Major US news outlets amplified fabricated election polls showing gains by Democrats, giving a bogus months-old polling operation national credibility before investigators exposed its invented data. Wedgewood Polls, which appeared in June, secured coverage from publications including Newsweek, the »»»

Politicians advocating for annexation and further military operations could decide Israel’s next government despite holding only a handful of parliamentary seats, RT correspondent Charlotte Dubenskij reports. With 37 parties competing for the Knesset’s 120 seats on October 27, Israel’s proportional»»»

MoET data identify affordable staples with quantities listed to help households compare Dubai: UAE residents looking to manage grocery spending can compare listed prices for rice, eggs, milk and cooking oil through the Ministry of Economy and Tourism’s Essential Goods Prices Platform. The dashboard»»»

RIYADH: Of the 980,000 migrants deported during the first 18 months of US President Donald Trump’s second term, only 20 percent were individuals with a criminal conviction, according to a report published on Thursday by the Migration Policy Institute think tank. The study, authored by Marc Rosenblu»»»

Defense claims al-Qaida suspect unfit for trial due to CIA torture-induced injuries WASHINGTON: A lawyer for the suspected organiser of a deadly al-Qaida attack on a US warship in the year 2000 wants a military court to determine his competence before trial, arguing that he has a traumatic brain in»»»

Drivers urged to keep safe distances, observe speed limits and avoid aggressive honking. Fujairah: Fujairah Police have urged motorists to follow traffic rules, maintain safe distances and exercise patience on the roads amid concerns over heavy traffic and the frequent movement of trucks and commer»»»

Dhaka: The government in Bangladesh has initiated nationwide planting campaigns to grow tall palmyra palm trees as a natural defense system against fatal lightning strikes. Bangladeshi Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu on Thursday inaugurated the campaign in a northern distr»»»

Kharg Island's decline symbolizes Iran's economic isolation under US pressure Washington DC: Iran’s crude export apparatus has been crippled and the regime's principal financial lifeline has been severed, a US official asserted. United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launched a scathing att»»»

Lockheed to produce 850 F-35s under new Pentagon deal, pending approval The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin on Thursday announced a 10-year agreement for the production of 850 F-35 warplanes, underscoring Washington's long-term commitment to the high-tech stealth aircraft. The two sides did not specif»»»

CARACAS/MARACAY/VALENCIA, Venezuela: Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets on Thursday in the first nationwide opposition protest in nearly two years, as demonstrators demanded ​free elections and other political changes. The United States has been working closely with the interim government»»»

Moscow is ready to resume trilateral talks on Ukraine: Report Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (local time) confirmed that Moscow is ready to resume trilateral talks on Ukraine, TASS news agency reported, citing an interview with a Vesti journalist. In the same interview, Putin »»»

RIYADH: The Saudi medical charity Al-Balsam Association for Training and Health Development performed 28 open-heart surgeries and 84 cardiac catheterization procedures in the space of just six days in Nigeria this month. The volunteer mission to the capital, Abuja, took place from Oct. 13 to 18 and»»»

Ramallah: The Palestinian National Council (PNC) warned on Thursday of an escalating famine across Gaza Strip driven by the continued closure of border crossings and the deliberate blocking of essential food supplies, vegetables, and fuel. In a statement, Speaker of PNC Rawhi Fattouh stated that th»»»

NEW YORK: A New York woman accused of receiving weapons training from the Daesh group was tricked by her father into traveling to Syria, where she became an unwilling teen bride to a militant fighter, her lawyer told a jury Thursday. Halima Salman, a US citizen born in Brooklyn, was 17 when her fat»»»

LONDON: Maysa Yousef’s husband went to a market in central Gaza on Thursday evening to buy food for the weekend but found little to bring home. “All I can find is a couple of grapefruits,” he told her. For Yousef, an artist and mother of three, shopping has become an exercise in timing and improvis»»»

France’s leading police union has announced that it is set to sue the state, accusing it of leaving officers “betrayed and abandoned” during a wave of violent nationwide protests. The union’s planned legal action comes in the wake of unrest last week, when around 550,000 people took to the streets »»»

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar is set to host the final three matches of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup for a third consecutive year, bringing together some of the world’s greatest football clubs to compete in the 2026 edition in December. The annual competition will crown the best club in world fo»»»

Agencies Tesla reported a drop in third-quarter profits Wednesday but topped analyst estimates as multi-billionaire Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker invested heavily in new technologies. Texas-based Tesla reported profits of $787 million, down 42.7 percent from the year-ago period. Besides margin»»»

QNA Doha Participants at a seminar titled “Cybersecurity & Digital Transformation in National Security”, held on the final day of Milipol Qatar 2026, called for closer integration of cybersecurity and corporate operations. They also stressed the need for stronger risk management and response mechan»»»

Tribune News Network Doha Doha Design District, powered by Msheireb Properties, has invited designers, creatives, technology enthusiasts and members of the public to attend Tech Talk, the latest instalment in its monthly talks series, taking place on October 27, from 4 pm to 5 pm at Sada, Doha Desi»»»

QNA Doha The Lawyers Admission Committee held its meeting chaired by Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Committee HE Ibrahim bin Ali Al Mohannadi on Thursday. During the meeting, the committee discussed the items on the agenda. Three new lawyers took t»»»

Ashraf Siddiqui Doha Ambassador of Vietnam to Qatar HE Nguyen Huy Hiep has highlighted the enduring diplomatic legacy of President Ho Chi Minh emphasising peace, independence, respect for sovereignty, equality and friendship among nations during a documentary screening at the state-of-the-art Katar»»»

Ashraf Siddiqui Qatar and Hungary are looking to further strengthen their longstanding friendship, with bilateral cooperation expanding across education, culture, trade, investment, research, food security and environmental protection since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1990. Chargé »»»

Tribune News Network Doha The Community College of Qatar (CCQ) welcomed a delegation from the Cultural Attaché of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Qatar. The visit provided the delegation with an insight into Qatar’s leading educational and academic practices. Both sides also explored »»»

QNA Doha The fourth Educational Guidance Forum for 2026, organised by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), reviewed the key achievements of the Educational Guidance Department during the 2025-2026 academic year. The forum also examined the results of the department’s self-evaluat»»»

Tribune News Network Doha A shared commitment by higher education institutions across Qatar to provide the nation’s university students with the services and support systems that help them to excel has been signalled at the inaugural edition of a conference held under the patronage of the Ministry »»»

QNA Vienna The Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has adopted Qatar as the 12th Partner for Co-operation. The decision was made following a silence procedure, drawing approval from the organisation’s 57 participating states. In a statement on Thurs»»»

LONDON: The British government is committed to the full restoration of the UK diplomatic mission in East Jerusalem that serves Palestinians, Sir Vincent Fean, a former consul general in the city, told Arab News. It came after the diplomatic facility’s status was downgraded this month following thre»»»

TOKYO/BEIJING/AMSTERDAM: Global firms and governments rushed on Thursday to patch critical ​flaws in the PHP programming language that underpins much of the Internet, as a cloud firm reported millions of hacking attempts after vulnerabilities were disclosed. The push came after governments in Europ»»»

Doha: Technology is increasingly influencing national security, economic competitiveness and relations between countries. Access to semiconductors, AI, computing infrastructure and critical minerals is becoming an important consideration in strategic partnerships, said a senior official from Malays»»»

A US judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in civil penalties for deceiving Facebook users about the privacy of their personal data, in a landmark ruling stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which exposed the harvesting of personal information from millions of Americans for political »»»

DHAHRAN: Houthi attacks on Saudi civilian and energy infrastructure killed four people in the Eastern Province on Wednesday, underscoring the growing threat posed by the Iran-backed militia’s widening terror campaign against the Kingdom. With airports, residential areas and energy facilities increa»»»

JAKARTA: Indonesia remains on high alert ​for wildfires despite a decline in hotspots over the past week, with the sporadic rainfall still not enough to put them out, a disaster agency official said on Thursday, as students on Borneo island staged protests against the government’s handling of the c»»»

WASHINGTON: The United Nations’ climate loss and damage fund moved Thursday to provide $20 million in aid sought by flood-stricken Nepal, the first time it has set aside money for any country, in a key test of the body’s credibility. In an extraordinary meeting, the fund’s board agreed to earmark t»»»

ANKARA: Canada, locked in a trade war with the United States, opened talks with Turkiye Thursday on a free trade agreement during a landmark visit by Prime Minister Mark Carney. The two sides pledged to deepen cooperation on defense, energy and efforts to tackle climate change, as Carney became the»»»

By Staff, Agencies Major US news outlets amplified fabricated election polls showing Democratic gains, lending national credibility to a fictitious polling firm before investigators exposed its invented data. Wedgewood Polls emerged in June and received coverage from outlets including Newsweek, the»»»

By Staff, Agencies Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser has warned that the US “Israeli” war on Iran has triggered an “unprecedented” shock to global energy markets, removing an estimated 3 billion barrels of oil supply since the conflict began. The war, launched in February, effectively shut the Strait of»»»

The forum reflected the growing momentum in UAE-Greece economic relations Athens: The UAE-Greece Strategic Forum was held on Thursday in Athens during the official visit of Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, to the Hellenic Republic of Greece. The forum brough»»»

Gaza: Three Palestinians were killed and several others wounded today as the ongoing Israeli aggression persisted across various parts of Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported that one Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli occupation bombardment west of Khan Yunis in southern »»»

Russia is "not preparing for any war with Europe," and "if you look at the political processes taking place in Europe, it's obvious that the peoples of Europe don't want to fight Russia," President Vladimir Putin told Russian media on Thursday. Western leaders are talking about a "Russian threat" a»»»

LONDON: Israeli forces used US-made electroshock weapons to torture Palestinian detainees, according to a report published by The Guardian on Thursday. An investigation, conducted by the newspaper and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, identified four former Palestinian detainees who said»»»

Prime Minister Péter Magyar has pledged to establish a museum dedicated to the heroes and victims of Hungary’s 1956 Revolution, saying the country has failed to honour this historic debt for 70 years. Hungary will establish a dedicated museum commemorating the 1956 Revolution and its heroes, Prime »»»

SEATTLE, USA: A Washington state resident charged with conspiracy in one of the worst school shootings in Canada’s history pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday. Melody Bryant, also known as James Cody Bryant, of Bellingham, Washington, was arrested this month and charged with conspiring to »»»

Vienna: The Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has adopted the State of Qatar as the 12th Partner for Co-operation. The decision was made following a silence procedure, drawing approval from the organization's 57 participating states. In a stateme»»»

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Janith Liyanage smashed a six on the penultimate ball to guide Sri Lanka to a historic 430-8 victory over England in Rawalpindi on Thursday, completing the second-highest successful run chase in ODI history. Needing eight to win off the last over, Sri Lanka lost two wickets to»»»

Taulant Balla, head of the Socialist Party’s parliamentary group, has criticized Tirana prosecutor Arbër Berexha following the release of protesters detained during demonstrations in the Albanian capital. Speaking to reporters after a parliamentary session, Balla addressed the ongoing protests and »»»

Three representatives of Albania’s National Chamber of Advocacy met with members of the High Judicial Council (HJC) on Thursday, seeking intervention to resolve an ongoing dispute between lawyers and the Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime (GJKKO). During the meeting, the lawyers c»»»

Hungary’s Prime Minister Péter Magyar invited dozens of foreign leaders to Budapest for the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution, but several prominent European leaders will be absent. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President António Costa and Moldovan Presi»»»

The Israeli enemy continued on Thursday its attacks and violations in South Lebanon and Beirut, executing more explosions and air raids. In this regard, Al-Manar correspondent reported artillery and gunfire attacks on Baraachit town, South Lebanon. The reporter added that the enemy fired two flares»»»

BELGRADE: Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Serbia ‘s protesting youth movement gathered Thursday at the final campaign rally ahead of a tense weekend parliamentary election in a challenge to the Balkan country’s powerful populist strongman Aleksandar Vucic. Crowds streamed into Belgrade’s cen»»»