IRKUTSK, Russia: Reports of a plague laboratory worker’s death in Siberia have caused waves of speculation outside Russia, but in the city where she worked, many appeared unfazed. The laboratory worker’s death was first reported on Friday. Several Russian media outlets reported she had died from pn»»»

LONDON: An Israeli drone strike on Tuesday killed a Palestinian and wounded several others in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood southwest of Gaza City, the Palestine News Agency reported. An Israeli bombardment also targeted Hamad camp north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where thousands of displaced »»»

MADRID: A Spanish judge on Tuesday lifted an arrest warrant for exiled former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, paving the way for his return to Spain ahead of a general election in November. Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium after Catalonia’s failed 2017 independence bid, hailed the decis»»»

TEL AVIV: Britain is ​considering expelling Israeli diplomats if Israel carries out its order to shut the British consulate in East Jerusalem this week in a dispute over sanctions targeting Israeli settlements, four sources said. Israel on September 8 ordered Britain to close the East Jerusalem con»»»

PARIS: Embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been accused of a potential abuse of power and conflict of interest after the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) filed formal complaints to two FIFA committees. They revolve around three matters: Infantino’s aborted plan to open up the World Cup»»»

DAMASCUS: Kurdish forces still hold around 2,200 foreign relatives of suspected Daesh group fighters in a northeast Syria camp, an official there told AFP, despite an integration agreement between the Kurds and Damascus. Two government officials also told AFP that transferring the administration of»»»

DOHA: Mediator Qatar on Tuesday said the United States and Iran were still engaged in talks to end the Middle East war, despite an apparent deadlock seven months into the conflict. The indirect negotiations take account of “the concerns of the various parties”, foreign ministry official Ibrahim Al-»»»

BERLIN: Ever since the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party won a regional election last month, not a day goes by without Ola Akhras and her husband discussing whether they should go back to Syria. The couple live with their two young daughters in Magdeburg, where Saxony-Anhalt’s»»»

Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin will retire after the current NHL season, he told his teammates in a video shared on social media. In the short clip, which was filmed in the team’s locker room on Monday, the 41-year-old Russian said he was sad to tell his teammates he would soon be l»»»

US lawmakers hail Captain Smit Machchhar and crew for courage aboard flydubai Flight 1073 The heroism of flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar and those aboard Flight 1073 has been recognised in the United States Congress, with a House resolution praising their courage during a terrifying mid-air emergen»»»

The euro has stumbled to a 17-month low against the US dollar on concerns about France's ability to bring its public finances in order. The currency has dropped nearly 7 percent from its peak in late January. Meanwhile, global oil prices have fallen despite ongoing tensions around the Arabian Penin»»»

WASHINGTON - Serbia's economic growth will accelerate from 2 pct in 2025 to 3.1 pct in 2026 and 3.7 pct in 2027 and slow down slightly to 3.5 pct in 2028, the World Bank said in its latest Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, released on Tuesday. Growth is projected to be supported by "public i»»»

NAIROBI: Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday after a Kenyan citizen who had traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi. Kenya is the third country to record a case linked to the Ebola epidemic in eastern Congo, the second largest on record with more than 8,000 cases.»»»

Abu Dhabi to pioneer post-quantum encryption for secure government systems Abu Dhabi-Abu Dhabi is moving towards developing post-quantum encryption across government systems, embedded across their technology systems. Officials view this as an early step towards gaining greater visibility and contro»»»

Following months of consultations with energy experts, Mexico is preparing to tap its shale oil and gas reserves using one of the world's most controversial extraction techniques: fracking. The process is already used to extract oil in the southeastern state of Veracruz, where local communities hav»»»

Students at the prestigious Paris high school Henri IV blockaded the building early in the morning ahead of the "Black Tuesday" protests which authorities say could attract up to 40,000 demonstrators in the French capital. Despite weeks of escalating protests, students "feel like they are not being»»»

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she would make drastic savings to bring France's public deficit back in line if she wins next year's presidential election. The government forecasts the national debt will hit 5.4 percent this year despite the EU setting a 3 percent limit for membe»»»

LONDON: The World Health Organization said it urgently required $31 million to expand its health response in war-torn Yemen, where the latest escalation in hostilities has killed almost 1,000 people, displaced nearly 198,000 and overwhelmed already strained medical services. The appeal for humanita»»»

Bulgaria is conducting a major search-and-rescue operation after two merchant ships were struck by drones in the country's Black Sea Exclusive Economic Zone, with Prime Minister Rumen Radev calling the attack an unacceptable violation of international law and maritime norms. The incident took place»»»

Presidential candidate Andrey Gyurov, along with We Continue the Change (PP) and Democratic Bulgaria (DB), accused President Iliana Yotova of failing to respond adequately after two commercial vessels were attacked by drones in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea and called for an i»»»

Paris (France) (AFP) – Students, teachers and unions take to France's streets en masse to rally for better conditions in schools on Tuesday, in a call by the country's youth for government action ahead of the highly contested 2027 presidential election. As the country's city cen»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, October 6: The death of a researcher in Siberia, reportedly from the plague, sparks concern despite Russian authorities' denial. But first: French high school protesters are promising "Act 3" of their protest movement against learning conditions. Also, Le Monde spe»»»

ISTANBUL: One child died after a teenage girl stabbed eight pupils at a school in Istanbul on Tuesday, the interior ministry said. The attack took place at a middle school in the city’s northwestern Basaksehir district at around 8:40 am (0540 GMT), officials said. Eight girls were wounded, one of w»»»

Presidential candidate Andrey Gurov said in Kardzhali, Southern Bulgaria, that it remains unclear where the threat, if any, originated, referring to Tuesday’s drone attacks on two ships in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea. He commented on the need to immediately clarify all facts»»»

ISTANBUL: One child died after a teenage girl stabbed eight pupils at a school in Istanbul on Tuesday, the interior ministry said. The attack took place at a middle school in the city’s northwestern Basaksehir district at around 8:40 am (0540 GMT), officials said. Eight girls were wounded, one of w»»»

US President Donald Trump has blamed Kiev for record-high fuel prices in the US, saying they are no longer driven by the Iran war but by Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries. He also pointed to policies pursued by Democrat-led states as a contributing factor. In a Truth Social post on Monday, Tr»»»

The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that price increases for necessities like food and energy, fueled by the wars in Iran and Ukraine, were more persistent than previously expected. Global prices for many commodities have remained elevated for several years, fueled first by pandemic supp»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's caretaker Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic announced on Tuesday in Belgrade the first pipes for a Serbia-North Macedonia gas interconnector would be laid next week and that the goal was to finish the route in Q1 2028. Speaking to reporters at the Palace»»»

Mediator Qatar on Tuesday said the United States and Iran were still engaged in talks to end the Middle East war, despite an apparent deadlock seven months into the conflict. The indirect negotiations take account of "the concerns of the various parties", foreign ministry official Ibrahim Al-Hashmi»»»

London, Oct. 6 (SANA) Gulf oil flows excluding Iran recovered to more than 81% of pre-war levels in September, driven by a sharp rebound in Saudi Arabia’s exports despite attacks on the kingdom’s oil infrastructure and escalating Iranian attacks on regional shipping, while Iranian exports fell to z»»»

Former Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó travelled to Russia 16 times during his final four-year term in office – roughly once every three to four months – while visiting the country more often than Germany, according to detailed Foreign Ministry data obtained by 24.hu. The figures show th»»»

RIYADH: Ahmed Al‑Jaber works where daylight does not reach and sound carries differently — on the ocean floor, alongside the subsea systems that keep offshore energy and marine operations moving. “My work is in commercial diving, specifically deep-sea and saturation diving. In simple terms, I work »»»

Daraa, Oct 6 (SANA) Honey production in Syria’s Daraa Governorate is expected to reach about 185 tons this season, up from 135 tons last year, agricultural officials said on Tuesday, despite diseases affecting bees and other challenges facing the sector. Hassan al-Ahmad, head of the Agricultural Ec»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s events market rebounded over the summer, with ticket volumes rising 34 percent year on year in July and August following a difficult first half of 2026, according to a new report. The recovery followed a 51 percent decline in ticket volumes in the first six months of the year»»»

They paid thousands for self-sponsored visas but were left waiting for their documents Dubai: Filipino expatriates in the UAE have allegedly lost thousands of dirhams after paying Trip Expert Business and Marketing Solutions for self-sponsored visas and related services, with some now facing mounti»»»

Thousands of sexual offenses against children under 13 have been reported at or near schools in England and Wales over the past five years, averaging nearly five cases a day, according to a Guardian analysis of police data. At least 8,500 offenses against children aged 12 and under were recorded be»»»

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a statewide disaster emergency over a rapidly growing measles outbreak, expanding authorities to vaccinate and test residents as cases surge across the northeastern US. The emergency, announced on Monday, is the first declaration of the kind by a US state»»»

Speaker Nabih Berri is pushing for pacification between Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Hezbollah and a large segment of southerners, sources close to Berri told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. This was reflected in Salam's visit to Nabatieh on Friday and was reaffirmed in his televised statements on Sunday»»»

Presidential and vice-presidential candidates Lachezar Avramov and Ivaylo Drazhev intend to initiate the adoption of a national doctrine, Bulgaria 2050, and hold referendums on key issues concerning the country’s future. The two candidates presented their reasons for running in the October 25 presi»»»

Fuel prices in Bulgaria are beginning to ease after a sharp rise in recent weeks, with diesel now selling at around €1.83 per liter and gasoline at €1.61, according to Dimitar Hadzhidimitrov of the Association of Bulgarian Fuel Traders, Producers, Importers, and Transporters. Hadzhidimitrov said on»»»

Beirut: Israeli forces carried out fresh attacks in southern Lebanon on Monday, including artillery fire and explosions, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported. Israeli forces shelled the outskirts of Hadatha and Braasheet in the Bint Jbeil district of Nabatieh Governorate, NNA said. Israeli»»»

HEADLINES Bulgarian media on Tuesday focus on the presidential election, prices and the economy, healthcare and public safety. Polling and expectations of a runoff in the presidential race receive considerable attention across print and broadcast media, while economic coverage centres on fuel and f»»»

Presented with the double challenge of selling out the 2026 edition while simultaneously engineering a flawless, high-velocity launch for UNTOLD 2027 Star Edition, all without losing momentum in the final and most unpredictable days before the festival, the Grapefruit agency succeeded and surpassed»»»

Following a drone attack against two merchant ships in the small hours on Tuesday, Continue the Change said it is only natural to protect Bulgarian territorial waters, or at the very least to establish why they were not protected. “Unfortunately, we clearly do not have a true president of the Repub»»»

LONDON: It is half a century since the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 3379, declaring that “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.” Passed on Nov. 10, 1975, with 72 states in favor — including all six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council — 35 against and 32 ab»»»

On Israel's border with Lebanon where Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets and drones, previous backers of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say they are rethinking how they will vote in the first election since the war. "Many I know were right-wing and were Bibi supporters, and today they're not,"»»»

Man fell ill around a month ago and had been treated in the DR Congo Nairobi: Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country. The man, who has not»»»

After reports that a lab technician’s death was possibly linked to pneumonic plague in Russia, US officials said they are closely watching the situation. The lab technician is a 28-year-old woman who worked at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, which was set up i»»»

Hungary’s housing market appears to be losing momentum, with nationwide house prices stagnating in September while prices in Budapest fell for the second consecutive month, according to the latest housing price index from ingatlan.com. The slowdown marks a notable shift after a period of rapid pric»»»

Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified. After declaring a counter-offensive, government forces claimed Monday to have pushed the Houthis out of the Bab al-Mandab area, a »»»