An official familiar with the talks confirmed to Reuters that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his team met with Qatari mediators in Doha yesterday evening. According to the official, Araghchi received the US response to the “seven-day proposal” while in Doha and will discuss it in Tehra»»»

Damascus, Sept. 30 (SANA) Director of the Expatriates and Refugees Affairs Department at the Foreign Ministry Nahla Othman denied reports that Germany plans to deport large numbers of Syrian refugees, saying talks with Berlin are underway on possible changes to residence status for Syrians who have»»»

Authorities expand radiation monitoring from workplaces to drinking water and homes Abu Dhabi: Around 27,000 workers exposed to radiation as part of their jobs are covered by a UAE national registry that tracks their radiation exposure and helps authorities identify unusual levels. The National Dos»»»

One took the train while the other drove. The train arrived about four minutes earlier. Abu Dhabi: Same start point. Same end destination. Two ways to get there. Two friends set out from Dubai to Abu Dhabi to put Etihad Rail's new passenger service to the test. Dmitrii Mednikov took the car, and hi»»»

October rates reflect global oil shock, but UAE petrol remains below many major markets Dubai: UAE residents filling a typical 60-litre fuel tank will pay up to Dh124.80 more than they did in February, after October fuel prices rose sharply as elevated international energy costs fed through to the »»»

US forces are withdrawing from their remaining bases in Iraq on Wednesday, completing a pullout agreed under former president Joe Biden as fears grow over the security vacuum it could leave. Iraqi officials and analysts warn the departure could embolden Iran-backed militias and give Islamic State g»»»

Continue the Change (CC) called on Wednesday for stronger action against drug dealing affecting children. MP Marin Tihomirov presented the parliamentary group’s proposals in a declaration read from the parliamentary rostrum. Tihomirov cited official figures showing 1,626 registered cases of acute i»»»

Doha, Qatar: A delegation from the Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ headed by the President of the Authority HE Eng. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Meer and with the participation of a number of senior officials from the Authority, concluded an official visit to the Republic of Singapore. The visit is a»»»

The U.S. military announced on Wednesday that it has completed the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group. The last U.S. troops left the last air base where they had been present in northern Iraq under an agreement between Baghdad and Washingto»»»

The survey will track digital revenues, technology use and Abu Dhabi’s economic growth Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD) has launched the Digital Economy Survey to strengthen the measurement of digital economic activities and provide a clearer picture of the contribution of technology, artificia»»»

The agreement covers the return of religious and historical artifacts taken to Bulgaria during World War I, while Greece will hand over remains identified as those of the medieval Bulgarian ruler. Bulgaria and Greece have signed a memorandum of understanding providing for the transfer of historical»»»

A FlyDubai aircraft signaled an emergency and, after some time, made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. The initial version, which was reported by many media outlets, was that the incident might have been a hijacking or seizure of the aircraft, but this version was ruled out after the landing. A»»»

Sea-air surveillance leads to hot pursuit west of Lakshadweep Dubai: An Iranian boat carrying more than Rs30 billion ($338 million/more than Dh1.2 billion) worth of heroin and methamphetamine has been intercepted in the Arabian Sea, with five Pakistani nationals detained in what Indian authorities »»»

Europe is facing more immediate cyber threats, but whether its member states are prepared to deal with it collectively is becoming a question harder to answer. Even as drone threats, such as Russia’s bomb plot at the Leipzig-Halle airport in Germany in August, dominated European headlines in Septem»»»

Flydubai has confirmed reports that a fight broke out between pilots aboard a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel. The aircraft’s security system was activated, prompting a number of media outlets to initially report that the plane may have been hijacked. The aircraft made an emergency l»»»

Bulgaria is moving toward a tourism model focused on quality rather than low prices, Tourism Minister Ilin Dimitrov said, citing positive signals from several important markets. Dimitrov pointed to a sharp increase in interest from Poland, expectations that Germany will add about 150,000 airline se»»»

The country must exit the EU’s excessive deficit procedure by 2030 to meet its eurozone target, Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare says Romania plans to join the eurozone by 2035, but achieving this goal will require the country to leave the European Union’s excessive deficit procedure no later than»»»

Vazrazhdane MP Angel Yanchev called for Minister of Culture Evtim Miloshev's immediate resignation over the renovation of the Monument to Freedom on Shipka Peak in a parliamentary declaration. He said Miloshev was directly responsible for the renovation. Yanchev said Prime Minister Rumen Radev's go»»»

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Botev Plovdiv football club President and co-owner of the largest transport and logistics company in Bulgaria PIMK, Ilian Filipov, died from a gunshot wound, with authorities investigating the case as premeditated murder, the Plovdiv Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry and Plovdiv Distric»»»

Tokyo: A hospital in Japan has carried out the world's first surgery using sheets of commercially available heart muscle stem cells after the ground-breaking therapy was approved this year, one of the surgeons said. Sheets of muscle cells derived from regenerative products known as induced pluripot»»»

The last U.S. troops were slated to leave Iraq on Wednesday under an agreement between Baghdad and Washington, a move celebrated by Iran-backed groups but which some other Iraqis found concerning, particularly in the Kurdish region. U.S. troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein. They de»»»

Ukraine “spent a week in September making no steel at all. The first time in 100 years,” reveals Iuliia Mendel, Zelensky’s former press secretary, in a post on X. Mendel lays out the scale of the collapse, driven by Russia’s concentrated strikes, in stark numbers:Ukraine’s biggest plants now stand »»»

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - The FlyDubai aircraft, which was flying from the UAE to Israel, landed in Saudi Arabia after sending a signal indicating an emergency, the Israeli Channel 12 reported on Wednesday. The emergency situation may have arisen due to a fight between the pilots, which triggered the ac»»»

Medication prices are soaring in Iran and some treatments have become hard to find, leaving patients and their families scrambling as a U.S. blockade and stepped-up sanctions squeeze the country's pharmaceuticals industry. Some medicines have more than tripled in price, further squeezing Iranians' »»»

Vice President urges youth to embrace AI while preserving values, identity and humanity Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has addressed a deeply personal letter to the new generation that will lead change, mak»»»

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the Trump administration to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own while it considers the legality of the practice. The court’s conservative majority temporarily blocked safeguards requiring deportees to receive notice of where they would»»»

Trade ministers of the Group of 20 are meeting in Milwaukee for two days of talks on Wednesday, but US President Donald Trump’s tariffs are expected to hang heavy over the talks. "Don't expect any breakthroughs," an analyst watching the event said. G20 trade ministers are set to open talks Wednesda»»»

Parliament will debate Civil Procedure Code amendments at second reading on Wednesday. A scheduled hearing of Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev will take place on Thursday. The hearing, proposed by Progressive Bulgaria, will examine allegations of improper practices in public procurement for guard»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar is participating in the inaugural edition of the “Made in GCC 2026” Forum and Exhibition, hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain from October 6 to 8, 2026 at Exhibition World Bahrain, under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and »»»

A commercial plane traveling from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, briefly raising concerns about a possible hijacking and prompting Israel to scramble warplanes. Israeli media, citing security officials, said the inci»»»

Head of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi, has held talks on the technical details of Hungary’s membership of the EPPO with Justice Minister Márta Görög, Finance Minister András Kármán, Interior Minister Gábor Pósfai and Deputy Prosecutor»»»

Doha, Qatar: Umm Salal continued their winning start to the 2026-27 QSL Cup season after beating Al Khor 2-0 in their Round 2 match at Al Khor Stadium yesterday. Atowoula Odilon Kouassi scored both goals for Umm Salal, striking in the 47th and 56th minutes to secure a second successive victory for »»»

Britain's counter-terrorism police said ​on Tuesday that no improvised explosive devices had been found as part of an ​investigation ‌into a suspected plot targeting ⁠a British airbase used by US forces to ‌strike Iran, deepening uncertainty over the incident a day after five UK-based suspects were»»»

Doha, Qatar: QNB Group, a leading financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has won four awards at the inaugural Qatar Private Sector Nationalisation Awards 2026, organised by the Ministry of Labour. This recognition reflects the Group’s commitment to attracting and developing Qatari tal»»»

Doha, Qatar: QFEX 2026 - Qatar Financial Markets, AI & Digital Assets Expo - opened in Doha yesterday, bringing together discussions on how rapid advances in artificial intelligence are reshaping finance, regulation, employment and wider society. The two-day summit is examining the growing use of A»»»

Iliyan Filipov, owner of transport company PIMK and football club Botev Plovdiv, was killed in a shooting in Plovdiv early Wednesday. Businessman Iliyan Filipov, owner of Bulgarian transport company PIMK and football club Botev Plovdiv, has been killed in a shooting in Plovdiv. A report of a man wh»»»

Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva has asked the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) to carry out an emergency inspection of Sofia's Toplofikatsiya District Heating Company and establish the causes of the numerous breakdowns in the eastern districts of the Bulgarian capital, the Ombudsman Insti»»»

DUBAI: A Flydubai flight carrying about 150 people briefly transmitted a distress signal en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday. A spokesperson for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the incident involving the FlyDubai plane was not a hijacking, following reports on Israe»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar and the UAE renew their eagerly-awaited football rivalry tonight when they meet in their final Group B match of the Arabian Gulf Cup at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, with the group leadership at stake. The match kicks off at 8:30pm, with both teams already assured »»»

BREAKING NEWSflydubai Dubai–Tel Aviv flight diverts to Tabuk Dubai: A flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after experiencing an incident while en route on Wednesday, the airline said. Flight FZ 1073, operating from Dubai International (DXB) to Ben Gurion Int»»»

The Lebanese military said on Wednesday that an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon wounded a soldier and three civilians, as the implementation of a deal between the two countries has stalled. "A soldier was seriously wounded as the result of an Israeli targeting of an army vehicle" in Nabatieh al-»»»

Istanbul: The head of Turkiye's football refereeing body and six other people have been arrested as part of a graft investigation, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said yesterday. “Claims regarding interference in the processes of referee classification, assignments, scoring and appointments, as well a»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Foundation is preparing to welcome audiences to “Showtime! 2026: The Secret of the Garden,” which will run from October 7–10 at the Pre-University Education Theater in Education City, with the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) performing live alongside the students. The musical »»»

Israel's opposition chief early Wednesday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of fear-mongering after he alleged that enemies may attack before October 27 elections. Netanyahu, who polls show is in a close race to hold on to power, has issued warnings in recent weeks to Iran, the militant gro»»»

Collaboration brings together innovation, local market capability, operational expertise Muheel Facilities Management has entered into a strategic partnership with Italian professional cleaning Sutter Professional, founded in 1858, and Al Bariq Saudia Trading Company to advance sustainable professi»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli security sources: The incident that led the plane to issue an “unlawful interference” and another general emergency signal is “appa»»»

DUBAI: According to a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, a Flydubai flight traveling from the United Arab Emirates to Israel was diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The spokesperson clarified that the incident is not being treated as a kidnapping, and emphasized»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatari weightlifter Ouisal Ikhlef described her historic Asian Games bronze medal as “a gold one” after battling her way onto the podium in the women’s +86kg category at Aichi-Nagoya 2026 yesterday. Ikhlef lifted a total of 273kg to claim bronze, becoming the first female Qatari weight»»»