Energy Minister Joe Saddi, who was named by the Lebanese Forces, announced Tuesday his boycott of cabinet sessions until the government takes the “needed decisions” in the thorny electricity file. "The core of the electricity problem lies in the lack of production capacity," said Saddi at a press c»»»

East Timor's top diplomat Bendito Freitas is on an official visit to Russia from October 4 to 6. Join Sputnik live as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his East Timorese counterpart Bendito Freitas speak to the press in Moscow and spell out the results of their talks.In 2027, Russia and Ea»»»

Bulgaria's Fiscal Council has warned of a risk of a debt spiral and mounting interest rate pressure in its analysis of the current 2027 budget procedure. The accumulation of budget deficits is raising concerns about debt and interest payments, which are projected to reach EUR 1.88 billion in 2028, »»»

HEADLINES Bulgarian media on Tuesday focus on the presidential election, prices and the economy, healthcare and public safety. Polling and expectations of a runoff in the presidential race receive considerable attention across print and broadcast media, while economic coverage centres on fuel and f»»»

Presented with the double challenge of selling out the 2026 edition while simultaneously engineering a flawless, high-velocity launch for UNTOLD 2027 Star Edition, all without losing momentum in the final and most unpredictable days before the festival, the Grapefruit agency succeeded and surpassed»»»

Dozens of participants took part in a contest dubbed “Matt Race” in Tokyo In a country known for long working hours and chronic sleep deprivation, Japan has found an unusual way to promote better rest — by turning sleep into a competition. Dozens of participants took part in a contest dubbed “Matt »»»

Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces staged a lightning advance on ​Monday to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait up to the city of Mocha, the government said, pushing the Iran-backed Houthis out of most of the areas they seized last month. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis reports.»»»

The separatist Parti Québécois won provincial elections on Monday, but fell just short of enough seats to govern alone in Canada's French-speaking province, Quebec. The victory comes just two weeks ahead of a vote in Alberta, Canada's economic powerhouse, on whether it wants to begin the process of»»»

Following a drone attack against two merchant ships in the small hours on Tuesday, Continue the Change said it is only natural to protect Bulgarian territorial waters, or at the very least to establish why they were not protected. “Unfortunately, we clearly do not have a true president of the Repub»»»

Government gains could ease shipping risks, but Houthi missile and drone threat remains DUBAI: Yemeni government forces say they have seized control of the strategic Bab Al Mandab strait and the Red Sea port city of Mocha from the Houthis, potentially changing the security equation around one of th»»»

Morphosis Capital, one of the leading private equity firms in Central and Eastern Europe investing in founder-led SMEs, has signed an agreement to sell the stake held by Morphosis Capital Fund I in Stay Fit Gym, which will form a joint platform with 18GYM, a Romanian fitness chain backed by Enterpr»»»

Tokyo: All 7-Eleven convenience stores in India shut down in September, according to its Japanese parent company on Tuesday, as media reported the retail giant struggled to compete with local rivals. 7-Eleven is a global chain of convenience stores best known for quick grab-and-go snacks, beverages»»»

LONDON: It is half a century since the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 3379, declaring that “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.” Passed on Nov. 10, 1975, with 72 states in favor — including all six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council — 35 against and 32 ab»»»

J. Patrick Fischer - Wikimedia Commons Data released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, that the value of Egyptian exports to South Korea rose to $44.6 million during the first half of 2026, compared with $40.1 million during th»»»

On Israel's border with Lebanon where Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets and drones, previous backers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they are rethinking how they will vote in the first election since the war. "Many I know were right-wing and were Bibi supporters, and today they're not,"»»»

Partnership expands ClickHouse adoption for real-time analytics and AI across key markets Dubai: ClickHouse, Inc. and Datax Solution today announced a distribution agreement covering the Middle East, Africa, and India. Under the agreement, Datax Solution will act as an authorised distributor for Cl»»»

Amid higher energy prices, heightened uncertainty, and weaker economic expansion in trading partners, growth in Europe and Central Asia is likely to slow to 2.2% in 2026 from 2.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank’s latest Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Making AI Work: Jobs, Firms, and»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The German leadership is artificially presenting Russia as some ephemeral enemy in order to justify its costs of militarization, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. "This is, let us say, an informational technique, artificially creating an ephemeral enemy in order to»»»

Man fell ill around a month ago and had been treated in the DR Congo Nairobi: Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country. The man, who has not»»»

RIYADH: Tunisia’s annual inflation rate rose to 5.6 percent in September from 5.4 percent in August, driven by an increase in food prices, new figures showed. According to the National Institute of Statistics, food inflation accelerated to 8.4 percent in September from 7.5 percent in August, while »»»

Paris, Oct. 6 (SANA) France welcomed Syria’s accession to the International Partnership Against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons (PICIAC), describing it as a step toward accountability and justice. In a statement published on its website, the French Foreign Ministry said Syria’s accession m»»»

The second summit of the energy ministers of Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece and Bulgaria began with a plenary session at the Palace of Serbia on Tuesday. The main topics are strengthening regional energy links, new gas and electricity supply corridors, energy security and system resilience. The me»»»

The parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) has once again submitted a request for the National Assembly to hear Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev, this time together with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Galab Donev and Regional Development Minister Ivan Shishk»»»

Geneva: The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it deemed the public health risk in Russia to be low, following reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague in Siberia's Irkutsk region. "The WHO initial risk assessment from the information available estimates the risk to be moder»»»

Nairobi: Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country. The man, who has not been named, fell ill around a month ago and had been treated in the »»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order allowing drivers to use tax-exempt red-dyed diesel, a fuel normally reserved for farm machinery and other off-road equipment, on public roads. The move came as surging pump prices tied to the Iran war weighed o»»»

A professor at an Israeli university has been indicted for allegedly planning attacks aimed at killing hundreds of Arab Israelis and Palestinians in a bid to force them to flee into neighboring countries, prosecutors announced on Monday. The suspect in his sixties lives in the central city of Petah»»»

Celebrated designer crowned for redefining global wedding and interior trends One of the pioneers of luxury design and the global wedding industry, Dr. Ali Behnam-Bakhtiar was crowned with the prestigious "best designer for events and interiors" - 2026 IIIA, India International Influencer Awards at»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.4601 dinars for one euro on Tuesday, which is a slight change relative to Monday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is down by 0.1 pct against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.2 pct y-o-y and down by 0.2 pct rel»»»

WASHINGTON - Serbian caretaker Minister of European Integration Nemanja Starovic met in Washington with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs, Daniel J Lawton. "The discussion focused on the continuation of the Strategic Dialogue between Serbia and t»»»

Daraa, Oct 6 (SANA) Pomegranate production in Syria’s Daraa Governorate is expected to rise to about 44,000 tons this season from 27,000 tons last season, an increase of about 63%, as cultivated areas expand and more trees enter the fruit-bearing stage, the provincial agriculture director said.Ahed»»»

Startups developing solutions for a sustainable future or using advanced technologies and artificial intelligence to generate impact can apply until 22 November 2026, at 10:00, for Romania ClimAccelerator 2026–2027, a programme organised by Impact Hub Bucharest, with Philip Morris Romania as main p»»»

After reports that a lab technician’s death was possibly linked to pneumonic plague in Russia, US officials said they are closely watching the situation. The lab technician is a 28-year-old woman who worked at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, which was set up i»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of State for Energy Affairs HE Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi led Qatar’s delegation to the 37th meeting of the GCC Petroleum Cooperation Committee, which took place in Bahrain’s capital, Manama. The meeting discussed various issues related to cooperation amongst the Gulf Cooperation C»»»

Abuja, Nigeria: Civilian family members were travelling aboard a Nigerian Air Force plane when it crashed, the military said Tuesday, as search operations continued for a second day. In one of the country's worst air disasters in recent years, 32 people were killed when an ATR-42 twin-engine turbop»»»

Hungary’s housing market appears to be losing momentum, with nationwide house prices stagnating in September while prices in Budapest fell for the second consecutive month, according to the latest housing price index from ingatlan.com. The slowdown marks a notable shift after a period of rapid pric»»»

Turkey and Pakistan will undertake a "rapid deployment" of troops to Saudi Arabia as part of a new mutual defense alliance, the three countries said Monday, as the Gulf kingdom faces escalating attacks from Yemen's Houthis. The three countries in August signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement comm»»»

Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified. After declaring a counter-offensive, government forces claimed Monday to have pushed the Houthis out of the Bab al-Mandab area, a »»»

Doctors perform groundbreaking laparoscopic surgery on high-risk cancer patient An 81-year-old colorectal cancer patient with several medical risk factors has successfully undergone advanced minimally invasive surgery in Abu Dhabi, avoiding the need for a temporary or permanent stoma. Doctors at SE»»»

AI Everything 2026 highlights UAE's pragmatic approach to robotics and AI Abu Dhabi- Autonomous delivery vehicles and robotaxis are already rolling out across the UAE, and Faisal Al Bannai, Advisor to the UAE President and Secretary General of the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), said a»»»

Western statements about a possible return of US and NATO military infrastructure and facilities to Afghanistan are absolutely unacceptable, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said. “We consider statements being made in the West about the possible return of US and NATO military infras»»»

Sofia, Bulgaria: Drones hit two commercial ships in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria on Tuesday, sinking one of the vessels, the government said. While the sailors from the sunken ship were missing, those from the second ship were rescued, Rumen Nikolov, head of the local rescue operations i»»»

DOHA: Qatar secured third place globally and the bronze medal in the team competition at the International Olympiad on Climate Change and Environmental Issues (IOCE 2026), while also winning three individual medals. Held in the Sirius Federal District of the Russian Federation from September 20 to »»»

The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Golubkovo in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. "Units of Battlegroup Vostok continue to advance deep into the enemy’s defensive lines and, as a result of decisive actions, have liberated the settleme»»»

East Timor’s Foreign Minister Bendito Freitas is visiting Moscow from October 4 to 6. Join Sputnik live as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds talks in Moscow with East Timor’s Foreign Minister Bendito Freitas.The two top diplomats are expected to exchange views on a wide range of bilatera»»»

Attorney claims threats aim to silence woman at center of Cornell rape lawsuit The woman at the center of the Cornell University sexual assault case is receiving threats meant to push her into dropping her lawsuit, her attorney says, while thousands of students and faculty took to the Ithaca campus»»»

Tunis, Oct.6 (TAP) - "Tunisian dates: Between cost challenges, a successful season and market issues" is the theme of the first national conference to be held on October 8, organised by the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries (French: UTAP)...»»»

A Su-25 aircraft will be sent on a search mission for more survivors from a drone attack on two commercial ships near the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said here Tuesday. He participated in a meeting convened by Prime Minister Rumen Radev with representatives of the c»»»

Rome:Tennis world number one Jannik Sinner has brought a premature end to his season due to an ongoing knee injury, the Italian announced on Tuesday. "Me, together with the doctors, have decided that I need a course of treatment for my knee, which means that the 2026 season is officially over," Sin»»»

BERLIN: Germany’s former foreign spy chief was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of espionage, accused of seeking to pass sensitive information to overseas intelligence services, prosecutors said. August Hanning, who ran Germany’s BND intelligence agency between 1998 and 2005, is suspected of charges i»»»