Merchants dealing in household and durable goods held a meeting and a protest yesterday against the Minister of Economy and Trade’s decision (Resoluti...

The Department of Support and Development of Medical Services (DSDMS) announced yesterday the arrival of a specialized American paediatric cardiac sur...

In the Balkans, leaders are deepening ties with Israel through defence, surveillance, and political backing. But why?

At least seven people were killed and 34 wounded after two masked gunmen opened fire at a church in Karak, Jordan.

The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says the multiple attacks may amount to war crimes.

Her husband is currently in isolation but has not developed any symptoms, Swiss officials say.

Thirty-four people are also injured in the attack in southern Karak governorate, and a manhunt is now under way.

The soldiers were killed in an attack by two Palestinian gunmen at a checkpoint outside the West Bank city on Friday morning.

Military vehicles storm West Bank’s Hebron as Israeli army starts days-long lockdown Around 20 Israeli military vehicles stormed the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported, citing its correspondents on the ground. The Israeli military said on Friday it had launched a “counterterrorism” operation in the Hebron area after two Israeli soldiers were killed in a gunfight near the city. In a statement, the military said it aims to locate and dismantle what it called “terrorist infrastructure and weapons.” It described the operation as “targeted and limited” to the area, and said it was likely to last several days. Palestinian residents of Hebron would be allowed to leave only through “three designated exit points”, after being questioned and screened by Israeli soldiers, the military added. Israeli occupation forces storm Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, in large numbers, coinciding with the announcement of a military operation expected to last for days. — Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 23, 2026

Israeli air strikes in Gaza City kill two Palestinians, wound several Two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Friday in an Israeli air strike in western Gaza City, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. The strike hit near the al-Ramli family’s home in the al-Nasr neighbourhood. In a separate attack, an Israeli air strike near a restaurant in western Gaza City wounded several Palestinians.

PARIS: Algeria has instructed urea producers to stop exporting the fertilizer to France in an intensification of trade curbs that have followed a diplomatic rift between Algeria and its former colonial ruler, according to diplomats and industry sources. Ties between Paris and Algiers, which have been complicated for decades, deteriorated in 2024 when French President Emmanuel Macron backed a plan for autonomy for the Western Sahara region under Moroccan sovereignty. The two countries sought t

FORT MYERS, Florida: President Donald Trump on Friday told a rally for candidates in South Florida that US warships returning from the Middle East could stop over in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war, his latest suggestion of taking an interventionist approach to the nearby country. Trump first floated this idea earlier this year, but has not mentioned it in recent months. But he revived it in response to a shouted question from the crowd about the island nation. He was campaigning just d

A sea of purple briefs takes over Johannesburg. Men hit the streets on Friday for the Hollard Daredevil Run, raising awareness about prostate cancer, now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in South Africa.

A new beginning for Julie, Portugal’s last circus elephant, as she settles into life at a wildlife sanctuary in Alentejo, southern Portugal.