MP Hassan Fadlallah, a member of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to the Resistance bloc, stated Thursday that "the strength, steadfastness and sacrifices of the Resistance -- combined with the resilience of its people and the powerful regional equation shaped by the Islamic Republic of Iran -- are what will ul»»»

When the Houthis began striking ships in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait in 2023, it looked to be just another episode of Yemen's war spilling into the seas. But three years later, it can now be seen in a new light: the testing of a model to control a key chokepoint of global trade. Now th»»»

Europe is entering a period of increasingly pronounced differences between sectors, with company prospects becoming more dependent on the industries in which they operate, according to Allianz Trade’s latest global sector risk analysis. The divergence is emerging against a backdrop of slowing globa»»»

Speaking to reporters in Parliament's lobby here on Thursday, Vazrazhdane Deputy Floor Leader Petar Petrov said that the Criminal Code amendment bill approved by MPs at first reading earlier in the day criminalizes a range of commercial activities that could be linked to the Russian Federation. The»»»

Fuel prices in Bulgaria are likely to remain closely tied to international oil and refined-fuel prices despite domestic supply exceeding demand by 20-30%, energy expert Martin Vladimirov of the Center for the Study of Democracy said in an interview with Nova TV. Vladimirov said Bulgaria currently h»»»

HEADLINES Tax changes, the presidential election campaign and scrutiny of private flights taken by Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) Chair Delyan Peevski feature prominently in Thursday’s coverage. Other reports examine defence spending, consumer protection, regional inequalities and shortcomi»»»

New York, Sept. 24 (SANA) The United States has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 summit in Miami in December, potentially setting the stage for another meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. The Kremlin said it would consider the inv»»»

The Hungarian forint weakened beyond 366 against the euro on Thursday morning and approached 322 against the US dollar, extending a sharp sell-off from the previous session. Although the move looks dramatic after months of relative currency stability, the immediate pressure appears to be coming lar»»»

The Dubai-born creator on Netflix, slow burns and why the region took to Korean dramas Dubai: Deema Abu Naser was 11 when she started watching Korean dramas. For the next decade, she had almost nobody to talk to about them. "Throughout my whole life, I didn't have any friends that liked them, so it»»»

Imagine you are teaching a group of students and ask them to read a long list of literature and describe the key themes. The students cheat a bit, as they are known to do: They split the list among themselves, with each reading only a small portion of it and sharing the answers with the others. Whe»»»

London, Sept. 24 (SANA) Global gas markets are increasingly expecting tight supplies and elevated prices to persist into next year as the Middle East war disrupts liquefied natural gas exports from the Gulf and complicates Europe’s efforts to rebuild inventories, the International Gas Union said. “»»»

Filipino child spent nearly two years trying to reunite with his mother in the Philippines Dubai: A six-year-old Filipino boy living in Dubai has spent nearly two years separated from his mother in the Philippines while efforts continue to establish his legal identity and obtain the documentation n»»»

Doha, Qatar: “The World Cup is in the past. We are starting a new story.” That was coach Julen Lopetegui’s message yesterday as Qatar prepare to begin their first competitive assignment since the World Cup, facing defending champions Bahrain in their opening Group B match in the 27th Arabian Gulf C»»»

New York, Sept. 24 (SANA) Syria outlined its vision for ending reliance on displacement camps and creating conditions for safe and sustainable returns during a high-level event in New York, where senior UN officials backed the initiative and called for greater investment in the country’s recovery. »»»

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump treated Chinese President Xi Jinping to a rare personal airport welcome Wednesday, kicking off a pomp-filled state visit aimed at smoothing superpower tensions on everything from AI and trade to Iran. The summit is expected to be more about spect»»»

Brother Paul-Adrien preaches from a studio with gamer-like codes. Sister Albertine debunks convent clichés on Instagram. Father Benoît prays with followers on TikTok. As France sees a surge in teen and adult baptisms, a new generation of Catholic influencers is fuelling a quiet religious »»»

Ashraf Siddiqui Czech Ambassador to Qatar HE Marta Huskova has described her recent meeting with His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as a warm and friendly occasion reflecting the positive and growing relations between Qatar and the Czech Republic. Speaking a»»»

US President Donald Trump personally welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping at a military airfield outside Washington on Wednesday, kicking off a lavish state visit focused on trade, artificial intelligence and Iran, as the two powers seek to preserve a fragile diplomatic and economic truce. US Pres»»»

Israel is facing accusations of genocide over its military campaign in Lebanon, where thousands have been killed and large areas devastated. RT correspondent Steve Sweeney reports from Nabatieh, a city in the south of the country that has been repeatedly hit by Israeli strikes. More than 4,300 peop»»»

Poor maintenance, tyre problems and risky driving among key factors behind crashes Dubai: Heavy trucks were involved in 1,136 traffic accidents across the UAE between 2022 and 2025, with the number of crashes rising sharply before reaching a four-year peak of 332 incidents in 2024, according to Min»»»

Company ordered to pay costs and Dh6,000 after ownership dispute is finally settled Dubai: A Dubai court has dismissed a company’s lawsuit seeking to establish ownership of a luxury yacht, ruling that the dispute had already been settled by final court judgments. The court rejected the claim and or»»»

Share: Prime Minister of Lebanon Nawaf Salam meets with Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States on September 21, 2026. BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s meetings in New York o»»»

Online outcry over cat video renews focus on rescue work A social media video showing a man handling a cat in a way that has raised concerns about animal abuse has prompted animal welfare advocates in UAE to seek attention for the animal's situation. The footage, shared alongside photographs of a g»»»

Trump becomes first US leader in decades to host foreign counterpart at base WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump personally welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, in an unusually high-profile gesture as the two powers seek to manage de»»»

Brent's surge above $100 puts upward pressure on October rates despite improving supply Dubai: UAE motorists could see fuel prices rise in October after global oil prices spent much of September at elevated levels, although improving regional supply routes could ease some of the pressure. Get updat»»»

Passenger traffic on Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) grew by 10.3% in the first half of 2026, driven by a steady surge in travel demand across the country, according to provisional figures from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). KNBS reported on Tuesday that passenger volume reach»»»

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian gave a defiant wartime address at the UN on Wednesday accusing the US of terrorism in his country and saying Iran would not "bend at the knee". But as Pezeshkian called for diplomacy, Iranian officials downplayed their talks with US counterparts on»»»

Iranian airlines are being cut off from international routes and airport services as Washington steps up pressure on the country’s aviation sector. Several regional connections have already been suspended or restricted, although some foreign flights continue, RT’s Saman Kojouri has reported from ou»»»

Donald Trump’s UN address was packed with claims that are misleading, false or exaggerated. He said the US has more munitions than it could ever use, despite reports of depleting stocks. He claimed the US and Venezuela hold 60% of the world’s oil, despite the numbers not adding up, and he said»»»

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s food system remains dangerously exposed to international trade shocks despite recent gains in overall food security, analysts warned on Wednesday. Geopolitical conflicts could raise energy, fertilizer, animal feed, freight and packaging costs, with delayed effects on agricu»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had enlisted fighters from 47 countries including North Korea, Ghana and India to fight against Ukraine. Zelensky also warned that his forces could target Russian heating»»»

Addis Ababa: The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces launched an all-out offensive against Ethiopian government positions in Afar and Amhara regions, and have taken over federal-controlled airports in Tigray, according to Getachew Reda, advisor minister to the Ethiopian Prime Minister on»»»

The Baltic states have secretly asked the European Commission for hundreds of millions of euros to boost their defense against drones, citing an alleged Russian threat, Lithuania’s Defence ​Minister Robertas Kaunas told to Reuters on Wednesday. Moscow has repeatedly rejected claims that it has aggr»»»

LONDON — Stock markets fell on Wednesday while oil rose sharply as investors weighed the chances of a deal to end the Mideast war, after US President Donald Trump had hailed "very good" talks at the United Nations between US and Iranian representatives.Trump added that a three-hour meeting Tuesday »»»

NEW YORK, September 23 (Reuters) – Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly addressed high-level UN General Assembly summits on Wednesday, warning that the two-state solution faces “unprecedented challenges” and demanding urgent reform of the UN Security Council to expand African representation. Sp»»»

During his visit to Beijing last May, US President Donald Trump could not resist asking Xi Jinping whether he had received other presidents there, as the Chinese leader escorted him through Zhongnanhai, a former imperial garden adjacent to the Forbidden City in Beijing. “We very rarely receive pres»»»

Hungarian police raided a company linked to the pro-Fidesz Centre for Fundamental Rights as part of an investigation into suspected financial mismanagement. The operation has sparked a strong reaction from opposition party Fidesz, which has condemned the investigation as politically motivated. Hung»»»

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa told the UN Wednesday that the contested Golan Heights region would "remain Syrian" despite ongoing military occupation by Israel. The Syrian leader also used his second turn at the UN rostrum to denounce repeated Israeli strikes on his country. Syrian Pr»»»

Hungary’s National Ambulance Service (OMSZ) has publicly apologised after sharing a Facebook post celebrating the resuscitation of a man who had subsequently died. His wife revealed that her husband’s funeral was taking place on the very day the organisation published the story. Hungary’s National »»»

Pope Leo’s four-day visit to France, which kicks off on Friday, is something of a homecoming for the Chicago-born pontiff, a grandson of European immigrants with family roots in Normandy. His spiritual roots in French Catholicism run deeper still. The first American pope arrives in Paris on Friday »»»

The European Week of Sport #BeActive 2026 was launched by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Encho Keryazov in front of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia on Wednesday. Also participating were Health Minister Katya Ivkova, Yordanka Chobanova, Head of the European Commission's Representation in»»»

After months of getting the diplomatic run-around from Kiev, Hungary has just backed out of Ukraine’s ‘Carpathian Eight’ initiative, leaving egg all over Vladimir Zelensky’s face, who only announced the group on Friday. The first summit of the Carpathian Eight, where we launched the Carpathian Inte»»»

London: Stock markets fell on Wednesday and oil prices rose as investors weighed the chances of a deal to end the Mideast war, after US President Donald Trump said US and Iranian representatives held "very good" talks at the United Nations. Trump added that a three-hour meeting Tuesday was "very pr»»»

Damascus, Sept. 23 (SANA) Syria plans to build or rehabilitate about 2 million homes by 2035 to cut its housing deficit by more than 70%, as authorities seek to address a shortage estimated at 1.9 million units in 2025. The housing gap could widen to 2.5 million units by 2030 unless supply increase»»»

Lagos: Nigeria and the French firm TotalEnergies announced Wednesday a deal to invest $800 million in an offshore natural gas field to advance the country's hydrocarbon ambitions. Since his election in 2023 President Bola Tinubu has promised to boost Nigeria's oil and gas production, which despite »»»

Doha: Qatar Chamber hosted a dialogue session organized by the Women Entrepreneurs Community (WEC), an initiative of the Youth Initiatives Incubator under the Ministry of Sports and Youth, in cooperation with the Young Entrepreneurs Club, women entrepreneurs to exchange experiences. The Chamber's h»»»

Trump sees momentum after indirect Iran talks as oil falls and aviation sanctions bite The US-Iran conflict has entered a potentially significant diplomatic phase, with the two sides holding their first indirect talks in months on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. US President D»»»

Israeli officials have hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron after he criticised Israel’s conduct in the occupied West Bank during his address to the UN General Assembly. But while Macron used strong words against Israel, France allowed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane to fly throug»»»

Defense funding will rise in Bulgaria’s 2027 budget, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said, although he did not give a specific percentage for the increase. Radev said the higher allocation is both necessary and required under the coalition agreement. "This is not merely a necessity dictated by the secur»»»

Papers on constitutional battle over Election Commission to be placed before Chief Justice Who should choose the officials entrusted with overseeing elections in the world’s largest democracy? That question is at the heart of an important constitutional battle before India’s Supreme Court, where tw»»»