New decree-law sets 25-year cap on mortgage repayment terms in Kuwait KUWAIT: Kuwait has issued a new decree-law governing mortgage financing for housing welfare beneficiaries, aiming to ensure a sustainable supply of adequate housing for Kuwaiti citizens, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported on »»»

Minister of Youth and Sports Gohar Nabil and Islam Azzam, Chairperson of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to empower young Egyptians and develop their capabilities in entrepreneurship, innovation, financial technology (fintech) a»»»

MANILA: When Ysmael Raul Salanguste arrived in Saudi Arabia nearly three decades ago, he focused on his career. Now an established architect, he joins other Filipino creatives in using their artistic talent to give back to the community both in the Kingdom and back home. A Northern Samar native, Sa»»»

Doha, Qatar: H.E. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the President and CEO of QatarEnergy, called for a new world energy order in which energy is kept above politics and is never made a victim or target of conflict. His Excellency made the call during the 17th Internat»»»

Damascus, Oct. 11 (SANA) Head of the Syrian Investment Authority Ahmad Rawad Ramadan discussed with a delegation from the US business community ways to strengthen economic cooperation and explore investment opportunities in the Syrian market. The delegation included 30 representatives from 22 Ameri»»»

WASHINGTON: Russian strikes hit multiple Ukrainian power plants on Sunday after US President Donald Trump’s claim that both sides had agreed to stop hitting each other’s energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Zelensky, in a post on social media, said a drone had hit a K»»»

DOHA (Sputnik) - Several people were injured in a new attack on the international airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Sunday, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said. "There are casualties following an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh," the authority said on X. The S»»»

American AI giant Anthropic has published a report detailing previously undisclosed instances of “unintended” actions by its artificial intelligence model, which included attempts to provide falsified information to the US authorities for the first time. Some of the cases investigated by the compan»»»

Death row inmate Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder in the US state of Tennessee, has been discharged from the hospital after surviving a botched execution. She was sent back to prison on Saturday, days after regaining the ability to walk and talk after receiving a double lethal injection, h»»»

TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Tehran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States accepts Iran's seven-point plan for a peaceful resolution that was conveyed through Qatar in September, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said on Sunday. "The Strait of Hormuz »»»

Doha: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) on Sunday launched a new website for the Official Gazette and the Al Meezan Legal Portal, advancing efforts to establish an integrated national digital platform for legal information in line with Qatar National Vision 2030 and its digital agenda. The launch was a»»»

The Irish government has set the path for a showdown between MEPs and governments over the next seven year EU budget after proposing an 8 percent cut worth €141bn to the European Commission’s spending plan. Savings from the commission proposal have been found across all headings in the so-called ‘n»»»

Nidal Hasan to be the first person executed by a US military firing squad since 1945 A top Trump administration official said Sunday that the planned livestream execution of the perpetrator of a mass killing of US soldiers would not pose an additional security risk to the United States. "I don't se»»»

NEW DELHI: Two Indian sailors were missing after a commercial vessel was hit by a “drone attack” on Sunday off the coast of Oman, New Delhi’s shipping minister said. Shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the tanker MT Petro Dolphin, with 11 Indian seafarers on board, was attacked at the anchora»»»

RIYADH: King Salman sent a written message on Sunday inviting Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman to attend the second EU-GCC Summit in Saudi Arabia on Oct. 24. The Saudi ambassador to Oman, Ibrahim bin Saad bin Bishan, delivered the letter on behalf of the king to the Omani undersecretary of the mini»»»

LONDON: The health of three Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails is at risk after contracting diseases and suffering from a lack of adequate healthcare, warned the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs. The commission said on Sunday that Hayel Deifallah, 60, from northwest »»»

RIYADH: As concerns grow over the current situation in Riyadh, people in the capital’s Diplomatic Quarter are continuing with their daily routines, with a Saudi citizen and a South Korean student describing a sense of normality and security during street interviews with Arab News. Speaking from the»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s minister of foreign affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, was assured of Jordan’s support to the Kingdom amid brutal attacks by the Houthi militia during a call with Ayman Safadi, his Jordanian counterpart, on Sunday. Safadi praised Saudi authorities for providing medical care a»»»

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Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Major General Mohsen Rezaei, says powers greater than the US have tried to conquer Iran but ultimately ended up in the “dustbin of history.” During an exclusive interview with Press TV on Saturday, Rezaei said the “US suffered repeated defeats »»»

Riyadh: Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced on Sunday that a new attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh this afternoon left injuries. In a statement, the Saudi GACA indicated that the assessment of damage and the verification of the facilities' safety are curre»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s resilience took center stage in Riyadh on Sunday as Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told global energy leaders that nothing would break the Kingdom’s commitment to the world. “We are like a phoenix, we come out of the ashes all the time, and every time,” he said. »»»

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CAIRO: Former Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa called for an immediate meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Riyadh to affirm Arab solidarity with Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf following Houthi attacks on the Kingdom. Moussa said Saudi Arabia was facing attacks on its sovereignty and secur»»»

Private sector collaboration drives UAE-Singapore economic partnership forward Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Foreign Trade, met with Gan Kim Yong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry of the Republic of Singapore, and Dr. Tan See Leng, Minister for Ene»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) announced the introduction of Apple Pay and Google Pay as payment options for its service fees across all its digital platforms and mobile application. In a statement on Sunday, October 11, the Ministry said the new payment options will allo»»»

RIYADH: A fire broke out at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Sunday after an unidentified projectile struck the airport’s terminal 4 for passengers. Authorities are responding to the scene, the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen reported. Later on Sunday, the Kingdom’s civil avi»»»

Spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced a number of new military operations against Saudi targets in response to the ongoing aggression on Yemen. What follows is the full text of the statement: In response to the brutal Saudi aggression against our country and »»»

BELGRADE (Sputnik) - The deal between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump on Russian diesel exports changes the strategic status quo, former Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday. "The agreement between Trump and Putin changes many things in the world, changes»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The earthquake was recorded at 14:07 UTC (14:07 GMT) 88 kilometers (55 miles) southeast of the Papua New Guinean city of Arawa, with »»»

Over 60 companies presented equipment, machinery, and technological solutions for municipalities' needs at this year's Municipal Expo here on Sunday. The event was held within the Annual Meeting of Local Authorities, organized by the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgari»»»

Doha: The 2026-2027 Men's Handball League season kicks off Monday with five matches in the opening round, all to be played at the Duhail Handball Complex. Al Arabi enters the new season seeking to defend the title it won last season 2025-2026, securing its second consecutive championship and fourth»»»

AMMAN: Mohammad Hussein Al-Barqawi, a 33-year-old Jordanian father of two who had moved to Saudi Arabia in search of a livelihood, was killed in a Houthi missile attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, leaving his family devastated and prompting renewed condemnation of th»»»

The ruling Socialist Party will hold an expanded meeting of its parliamentary group on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., following internal disagreements over the country’s Territorial Reform. The meeting, called by Prime Minister Edi Rama, will take place at the Palace of Brigades and is expected to bring »»»

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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire,” but offered no details on its terms. Trump’s brief social media post said only that the ceasefire took effect immediately and that both sides had agreed to it. “Do not break it!” he wrote.»»»

The European Union’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia has pledged full solidarity with Saudi Arabia over Saturday’s deadly attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, after outlining efforts to reinforce maritime security in the leadup to this month’s GCC-EU summit. The Coalition to Restore Le»»»

More than 100 countries participated in the second Global Digital Forum in Moscow, providing an opportunity for open discussions on pressing issues on the international digital agenda, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov told Sputnik. "As last year, the Global Digital Forum generated e»»»

TUNIS, Oct. 11 (TAP) – The Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries on Sunday called on farmers affected by recent hailstorms to take immediate preventive measures to protect olive groves and fruit trees against the risk of parasitic...»»»

When Donald J Trump walked down the gold-plated elevator at his New York Trump Tower in June 2016 to announce his candidacy for presidency of the United States, hardly any European leader –not to mention many in his own country—took him seriously. Written by Peyman Pejman Except one: Hungary’s form»»»

Viral video sparks debate after car sends bike flying, injures pedestrian A man found himself inelegantly dumped on the side of the road when a racing car rammed into a parked bike he was leaning against. In a video that has since gone viral, a man is seen half sitting on a two-wheeler right next t»»»

DOHA: Visit Qatar, in partnership with UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organisation, has announced that tickets for UFC Fight Night: Prochazka vs Stirling are now available through the official Visit Qatar ticketing platform, ahead of the event taking place in Doha on Saturday, November»»»

NEW DELHI: India joined in solidarity with Saudi Arabia on Sunday, as it condemned a major attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, in which at least 12 people were killed and more than 300 injured. The victims of Saturday’s attack in Riyadh included four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, as »»»

LONDON: Israeli forces entered a valley near the village of Abidin in southern Syria on Sunday, preventing farmers from working their land, Syria’s state-run news agency SANA reported. The force, traveling in three military vehicles, advanced into the Yarmouk Basin in western Daraa province before »»»

US President Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an immediate energy ceasefire. The announcement comes just days after Trump’s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which the two leaders agreed on a deal aimed at easing the global fuel crisis through Russian d»»»

Damascus, Oct. 11 (SANA) Syria’s Finance Ministry said on Sunday it had imposed no new taxes or fees on commercial and service sectors, clarifying that a decision circulating on social media concerns local licensing charges in Aleppo province. The ministry said Decision No. 57, issued on Sept. 27 b»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that the agreement between Washington and Moscow on imports of Russian diesel fuel benefited all Americans. "President Trump came into office with a mandate to work for the American people, and this is good for the American p»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia remains open to negotiations on the peace process in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik. "We are, in general, open to negotiations. We are maintaining our openness," Peskov said. Asked about whether elections in Ukraine would be a prerequisite for Moscow»»»

The team of the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria (NAMRB) will insist on the elaboration of a national programme for digital transformation and data security of all municipalities, Vratsa Mayor Kalin Kamenov told the participants in a forum on "Digital Municipality:»»»

Doha: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) launched a new specialized clinic at Hamad General Hospital (HGH) to support cancer patients who require repeated intravenous treatments. The clinic provides specialized assessment to determine the most appropriate method of care tailored to each patient's cond»»»