Doha / Amman, Oct. 4 (SANA) Qatar and Jordan issued statements Sunday condemning the Israeli occupation’s completion of work on the so-called “Sufa 53 Line” project in Quneitra Province, warning that the move violates Syrian sovereignty, international law, and the 1974 Disengagement Agreement. The »»»

All branches of government in Bulgaria must work together, presidential candidate Iliana Iotova said on Sunday, calling for political stability and joint solutions to issues affecting citizens. At a meeting with residents at the House of Culture in Gotse Delchev, she also called for restoring effec»»»

Addis Ababa: Ethiopian federal forces were in full control of the Tigray rebels' regional capital, a local journalist said on Sunday, while Ethiopia's regional rivals gathered in Egypt to discuss the risk of a wider war. The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and federal forces began fighting »»»

Citizens can obtain visas online or on arrival at entry points across the Kingdom Dubai: Saudi Arabia has expanded its tourist visa scheme to include citizens of Kosovo and Guyana, allowing eligible travellers from both countries to obtain visas electronically or on arrival at entry points across t»»»

Bulgaria aims to have a Rheinmetall plant built within 30 months, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Investments and Industry Alexander Poulev said in a television interview on Sunday. Poulev said he had held a highly constructive series of meetings with Rheinmetall representatives on t»»»

LONDON: A Syrian official met the commander of the UN Disengagement Observer Force on Sunday to discuss closer coordination between Damascus and the peacekeeping mission, as Syria repeated accusations that Israel is violating the 1974 Disengagement Agreement in the south of the country. Saad Baroud»»»

Madinet Masr has launched ETAJE, a residential and mixed-use project on the final residential plot within Taj City in New Cairo, with a targeted total sales value of around EGP 6.6bn. Located directly on the Ring Road, ETAJE spans approximately 26.4 feddans and is planned across three parcels. The »»»

Times Developments has launched Avelin Boutique in New Cairo in partnership with Lemon Spaces, a company specialising in the management and development of hospitality spaces. Under the partnership, Lemon Spaces will operate and manage 150 serviced apartments within the Avelin project, combining res»»»

ISTANBUL: Four shallow quakes rattled an area of southern Turkiye near Adana on Saturday but caused no injuries or damage, the AFAD disaster relief agency said on X. Three of them occurred within half an hour, with a fourth several hours later. AFAD said they caused “no adverse situation”. The area»»»

EL-ARISH, Egypt: In Egypt’s North Sinai, Palestinian teacher Hadeel Zourob watches dozens of displaced Gazan children file into the region’s only Palestinian school, a place she built after war drove them from their homes. The students are among hundreds of Palestinian children uprooted by the war »»»

Ukrainian officials are embezzling foreign financial aid, former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller has said, adding that Kiev’s backers are well aware of the corruption but prefer not to ask questions. Speaking on the ‘Jankowski Kontra’ podcast on Polsat News on Saturday, Miller called for suspen»»»

DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has expressed confidence that Qatar will deliver an outstanding edition of the Asian Games when Doha hosts the event in 2030. In a post on his official X account following the conclusion of t»»»

RIYADH: Reversing Houthi territorial gains is essential to meaningful negotiations over Yemen’s future, according to a prominent analyst on Yemen and the Gulf, who also urges the international community to support a unified Yemeni army and restore state institutions. Speaking on the Arab News curre»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) highlighted several unsafe driving practices that can lead to traffic accidents, urging motorists to follow traffic rules and exercise caution on the roads. The ministry identified unsafe lane changes, lack of focus and attention while driving, and failur»»»

DUBAI: Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned and ​Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the government-owned National Iranian Oil Company, will be in charge of the ministry as acting minister, state media ‌said on ‌Sunday, without ​providing ‌a reason ⁠for ​the resignation. Mohsen ⁠Paknejad h»»»

The Plovdiv District Court on Sunday remanded 51-year-old Slavcho Megerov in custody on a charge of the premeditated murder of local businessman Ilian Filipov. Filipov was killed on September 30. Judge Petko Minev said the court had found grounds for imposing the most stringent pretrial measure. Ev»»»

Dubai hosts grand reception for Saudi Arabia's 96th National Day Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai, attended a reception hosted by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Dubai today to mark the Kingdom’s 96th National Day. Upon his arriva»»»

MoFA offers condolences to families of victims and wishes injured a speedy recovery Abu Dhabi: The UAE has expressed its solidarity with Kenya following a road collision in the Salama area, southeast of the capital, Nairobi, that left several people dead and injured. In a statement, the UAE Ministr»»»

NAGOYA: The State of Qatar received the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) flag during the closing ceremony of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan, marking the official handover ahead of Doha's hosting of the 21st edition of the Games in 2030. The ceremony began with the lowering of the OCA »»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation's relentless violations in Syrian territory, the latest of which was the completion of work on the so-called 'Sufa 53' line. It described the move as a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the brotherly Syrian Arab Republic,»»»

Brazilians began casting their votes on Sunday in a closely watch presidential election pitting incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Mara Nogueira, Senior Lecturer in Urban Geography at Birbeck, University»»»

The woman who alleged that she was drugged and raped by seven male students at a Cornell University fraternity house has been the target of threats, her lawyer told CNN on Sunday. Cornell's president earlier voiced support for an external review of the Ivy League institution facing widespread »»»

AMMAN — The Vocational Training Corporation (VTC) on Sunday launched its 2026–2027 training year, with new trainees beginning their programmes at 34 institutes and centres of excellence across the Kingdom, amid strong demand for vocational education and training.A total of 5,134 male and female tra»»»

AMMAN — The American Chamber of Commerce in Jordan (AmCham-Jordan) hosted a panel discussion titled "Strengthening the Jordanian-American Economic Partnership," coinciding with a visit from a US Chamber of Commerce trade delegation.The event brought together public and private sector leaders, inves»»»

AMMAN — The Jordan Standards and Metrology Organisation (JSMO) signed on Sunday a memorandum of understanding with the GCC Standardisation Organisation (GSO) covering key areas of quality infrastructure, including standardisation, metrology and conformity assessment.They have agreed to deepen coope»»»

AMMAN — Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT), Jordan’s preferred gateway to the world, the Levant and beyond, set a new record for the third consecutive month in September 2026, handling 107,803 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) across 53 vessels.September marks the third consecutive month in which the»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation's relentless violations in Syrian territory, the latest of which was the completion of work on the so-called "Sufa 53" line. It described the move as a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the brotherly Syrian Arab Republic,»»»

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a security review of international flights to Israel on Sunday, after an attempt by an Omani co-pilot to crash an Israel-bound flight from Dubai. Netanyahu “has instructed the Head of the National Security Council, Shmuel Ben Ezra, to app»»»

Nagoya: The State of Qatar received the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) flag during the closing ceremony of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan, marking the official handover ahead of Doha's hosting of the 21st edition of the Games in 2030. The ceremony began with the lowering of the OCA »»»

French police have arrested a teenager on suspicion of using an aerosol can to direct a jet of flames at a woman’s face during student protests, which are sweeping the country. The altercation was filmed on Thursday in the southern port city of Marseille, where protesters attacked public transport,»»»

Albania’s opposition Democratic Party (DP) has announced plans to hold a nationwide protest on the day Parliament discusses the government’s proposed territorial reform. Former Prime Minister and Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha called on supporters to mobilize for what he described as the most»»»

LONDON: Israeli forces bombed a private school, set fire to homes and carried out airstrikes and artillery attacks across southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanese media reported. In the border town of Houla in the Marjayoun district, Israeli troops planted explosives inside a private school and deton»»»

HOMS: Commercial activity in Homs’ Al-Bayada neighborhood is picking up as most residents return and an estimated 80 percent to 90 percent of shops reopen, helped by improvements in electricity, water and other basic services, residents and local officials said. Particularly in Al-Zeer Street, more»»»

Nagoya: The State of Qatar officially received the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) flag on Sunday during the closing ceremony of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026, marking the start of its journey toward hosting the 21st edition of the Games in 2030 under the slogan "The Games We Live For". Prim»»»

The German president’s warning that the Federal Republic must not repeat the fate of the Weimar Republic, and attack on “extremist forces” over their “intolerable political demagoguery” and “thirst for destruction” is inappropriate from a historical perspective, Germany expert Alexander Kamkin told»»»

Tiny signature leads collector to a long-lost masterpiece unseen for 75 years Dubai: He went to a Michigan estate sale looking for the sort of things he usually collected — vintage furniture, vinyl records and other interesting finds. Then a small painting caught his eye. It was hardly imposing: An»»»

LONDON: The UK’s left-wing Green party on Sunday voted to define Zionism as racism at the party’s annual get-together, drawing sharp backlash from British Jewish groups and the Israeli government. Members of the Green party, which has five MPs in Britain’s 650-seat parliament and which enjoyed a bo»»»

In the debate about how best to regulate artificial intelligence, what about its role in development and aid? Warnings about the potential for exacerbating inequality are rife – but the World Bank argues that the technology could be harnessed for good. Paschal Donohoe, Managing Director and Ch»»»

New Delhi: India is seeking a greater role in brokering an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Sunday, as New Delhi steps up contacts with both sides. "Our position on that conflict has been very clear, which is that we'd like to see an end to this confli»»»

Pair fined RO100 each and handed suspended one-month jail terms over incident Dubai: An Omani court has handed two Ukrainian tourists suspended one-month prison sentences and fined them RO100 each after they were convicted of disturbing nesting sea turtles at Ras Al Hadd Turtle Reserve and publishi»»»

Actor, educator and longtime supporter of UAE theatre dies after prolonged illness Dubai: Beloved UAE theatre veteran and educator Eric Dury, also known as Roslee Abdullah, died on Saturday, his wife Shereen Shabnam confirmed to Gulf News. Dury, who spent more than 25 years in the UAE as an actor, »»»

Indian expat devotees and priests sing bhajans, offer puja for pilot undergoing treatment Abu Dhabi: Songs of devotion filled the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi as priests and devotees came together to pray for Captain Smit Machchhar, the flydubai pilot hailed as a hero for his courage during a coc»»»

DOHA: The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Aqarat) announced that some real estate market indicators in the State of Qatar declined during the past week. The data put out on Aqarat's X account on Sunday showed that the total value of sale contracts during the 40th week of 2026 (the period from Sep»»»

DOHA: Under the patronage and in the presence of Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education will hold its World Teachers’ Day 2026 celebration on Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton Doha. The event,»»»

An Israeli strike on a civilian vehicle in Gaza on Sunday killed one Palestinian and wounded at least 11 others. Israel’s military said it was targeting a Hamas militant. Palestinians have reported a surge in Israeli fire and airstrikes across Gaza over the past month, with more than 75,000 people »»»

Palestinians and activists report an increased use of drones in the occupied West Bank, particularly by the army and settlers, to whom the government supplies the drones directly. The drones are used to intimidate, monitor, demolish and make daily life unbearable. Four men strike a pose, each holdi»»»

The ​leader of ​Yemen's Saudi-backed government announced the beginning of a ​major ‌military ⁠operation against the Iran-backed Houthis ‌on Sunday aimed at ⁠recapturing territory under their control. The announcement came as Houthi forces cut off a vital supply route to the besieged government-hel»»»

Brazilians began casting their votes on Sunday in a closely watch presidential election pitting incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Nearly 160 million voters will also pick lawmakers, senators and governo»»»

Twelve candidates are on the ballot, but the presidential race is centred on two rivals: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro. Lula is seeking a fourth and final term, warning that Brazil’s sovereignty is at stake amid pressure from Donald Trump. Bolsonaro, meanwhile, has highli»»»

Oil prices soar as regional tensions disrupt energy markets Hopes of a quick reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have suffered another setback, while a major new military operation in Yemen threatens to widen the regional conflict. For UAE residents, the key issues to watch are shipping through Hormu»»»