Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani and Secretary of State of the United States of America HE Marco Rubio discussed, in a phone call, the cooperation and strategic partnership between the State of Qatar and the United States of»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian caretaker Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic met on Thursday in Belgrade with the Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JICA) Director General for the Middle East and Europe Kotaro Tanaka to discuss progress on the implementation of a Bistrica reversib»»»

JAMLA, Syria: A developmentally disabled man was killed by Israeli forces during a raid on a village in southern Syria’s Daraa province, state media and residents said Thursday. The man, Muath Salama Al-Baeer, was buried in the village of Jamla later Thursday as anger rose over Israeli incursions i»»»

By Staff, Agencies Iran’s top security official, Major General Mohsen Rezaei, has said the country did not deploy all its military capabilities during previous wars and possesses additional means to respond to any renewed aggression. In an interview with US-based investigative outlet Drop Site News»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron has slammed as “stupid” and “unacceptable” remarks by foreign leaders about the unrest gripping France, in an apparent swipe at US President Donald Trump, who blamed the violence on Paris’ lax border policies. France has been rocked by some of its worst riots in yea»»»

DOHA Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and Secretary of State of the United States of America HE Marco Rubio discussed, in a phone call, the cooperation and strategic partnership between the State of Qatar and the United States of »»»

JAMLA, Syria: A developmentally disabled man was killed by Israeli forces during a raid on a village in southern Syria’s Daraa province, state media and residents said Thursday. The man, Muath Salama Al-Baeer, was buried in the village of Jamla later Thursday as anger rose over Israeli incursions i»»»

New Sahel app service allows expats to obtain official passport loss certificates Dubai: Kuwait's Ministry of Interior has launched a new electronic service allowing expatriates to report lost passports and obtain official loss certificates online through the government's unified Sahel application.»»»

Dutch authorities cite security concerns after protests over detention of Egyptian man Dubai: The Netherlands has temporarily closed its embassy in Cairo until further notice following demonstrations outside the diplomatic mission protesting the detention of an Egyptian man, the Dutch Foreign Minis»»»

By Staff, Agencies French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned foreign leaders’ comments about the unrest sweeping France as “stupid” and “unacceptable,” in an apparent rebuke of US President Donald Trump, who blamed the violence on France’s migration policies. France has experienced some of its»»»

Budapest’s District I council has proposed a complete ban on short-term accommodation rentals in the Buda Castle district from 2028, following a local survey in which two-thirds of respondents from the historic neighbourhood backed the measure. Stricter rules, substantial fines and new powers to te»»»

RIYADH: Arab countries and the Muslim World League on Thursday condemned Houthi attacks the previous night on Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Airport in Dammam and the Shaybah oilfield in the Eastern Province that killed four people and injured 10. The UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Egypt d»»»

The European Parliament overwhelmingly supported an increased budget and scope for the Erasmus+ student-exchange programme under the new EU budget on Thursday (22 October). The plenary in Strasbourg opted for a €7bn increase in Erasmus+’s budget compared to the commission’s proposal, by 454 votes, »»»

ISIOLO, Kenya: Hundreds ‌of Ethiopians have fled into Kenya following fighting in the border town of Moyale, Kenya Red Cross and local government officials said on Thursday. Fighting broke out on Wednesday and gunfire could still be heard a day after in parts of the town on the Ethiopian side of th»»»

The 9th İstanbul Mediation Conference will be hosted by H.E. Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, under the theme “Partnerships and New Perspectives for Peace: Mediation in a Changing World” in İstanbul on 23-24 October 2026. Since its launch in 2012, the İstanbul Me»»»

GPSSA reported improvements across several areas following the expansion of its services More than 120,000 Emiratis working in the private sector are now registered under the UAE’s pension system, compared to just 19,878 in 2021, according to the General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent: Ministers from the ‘Lebanese Forces’ party have withdrawn from the cabinet session due to the postponement of a dec»»»

Doha, Qatar: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defense Affairs HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman bin Hassan Al-Thani visited the Milipol Qatar 2026 exhibition, which is organized by the Ministry of Interior at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center. His Excellency was accompanied dur»»»

TRIPOLI: Libya’s central bank on Thursday said unidentified individuals raided its headquarters in Tripoli, hours after parliament said it had accepted a request from its governor to resign. The incident comes more than two months after bank governor Naji Issa first announced his resignation, which»»»

BELGRADE - Six people suspected of planning to commit acts of violence, unrest and attacks on dissenters and police on election day in Serbia, October 25, with the aim of jeopardising the constitutional order and security in the country, appeared for a hearing before prosecutors at the Higher Publi»»»

By Staff, Agencies A US judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in civil penalties for misleading Facebook users about the privacy of their personal data, following a landmark ruling stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. New Mexico District Judge Francis Mathew issued the order on Wednes»»»

MELBOURNE: A man was charged on Thursday with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car. Nunchucks are a controlled weapon used in martial arts consisting of two or more batons joined by a »»»

DAKAR: The World Health Organization was not told that Nigeria’s Ebola patient had traveled to Congo, the WHO’s representative in Nigeria said on Thursday, after Uganda said she had visited ⁠the country. Nigeria’s government ⁠has said the country’s first Ebola case in more than a decade involved a »»»

Addressing potential voters on Thursday, presidential candidate Kostadin Kostadinov said that a head of State should be able to talk to everyone, listen to everyone, and respect everyone, even those who do not like them. Both Kostadinov and his running mate, Petar Volgin, stated that they have the »»»

New law expands exemptions from prosecution, introduces tougher enforcement measures Dubai: Oman's Public Prosecution has outlined tougher measures to combat drug-related offences, including expanded criminal penalties for refusing drug tests, stronger protection for witnesses and new rules governi»»»

DUBAI: Gulf economies are heading for a strong rebound in 2027 after the war tested their resilience, with years of reform and long-term investment helping maintain stability across the region, according to Jihad Azour, director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Mo»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Lebanon’s PM Reports Progress in Talks with Qatar on Power Project 22-10-2026 19:10 PM Prime Minister Nawwaf Salam stressed during the cabi»»»

CAIRO: Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least ​four people in the Gaza Strip in separate incidents on Thursday, health officials in the enclave said. In Gaza City, a strike on a car killed at least one person, medics said. They earlier said there had been two deaths. A crowd gathered around th»»»

Berlin: Der Divan – The Arabic Cultural House and the German Orient Institute Beirut presented the inaugural Riwaq Prize for Science and Culture on 16 October 2026, as part of the fourth Arab Book Fair in Berlin. The prize recognises outstanding scholarly monographs on Arab cultures and societies, »»»

Berlin: Estrel Berlin became a meeting place for Arabic and German literature, scholarship and culture as Der Divan – The Arabic Cultural House held its fourth Arab Book Fair from 16 to 18 October. Bringing together more than 110 publishers from the Arab world and Germany, the fair offered visitors»»»

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran was ‌doing ‌all it ‌could to drive up the price of oil before the US ‌midterm ‌elections. “They are ‌even ‌making up fake hits, mines, ‌and everything else,” he said in a Truth Social post.»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces struck energy facilities supporting the operation of Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises and logistics centers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. "Today, the Russian armed forces continued to carry out strikes with unmanned aeri»»»

KYIV: Russia-linked hackers used the volunteer-run Yggdrasil network to conceal communications during an attack on a Ukrainian grain logistics company, marking the first documented use of the technology by a state-linked hacking group, cybersecurity firm ESET said on Thursday. The attack culminated»»»

Bainah Al Ali’s father receives her academic excellence certificate at graduation event Al Ain / Ras Al Khaimah: The father of an Emirati student who died in a road accident before completing her university studies attended her graduation ceremony to accept an academic excellence certificate in her»»»

JERUALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing small right-wing parties to withdraw from next week’s tight election over fears they could siphon off votes. Ahead of the October 27 election, polls show Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc neck and neck with that of his main center-right rival»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar is set to host the final three matches of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup for the third consecutive year, bringing together some of the world’s greatest football clubs to compete in the 2026 edition in December. The annual competition will crown the best club in world football for »»»

Kiev/Moscow: Two people were killed and 34 suffered injuries in Ukraine during Russian missile and drone attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Twelve Ukrainian regions came under Russian strikes, Zelensky said, adding that Kiev was targeted by 21 ballistic missiles launched in three»»»

Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) announced that the capital restructuring of Widam Food Company will be implemented at the close of trading on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. Trading of the company's shares based on the new capital will commence on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. In a press release published Th»»»

ANKARA: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Turkiye on Thursday for a two-day visit seeking to forge a new partnership as Canada looks to reduce its dependence on the United States. Carney is making the first bilateral visit by a Canadian prime minister to Turkiye, although he traveled t»»»

LONDON: Far-right Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks bound for the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Abu Salem crossing on Thursday, according to media reports, as severe food shortages and cuts to humanitarian assistance deepened the enclave’s crisis. Members of the Tsav 9 movement demanded a halt to aid»»»

BUDVA - EU accession is Serbia's goal, and Serbia is one of the key factors in the integration of the entire Western Balkan region, Serbian caretaker PM Djuro Macut said after attending a Berlin Process summit in Budva, Montenegro. Macut said the summit had addressed further integration of Serbia a»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Zionist occupation forces execute new bombings in Rab Tlateen town, South Lebanon: Al-Manar reporter 22-10-2026 18:29 PM Latest News Urgent»»»

Minister of Education and Science, Prof. Georgi Valchev, met with the new UNICEF Representative in Bulgaria, Mioh Nemoto, on Thursday. The discussion covered the longstanding partnership between Bulgaria and UNICEF, current challenges facing the education system, and future directions for cooperati»»»

Washington, United States: The United Nations' climate loss and damage fund moved Thursday to provide $20 million in aid sought by flood-stricken Nepal, the first time it has set aside money for any country, in a key test of the body's credibility. In the first extraordinary meeting since its launc»»»

NEW YORK CITY: The UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, on Thursday condemned continuing Houthi attacks on civilian targets in Saudi Arabia as “totally unacceptable,” and warned that the escalation and spread of conflicts around the world was acting like “an El Nino of war,” sending economic sho»»»

Aramco evacuates HQ, four killed in separate incidents as US pulls embassy staff Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s confrontation with Yemen’s Houthis has entered a dangerous new phase, with attacks on airports and energy facilities killing civilians, forcing oil giant Aramco to evacuate its remaining headquart»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Iraqi counterpart on Thursday discussed strengthening security cooperation to address growing regional threats as the Iran-backed Houthis intensified attacks on the Kingdom. During a phone call, Fuad Hussein, Iraq’s foreign minister, r»»»

Capital Market Authority says review is underway, with updates through official channels Dubai: The UAE’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) is reviewing the activities of AIX Financial Consultations after receiving information about the company, the regulator said in a statement. The announcement foll»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration is on track to deport about 660,000 people over the past year, a new report released Thursday shows, as arrests ramp up across the country fueled by billions of dollars meant to supercharge his immigration agenda. The report by the Migration Polic»»»

The new waste facility will form part of Tadweer Group’s wider EcoPark project Work has begun on a new waste recovery facility in Abu Dhabi that will use artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced technology to process up to 400,000 tonnes of waste every year. Tadweer Group announced on Thursday tha»»»