WASHINGTON: The US Defense Department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses known as Confucius Institutes as a threat to US national security, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday. Washington has long accused Confucius Institutes of being Chinese propaganda »»»

UNITED NATIONS: The head of the UN nuclear agency said Friday that he expects the use of nuclear power could more than triple by 2060. Rafael Grossi said in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s annual report to the UN General Assembly that this will be driven by electrification, data centers po»»»

Washington: A 10-year study of 108 adults with stage 3 chronic kidney disease found that a fruit-and-vegetable diet may reduce hospital admissions and dialysis needs. The diet group recorded 14 hospital admissions, 20 emergency visits and four dialysis cases, compared with 64, 88 and 16, respective»»»

WASHINGTON, United States: President Donald Trump’s administration lifted some tariffs on Canadian imports Friday, two weeks ahead of midterm elections, after a vulnerable Republican candidate said she’d lobbied for the change. The easing of tariffs will apply to products including “plywood sheets,»»»

Paris, France: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday it overturned a four-year doping ban imposed on Japanese Tokyo Olympics silver medallist race walker Koki Ikeda. Ikeda was banned in 2025 after abnormalities were found in his Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) that indicated blo»»»

PARIS: Algeria has instructed urea producers to stop exporting the fertilizer to France in an intensification of trade curbs that have followed a diplomatic rift between Algeria and its former colonial ruler, according to diplomats and industry sources. Ties between Paris and Algiers, which have be»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a blockade of the occupied West Bank in the aftermath of a deadly shootout between IDF troops and two suspected Palestinian gunmen at a security checkpoint. The incident unfolded on Friday in the southern West Bank at the temporary checkpoint at»»»

FORT MYERS, Florida: President Donald Trump on Friday told a rally for candidates in South Florida that US warships returning from the Middle East could stop over in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war, his latest suggestion of taking an interventionist approach to the nearby country. Trump fi»»»

DOHA Qatar has provided 15 buses and a consignment of security equipment to the Republic of Senegal to support preparations for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, which run from October 31 to November 13 and mark the first time an Olympic event hasbeen held on African soil. The initiative reflects»»»

ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s top diplomat said Friday the time had come to reunify Libya’s rival eastern and western administrations, hinting at an announcement on the issue in the near future. Turkiye strongly backed the UN-recognized government in Tripoli during Libya’s years of conflict, but ties with au»»»

The campaign for the October 25 Bulgarian presidential election officially ended at 00:00 hrs on October 24, in accordance with the timetable adopted by the Central Election Commission. October 24 (Saturday) is a day of reflection, during which election campaigning and the publication of projection»»»

Kinshasa: Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo administered the first vaccine doses on Friday in a major clinical trial aimed at halting the country's largest recorded outbreak of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus strain. The Phase 2/3 trial, known as Tumaini, was launched in Bunia, »»»

ISTANBUL: Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Egypt and Pakistan on Friday described the Israeli occupation as “the main source of instability in the Middle East and beyond.” They called for the urgent implementation of a two-state solution to the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, and the intensificat»»»

DOHA The Years of Culture initiative announced Qatar's cultural partners through 2030. Building on the previously announced partnerships with Egypt and Greece for 2027, upcoming Years of Culture will be celebrated with Italy (2028), the Netherlands and Switzerland (2029), and Portugal and Spain (20»»»

New York state woman charged with voting illegally says she recently learned she wasn’t a citizen A Syracuse, New York, woman who says she only recently learned she wasn’t born in the US has been charged with voting illegally, one of the latest arrests touted by the Trump administration as it hunts»»»

Moscow and Kiev have agreed to a temporary ceasefire in the frontline town of Alyoshki in Russia’s Kherson Region to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and civilian evacuations following mediation co-ordinate by US First Lady Melania Trump, the Kremlin has confirmed. Located near the front line in K»»»

South African police are investigating the murder of a foreign national after violent protests by anti-immigrant groups swept through the central business district in Durban. The latest death follows months of violent rallies in which at least 10 foreigners were killed and several other countries o»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) honoured the Embassy of the State of Qatar with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Excellence Award in its sixth edition. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan»»»

US troops have been warned against using inside information to bet on prediction markets, the Associated Press has reported, citing a directive issued by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who said such wagers could expose military plans and influence operational decisions. The memo, dated Tuesday a»»»

Thursday's incident involving Parliament Chair Mihaela Dotsova's security detail and a journalist from the PIK news agency led the chief of the National Service for Protection (NSP), Emil Tonev, to tender his resignation on Friday. Political parties insisted on more resignations. The calls followed»»»

NAIROBI: For Awad Usham Al-Amin and thousands of others, Abyei provides shelter and an opportunity to eke out a living as war rages back home. This week, Sudan’s conflict caught up with them there too. A drone strike believed to be targeting a fuel depot used by the paramilitary Rapid Support Force»»»

BusinessUnited States of AmericaTrump eases Canada tariffs ahead of US midtermsThe move comes as Trump's Republican Party scrambles to maintain control of the US Congress, with a Republican candidate in a key Senate race saying she had lobbied to lift the tariffs on Canadian products. https://p.dw.»»»

Tokyo: Qatari Paralympic champion Abdulrahman Abdulqader has won the bronze medal in the shot put at the Asian Para Games, currently under way in Nagoya, Japan, adding a new milestone to Qatar's sporting record on the continental stage. Abdulqader claimed bronze after a fierce contest against a fie»»»

Amman: Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Al Faraya said the attack on a church in Humud village, in southern Jordan's Karak Governorate, was a terrorist operation carried out by a group of extremists. At a press conference on Friday, Al Faraya said that this terrorist act, carried out by a group th»»»

ISTANBUL: Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Egypt and Pakistan on Friday described the Israeli “occupation as the main source of instability in the Middle East and beyond”, calling for an urgent implementation of the two-state solution in Palestine and diplomatic efforts to end the Israel-US war with Iran. In»»»

NAIROBI: Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death, the health ministry said late on Friday, adding that the 65-year-old woman had developed symptoms during quarantine and was a close relative of a Kenyan man who died of Ebola earlier this month. The outbreak, which started in the Democratic Republic»»»

Maros Pangkep, Indonesia: The world’s oldest known cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are facing a growing threat from severe wildfires sweeping across the region, with researchers warning that intense heat and smoke could risk accelerating the damage to the prehistoric treasures, »»»

Tunis, Oct. 23 (TAP) - Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri stressed the need to implement all measures required to ensure the success of the 2026-2027 olive oil season at every stage, from harvesting and processing to storage and marketing, while...»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe General Saree: Over the past 24 hours, Saudi warplanes have launched 124 airstrikes and missile attacks on Yemen 23-10-2026 22:21 PM Latest»»»

LONDON/CHICAGO: The annual olive harvest is a time when Palestinian farmers return to their groves, often working land that has sustained their families for generations. But across the occupied West Bank, the harvest has increasingly brought the threat of settler violence and, this year, renewed in»»»

By Staff, Agencies Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has urged protesters in Western countries to remain focused on accountability and resist efforts to divide them along identity lines, linking the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, Gaza, the war on Iran and corruption to what he described a»»»

The Sofia Military Court ruled on Friday that no pre-trial restraint measure is necessary for Lieutenant Martin Varadinov, a guard with the National Service for Protection (NSP) who is accused of causing bodily injury to journalist Sonya Koltuklieva in an incident on Thursday. The ruling was implem»»»

ASTANA: Saudi Arabia, represented by its Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority, or Nazaha, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, represented by its National Security Committee, have signed a memorandum of understanding to combat corruption and enhance cooperation. The agreement was signed by Nazaha Pre»»»

Tunis, Oct. 23 (TAP) - A small Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri at the Government Palace in the Kasbah on Friday approved a series of measures to ensure the success of the 2026-2027 olive oil season. The measures...»»»

The French government announced that 70,000 police officers will be deployed across the country on Saturday in a bid to avoid a repeat of the violence and looting that plagued last weekend's demonstrations. After meeting with President Emmanuel Macron Friday, high school student groups that sparked»»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar has strongly condemned the attack on a church in Karak Governorate in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which resulted in deaths and injuries. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated the State of Qatar's firm rejection of violence, terrorism, and criminal »»»

Netanyahu pushes for Iran regime change as US envoy Tom Barrack signals possible strike Jerusalem: The United States could strike Iran as soon as this weekend, a US envoy said Friday, after mounting threats by both Washington and Israel. "Could there be a strike this weekend? Absolutely," Tom Barra»»»

Estonia's counterintelligence service has recently warned that sabotage operations orchestrated by Russian special services have reached a new and dangerous phase in Europe, with targets no longer being purely symbolic. Talking Europe sits down with the country's foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, t»»»

Presidential candidate Ivan Hristanov and his vice-presidential running mate Stoyanka Cherkezova concluded their election campaign on Friday in Plovdiv. Their meeting with citizens was held under the slogan "There Is Now a Choice in Plovdiv Too". Hristanov said: "Assoc. Prof. Cherkezova and I stand»»»

WASHINGTON: First lady Melania Trump has brokered a coming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the ravaged, Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians, the White House announced on Friday. The localized ceasefire is set to begin Thur»»»

Tunis, Oct. 23 (TAP) - Tunisia’s date production for the 2026-2027 season is estimated at around 354,000 tonnes, compared with 404,000 tonnes in the previous season, posting a 12.4% decline, according to data presented by representatives of the...»»»

TUNIS, Oct. 23, 2026 (TAP) - A delegation of five French companies specialising in plastics and composite materials undertook an economic mission to Tunisia on October 19-22, 2026, aimed at consolidating the industrial partnership between the two...»»»

The Central Election Commission (CEC) met with international observers from the European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) on Friday and with observers from the Electio Lab organization on Thursday, the CEC press office said. CEC members and representatives from the US, Belgium, Norway, Ital»»»

TUNIS, Oct. 23, 2026 (TAP) - The total credits proposed in the 2027 State Budget Bill amount to some TND 68.9 billion, up 8.4% compared to 2026, according to the report on the budget bill.This overall increase primarily benefits the Ministry of...»»»

GENEVA: Time is running out to get aid into Taiz, besieged by pro-Iran Houthi fighters who are preventing supplies from reaching Yemen’s third-largest city, the United Nations said Friday. Houthi fighters have encircled Taiz since early October, blocking the road that links it to Aden, interim capi»»»

European governments should stop worrying about their growing dependence on American AI, US tech giant Palantir’s top executive for the UK and Europe has said. Instead, they should focus on the advantages the products offer, particularly against Russia, Palantir UK CEO Louis Mosley believes. The Eu»»»

GENEVA, Switzerland: The UN said on Friday it had documented more than 300 deaths from drone attacks in Sudan this month as it condemned the deadly escalation. It called for the international community to bear down on the influx of drones into Sudan’s civil war, particularly those causing civilian »»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia strongly condemned a "cowardly" terrorist attack on a church in southern Jordan on Friday that killed seven people and injured dozens.The Kingdom rejects “all terrorist acts that attempt to undermine the security and stability of Jordan,” a foreign ministry statement said.Saudi»»»