MANAMA: A major announcement on the commencement of the process to waive the Schengen visa requirement for Gulf citizens is expected to be made during the upcoming EU-GCC Summit in Riyadh on 24 October. Speaking on the latest episode of the Arab Views podcast, GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Al»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority on Friday has confirmed that King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was subjected to two attacks, which resulted in the death of three individuals including a pilot. The first attack targeted airport facilities, while the second attack targeted a»»»

Miami: Isaias strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane on Thursday as it headed toward the US Gulf Coast, the US National Hurricane Center said, prompting mandatory evacuations and disrupting oil and gas production. The first hurricane of the Atlantic season, Isaias is forecast to make landfall in Fl»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Council of Economic and Development Affairs held a meeting via videoconference, during which it reviewed the Ministry of Economy and Planning's monthly report on key developments in the global economy amid rapidly evolving geopolitical conditions. The report highlighted risin»»»

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GERB has filed a complaint with the European Commission (EC) over the extraordinary audit of the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) commissioned by Parliament and assigned to the Bulgarian National Audit Office, GERB MP Temenuzhka Petkova said at a news briefing in Parliament here on Friday. “Nearly »»»

On Friday, Parliament adopted at first and second reading in a single sitting a bill ratifying the agreement between the International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC) and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on the final settlement of mutual claims and obligations related to Bulgaria’s w»»»

Three Saudi citizens, including a pilot, were killed and several other people were wounded in two attacks Thursday targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and a Saudia Airlines aircraft, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation said Friday. It marked the deadliest attack in »»»

Saudi Arabia will not agree to a truce or a ceasefire with the Houthis until the Yemeni government that it backs regains all the territory it has lost in recent weeks, a regional source told AFP on Friday. Saudi Arabia will also not bow to the Houthis' "military blackmail", the source added, speaki»»»

Residents advised to switch cameras off when not in use and avoid untrusted links Dubai: Dubai Municipality has urged residents to strengthen the security of their surveillance cameras, warning that a single weak setting could leave privacy exposed in an increasingly connected environment. “Protect»»»

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, made an unannounced visit to Bulgaria before traveling to the United States for talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to reports. Rumors of Budanov’s arrival in Sofia began circulating on social media, with unconfirmed a»»»

Protesters burned and trampled on the Russian national flag outside the Russian Cultural Center in Sofia on October 8 during a demonstration against Russia’s war, according to reports by Maritsa and BULPHOTO. The rally, held under the slogan “No to the Russian War,” took place outside the center at»»»

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has announced plans to livestream the execution of a former US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at a military base in Texas, arguing that Americans should witness the consequences of such crimes. Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army major sentenced to de»»»

Captain Hamoud Ali Al-Kalthami was killed and a Saudia aircraft was damaged on the ground Riyadh: Saudia pilot Captain Hamoud Ali Al-Kalthami was killed in the attack at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday, the Saudi airline said in a statement shared on its social media account»»»

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 days before o»»»

Three Saudi citizens were killed and several other people were injured in two attacks Thursday targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and a Saudia Airlines aircraft, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said Friday. The first attack targeted airport facilities, while th»»»

The top trade envoys for China and the European Union were wrapping up two days of talks Friday aimed at calming escalating tensions over growing imbalances between the two giant economies. EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic traveled to Beijing saying it was crucial that the negotiations deliver "tangib»»»

The Liverpool FC icon reveals Abu Dhabi sports city vision in Gulf News exclusive Sir Kenny Dalglish has described plans for a major new sports city in Abu Dhabi as a "fantastic opportunity for the local community", with the Liverpool legend telling Gulf News in an exclusive interview that the deve»»»

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Exactly ten years after it was shut down, the online edition of Népszabadság, a former popular daily, was relaunched on Thursday, with the weekly print edition set to reach readers a week later, its editor-in-chief has said. The publisher’s management announced the relaunch of the news outlet on 24»»»

DUBAI: Yemeni Deputy Minister of Defense, Major General Samir Al-Sabri, told Al-Sharq the Battle of Marib is witnessing military progress and that forces are advancing on more than one front. He noted that supply lines in Al-Waziyah remain open, while emphasizing that Sanaa is the main battle, thou»»»

Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc has urged the Lebanese government to "fulfill its duties toward the people" and take practical steps to alleviate the impact of the occupation on them. The bloc accused the state of folkloric displays and provocative statements and vowed that it would soon provide she»»»

Three Saudi nationals were killed and several people injured in two attacks on the airport Riyadh: A Saudia aircraft was damaged after King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was targeted in two attacks on Thursday, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) confirmed. GACA said »»»

A temporary tax on extraordinary banking profits could generate more than €1 billion for Bulgaria without increasing VAT, personal income tax or social security contributions, Fiscal Council Chairman Simeon Dyankov says in his analysis, “Benefits of Taxing Banking Windfall Profits in the European U»»»

Parliament on Friday approved at two readings in a single sitting a bill ratifying the Air Services Agreement between the governments of Bulgaria and Mongolia, signed in Sofia on November 21, 2025. The bill was submitted by the Council of Ministers. The agreement establishes the necessary legal fra»»»

The National Customs Agency Director, Nikolay Shushkov, met with the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, at the Kapitan Andreevo border control check point, on the border with Turkiye, the National Customs Agency reported on its Facebook page on Friday. The two discussed the developme»»»

Istanbul: Five people, including three children, were killed in an Istanbul building collapse that saw the bottom storys crumble and the top floors remain perched on the rubble, officials said on Friday. The collapse occurred early Thursday on the Asian side of the sprawling metropolis, the city go»»»

San Francisco, United States: Anthropic on Thursday moved to bar users from treating its Claude AI system with needless cruelty, amid a growing philosophical debate over whether artificial intelligence can be conscious. The San Francisco-based AI lab updated its usage policy to include "a prohibiti»»»

TURKMENBASY, Turkmenistan, October 9 (Sputnik) - Russia-CIS trade turnover exceeded $110 billion last year and continued to grow this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a narrow-format meeting of CIS leaders. "The work is underway. It is noteworthy that by the end of 2025, trade turnove»»»

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A new law aimed at protecting children could kill off old video games and threaten small developers, industry trade groups have warned. The EU Kids Act was unveiled by commission president Ursula von der Leyen last month as a chance to “give childhood back to our children” and put parents “in the d»»»

Without debate, with 178 votes in favour and seven abstentions from Vazrazhdane, Parliament adopted at first reading amendments to the Public Offering of Securities Act on Friday that were tabled by the Council of Ministers. The amendments aim to modernize the regulatory framework of the Bulgarian »»»

RIYADH: King Saud University has been granted a US patent for a tri-leaflet mechanical heart valve developed by Professor of Cardiac Sciences at the College of Medicine Dr. Rakan bin Ibrahim Nazer. The invention features a mechanical design comprising three movable leaflets connected to a central m»»»

Palangkaraya, Indonesia: The orangutan clings to the top of a mostly leafless tree in Indonesia's Borneo, as waves of thick smoke from the forest fires burning below waft over her. Nicknamed Novita, the ape shown in footage released by a conservation group is among dozens that have been rescued fro»»»

The flight highlights Queen Suthida’s aviation training and air force involvement Thailand’s Queen Suthida has flown a fighter jet solo, with footage released by the Royal Office showing her piloting a Saab JAS 39C Gripen. The video, dated October 8, 2026, shows the Queen flying the Swedish-made fi»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to the President of the Republic of Uganda HE Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, on the occasion of his country's Independence Day.»»»

Residents evacuated as Taal Volcano spews ash and sulphur in latest eruption Manila: Taal Volcano unleashed a five-minute phreatomagmatic eruption, sending a dark-grey ash plume 4,000 metres above its main crater, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The e»»»

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The USS Lincoln docked in California on Thursday ending a record deployment of 265 days of uninterrupted time at sea marked by reports of deteriorating conditions onboard. Crew members were reunited with family they had not seen in nearly a year after their mission was prolonged by the war in »»»

Students on Thursday barricaded a Parisian high school with garbage bins before police shot tear gas at them as France’s nationwide protests showed little sign of ending. At least a dozen demonstrations supporting the high school students’ movement were planned across the country while 375 sch»»»

Bulgaria expects North Macedonia to fulfill the commitments agreed in 2022, including constitutional changes, and has set no additional conditions for its EU accession, Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova said after meeting her North Macedonian counterpart Timco Mutsunski in Sofia. Petrova described»»»

Bulgaria is not facing a major economic shock at present, but growing risks to Black Sea trade and business could affect the economy, politician and economist Kuzman Iliev and Mikhail Krastev, Executive Director of the Union for Economic Initiative, said on NOVA NEWS. Their comments followed attack»»»

US President Donald Trump’s envoys will meet Ukrainian negotiators and European officials in Miami on Friday to discuss a new proposal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will present ideas developed during recent talks with both sides, one source said Thursday. Presiden»»»

Tens of thousands of protesters joined a march in Madrid Thursday to mark the death of 87-year-old retiree Maricarmen Abascal, whose eviction from her apartment in the Spanish capital in September sparked a wave of housing protests that prompted the government to call early elections. Tens of »»»

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 days before o»»»

Doha, Qatar: The fourth season of the Al Shaqab League will begin on October 16 at the Longines Indoor Arena, with the national competition providing riders with a structured pathway to develop their skills and progress towards higher levels, including international competitions. The new season wil»»»

Singapore: Motorsport’s global governing body said transboundary haze from Indonesian fires, which pushed air pollution in Singapore into unhealthy levels yesterday, did not “represent a threat” to this weekend’s Formula 1 race in the city-state. Singapore’s air quality again crossed the threshold,»»»

Doha, Qatar: Mohammed Yousef Al Jaber and Nasser Hamad Al Thani won the Silver Tour and Amateur Tour respectively as the second round of the 10th edition of the Longines Hathab Qatar Equestrian Tour got underway yesterday at the Qatar Equestrian Federation’s indoor arena. Al Jaber topped the 130cm »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s beach volleyball stars Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan will headline the Asian Open Beach Volleyball Tour Doha 2026, which gets underway on Saturday and runs until October 13. The four-day tournament, to be held in Doha from October 10 to 13, will feature 16 teams in the men’s»»»