Librarians recognised for their work in encouraging reading, supporting learning Dubai: School librarians from across the UAE have been recognised for their contribution to fostering a love of reading and learning among students at the School Librarian of the Year Award 2026. Organised by the Emira»»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar has expressed its categorical rejection of Israeli statements regarding the annexation of areas in southern Lebanon and areas extending to the 'Yellow Line' in the Gaza Strip, describing them as a blatant challenge to international law and resolutions of international legit»»»

Alena Zhabina TallinnEstonia has more start-up unicorns per capita than almost any country in Europe. Yet for young people here, landing a first job is harder than ever — one in five remains unemployed. https://p.dw.com/p/5NPm8AdvertisementAs youth unemployment in Estonia climbs above 20%, many you»»»

Turnout in Bulgaria’s presidential election on October 25 is expected to be low, potentially reaching a historic low, while a runoff is also considered likely, sociologists Genoveva Petrova of Alpha Research and Parvan Simeonov of Myara told BNT. Simeonov said participation in the past two presiden»»»

Singapore: Singapore police charged a man on Tuesday with posting a fake AI-generated picture of a crocodile at the city-state's largest reservoir that sparked public concern and an intensive search. The man, identified as Ye Lin, 30, from Myanmar, was charged with "communicating a false message" a»»»

Miklós Seszták and Balázs Hankó were detained on Monday after parliament suspended their immunity, in a dramatic escalation of ongoing investigations involving former government officials. Two former Hungarian ministers were in custody by Monday evening after parliament lifted their immunity in sep»»»

Greece is returning the remains of Tsar Samuil to Bulgaria, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said at the opening of the Government's weekly meeting on Tuesday. "We have reached a historic agreement on the return of the remains of Tsar Samuil," he said, adding that the agreement was the result of active t»»»

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Fairford, United Kingdom: British police said Monday five men arrested near an airbase used by the United States were released on bail, as Washington asserted a "foreign actor" was involved in the suspected bomb plot. US President Donald Trump, speaking in Washington, said he was "surprised that th»»»

In the transport sector, the transformation is taking on an even more advanced dimension Under the concept of the “smart city” adopted by the Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) in Abu Dhabi, a new philosophy of urban planning is emerging: urban growth is no longer measured by the numb»»»

Kerala man with no other illness saved after 10 minutes of CPR and 30-minute angioplasty Abu Dhabi: Rajesh Rajendran thought it was just gas or acidity. The 27-year-old Indian expat from Kerala, who has worked in the UAE for the past four years, was on his way to LLH Hospital, Musaffah, with chest »»»

Better interpretation of results is key to prevention: Thailand’s BDMS Wellness Clinic A comprehensive health check-up can tell you a great deal: cholesterol levels, hormone markers, organ function, inherited risk. What it rarely tells you, on its own, is what to actually do next. That gap – betwee»»»

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar has expressed its categorical rejection of Israeli statements regarding the annexation of areas in southern Lebanon and areas extending to the 'Yellow Line' in the Gaza Strip, describing them as a blatant challenge to international law and resolutions of internationa»»»

Since 2023, the UAE has delivered more than 130,000 tonnes of aid to Gaza Abu Dhabi: Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, honoured the Operation Gallant Knight 3 team in recognition of their dedicated humanitarian efforts and continued con»»»

The UAE's vice president will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday following an invitation from the defense minister, state media said, for a rare high-level meeting amid a months-long rift over Yemen. In July, top officials and ministers from both countries began posting messages on social media about fr»»»

The European Commission (EC) approved a EUR52 million (RON 277 million) Romanian State aid scheme for cattle farmers facing increased fuel and fertiliser prices due to the Middle East crisis.The scheme was approved under the Middle East Crisis Temporary State Aid Framework (METSAF) adopted by the c»»»

The Senate adopted, in plenary session the legislative proposal initiated by AUR which introduces gradual tax relief for agricultural land situated in outside built-up areas, depending on the number of animals kept and the extent to which the land is used for livestock farming.There were 61 votes ‘»»»

The European Commission (EC) approved an EUR 11 million (RON 59 million) Romanian State aid scheme to support pig farmers facing increased fuel and fertiliser prices due to the Middle East crisis.According to a press statement released by the commission, the scheme was approved under the Middle Eas»»»

Acting Health Minister Cseke Attila on Wednesday said that the funding gap in Romania's healthcare system is currently standing at RON 98 million, the amount to be temporarily covered by relocations from other areas and programmes of the Ministry of Health."Today there is a deficit of about RON 100»»»

More than three-quarters (76.4%) of tourism operators report declining revenues in 2026, with nearly half of the respondents reporting decreases of over 20%, according to the "White Paper on Romanian Tourism 2026" study launched by IMM Romania."Almost half of the respondents?specifically 49.5%?repo»»»

Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Rally (RN) and an allied party have won enough seats in the French Senate to form a group for the first time. The breakthrough comes months before a presidential election in which polls currently put Le Pen in the lead. RN and the Union of the Right for the Repub»»»

London, Sept. 29 (SANA) Oil prices rose for a second straight session on Tuesday as persistent concerns over potential supply disruptions from the Middle East outweighed signs of a recovery in the region’s crude exports.Reuters reported that Brent crude futures rose 63 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $10»»»

The Israeli military set off a significant explosion in the southern Lebanese village of Mansouri on Monday, Lebanese state media and AFP correspondents said as Israel said it had completed an operation in the area. "A massive explosion rocked the town of Mansouri in the Tyre district a short while»»»

General Manager Lucas Xie shares how Keeta expanded across all 7 emirates in just one year As Keeta UAE completes its first year of operations, we sit down with General Manager, Lucas Xie, to discuss the growth and expansion of the global on-demand food delivery platform from Chinese technology lea»»»

Singapore: Oil prices rose more than 2% in Tuesday's trading, supported by signs of a recovery in crude exports from the region. Brent crude futures increased by more than 2%, reaching $107.44 per barrel, while the most actively traded December futures also rose by over 2% to reach $99.87 per barre»»»

Defence officials hold talks to expand bilateral cooperation and Indo-Pacific security New Delhi: India and the United States have examined avenues to expand bilateral defence collaboration alongside deliberating upon shifting security imperatives across the Indo-Pacific region. The talks took plac»»»

DAMASCUS: ‌Syria early on Tuesday said an explosion caused by sabotage on an eastern gas pipeline the night before halted the flow of gas to power stations. "A fire broke out Monday evening in a gas pipeline between the Al-Shoula area and Deir Ezzor due to the explosion of a sectional valve caused »»»

Lusail, Qatar: The FIA World and Middle East Baja Cups and the FIM Bajas World Cup are hotting up in advance of the Qatar International Baja on October 28th-31st. The Lusail-based event is the penultimate round of both the FIA World and Middle East Baja Cups and round five of the FIM Bajas World Cu»»»

Nagoya: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Carlos Alcaraz are all obsessed with it, and yesterday the fast-growing racquet sport of padel made its Asian Games debut with officials hoping a place at the Olympics is getting closer. Padel, a cross between tennis and squash on courts surrounded by gla»»»

New York, USA: The State of Qatar participated in the High-level Meeting to Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, held on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Director of the International»»»

Kyauktaw, Myanmar: The death toll from a military airstrike on west Myanmar rose to 50 on Tuesday, two local aid workers said, the day after it struck a busy marketplace. “The death toll has reached 50” after Monday’s airstrike on Kyauktaw town of Rakhine state, said aid worker Wai Hun Aung. A seco»»»

CAIRO: An Israeli airstrike killed Izz el-Din al-Baik, a leader in the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in the northern Gaza Strip today, Tuesday, Israeli and Palestinian sources said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael K»»»

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani met with H E Prime Minister of Mongolia Nyam-Osoryn Uchral on the sidelines of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, yesterday. During the meeting, they discussed ways to strengthen sports cooperation and support the deve»»»

Nagoya: Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage won javelin gold at the Asian Games yesterday to add to his growing collection and then set his sights on world and Olympic domination. The 23-year-old rising star has taken the javelin world by storm this year, winning at the Commonwealth Games, Diamon»»»

The National Directorate of Cybersecurity (DNSC) has published the schedule for the 2026 edition of the Bucharest Cybersecurity Conference (BCC2026), a reference event for the international dialogue on cybersecurity, to be organised with Bitdefender on October 20-22, 2026, in Bucharest.BCC2026 will»»»

Dialogue and consensus represent the most powerful weapon in turbulent times, when economic and social councils are under attack as institutions of dialogue and consensus, Sterica Fudulea, President of the Economic and Social Council (CES), stated on ...»»»

Sustainable peace requires strong institutions and dialogue, and the Union of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions of Francophone Countries (UCESIF) is working precisely in this direction, Eric Poppe, representative of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) for Cen»»»

Education must remain a right and a common good of humanity, and technology should be placed at the service of people, President Nicusor Dan stated on Monday in a message delivered during the "UNESCO 70 Romania Gala," an event organized as part of the "UNESCO 70 Romania - Celebrating the Past, Buil»»»

Ambassador of the United States to Romania, Darryl Nirenberg commented to the press in Constanta on the Wall Street Journal ...»»»

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Monday called for the further implementation of a framework agreement with Israel in his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington. Hezbollah attacked Israel in March this year, the latter responded with massive airstrikes and a ground invasion tha»»»

The mandate to represent the United States in Romania is held by the US ambassador to Romania, while representing Romania requires the endorsement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the approval of the prime minister, acting Foreign Minister Oana Toiu said on ...»»»

Managers in manufacturing, construction and retail expect prices to rise in the September-November 2026 period, according to data published on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics ...»»»

Prime Minister-designate Siegfried Muresan met unaffiliated MPs on Monday as part of efforts to secure the votes needed for the investiture of his proposed government."We invited our unaffiliated colleagues to a meeting with ...»»»

Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) leader George Simion announced on Monday that his party would not vote for the Muresan Cabinet and said he had appointed a team to negotiate with all political parties with a view to forming a stable ...»»»

On Monday there were hearings between 14:00 – 20:00, the proposed ministers for Energy – Sebastian Burduja, Agriculture – Tanczos Barna, Defence – Radu Miruta, Transports – Catalin Drula, Finances – Alexandru Nazare, Economy – Irineu ...»»»

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) National Political Council decided on Monday not to support the Siegfried Muresan Government."Today, the PSD made a firm, deliberate and irreversible decision: we will not vote for the Muresan Government. We ...»»»

The prime minister designate, Siegfried Muresan stated on Monday that by deciding not to support the government he proposed, PSD ‘proved again that they placed their party before the country’ saying that, since his designation for this position, the Social-Democrats had been looking for pretexts fo»»»

François Picard is pleased to welcome Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center. She describes the US-Iran conflict as a dangerous combination of military escalation, diplomatic ambiguity and political calculation. Slavin sees an absence of true diplomacy: The recent indirect conta»»»

Toronto, Canada: The State of Qatar participated today in the Second International Conference on Returning Ukrainian Children, Detained Civilians, and Prisoners of War, held in Toronto, Canada, from September 28-29. The State of Qatar was represented at the conference by HE Minister of State for In»»»

Doha, Qatar: The National Planning Council (NPC), in collaboration with the Civil Service and Government Development Bureau, held its periodic Planning, Quality and Innovation Forum yesterday providing a platform for directors of planning, quality and innovation departments across government entiti»»»