Shipbuilding and repair help drive record sales at Roxtec Middle East as it marks 25 years in UAE with record sales

Dubai based cable seal provider Roxtec Middle East FZE is celebrating the 25th anniversary of founding in the UAE with its best ever year of trading. Jebel Ali Freezone headquartered Roxtec Middle East FZE covers the MENA region and started with...

Iraq placed 97th in 2025 global Soft Power ranking

2025-10-26T16:45:31+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq ranked 97th globally in the 2025 Soft Power Index, according to a report by the research platform InfoFlix, which measures the international influence of...

Where will France go? Interview with La France Insoumise

First published at Meer. In the nine years since its founding in 2016, La France Insoumise (LFI) has become the leading left formation in France, with its current parliamentary representation at 71, ahead of the traditional parties of the left,...

Community Leader (Honourable Mention): AlaaAldin (Aladdin) AlRadhi

AlaaAldin (Aladdin) AlRadhi has been teaching cybersecurity and IT in Ontario colleges for decades, but considers himself more of a mentor than a lecturer when it comes to the education and future of his students. AlRadhi, who received...

Closing the Gap: Managing Journal Entry Risk in the Record-to-Report Process

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June Lockhart, Lassie and Lost in Space star, dies at 100 By Wesley Stenzel and Jordan Hoffman 7

June Lockhart, the veteran Hollywood star famous for projects like Lassie and Lost in Space, has died. She was 100. Publicist Harlan Boll announced that the actress, who also had big roles in films like Meet Me in St. Louis and Sergeant York, died...

Expanded Erasmus Programme Could Bring Economic Migrants, Terrorist Threat to Europe

Expanded Erasmus Programme Could Bring Economic Migrants, Terrorist Threat to Europe The European Commission has put forward a proposal to extend the Erasmus programme and Horizon Europe scientific cooperation scheme to the Middle East and North...

Kerwin Spire Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #308

Kerwin Spire is a French writer and a doctor of French literature from the Sorbonne-Nouvelle, he devoted his research to the work of Romain Gary. His doctoral thesis led him to collaborate on the Pléiade edition of Gary’s works before publishing a...

London's army of phone thieves take to burying stolen mobiles in FLOWER BEDS to hide them from the police

It gives a whole new meaning to 'getting your hands dirty': London's phone thieves are burying ill-gotten devices in a community garden in a bid to evade justice. Phone-swipers in the heart of London's West End have been hiding devices in the dirt...

Morocco remains in talks with the US over possible F-35 fighter jet sale

The U.S. and Morocco are still negotiating a possible F-35 deal, with rumours citing an estimated $17B value and up to 32 aircraft under review. According to Africa Intelligence on October 21, 2025, Washington and Rabat continue discussions on a...

Lessons for the West from the Fate of Rhodesia

Are they [Rhodesians] to belie all they stand for by denying freedom to others? Or must they forfeit their heritage by losing their identity among an alien and defeated people? Shall they teach freedom and provoke revolt? Or shall they suppress...

Study finds 18 percent of Moroccan university students suffer from migraines

A new regional study published in BMC Public Health has revealed that nearly one in five Moroccan university students, about 18.4 percent, suffer from migraines, a condition described as a “common and disabling neurological disorder” that causes...

At least two arrested over Louvre museum’s daylight diamond heist

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Morning Briefing: Oct. 31, 2025

ISTANBUL Here is a rundown of all the news you need to start your Friday, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Türkiye, where Erdogan questioned Germany’s silence on Israel’s Gaza...

At least two arrested over Louvre museum’s daylight diamond heist

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Paris Scooby – Louvre Rocks Swiped & Arab Mutilates Small Blonde Child

Many know the Hardy Boys. Most are familiar Phillip Marlowe. Then is Hercule Poirot (not French, by the way). Summiting the pantheon is Sherlock. (Case in point, didn’t even need his last name and you knew of whom I speaketh, Sportsfans!) Often...

McLaren driver Lando Norris branded an "Idiot" by Isack Hadjar

Visa Cash App RB driver Isack Hadjar slammed Lando Norris during the FP3 session at the 2025 Mexican GP as the McLaren driver failed to give space to the French-Algerian driver during a hotlap during the session. Hadjar took to the team radio and...

Two suspects in Louvre jewel heist admit their involvement

PARIS (AP) -- Two suspects in the Louvre jewel heist have admitted their involvement and are believed to be the men who forced their way into the world's most visited museum, a Paris prosecutor said Wednesday. Laure Beccuau told a news conference...

“Settler-Colonialism” is the Wrong Word for Israel

Because mislabeling the conflict distorts moral reasoning and replaces analysis with accusation. These days, many people apply the word “colonialism” to Zionism and Israel as if it were a settled fact, deploying the word as if its meaning were...

OGCI Annual Report Marks Progress in Methane Reduction

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) recently released its annual report, highlighting member companies’ continued progress in reducing emissions, advancing low-carbon efforts, and accelerating industrywide decarbonization. According to...