SINGAPORE — The global AI boom is fast becoming the key driver of economies around the world but the boom is risking wider global inequality by leaving some nations behind, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on Wednesday.She also lamented a lack of "decisive action" in heavily indebted advanced »»»

AMMAN — Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah on Wednesday stressed the importance of leveraging regional resources, capabilities and financial potential to establish high-value-added joint industrial projects.Speaking at a session titled “Industrial Integration and Regional Value Chai»»»

At Wednesday’s meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security (CCNS), participants agreed that those responsible for the attack on two merchant ships in the Black Sea should be identified, while Prime Minister Rumen Radev said after the meeting that there was no threat to Bulgaria’s nati»»»

The French agriculture ministry on Wednesday forecast a historic low wine output this year after a summer of record high temperatures and a reduction in cultivated areas. The total harvest plunged 14 percent below the 2021–2025 average, with the Champagne region hit hardest due to an early har»»»

Staff shortages, rats in the corridors, and a university admissions system that feels like a lottery: As protests sweep France, high school students have drawn up a list of demands to deal with these and other issues. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has promised a government response by the end of»»»

François Picard is pleased to welcome Julian Jackson, the British historian, author and Emeritus Professor of Modern French History at Queen Mary University of London. His biography of Charles de Gaulle laid the foundation for France's two-part biopic, "De Gaulle: Résistance". And on the heels of t»»»

The French ​government said Wednesday it would suspend the use of stun grenades in its attempts to manage the student protests now roiling the country after a 15-year-old boy had his hand blown off during a clash with riot police. French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez on Wednesday said he had orde»»»

Romance and dark comedy film to represent Saudi Arabia at the Academy Awards The Saudi Film Commission has announced that the feature film A Matter of Life and Death will officially represent Saudi Arabia at the 99th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category, following a carefu»»»

President Iliana Yotova said Bulgaria will propose a moratorium on hostilities in the Black Sea, seek stronger allied surveillance and anti-drone capabilities, and pursue diplomatic efforts with all Black Sea littoral states following a meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security (CCN»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev said after a Consultative Council for National Security meeting that Bulgaria currently has no evidence allowing it to definitively attribute the strikes on vessels in its exclusive economic zone to Russia. Radev said the origin of the drones involved must be established »»»

François Picard is pleased to welcome Philip Ingram, journalist and former British military intelligence officer. The events surrounding RAF Fairford are not an isolated incident, Ingram explains. They are part of a much wider security issue in which conventional military operations, intelligence a»»»

Assassinated Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya "predicted" Moscow's trajectory under President Vladimir Putin 20 years ago,  her former editor said ahead of the anniversary of her death on Wednesday. Politkovskaya had reported on the war in Chechnya and Putin's rise before she was gun»»»

The death of a 28-year-old Russian lab worker at Siberia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute has sparked online panic about a "plague, despite the WHO assessing the public health risk in Russia as low. Unverified claims about how the worker became ill, including a laboratory accident involving»»»

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a 100-year-old chemical mystery, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Wednesday. Nobel Prize recipients receive a prize of 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million).   France's Henri Kag»»»

The World Health Organization joined Western leaders on Wednesday in urging Russia to share more information about what killed a plague institute worker in Siberia as reports emerged of a second suspected case. The Kremlin said Moscow had shared what it knew and accused the media ​of spreading "fal»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe General Saree: Our forces tracked and monitored a company belonging to the so-called 13th Giants Brigade, which had run over prisoners, acc»»»

SINGAPORE: The International Monetary Fund is preparing to offer support to countries exposed to the effects of El Nino, the organization’s director Kristalina Georgieva told AFP on Wednesday, expressing concern about food security. El Nino is a natural phenomenon recurring every two to seven years»»»

AL-MUKALLA: Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on Wednesday fired missiles and drones at Aden International Airport, in the southern city that is the seat of the country’s internationally recognized government, as fighting raged across several fronts in western Yemen. The attack, the first on the airport»»»

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has thanked Hungary for reportedly giving the “green light” to the opening of two more clusters in Ukraine’s European Union accession negotiations. Sybiha said on Wednesday that Hungary had supported further steps concerning the second and third negotiating »»»

The data on NATO's European member states' defence investments reveals a trajectory of rapid and sustained military expansion. European NATO members doubled their collective military spending from $346 billion in 2021 to a projected $725 billion in 2026 - an increase of more than 109% in just five »»»

DAKAR: By retaking the strategic northern city of Kidal, Mali’s armed forces and allied Russian paramilitaries achieved a highly symbolic success, just five months after losing control of the key stronghold to separatists. Mali reclaimed the deserted ghost town without a fight, even as it struggles»»»

LONDON: The Palestinian Ministry of Education reported that more than 20,500 school and university students in the Gaza Strip have been killed by Israeli forces since Oct. 7, 2023. A report released on Wednesday revealed the devastation inflicted on the education sector three years after Hamas laun»»»

WHO and global leaders urge clarity on Siberian lab worker's mysterious death The death of a plague laboratory worker in Siberia last week has made global headlines, with Russian media suggesting hundreds were under quarantine and US President Donald Trump expressing concern. Russia has attributed »»»

Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security on Wednesday, Stanislav Anastasov MP of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) said that four parties, including the MRF, opposed the statement that was read, which under the Council’s internal rules means t»»»

LONDON: The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had struck about 100,000 targets across Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and Yemen since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, releasing a report on the third anniversary of the attack that is reported to have triggered the regional con»»»

PARIS: The French foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest against a “disinformation campaign conducted by the Iranian authorities” over the high school protests that have rocked France. The ambassador was told “the misleading content disseminated online” by official»»»

ATHENS: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the nations of the West to return to their civilizational roots and restore the values that drove the rise of Europe and North America to global dominance for centuries. In Athens to discuss deepening economic, energy and security cooperation wit»»»

NAIROBI/DAKAR: By the time Kenya’s first Ebola patient was whisked to a hospital by relatives straight after landing at Nairobi airport, he was already exhibiting some classic symptoms — fever, chills, muscle pain and bleeding beneath the skin. Two days later he was dead, leaving public health expe»»»

DUBAI: Transit ‌routes in the Strait of Hormuz deemed illegal by Iran will soon be closed, an adviser to the Revolutionary ​Guards’ Commander told the semi-official Fars News Agency on Wednesday, referring to the southern pathway hugging Oman’s coast. Mohammadreza Naqdi said these “few routes” had »»»

The US-Israeli war has shown that military action “could not inflict damage on Iran,” Tasnim quotes Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as saying. This has prompted Iran’s foes to focus on other tactics, he noted in a conversation with Police Chief Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan»»»

DHS targets visa program with costly fees for foreign student employment The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in the United States, the latest effort from the Trump administration to crack down on foreign enrollment. A pr»»»

DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has launched a humanitarian bridge from the State of Qatar to the Republic of Sudan, in partnership with Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Aspetar, a specialized orthopedic and sports medicine hospital. The initiative comprises 50 trucks»»»

PoliticsRussian FederationGerhard Schröder visits latest Russian employer, HyperglobusMark Hallam with AFP, dpa, ReutersFormer German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder visited a Moscow supermarket in his new role on the supervisory board. Schröder is no stranger to retirement stipends in Russia — or the »»»

The Consultative Council for National Security (CCNS) has condemned the attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea as a gross violation of international maritime law and called for an immediate investigation to establish those responsible, President Iliana Iotova said on Wednesday. The executive br»»»

At Wednesday's meeting of the Consultative Council for National Security, it became absolutely clear that there are sufficient indications of clear Russian interference in the attack on the two commercial vessels in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea, Yes, Bulgaria Co-Chair and Dem»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launching the national blood donation campaign by giving blood embodies noble values and leadership by example, said senior Saudi officials. The crown prince launched the annual blood donation campaign on Tuesday, embodying a commitment to hum»»»

Dehradun woman says several phones and laptops were stolen from the area Dubai: A woman in Dehradun says the person who stole her iPhone later contacted her with an unusual request — the phone’s password. Kaushiki Dhyani, who highlighted the incident in a reel on her Instagram account, said her iPh»»»

CAIRO: A drone strike hit homes and a mosque in Sudan on Wednesday, killing at least four women and wounding dozens of other people, a rights group said. Emergency Lawyers, which tracks the conflict, blamed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for the attack in the Hijra neighborhood of Damazin, t»»»

The European Commission has proposed a 15-year probation period for future EU member states, with countries potentially facing the loss of voting rights or funding if they breach democratic standards. The plan, outlined by European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, is designed to give the blo»»»

Tunis, Oct.7 (TAP) - The 3rd edition of the ARTICREA professional handicrafts fair on Wednesday attracted international buyers, foreign delegations and representatives of several diplomatic missions accredited to Tunisia, as part of professional...»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Yemeni sources: Saudi missile and artillery shelling targeted Al-Sheikh area in the border district of Munabbih, Saada 07-10-2026 19:09 PM »»»

TEHRAN: Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in a phone call that Moscow was ready to help efforts to mediate the Middle East war, Iranian state media reported on Wednesday, with the months-long conflict locked in a stalemate. Russia and Iran — two of the »»»

MINSK: Belarus reduced gasoline and diesel rail shipments to Russia in September ahead of planned maintenance at one of its refineries. However, fuel supplies remained above monthly averages recorded since the start of the year, according to two industry sources and Reuters calculations. Belarus su»»»

The coin-sized device can detect circulating cancer cells (CTCs) that break away from a tumor and travel through the bloodstream, potentially causing metastases. The new microfluidic chip acts like a microscopic “trap”:blood passes through a maze-like channel inside the chip, whose walls are coated»»»

The forum and exhibition boost Gulf industrial ties through investment and partnerships Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, headed the UAE delegation participating in the meetings of the GCC Industrial Cooperation Committee and the Ministerial Committee for Standardiza»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Senior IRGC Commander: Strait of Hormuz “Under Full Control of Iran’s Armed Forces” 07-10-2026 18:58 PM Senior Iranian Commander Brigadier »»»

Three years after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army is showcasing a sweeping overhaul of its security doctrine, operational readiness, and force structure, including more troops and reserves, greater depth, expanded intelligence and firepower, and more exercise»»»

OSLO: Donald Trump’s chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize are seen as minimal, but his “spectre” will cast its shadow over Friday’s announcement of the winner in Oslo, experts say. The Norwegian Nobel Committee knows it will be under close scrutiny: since his return to the White House in Januar»»»

LONDON: Israeli forces carried out a raid in Quneitra Governorate in the southern Syrian Arab Republic on Wednesday. It was the third consecutive day on which such an operation had taken place, and came as work began this week to establish a military barrier in the province. The Israeli troops shot»»»

A military delegation from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has visited the naval headquarters in Severomorsk on the Kola Peninsula. Military leaders from Russia’s allied countries—Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan—have paid a visit to the heavily militarised Kola Pe»»»