughout the year and has become the starting point for the development of further Wave-branded projects on the Baltic coast. The resort maintains a high average annual occupancy rate, while apartment sales in Mi»»»

Washington, United States: Leading artificial intelligence executives will meet at the White House Tuesday with President Donald Trump and a top Republican as Congress calls for stronger industry oversight. The gathering comes quickly after tech giant OpenAI's cancellation of the release of its new»»»

Paris, France: Tom Cruise is taking on one of his riskiest roles in decades, tackling the politics of climate change and corporate greed in new film "Digger" which sees him play an embattled, ageing tycoon. Backed by a reported budget of $130 million and an advertising blitz, the dark comedy from m»»»

NEW DELHI: A month before 3 million enumerators started visiting Indian households door-to-door, Priyanka Kumari taught them how to convince people to answer truthfully, as they faced dozens of questions about their livelihood, food and whether they had drinking water and toilets at home. A teacher»»»

Máté Hajba is the director of Hungary’s Free Market Foundation, which has published a new report examining what it calls “circular lobbying” in Brussels: public institutions funding NGOs that, among their activities, seek to influence the policies of those same institutions. The report examines nin»»»

RIYADH: The King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve has achieved a milestone in adventure sports and ecotourism in Saudi Arabia, with 10 of its hiking trails becoming the first in the Kingdom to receive international accreditation. “The King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority »»»

RIYADH: The Media Innovation Bootcamp, an initiative of the Saudi Media Forum, has extended registration until Oct. 15. The event will bring together local and international media, technology and innovation experts as judges and mentors. The judging panel includes Tekken Media Arts CEO and Founder »»»

Rome: A particularly well-preserved painting of Rome by the British artist William Turner went on display in the city on Tuesday for the first time ahead of an auction in December. "Rome, From Mount Aventine", which was first exhibited in 1836, has only been sold twice before and still carries the »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani received a written message from President of the Republic of Maldives, HE Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, pertaining to bilateral relations and ways to support and develop them. The message was received by Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Aff»»»

“We are witnessing something unprecedented, something that is difficult to fully assess,” Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev told journalists in Blagoevgrad regarding the agreement reached with Greece to return to Bulgaria the remains of Tsar Samuil. On October 3, they will be transported to Bulgar»»»

Paris, France: French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Tuesday vowed to hit back at allegations of antisemitism targeting her de-facto number two Jordan Bardella, which have punctured her buoyant campaign at a time she is riding high in the polls. Le Pen, who is aiming to win the E»»»

BANGKOK: The death toll from rains and flooding in Thailand has risen to 23, authorities said on Tuesday, as waters receded from the hard-hit capital Bangkok, where its main airport operated in chaos, and the government approved a multi-million aid package. Bangkok was swamped by around 320 mm (12.»»»

Damascus, Sept. 29 (SANA) Syria will allow foreign vehicle, machinery and tire companies to register non-exclusive agencies and open branches or offices in the country, the Ministry of Economy and Industry said Tuesday. The companies must register with the Foreign Companies Branches and Agencies De»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's caretaker First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali announced on Tuesday Serbia would receive its first Rafale multi-role fighter jet in January 2028 and that, afterwards, the remaining 11 jets would arrive one by one every month. Mali was responding to questions from rep»»»

Major expansion adds electric karting, 2.4km track and family attractions from October 1 Dubai: Kuwait will open the third phase of Al Shaheed Park to the public on October 1, unveiling a major expansion that adds an Olympic sized ice skating rink, an indoor snow attraction, electric karting and a »»»

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