Historic trade deal paves way for UAE-Benin economic growth and collaboration UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and His Excellency Romuald Wadagni, President of the Republic of Benin, witnessed the exchange of the UAE-Benin Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. T»»»

Sofia City Prosecution Office spokesperson Nikolay Nikolaev said that the evidence gathered so far indicates that one man, acting alone, shot Slavi Binev in the face at around 10:00 a.m. on October 24, and charges have been filed only against him. The charge is premeditated murder. The man has been»»»

Riyadh: Two people were injured after debris from two intercepted ballistic missiles launched by Houthis fell in residential areas in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Sunday, October 25, according to Saudi Civil Defense In a statement, the Civil Defense spokesperson said emergency teams responded to in»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian special presidential envoy for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries Kirill Dmitriev on Sunday called US billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk a peacemaker for banning the use of the Starlink satellite communication system for coordinating attacks. "Elon»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Youth protests took place in ​​Spain's Barcelona on Saturday evening, with more than 100 people, including minors, detained by police, La Vanguardia newspaper reported on Sunday, citing Catalonia’s Interior Minister Nuria Parlon. The demonstration began at Placa de Catalunya in t»»»

Brazil’s 158 million voters decide between leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro – the son of former president and Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro – following a highly charged run-off campaign period, with the candidates in a dead heat in poll»»»

RIYADH: King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh will partially reopen on Sunday after previous attacks suspended operations. The airport said it would designate Terminal 1 for domestic flights and Terminal 2 for international flights operated by national carriers. The airport »»»

RIYADH: Debris from two intercepted ballistic missiles launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis injured two people and damaged homes and vehicles in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, authorities said. A Saudi citizen and an Asian expatriate resident were injured when debris fell in Khamis Mushait and Ahad Raf»»»

NCM urges drivers to exercise caution, use headlights and follow official weather updates Dubai: The UAE's National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) has issued safety guidelines for motorists during rainy weather, urging drivers to exercise caution, maintain safe driving practices and follow official we»»»

Kerala man dies despite immediate CPR; third sports-related death reported in UAE in 2026 Dubai: An Indian expat collapsed and died after a weekend badminton game with his colleagues in Dubai, despite being given CPR within moments by trained co-workers and security staff on Saturday. It is the thi»»»

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is launching her presidential campaign today. The National Rally candidate is due to deliver her first campaign speech in Orléans, addressing around 10,000 party members. Police were controlling traffic entering the city this morning, following a large anti-far-right »»»

Tunis, Oct.25 (TAP) - The main guidelines of the draft 227 State Budget are based on ensuring equitable and inclusive social development by strengthening social protection, supporting low-income groups and improving the quality of basic services, as...»»»

Serbia votes on Sunday in what is set to be its most contested parliamentary election in more than 14 years, as a student-led movement seeks to oust the party of populist leader Aleksandar Vucic. The vote comes after nearly two years of student-led protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a canopy »»»

Ballistic missile fragments cause injuries and property damage in Saudi towns Two people were injured after debris from two intercepted ballistic missiles fell in Saudi Arabia’s Khamis Mushait and Ahad Rafidah governorates on Sunday, October 25, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The General Di»»»

Witkoff returns to RussiaUS envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in St. Petersburg on Wednesday to present a new set of peace proposals to Russian President Vladimir Putin. As was the case in every round of talks so far, Moscow found little to agree with in the terms put forward by Kiev and its European bac»»»

RIYADH: Debris from two intercepted ballistic missiles launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis injured two people and damaged homes and vehicles in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, authorities said. A Saudi citizen and an Asian expatriate resident were injured when debris fell in Khamis Mushait and Ahad Ruf»»»

LONDON: The second of two storms to hit the UK this weekend brought widespread travel disruptions and power outages to Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England on Sunday. The Met Office, the UK’s national forecaster, said Storm Boelo will bring a danger to life from flying debris and crashin»»»

RIYADH: Recent attacks on Saudi Arabia are accelerating the Kingdom's efforts to develop domestic military industries, rather than disrupting its localization plans, Bandar Al-Khorayef, the acting governor of the General Authority for Military Industries, told Arab News. Speaking on the sidelines o»»»

NEW DELHI: Little known in India and abroad, the Konyak people have over the past few weeks gained global attention after an Oscar hopeful brought an unexpected spotlight to their history and culture. Set in Nagaland, a mountainous state in India’s northeast with a population of some 2.5 million pe»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani met Sunday with Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Coordination, Development Infrastructure, and Land Planning of the Republic of Congo, HE Jean-Jacques Bouya, on the sidelines of the »»»

Zhang Xue, founder of Chinese motorcycle manufacturer ZXMOTO, set a Guinness World Record on Sunday by riding a modified motorcycle 40.74 kilometers across open water in his hometown of Mayang Miao Autonomous County in central China's Hunan Province. Riding a specially modified ZXMOTO MX450, Zhang »»»

Possible attempts by Democrats to block the deal on Russian diesel supply through Congress will face tough resistance from the presidential system of power, political and economic affairs expert Suhaib Nazzal tells Sputnik. However, as the US faces a deep internal split, the party interests of the »»»

SpiceJet faces backlash as passengers chant 'Shame on SpiceJet' at Delhi airport Passengers at Delhi airport were involved in a heated confrontation with SpiceJet staff, with one employee appearing to tell travellers they had chosen the airline because its fares were cheap. A video of the exchange,»»»

A number of American lawmakers intend to block the Trump administration’s deal to ease sanctions on Russian diesel through April and are threatening action against US companies involved in the trade. The bipartisan group is also planning to block the US Treasury from issuing such a waiver in the fu»»»

New non-stop service opens opportunities for tourism, trade and investment Abu Dhabi: Travelling between the UAE and Western Canada has become easier, with Etihad Airways launching the first-ever non-stop flight between Abu Dhabi and Calgary. The new air corridor promises to boost tourism, business»»»

London: Tens of thousands of homes were without power Sunday as Storm Boelo battered northern parts of the United Kingdom with strong winds and heavy rain, disrupting travel services. Boelo is Britain's second named storm of the season and quickly follows the first -- Storm Austen, which brought st»»»

Madrid: Police made 128 arrests overnight in Barcelona for acts of "vandalism", damage to public property" and "looting", the regional Catalan police said on Sunday. Seventy-three of those arrested were minors, with the reports due to be sent "to the juvenile prosecutor's office", Catalan police ch»»»

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - Events surrounding parliamentary elections in Israel could unfold according to one of three scenarios, with the possibility of a coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu securing a parliamentary majority being virtually ruled out, Zeev Khanin, a political scientist an»»»

US Democrats have a long history of sacrificing the interest of the American people for the sake of promoting US expansionism. “They do not equate US greatness with the wellbeing of ordinary Americans,” political analyst Pavel Seleznev tells Sputnikm, commenting on the prospects of US Democrats att»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Mutual tourist flows between Russia and China have increased by 1.5 times following the introduction of visa-free travel, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said on Sunday. "The results are already impressive, in principle. Tourist flows have increased by 1.5 times»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US entrepreneur Elon Musk has labeled those who wish to see the conflict in Ukraine continue, at the cost of the lives of Ukrainian men, as "pieces of sh*t" and "utter scum." Musk made the remarks in response to a post by Fox News reporter Josh Kraushaar, who shared a chart sugge»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi aid agency KSrelief recently supplied drinking water to more than 2,000 displaced people from 300 families at Al-Firdaws Camp 2 in Yemen’s Aden governorate. The water was delivered to six distribution points at the camp in Al-Buraiqah district as part of an emergency project, accordin»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s military spending localization rate reached 27.3 percent by the end of 2025, up from 4 percent in 2018, according to figures presented at the Military Industries Forum in Riyadh on Sunday. The General Authority for Military Industries said the sector contributed SR7.468 billi»»»

ADNOC to cut tendering time by 40% with new procurement strategy Abu Dhabi: ADNOC wants to buy faster, and it expects suppliers to keep up. At the Make It with ADNOC Forum in Abu Dhabi today, Senior Vice President of Group Commercial Operations & Execution at ADNOC, Adel Yafei presented a package o»»»

Shehbaz Sharif says devices will be distributed on merit, including to seminary students Dubai: Pakistan will distribute 500,000 Chromebooks to students across the country over the next two years under a government initiative aimed at expanding access to digital education, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sh»»»

Economist Mohamed Fouad suggests that the US dollar exchange rate in Egypt will likely hover around the LE 52 mark for the time being. He sees it unlikely that the rate will drop below LE 50 in the near term, citing pressures from the outflow of foreign investments, rising financing requirements, a»»»

Avatar and Planet of the Apes movement coach makes his Middle East debut at SACC 2026 Dubai: The man who taught actors to move like apes in Planet of the Apes and like the Na'vi in Avatar had a simple message for a room of aspiring performers in Sharjah: stop trying to be perfect. Hollywood creatur»»»

The Head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC), Patriarch Daniil, condemned Friday's deadly attack on an Orthodox church in the village of Hammoud in Jordan's Karak governorate, the BOC reported on Sunday. In a letter of condolence to Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Daniil expressed his sol»»»

Palangkaraya, Indonesia: Indonesian conservation workers rescued an orangutan ensnared in rope and her baby on the island of Borneo where the critically endangered animals are at risk from boar traps and wildfires, an official said Sunday. The female orangutan named Gadis, about 25 years old, and h»»»

SpaceX has closed a “loophole” that allowed the Ukrainian military to use the civilian satellite internet network for offensive drone strikes, Elon Musk has announced, telling warmongers who prolong the conflict to “burn in hell.” The billionaire’s harsh remarks on Saturday come amid a deepening ri»»»

Paris, France: Rescuers were searching on Sunday for five people missing after an oil rig sank off the coast of Gabon, the operating company said. The Prospector 5 rig was preparing for a campaign of offshore drilling in the offshore waters of the fossil fuel-rich central African country when it ex»»»

Main suspect from Skardu; probe continues in Multan, Islamabad and southern Punjab Dubai: A father has been arrested in Pakistan for allegedly producing sexually abusive videos involving his own children and selling them through an online network, Geo News reported on Sunday. The disturbing case wa»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Qalibaf Warns Any Violation of Iran’s Territory Will Trigger Response Beyond Enemy’s Imagination 25-10-2026 14:30 PM Iran’s Parliament Spea»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said the Council of Ministers would base its decision on the resignation of National Service for Protection (NSP) head Major General Emil Tonev on the findings of the ongoing investigation. He made the statement to reporters after casting his ballot in Sunday’s presidenti»»»

DOHA Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani attended the inauguration of the 9th World Investment Forum 2026, hosted by the State of Qatar in partnership with UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) under the theme 'Investing in the Future'. »»»

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest hubs, cancelled dozens of flights Sunday because of strong winds caused by Storm Boelo. AFP counted some 90 flights cancelled on Sunday on the airport website departures page, mainly to European cities including Paris, Ro»»»

Teams treated 87,179 patients after receiving 260,423 calls in nine Abu Dhabi: Emergency teams treated 87,179 patients as the service received more than 260,000 calls between January and September 2026 National Ambulance responded to 108,315 emergency incidents and provided emergency medical care t»»»

ICV Changes by ADNOC to prioritize competitiveness and local manufacturers Abu Dhabi: ADNOC ICV is changing logo and is rewriting the rules for how suppliers compete for its contracts. At the Make It with ADNOC Forum in Abu Dhabi today, Senior Vice President of Commercial Affairs, Group Local Value»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani met on Sunday with Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and National Security of the Kingdom of Lesotho, HE Samuel Matekane, on the sidelines of the World Investment Forum (WIF),»»»

Public Prosecution warns of legal action against offensive content and its circulation Dubai: Oman's Public Prosecution has warned against insulting other countries, their leaders, national symbols or peoples, urging the public to avoid statements and actions that could undermine the Sultanate's re»»»