The house of MP Melhem al-Hujeiri, a member of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance bloc, came under gunfire at dawn in the northeastern town of Arsal, media reports said. Al-Jadeed television said the house was hit by several gunshots that caused damage. Security forces have since arrived at the scen»»»

China's exports jumped 25% in August from a year earlier on strong demand for autos and high-tech goods as its record trade surplus widened further, its customs agency said Tuesday. The data was broadly in line with what economists had expected and comes just ahead of a planned meeting between Chin»»»

Discount applies to holders of Sanad and eligible people of determination cards Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on Tuesday announced a 50 per cent discount on driver licensing services for People of Determination as part of measures aimed at making its services more accessible. The disc»»»

Rethinks its regional footprint as Iran war raises questions over what to rebuild Dubai: The Iran war may end up redrawing America’s military map of the Middle East. After months of Iranian missile and drone attacks exposed vulnerabilities across a network of US bases and intelligence facilities bu»»»

DOHA: Minister of State for International Cooperation HE Dr Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad met with Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Pierre Krahenbuhl, who is currently visiting the country. During the meeting, they reviewed the relations between the Sta»»»

Experts say AI fluency and human skills matter most when routine work is automated Dubai: Employees worried about AI replacing parts of their jobs may need to pay closer attention to how they use the technology, with experts warning that handing over too much of the thinking can weaken the very ski»»»

The event will be held in Moscow on October 28-29, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Other elements of the agenda are ensuring sovereign equality and developing joint approaches to building a fairer and more polycentric world order, the ministry added.The statement was released in c»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Belgrade on Tuesday. Mirziyoyev is on a two-day official visit to Serbia. The two presidents met at the Palace of Serbia shortly after 11 am. The tete-a-tete meeting was followed by a session of Serbian and»»»

GlobalizationUnited States of AmericaUS-Canada tariff dispute weighs on cross-border tiesMauricia ArmitageAs Canada's retaliatory tariffs take effect, Canadian and US car industries fear the trade war will hit them hard, while Canadians are cutting back on travel. https://p.dw.com/p/5KhadThe Gordie»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev officially opened on Tuesday the production capacity expansion at the high-tech plant of ZS Europe, located in Maritsa Industrial Zone, in the village of Radinovo, part of the Trakia Economic Zone. The project is the result of a strategic decision by Chinese company Shang»»»

The Moral, Unity, Honour (MECh) party submitted documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC) to participate in the October 25 presidential and vice-presidential elections. “We have collected 5,000 signatures through the party’s structures. We have not changed - the main motive guiding us in p»»»

Israel launched a wave of air strikes across southern Lebanon, killing 13 people, including women and children, Lebanon’s health ministry said on Monday, marking an escalation after weeks of relative calm. Israel said it would continue targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah over alleged ceasefire violatio»»»

Attacks on Saudi Arabia Tuesday claimed by Yemen's Houthis wounded more than 70 people and ignited fires at several oil facilities and utilities in the kingdom's southern region, authorities said, in a major escalation in the renewed conflict between an important US ally and the Iranian-backed rebe»»»

Canada's counter-tariffs on billions of dollars in US products took effect Tuesday, as a trade war between the two countries heated up. Ottawa's pushback comes weeks after US President Donald Trump imposed 50-percent tariffs on a similar value of Canadian products, over what Washington de»»»

BREAKING NEWSAbu Dhabi Police has urged the public to rely on official sources for information Abu Dhabi Police teams and the Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority are responding to a fire that broke out this afternoon, Tuesday, September 8, at a factory in the Musaffah area, ICAD 3. Authorities are re»»»

Israel's President Isaac Herzog warned against British sanctions on settlements in the occupied West Bank expected to be announced on Tuesday, saying the decision would "fall on the wrong side of history". "Later today, we expect to see headlines announcing certain British trade sanctions on Israel»»»

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia genuinely wants to contribute to ending tensions in the Middle East, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. "Russia is genuinely interested in contributing to efforts to calm the situation, as well as to other regional issues of mutual interest," Lavrov sa»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia contributes significantly to the stability of the entire global economy, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said on Tuesday. "Undoubtedly, Russian-Saudi cooperation has today become an important factor of global economic s»»»

Iran’s acting defense minister has issued a stark warning to Washington, asserting that the Islamic Republic possesses both the technological capability and military readiness to target and destroy American warships involved in what Tehran decries as an illegal economic blockade of Iranian ports. I»»»

Geneva, Sept. 8 (SANA) The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria welcomed accelerating reconstruction efforts in Syria and progress in building accountability institutions, stressing the importance of accountability to the country’s transitional justice process.In remarks before »»»

GERB, the largest opposition party in Bulgaria, announced Tuesday that it is not going to field a candidate for the October 25 presidential elections. The decision was made at a meeting of the narrow party leadership the same day and was made public in a press release. It said that the reasoning la»»»

Geneva: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese called on people not to turn rubble removal operations in areas of the Gaza Strip under Israeli military control into a means to "erase traces of atrocity crimes." Albanese said that the operati»»»

Hungary has ordered 10 employees of the Russian Embassy in Budapest to leave the country, saying their activities were incompatible with the conduct expected of diplomats under the Vienna Convention. FM Orbán announces leaving 10 embassy employees Foreign Minister Anita Orbán announced the decision»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.3710 dinars for one euro on Tuesday, which is a slight change relative to Monday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, down by 0.2 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative to »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday he believed the government would in the future be prepared to provide even more significant support to volleyball, water polo and other sports that were bringing the most success to Serbia. "We will take something away from those who bri»»»

Arab Finance: Japanese trading company Toyota Tsusho Corporation plans to assemble a new series of Toyota vehicles in Egypt in the coming period, President and CEO Toshimitsu Imai said during a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, as per a statement. Madbouly met with Imai at the governmen»»»

SYDNEY: Researchers in Australia have identified a strong genetic link between gut-related health conditions and depression, offering new insights into why physical illnesses often accompany the mental health condition. Physical illnesses can contribute substantially to poor health outcomes in peop»»»

No single topic dominates Tuesday's news media. POLITICS On Bulgarian National Television's morning show, sociologist Boryana Dimitrova of Alpha Research and political scientist Dimitar Ganev of Trend discussed the role of initiative committees in the campaign for the presidential elections, as wel»»»

The Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Tuesday a “qualitative and extensive military operation” targeting Aramco facilities in Abha, Najran, the Economic City and Jizan, as well as Khamis Mushait Air Base. Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the attacks involved dozens of ballistic missiles »»»

Russia resumed strikes on Kyiv late Monday after a three-day pause ordered by President Vladimir Putin expired, Ukraine’s emergency service said. Kyiv's city military administration said at least two people were killed and seven wounded. The halt coincided with visits to Moscow and Kyiv by US Presi»»»

French AI company Mistral announced Tuesday that it had raised three billion euros ($3.5 billion) in what it described as the largest-ever European tech fundraising, valuing the startup at over 21 billion euros. While still an upstart compared to the AI giants OpenAI or Anthropic, Mi»»»

Frankfurt, Germany: German exports fell in July for the first time in five months, official data showed Tuesday, adding to concerns about the strength of a recovery in Europe's biggest economy. Exports dropped 0.8 percent from the previous month to 138.2 billion euros ($160.5 billion) due to weaker»»»

The Plovdiv District Court has refused to restore the deadline for appealing the detention measure imposed on one of the two 17-year-old boys accused in the murder of Georgi Kuzev on Youth Hill. The court ruled that there was no valid reason to restore the missed deadline. When the teenager was for»»»

Sharjah Police also warned people buying or selling valuable goods through social media Sharjah Police have arrested two suspects and recovered a collection of amber prayer beads worth more than $100,000 within 24 hours of receiving a theft report, police said on Tuesday. The case began when a Chin»»»

From fine dining to Bib Gourmand: MICHELIN Guide Dubai's full picture Dubai: Dubai's culinary community will gather at Atlantis The Royal on October 6, 2026, as the MICHELIN Guide hosts its fifth annual Restaurant Ceremony in the emirate, unveiling an updated selection of the city's top dining addr»»»

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Investments and Industry Alexander Poulev met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng in Xiamen, where they discussed possibilities to expand trade and investment between Bulgaria and China, the press service of the Ministry of Economy, Investments and I»»»

More than 85 events will cover FinTech, private capital, tokenisation and wealth Dubai: More than 850 speakers from banking, asset management, private markets, FinTech, policymaking and sustainable finance will gather in Dubai in November for the inaugural Dubai Future Finance Week. Sign up for our»»»

Tashkent: Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi met on Tuesday with the First Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan HE Dr. Sodiq Safoyev. During the meeting, cooperation relations between the two countries we»»»

Hungary’s government has launched the Saint Stephen Rural Development Programme, a new initiative aimed at strengthening rural communities and giving local residents a greater say over how development funding is spent. The pilot phase will cover 10 rural micro-regions, 100 settlements and nearly 10»»»

Director Bekzat Pirmatov’s film Cassandra will represent Kyrgyzstan at the 99th Academy Awards in the International Feature Film category. Filmmaker Asel Sherniyazova announced. According to her, the film was chosen by Kyrgyzstan’s National Selection Committee. The selection process was conducted i»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia is ready to continue conversation with the United States about Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. "The fact that the Americans, in all their contacts with us — above all, in their contacts with [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin — proceed fr»»»

DOHA: His Highness the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of North Macedonia HE Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, on the anniversary of her country's Independence Day.»»»

Diesel prices in Bulgaria could rise above 1.90 euros per liter next week and approach 1.95 euros if conditions on international markets remain unchanged, according to Dimitar Hadzhidimitrov of the Association of Fuel Traders, Producers, Importers and Transporters. As of September 8, the average re»»»

Firefighters are continuing efforts to contain a forest fire near the Sofia village of Anton for an eighth consecutive day, with crews working in difficult mountainous terrain inside the Central Balkan National Park. Around 40 firefighters and personnel from various services are currently involved »»»

The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) should be elected through trust, not fear, the Association of Prosecutors in Bulgaria (APB) said on Tuesday in a position distributed to the media regarding “information about pressure on prosecutors and administrative heads in connection with the upcoming SJC ele»»»

Workforce reaches 49,027 while active licences climb to 13,974 in H1 Abu Dhabi: Assets managed from ADGM rose 54% year on year in the first half of 2026, while the number of professionals working across its jurisdiction climbed to 49,027, bringing the workforce close to the 50,000 mark for the firs»»»

UAE and Germany established ties in 1972, later upgrading them to a strategic partnership The visit of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the Federal Republic of Germany, scheduled to begin tomorrow, September 9, 2026, carries significance that extends well beyond the »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to His Eminence Prince of the Principality of Andorra and Archbishop-Bishop of Urgell Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat, on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.»»»