By Staff, Agencies US President Donald Trump has stirred anti-Muslim sentiment at a campaign rally in Michigan, directing inflammatory remarks at Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim Democratic candidate seeking a Senate seat in the upcoming November 3 midterm elections. Speaking at the rally on Sunday, Trump »»»

Doha, Qatar: Governor of Qatar Central Bank and Chairman of Qatar Investment Authority, H.E. Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saoud Al Thani met today, with the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mizuho Financial Group HE Masahiro Kihara. During the meeting, they discussed the latest developmen»»»

BELGRADE - Based on votes from 8,077 polling stations, the Student List won 2,211,400 votes in Sunday's early parliamentary elections in Serbia, or 52.54 pct of the vote, while the Aleksandar Vucic-United Serbia electoral list won 1,653,868 votes, or 39.29 pct of the vote, the national electoral co»»»

Presidential and vice-presidential candidates Andrey Gurov and Georgi Kandev are leading in Serbia, with 100% of the tally sheets processed from Sunday's Bulgarian presidential election. According to data published on the Central Election Commission's (CEC) website, the Gyurov-Kandev ticket receive»»»

Tokyo: The Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi met in Tokyo on Monday with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan HE Toshimitsu Motegi. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the cooperative relations and ways to support an»»»

Doha, Qatar: The General Authority of Customs has announced that both registered and non-registered individuals can now authorize an approved customs clearance agency through the Al-Nadeeb system. In a social media post, the authority outlined the steps for completing the authorization process thro»»»

Hungary’s competition authority says Aldi misled consumers by claiming to offer the widest range of products and the best deals without sufficient objective evidence to back up the slogans. Aldi has been fined HUF 123 million (approximately EUR 335,000) by Hungary’s Competition Authority (GVH) over»»»

Tunis, Oct. 26 (TAP) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti visited Sunday Tunisia's embassy in Algiers on the sidelines of his participation in the meeting of the tripartite consultation mechanism on...»»»

Police seek cancellation of 17-year-old’s bail after crash in Kochi sparks public outrage Kerala Police have registered a case against an Additional District Judge whose 17-year-old son allegedly drove a Mercedes-Benz that killed a scooter rider in Cheranelloor, near Kochi. Police are also preparin»»»

Nuclear, energy and military sites in crosshairs as Trump weighs major strikes Dubai: The Pentagon has drawn up an extensive list of Iranian targets, including nuclear facilities, energy infrastructure and military installations, as US forces prepare for a potentially major assault that could drama»»»

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said the upcoming presidential runoff would be a choice between peace and war, democracy and corruption, urging voters to support Iliana Yotova and warning against complacency, this was reported from his remarks to journalists at the Sofia Economic Forum. Radev »»»

Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev won the first round of Bulgaria’s presidential election among voters abroad with 45.79% of the vote, while Iliana Yotova and Kiril Valchev placed second with 22.79%, according to Central Election Commission results based on all protocols processed from overseas polli»»»

DFSA bans Gary Joseph Peters from financial services over concealed fraud convictions Dubai: The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has fined Gary Joseph Peters $210,000 (Dh771,330) for providing false and misleading information during a regulatory investigation and failing to submit documen»»»

Thousands of trucks remain stranded on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border despite the resumption of limited overland trade between the two countries, southwest Pakistan business representatives told AFP on Monday. Mir Naveed Jan Kalmati, president of the chamber of commerce for Gwadar city on P»»»

Collectors’ Week returns to Abu Dhabi in December with six auctions across art and luxury Sotheby’s will return to Abu Dhabi this December for the second edition of Collectors’ Week, introducing its first international fine art auction in the emirate alongside sales of luxury watches, jewellery, ha»»»

60-year-old man undergoes procedure in a Dubai hospital to remove 2cm-long, 1cm-wide bone Dubai: For nearly two months, Unnikrishnan Sivaraman, a 60-year-old Indian expat living in Sharjah, struggled with a persistent cough, chest congestion and increasing difficulty in breathing. The cause was a s»»»

Israel's defense minister denied on Monday reports of a rift between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the army over Iran, as the premier's rivals seized on the story as a line of attack a day before close elections. Over the course of a neck-and-neck race, Netanyahu has campaigned heavily on h»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's Vostok battlegroup liberated the settlement of Obshchee in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. Ukraine lost up to 340 soldiers in combat against Russia's Tsentr battlegroup over the past day, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment»»»

Presidential and vice-presidential candidates Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev, and Andrey Gurov and Georgi Kandev, will face each other in a runoff next Sunday, November 1. The Iotova-Valchev ticket has secured 34.76% of the vote, while Gurov-Kandev has received 31.95%, with 99.95% of tally sheets »»»

The choice is clear and so is what is at stake: on Sunday, voters will choose between peace and war, between democracy and the corruption model of the “assemblage” [a derogatory term referring to the formation of governments by politically incompatible entities], and between the calm of truth and t»»»

Khartoum: Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched a coordinated drone attack Monday against five power stations, causing mass power outages across the country's east, a government official told AFP. The drones hit two power stations each in the states of Al-Jazira and Gedaref, and one in»»»

Iranian Navy Deputy Commander of Operations Rear Admiral Farhad Fattahi outlined on Monday the Islamic Republic’s military achievements during its confrontation with the United States, stressing that Iranian missile strikes and drone operations inflicted damage on US naval assets and thwarted Washi»»»

By Staff, Agencies Serbia’s student-led opposition is leading in Sunday’s snap parliamentary election, according to preliminary results prompting former Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to accuse European powers and anti-Trump elements in the US of meddling in the vote to “bring down a sovereign »»»

By Staff, Agencies “Israeli” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has clashed with Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir over a proposed military operation that could trigger a confrontation with Iran ahead of the country’s October 27 parliamentary election, according to Channel 12. The broadcaster reported »»»

Doha, Qatar: Bearys Qatar and BCCI Qatar jointly organised a Blood Donation and Health Check-Up Drive in collaboration with American Hospital, Doha, on Friday, October 23, 2026. The initiative aimed to promote community health, encourage voluntary blood donation, and raise awareness about regular h»»»

Vladimir Zelensky’s disregard for Donald Trump is doing more damage to the US president’s interests than Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela do combined, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday. Ukraine’s leader has publicly backed Trump’s predecessor and former political rival, Joe Biden, re»»»

Prime Minister Edi Rama has once again called for dialogue with protesting students, this time introducing a new setting outside the government headquarters in Tirana. In a post on Facebook, Rama shared images of a stone table placed in front of the Prime Minister’s Office, with written invitations»»»

Prime Minister Edi Rama has convened a meeting of the Socialist Party’s parliamentary group on Monday, as protests continue to grip the country and the government prepares potential legal changes targeting violence at demonstrations. The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the headquarters of the A»»»

A serene green escape under the trees at Al Rahba, Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi- For years, the small green patch near the BAPS Mandir was somewhere drivers passed on their way elsewhere, a quiet corner kept tidy by the government and noticed by almost no one. Then people began stopping for a walk in the sh»»»

Social media platforms were once open spaces for news and culture. Today, they are battlegrounds where independent voices face systematic silencing. In Ethiopia, the situation has escalated far past routine content moderation. We are witnessing a coordinated digital blockade that targets Amhara med»»»

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London, Oct. 26 (SANA) Brent crude fell below $115 a barrel in early trading on Monday, while gold hovered near $4,000 an ounce after its steepest weekly decline since June, as investors assessed the impact of the U.S.-Iran war and the outlook for U.S. monetary policy. Brent retreated after reachin»»»

DOHA Invest Qatar received the 2026 United Nations Investment Promotion Award in recognition of its efforts to attract and support high-potential startups and technology companies through its flagship Startup Qatar initiative, a transformative national initiative accelerating Qatar's emergence as a»»»

Colombo: Sri Lanka's Department of Meteorology issued a red warning on Monday for strong winds and rough seas in the Bay of Bengal as Cyclonic Storm Arnab intensified, while heavy rainfall continued across several parts of the country. The department warned that wind speeds could reach 80 to 100 km»»»

Congress has the right to investigate possible sanctions violations, but it’s important to distinguish legitimate oversight from using economic issues in political warfare, Republican Malik Francis tells Sputnik. He warns that possible disruptions to diesel supplies and price hikes could raise cost»»»

Rashmika speaks out on criticism, says original message has been overshadowed Dubai: Rashmika Mandanna has addressed criticism surrounding an interview involving her and “Vijju”, saying the online reaction has begun to feel like an “angry mob looking for someone to vent at”. In a statement posted o»»»

Removing the minimum turnover tax (IMCA) from 1 January 2027 would leave approximately 1.75-2 billion lei in companies' hands for investment and economic activity, according to estimates by the Concordia Employers' Confederation, which is calling for the measure to be implemented without ...»»»

The Competition Council has authorised the transaction through which Raiffeisen Bank intends to acquire Garanti Bank and Motoractive IFN, as well as Motoractive Multiservices, a company owned by Motoractive IFN, the competition authority informs on ...»»»

Lending could see a growth of 4-5% in 2027, though the trend will vary across different segments, Sergiu Manea, CEO of Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) and President of the Council of Banking Employers in Romania (CPBR), said on Wednesday at the Profit Financial Forum ...»»»

Romania must adopt European regulations on crypto-assets by transposing the MiCA framework into national legislation, and the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) will play an important role in regulating this sector, the institution's president, Alexandru Petrescu, said on Wednesday at the Profit»»»

In 2023, banks proposed to the Government the introduction of a temporary 1% turnover tax to help reduce the budget deficit; however, the Executive decided to apply a 2% rate?later increased to 4%?stated Florin Danescu, Executive President of the Romanian Banking Association (ARB), on Wednesday at »»»

The development of the capital market and the diversification of funding sources can reduce the economy’s dependence on bank lending and budgetary resources, said Alexandru Petrescu, Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), at the Profit Financial Forum ...»»»

This year’s third meeting of the General Board of the National Committee for Macroprudential Oversight (NCMO) was held on 22 October 2026. During the meeting, Board members ...»»»

Published on: 20.10.2026 The National Bank of Romania Board members present at the meeting: Mugur ...»»»

Dubai motorists face lane closures on Emirates Road and near Al Maktoum Airport this week Dubai motorists face daytime traffic disruption this week as three lanes on Emirates Road (E611) and the Al Maktoum International Airport Tunnel close for six days. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) says»»»

Presidential and vice-presidential candidates Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev, and Andrey Gurov and Georgi Kandev, will face each other in a runoff next Sunday, November 1. The Iotova-Valchev ticket has secured 34.76% of the vote, while Gurov-Kandev has received 31.95%, with 99.95% of tally sheets »»»

By Staff, Agencies Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced plans on Sunday to introduce new legal measures governing public demonstrations as university students continued protesting in the capital, Tirana, demanding better education conditions. The demonstrations, which began on October 13, ent»»»

By Staff, Agencies France’s Interior Ministry has reported 1,314 arrests after Saturday’s nationwide protests over living costs and public services. The crackdown was carried out by the security forces of a country that lectures other nations on democracy, free expression, and the right to assemble»»»

By Elsy Moufarrej, The Guardian It was mid-April and after a month of deadly airstrikes across Lebanon, “Israel” agreed to a ceasefire. Much of the bombing had focused on southern Lebanon, where entire villages had been demolished. But with the truce, people were hopeful of being able to return to »»»

By Staff, Agencies The US Department of War is preparing to ensure that American military bases can operate independently for at least 90 days during a major conflict, protecting essential services and supplies from disruptions to civilian infrastructure and global supply chains, according to a rep»»»