Having come a long way from its origins as a WWI bomber squadron founded on December 23, 1914, Russia’s long-range aviation is a potent fleet of aircraft capable of striking at the country’s enemies no matter where they may hide.»»»

Sharjah: Sharjah Coop has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with LEAFIO, a global provider of AI-powered retail solutions, as part of its drive to accelerate digital transformation and enhance operational efficiency. Under the agreement, the cooperative will deploy the LEAFIO AI Retail Platf»»»

Riyadh: Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) HE Jasem Mohamed Al Budaiwi, welcomed the agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners in Yemen, which was signed today in Muscat, the capital of Oman. The Secretary-General commended the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the S»»»

Agents of the National Security Force burn illegal mining equipment during an operation by Brazilian authorities against the advance of deforestation and illegal mining in the Itaituba II Environmental Forest, Brazil, in 2023. The surroundings of Itaituba, in the state of Para in northern Brazil, i»»»

Tunis, Dec 23 (TAP) - The Tunisian Navigation Company (CTN) announced adjustments to the itineraries of the vessels Carthage and Tanit between December 25 and 27, 2025, due to adverse weather in Mediterranean basin.The company confirmed in a...»»»

Dubai: Dubai Police has launched the ‘Speak Out’ community awareness campaign, urging women to report abuse and assuring them of full legal protection, as part of the UAE’s designation of 2026 as the Year of the Family. Led by the General Department of Human Rights, in collaboration with the Genera»»»

Tangiers: Bayern Munich striker Nicolas Jackson grabbed a brace as Senegal eased to a 3-0 victory over Botswana in the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday. Jackson, on loan at the Bundesliga giants from Chelsea, struck either side of half-time in Tangier, with Cherif Ndiaye completing the scoring late»»»

CAIRO, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- The Arab League has welcomed the agreement signed in the capital of Oman, Muscat, on Tuesday on the exchange of prisoners in Yemen.In a statement, the Cairo-based League said it is a key humanitarian step that should be followed and boosted by other initiatives for the relea»»»

Doha: The Arab Book Award announced that January 27, 2026, will mark the announcement of the winners and their crowning in its third iteration. The ceremony will be attended by dignitaries, as well as a contingent of academics and intellectuals from Qatar and across the Arab world. Professor Dr. Ha»»»

Doha, Qatar: Al Arabi were crowned champions of the Men's Handball Federation Cup for the 2025-2026 season after defeating Al Duhail 36-26 in the final match held Tuesday at the Duhail Sports Hall. Al Arabi thus retained the title for the second consecutive year, bringing their total to five titles»»»

Doha: Marking a significant milestone in its digital transformation journey, the Ministry of Labour has integrated advanced Artificial Intelligence and dynamic reporting tools into the Labour Market Information System (LMIS). This strategic move reinforces the Ministry's leadership in adopting proa»»»

Doha: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI), in collaboration with Qatar Development Bank (QDB), the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC), and the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), organized the event on Gulf workshops on digital transformation in facto»»»

China has discovered its first-ever underwater gold deposit near Laizhou, off the coast of Yantai in Shandong province. Authorities have described it as the largest undersea gold find in Asia, according to the South China Morning Post. Chinese media did not disclose the exact size of the deposit. T»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- The State of Kuwait welcomes the agreement reached earlier Tuesday in Muscat, the capital of sisterly Oman, on the exchange of prisoners in Yemen.The agreement represents an important positive step towards building confidence and enhancing the march towards peace and stabil»»»

Shoppers walk through a retail store in Herald Square in New York City on November 29, 2024. Experts said artificial intelligence has influenced how consumers shop this year. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Dec. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. consumers showed steady confidence this holiday seaso»»»

Infrastructure and service projects totalling 70 across Giza’s Atfih and Al-Saff districts have reached a combined investment of EGP 4.7bn, Housing Minister Sherif El-Sherbiny announced during a prime ministerial tour on Tuesday. The projects, part of the “Decent Life” (Haya Karima) presidential in»»»

Egypt’s Acting Minister of Environment, Manal Awad, met officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to discuss expanding cooperation and launching new projects focused on climate adaptation, sustainable agriculture and ecosystem protection, the environment minis»»»

Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today welcomed His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar, King of Malaysia, who is on a working visit to the UAE lasting several days. The meeting took place at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi, where Sheikh Mohamed welcom»»»

Belgium on Tuesday joined South Africa in a case brought before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. The UN's highest court, based in The Hague, said in a statement that Brussels had filed a declaration of intervention. Several cou»»»

Dubai: The Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) will launch its annual citywide sale season on 26 December, marking the start of a five-week retail campaign featuring discounts of up to 75 per cent across more than 3,500 outlets. Organisers confirmed on Tuesday that the initial wave of promotions will inc»»»

Workers have started laying tracks in the desert east of Cairo for Egypt's first high-speed train, which will link the Red Sea and the Mediterranean in the latest attempt to modernize transport in the vast country. Described by transport minister Kamel al-Wazir as a "new Suez Canal on rails", the p»»»

US economic growth in the third quarter came in at 4.3 percent on an annualized basis, easily topping expectations, according to Commerce Department data released Tuesday. The report, which also showed an acceleration in inflation, provides reassurance about the world's largest economy after other »»»

A former close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that immediately following the October 2023 Hamas attack that triggered Israel’s two-year war in Gaza, the Israeli leader instructed him to figure out how the premier could evade responsibility for the security breach. Former Netanyahu s»»»

Riyadh: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia chaired the Cabinet session held today in Riyadh, Saudi Press Agency reported. Also Read: Gulf Railway Project: Key routes, travel plans and cross-border links revealedThe Saudi Cabinet lauded the high-speed»»»

There is growing anger in Malawi over a post-Christmas fortnight trip to the UK that one of the country's vice-presidents is due to take. Jane Ansah's visit will be in a private capacity but the reported size of both her entourage and overall cost of the trip has ignited fierce criticism. The detai»»»

Tunis, Dec 23 (TAP) — “Any public works contractor failing to honour its commitments, notably in adhering to the required pace of project delivery in the region, will have its contract terminated and be replaced by another firm,” Minister of...»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday received Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman, at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Mohamed and Sheikh Ammar, along with other Sheikhs and guests, exchanged greetings and engaged in cordial conve»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday received a delegation representing banks and financial institutions that contributed to the initiative to waive the debts of Emiratis facing financial challenges. The initiative is led by the Defaulted Debts Settlem»»»

Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the eastern town of Siversk, the General Staff said Tuesday, as Russia doubled down on its recent advances across the lengthy front line. Russia announced the capture of the city in the heavily embattled Donetsk region almost two weeks ago, when Chief of Staff V»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Ambassador to South Africa Salem Al-Shabli presented on Tuesday a copy of his credentials to President of the Republic of Mauritius Dharam Gokhool as non-resident ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Mauritius.Ambassador Al-Shabli conveyed to President Gok»»»

(With POL-GCC-YEMEN-AGREEMENT) RIYADH, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- Saudi Arabia has welcomed the agreement signed in the capital of Oman, Muscat, on Tuesday on the exchange of prisoners in Yemen, terming it as a key humanitarian step which contributes to mitigating humanitarian suffering and boosting the chan»»»

Ben Sasse, who represented Nebraska in the US Senate from 2015 to 2023, has announced he has pancreatic cancer, saying in a lengthy social media post that his diagnosis is a "death sentence". Sasse was one of seven Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump shortly after the 6 January »»»

1 of 2 | Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., participates in a Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on February 24, 2021. The former senator announced Tuesday he has stage-four pancreatic cancer. File Photo by Tom Williams/UPI | License Photo Dec. 23 (U»»»

Tunis, Dec 23 (TAP) - A strategic partnership agreement was signed on Tuesday in Tunis between the Technical Centre for Mechanical and Electrical Industries (CETIME) and the Tunisian Automotive Association (TAA).According to CETIME, this...»»»

BELGRADE - The EU remains Serbia's most significant strategic political and economic partner, the Serbian parliament said in conclusions on the European Commission's report on Serbia for 2025. After a vote on the conclusions, Speaker Ana Brnabic said she was surprised MPs of the pro-EU opposition h»»»

Lebanon's army said Tuesday a soldier was among those killed in an Israeli strike a day earlier and flatly denied the Israeli military's accusation that he was a Hezbollah operative. Israel has kept up regular strikes on Lebanon, usually saying it is targeting Hezbollah sites and operatives, despit»»»

A woman stops to lay flowers in honor of the victims of a mass shooting in the Barus & Holley engineering and physics building at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Dec. 15. On Tuesday, the campus police chief was put on leave for a review of campus security. Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | Lic»»»

Dubai: Search and rescue teams from Saudi Arabia’s Border Guards rescued two Bangladeshi residents after their boat suffered a mechanical failure in open waters off Al Lith governorate in the Mecca region, authorities said. The incident occurred when the vessel broke down at sea, leaving the two me»»»

Tunis, Dec 23 (TAP) – The stock market edged up 0.2% on Tuesday to reach 13,291 points, with a solid trading volume of TND 20.2 million, supported by two block transactions involving TPR shares worth TND 8.9 million and SFBT shares worth TND 2.3...»»»

Dubai: A five-storey residential building collapsed on Monday in the Imbaba district of Giza, killing an unknown number of people and trapping others beneath the rubble, according to Egyptian security and emergency officials. Rescue teams pulled six people alive from the debris in the Kit Kat neigh»»»

President Donald Trump has announced that the US will keep or sell oil confiscated from Venezuela – what precedent does it set? "Thus far in 2025, governments are experiencing the Trump-Vance administration announcing, crafting, and implementing decisions perceived by the White House as within the »»»

The Palestinian Authority condemned on Tuesday Israel's recent approval of 19 settlements in the occupied West Bank, accusing it of tightening its control over Palestinian land. On Sunday, Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the authorities had greenlit the settlements, s»»»

NEW DELHI, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday held talks with Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya and other senior officials on restoration and relief efforts following the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah.I»»»

BRUSSELS, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- The European Commission adopted new amendments to compensation schemes for energy-intensive industries aimed at easing the cost of complying with European Union emissions rules, in a move intended to encourage companies to keep their investments within the bloc.The new am»»»

1 of 5 | Activists face off with Los Angeles Police Department officers during the “No Kings” protest outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on October 18. Demonstrations took place in cities across the United States opposing policies of the Trump administration. File Photo by Jim»»»

A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE Options Market pictured Monday in New York City, N.Y. On Tuesday, a delayed report showed U.S. economic growth up in the third quarter driven by more robust consumer spending, but offered mixed signals. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License P»»»

New Delhi: A protest erupted in India’s capital Tuesday in response to the death of a man who was lynched and burned by an angry mob in neighbouring Bangladesh, a new sign of strain in relations between the neighboring countries. The protest in New Delhi, mainly led by the Vishva Hindu Parishad, hi»»»

DOHA: Marking a significant milestone in its digital transformation journey, the Ministry of Labour has integrated advanced Artificial Intelligence and dynamic reporting tools into the Labour Market Information System (LMIS). This strategic move reinforces the ministry's leadership in adopting proa»»»

Saudi Arabia has reached a new global environmental milestone by earning a Guinness World Records title for the largest seasonal seed storage collection in the world, reflecting its ongoing commitment to environmental protection and sustainability, reported the Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday. The ac»»»

The US needs Greenland for its “national security,” President Donald Trump has said, after naming a special envoy to the Arctic island, which is under Danish sovereignty. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has revived his long-standing interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark,»»»