Sheikh Sultan approved Five days for deaths in the UAE, and eight days for those abroad Dubai: Sharjah government employees will be entitled to up to eight -day mourning leave following a directive from His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharja»»»

LONDON: Hala Alakhsham woke up recently to “a foul, rotten smell in the truest sense of the word,” but the Gaza City cook found nothing after searching her home for the source, she said in an Instagram video on Sept. 23. Turning to social media, she found others across the Palestinian territory des»»»

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates Public Prosecution has formed a team to investigate the circumstances and causes of an incident involving flydubai flight FZ1073, which was diverted to Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk airport, UAE authorities said on Thursday. The investigation will examine whether the incident»»»

Sofia Zoo will hold an educational programme on October 4 to mark World Animal Day and Zookeepers’ Day, featuring demonstration feedings of various animal species and talks by zookeepers. The initiative will take place from 11:00 to 16:00, the zoo said on Thursday. The programme will begin at 11:00»»»

Bulgaria's cancer registry is not operational and the national anti-cancer plan is not being implemented, oncologists told journalists ahead of the 17th National Oncology Conference MORE 2026, which opens in Sofia on Thursday and runs until October 4. The forum is organized by the Bulgarian Joint C»»»

China, Turkey, Qatar and several Asian routes continue as others disappear Flights to and from Tehran's main international airport have fallen by nearly half, 42 percent, since a US ban on Iranian airlines, but some popular routes remain, tracking data up to Wednesday shows. On average 53 daily int»»»

Venkitaraman is facing trial on charges of rash driving in journalist Basheer death case Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday stayed further proceedings in the trial against senior IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman in the 2019 road accident death of journalist K.M. Basheer. Justice G. Girish pass»»»

A criminal case is being investigated in Suzak district over the alleged illegal allocation of pastureland for residential construction and the overlapping of land plots, the Internal Affairs Department of Jalal-Abad region reported. According to police, land plots designated as pastureland were il»»»

RIYADH: The UK and Gulf Cooperation Council's first major business forum since signing a bilateral trade deal will be held in London on Oct. 20. The UK and the GCC concluded negotiations on the free trade agreement on May 20, with a deal that will see tariffs removed on around 93 percent of goods, »»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Interior, Commander of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), and Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Police Academy, HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani attended on Thursday the graduation ceremony of 22 officers of the second batch of the second-line lead»»»

Saudi warplanes carried out 11 airstrikes on several areas of Yemen’s Saada Governorate in less than two hours, including attacks targeting telecommunications networks in the border districts. Al-Massirah, Beirut-based Yemeni news network, quoted local sources as saying that Saudi aircraft first st»»»

Shiite militias hailed the complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq on Wednesday as a “historic victory” over Washington, which maintained a military presence in the country for a combined 20 years. Commenting on the departure of US service members from Erbil Air Base in northern Iraq, Abu Mojtab»»»

Tax authorities from 10 BRICS administrations discuss ways to build more efficient systems The UAE has joined tax authorities from BRICS countries for talks on how technology, international cooperation and knowledge sharing can help improve tax systems. The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) participated »»»

New AP-NORC poll shows economic dissatisfaction weeks before US midterm elections Washington: Americans are deeply frustrated with President Donald Trump's handling of the economy and rising prices, with most panning his performance and blaming his policies as higher costs threaten his party's chan»»»

President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov visited the SpaceX production facility in Hawthorne, California, as part of his working visit to the United States. The president was shown the company’s production facilities, where spacecraft and launch vehicle stages are assembled at various stages of comple»»»

Tunis, Oct.1 (TAP) - The Mediterranean International Trade Forum will be held in Tunis on October 5-6 with the participation of representatives of more than 60 financial institutions, insurance companies and businesses from several countries, namely...»»»

Tunis, Oct. 1 (TAP)- The Average Money Market Rate (MMR) stabilised at 7% in September 2026, for the second month in a row, data released Thursday by the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) showed.The MMR rose in January 2026 to 7.08% before sliding back...»»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday $200 billion in South Korean energy investments, including $54 billion for a long-mooted Alaska LNG project that Seoul said had yet to be decided on. South Korea had previously agreed to invest $350 billion in the United State»»»

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox announces the promotion of Claudia Scarlat to Deputy Head of Valuation and the expansion of Bogdan Sergentu’s responsibilities, as he takes on the role of Head of Valuation, Data & AI Strategy. The two appointments strengthen the management structure of the Valuation dep»»»

An idea that set out not to be original continues to capture the creative industry’s attention. unoriginal, the campaign created by MullenLowe Romania together with Raiffeisen Bank Romania, has been shortlisted at Golden Drum 2026 in three categories: Social Good, Game Changer and ENGAGEMENT, Publi»»»

LONDON: The reported electoral alliance between Hamas, Islamic Jihad and exiled former Fatah strongman Mohammed Dahlan represents one of the most unlikely developments yet seen in Palestinian politics. But as Palestinians prepare to go to the polls on Nov. 28, in the first national elections in 20 »»»

Representatives of the Syrian government and Lebanon’s Hezbollah held face-to-face talks in Turkey last month to try to calm tensions ​between them, media reports said on Thursday. The reports said the meeting went well and ​took place at the invitation of Turkish security and intelligence agencies»»»

More than 170 services for elderly people, including day centres and residential care homes, have been built with funding from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Minister of Labour and Social Policy Nataliya Efremova said. She was speaking at the opening of a newly built residential »»»

The resignation of Aleksandar Vucic as president of Serbia should be understood in the context of the internal political conflict between the ruling elites and Generation Z, which began several years ago as a result of the collapse of the newly renovated railway station building in one of Serbia’s »»»

Officers of the Northern Railway Customs uncovered more than 9.5 tonnes of undeclared goods imported from Turkey, the State Customs Service reported. During an inspection of a shipment consigned to F. LLC, customs officers discovered goods with a total weight of 9,510 kilograms. The shipment includ»»»

Moscow has ordered a group of Hungarian diplomats to leave Russia within two weeks, in response to Hungary’s expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats last month, Russian news agency TASS reported. The exact number of Hungarians affected has not yet been disclosed. Russia announces retaliatory expulsions R»»»

Nazaha investigates 381 suspects after carrying out 1,758 inspections in September Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s Oversight and Anti Corruption Authority, known as Nazaha, detained 158 citizens and residents in September as part of investigations into bribery and abuse of official influence, the authority s»»»

The Israeli army announced Thursday that its air force targeted more than 500 goals in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip over the past month. In a statement, the Israeli military said that the Air Force continues to operate on various fronts to eliminate what it described as "threats," as well as to suppo»»»

Sepang, Malaysia: Max Verstappen warned on Thursday that high tyre wear may hamper his bid to convert Red Bull's late-season surge into a first win of the year at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. The four-time Formula One world champion said he was hoping to win a race before the end of this sea»»»

The resignation of Aleksandar Vucic as president of Serbia should be understood in the context of the internal political conflict between the ruling elites and Generation Z, which began several years ago as a result of the collapse of the newly renovated railway station building in one of Serbia’s »»»

BTC's Guinness-certified 2.12m gold bar is styled as a ruler for visitors to stand beside Dubai: The world's tallest gold bar is on display at the 58th Watch & Jewelry Middle East Show at Expo Centre Sharjah, where visitors can stand next to it and compare their height. The bar, presented by the Bu»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's 2025 real GDP was up by 2.1 pct y-o-y, the national statistical office RZS said on Thursday. The nominal GDP was up by 8.1 pct y-o-y. In current prices, the 2025 GDP totalled 10,558,438 dinars. By activities, the manufacturing industry accounted for the highest share of the GDP »»»

Romania formally submitted its sixth and final payment request under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) to the European Commission on Wednesday evening, seeking a net EUR 4.35 billion in grants and loans. Interim European Investments and Projects Minister Dragoș Pîslaru said the reque»»»

The departure of US forces from Iraq ahead of the 30 September deadline marks the end of an era of American counter-terrorism operations and forward presence that both complicated and defined the regional security landscape. In Iraq, the departure of US forces closes the book on over two decades of»»»

An earthquake measuring magnitude 4.5 in the epicenter was recorded in Jalal-Abad region today, October 1, at 2:17 p.m., the Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan reported. The epicenter was located 6 kilometers northeast of Kyzyl-Unkur village, 9 kilometers nort»»»

The Israeli army targeted overnight into Thursday the southern border towns of Mansouri, Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, Ali al-Taher and Hadatha-Harees with airstrikes and artillery shelling. Israeli forces also carried out detonations in Houla and fired machineguns at Hadatha and Wadi Slouqi.»»»

Parliament adopted at first and second reading in one sitting a Bill on Ratification of Amendment No. 1 to the Framework Agreement between the Ministry of Economy of Bulgaria and Lockheed Martin on the F-16 Block 70 Industrial Cooperation Program on Thursday. The framework agreement between the Min»»»

Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of attacks across southern Lebanon on Thursday, targeting several towns and areas with artillery fire, airstrikes, and demolition operations, according to Al-Manar correspondents in southern Lebanon. Israeli artillery shelling targeted Bar’ashit, Mais »»»

Following the Parliament’s rejection of liberal Siegfried Mureșan’s proposed cabinet on Wednesday, president Nicușor Dan said he would hold a new round of consultations with the political parties in Parliament on Monday, October 5th, and that he planned to nominate another prime minister the same d»»»

Tunis, Oct. 1 (TAP)- The Bureau of the Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP) is holding Thursday a meeting dedicated to examining items on its agenda at the opening of the fifth ordinary parliamentary session running from October to July, in...»»»

The men’s volleyball team of Kyrgyzstan played a consolation match against Chinese Taipei as part of the classification tournament for 9th—16th places at the Asian Games, currently taking place in Japan. The Kyrgyz team lost to their opponents 0–3. They will now continue competing for 13th—16th pla»»»

Kyrgyz wrestler Akzhol Makhmudov won a bronze medal at the Asian Games in Japan. In the bronze-medal bout in the Greco-Roman wrestling 77kg category, he defeated China’s athlete Liu Rui 9-0 before the bout ended. In his opening bout, Makhmudov lost to Olympic champion Nao Kusaka from Japan. Kusaka »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) Index opened Thursday's trading session down 6.06 points, or 0.07%, to reach 9238 points, weighed by losses across four sectors. QSE data showed a positive performance for Telecoms (+0.58%), Real Estate (+0.43%), and Consumer Goods and Services (+0.42%). »»»

The Sofia City Court on Thursday handed a Chinese national a three-year suspended prison sentence with a five-year probation period on charges related to espionage. The man was accused of attempting between July 2025 and June 18, 2026, in Sofia to collect information constituting a state secret wit»»»

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar, represented by the Public Prosecution, participated in the 24th Meeting of Prosecutors General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in the Russian Federation, held via videoconference. The Public Prosecution was represented at the meeting by »»»

Sepang, Malaysia: Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc spoke out in support of embattled team boss Fred Vasseur on Thursday and hinted that Ferrari's wider structure may be the problem. The Scuderia sit in second place behind Mercedes in the team standings ahead of this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix i»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov on Thursday called for efforts to develop and preserve the World Trade Organization (WTO). "In our view, we certainly need to make efforts now to develop and preserve the World Trade Organization specifically as a trading sy»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Gas storage levels in Europe exceeded 71.5% by the end of September, but remained at the lowest level recorded for September 30 since 2011 and stayed at a record low throughout the month, according to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) analyzed by Sputnik on Thursday. As o»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States does not rule out carrying out strikes on Iraq if it sees a threat on Iraqi territory, even despite the official end of its operation in the country against ISIS (the Islamic State terrorist organization, banned in Russia), The Washington Post reported, citing a»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine's public foreign and domestic debt has increased 4.5-fold since late May 2019, when Vladimir Zelensky came to power in the country, according to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry's statistical data reviewed by Sputnik. As of August 31, 2026, the state and state-guaranteed de»»»