Recent reports and videos of alleged recruitment irregularities are fuelling tensions between mobilisation authorities and Ukrainian society, while raising questions about the oversight and implementation of military recruitment. In a video posted on September 4, a man was forcibly taken into a pol»»»

LONDON: Recent satellite imagery has revealed the sheer scale of destruction in Gaza. But beneath the rubble covering large swathes of the enclave, what remains hidden is harder to quantify — and far more consequential. The latest UN estimates put the amount of rubble at about 61 million tonnes — r»»»

RAMALLAH: Israeli forces and settlers carried out 26 incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque in September, while authorities prevented the call to prayer 150 times and closed Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque for six days, the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs said on Tuesday. The ministry said the»»»

WASHINGTON: Most families of the six soldiers killed in the deadliest attack of the Iran war will not be attending a major White House event for Gold Star families hosted by President Donald Trump. Only one family member of those killed in an Iranian drone strike March 1 on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait c»»»

Raqqa, Oct. 6 (SANA) In the cotton fields of northern Raqqa countryside, the day begins for women cotton pickers with the first light of dawn. Carrying their bags, they head into the fields to harvest what is locally known as Raqqa’s “white gold,” embarking on a long workday, or “sarwa,” that stret»»»

LILLE, France: French authorities said Tuesday they have arrested four Ukrainians suspected of carrying out daring highway heists that involved them jumping onto moving trucks to rob them of consumer electronics. The suspected gang were arrested last week, the prosecutor for the northern city of Be»»»

RAMALLAH: Israel has barred Palestinian election officials from entering Gaza and Jerusalem to prepare for November’s long-awaited legislative elections, creating a fresh obstacle to the first Palestinian parliamentary vote in two decades. The Palestinian Central Elections Commission was prevented »»»

MANILA: The Philippines is recording a boom in the number of halal-certified businesses as the government expands the local industry to tap into the multi-trillion-dollar global halal market. In the predominantly Catholic Philippines, Muslims make up around 10 percent of the country’s 120 million p»»»

PARIS: Saudi Arabia’s new ambassador to France, Faisal Al-Mejfel, presented his credentials to the French president, Emmanuel Macron, during a reception at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday. The envoy conveyed the Saudi leadership’s greetings to Macron, along with their best wishes for the progress and »»»

STOCKHOLM: Swedish police said Tuesday they shot an armed man outside the Royal Palace in central Stockholm after receiving reports of a disruptive individual carrying a weapon. Police said officers responding to the incident opened fire on the man. “The man was hit and taken to hospital,” Stockhol»»»

France and Germany are pressing Brussels to take a tougher line on China by creating new powers that could rapidly shut foreign countries out of the EU market. The proposal effectively tells Brussels to beef up its position as it prepares for negotiations with Beijing. It also marks a shift for Ger»»»

PARIS: The Government Communications Office (GCO) and the Embassy of the State of Qatar in France organised the second promotional Runway to Web Summit Qatar 2027 event in Paris.This gathering is part of preparations to host the summit's fourth edition at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center f»»»

Hungary and Croatia have agreed to launch a joint natural gas exploration and production project, Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán and Minister for Economic and Energy Affairs István Kapitány announced following talks in Zagreb. The ministers held discussions with Croatian Economy Minister An»»»

The European Commission has formally presented Communication COM(2026) 705 final, titled “Preparing for a Larger Union,” outlining a strategic roadmap for adapting the European Union’s institutions, policies and budget ahead of future enlargement. The document proposes significant changes to the EU»»»

RIYADH: Measuring impact and linking funding to results have become an urgent necessity, experts and specialists participating in the Global CSR Forum 2026 told Arab News. Spending levels and the number of beneficiaries are no longer sufficient to assess the success of initiatives, they noted, with»»»

IRKUTSK, Russia: Reports of a plague laboratory worker’s death in Siberia have caused waves of speculation outside Russia, but in the city where she worked, many appeared unfazed. The laboratory worker’s death was first reported on Friday. Several Russian media outlets reported she had died from pn»»»

Residents in Irkutsk questioned whether the laboratory worker had died of plague at all Irkutsk: Reports of a plague laboratory worker's death in Siberia have caused waves of speculation outside Russia, but in the city where she worked, many appeared unfazed. The laboratory worker's death was first»»»

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LONDON: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for an end to the US-Iran war and the restoration of freedom of navigation, warning of the conflict’s toll on global trade as he began an official visit to Pakistan. “From Islamabad, I want to send a loud and clear message to all parti»»»

The European Commission has proposed up to 15 years of post-accession safeguards to punish new member states in case of bad behaviour, in a long-delayed pre-enlargement policy review out on Tuesday (6 October). The reforms were initially requested by the European Council in June 2024 to be ready by»»»

The American “Israel” Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), for decades one of Washington’s most powerful pro-Israeli occupation lobbying groups, is steadily losing influence as it maintains its unconditional support for “Israel” and moves increasingly closer to the Republican Party, even as criticism »»»

Two lanes open in each direction between University City and the Exhibition Grounds Sharjah: Sharjah has partially reopened traffic between University City and the Exhibition Grounds as work advances on roads providing access to the Etihad Rail station. The Sharjah Roads and Transport Authority sai»»»

PARIS: Embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been accused of a potential abuse of power and conflict of interest after the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) filed formal complaints to two FIFA committees. They revolve around three matters: Infantino’s aborted plan to open up the World Cup»»»

OHIO, USA: A former music pastor in Ohio who appeared briefly on ” American Idol ” was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, after a jury convicted him last week of murdering his wife while he was having an affair. The judge said Caleb Flynn, 40, used his Christian f»»»

STOCKHOLM: Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved. “It was a great surprise, and I obviously didn’t expect it,” Halzen»»»

Hamdan Foundation in Dubai, UNESCO launch research project on lessons from past laureates Dubai: Three teacher development initiatives from Türkiye, Ethiopia and Indonesia have shared $300,000 at the ninth edition of the UNESCO–Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development, honoured at a ceremony at UNESCO »»»

ICE has called the gloves “distraction and de-escalation devices" The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees and protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures,»»»

TUNIS, Oct 6, 2026 (TAP) - The number of trade transactions carried out by Tunisia under the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has exceeded 400, more than two years after the agreement entered into force,...»»»

WASHINGTON: Kilmar Ábrego Garcia on Tuesday will be back in federal court, where the federal government will continue its attempt to deport him in an 18-month saga that began when he was mistakenly sent to El Salvador last year. The government is moving to vacate a preliminary injunction put in pla»»»

DAMASCUS: Kurdish forces still hold around 2,200 foreign relatives of suspected Daesh group fighters in a northeast Syria camp, an official there told AFP, despite an integration agreement between the Kurds and Damascus. Two government officials also told AFP that transferring the administration of»»»

DOHA: Mediator Qatar on Tuesday said the United States and Iran were still engaged in talks to end the Middle East war, despite an apparent deadlock seven months into the conflict. The indirect negotiations take account of “the concerns of the various parties”, foreign ministry official Ibrahim Al-»»»

UAE's AI initiative targets workforce transformation and global competitiveness Abu Dhabi: The UAE is training about 80,000 government employees to become "super users" of artificial intelligence, capable of building AI agents and working with advanced models, the Minister of State for Artificial I»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday blamed mass student protests in France on “mass migration” and Islam, pushing his global right-wing narrative ahead of tough midterm elections at home. “What’s happening in France is nothing less than out-of-control mass migration. This isn’t about s»»»

BERLIN: Ever since the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party won a regional election last month, not a day goes by without Ola Akhras and her husband discussing whether they should go back to Syria. The couple live with their two young daughters in Magdeburg, where Saxony-Anhalt’s»»»

Oil prices dip below $100 but shipping disruptions persist in the Gulf UAE residents face another day of uncertainty over regional travel and shipping as attacks hit two Saudi airports and fighting intensifies around one of the Middle East’s most important maritime routes. There are, however, signs»»»

In tonight's edition: Ethiopia's leader Abiy Ahmed secures another term in office, but his country is sliding back into conflict. Also, several major cities across Senegal are battered by torrential rains. Plus some of the migrants being deported from the US fear being sent to African countrie»»»

MADRID: Spain’s government on Tuesday approved two housing decrees whose rejection by parliament last week prompted Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call a snap election. The measures, which include rent caps, a temporary ban on evictions and limits on corporate purchases of residential property, we»»»

LONDON: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir took part in a raid and demolition of a Palestinian residence in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday. The far-right politician spearheaded the demolition of a five-story residential building with 10 apartments, housing about 70 people in the»»»

Interviewed on bTV on Tuesday, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said that wreckage from the drones that attacked the two commercial vessels in the Black Sea needs to be recovered in order to determine who they belonged to. At present, there is no such information, he added. “We cannot confirm whet»»»

The Russian armed forces struck a tanker in the port of Yuzhny that was delivering fuel and lubricants intended for the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday. "As a result of strikes on the Yuzhny port, a tanker-type vessel delivering fuel and lubricants intended »»»

Doha, Qatar: Director of the Media and Communication Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ibrahim bin Sultan Al Hashmi affirmed Tuesday that mediation efforts between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran are ongoing and uninterrupted. He noted that these efforts aim to achiev»»»

Bulgaria's Fiscal Council has called for fiscal consolidation, spending cuts and structural reforms in the 2027 budget, warning that the country faces a growing risk of recession and a potential debt spiral. The recommendations were issued as part of the ongoing 2027 budget procedure and cover the »»»

DOHA: Director of the Media and Communication Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Ibrahim bin Sultan Al Hashmi affirmed that mediation efforts between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran are ongoing and uninterrupted. He noted that these efforts aim to achieve progre»»»

US lawmakers hail Captain Smit Machchhar and crew for courage aboard flydubai Flight 1073 The heroism of flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar and those aboard Flight 1073 has been recognised in the United States Congress, with a House resolution praising their courage during a terrifying mid-air emergen»»»

STRASBOURG/LYON/PARIS: Police fired tear gas at protesters blockading French high schools on Tuesday as students, teachers and parents took to the streets on the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations against understaffed and dilapidated classrooms. In Marseille and Nantes, protesters he»»»

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has joined MEPs in urging the bloc’s governments not to gut the EU’s next seven-year budget, as talks on spending reach a critical phase. “I would like to caution against large cuts. It would risk cutting deep into critical priorities that we all t»»»

Hungary is officially among the countries in the running to host the 2036 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, with Budapest named as the central location for the proposed Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed that Hungary is one of seven interested parties currently in continuous »»»

Moscow: Russian authorities denied Tuesday that they were imposing anti-plague measures after a laboratory technician reportedly died of the disease, as Washington called on Moscow to be "transparent" about the situation. It was reported last week that a worker at an anti-plague institute in Siberi»»»

KUALA LUMPUR: Myanmar’s coup leader turned president Min Aung Hlaing will head to Malaysia on Wednesday for a two-day visit, officials said, following Kuala Lumpur’s plan to return thousands of Myanmar immigrants. The visit comes after a group of nearly 1,500 returnees reached Myanmar on Sunday, wi»»»

NAIROBI: Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday after a Kenyan citizen who had traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi. Kenya is the third country to record a case linked to the Ebola epidemic in eastern Congo, the second largest on record with more than 8,000 cases.»»»