Dubai: Arif Habib Group-led consortium has emerged as the highest bidder in the privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines, submitting a bid of Rs135 billion in the final round of televised open bidding. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The Lucky Group consortium »»»

Two American mercenaries have been killed while fighting for Ukraine against Russian forces in December, Newsweek has reported. The deaths of the US citizens, identified as Brian Zacherl and Ty Wingate, has been confirmed by their relatives on social media, the outlet said in an article on Monday. »»»

Norway’s soldiers lack basic winter gear as the NATO nation’s military leaders have prioritized sending aid to Ukraine, according to Forsvarets forum, a media outlet published by the Norwegian Armed Forces’ main trade union. The national army is facing shortages of items essential for operating in »»»

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More than two dozen career diplomats and other overseas officials have been ordered home by Trump as he pursues his "America First" policy. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The White House sent home as many as 30 career diplomats and other overseas officials as part of»»»

About 2 million soms were spent on decorating the New Year tree on Ala-Too Square in Bishkek. The funds were used to purchase additional ornaments and broken garlands. Vice Mayor Viktoria Mozgacheva announced this at a regular session of the Bishkek City Council. According to her, the company Sever»»»

BusinessUnited States of AmericaWhy Trump backs Bayer in Roundup weedkiller cancer battleNik MartinThe Trump administration has diverged from the position of former US President Joe Biden, throwing its weight behind German chemical giant Bayer in its courtroom battle over the pesticide Roundup. htt»»»

For Emirati women like Azza Alghunaimi and Khawla Al Marzouqi, running is far more than a physical challenge – it is a journey of resilience, self-discovery and empowerment. Azza Alghunaimi, 49, a divorcee and mother, has long made her mark in endurance sports. A member of the Abu Dhabi Running Tea»»»

BusinessGermanyHow Deutsche Bahn aims to fix chronic delays amid neglectAndreas Becker | Nicolas MartinGerman trains used to run like clockwork. Today, delays are the rule, not the exception. As public anger is boiling over, what went wrong with a system once envied worldwide, and why are the Swiss»»»

One day after the opposition held its first nationwide protest since the 11 May general elections, the leader of Albania’s Democratic Party (PD), Sali Berisha, called for an escalation of political action against the government. Speaking at a press conference alongside four Democratic Party MPs, Be»»»

DOHA: Katara Cultural Village has opened 'Bisht House' -- a new heritage space dedicated to preserving and promoting the traditional craft of bisht-making. Katara's general manager, Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti attended the opening, along with officials and heritage enthusiasts. The venue offer»»»

DOHA: Qatar Museums (QM) has unveiled Autorretrato (Self-Portrait, 2022) by Argentinian artist Gabriel Chaile, a major new installation in celebration of the 15th anniversary of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. Installed in Mathaf's performance space, the work underscores the museum's ongoing com»»»

President Donald Trump has promised a major boost to US naval power - what’s known so far, and is the project feasible? "US ambitions to build a vast high-tech fleet are fantastical - ambitions that far exceed America’s actual reach in terms of military-industrial production," Brian Berletic, veter»»»

One of the important events of 2025 was Kyrgyzstan’s entry into the seed export market. The press service of the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry reported. Seed and crop production There are 86 seed farms operating in the republic. During the first 11 months of 2025»»»

The US economy picked up speed over the three months to September, as consumer spending jumped and exports increased. The world's largest economy expanded at an annual rate of 4.3%, up from 3.8% in the previous quarter. That was better than expected, and marked the strongest growth in two years. Th»»»

After a half-century immersed in the world of trade, customs broker Amy Magnus thought she'd seen it all, navigating mountains of regulations and all sorts of logistical hurdles to import everything from lumber and bananas to circus animals and Egyptian mummies. Then came 2025. Tariffs were imposed»»»

Dubai: The UAE is expected to experience generally pleasant and moderate weather from December 25 to 29, with temperatures dipping slightly during the night, as a weak extension of a low-pressure system passes across the country, according to the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM). In a statement»»»

BELGRADE (Sputnik) - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Tuesday the extension of the contract for gas supplies from Russia until March 31. "We have an agreement to extend the gas supply for another three months, until March 31, so that people can sleep peacefully. Serbia will have enou»»»

London: London police on Tuesday arrested Swedish activist Greta Thunberg at a demonstration in support of pro-Palestinian hunger strikers, Palestinian activist groups said. Thunberg's arrest makes her the highest profile person to be detained by police since the government banned the Palestine Act»»»

Sharjah Police have confirmed their full readiness to welcome the New Year 2026, with comprehensive security and traffic plans in place to ensure public safety and smooth movement across the emirate. Brigadier Omar Al Ghazal, Director General of the General Department of Operations and Security Sup»»»

Copenhagen: Greenland's prime minister on Tuesday stressed that decisions about the autonomous territory's future would be made on the island, after US President Donald Trump reiterated that the United States needed Greenland for "national security". "Greenland is our country. Our decisions are mad»»»

Police arrested a 33-year-old woman and two men aged 34 and 70 on Monday on the island of Kalymnos on charges of illegally supplying, transporting and possessing explosives. Offices carried out targeted searches on two vehicles the suspects were using and found 275 kilos of explosives inside a truc»»»

Paris, France: The Louvre Museum on Tuesday installed metal bars over the windows of the Apollo Gallery, where thieves broke into the Paris landmark to make off with crown jewels in a recent daylight robbery. "This is one of the emergency measures decided after the theft," the museum's deputy admin»»»

Zagreb: A Croatian court sentenced a 20-year-old to the maximum 50 years in prison for stabbing a seven-year-old pupil to death at a school in December last year and wounding four other people. The attacker was a former pupil of the school in a suburb of the Croatian capital Zagreb. He entered duri»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 23 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) issued on Tuesday its tenth annual report for the fiscal year 2024/2025, highlighting the key work carried out by the Authority from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025.The report reflects KDIPA's continued progress in enhanc»»»

Yemen's internationally recognized government and the Iran-backed Houthi group have reached an agreement to free around 2,700 detainees held throughout the war in Yemen, according to Saudi and Houthi officials. Saudi Ambassador Mohamed AlJabir said in a statement on X that the agreement was signed »»»

A 35-year-old man believed to be a member of a major crime group allegedly led by an ethnic Greek from the former Soviet Union known by the nickname “Entik” was arrested on Tuesday in Kalyvia, a settlement in East Attica. Police officers from the Organized Crime Division found a pistol with a magaz»»»

Russia launched a "massive" attack on several Ukrainian cities overnight on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, a day after he warned of strikes over the Christmas period. At least three people were killed, according to Ukrainian officials, including a four-year-old child, while energy i»»»

“The day of July 8 revealed two different realities for Bulgaria, and that contradiction cannot be ignored,” said Francois Decoster, President of the Renew Europe Group in the European Committee of the Regions, during a press conference in Varna on Tuesday. Decoster is visiting the city with a dele»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday Serbia had a deal in place with Russia on extending gas supplies for another three months. Speaking to reporters after a ceremony at which employment contracts were awarded to the best graduates of faculties of medicine and medical high »»»

Across the Gulf, more wealthy women are taking an active role in financial planning, including in the private insurance space. It’s not a sudden shift, but the pattern is becoming harder to ignore. There’s a noticeable uptick in interest and intent from women with significant wealth, whether it’s a»»»

Yesterday’s by the House of Representatives of a law authorizing the settlement of Libya’s public debt up to 2025 —estimated at 303.4 billion Libyan dinars—has sparked political and public debate. The debt is to be repaid by the Central Bank of Libya deducting 3 percent from state revenues. Several»»»

Residents admire a special Christmas tree in downtown Kyiv on Monday night dedicated to the nation's energy workers before one of the largest attacks of the year crippled the electricity network for a ninth time since January. The tree is made from the uniforms of employees of utility companies. Ph»»»

The nearly 90,000 refugees who fled to Burundi after the recent escalation of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo face dire conditions in cramped camps with limited access to food and water, aid agencies say Congolese M23 rebels recently captured the city of Uvira, near the Burundi bor»»»

Taipei: The parents of a man accused of killing three people in a stabbing rampage in a Taiwan metro last week knelt and apologised on Tuesday, promising full cooperation with investigators. The 27-year-old, identified by his parents as Chang Wen, set off smoke bombs in Taipei's main metro station »»»

BELGRADE - Spaniard Joan Penarroya is the new head coach at Serbian basketball club Partizan Belgrade. Penarroya, 56, has previously coached Barcelona, Baskonia, Valencia, Manresa, Burgos and Andorra. "With Burgos, Penarroya won the FIBA Champions League twice (in 2020 and 2021) and the FIBA Interc»»»

Every animal with a brain needs sleep - and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans sleep, birds sleep, whales sleep and even jellyfish sleep. Sleep is universal “even though it’s actually very risky,” said Paul-Antoine Libourel, a researcher at the Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon in France»»»

Israel's parliament has extended an order allowing the government to shut down foreign broadcasters operating in the country. The legislation, passed by 22 votes to 10, expands temporary powers introduced during the Gaza war to shutter outlets seen as a threat to national security. It allows the go»»»

Dubai: Move over, Dubai bling—there’s a new queen in town, and she’s selling more than luxury homes. Meet Sarah Serhan, the savvy real estate broker turned reality TV star, and the newest cast member of Million Dollar Listing UAE Season 2. “It’s so exciting. It was such an opportunity for me, first»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Tuesday his ministry had called an ambassadorial conference for late December to familiarise all Serbian ambassadors and consuls general of the priorities of the state policy. "We want to give our diplomats from around the world an opportunity to exchange »»»

Ministers convened Tuesday for, a second day in a row, to discuss a long-awaited banking draft bill that would distribute losses from the 2019 economic crisis. The law stipulates that each of the state, the central bank, commercial banks and depositors will share the losses accrued as a result of t»»»

Germany deported a man to Syria for the first time since the civil war began in that country in 2011, the interior ministry in Berlin announced on Tuesday. A Syrian immigrant previously convicted of criminal offences in Germany was flown to Damascus and handed over to Syrian authorities on Tuesday »»»

US President Donald Trump has claimed that his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, would be “smart” to leave office as Washington intensifies its apparent efforts to remove him from power. The US has assembled a naval force that Trump calls “by far the biggest we ever had in South America” off »»»

US Vice President J.D. Vance has hit back at slurs directed at his wife over her ethnic heritage as well as rumors about problems in their marriage. Media reports earlier this year speculated about strains in the vice president’s relationship with his spouse, Usha Vance, after she was seen on sever»»»

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»»»

Dubai: Dubai Police have issued an urgent warning to motorists regarding the dangers of driving while fatigued or unwell following a serious collision on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road (E311) caused by a driver losing consciousness. The incident occurred when a motorist suffered a sudden medical ep»»»

The newly commissioned sculpture is presented as part of the 15 year anniversary of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art and the Qatar Argentina and Chile 2025 Years of Culture. Doha, Qatar: Qatar Museums (QM) unveiled Autorretrato (Self-Portrait, 2022) by Argentinian artist Gabriel Chaile, a major ne»»»

Dubai: Bollywood superstar Ranveer Singh is reportedly exiting Farhan Akhtar’s much-anticipated Don 3, signaling a shift in the actor’s focus from high-profile franchises to long-term career planning According to The Times of India, Singh’s decision was driven by careful planning rather than creati»»»

It is time for everyone in GERB to sign the petition for the resignation of Anton Slavchev as head of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Yes, Bulgaria Co-chair Bozhidar Bozhanov wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. The MP of Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) was reacting to a post by GERB lea»»»