Russia considers the deployment of NATO military infrastructure in Afghanistan and neighboring countries unacceptable, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “I would once again like to emphasize the categorical unacceptability of deploying NATO military infrastructure on the territory of Afg»»»

Tech Summit in Abu Dhabi showcases AI-Powered research experiences Abu Dhabi: "Tomorrow, Ai Everything 2026 kicks off in Abu Dhabi. The tech summit runs until 7 October at the ADNEC Centre. Among the exhibitors is TRENDS Research & Advisory. Their plan is to set up a "knowledge pavilion" where visi»»»

Deal combines NEOPAY’s acquiring network with noon’s digital payments platform Dubai: UAE payments company NEOPAY has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 65 per cent controlling stake in noon payments, in a deal that will combine the companies’ payments infrastructure and expand NEOPAY»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector recorded its strongest improvement in business conditions since February in September, with the Riyad Bank Purchasing Managers’ Index rising to 55.3 from 53.8 in August. According to the PMI report compiled by S&P Global, new orders increased at their f»»»

Campaign encourages public to report potential security risks through 911, Kollona Amn app Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has launched a new security awareness initiative aimed at strengthening community participation in reporting incidents and potential risks that could affect public s»»»

Washington, USA: WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy feature that allows users to keep selected conversations confined to their primary phone, preventing them from appearing on linked devices such as computers, tablets and secondary phones. Called Restricted Chat, the feature is an upgraded versi»»»

UAE businesses face tight deadline to appoint e-invoicing providers by October 2026 Dubai: Large UAE businesses have less than four weeks left to appoint an Accredited Service Provider (ASP) under the country's e-invoicing mandate, with many companies yet to make a selection, according to Tax Star,»»»

The eighth meeting of the Moscow Format of consultations on Afghanistan is taking place in Moscow on Monday. Sputnik comes to you live as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the eighth meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan, which is now underway in the Russian capit»»»

Bank secrecy law exception invoked in Duterte impeachment proceedings MANILA: The Senate impeachment court on Monday (Oct. 5, 2026) allowed the executive director of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to testify about alleged suspicious financial transactions involving Vice President Sara Dut»»»

Iran's diplomat said on Sunday there was no military solution to the US war against Iran as peace talks appeared stalled. Washington has scaled back attacks in favour of economic pressure, while Iran's attempted Hormuz blockade remains contentious. A UK maritime agency reported another tanker hit b»»»

Right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a surprise first-place finish ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday's election, which heads to a run-off vote on October 25 as neither clinched a majority. Brazilians voted Sunday in a high-stakes presidential election pitting incumben»»»

France's education minister said lessons would be "totally or partly suspended" at up to 500 high schools on Monday after several days of sometimes violent protests against teacher shortages, dilapidated school buildings and overcrowding in classrooms. The minister said 24 schools had been "burned »»»

Copenhagen: Hackers broke into Denmark's national registry and gained access to personal information on millions of people, the digital affairs ministry said Monday. "The administration of the national registry (CPR) has found that unauthorised individuals obtained illegal access in particular to t»»»

Nagoya: President of the Olympic Council of Asia H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani yesterday invited the youth of Asia to reunite in Doha in four years for the 21st Asian Games, saying Qatar’s welcome would extend to all corners of the continent. Speaking at the Closing Ceremony of the 20th Asian»»»

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called an early general election for November 29 after Congress rejected two housing decrees proposed by his government. The measures, presented as part of Madrid’s response to Spain’s housing crisis, were voted down on Friday despite last-minute negotiation»»»

Deal gives Abu Dhabi group its first South America foothold and two key export terminals Dubai: AD Ports Group has completed its Dh3.1 billion ($835 million) acquisition of Brazilian agri-bulk port operator Corredor Logística e Infraestrutura (CLI) after receiving regulatory and antitrust approvals»»»

The Iliana Yotova-Kiril Valchev presidential ticket leads with 44.5% among Bulgarians firmly decided to vote, while the Andrey Gyurov-Georgi Kandev pair has 26.1%, according to Alpha Research's first survey since the official start of the presidential campaign. The study was conducted with Alpha Re»»»

The Bulgarian National Television (BNT) has ended its Ukrainian-language news broadcast, presenter and editor Maria Plachkova, a Bessarabian Bulgarian, said in a Facebook post. The program was launched in 2023 for Ukrainian citizens who came to Bulgaria and began building new lives there after the »»»

Tunis, Oct. 5 (TAP)- The weather on Monday is partly cloudy, growing densely cloudy in northwestern and central western heights with localised storms and rain .The wind is blowing east in the north and the midland and east in the south, relatively...»»»

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The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday that all US B-1 bombers deployed to Britain’s RAF Fairford had returned home following a security incident that prompted nearby evacuations. Police found no explosives after reports of suspicious activity at the base last Sunday. Five London-based British men arrest»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to travel to Iceland on Monday, two weeks after Washington sealed a security pact with Denmark and Greenland on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Rubio will meet with officials in Reykjavik "to discuss economic and security collabora»»»

Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Monday he would call an early election on November 29, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his government. The defeat in parliament on Friday was another political setback for the Socialist premier, one of the few European »»»

WASHINGTON: WhatsApp is rolling out a new privacy feature that allows users to keep selected conversations confined to their primary phone, preventing them from appearing on linked devices such as computers, tablets and secondary phones. Called Restricted Chat, the feature is an upgraded version of»»»

Singapore, Oct. 5 (SANA) Middle East oil exports excluding Iran rose above pre-war levels on several days last week, signaling a recovery in regional crude flows despite attacks on tankers and continued risks to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Shipping data from Kpler showed exports exceeded»»»

Capitals, Oct. 5 (SANA)Oil prices pared earlier gains on Monday as crude flows through the Strait of Hormuz recovered above pre-war levels, while tanker attacks and stalled US-Iran talks kept supply risks in focus. According to Bloomberg, Brent crude futures initially rose 0.79% to $103.06 a barrel»»»

Paris, France: Daryz won the Gr.1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe over 2,400m, while HM Alchahine claimed the Qatar Arabian World Cup on the final day of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Weekend at ParisLongchamp yesterday. H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani and H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Kha»»»

Moscow: Russian and Chinese researchers have developed a method for optimizing microdisk lasers that could help advance photonic chips for artificial intelligence systems and data centers, achieving a measured maximum modulation bandwidth of 4.15 gigahertz. The research was conducted by scientists »»»

Yangon, Myanmar: Myanmar has repatriated nearly 10,000 migrants from Malaysia this year, state media said on Monday, a day after a flotilla returning almost 1,500 of its citizens docked in the country. The United Nations (UN) has sharply criticised Malaysia’s push to return migrants to Myanmar unde»»»

STOCKHOLM: This year’s Nobel Prizes will kick off on Monday with the awarding of the medicine prize at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. The wor»»»

UAE climbs five places in WIPO index, ranking first globally in four innovation indicators Dubai: The UAE has entered the world’s 25 most innovative economies for the first time, climbing five places in the 2026 Global Innovation Index as investment in technology, research and entrepreneurship stre»»»

DOHA: Qatar Central Bank (QCB) and Euroclear announced their collaboration to establish a new international settlement link, making Qatari government bonds and sukuk Euroclearable, opening the domestic debt market to a broader global investor base. International investors will now benefit from secu»»»

More than 200 spaces between residential blocks have been commissioned for improvement since 2024, Sofia Mayor Vassil Terziev said in a Facebook post. Nearly EUR 12 million has been allocated for the projects this year alone. A significant number have already been completed, work is under way on ot»»»

JERUSALEM: The FlyDubai ‌co-pilot who stabbed his captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane last week told UAE interrogators he planned the attack before being hired by the airline, according to two Israeli officials with knowledge of ​the probe. A third source briefed on the UAE probe said »»»

Lille: Two men died off the French coast overnight from Sunday to Monday while attempting to cross the Channel into Britain, while two women were hospitalised with burns, French authorities said. The two migrants who died were in their thirties and forties, the prefecture told AFP. Two women suffer»»»

Dubai and Sharjah schools issue fresh circulars; photos allowed only at designated events Dubai: Parents across the UAE may soon have to think twice before pulling out their phones at the school gate. Schools in Dubai and Sharjah have issued fresh circulars asking parents and visitors not to take p»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Central Bank and Euroclear announced their collaboration to establish a new international settlement link, in line with Qatar’s Third Financial Sector Strategy and the Third National Development Strategy 2024–2030. This initiative will significantly enhance global investor access»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatari Businessmen Association (QBA) hosted a luncheon in honour of the visit of The Honorable Harry Coker Jr. Maryland’s Secretary of Commerce, and his accompanying delegation, as part of efforts to strengthen economic and investment cooperation between Qatar’s business community »»»

Up to 265 weekly international departures could shift as Terminal 1 is rebuilt Mumbai’s international air travellers could face changes to flights, terminals and airport access as Mumbai International Airport prepares for a phased redevelopment of Terminal 1. Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL)»»»

Vice President honours educators for shaping leaders, spreading knowledge Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has paid tribute to teachers as the “makers of generations” and “architects of minds”, highlighting t»»»

Iran has summoned the Norwegian ambassador in Tehran to lodge a formal diplomatic protest over Oslo’s continued inaction regarding unauthorized Starlink satellite internet operations within Iranian territory, a network the Islamic Republic accuses the United States and the Israeli regime of heavily»»»

DUBAI: Yemeni Armed Forces launched new strikes against areas under Houthi control, said spokesperson for Yemeni Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Majed Abdullah Al-Nuzaili on Monday in a post on X. The step follows the political leadership's directives, he said, after the Yemeni Armed Forces announced the st»»»

Doha, Qatar: More than 100 people from across Qatar took part in the “Reboot the Earth” hackathon, a United Nations initiative hosted by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, a Qatar Foundation partner university. The event is part of a global initiative that seeks to harness technology to develop p»»»

Interim Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare highlighted that if Romania aims to join the eurozone by 2035, the country must exit the European Union’s Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) by 2030, allowing the necessary subsequent years to prepare for entry. Speaking on Tuesday at the National Bank of Ro»»»

Banca Transilvania is providing 14 million euros in financing for the expansion and development of the Turda Salt Mine; the total investment in the project is estimated at approximately 25 million euros, according to a release from the bank.The project aims to expand the salt mine's tourist circuit»»»

More than half of young Romanians aged 18 to 34 rate their financial knowledge as good or very good, yet only one in ten correctly answers at least 10 of 12 questions in a financial literacy test, while people aged 50 to 64 achieve the best results, according to a study conducted by Cult Research f»»»

European integration reduces uncertainty, increases predictability, and gives local and foreign companies greater confidence to invest for the long term, Cristian Popa, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), stated on Thursday.He attended the second edition of the»»»

More than half (54%) of chief financial officers are involved in decisions on allocating investments in artificial intelligence (AI) and technology across their organisations, while 48% oversee initiatives concerning the trustworthiness, accuracy and transparency of AI systems, according to a Deloi»»»

India-EU pact aims to double trade, strengthen supply chains and cooperation New Delhi: France will be a “big driver” and supporter of the India-European Union trade deal and will push to deepen its economic content, including cooperation in energy, French Minister Delegate for European Affairs Ben»»»