Pike would have been the first woman put to death by Tennessee in more than 200 years A convicted US killer who survived a botched execution is shackled to her hospital bed, awake and able to speak a little, her lawyer said on Wednesday, as a court ordered prison authorities to preserve evidence in»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Yemeni Military Media Publishes Footage of Expulsion of pro-Saudi Militias from Al-Ma’afir and Al-Mawasit Districts in Taiz 07-10-2026 21:2»»»

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Court finds no reliable proof she received money or sent the disputed messages Ajman: The Ajman Appeal Court has overturned the conviction of an Egyptian woman accused of embezzlement and breach of trust, ruling that doubts over the authenticity of WhatsApp evidence and a lack of proof that money w»»»

It has become a cliché in Israel to say the country is “stuck on October 7”: unable to move on to 8 October; unable to return to 6 October. Moving beyond that day will take time, but it will also require moments that mark a before and an after. One came last year, when the last living Israeli hosta»»»

SINGAPORE — The global AI boom is fast becoming the key driver of economies around the world but the boom is risking wider global inequality by leaving some nations behind, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on Wednesday.She also lamented a lack of "decisive action" in heavily indebted advanced »»»

Poland’s parliament has started work on tax changes that would lower some personal income tax burdens while raising revenue elsewhere. The bill changes PIT thresholds, modifies rules for lump-sum taxation of business income and introduces a new 22 percent corporate income tax rate for selected taxp»»»

The French agriculture ministry on Wednesday forecast a historic low wine output this year after a summer of record high temperatures and a reduction in cultivated areas. The total harvest plunged 14 percent below the 2021–2025 average, with the Champagne region hit hardest due to an early har»»»

François Picard is pleased to welcome Julian Jackson, the British historian, author and Emeritus Professor of Modern French History at Queen Mary University of London. His biography of Charles de Gaulle laid the foundation for France's two-part biopic, "De Gaulle: Résistance". And on the heels of t»»»

Four overseas agents also suspended after pilgrims were housed in unlicensed facilities Dubai: Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has suspended four Umrah service companies and four overseas agents after violations were detected involving pilgrims being accommodated in unlicensed facilities.»»»

President Iliana Yotova said Bulgaria will propose a moratorium on hostilities in the Black Sea, seek stronger allied surveillance and anti-drone capabilities, and pursue diplomatic efforts with all Black Sea littoral states following a meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security (CCN»»»

François Picard is pleased to welcome Philip Ingram, journalist and former British military intelligence officer. The events surrounding RAF Fairford are not an isolated incident, Ingram explains. They are part of a much wider security issue in which conventional military operations, intelligence a»»»

Assassinated Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya "predicted" Moscow's trajectory under President Vladimir Putin 20 years ago,  her former editor said ahead of the anniversary of her death on Wednesday. Politkovskaya had reported on the war in Chechnya and Putin's rise before she was gun»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe General Saree: Our forces tracked and monitored a company belonging to the so-called 13th Giants Brigade, which had run over prisoners, acc»»»

Centre will turn UAE expertise into research, case studies, applied knowledge for leaders Dubai: The Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) has launched the UAE Model Research Centre, a new platform dedicated to documenting and studying the country's experience in governance, development,»»»

Speaking to reporters following Wednesday’s meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security (CCNS), held after two vessels in the Black Sea were hit by drones about 70 nautical miles off the Bulgarian coast, Continue the Change (CC) Floor Leader Nikolay Denkov said it made no sense for Uk»»»

LONDON: The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had struck about 100,000 targets across Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Yemen since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, releasing a report on the third anniversary of the attack that is reported to have triggered the regional con»»»

ATHENS: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the nations of the West to return to their civilizational roots and restore the values that drove the rise of Europe and North America to global dominance for centuries. In Athens to discuss deepening economic, energy and security cooperation wit»»»

DUBAI: Transit ‌routes in the Strait of Hormuz deemed illegal by Iran will soon be closed, an adviser to the Revolutionary ​Guards’ Commander told the semi-official Fars News Agency on Wednesday, referring to the southern pathway hugging Oman’s coast. Mohammadreza Naqdi said these “few routes” had »»»

DHS targets visa program with costly fees for foreign student employment The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in the United States, the latest effort from the Trump administration to crack down on foreign enrollment. A pr»»»

The Consultative Council for National Security (CCNS) has condemned the attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea as a gross violation of international maritime law and called for an immediate investigation to establish those responsible, President Iliana Iotova said on Wednesday. The executive br»»»

Dehradun woman says several phones and laptops were stolen from the area Dubai: A woman in Dehradun says the person who stole her iPhone later contacted her with an unusual request — the phone’s password. Kaushiki Dhyani, who highlighted the incident in a reel on her Instagram account, said her iPh»»»

CAIRO: A drone strike hit homes and a mosque in Sudan on Wednesday, killing at least four women and wounding dozens of other people, a rights group said. Emergency Lawyers, which tracks the conflict, blamed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for the attack in the Hijra neighborhood of Damazin, t»»»

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The forum and exhibition boost Gulf industrial ties through investment and partnerships Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, headed the UAE delegation participating in the meetings of the GCC Industrial Cooperation Committee and the Ministerial Committee for Standardiza»»»

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Three years after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army is showcasing a sweeping overhaul of its security doctrine, operational readiness, and force structure, including more troops and reserves, greater depth, expanded intelligence and firepower, and more exercise»»»

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza: It’s perhaps the most dramatic wound inflicted on the Gaza Strip by Israel’s military campaign over the past three years: The city of Rafah, once home to a quarter million people, has been erased. Satellite imagery shows the Israeli military has systematically razed the souther»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sayyid Al-Houthi: Operation Al-Aqsa Flood Is the Greatest Epic in the Struggle of the Palestinian People 07-10-2026 18:41 PM Leader of Yeme»»»

DOHA: Minister of Education and Higher Education HE Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater emphasized that attracting the wealth of talent in the nation, primarily citizens, those born in the country, and residents, is a foremost priority for the ministry so as to turbocharge the educational sector. The mini»»»

Third edition produces more than 1,700 prototypes as Dubai expands its global AI push Dubai: Dubai honoured the winners of the third edition of the Create Apps Championship, with the competition attracting 9,754 entries from 153 countries. Mohammed bin Rashid bin Mohammed honoured the winners of th»»»

Russian authorities are keeping a tight lid on information about last week’s suspicious death of a lab worker in Siberia that has been surrounded by secrecy and claims that it could have been caused by pneumonic plague. While the case has raised global concerns, Russian state TV and other national »»»

LONDON: British soldiers have arrived in Lebanon for a three-week exercise with Lebanese troops aimed at strengthening defense ties and improving operational readiness, the British Embassy in Beirut said on Wednesday. The exercise, Pegasus Cedar 2026, runs through October and brings together soldie»»»

LONDON: Before 3-year-old Jannat Al-Afis was killed in the Syrian Arab Republic’s Deir Ezzor governorate, relatives say there had been warnings about the danger she faced at home. Her father had previously been detained after a complaint that he abused her, then released, a relative told Syrian med»»»

Turin, Italy: Nobel Prize for physics winner Francis Halzen spoke with pride on Wednesday about his early promotion of artificial intelligence in his research on neutrinos. Halzen, 82, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was visiting the city of Turin in northern Italy and spoke to »»»

Initiative draws 15,000 entries from 153 countries and helps launch over 140 apps Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, on Wednesday honoured the winners of the thir»»»

LONDON: Five former Barclays traders, jailed in Britain for plotting to rig global benchmark interest rates, won an appeal to clear their names on Wednesday, further unraveling some of the UK Serious Fraud Office’s most high-profile prosecutions. London’s Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of »»»

BEIRUT: Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this ​year’s war with Israel, two people with direct knowledge of the transfer said, the first significant aid from the group to supporters who bore the brunt of the conflict. Hezbollah received the cash last month »»»

Paris, France: Next season's MotoGP campaign will have a new look after organisers announced on Wednesday there would be a separate qualifying session for the sprint race. Since its introduction in 2023, the grid for the sprint race -- which unlike Formula One takes place at every MotoGP weekend --»»»

Abu Dhabi's TAMM redefines public services with proactive technology solutions Abu Dhabi- TAMM means "consider it done" in Arabic. Abu Dhabi's government services platform says it is working towards a model in which government does more of the work itself, rather than leaving residents to find and »»»

Rain hits parts of Abu Dhabi as NCM warns of 40km/h winds and blowing dust Dubai: Rain is falling over several parts of Abu Dhabi on Wednesday afternoon, including Al Samha, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Road and Nahel Road northwest of Al Ain, as unsettled weather affects parts of the UAE. The rainfa»»»

To counter the missile threat to civilian targets, Russia has carried out strikes against the entire production chain behind the Flamingo missiles across several regions of Ukraine, military expert Yury Knutov tells Sputnik. “The logic is simple: if you destroy the production chain and storage faci»»»

GENEVA: More than two-thirds of refugee and migrant children who reached Europe via Mediterranean and Balkan routes last year were unaccompanied, and many experienced exploitation, a report by UN agencies showed on Wednesday. While overall child arrivals by land and sea fell 25 percent from 2024 le»»»

US President Donald Trump has blamed the violent student protests in France on the country’s migration policies, rejecting rioters’ claims that the unrest is driven by poor school conditions and teacher shortages. On Tuesday, France saw the largest day of demonstrations demanding that the governmen»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday launched the National Greening Season to expand vegetation cover, combat desertification, promote native species suited to the local climate, and encourage environmental volunteerism across the public, private and nonprofit sectors. “As part of national efforts to »»»

BEIRUT: Thursday marks three years since the first war between Hezbollah and Israel sent shockwaves through southern Lebanon, after the group opened what it called a support front for Gaza. A second war followed in March, when Hezbollah again entered the conflict under the banner of supporting Iran»»»

Heavy traffic builds towards Sharjah this evening, with E11 and E311 among busiest routes The journey home towards Sharjah is slowing down this evening, with the latest Google Maps showing heavy traffic on both of the main commuter corridors between the two emirates. The toughest stretch appears to»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index fell on Wednesday, losing 47.72 points, or 0.45 percent, to close at 10,542.23. Trading activity totaled around 180 million shares worth more than SR2.91 billion ($776 million). Of the traded stocks, 90 advanced while 169 declined. The parallel market,»»»

Around 2,000 of the voting machines requiring repairs are now fully operational, Central Election Commission (CEC) spokesperson Stoyanka Balova told a briefing on Wednesday. She said the repairs were proceeding on schedule. The CEC has determined the locations in other countries where polling stati»»»

Israel carried out new strikes in Gaza on Wednesday as it marked the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks by Hamas, with Palestinian officials reporting three people dead. Loud bangs across the border in Gaza were audible from the site of the Nova music festival just as family members gathere»»»