Operating Sofia's low-emission zone for road traffic year-round would bring proven health benefits, including a reduction in cardiovascular diseases and improved lung development in children, according to an expert opinion by the Air for Health Medical Network, circulated to the media on Wednesday.»»»

Geneva, Switzerland: Implementing a few climate and health measures could save nearly 1.6 million lives a year and generate trillions of dollars for the economy, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The UN agency's report, released days before the COP31 climate change conference kicks o»»»

Showers reported in Masafi, Dafta, Mirbah, Dibba, Sharm and Dhadna; more rain forecast Dubai: Rain lashed several parts of Fujairah today (Wednesday), bringing wet conditions to Masafi, Dafta, Mirbah, Dibba, Sharm and Dhadna, as unsettled weather affected parts of the UAE's eastern region. Videos c»»»

Four concurrent exhibitions bring companies from 79 countries to Dubai World Trade Centre Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, visited the 12th edition of Gulfood Manufacturing, the region’s leading food and beverage manufactu»»»

US Expats in UAE React to Democrats Taking Control of Congress Thousands of miles from the nearest polling station, American expat in Abu Dhabi, Kelly Acs watched the US midterm results roll in "like a hawk". She felt something she said she had not felt in a very long time. "Hope," said the Califor»»»

North Korea on Tuesday dismissed US allegations that it was behind a $6 billion cryptocurrency theft from Binance as "absurd rhetoric", accusing Washington of seeking to portray the country as a cybercriminal state and warning that US hostility could affect future diplomatic engagement. North Korea»»»

Infographic by Abir Qanso Built deep beneath a mountain south of Isfahan, Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain complex has drawn attention because of its underground location, extensive fortification and role in protecting sensitive facilities from sabotage and military attacks.»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received the winners of the inaugural Qatar Private Sector Nationalisation Award 2026 on Wednesday, recognizing achievements in its sector-specific and cross-cutting categories. The Pr»»»

Infographic by Abir Qanso Built deep beneath a mountain south of Isfahan, Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain complex has drawn attention because of its underground location, extensive fortification and role in protecting sensitive facilities from sabotage and military attacks.»»»

Bulgaria's Central Election Commission (CEC) has described the two-round presidential election as calm, efficient and fair, reporting that machine voting ran smoothly, election protocols were processed at record speed and the number of invalid ballots fell significantly compared with the previous p»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Municipality, through its Agricultural Affairs Department, will kick off the 2026-2027 local agricultural produce market season Thursday at four seasonal yards in Al Khor and Al Thakhira, Al Wakrah, Al Shamal and Al Shahaniya, while Al Mazrouah Yard will continue receiv»»»

Doha, Qatar: The General Tax Authority has announced an extension of the deadline for registration for the Global and Domestic Minimum Tax through the Dhareeba platform to Jan. 31, 2027. The extension applies to multinational enterprise groups and joint venture groups. It aims to give these groups »»»

Gulf News-CUSP Wealth event looks at asset classes, markets and strategies to grow wealth Global equities, bonds, fixed-income products and technology investments are giving UAE investors more options to diversify their portfolios beyond real estate. But investors must align their investment choice»»»

Hezbollah denied Wednesday allegations by Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council regarding the presence of Hezbollah experts in the country. The group dismissed claims of its involvement in training, arming, and military operations for Ansar Allah as "completely baseless." Hezbollah said Yemenis are»»»

Beirut port blast investigator Judge Tarek Bitar on Wednesday interrogated and charged the Lebanese Army’s former chief of staff Walid Salman and retired army brigadier generals George Moussa, Munir Abou Zeid and Manuel Kirjian, Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel reported. The massive explosion on Augu»»»

New research aims to improve understanding of embryo development and fertility outcomes Abu Dhabi: A new fertility research project in Abu Dhabi will investigate whether an innovative laboratory system can help scientists better understand embryo development during in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), pot»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia remained the Middle East’s largest gold jewelry market in the third quarter of 2026, even as regional demand fell sharply, according to the World Gold Council. According to the organization's latest Gold Demand Trends report, jewellery purchases in Saudi Arabia fell 12 percent »»»

Washington, United States: Tech billionaire Elon Musk joked on Wednesday about Republicans' defeat in US midterm elections after spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help the party. Democrats seized control of the US Congress on Tuesday, capturing both the Senate and House of Representatives»»»

BELGRADE - Aleksandar Vucic, who leads the United Serbia electoral list, said on Wednesday a Democrat victory in the US mid-term elections would make the foreign affairs situation complicated and lead to higher oil and oil derivative prices on the global market, and noted that, for that reason, the»»»

‘I might be more Indian than Arab,’ jokes US senator-elect about his South Indian family Dubai: Thousands of kilometres from Washington, a coastal town in Karnataka has found an unexpected reason to celebrate a historic American election victory. When Democrat Abdul El Sayed became the first Muslim»»»

The Military Police Service marked the 35th anniversary of its re-establishment and its professional holiday with an official ceremony in the grounds of its Regional Military Police Directorate in Plovdiv on Wednesday, the Defence Ministry said. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Defence Minister »»»

Representatives of the Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers in Bulgaria (ARPharM), the Association for the Development of Bulgarian Healthcare and healthcare experts said in a common position that the budget for medicines should increase in line with projected growth in consum»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday morning at the Amiri Diwan. After the meeting, HE Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ibrahim bin Ali Al »»»

The Lebanese Forces is still studying whether or not to take part in Thursday’s cabinet session, LF sources said. The sources told Al-Jadeed television that Minister of Energy and Water Joe Saddi prefers to complete negotiations with the Qatari side and finalize the electricity plan before making a»»»

Hezbollah denied Wednesday allegations by Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council regarding the presence of Hezbollah experts in the country. The group dismissed claims of its involvement in training, arming, and military operations for Ansar Allah as "completely baseless." Hezbollah said Yemenis are»»»

Tunis, Nov.4 (TAP) - Cooperation opportunities between the Tunisian-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCITF) and the World Bank Group (WB) to facilitate links between CCITF member companies and WB institutions, took centre stage at a meeting...»»»

Rabat, Nov. 4 (TAP/ Amira Jenzri) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is supporting Tunisia in leveraging expat remittances for productive investment and the development of new green financing mechanisms, Economic Affairs Officer at the...»»»

Tenant's late payment attempt failed after missing the 30-day legal deadline A Dubai tenant has been ordered to vacate a commercial property in Business Bay after failing to pay Dh2.415 million in rent, with a court committee ruling that a subsequent attempt to settle the outstanding amount came to»»»

Donald Trump could pursue more aggressive policies toward NATO and the EU following the Republicans' midterm loss, Paolo Raffone, strategic analyst and director of the CIPI Foundation in Brussels, told Sputnik. "Now Trump has nothing to lose," Raffone emphasized, suggesting that the president could»»»

Democratic Bulgaria Co-chair Ivaylo Mirchev told reporters on Wednesday that the power holders had cancelled a briefing about the discovery of an illegal cigarette manufacturing facility in the western village of Riltsi. The General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime busted the factory and s»»»

Parkin confirms hourly charges under Zone 599T, with monthly subscriptions at Dh315 Dubai: Paid public parking has been introduced in Dubai's Jebel Ali Industrial Area, with motorists now required to pay hourly charges in designated spaces under parking code 599T, Parkin announced. The parking oper»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Shin Bet’s Zini appears to backtrack request to interrogate Arab MKs in election’s foreign interference probe: Israeli media 04-11-2026 13:»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Western media outlets have ignored the discovery of a secret torture site hidden inside a basement of a home near Kiev, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov told Sputnik. A crowd gathered outside a house in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka on Monday, where according to medi»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged on Wednesday not to pin hopes on the fact that Washington's hostile attitude towards Tehran will change after the midterm elections. "If there are still those who harbor any hope of a change in behavior or party-factional shifts in th»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Employees of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), police and the Prosecutor General's Office were involved in the scam call center cover-up, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said on Wednesday. "NABU and SAPO exposed a criminal organization whose members organize»»»

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - The Central Elections Committee of Israel approved the results of last week's parliamentary elections on Wednesday, citing lack of evidence of irregularities, the Kan broadcaster reported. "Protocols from 9,069 polling stations were reviewed. A more in-depth analysis of electio»»»

The vote reflected deep anger over living costs, tariffs and Trump's war against Iran Tehran: Iran's chief negotiator in talks with the United States, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Wednesday that Americans voted "NO TO WAR" after Democrats routed the Republicans in the midterm elections. Democrats»»»

Hezbollah has categorically denied allegations by the interior minister of the so-called Yemeni Transitional Council that the party has experts in Yemen involved in managing military operations and developing military capabilities of the Arab country’s Ansarullah revolutionary group. In a statement»»»

The government should urgently introduce a concrete mechanism to compensate businesses for high electricity and natural gas bills, based on the actual funds available in the Electricity System Security Fund, Continue the Change (CC) representatives said at a news briefing in Parliament here on Wedn»»»

POLITICS On Bulgarian National Television’s morning show, sociologist Genoveva Petrova of Alpha Research and political scientist Assoc. Prof. Dimitar Ganev of Trend discussed the issues expected to dominate the political agenda in the coming weeks following the presidential election, including the »»»

Democratic Bulgaria Co-chair Ivaylo Mirchev told reporters on Wednesday that the power holders had cancelled a briefing about the discovery of an illegal cigarette manufacturing facility in the western village of Riltsi. The General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime busted the factory for t»»»

Routes to Venezuela and Colombia mark the airline’s 16th and 17th destinations in the Americas, strengthening connectivity between the Middle East and the Americas Doha, Qatar: Qatar Airways today has inaugurated its new twice-weekly service connecting Doha with Caracas and Bogotá. The service repr»»»

Saudi welcomed about 61.2 million tourists, roughly 1 per cent more than a year earlier Dubai: “Resilience is built before you need it,” Saudi Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb told the global travel trade in London on Tuesday. The kingdom is pushing its tourism drive through a war that has seen»»»

The former Hungarian government pledged extensive financial incentives, housing support, expedited immigration procedures and infrastructure development to Chinese battery giant CATL as part of its plans for a major factory in Debrecen. Newly disclosed details of a 2022 investment declaration have »»»

By Staff, Agencies Results from the US midterm elections continue to highlight a significant breakthrough for Muslim representation in American politics, with several Muslim candidates securing historic victories in congressional races across the country. According to unofficial preliminary results»»»

By Staff Message from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, on the Occasion of the National Day of Fighting Global Arrogance - 13 Aban 1405 In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful The massacres committed against civilians aboard a ci»»»

Dubai developer confirms buyout plans reported by Bloomberg, subject to board approval Dubai: Emaar Properties has announced plans to acquire the remaining shares in Emaar Development for Dh15 apiece in cash, confirming an earlier Bloomberg report that the Dubai-based property group was considering»»»

US voters on Tuesday handed the Democratic Party control over Congress in a biting rebuke to President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement. Polls suggest that rising anger about the cost-of-living crisis partly set off by the president’s decision to launch the US-Israeli war on Iran played a crucial»»»

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Republican Mike Rogers in a bitter campaign for Michigan’s open Senate seat, making him the first Muslim elected to the upper chamber of Congress. During his campaign, El-Sayed had to contend with Islamophobic attacks from Republicans and his primary o»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, November 4: US papers react to the results of the midterm elections, with Democrats retaking control of Congress and the headlines running from a "repudiation" of US President Donald Trump to a "blue tsunami". We also look at the historic firsts celebrated by the local pre»»»