Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence announced on Saturday, October 24, that debris from two intercepted ballistic missiles fell in several locations after the missiles were launched by Houthis towards Makkah and Madinah. In a statement, the Civil Defence spokesperson said emergency teams responded»»»

Doha: The Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre (QICDRC) has concluded its 2026 training program on international commercial courts, featuring lectures, panel discussions and applied workshops on relevant legislation. The program highlighted the procedures and practices of QICDRC »»»

Rome: Security forces deployed massively in Italy on Saturday for protests, which turned out to be small and mostly peaceful after a sweeping crackdown in the wake of violent clashes last weekend. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's hard-right government approved tough security measures this week and p»»»

RIYADH: Debris from the interception of two ballistic missiles launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia fell in several locations across Saudi Arabia on Saturday, the Civil Defense said. The missiles were intercepted as they headed toward their targets, according to the official spokesperson »»»

JUBA: New armed raids by cattle rustlers in a troubled South Sudan state have left at least 10 people dead, local authorities said Saturday. Clashes over stolen cattle also left three wounded in Tonji North county of Warrap state on Friday evening, according to local commissioner Agany Lok Agany. “»»»

Lucky Day Draw No. 261024 delivers cash prizes to multiple participants Dubai: Several participants have won cash prizes in the latest UAE Lottery Lucky Day draw, which has taken place on Saturday. In Lucky Day Draw No. 261024, the winning numbers in the Days section were 18, 30, 5, 6, 13, and 4, w»»»

TUNIS, Oct. 24, 2026 (TAP) - A partnership agreement aimed at developing the digital systems and infrastructure of the tourism sector was signed on Friday, between Tunisie Telecom and the Agency for Training in Tourism Professions (AFMT).Signed by...»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent: An Israeli airstrike targeted the Wadi al-Hujair area, and there has been artillery shelling on the town of al-Mans»»»

Fire engulfs Sorsogon City Public Market; BFP works to contain the blaze Manila, Philippines: A fire was reported at the Sorsogon City Public Market late on Saturday (Oct. 24) and into Sunday (Oct. 25), with firefighters from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) working to contain the blaze, accordi»»»

Saudi Civil Defence says missile fragments landed in Mecca, Jeddah, Taif and Rabigh area Dubai: Debris from the interception of two ballistic missiles launched by Yemen's Houthi militia towards the Mecca and Medina regions fell at several locations in western Saudi Arabia on Saturday, October 24, t»»»

Masoud Pezeshkian urges a way out of the impasse as economic pressure on Iran intensifies Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that many Iranians were struggling to put food on the table, as the economic pressure from the Middle East war with the United States mounts. Washingto»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Europe Swept by Wave of Protests: From Paris to Tirana, Housing and Cost of Living Fuel Unrest 24-10-2026 19:58 PM Hundreds of thousands of»»»

TEL AVIV: Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday for a large anti-government demonstration, three days ahead of a general election that is widely viewed as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The protest was organized by the October Council, a group founded by the families of vic»»»

TRIPOLI: An oil pipeline from Libya’s Hamada and Tahara oilfields to Zawiya was reopened on Saturday, according to ⁠the head of ⁠the state-owned oil firm National Oil Corporation. A ⁠pipeline valve was closed by individuals who entered the crude oil receiving station near the Zawiya refinery ⁠on Th»»»

MOSCOW: Latvia, a member of the European Union and NATO, has emerged as one of the top five countries used to ship Russian grain this marketing season despite strained political ties, as Moscow redirects exports from the Azov-Black Sea basin to Baltic ports. Some 431,700 tonnes of Russian grain wer»»»

NAGOYA: The State of Qatar has formally received the Asian Para Games Flag at the Closing Ceremony of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games, marking the transition to Doha as the next host of the Asian Para Games in 2030. The Handover follows Qatar's receipt of the Asian Games Flag earlier this mo»»»

Cairo, Oct. 24 (SANA) UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday called for Middle East crises to be addressed through political and diplomatic means, urging an end to the expansion of war and the protection of civilians. In a post on X after arriving in Egypt, Guterres said: “Amid intensify»»»

TIRANA: Thousands rallied in Tirana on Saturday at a fresh anti-government rally after days of violent unrest in the Albanian capital, with police firing tear gas to disperse the crowd. Since mid-October, protesters and police have routinely clashed. Several government buildings have been attacked,»»»

The Bulgarian Interior Ministry said on Saturday that the Cybercrime Directorate of the General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime (GDCOC) had no involvement in the deactivation of several satirical Facebook pages, responding to numerous media enquiries. Earlier in the day, MP Ivaylo Mirchev»»»

HEBRON: The Israeli military forced about 1,500 Palestinians to leave their homes in Hebron after sealing off two neighborhoods, with 1,000 more facing displacement as part of a large-scale operation that continued a day after Palestinian gunmen shot two soldiers dead at a military checkpoint. Yous»»»

ISLAMABAD: Iran remains open to talks with the US under a Pakistan-brokered interim deal reached in June to end the conflict, Tehran’s ambassador to Islamabad said Saturday, accusing Washington of undermining diplomacy and prolonging the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz. Ambassador Reza Amiri Mog»»»

Amman: The death toll from an attack on a church in Jordan's southern Karak Governorate has risen to nine after one of the injured victims died while receiving hospital treatment. Jordanian Health Minister Dr. Ibrahim Al Bdour said one critically injured victim remained under treatment at Prince Al»»»

London: Qatar Foundation (QF) organized its Alumni Forum 2026, with the participation of 65 graduates from the United Kingdom (UK) and across Europe, as part of its efforts to share their stories and experiences, build and strengthen connections with each other as well as learn, support, collaborat»»»

During an online meeting with Dmytro Lubinets, head of the Ukrainian negotiating team, both sides discussed the mission in Alyoshki, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova said. "We discussed the previously agreed details; everything is proceeding in line with the worked-out agreements. »»»

MOSCOW: Several industrial facilities were damaged in a drone attack on the Russian city of Togliatti on Saturday, local authorities said, while Ukraine said it had struck a major petrochemical plant there. Togliatti mayor Ilya Sukhikh said preliminary reports indicated no fatalities or injuries. H»»»

WASHINGTON: Two former FBI officials were charged Friday with lying to Congress about their involvement in investigating Hunter Biden’s laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, the latest in a series of splashy and politically charged actions the Justice Department has undertaken ahe»»»

Voting has ended in the election of members of Bulgaria's Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors' quota, the SJC said on Saturday. Prosecutors are electing four members of the Council from a total of 25 candidates. The opening of ballot boxes at the polling stations, the counting and v»»»

Canberra, Australia: Two rest areas in remote South Australia have been newly built or upgraded under a 4.25-million-Australian-dollar (about 2.77 million U.S. dollars) project aimed at reducing driver fatigue and improving road safety, the federal government announced on Friday. According to a joi»»»

TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that many Iranians were struggling to put food on the table, as the economic pressure from the Middle East war with the United States mounts. Washington has in recent weeks dialed back military operations in favor of economic pressure, while»»»

The Budapest Central District Court on Friday remanded Gyorgy Matolcsy, the former governor of the National Bank of Hungary (NBH), into custody for one month. The court ordered the detention on suspicion of graft and use of forged documents, Anna Madarasi, a spokesperson for the court, said. Madara»»»

Seoul: Minister of Public Health HE Mansoor bin Ebrahim Al Mahmoud met with President of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) of the Republic of Korea, Dr Seungkwon Hong on the sidelines of His Excellency’s participation in the World Bio Summit, held in Seoul, Republic of Korea»»»

Cut through the corporate damage-control flimflam – ‘technical’ issues and ‘mistakes’ but no politics, they say – and the Oversight Board of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, has just had to deny but really admit that its platforms have been caught trying to influence B»»»

NAIROBI: Uganda’s health ministry said late on Friday that travelers with a history of travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been battling an Ebola outbreak for months, will not be permitted to transit through the East African nation. The announcement came after an Ebola patient in »»»

ROME: Five Italian activists detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank returned to Italy on Saturday, Italy’s foreign ministry said. The five were detained on Thursday while accompanying Palestinian farmers who were collecting olives. Israel said the activists were in an area where there had been»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Yemeni Armed Forces: We have targeted Saudi troop concentrations at the Al-Nasr camp and the naval military base in Aden—facilities oversee»»»

New Delhi, India: At least one person was killed Saturday after a devastating fire gutted several roadside shops on the outskirts of the Indian capital city, New Delhi, police said. Police and fire personnel were immediately rushed to the spot to douse the fire and prevent it from spreading to the »»»

ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s foreign minister will tell his Yemeni counterpart on Saturday that Houthi attacks on civilians are “unacceptable” and express hope the conflict can be resolved through dialogue, a Turkish foreign ministry source said. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is due to meet Yemen’s Afrah Al-»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe An important statement from the Yemeni Armed Forces, to be released at 7:00 PM, announcing a number of significant military operations deep»»»

The Interior Ministry has received 168 reports of violations of election law and citizens' political rights since the start of the one-month campaign for the Bulgarian presidential election due on Sunday, the Ministry's press office said. The figures are from its Situation Centre as of 2 pm on Satu»»»

RIYADH: Written tributes are being requested in memory of Abdulaziz Alghashian, the Saudi political researcher and commentator who died suddenly in Riyadh on Oct. 18. Alghashian was a political analyst and geopolitics expert known for his incisive, bite-sized commentary on sensitive issues, includi»»»

MADRID: Authorities said 250,00 people marched through central Madrid on Saturday demanding protection for the Spanish state pension scheme, one of the hot topics in a parliamentary election next month. The rally comes amid a political row over the sustainability of Spain’s pension scheme and the c»»»

Catch up on today’s regional developments and check the latest flight schedules Diplomatic efforts are continuing across the region this weekend, as Saudi Arabia responds to ongoing Houthi attacks and attention remains on tensions between the US and Iran. Here’s a round-up of this evening’s key dev»»»

ATHENS: With Israelis preparing to vote in their first election since Oct. 7 and the ensuing wars in Gaza, Lebanon and with Iran, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he remains one of the few Israeli voices willing to put a two-state solution on the table. Olmert, who led Israel from 2006 to 200»»»

US President Donald Trump has threatened to launch another military operation against Iran, as Washington quietly withdraws diplomatic personnel and relocates troops from bases across the Middle East in moves resembling preparations ahead of the initial US-Israeli strikes in February. “We may do an»»»

KYIV: Ukraine said on Saturday that the Starlink satellite system and its military version Starshield were again operating at high speeds after over a week of restrictions that disrupted military operations and intensified tensions with the US. Problems with Elon Musk’s SpaceX-owned systems came af»»»

Growing up in Dubai helped shape his creative outlook he now brings to the world Dubai: Before his international music career, Palash Deshpande was a teenager in Dubai learning to make songs from YouTube tutorials. He has started guitar lessons at a small music academy in Karama at the age of 12. N»»»

DUBAI: Ras Al-Khaimah authorities said on Saturday that all beaches in the ​emirate would be closed until further notice, a day after an offshore oil leak prompted beach closures in neighboring Umm Al-Quwain and Sharjah. The Public Services Department announced the closures in a statement shared by»»»

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The switch to standard time in Poland on Oct. 25 may complicate logistics, says Piotr Sosnowski of the University of Łódź. Clock changes can create temporary time differences between countries, forcing businesses to revise contracts and delivery schedules. They can also shorten or extend delivery w»»»

Berlin, Oct. 24 (SANA) Germany’s national oil stockpiling agency has begun offering quantities of diesel, heating oil, and crude oil from its strategic reserves for sale, as part of efforts to bolster supplies and calm energy markets. Reuters reported on Saturday, citing a document on the matter, t»»»