DAMASCUS/LONDON: Iran has managed to export some liquefied petroleum gas and jet fuel since July, despite a US naval blockade, shipping intelligence showed and people involved in security said. Tehran has in recent weeks been concealing such cargoes among a growing volume of ship-to-ship transfers »»»

Beirut: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani has reaffirmed the State of Qatar's full support for the Lebanese Republic in any measures it takes in response to Israeli occupation actions. Speaking to journalists at the Baabda Palace i»»»

Joint European action is needed to safeguard the Black Sea and build consensus on turning it into an area of shared security, Bulgarian National Assembly Chair Mihaela Dotsova said, as quoted by the Bulgarian Parliament on Friday. She was speaking at the European Conference of Presidents of Parliam»»»

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister completed his cabinet line-up by appointing a US-designated terrorist after receiving Washington’s approval, in a bid to advance efforts to disarm Iran-backed groups in the country, diplomatic sources told AFP. On Thursday night, Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi announced »»»

RIYADH: The restraint shown by Saudi Arabia to prevent escalation is highly appreciated and demonstrates the Saudi leadership’s commitment to a return to normalcy in the region, the Indian ambassador to the Kingdom has said. In an interview with Arab News, Shri Vipul said: “India has consistently c»»»

Singapore: Singapore said on Friday it would issue warnings to seven companies in Indonesia it identified as responsible for fires that have sent toxic smoke across Southeast Asia, warning the worst may be yet to come. The city-state has beefed up measures to combat the months-long fires and had vo»»»

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has welcomed Ukraine’s first steps towards strengthening the rights of the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia following talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels. The meeting also raised the prospect of a landmark visit to Budapest, where Zelensky h»»»

US: The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet rising energy demand, including from large-scale data centers. No commercial nuclear reactor is known to have resumed generating electricity after beginning the decommissioning process that tak»»»

Paris: The public prosecutor in La Rochelle, western France, confirmed that an investigation had been opened to determine the cause of death and said that an accidental death was currently the leading line of inquiry. An autopsy is due to be carried out, the source close to the investigation said. »»»

Israel said commercial goods usually delivered into Gaza by private merchants have not entered the beleaguered territory for days because of Hamas threats and a taxation scheme, an accusation the group rejected. Despite a fragile ceasefire observed since October 2025, the Gaza Strip remains engulfe»»»

Friday sermons condemn violence, urge prayers for Saudi Arabia's security Dubai: Imams of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina condemned the Houthi attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh during Friday sermons, denouncing violence against civilians, travellers »»»

Riyadh, Oct. 16 (SANA) Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations and support efforts to enhance security and stability across the region. The two ministers reviewed th»»»

The Ministry of Defence has received emails in October reporting alleged explosive devices, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said on Friday in response to a question from Vazrazhdane MP Ivelin Parvanov about threats made against public buildings and institutions. The emails were sent to official c»»»

The Israeli Embassy in Tirana has announced its temporary closure amid the ongoing protest situation in the Albanian capital, with no reopening date set. In a notice published on its official page, the embassy said its reopening would depend on how the situation develops. “Due to recent development»»»

Iraq's prime minister completed his cabinet line-up by appointing a U.S.-designated terrorist after receiving Washington's approval, in a bid to advance efforts to disarm Iran-backed groups in the country, diplomatic sources told AFP. On Thursday night, Zaidi announced the completion of his governm»»»

BRUSSELS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday hailed his first meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar as “very good,” as Kyiv and Budapest sought a thaw in relations after years of friction. Since Hungary’s pro-EU conservative leader took office in May, both countries have »»»

KABUL: Lying in her hospital cot, the 3-year-old girl roamed the room with her gray-green eyes, but her body was listless. Her mother sat by her bedside, quietly weeping. Just a few months ago, she lost her 5-year-old daughter, Khadija, to the same condition: malnutrition. Both girls had the same s»»»

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its right under international law to take all necessary measures to defend its security and protect citizens and residents, following a UN Security Council statement condemning attacks against the kingdom. In a statement, the Saudi foreign ministry welcomed the S»»»

New York: The State of Qatar has called for further diplomatic efforts to resolve the Middle East conflicts, warning that continued tensions and restrictions on vital maritime routes threaten regional stability and the global economy. Addressing a quarterly open debate of the United Nations Securit»»»

Iran-linked espionage networks raise concerns across Gulf and Arab nations Abu Dhabi: Dr Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Defence, Interior and Foreign Affairs Committee at the Federal National Council (FNC), said the UAE faced multiple security challenges during the Iranian missile and drone »»»

SportsRwandaFormula One in Rwanda: More sportswashing or opportunity for Africa?Jonathan HardingFormula One will return to Africa for the first time since 1993. There is concern Rwanda are using it as another sportswashing opportunity, but there is also hope the event's legacy can impact wider Afri»»»

GENEVA: Gains ‌in tackling malnutrition in Gaza remain fragile and could be undermined by disruptions to supplies entering the Palestinian enclave, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Friday, urging that all crossings remain open. Israel said on Wednesday commercial goods were no longer enterin»»»

DUBAI: Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Friday reiterated his country’s support to Lebanese army. Sheikh Mohammed, who is also Qatar’s foreign minister, made the remarks after meeting with Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda. “Qatar»»»

Iraq has lost around $60 billion during the Middle East war, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said on Thursday, with Iran blockading a waterway that is crucial to global energy flows. OPEC member Iraq was producing about four million barrels of oil per day before the conflict, exporting about 3.5 mill»»»

Reliance says it welcomes competition, after Musk blamed ‘oligarchs’ for Starlink’s delay Dubai: It all started in early October, when Elon Musk decided to vent out his frustration on his social media platform X. But what really was bothering the world’s richest man, that he had to publicly call it»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei: Hegemony’s malicious network relentlessly perpetrates crimes against fr»»»

Damascus, Oct. 16 (SANA) Syria has extended its condolences to Pakistan following the collapse of part of a school building in Peshawar, which left several students dead or injured. In a statement issued Friday, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates expressed the Syrian Arab Republ»»»

Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon resumed on Friday, with airstrikes, tank fire, artillery shelling, and ground incursions being reported by Al-Manar correspondents in several areas. Israeli warplanes struck southern towns of Al-Mansouri and Beit Yahoun, or reporter in southern Lebanon said. An I»»»

Possible solutions to the constitutional issue of the absolute ban on voting by prisoners and Bulgarian citizens under legal incapacitation, and the experience of other countries, were the main topics raised by Minister of Justice Nikolay Naydenov at a meeting with rapporteurs from the Venice Commi»»»

Police restrictions and park closure follow protests over India’s voter-roll revision Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke was detained from his Delhi residence on Friday, minutes before he was due to leave for a flag-waving protest rally, as authorities tightened restrictions and closed a »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Khamenei on Sayyeda Zeinab birth anniversary: Supporting nurses, health sector essential to ensuring community’s we»»»

A 17-year-old Hungarian girl says a plain-clothes police officer promised to make her misdemeanour case disappear before taking her to a secluded street and asking whether he could kiss her. Her mother reported the incident to prosecutors the same day, and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee is provid»»»

By Staff, Agencies Hamas has marked the second anniversary of the martyrdom of its former political bureau chief, Yahya Sinwar, praising his role in the movement’s military and political leadership and describing his legacy as part of the broader Palestinian struggle for freedom and independence. I»»»

On the night of October 16, 1946, 10 individuals were hanged in the Nuremberg prison. These were the main Nazi criminals who had been captured and brought to trial. Despite the horrifying scale and brutality of the crimes, the Nuremberg Trials remain one of the most controversial proceedings in wor»»»

DHAKA: Abul Monsur Reaz was standing in a line to collect his boarding pass last Saturday, when a Houthi strike hit the Riyadh airport. Moments after the explosion, believing he was near his life’s end, the 38-year-old Bangladeshi pilgrim tried to remember the faces of his family back home: his 3-y»»»

LONDON: The security of the West is being fought over in the mountainous region surrounding the Yemeni city of Taiz, the country’s former prime minister has warned. If the key city falls to the Iran-backed Houthis, Western security will suffer enormously, said Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, now adviser to»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine likes to hit its infrastructure in order to denigrate Russia and ask for help from the West, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday. "Committing attacks, including on its own civilian infrastructure and civilians, followed by accusations again»»»

Peshawar, Pakistan: The families of children killed in a roof collapse at a school in northwest Pakistan called for "justice" on Friday, the day after more than 30 pupils and a teacher were crushed to death. A woman teacher and 32 students, mostly younger than 14, died in the building collapse in t»»»

President and candidate for president in the upcoming elections Iliana Iotova is portraying her opposition to sending Bulgarian troops to the front in Ukraine as the main dividing line between herself and her opponents, Anna Bodakova said on Friday in a declaration on behalf of Democratic Bulgaria »»»

The ink had barely dried on an agreement between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump over Iran when events in Yemen placed fresh pressure on Beijing. The agreement nudges China gently off the fence, prompting Xi to press Tehran more than he has done to date, so the timing was»»»

Hungary has joined Italy, Poland and Czechia in demanding a delay to the EU’s planned carbon pricing scheme for heating and transport, triggering a three-hour argument at a Brussels summit. Most member states rejected the proposal, raising questions about the future of one of the bloc’s key climate»»»

A 21-year-old man has been charged with murdering a peer whose body was found with his hands tied behind his back in the Harmanliyska River on October 15, the District Prosecutor's Office in Haskovo announced. The suspect has been detained for up to 72 hours, and the prosecution plans to ask the co»»»

Russia could make a major return to the Olympics in 2028 under its national flag for the first time in years, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Paolo Zampolli, has said. Russian athletes were barred from numerous international competitions following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict i»»»

Dubai Crown Prince visits mourning majlis in Al Ain to console the family of the deceased Al Ain: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, offered his condolences on Friday»»»

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry welcomed the UN Security Council’s condemnation of the Houthi militia’s attacks against the Kingdom, including strikes against civilian facilities, airports and energy infrastructure as well as the ongoing threats to navigation in the Red Sea and Bab Al-Mandab»»»

The ban protects native vegetation and natural grazing lands until May 14, 2027 Abu Dhabi's annual camel grazing ban takes effect on October 16 and will remain in force until May 14, 2027, as authorities seek to protect the emirate's natural vegetation and desert ecosystems. The Environment Agency »»»

Romania faces a difficult path to economic recovery as weak household consumption, elevated energy costs, and fiscal consolidation weigh on growth, according to the World Bank’s October 2026 Macro Poverty Outlook. The institution expects economic activity to recover gradually from 2027, but warns t»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Iranian Army Spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akrami-Nia: US qarships have moved over 500km away from Gulf coast, will be pushed furthe»»»

The United States has extended the exemption allowing four Bulgarian companies in the Lukoil group to continue certain operations despite US sanctions until April 24, 2027, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Pulev said. The Bulgarian entities have received another six-month extension under a general l»»»

Bulgaria's government is moving away from trusting what companies report and towards watching what they do. In the space of two weeks, Prime Minister Rumen Radev has announced plans for a central registry of food prices and published draft rules that would require gambling operators to feed betting»»»