The Democratic National Committee sued US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday over taxpayer-funded television ads promoting his political message, alleging illegal government propaganda. The lawsuit seeks to halt federal funding for the ads, which have cost more than $12 million to»»»

BEIJING — The European Union's top commerce official said Thursday that the bloc's trade deficit with China was "unsustainable", as he kicked off two days of talks in Beijing aimed at averting a trade war."Day one in China, with one goal: begin rebalancing our... unsustainable trade deficit," Maros»»»

GENEVA — The World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Thursday sharply raised its global trade growth forecast for 2026, with merchandise trade riding the AI boom and proving more resilient than expected amid the Middle East crisis.Thanks to supply chain adaptations and the surge in artificial intelligenc»»»

AMMAN — New incentives are approved for automobile manufacturing and assembly in the Zarqa Development Zone as it could attract high-value investment, expand Jordan’s industrial base and create jobs, Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI) President Fathi Jaghbir said on Thursday.The Cabinet on Tuesday app»»»

Maricarmen ​Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing ​protests in Spain, has died, Madrid's tenants' union said on Wednesday. Abascal's eviction sparked a series of ​protests ‌across Spain in the past couple ⁠of weeks, including activists camping on one of Madrid's main ‌square»»»

At least 30 people were killed in a Russian strike on two buses in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk in the eastern Donetsk region on Thursday. Earlier, a drone hit a data centre belonging to Russian technology company Yandex, causing a fire.  At least 30 people were killed and 18 others wounde»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, October 8: Maricarmen, the evicted Spanish pensioner who became the face of Spain's housing crisis, dies in hospital. Also, France braces for "Act Four" of high school student protests against dilapidated schools and poor staff presence. Finally, actress Zendaya sparks»»»

The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson on Thursday by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. Toronto-born Carson, 76, draws from ancient Greek and Roman literature for her works blending elements of poetry, essay and fiction. She will receive 12 mil»»»

Police who searched the properties of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as part of investigations into his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have agreed the search warrants were unlawful, a London judge said Thursday. The 66-year-old younger brother of King Charles II was arrested on Feb»»»

Huge demonstrations have been held over the last few weeks in Spain over its housing crisis, but the issue is not restricted to Spain. Many other countries also have a huge problem with housing, including Ireland, with experts saying that for every street of 10 houses, the country actually needs 12»»»

SpaceX brought France's Sophie Adenot and fellow astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway and Andrey Fedyaev back to Earth on Thursday after an eight-month mission on board the International Space Station that saw Adenot become the first French woman to walk in space. Four astronauts returned to»»»

The process of EU enlargement and the sustainable consolidation of European principles and values of the candidate countries for EU membership were the focus of the meeting between Prime Minister Rumen Radev and European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, the government press office reported o»»»

The president should unite people rather than draw red lines or divide them, Presidential Candidate Ivaylo Simeonov said at a public discussion with citizens on Thursday. He said the president should not exploit political parties' weaknesses for personal gain, but should find a way to work with eve»»»

SEOUL: South Korea test-fired its first homegrown hypersonic weapon on Thursday, the presidential office said, days after Pyongyang announced the AI-assisted launch of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung “observed the first test launch of a hypersonic glid»»»

White employees at the BBC earn less than their ethnic minority colleagues in six of seven salary grades, according to the British broadcaster’s 2025/26 annual report. The figures have raised new questions about the corporation’s drive to promote ethnic minority staff and its possible impact on pay»»»

BRUSSELS/LONDON: Airline executives said safety standards remained high after a flydubai co-pilot attacked the captain with an axe last week in an alleged attempt to crash the plane, but acknowledged it was hard to guard against a rogue pilot. The comments, among the first by airline chiefs since t»»»

Accra: US and Ghanaian authorities have arrested scores of internet fraudsters accused of netting more than $10 million in scams, the FBI said Thursday, the latest in an operation targeting "scam compounds". Fraudsters operating in huge teams out of houses or apartment complexes target people aroun»»»

Doha: Qatar's international reserves and foreign currency liquidity rose 0.46 percent year-on-year in September to QAR 262.279 billion, compared with QAR 261.061 billion in the same month of 2025, according to data released by Qatar Central Bank (QCB) on Thursday. Official reserves increased by 10.»»»

LONDON: Israeli forces detained or interrogated around 95 Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank overnight and into Thursday morning, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said. Most of those targeted underwent field interrogations, the group said. The operations were concentrated in »»»

RAMALLAH: Israeli authorities on Thursday handed over the body of a Palestinian prisoner who died in custody in March. However, they continue to withhold the remains of 99 others, according to Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups. Marwan Fathi Harzallah, from Al-Ein refugee camp in Nablus in the oc»»»

Hungary and Türkiye are restarting structured cooperation between their foreign ministries and opening a new dialogue on security policy, Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Anita Orbán said following talks in Ankara on Thursday. The meeting marked the first Hungarian-Turkish forei»»»

DUBAI: Iran will not abandon uranium enrichment or hand over its uranium, state media reported on Thursday, citing the head ​of the country’s Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Eslami, after the US said Iran must make “meaningful” reductions in its enrichment capacity. Dismissing renewed US threat»»»

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not order a resumption of military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections in the United States. Trump, while stumping for Republicans this week, has hinted that he was confident that an endgame to the war could come in the d»»»

RIYADH: Yemeni Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Afrah Al-Zouba said the Yemeni government has entered a phase of restoring the state after exhausting opportunities for de-escalation, stressing that any future political process must end with the return of state institutions and the state »»»

The MoU sets out general principles for rail connectivity between the two countries Riyadh: Mohamed Hassan Alsuwaidi, UAE Minister of Investment, and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Minister of Energy and Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Under»»»

Trump mentioned his proposed name change in a speech before the UNGA last month Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump, who has said he wants the term "super intelligence" to replace artificial intelligence, said Thursday that anyone who does not heed his wishes will be treated as "TH»»»

MANAMA: The State of Qatar participated in the proceedings of the 12th Meeting of the Committee of Ministers of Labour of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States, held today in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The State of Qatar's delegation was headed by Minister of Labour HE Dr Ali bin Samikh Al Marri. »»»

DOHA: The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) has received the AI Transformation Leadership Award, presented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) in collaboration with Microsoft, in recognition of its efforts to adopt and integrate AI technologies across the »»»

DOHA: International reserves and foreign currency liquidity at the Qatar Central Bank increased in September by 0.46 percent year-on-year, reaching QR262.279 billion, compared to QR261.061 billion during the same period last year. Data released by the Qatar Central Bank showed that the bank's offic»»»

TUNIS, Oct 8, 2026 (TAP) - The Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries has urged farmers to exercise caution and vigilance, particularly when travelling, and to avoid watercourses and low-lying areas.In a press release on Thursday,...»»»

The EU's trade commissioner, Maros Sefcovic, arrived in Beijing this Thursday for two days of talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao. Sefcovic stated his goal of "rebalancing" an "unsustainable trade deficit". One particular area of concern is the auto sector, where Chinese hybrid vehicles »»»

Abu Dhabi, Oct. 8 (SANA) Agriculture Minister Basel al-Suwaidan reviewed Syrian and Emirati projects participating in the Global Food Week being held in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi. The minister toured the exhibition accompanying the event, where he inspected participating Syrian and Emirati project»»»

ROME: Italy’s parliament gave final approval Thursday to a sweeping overhaul of the country’s electoral system, handing Premier Giorgia Meloni a key political victory while setting up a likely constitutional battle over the reform. The new law — dubbed by supporters as “Stabilicum”and by critics as»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, who has said he wants the term “super intelligence” to replace artificial intelligence, said on Thursday that anyone who does not heed his wishes will be treated as “THE ENEMY,” without saying what the consequences would be. “The White House considers anyone t»»»

MARSEILLE/PARIS: French teenagers blockaded some high schools and marched through cities on Thursday as the government promised to address their grievances about teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings but gave few specific details. The protest movement, now into its third week, has expo»»»

WASHINGTON: The United States imposed sanctions Thursday targeting “the remnants of Iran’s shadow fleet” of tankers used to transport oil products to foreign markets — the latest move to ramp up pressure in its war against Tehran. “Today’s action effectively neutralizes the vast majority of Iran’s »»»

The mission warned US citizens of possible flight cancellations and airspace closures The US Mission in Saudi Arabia has urged American citizens to exercise heightened vigilance following attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, warning that the conflict with the Houthis could escala»»»

Lithuania has tightened temporary protection rules for Ukrainian men subject to military service, becoming the latest EU member state to impose new conditions as Kiev struggles to replenish its depleted armed forces. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly urged European governments to facilitate the r»»»

Moscow: Russia has detected no health issues or dangerous micro-organisms after tracing all contacts of a woman who reportedly died of plague, the governor of Siberia's Irkutsk region said Thursday. "Medical monitoring of all contacts has... concluded," Governor Igor Kobzev said on Russia's state-b»»»

Seoul: Republic of Korea said Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Ukraine in response to a deepening diplomatic row over the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul. The two countries have been at loggerheads since Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky last month disclosed the pri»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Municipality HE Abdullah bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Attiyah met on Thursday separately with Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the State of Qatar HE Ferdinand Lahnstein and Ambassador of the Republic of Turkiye to the State of Qatar HE Yakup Caymazoglu. During t»»»

BEIRUT: A Lebanese military source has accused Israel of waging a systematic campaign against the Lebanese Armed Forces in an attempt to force direct coordination between the two armies. The source told Arab News that Israel was seeking to turn the Lebanese military into a force resembling the Isra»»»

LONDON: Authorities in the Syrian Arab Republic made two water pumping stations operational on Thursday, officials said, to help improve drinking water supplies for around 2 million people in the Damascus countryside. The General Company for Drinking Water and Sanitation in Damascus, in cooperation»»»

LONDON: Gaza has no fully functioning hospital almost a year after a ceasefire took effect, while its intensive care capacity has grown by just one bed, an Israeli rights group said Thursday, warning that restrictions on medical supplies and patient transfers continue to cost lives. Physicians for »»»

ANKARA: A lawmaker from Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party said on Thursday that draft legislation governing the liquidation of investment funds was expected to be submitted to parliament within days. The proposed temporary law aims to establish a legal framework for the liquidation»»»

Outreach events part of two nationwide community campaigns in India linked to PM Modi Dubai: From free legal advice and health awareness sessions for workers to tree plantation drives and a blood donation camp, the Indian Consulate in Dubai has taken its community outreach well beyond its own premi»»»

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Al-Manar’s correspondent reported that the Zionist enemy carried out an airstrike on Al-Mansouri and another on Bani Hayyan. Israeli occupation carries out a detonation in Bani Hayyan town, southern Lebanon https://t.co/OIEj7FLKVT — Al-Manar English (@manarenglish) October 8, 2026 The enemy also sh»»»

TUNIS, Oct 8, 2026 (TAP) - A workshop on strengthening disaster response was held in Tunis, in partnership between the National Office of Civil Protection, trainers from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and the US Embassy in...»»»

LONDON: Islamophobic offenses in the UK have reached record highs as the government’s main partner in curbing the crime warned that attacks on mosques are increasing in severity, The Guardian reported. The spike is part of newly released figures by the Home Office covering all hate crimes. In the y»»»