Representatives of trade unions and employers commented on the draft Public Social Insurance budget for 2027 to journalists following a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the National Social Security Institute. They said the draft contained positive measures. "We supported the budget, with reserva»»»

10,000 UAE flags come together to create a 5,400-square-metre display at Jumeirah Beach Dubai: Brand Dubai, the creative arm of the Government of Dubai Media Office, has launched the 13th edition of Flag Garden as part of the UAE's National Month celebrations. The installation features 10,000 UAE f»»»

Tunis, Nov. 9 (TAP)- Climate action represents a vital developmental and economic choice for Tunisia rather than a mere environmental commitment: this is the official assertion made by the Tunisian delegation taking part in the 31st United Nations...»»»

By Staff, Agencies Australian Environment Minister Murray Watt has urged Labor colleagues to stop undermining Treasurer Jim Chalmers, as the government faces mounting pressure over its budget and considers cutting popular clean energy subsidies to ease inflationary pressures. Cabinet ministers met »»»

Syria's foreign minister on Monday insisted that his country has no troops deployed in Yemen and was not planning on sending any, after Yemeni sources told AFP that Syrian soldiers were in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. "There is no deployment of troops to Yemen nor is there a plan for such deployment in »»»

DHAKA: More than 200,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar will have safe access to water and hygiene under a new program funded by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center. KSrelief, the Saudi Arabian aid agency, signed a cooperation agreement with the UN’s International Orga»»»

Concern over the state of health and human rights prompted Democratic Bulgaria (DB) MP Elisaveta Belobradova to attend Monday's court hearing in Kocani in the case against Iva Mihaylova, she told Bulgarian journalists following the proceedings. "The European Commission's report clearly identified t»»»

Average electricity load reduction rises to 251MW in 2025, up from 106MW in 2024 The Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE) has announced the results of its 2025 Demand Response Pilot Project, which achieved an average electricity load reduction of 251MW and a peak reduction of 401MW, with more than »»»

Kraków, Poland: A Polish man accused of carrying out a deadly shooting spree in Krakow died in hospital on Monday, two days after he was critically wounded in a gunbattle with officers, police said. "We inform you that the perpetrator of the tragic events died this morning in the hospital," regiona»»»

Tunis, Nov.9 (TAP) - The Tunisian Textile and Clothing Federation (FTTH) is organising the third edition of the "TEX AWARDS" on November 27 in Tunis, with the aim of showcasing innovative companies in the sector.This event – which is expected to...»»»

Two Hezbollah MPs called on Lebanon on Monday to join a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding reached in June, claiming that the Islamabad talks would end the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. Violence in Lebanon had decreased since the signing of a U.S.-brokered framework agreement between L»»»

By Staff, Agencies Spain’s Ministry of Youth and Children has asked prosecutors to investigate the circulation of child sexual abuse material on TikTok and raised the possibility of suspending the platform’s services nationwide, according to Spanish media reports on Monday. In a letter addressed to»»»

By Staff, Agencies The expected intensification of the El Niño climate phenomenon could aggravate heat-related illnesses, infectious disease outbreaks and air pollution through early 2027, World Meteorological Organization [WMO] Secretary General Celeste Saulo warned on Monday. Speaking at a COP31 »»»

By Staff, Agencies Investor confidence across the eurozone declined for the second month in a row in November, although the drop was less severe than financial markets had anticipated, according to data released by the Sentix research institute on Monday. The Frankfurt-based institute’s Overall Inv»»»

VanEck, the global asset manager with approximately USD 244 billion in assets under management, announced today its entry into Romania. VanEck has registered 41 UCITS ETFs for distribution and also makes 15 crypto ETNs available, giving professional and private investors in Romania access to its ra»»»

Airbnb says short-term rentals account for only a tiny share of Hungary’s housing stock, while making a significant contribution to tourism and the wider economy. According to the platform’s latest analysis, Hungarian hosts welcomed 1.4 million guests in 2025, with Airbnb-related activity contribut»»»

Flanco has appointed Cezara Cioloboc as Chief Marketing Officer, a decision that supports the company’s strategic direction of placing customer experience at the heart of its omnichannel strategy and accelerating the digitalization of customer relationships. Cezara brings over 20 years of experienc»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force 'Lekhwiya', HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, met with HE Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal Al Busaidi, Minister of Interior of the Sultanate of Oman, during His Excellency’s visit to the Sultanate. During the mee»»»

From desert nights to madfoon feasts: The charm of Al Ain's simplicity Abu Dhabi: There is a particular hour in Al Ain, somewhere after the last light has drained from the dunes and before the cold has fully settled, when the desert along Airport Road becomes a kind of living room without walls. A »»»

More than 30 firms took part in the project, receiving credits on their electricity bills Dubai: Abu Dhabi has issued new rules for licensing energy aggregator companies to help manage electricity use during peak periods, following a trial that reduced power demand by up to 401 megawatts (MW). The »»»

The Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has fined Kaufland Bulgaria €75,653,706 for three violations of rules prohibiting unfair commercial practices against Bulgarian food producers, the regulator announced. The retailer has categorically rejected the allegations, said it would challeng»»»

Tunis, Nov.9 (TAP) - The Tunisian economy has shown resilience to external and internal pressures, maintaining its trajectory of gradual recovery and a return to normal levels of economic activity throughout 2026, Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani...»»»

BELGRADE - The Students In Blockade movement has announced it was ready for the constitutive session of the new Serbian parliament, called for November 17. "Constitutive session of the National Assembly 17/11. We are ready!" it said in a post on X on Sunday. Earlier in the day, Parliament Speaker A»»»

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JEDDAH: Four days after claiming third place in the 10th Arab Reading Challenge, Saudi student Rayan bin Adeeb Al-Zakeri is still reflecting on the journey that took him from a kindergarten reading habit fueled by candy rewards to one of the Arab world’s biggest literary stages. The 11-year-old fro»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced that business owners can now display a Quick Response (QR) code instead of a printed commercial licence extract. This will provide quick and easy access to establishment details and licensing information through a simple scan of the c»»»

ATLANTA: Former US President Joe Biden writes in his White House memoir that Donald Trump, at once his predecessor and successor, has deeply damaged the country and world with an administration determined to “tear down institutions and inflame hatreds.” And the 83-year-old Democrat said the 80-year»»»

LONDON: Russell Brand faces a reckoning Monday for sexual abuse that occurred just offstage from a public life built around boasts of his erotic exploits. Brand, 51, could receive a significant prison term after being convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. The British a»»»

A video showing an Israeli tourist pushing a Sri Lankan tour guide off a boat into the sea and laughing while he was filmed has gone viral, prompting widespread condemnation on social media. The footage captures a group of Israeli tourists on a boat in Sri Lanka, with one of them suddenly shoving t»»»

Israel's ex-military chief Gadi Eisenkot was tapped by President Isaac Herzog to try to form a government Sunday evening. But his lack of a clear majority in parliament will make trying to forge a coalition alongside the country's divided minor parties an uphill struggle. Israeli President Isaac He»»»

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Knowledge Economic City and mining giant Maaden reported higher third-quarter revenues, with the former’s net profit surging 253.5 percent and the latter’s sales rising 11 percent year on year to $3 billion. KEC recorded revenue of SR245.1 million ($65.4 million) in the three»»»

JEDDAH: Months before the first pilgrims begin arriving in Saudi Arabia, much of the groundwork for Hajj is already taking shape in Jeddah. Representatives from more than 520 organizations across 150 countries are gathering at the sixth Hajj Conference and Exhibition, where governments, airlines, h»»»

A communications professional and cultural advocate from Barcelona, with extensive international experience, her career has moved across the music industry from several angles: as a journalist, a communications and PR lead in music festivals, a spokesperson on equity and social responsibility, and »»»

US President Donald Trump said his administration's mass deportation campaign may have been "too tough" in a television interview aired Sunday, days after Republicans suffered heavy losses in midterm elections. US President Donald Trump said that his mass deportation of undocumented immigrants was »»»

Sidi Bouzid, Nov.9 (TAP) - The first edition of the Agricultural Investment and Renewable Energy Fair (AGRI MOD EXPO) will be held on November 25-28 in Regueb (Sidi Bouzid governorate.This event is supported by the Regional Agriculture and Fisheries...»»»

Tunis, November 9, 2026 (TAP) – Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri said on Monday that the government is committed to implementing a comprehensive administrative overhaul and pursuing efforts to establish a more efficient public administration.She...»»»

By Staff, Agencies US President Donald Trump has urged “Israeli” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move forward with the implementation of his proposed Gaza plan following the “Israeli” parliamentary elections, according to media reports. Trump conveyed the message during a telephone conversatio»»»

By Staff, Agencies A fossil preserved in a museum in southwestern Turkey for decades has been identified as the remains of a saber-toothed cat that roamed the region approximately 2.5 million years ago, researchers have announced. The fossil, discovered near Yakaköy village in 1989 and kept at the »»»

By Staff, Agencies Dense fog caused widespread disruption to road, rail and air transport across parts of the United Kingdom on Monday, as yellow weather warnings remained in effect amid dangerously low visibility. The UK’s national weather agency, the Met Office, issued a yellow fog warning coveri»»»

By Staff, Agencies The United States is accelerating military preparations near the Gaza Strip ahead of the planned deployment of an international stabilization force inside the besieged Palestinian territory, amid reported concerns within the “Israeli” military establishment over the force’s poten»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia supports the US's approach on security guarantees to be one of the key issues of talks in Abu-Dhabi on the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday. "I heard [US State Secretary] Marco Rubio's statement that security issues are becoming cruci»»»

Heavy rains flood 70,000 tents as displaced families face worsening winter crisis Dubai: Heavy rains have flooded at least 70,000 tents sheltering displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, leaving an estimated 350,000 people exposed to the elements and deepening fears of a humanitarian catastro»»»

Employers can book medical examinations through Sehhaty without visiting health centres Saudi Arabia has launched a new digital service allowing employers to book medical examinations online for newly arrived domestic workers, eliminating the need to visit health centres in person. The Ministry of »»»

Nvidia’s board said Sunday it would investigate reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation. The New York Times reported Huang had an affair with an executive US intelligence believed was gathering information for Beijing. Huang will remain CEO during the inquiry »»»

Nvidia’s board said Sunday it would investigate reports that CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation. The New York Times reported Huang had an affair with an executive US intelligence believed was gathering information for Beijing. Huang will remain CEO during the inquiry »»»

Three French police officers will go on trial Monday over the 2020 beating of Black music producer Michel Zecler in Paris. The assault, which was captured on camera, sparked nationwide outrage and renewed scrutiny of police violence and racism in France. Three French policemen are to go on trial on»»»

While English is widely used as a second language in Saudi Arabia, communicating professionally in your non-native tongue is not as simple as learning grammar and vocabulary — you need to be able to recall what you know when speaking under pressure. To address this, Mohammad Al-Mansaf founded Shagh»»»

Shareholders will get one right per 34.14 shares held; Shares to start trading on Dec 18 Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) opens subscriptions for its Dh1.75 billion or roughly $476 million rights issue on November 10. The window for subscription will close on November 24, inclusive of both »»»

Diwali celebrations began on Sunday, with people across India and the global diaspora gathering to mark one of the most important festivals in the Hindu tradition. In Ayodhya, believed to be the birthplace of Lord Rama, the deity celebrated during the festival, festivities included performances bas»»»

“We unanimously approved the Public Social Insurance budget,” Labour Minister Nataliya Efremova told journalists following a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the National Social Security Institute (NSSI), at which the draft budget for 2027 was discussed. “All parties represented - employer organ»»»