Furry Friends
Dogs enjoy their meal during the Grand Dinner for Dogs, organised by French chef Thierry Marx, at the Carnavalet Museum in Paris. — AFP
Muscat Municipality signs pact to upgrade Al Salam Street
MUSCAT: Muscat Municipality signed an agreement with AZ Engineers and Partners to implement the Al Salam Street Upgrade Project. This falls within the municipality’s efforts to dev…
Russia sends nuclear warning to Nato as tensions rise
BRUSSELS: Russia has warned Nato it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic…
Injuries, arrests as students keep up blockade of French schools
SAINT-DENIS: Dozens of people have been injured and hundreds arrested, most of them children, officials said, in a wave of student demonstrations against teacher shortages and dila…
ISRAELI STRIKES KILL SIX IN GAZA
GAZA: Israeli strikes killed at least six Palestinians in two separate attacks in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the territory’s health officials said.Medics said an Israeli air stri…
Joy and fear in Iraq as last US forces leave
BAGHDAD: Iraqis celebrated the departure of US forces after more than two decades of war on Wednesday, though many were worried that a security vacuum could increase the power of a…
His Majesty receives Abu Dhabi Deputy Ruler
MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik received HH Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi and National Security Adviser of the United Arab Emirates, at…
Israeli officials say diverted flydubai incident may be attempted ‘terror attack’
JERUSALEM: The Israeli government believes an incident on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel, which diverted to Saudi Arabia after transmitting emergency signals on W…
Egypt says crew freed from hijacked oil tanker off Yemen
Egypt’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that eight Egyptian crew members who were on the hijacked M/T Eureka oil tanker have been released.The oil tanker had been hija…
Ukraine’s war costs for 2026 hit $155 billion
Ukraine’s total war costs will reach $155 billion this year, and Kyiv is working to close a $27 billion funding gap to ensure it can conduct active combat operations at the st…