Patterson was found guilty of murdering her husband's parents and an elderly aunt Melbourne: Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will learn Friday if she has succeeded in overturning her conviction for killing three people with a poisoned beef Wellington lunch. Patterson, 52, was found guil»»»

Tunis, Oct. 29 (TAP) - Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri met on Thursday evening with members of the Tunisian community in Russia at the Tunisian Embassy in Moscow, in the presence of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad,...»»»

Tunis, October 29 (TAP) – Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Ezzeddine Ben Cheikh, said on Thursday that climate change and its mounting pressure on natural resources, agricultural production and food security require a new...»»»

TUNIS, Oct. 29, 2026 (TAP) - The stock market closed Thursday's session, October 29, 2026, in positive territory. The benchmark index recorded an improvement of 0.42% to 18,458.24 points, in a trading volume of TND 8 million, according to...»»»

Presidential candidate Andrey Gurov urged voters to turn out and bring someone with them during Thursday's debate with Iliana Iotova on Bulgarian National Television ahead of the presidential runoff. Gurov blamed low turnout on a campaign in which people had been frightened by talk of war and inven»»»

The ouster of the Pentagon’s chief planner, Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia, from the Joint Chiefs of Staff may have stemmed from differences between his position on the war with Iran and that of War Secretary Pete Hegseth, Earl Rasmussen, a retired US Army lieutenant colonel, tells Sputnik. “»»»

Dubai: In Charge of Managing Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) Mohammed bin Faleh Al Hajri met with HH President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum. The meeting discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in civil aviation and explored opportunities t»»»

DUBAI: Hassan Aliwi waited nine years to find out what had happened to his family in Raqqa. In September, he finally heard. His sister Manar, her husband Bassam and five children had been killed when their building was destroyed in August 2017. His father had been in that building with them, and no»»»

The countries plan to release the oil by January 2027, including 20.5m barrels of diesel Brussels: A dozen European countries pledged Thursday to jointly release 42.6 million barrels of oil by the end of January, in line with a G7 deal struck this month to ease global energy supply concerns. "EU me»»»

DOHA Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani discussed in a phone call with Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom HE Ed Miliband the bilateral cooperation and ways to support and strengthen it, as well as the latest regional developmen»»»

Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani discussed in a phone call with Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom HE Ed Miliband, the bilateral cooperation and ways to support and strengthen it, as well as the latest regional developm»»»

LONDON: An Israeli company has been found leafleting at an event in London to recruit Jewish doctors to work at clinics in illegal settlements in the Occupied Territories. Sky News reported seeing the leaflets at a MedEx event on Oct. 25 that was organized in partnership with Israeli government bod»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been invited to attend the 2026 UN Water Conference. The event, co-hosted by the UAE and Senegal, will take place from Dec. 8 to 10 in Abu Dhabi. The invitation, from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, vice president and prime minister»»»

CARACAS: Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Thursday thanked the government of US President Donald Trump for opening Venezuela’s “floodgate to freedom” by capturing president Nicolas Maduro in January. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate spoke at a press conference in Caracas after returning to V»»»

Bulgaria carried out pollution checks and reviewed its security response on Thursday after the drone-hit container ship Contship Jet sank in the Black Sea, while the European Commission expressed solidarity and condemned the attacks. The vessel sank around midnight, Varna Regional Administration sa»»»

European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration Piotr Serafin began a two-day visit to Bulgaria on Thursday, the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria said. The visit is part of his European tour to consult EU Member States on the bloc’s next long-term budget. Serafi»»»

By Staff, Agencies The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says three oil tankers attempting to transit an unauthorized route south of the Strait of Hormuz struck naval mines, triggering explosions and fires. In a statement on Thursday, the IRGC Navy’s public relations office said the vessels we»»»

By Staff, Agencies More than a dozen civilians have reportedly been killed and several others wounded as Saudi Arabia launched at least 101 airstrikes and missile attacks across Yemen within 24 hours, bringing the total number of reported Saudi attacks since July to 3,480. In a statement late Wedne»»»

Damascus, Oct. 29 (SANA) Jihad Makdissi, adviser for American affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, met Thursday with Nadine Maenza, former chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and co-chair of the International Religious Freedom Roundtable in Washingto»»»

DOHA The Ministry of Labour organised on Thursday the first Gulf Forum for Labor Market Skills, in strategic partnership with Executive Bureau of GCC Council of Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs and the University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST). The forum convened senior government o»»»

DOHA Qatar has begun work to redevelop the Qatar National Theater, with plans to modernize its facilities, upgrade technical capabilities and improve safety and operational efficiency. The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) announced the project on Thursday, saying it would involve rebuilding and res»»»

TOLEDO: Spain began demanding answers on Thursday after the toll from the country’s second high-speed train collision this year rose to 69 people, with scores injured and distraught relatives desperately seeking news about their loved ones. One of Europe’s deadliest rail disasters this century stru»»»

The Ministry of Education and Science presented its annual Pythagoras National Awards for Contributions to Science at a ceremony in Sofia on Thursday evening. The ceremony was held at the Central Military Club and opened by Minister of Education and Science Georgi Valchev. Scientists change the wor»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has received an invitation from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to attend the 2026 UN Water Conference in Abu Dhabi, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday. The conference, co»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Customs Authority announced that the land customs department thwarted an attempt to smuggle about 880 grams of the narcotic methamphetamine (Shabu). This followed suspicion by the customs inspector regarding one of the incoming postal parcels. Upon subjecting the parcel to in»»»

Cyfrowy Polsat announced a new strategy on October 29, outlining asset disposals and substantial investment as the media and telecommunications group reshapes its business. The plan follows a resolution of the Solorz family's ownership dispute and the appointment of Piotr Żak to lead the group's ke»»»

Poland's state development bank BGK opened applications on Thursday for a PLN 400 million financing program supporting products with both civilian and military uses. The scheme is aimed at micro, small and medium-sized enterprises planning to launch or expand manufacturing capacity. Known as dual-u»»»

Budimex has unveiled a strategy through 2030 that aims to make Poland's largest construction group 30 percent bigger by the end of the decade. Management is targeting average annual revenue growth of 8 percent while expanding into energy, rail infrastructure, industrial projects and defense. Chief »»»

Moscow, Oct. 29 (TAP) -Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri said on Thursday that consolidating peace and security was essential to achieving development in Africa, stressing that preventing conflicts was more effective and less costly than...»»»

Hungary and the United States have signed two cooperation agreements covering regional oil and natural gas infrastructure and law enforcement against crimes committed by radical organisations, Foreign Minister Anita Orbán announced on Thursday following talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio »»»

DWTC and Dubai Exhibition Centre will host trade shows, conferences and sporting events Dubai: Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) will host 20 international exhibitions and events in November across its two venues, DWTC and Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC) at Expo City Dubai. The November calendar brings»»»

Tunis, October 29 (TAP) – Members of Tunisia’s military helicopter unit deployed in the Central African Republic were awarded United Nations medals during a ceremony held on Wednesday in Bangui, the country’s capital, in recognition of their...»»»

Bulgaria is working to reduce its budget deficit by 2027 while taking account of the social and economic effects, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Thursday. He was speaking at a meeting with European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration Piotr Serafin, the Government Infor»»»

By Staff, Agencies Germany recorded 11,334 suicide deaths in 2025, the highest annual total in nearly three decades, according to the Federal Statistical Office. The figures have prompted renewed debate over the country’s assisted-suicide framework, with some experts linking the increase to the exp»»»

BELGRADE - New Democratic Party of Serbia (New DSS) leader Milos Jovanovic has resigned from the post after the party failed to clear the electoral threshold in the October 25 parliamentary elections, but its Presidency unanimously rejected the move on Wednesday. Jovanovic stood by the position tha»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's caretaker government adopted on Thursday a series of documents, conclusions and decisions necessary for the work of state authorities and institutions. "Documents were adopted in the areas of European integration, the economy, finance, healthcare, infrastructure, and information»»»

Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova and Canada's newly appointed Ambassador to Bulgaria Kevin Rex discussed closer political dialogue and bilateral cooperation, the Foreign Ministry said on its website on Thursday. The meeting focused on security and defence, energy, trade and investment, innovation»»»

The leader of the Ansar Allah movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi, stated that the Saudi regime has returned to practicing its criminality against the Yemeni people at the highest levels of escalation and tyranny, under American supervision and Zionist push, following what was descri»»»

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei emphasized economic resilience, public welfare, national unity, sustainable security and the protection of Iran’s national interests as key priorities amid the war with the United States and the Israeli regime. The prioriti»»»

RIYADH: Two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthi militia in Yemen toward Riyadh were shot down by Saudi Arabia's air defenses on Thursday. The missiles were "intercepted and destroyed," the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said on Thursday evening. Saudi Arabia's civil defense earlier iss»»»

Doha, Qatar: The 7th edition of the Qatar Balloon Festival has been postponed until further notice, organizers mentioned in a social media statement. In the statement, the organizers noted that the event was originally scheduled to take place between Dec 10–19, 2026. New dates for the event have no»»»

Police warn of legal consequences and urge motorists to meet all licensing requirements. Ajman: Driving without a licence puts lives at risk and exposes motorists to legal accountability, Ajman Police has warned, urging the public not to get behind the wheel without meeting the required licensing c»»»

LONDON: Yemeni government forces launched 982 strikes on Houthi targets within 24 hours as part of their Dawn of Yemen campaign against the Iran-backed militia, a military spokesman said on Thursday. Col. Majed Al-Nuzaili said on X that the strikes targeted Houthi reinforcements, forward command-an»»»

New data shows that France has the EU's highest tax burden at 46 percent of GDP, while its national debt continues to grow. Amid new street protests over lack of education funding and falling purchasing power, the government is proposing a meagre hike in the minimum wage. Also in this edition: US t»»»

Continue the Change (CC) Chair Assen Vassilev accused Prime Minister Rumen Radev on Thursday of causing a diplomatic scandal in Romania with his remarks about another ship being struck. He was speaking on bTV's Face to Face programme. Radev had commented on attacks against ships in the Black Sea du»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Yemen discussed efforts to support the Yemeni government amid escalating Houthi attacks on civilians and vital infrastructure, as renewed fighting worsened the country’s humanitarian crisis. During a phone call on Thursday, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan an»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's civil defense issued warnings of danger for Riyadh, Najran and Al-Kharj on Thursday evening.Messages were issued about 20 minutes after the initial alerts to say that the danger had passed in all three areas. The warnings came as the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen contin»»»

NEW YORK CITY: Bahrain on Thursday accused the Houthis and Iran of turning emerging maritime technologies into weapons they can use against global shipping. Fares Alrowaiei, Bahrain’s permanent representative to the UN, told the Security Council that uncrewed vessels and drones designed to make sea»»»

LONDON: Israeli violence and restrictions on access to schools are eroding more than Palestinian children’s education in parts of the West Bank. They are weakening families’ faith in the value of schooling itself, according to Ahmad Hneiti, field projects manager at the Tamer Institute for Communit»»»

Tunis, October 29 (TAP) – The weather, on Thursday night, will be heavily cloudy over the northern regions and the eastern parts of central and southern Tunisia, accompanied by temporary thunderstorms and rainfall.Winds will blow from the north in...»»»