Massacres of 17 October 1961, full-fledged state crime committed with premeditation Algerian students to participate in Huawei's Seeds for the Future 2025 program Algeria tops Maghreb, Arab regions in QS Arab University ranking Army General Said Chanegriha on official visit to Republic of Korea Tol»»»

Two additional Bulgarian F-16 Block 70 fighter jets landed at the Third Air Base – Graf Ignatievo, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday. The aircrafts arrived under the 2019 contract with the United States. The fighter jets were met by Minister of Defence Atanas Zapryanov, Air Force Commander M»»»

Dubai: Seven lucky UAE residents on Saturday won Dh100,000 each in the 23nd live draw of the UAE Lottery. The winning numbers for the seven guaranteed Lucky Chance prizes of Dh100,000 each were announced in live draw no 251018. Winning numbersThe six winning numbers in the Days set for this draw ar»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, a global education and development organisation, through its Reach Out To All (ROTA) Programme, successfully concluded the 16th edition of its annual EMPOWER Youth Conference, held in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Doha on 17-18 October 2025, u»»»

CAIRO: The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will reopen Monday for people returning to Gaza, the Palestinian embassy in Egypt said Saturday, but the territory’s sole gateway to the outside world will remain closed to people trying to leave. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’»»»

LONDON: The UK Foreign Office recommended that David Lammy, the country’s foreign secretary at the time, endorse a trade mission to Israel in late May despite his earlier criticism of Tel Aviv’s conduct in Gaza. Lammy had also suspended trade talks with Israel, yet Foreign Office staffers insisted »»»

Leverkusen moved up to 14 points in fifth place with their third straight league winSpain international Grimaldo opened their account with an 11th-minute penaltyBERLIN: Bayer Leverkusen’s Alejandro Grimaldo scored twice in the first half to guide them to a 4-3 victory in a thrilling clash at Mainz »»»

Dubai’s Global Village, one of the UAE’s most popular seasonal attractions, has introduced a smart parking experience in partnership with Salik and Parkonic. Visitors can now pay automatically via Salik eWallet, eliminating the need for physical tickets. Two premium zones are available: Premium at »»»

YEREVAN (Sputnik) - Thousands of supporters of Armenian businessman and philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan, who is under arrest in Armenia, rallied outside the office of Armenia's National Security Service in Yerevan on Saturday, a Sputnik correspondent reported. After assembling in Freedom Square, t»»»

Gaza: Death toll of Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 68,116 killed and 170,200 injured, Gaza Ministry of Health reported. According to the ministry, Gaza hospitals received 29 bodies over the past 48 hours, including 23 retrieved victims, 2 who succumbed to their»»»

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Gaza's Rafah crossing will remain closed until further notice, shortly after the Palestinian Embassy in Egypt announced that it would reopen on Monday. "The crossing's opening will be considered based on the manner in which Hamas fulfils its p»»»

Moscow: The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that Ukrainian forces suffered 1,575 casualties over the past 24 hours as a result of military operations across various combat fronts. The ministry added in its daily report on military operations in Ukraine that units from Russia's Sou»»»

Doha: Al Markhiya Gallery will launch Palestinian artist Mahmoud Al Masri's solo exhibition "Fragments of My Soul" next Tuesday at Katara's Building 5, running until December 4, 2025. The exhibition explores Palestinian identity and memory through vivid scenes of daily life and nature. Al Masri, a »»»

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi discussed on Saturday, in a phone call with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the outcomes of Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit, Egypt's intensive efforts in coordination with mediators to implement the first phase of US President Donald Trump's plan »»»

Dubai: Emirates NBD is set to acquire a controlling stake in RBL Bank through a primary infusion of around $3 billion (~Rs268.5 billion), marking the largest foreign direct investment and equity raise in India’s banking sector. The boards of ENBD and RBL Bank approved the deal on Saturday, under wh»»»

LONDON: Marc Guehi has told Crystal Palace he will not sign a new deal at the club, manager Oliver Glasner has said. The England center-back almost joined Liverpool on transfer deadline day last month, but Palace pulled the plug at the last minute, missing out on a sizeable fee. Glasner revealed th»»»

LONDON: Egypt is expected to take the lead in an international stabilization force being developed to oversee security inside Gaza under a proposed UN Security Council mandate backed by the US and European partners, according to diplomatic sources. The proposed force, which would have broad powers »»»

WASHINGTON: US envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s chief negotiator on the Middle East, has said that he felt “betrayed” when Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas negotiators in Qatar last month. In a CBS interview alongside Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law who worked with Witkoff on»»»

Tunis, Oct 18 (TAP) – Tunisia’s Competition Council on Friday announced that it had opened an ex officio investigation into suspected anti-competitive practices in the olive crushing sector ahead of the 2025/2026 agricultural season.According to a...»»»

Washington: Minister of Finance HE Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari and Governor of Qatar Central Bank (QCB) HE Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saoud Al-Thani participated in the joint reception for Qatari banks held in Washington. The event took place on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the Internati»»»

Dubai: For most people, introducing themselves takes only a few seconds. For Lawrence Watkins of New Zealand, it takes 20 minutes. That’s how long it takes to recite his full name—a staggering 2,253 words, officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the longest personal name in the world. Al»»»

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Saturday Zimbabwe had accepted its invitation to participate in a Twenty20 tri-nation series after Afghanistan’s decision to pull out of the tournament. The withdrawal decision came after the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said a day earlier Paki»»»

The United States is witnessing an extraordinary surge in political and social tensions, as internal divisions deepen between supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump. The current landscape evokes comparisons to the era of President Richard Nixon and former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover—an»»»

A routine family funeral turned into a life-altering revelation for a woman in eastern China when she spotted a stranger in mourning clothes acting like a member of her family. According to Henan Television, cited by the South China Morning Post, the woman, known only by her surname Shang, is from »»»

In a remarkable display of loyalty and courage, a pet dog named Rocky risked his life to protect his owner from a venomous cobra in Alappuzha, Kerala. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in the yard of his owner Thushara’s home, when the snake slithered into the compound. Without hesitation,»»»

By Staff, Agencies Four police officers were injured on Friday after protesters outside the US Embassy in Bogotá attacked security forces with arrows and makeshift explosives during a rally denouncing US President Donald Trump’s policies, local authorities confirmed. Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Ga»»»

Global Finance magazine has recognised Hisham Ezz Al-Arab, Chief Executive Officer and a board member of Egypt’sCommercial International Bank (CIB), with its Lifetime Achievement Award, the publication’s highest individual honour. “Hisham Ezz Al-Arab’s visionary leadership has had a transformationa»»»

Egyptian Planning and International Cooperation Minister Rania Al-Mashat has held meetings with officials from the World Bank’s investment guarantee agency and the European Commission to discuss expanding private sector guarantees and preparations for an upcoming Egypt-EU summit, the ministry said.»»»

MADRID: LaLiga players will stage symbolic protests at the start of most matches this weekend over the league’s decision to stage a game in the US in December, the Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) has said. Oviedo and Espanyol players stood still in the first 15 seconds of their LaLiga clash »»»

Should the tiny club from a fishing village on the Listerlandet peninsula do so it will be the greatest shock in the history of footballA combination of superb scouting and a science-based approach have helped Mjallby top the 16-team leagueSTOCKHOLM: The nervousness of Hammarby and AIK fans ahead o»»»

1 of 2 | Demonstrators rally at the 'No Kings' protest in front of City Hall in downtown Orlando, Fla., on June 14. A second No Kings" event is taking place Saturday. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI | License Photo Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Several million people plan to participate Saturday in more than 2,500»»»

An Israeli strike on a construction vehicle in southern Lebanon killed a man, the Lebanese health ministry reported on Saturday. "The Israeli enemy's airstrike on a vehicle in the town of Deir Kifa, in the Tyre district, resulted in one martyr," the health ministry said in a statement. Lebanon's st»»»

New York: The State of Qatar has reiterated its unwavering stance on the justice of the Palestinian cause and its full support for the Palestinian people's sovereignty over their natural resources and their legitimate rights, including the establishment of an independent state based on the 1967 bor»»»

By Staff, Agencies The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected an appeal by the "Israeli" occupation seeking to overturn arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Security Minister Yoav Gallant, both accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. In a stat»»»

LONDON: UN Women called on Saturday for the ceasefire in Gaza to be transformed into lasting safety, recovery and rights for women and girls, urging that they be placed at the center of all humanitarian and reconstruction efforts. “Every woman who rebuilds a bakery, a clinic or a classroom is rebui»»»

LONDON: It was one scandal too many. After emails emerged this week showing that Prince Andrew remained in contact with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein longer than he previously admitted, the House of Windsor finally moved to insulate the monarchy from years of tawdry headlines about And»»»

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Rain forced the abandonment of the first Twenty20 international between New Zealand and England after the visitors posted 153-6 in their completed innings Saturday. Sam Curran top-scored with 49 not out from 35 balls. He hit three fours and two sixes — and 19 runs from th»»»

LONDON: Around 20 minutes. That’s how long it took Nottingham Forest to fire Ange Postecoglou after the team’s 3-0 loss to Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday. It left Postecoglou without a win in eight matches since taking charge as the replacement for Nuno Espirito Santo on Sept. 9. In a 39»»»

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, lowered the Air Quality Index in Lahore from 666 to 170 in its first anti-smog gun operation on Saturday, a senior provincial minister said. The move comes as Lahore, one of the world’s most polluted cities, faces worsening smog each winter from»»»

Gaza's ruins were being scoured for the dead on Saturday, over a week into a ceasefire as newly recovered bodies brought the Palestinian toll above 68,000. Israel said the remains of a tenth hostage that Hamas handed over the day before were identified as Eliyahu Margalit. The handover of hostages’»»»

Taiwan's main opposition party, the Kuomintang, elected a firebrand new leader on Saturday who opposes increased defense spending but pledged to ensure peace with giant neighbor China. Former lawmaker Cheng Li-wun, who will take over as leader on November 1, won the election at a time of rising mil»»»

Qatar has renewed its call for the creation of a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East, describing the move as increasingly urgent amid growing global security concerns. Speaking before the UN General Assembly’s First Committee, Khalid Al-Mansouri, a member of Qatar’s delegation to the 80th »»»

Finance Minister Finance Minister, Mohammed Yisr Barnieh stated that Syria’s participation in the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund IMF and World Bank in Washington, aims at transforming world attention into investments and programs that serves the economic recovery. In an intervie»»»

Army General Said Chanegriha on official visit to Republic of Korea Boughali receives congratulations from ambassadors Minister of Health emphasizes importance of implementing "electronic patient file" WHO commends Algeria’s commitment to strengthening healthcare system UN official warns of catastr»»»

Dubai: Several flights between the UAE and Dhaka faced delays or cancellations on Saturday after a fire erupted at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The blaze broke out in the airport's cargo section on Saturday afternoon, halting all flight operations and triggering a large-scale emergency r»»»

Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence says 11 people were killed, all from the same family, after the bus they were in was hit by an Israeli tank shell in northern Gaza. The family, it said, were trying to reach their home to inspect it when the incident happened in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City »»»

MECh leader Radostin Vasilev warned in Gabrovo on Saturday that if the government continues to operate in its current manner, there will be serious social and political tension. He was in the city for the opening of a new party office. Vasilev said he finds it difficult to comment on what he called»»»

Doha, Qatar: Doha Metro and Lusail Tram announced a new ideal service update to the metrolink service that will be effective from Sunday, October 19, 2025. According to the update, metrolink buses numbered M208 will be operating from Al Messila Station, Exit 2 instead of Exit 1.»»»

Sir David Attenborough has broken the record for the oldest winner of a Daytime Emmy award for his work on documentary Secret Lives of Orangutans. The 99-year-old came out top in the outstanding daytime personality, non-daily category, with the Netflix film - which follows a group of apes living in»»»

Ukraine isn't getting Tomahawks, and its time for both sides to "stop the killing," "make a deal" and stop a "war that would have never started if I were president," Donald Trump has indicated. Sputnik asked former Pentagon analyst and US Air Force Lt. Col. (ret.) Karen Kwiatkowski to comment. 'The»»»