The Saudi real estate market is currently in a state of cautious anticipation, driven by unprecedented decisions and measures announced by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. These steps aim to increase the supply of properties and restore balance in the market to address the rising costs of land and»»»

Filip & Company has provided legal assistance to BT Pensii in the process of taking over the management of the voluntary pension fund BRD Medio, which will change its name to Pensia Mea Plus after completing the legal procedures and obtaining the approval of the Financial Supervision Authority (ASF»»»

The recent service disruptions in the networks of mobile operators A1 and Vivacom have been deemed significant in their impact, with potential sanctions looming for both companies. Ivan Dimitrov, Chairman of the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC), explained in an interview with Bulgarian Na»»»

First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Daniyar Amangeldiev took part in the meeting of the CIS Economic Council, which was held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). The meeting was held in narrow and extended formats under the chairmanship of the Tajik side. The International Exhibiti»»»

Considering the recent debate in Libya about reforming subsidies and the Libyan economy, one subject that would help make sane, logical, and civilian-oriented fair decisions – is the lack of data. You cannot reform what you cannot measure! Libya is rich in resources but poor in visibility. This vac»»»

MUSCAT, April 30 (KUNA) -- A number of Kuwaiti authors and writers affirmed on Wednesday that participating in cultural forums and Arab and international book fairs enhances the presence of Kuwaiti books on the map of intellectual and cultural production.This came in separate remarks to KUNA on the»»»

April 30 (UPI) -- Authorities have identified the four girls who were killed Monday when a car crashed into an Illinois after-school camp. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon identified the victims as Alma Buhnerkempe, 7, Kathryn Corley, 7, Ainsley Johnson, 8, and Rylee Britton. All were residents o»»»

MORWELL, Australia: An Australian woman promised a “special meal” for her in-laws before dishing up a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms that killed three of them, jurors heard Wednesday. On the opening day of a trial that has drawn global attention, Erin Patterson, 50, faced a jury acc»»»

SEOUL: North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firings of missiles from a recently launched destroyer — the first such warship for the North — and called for accelerating efforts to boost his navy’s nuclear attack capabilities. North Korea last week unveiled the 5,000-ton de»»»

Doha, Qatar: Sardem, with Maikon De Souza in the saddle, delivered a dominant performance to claim top honours on the opening day of the Al Bayt Cup meeting at Al Rayyan Racecourse. With five races taking place on the first day, the meeting will conclude with the Al Bayt Cup battle, as another five»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has introduced a quick, easy, and anonymous way to deliver security information to the Criminal Evidence and Information Department (CEID) via the Metrash mobile application. This initiative will aid in accelerating the response time of the authorities an»»»

Doha, Qatar: Team Qatar continued their strong campaign at the Arab Shooting Championship in Cairo, adding a fifth medal to their tally during the event currently underway in the Egyptian capital. The championship, which runs until May 1, features the participation of 300 male and female shooters f»»»

SEOUL: North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firings of missiles from a recently launched destroyer — the first such warship for the North — and called for accelerating efforts to boost his navy’s nuclear attack capabilities. North Korea last week unveiled the 5,000-ton de»»»

ABU DHABI: The UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation has announced that the Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Jiu-Jitsu Championship, round three for Gi competitors, will take place here from May 2 to 4 at the Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City. The UAEJJF event will feature a range of competitors, starting with th»»»

DUBAI: British fashion designer and singer Victoria Beckham hosted an intimate dinner in Dubai this week with some of the city’s leading style influencers to celebrate her exclusive capsule collection with Middle Eastern online luxury retailer Ounass. The collaboration includes a dedicated pop-up a»»»

JEDDAH: PFL MENA will begin its second season at the Onyx Arena in Jeddah on May 9 with a trio of fighters from the Kingdom looking to leave their mark in front of the home crowd. When Malik Basahel, Abdulaziz bin Moammar and Ahmed Makki make their respective entrances into the world-famous PFL Sma»»»

MORWELL, Australia: An Australian woman promised a “special meal” for her in-laws before dishing up a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms that killed three of them, jurors heard Wednesday. On the opening day of a trial that has drawn global attention, Erin Patterson, 50, faced a jury acc»»»

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar emphasized the country’s young and dynamic population was capable of positioning it as a competitive provider of high-quality information technology services while addressing the Digital Foreign Direct Investment (DFDI) forum in Islamabad on Wed»»»

Dubai: Usha Nagvanshi, a woman from the scenic valleys of Jammu & Kashmir, has taken the internet by storm with a daring and unconventional dance video. In a now-viral Instagram video posted on her account, @ushanagvanshi31, she performs energetic dance moves atop a tall tree, set against a breatht»»»

Dubai: Saudi authorities have arrested four Chinese nationals accused of orchestrating a fraudulent Hajj campaign via social media platforms, as part of the Kingdom’s ongoing efforts to combat illegal Hajj promotions and safeguard the sanctity and safety of the pilgrimage season. Also Read: Hajj wi»»»

Three Chinese astronauts landed back on Earth on Wednesday after six months on China's space station. The crew’s landing module came down slowly after separating from the return vehicle, descending on a red-and-white parachute, in Dongfeng, in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region on the edge of t»»»

Five members of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces were wounded in two separate drone attacks targeting military positions in northern Iraq’s Duhok province, the Kurdistan Region Security Council said on Tuesday. The council said the strikes occurred on Monday and Tuesday in the town of Amadiya, where su»»»

SINGAPORE: Oil prices extended declines on Wednesday and were set for their largest monthly drop in more than three years as the global trade war eroded the outlook for fuel demand, while fears of mounting supply also weighed. Brent crude futures fell by 83 cents, or 1.29 percent, to $63.42 per bar»»»

SINGAPORE: Oil prices extended declines on Wednesday and were set for their largest monthly drop in more than three years as the global trade war eroded the outlook for fuel demand, while fears of mounting supply also weighed. Brent crude futures fell by 83 cents, or 1.29 percent, to $63.42 per bar»»»

UAE businesses– both on the free zone and mainland – seem to have been caught off-guard by a recent clarification on VAT. Are they required to issue tax invoices to themselves for each import of goods and services? A recent public clarification (VATP041) – replacing the earlier VATP036 - discusses »»»

Dubai: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Wednesday announced the results for the ICSE (Class 10) and ISC (Class 12) 2025 board exams. Out of 99,551 candidates who appeared for the exams, 98,578 students passed. Girls outshone boys yet again, with a pass percentag»»»

THESSALONIKI: Workers were installing benches at a park in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloniki when their excavator pushed brown soil off a fragile white skull. They turned off the motorized equipment and set to work with pickaxes and shovels. The crew found two skeletons, then more. By Mar»»»

PARIS: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is receptive to the idea of zero reciprocal tariffs between France and the United States, French finance minister Eric Lombard said, as France and the European Union continue tariff talks with the US “He told me that this was not out of reach,” Lombard tol»»»

Doha, Qatar: QIIB has announced a new agreement with Visa, a global leader in digital payments, to implement advanced risk solutions to bolster the bank’s fraud prevention and risk management for credit and debit card transactions. This latest partnership with Visa will enable QIIB to leverage adva»»»

Doha, Qatar: QatarEnergy entered into a long-term condensate supply agreement with the Singapore-based Shell International Eastern Trading Company (SIETCO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of London-listed Shell Plc. The agreement, signed by H E Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Aff»»»

THESSALONIKI: Workers were installing benches at a park in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloniki when their excavator pushed brown soil off a fragile white skull. They turned off the motorized equipment and set to work with pickaxes and shovels. The crew found two skeletons, then more. By Mar»»»

PARIS: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is receptive to the idea of zero reciprocal tariffs between France and the United States, French finance minister Eric Lombard said, as France and the European Union continue tariff talks with the US “He told me that this was not out of reach,” Lombard tol»»»

An American Airlines flight from Sao Paulo to New York descended into chaos on April 24 after a female passenger attempted to force her way into the cockpit, prompting a physical response from crew members. Caught on camera Video footage from inside Flight 950 shows flight attendants confronting th»»»

Efforts to restore state authority across Lebanon and enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1701 - which mandates a zone free of unauthorized weapons south of the Litani River - have been met with fresh hostilities targeting UN peacekeepers in the country’s southern border areas. In recent days, a»»»

Twelve people were killed in clashes that erupted early Tuesday near the town of Jaramana, a Druze-majority area on the southern outskirts of Damascus, amid rising sectarian tensions, residents and local sources said. In a statement, residents of Jaramana condemned what they described as prior “sec»»»

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has issued a firm ultimatum, giving ministries and agencies 10 days to ensure the BG-Alert system is fully operational. “Ten days, colleagues—after that, there is no forgiveness,” Zhelyazkov said during the cabinet meeting on Wednesday, as reported by BGNES»»»

Doha, Qatar: Sidra Medicine and Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, have published a groundbreaking study marking the first creation of an autism zebrafish model in Qatar, to investigate a rare genetic mutation associated with both autism and epilepsy. The st»»»

Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Bakyt Torobaev got acquainted with the implementation of irrigation projects in the region during his working visit to Jalal-Abad region. The press service of the Ministry of Agriculture reported. He got acquainted with the current state of »»»

On April 30, 1975, South Vietnam unconditionally surrendered to North Vietnam. The communists occupied Saigon and renamed it Ho Chi Minh City. 1 of 8 | People pose in front of a sign commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 26, 2025. Th»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE) launched yesterday the activities of the 50th Arab Deaf Week, under the theme “The Value of Using Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Qualifying the Deaf,” at the Audio Education Complex. The event was attended by Speaker of Sh»»»

Rabat: Deputy Speaker of the Shura Council H E Dr. Hamda bint Hassan Al Sulaiti, reaffirmed the State of Qatar’s commitment to supporting development efforts and promoting South-South cooperation through its global development partnerships and humanitarian initiatives. This came at the opening sess»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC), in cooperation with Hawkamah Center, announced the release of the second edition of the Corporate Environmental Sustainability Book (Reports and Achievements) on Sunday, May 4. The announcement was made in a press conference held i»»»

Doha, Qatar: The 2025 edition of Build Your Home (BYH) Qatar continues to ignite remarkable excitement among exhibitors, homeowners, and entrepreneurs. The exhibition has emerged as a key destination for innovation, design excellence, and sustainable homebuilding solutions, attracting thousands of »»»

Manila: A Chinese national was arrested while operating a surveillance device near the offices of the Philippine election commission, authorities said Wednesday, less than two weeks before the country's mid-term polls. The man was allegedly using an "IMSI catcher", a device capable of mimicking a c»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Aqarat) has officially announced the implementation of the provisions of Law No. (6) of 2014, which governs the regulation of Qatar’s real estate sector. This strategic move aligns with Aqarat’s broader efforts to enhance the investment climate and»»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2025, ended March 31. The Company achieved a net profit of QR433m, marking a 3.2% increase from QR420m recorded in the same period of 2024.This robust performance underscores Nakilat’s resili»»»

Doha, Qatar: Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC) has announced the launch of one of the GCC’s largest private solar energy projects - supercharging its sustainability efforts and cementing its role as a trailblazer in green logistics. This landmark initiative will see GWC work with Yellow Door Energy, t»»»

RIYADH: Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya arrives in Riyadh on Wednesday to hold talks with Saudi Arabia officials on strengthening strategic cooperation. Iwaya’s visit comes as the two nations celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year. In an exclusive opinion piece for Arab »»»

The Croatian burger chain Submarine, which recently acquired Vivo Fusion Food Bar in Romania, expects total investments in expanding its restaurant networks in the two countries to reach €5 million by the end of 2028, Submarine’s founder, Aleksandar Lazinica, told SeeNews. “This year and the next t»»»

BT Insurance Broker, the insurance brokerage arm of Banca Transilvania Financial Group, has appointed Valentin Coroiu as its new CEO. A market leader in CASCO insurance intermediation, BT Insurance Broker is now aiming to diversify its business model and become a universal broker. With nearly 25 ye»»»