Kenya on Tuesday reported its first-ever Ebola death after a Kenyan national who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) died after returning to the country. Kenya is the fourth country to record an Ebola case in the current outbreak, which was declared in eastern DR Con»»»

It’s a protest movement that a broke, lame-duck French government did not see coming. Civil servants this Tuesday joining high schoolers now in their third week of picketing over long-deteriorating classroom conditions. The usual recipe for wearing down movements in France has recently been to matc»»»

A quarter of a million demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday as unions and teachers joined high school students demanding better learning conditions in protests that later descended into sporadic clashes with security forces. A French policeman was on Tuesday charged with viole»»»

We take a look at what exactly French high school students are demanding in their nationwide blockades. From crumbling buildings, to absent teachers who are not replaced, to applying to university, we take a look at what has created so much anger among French teens. We also draw parallels between t»»»

One factor accelerating these student protest is social media, and its being boosted even more by artificial intelligence. Some French mayors have even called for social media platforms to be temporarily blocked for minors. Our colleauges at France 2 took a look at the impact»»»

Hundreds of thousands of students and their supporters took part in nationwide protests across France on Tuesday after weeks of student barricades protesting school conditions.  If the French government was hoping to drive its protesting high schoolers back into their classrooms with a whiff o»»»

Two commercial vessels were hit by unidentified drones on Tuesday off the Bulgarian coast in the Black Sea, Prime Minister Rumen Radev has confirmed. The attack marks the first time when merchant vessels were attacked within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of a NATO member in the waterway. Such z»»»

JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump’s year-old plan to end the Gaza war has stalled, with Israel mounting near daily ‌attacks and occupying around two-thirds of the shattered enclave where Palestinians face dire conditions. The initial phase resulted in a ceasefire on October 10, 2025 and secured »»»

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

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia carried out a combined attack with sea and aerial drones against civilian vessels in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone, while Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said it was still impossible to establish whether the drones were Ukrainian o»»»

Damascus, Oct. 7 (SANA) A Syrian delegation headed by Nahla Othman, Director of the Expatriates and Refugee Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with Denmark’s Minister of State for Development Policy, Elisabeth Søndergaard Krone, who headed the Danish side, to discuss prospec»»»

A Spanish Supreme Court judge on Tuesday lifted the arrest warrant for Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, clearing the way for him to return home without fear of detention ahead of a general election in November. A Spanish judge on Tuesday lifted an arrest warrant for exiled former Catala»»»

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»»»

A former German spy chief was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of espionage and treason, an embarrassing case at a time when the country is seeking to broaden the powers of its intelligence agencies. August Hanning, who ran Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005, is accused of esp»»»

A seventh man was arrested Tuesday over a major incident last month at a British military airbase used by the United States to launch strikes on Iran, police said. The arrest came a day after President Donald Trump said the United States had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford because of "t»»»

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»»»

RIYADH: Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy said on Tuesday that the Department of Defense denied him access to a key military ​base in Qatar during a visit to the Middle East, describing it as part of a US government effort to conceal the impact of the Iran war. The Al Udeid Air Base is the largest»»»

Damascus, Oct. 7 (SANA) Nada Aswad, Director of the Afro-Asian and Oceania Department at Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, met Tuesday with Pakistan’s chargé d’affaires in Syria, Muhammad Mughees Afzal, to discuss regional developments and ways to strengthen cooperation between t»»»

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»»»

Tunis, Oct. 6 (TAP) - The International Frozen Seafood Exhibition "CONXEMAR 2026” opened Tuesday in the Spanish city of Vigo, with Tunisia taking part in a bid to strengthen the presence of national products on international markets, particularly...»»»

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»»»

WASHINGTON: A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth tens of millions of dollars, according to court records. David J. Rush fabri»»»

TEHRAN: Iran summoned French ambassador to Tehran Pierre Cochard on Tuesday over Paris’s treatment of protesters demanding better conditions in schools, state media reported, with French police having clashed for days with demonstrators. Iran accused France of “violent treatment” of the protesters »»»

WASHINGTN: US President ​Donald Trump said on Tuesday the biggest problem ‌for ‌him ​is ‌that ⁠nobody ​knows who is ⁠running Iran. “Their second group of ⁠leaders ‌are gone, ‌and ​the ‌biggest problem ‌I have is nobody knows ‌who the hell is ⁠running ⁠the country,” Trump said.»»»

Tunis, Oct. 6 (TAP) - The Agricultural Investment Promotion Agency (APIA) is participating, starting Tuesday, in the Fruit Attraction 2026, held from October 6 to 8, at the IFEMA Madrid.According to a statement issued by the agency, the...»»»

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»»»

WASHINGTON: US authorities arrested a person in Washington state on Tuesday who they accuse of providing advice and offering to live stream a deadly mass shooting carried out last year in Canada. James Cody Bryant, 30, was detained on a charge of conspiracy to murder people in a foreign country in »»»

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 »»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave blood on Tuesday as he launched the Kingdom’s annual national blood-donation campaign. The gesture embodied the continuing commitment of the crown prince to humanitarian work and the promotion of community health, and his ongoing support »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Supreme Judicial Council and the General Tax Authority signed a memorandum today aimed at strengthening institutional integration between the two entities and developing electronic connectivity procedures. The memorandum was signed by HE President of the Court of Appeal Judge Dr. M»»»

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»»»

CARACAS: Venezuela’s Cardon refinery, in the northwest of the county, has been halted amid a fire at one of its units, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. One source said the blaze was already under control, while two reported personnel had been evacuated. Other sources saw »»»

DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities have arrested a Daesh military commander accused of overseeing and planning a December 2025 bombing at a mosque in Homs that killed eight people and wounded 18 others. Syria’s Interior Ministry said intelligence and security forces detained Khaled Raed Birouni, also kno»»»

Damascus, Oct. 6 (SANA) The Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemned the Houthi militia’s targeting Monday evening of facilities at King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Jazan and Najran International Airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which resulted in injuries and material dama»»»

Paris, France: At least 488 people were arrested and 43 members of the security forces wounded Tuesday as tens of thousands massed in France to protest against poor conditions in schools, the interior ministry said. Most of the day's demonstrations were peaceful but there were sporadic clashes acro»»»

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»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman held a telephone call on Tuesday with his Italian counterpart Guido Crosetto. During the call, the two ministers discussed areas of military and defense cooperation between the Kingdom and Italy and ways to enhance them, the Saudi Press Agency»»»

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»»»

LONDON: Jordanian anti-narcotics authorities thwarted a drug-smuggling attempt on Tuesday along the country’s southern border. Border guards shot down guided balloons laden with drugs on the Jordanian border and seized large quantities of narcotics. Guided balloons are an unconventional method incr»»»

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»»»

Damascus, Oct. 6 (SANA) Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) confirmed Tuesday its participation in the 25th World Petroleum Council (WPC) Energy Congress 2026, which is being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from October 11 to 15, bringing together energy industry leaders, experts, and companies from aroun»»»

Representatives of the parliamentary Committee on Defence and Committee on Internal Security and Public Order met with a delegation from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance on Tuesday. They discussed the possibility of US experts assisting Bulgaria in dev»»»

The State of Qatar participated in the 113th session of the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), held in The Hague, the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Qatar's delegation to the session was headed by Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Netherlands HE»»»

MONTREAL: Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Turkiye this month, his office confirmed Tuesday, in what will be the first-ever bilateral visit by a Canadian leader to the NATO ally. Carney’s October 21-23 trip will include talks in Ankara with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and meetings with »»»

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»»»

Damascus, Oct. 6 (SANA) Adviser for Arab Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Mohammad Taha al-Ahmad held talks with Chargé d’Affaires of the Libyan Embassy in Damascus Walid Mohammad Ammar on ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation between Syria and Libya and prospects for e»»»