The Washington Post on Wednesday announced it is firing nearly a third of its staff and revising its coverage to address business problems. Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA Feb. 4 (UPI) -- More than 300 reporters and others are being let go from The Washington Post amid financial troubles, the Jeff Bezos»»»

DUBAI -- His Highness the Prime of Kuwait: World Government Summit is a leading global platform for shaping solutions to global challenges. KUWAIT -- Kuwaiti national team are proclaimed champions of the first Arab Wheelchair Basketball Championship after a 72-68 victory over Egypt. GAZA -- Israeli»»»

Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny says he's trying to stay calm ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl, Half Time Show - but it isn't working out. "Last night, I couldn't sleep," he said during a press conference for the show, admitting that he'd often woken up "thinking about the Super Bowl at 4am". The singer,»»»

Palestinians returning to Gaza via the Rafah border crossing have said they face major challenges and intimidation from occupying Israeli forces. Seized by Israeli troops in May 2024, the Rafah entry point – the war-ravaged enclave’s key gateway – had been largely shut for almost two years. RT spok»»»

KUWAIT, Feb 5 (KUNA) -- Minister of State for Youth and Sports Affairs Dr. Tareq Al-Jalahma, officially inaugurated the second edition of the Kuwait International Show Jumping Championship on Thursday.The prestigious tournament serves as a qualifier for the World Cup and features a field of over 25»»»

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the loss of Venezuelan oil supplies has placed the country in a “complex” energy situation that affects electricity generation, as well as basic economic activities across the island. File Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Cuban President Miguel»»»

Feb. 5 (UPI) -- A pilot and an Arizona state trooper died when their police helicopter crashed while responding to a police-involved shooting in Flagstaff. The Arizona Department of Public Safety did not identify the deceased but said they died when the Bell 407 Ranger helicopter in which they were»»»

Egypt has stepped up regional and international efforts to break the deadlock in negotiations between the United States and Iran, as Cairo welcomed a preliminary agreement to hold a joint meeting between the two sides. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Thursday it was of paramount im»»»

Rio de Janeiro: A Brazilian man with a penchant for sporting records on Thursday broke a new one after tackling the `most boring physical challenge he could dream up: running on a treadmill for 24 hours. Pepe Fiamonini ran 188 kilometres (116 miles), more than four marathons, on a treadmill at an o»»»

Doha, Qatar: Old Doha Port on Thursday launched its six-day sport and wellness festival, “MOVE,” organised in collaboration with NO LIMITS, to mark the 2026 National Sports Day. On the sidelines of the “MOVE” sports festival, which features daily panel discussions with athletes and industry leaders»»»

Israeli military statements issued on Wednesday said its forces had targeted senior militants in the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, accusing them of involvement in the abduction and detention of Israeli captives, both alive and dead, following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Israel has continued»»»

Bulgaria and the OECD are working to complete Bulgaria’s accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2026, as OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann presented the OECD Economic Survey of Bulgaria 2025 in Sofia and Bulgarian officials outlined the remaining steps and p»»»

Iran and the US are set to hold a new round of nuclear talks in Oman later this week, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said. Tensions between the two nations escalated amid Washington’s military buildup in the Middle East and sharp diplomatic disagreements over Tehran’s nuclear pro»»»

KUWAIT, Feb 5 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Namaa Charity has carried out humanitarian and developmental projects in Tanzania with a view to achieving sustainable development and reaching out to needy people.Speaking to KUNA over the phone, the charity's chief of projects and relief Khaled Al-Shamri said such»»»

With New START treaty expired, the US and Russia face a post–Cold War era with no legally binding limits on strategic nuclear forces for the first time, National Defense magazine editor-in-chief Igor Korotchenko tells Sputnik. Korotchenko warns of the risks: The US could covertly and quickly reinst»»»

Tunis, Feb. 5 (TAP) - Minister of Trade and Export Development Samir Abid, on Thursday, handed over, the presidency of the Economic and Social Council to Algeria, during the 117th ordinary session of the Arab League’s Economic and Social Council at...»»»

Since the ceasefire reached with Israel in November 2024, Hezbollah has shown a striking shift in its political conduct, particularly in how it deals with Lebanese state institutions. A group long used to operating outside official channels is now, despite its escalatory rhetoric, shifting responsi»»»

Rabat: Authorities have evacuated more than 140,000 people from their homes since heavy rainfall flooded several provinces in northern Morocco last week, the interior ministry said Thursday. Authorities have not announced any casualties, and the national weather service forecast heavy rains and str»»»

This week millions more files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released, a British man told the BBC about his fight with a deadly shark, and Harry Styles was named among the UK's top tax payers, But how much attention did you pay to what else happened in the world over the pas»»»

Brad Karp, the chairman of prestigious US law firm Paul Weiss, has stepped down after emails released in the latest tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files revealed the lawyer's apparent communications with the late convicted sex offender. The documents included dozens of email exchanges seemingly between»»»

This is a very serious moment for Sir Keir Starmer. Everything the prime minister has said and done today has reflected the fact that he and his team understand the gravity of his situation. It would have felt odd and jarring had Sir Keir simply delivered the speech that he had been planning to del»»»

The US and Russia have agreed to re-establish high-level dialogue between their armed forces. The announcement came after a meeting of senior US and Russian military officers in Abu Dhabi in the margins of talks about the war in Ukraine. In a statement, US European Command said the renewed dialogue»»»

The Israeli army’s spraying of chemical substances over vast agricultural areas in southern Lebanon and Syria amounts to a “war crime,” the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said Thursday. Beirut accused Israel on Wednesday of spraying the herbicide glyphosate on the Lebanese side of their sh»»»

DOHA: The 21st International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG2026) concluded on Thursday, after four days of high-level panel discussions and interactive debates between government officials, policymakers, industry experts, and innovators from more than 80 countries who part »»»

The European Central Bank warned Thursday a stronger euro could push inflation down too far after recent gains in the single currency, but sought to downplay any immediate threat to the eurozone economy. As expected, the central bank for the 21-nation single-currency area kept its benchmark interes»»»

Dubai: Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, on Thursday shared the story of an elderly Emirati mother who chose education for her son at a time when schooling was little understood, during the closing session of the World Governments Su»»»

Israeli occupation forces launched renewed airstrikes on southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley on [insert date], violating Lebanese sovereignty and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, local reporters said. Al-Manar correspondent reports Israeli occupation warplanes launch raids on seve