Tokyo: Oil prices rose on Wednesday as traders weighed supply risks due to the conflict in the region, in addition to expectations of increased Russian diesel exports. Brent crude futures rose 89 cents, or 0.8%, to $106.58 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained 80 cents, or»»»

Bulgaria has shown that it has the ability to act quickly and promptly, that it has the ability to exercise control over its exclusive economic zone and, in fulfillment of its obligations under international conventions, to conduct search and rescue operations, Prime Minister Rumen Radev stated on »»»

Rome-Perth flight cancelled after passengers report painful bedbug bites Dubai: Australian airline Qantas has temporarily grounded a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and cancelled a flight from Rome to Perth after passengers reported being bitten by bedbugs during an international journey. The incident occurr»»»

Emirates, Etihad, flydubai, and Air Arabia report major service disruptions today UAE travellers faced flight disruptions on Wednesday, October 14, with cancellations and delays affecting services from Dubai International Airport (DXB), Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC), Zayed International Ai»»»

Loud explosions were heard in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday, AFP journalists in the city reported, as Yemen's Houthis step up attacks in an escalating war. Messages were received on phones in Riyadh warning people of an "aerial threat" and urging them to take shelter. The alert was lifted a»»»

Torrential rain submerges cars, cuts power forces road closures amid electrocution fears Dubai: At least three people have died after torrential rain triggered severe flooding across Libya’s capital, Tripoli, submerging dozens of vehicles, forcing road closures and prompting authorities to suspend »»»

Court convicts Egyptian of explosives training and plotting attacks on Shia prayer halls Dubai: A Kuwaiti appeals court has sentenced an Egyptian national to five years in prison after convicting him of belonging to Daesh (ISIS), receiving training in explosives and plotting to bomb Shia places of »»»

Damascus, Oct. 14 (SANA) Syria has amended its customs tariff schedule to reduce duties on medical equipment, renewable energy systems, industrial inputs and essential food products, in a move aimed at easing costs for businesses and consumers amid high shipping expenses and volatility in global en»»»

By Staff, Agencies British foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, will claim the global financial system is failing developing countries, as he calls for a “new deal” for governments struggling under the burden of debt. Promising to throw the UK’s diplomatic weight behind urgent reform, he will evoke the »»»

Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova told Prime Minister Rumen Radev that Moscow had no information about attacks on ships in the Black Sea, although an investigation would establish whether that account was accurate, Radev said during a hearing in the National Assembly. “I also summoned the Rus»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi Civil Defense on Wednesday lifted danger warnings it earlier issued for Riyadh and Al-Kharj Governorate under its National Early Warning Platform. “The danger has passed in Riyadh City,” the Saudi Civil Defense said on X. It also issued the similar announcement for Al-Kharj Govern»»»

Rome: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said yesterday he has faith in officiating in Spain and in Europe despite his heavy criticisms of them this season. Mourinho refused to take part in his obligatory post-match press conference on Saturday after Real Madrid beat Villarreal 1-0 in La Liga, in prot»»»

Paris: Rwanda will host Africa’s first Formula One Grand Prix since 1993 in “the early 2030s” after the circuit announced a decade-long deal with the country yesterday. The East African nation has been chasing a Grand Prix race for years, having already used football, basketball and other sports to»»»

Pope Leo underwent surgery on Tuesday to remove a cancerours tumour from his right lung after saying that a nodule had been "detected at a very early stage". Following a "successful" operation, the Vatican said the pontiff would undergo additional testing. Pope Leo XIV had a cancerous tumour surgic»»»

Heavy overnight Russian strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine and cut power to hundreds of thousands of people, authorities said on Wednesday. ⁠Russia's ​defence ​ministry said ‌it ⁠had ‌downed ⁠902 drones ​over ‌Russian regions overnight, ‌Interfax ​news agency reported. Follow o»»»

A Financial Times investigation reveals how “Ansar Allah” exposed the limits of Saudi Arabia’s massive military arsenal, highlighting that the Kingdom’s defense challenges stem not merely from the scale of military spending or the possession of advanced air defense systems, but from the evolution o»»»

UPDATEFrankfurt-Delhi flight landed safely in Jaipur as security teams inspected aircraft Air India hijack alert may have been triggered by pilot error, official says Dubai: An Air India flight carrying 306 passengers from Frankfurt to New Delhi was diverted to Jaipur on Wednesday after a reported »»»

Doha, Qatar: The domestic horse racing season gets underway at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) today with the opening meeting featured by the Al Ghariyah Cup held on Al Rayyan’s dirt track. The season opener comprises eight races across various distances and categories, launching a comp»»»

An Israeli strike on an apartment in Gaza City killed one woman early Wednesday, according to officials at Shifa hospital. Israel’s military said it struck a Hamas militant but was still assessing the strike's outcome, without elaborating. Just over a year since a fragile ceasefire between Israel a»»»

VP vows ‘I will never resign’ as Senate trial narrows to alleged unexplained wealth Manila: The Senate impeachment court has approved the withdrawal of three of the four impeachment articles against Vice President Sara Duterte. The move leaves allegations of unexplained wealth, incomplete asset dec»»»

UAE travel agents report weaker Umrah demand as Riyadh flight disruptions persist Dubai: Umrah travel demand from the UAE has softened as flight cancellations following attacks on Riyadh airport have left pilgrims concerned about getting to and from Saudi Arabia, travel agents told Gulf News. The d»»»

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy announced that a fire broke out Tuesday in an administrative building at Aramco, one of the world’s largest oil facilities, after being targeted in an attack in the country’s Eastern Province. In a statement, the Saudi ministry said the Aramco administrative buildi»»»

Doha, Qatar: Al Rayyan will look to maintain their winning start in the AFC Champions League (ACL) Two when they take on Saudi Arabia’s Al Taawoun at Wolves Park in Buraidah today, with kick-off scheduled for 7:00pm. The Group C leaders opened their campaign with a thrilling 4-3 victory over Jordan»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar SC began their Gulf Club Champions League (GCCL) campaign with a 1-1 draw against Iraq’s Al Zawraa at Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium yesterday. Al Zawraa took the lead through Mohamed Sherif in the 21st minute, but Yohan Boli restored parity for Qatar SC deep into first-half stoppage t»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s beach volleyball stars Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan delighted the home crowd by lifting the men’s title at the AVC Beach Tour 2nd Doha Open 2026 yesterday. At the FIVB International Centre of Excellence in Al Gharafa, the top-ranked Qatari pair defeated Australia’s Oliver M»»»

A limited fire broke out Tuesday in an administrative building at Aramco, one of the world's largest oil facilities, that was targeted in an attack in the country's Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy said. The ministry said no injuries were reported. The attack came as the Iranian-»»»

Bus driver narrowly avoids collision before police track down child using CCTV Dubai: A 12-year-old boy has been arrested in Australia after allegedly stealing a forklift and driving it against traffic through central Adelaide, narrowly avoiding a collision with a bus. The incident happened around »»»

Romania and Pakistan could develop university cooperation through the opening of a Romanian campus in Karachi, joint study programs, and initiatives to promote Romanian universities among Pakistani ...»»»

Romania's mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market recorded a marginal 1% decline in the number of transactions in the first nine months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, when 215 transactions were recorded, according to a specialist analysis released on ...»»»

Rising electricity, oil and natural gas prices continue to put pressure on inflation, and the uncertainties related to the operation of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant and the war in Iran have the potential to generate new shocks on prices, Chairman of the CFA Romania Association Adrian Codirlasu»»»

Romania's average net salary fell by 2.3% in August compared with July, to 5,688 lei, while average gross earnings decreased by 2.2%, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).In August 2026, average ...»»»

Rents, diesel and gasoline recorded the largest price increases in September 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier, rising by 39.46%, 37.61% and 28.42%, respectively, while the annual inflation rate reached 6.61%, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statist»»»

Euro continues to lose ground in front of the US dollar, reaching the lowest level in the last 17 months compared to the American currency, more affected by uncertainties concerning the fiscal situation in France and the increased political instability of the second largest economy in the euro area»»»

The annual inflation rate rose to 6.61% in September, from 6.17% in August, as services prices increased by 11.12%, non-food goods prices by 7.06% and food prices by 3%, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics ...»»»

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised downwards its forecast for the Romanian economy this year, projecting a contraction of 0.5%, compared with growth of 0.7% forecast in April and an expansion of 1.4% in October last year, according to the latest ?World Economic Outlook' (WEO) report »»»

Liberal deputy Ovidiu Cimpean, vice-chair of the Committee on European Affairs, called on Tuesday on Brussels authorities to prevent the excessive concentration of funding from the future European Competitiveness Fund in certain member states, namely those with more developed research and industria»»»

The new legal provisions in Ukraine clarify that a mother tongue can be used in all instances not only during school classes, President Nicusor Dan said on Tuesday, when he welcomed the promulgation by Volodymyr Zelenskiy of legislative amendments to the right of national minorities to mother tongu»»»

Ukraine safeguarding the right to education in the mother tongue of Romanians amid the Ukrainian Parliament having recently passed a law on the use of the languages of national minorities in the education system, was the theme of a meeting of the Romanian Senate Foreign Policy ...»»»

Acting Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan held a telephone conversation on Tuesday with his Bulgarian counterpart, Rumen Radev, regarding the deteriorating security situation in the Black Sea and attacks on commercial vessels.According to a statement issued by the Government, the Romanian Prime Minister s»»»

The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) will vote for the government and the governing program presented to Parliament by Prime Minister-designate Luca Niculescu, regardless of whether that government is technocratic or formed around the PSD."Every day, I read assessments by various»»»

The National Liberal Party is considering a bilateral political agreement with Prime Minister-designate Luca Niculescu?outlining the conditions under which the Liberals could contribute to the country's stability over the next six months?but will not participate in the government, party leader and »»»

Doha, Qatar: Residents and skywatchers in Qatar will have the opportunity to observe the red supergiant star Antares near the crescent moon on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. In a social media post, Qatar Calendar House said the star would appear close to the waxing crescent Moon of Jumada Al-Awwal, a»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Saudi Arabia Civil Defence has issued a warning through its National Early Warning Platform in Al-Kharj Governorate and Riyadh City. The warning alerts of potential dangers and urges public to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place. It also instructs them to remain indoors »»»

By Staff, Agencies Argentina has asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea [ITLOS] to suspend a British-authorized oil exploration project near the Falkland Islands, escalating its long-running sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom over the South Atlantic territory. Buenos Aires»»»

Doha, Qatar: Various parts of Qatar received light to moderate rainfall on Tuesday, October 13, with the Al Karanah weather station recording the highest rainfall. The Qatar Meteorology Department said in a social media post adding that Al Karanah, located southwest of Doha, recorded 10.7mm rainfal»»»

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A Hungarian journalist was surprised to discover a striking price difference after buying a popular sore-throat remedy in Budapest and later checking its price in Bristol. According to his account, a pack of 36 Strepsils throat lozenges in the UK cost less than a tenth of what he had paid for a sma»»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil, gas and mineral exploration was preparing to begin in Greenland, and hailed the Arctic island’s position for US and European security. Washington signed a security deal with the leaders of Greenland and Denmark after Trump threatened to»»»

BREAKING NEWSFlight AI2030 diverted as authorities investigate alert during journey from Germany Dubai: An Air India flight travelling from Frankfurt to New Delhi was diverted to Jaipur on Wednesday morning following a reported hijack alert, Indian media reported. Flight AI2030 landed safely at Jai»»»