Negotiators representing Russia, Ukraine and the US met Friday in Abu Dhabi for the first direct three-way talks on a plan backed by US President Donald Trump to end the nearly four-year war, with the disputed Donbas region in Ukraine's east remaining the key sticking point. Negotiators from Russia»»»

Dubai: Emirates has canceled multiple flights to and from the United States due to severe winter weather, as a powerful snow and ice storm continues to disrupt air travel across the country. Also Read: Huge US winter storm to bring crippling snow, sleet and iceIn a statement posted on its website, »»»

DOHA: The Qatar Meteorology Department (QMD) has warned of strong winds and high waves expected offshore in the north. The forecast for the coast until 6pm on Saturday is for moderate daytime temperatures, partly cloudy to cloudy skies, and haze or light fog in some areas initially, with a chance o»»»

KUWAIT, Jan 23 (KUNA) -- The price of Kuwaiti crude oil rose up by 86 cents to USD 61.88 per barrel (pb) on Thursday, compared to USD 61.02 pb the previous day, said Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Friday.In global markets, Brent crude futures went down USD 1.18 to USD 64.06 pb, and US West T»»»

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved the Regional Electricity Market Interconnectivity and Trade (REMIT) Program, which will be implemented over a 10-year period across three phases to boost energy connectivity in Central Asia. The website of the World Bank says. The multi-phase p»»»

The Pentagon foresees a "more limited" role in deterring North Korea, with South Korea taking primary responsibility for the task, according to a policy document released on Friday, a move that could lead to a reduction of US forces on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea hosts about 28,500 US troops »»»

Police have arrested two Albanian brothers over a bomb attack at the Jacky O nightclub on Michalakopoulou Street in Athens last October. Officers said the men, aged 40 and 31, carried an explosive device hidden in a paper bag and detonated it at the club’s entrance shortly before 10 p.m. on October»»»

Several major alpine skiing competitions will be held at Kashkulak ski resort on January 28-31: two stages of the Central Asian Cup, national and junior championships, and a FIS competition. The Alpine Ski Federation reported. According to it, the competitions will be held for the seventh time and »»»

Iran will treat any attack "as an all-out war against us," a senior Iranian official said on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a US military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in the coming days, Reuters said. "This military buildup - we hope it is not intended for real»»»

Dubai: Women continue to play a fundamental role in some of the UAE’s most vital sectors, accounting for nearly three-quarters of education jobs and more than two-thirds of healthcare roles, according to newly released labour market data for 2025. Figures published by the Ministry of Human Resource»»»

New York: Americans stripped supermarket shelves Friday ahead of potentially "catastrophic" winter weather that threatened at least 160 million people across the country with transportation chaos, blackouts and life-threatening cold. The massive storm system was set to drop a mix of freezing rain a»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump has endorsed Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna for the upcoming midterm elections to the United States Congress. Midterm elections for both houses of Congress will be held in the United States on November 3. "Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna is an Ameri»»»

TEL AVIV (Sputnik) - US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are expected to visit Israel on Saturday to discuss reopening the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border, Israeli news outlet Ynet reported. Head of the National Committee for the Adminis»»»

The International Monetary Fund has demanded amendments to a draft rescue law aimed at hauling Lebanon out of its worst financial crisis on record and giving depositors access to savings frozen for six years, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said. The "financial gap" law is part of a series of reform mea»»»

At least seven people have died and more than 80 others are missing after a landslide hit Indonesia's West Java province, officials said. The landslide occurred in the West Bandung region, south-east of the capital Jakarta, following days of intense rainfall. More than thirty homes were destroyed a»»»

Melbourne: Extreme heat triggered a suspension of play on outside courts at the Australian Open on Saturday and briefly held up the match involving champion Jannik Sinner before his encounter resumed under a closed roof. Players, spectators and officials roasted on day seven at Melbourne Park, wher»»»

The Israeli strikes that hit overnight, Wednesday to Thursday, the outskirts of the villages of Hosh al Sayyed Ali and al-Mashrafa on the Lebanese-Syrian border in northeastern Lebanon marked a new episode in a series of attacks increasingly targeting eastern Lebanon, in parallel with ongoing escal»»»

Abu Dhabi: Two men have been ordered to pay Dh60,000 in compensation after an Abu Dhabi court found them liable for an assault that caused bodily harm. The ruling was issued by the Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Claims Court following a civil lawsuit filed by the victim, who had sought »»»

Park City, United States: As a million Syrians fled their country's devastating civil war in 2015, directors Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes headed to Turkiye where they would meet a young girl who encapsulated the contradictions of this enormous migration. In Ismir, they met Isra'a, a then-11-year-ol»»»

Abu Dhabi: Qatari Al Duhail lost to their hosts, Al-Wahda, 1-0 in the match held today at Al Nahyan Stadium for the Challenge Shield title, part of the Qatar -UAE Super Cup. The lone goal was scored by Syrian striker Omar Khribin from a penalty kick in the 29th minute. Al Duhail pressed early in th»»»

An appeals court postponed until November 16 the trial for the rape and sexual exploitation of a 12-year-old girl from Kolonos in norhwestern Athens, after some defense attorneys declared conflicts. The primary defendant, sentenced to life imprisonment plus 27 years by a lower court for rape, pimpi»»»

Across the United States, arrests by ICE agents – and protests against them – continue. As President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown has intensified, more and more videos have gained traction online, showing ICE arrests filmed by bystanders. And whilst there are verified videos showi»»»

Popular social media platform TikTok on Thursday set up a mainly American-owned joint venture to operate its US business, in a bid to avert the threat of the app being banned in its biggest market. TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, has been under pressure to sell after US officials warned that Bei»»»

US Immigration and Enforcement (ICE) officers this week detained five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in Minnesota as he was returning home from preschool, with school officials and witnesses saying agents used the child to lure out and arrest his father. The witnesses also said that the agents refused »»»

Us President Donald Trump has backed away from his threats of tariffs on European countries to push them to agree to a US purchase of Greenland. he also launched the plan for his Board of Peace, although a long list of countries has rejected the invitation to join as it appears to want to rival the»»»

The US state of Minnesota is bracing for a statewide day of protest. Residents are expected to stay home on January 23, shutting down schools and businesses to "ICE out ICE", protesting the intensified immigration crackdown sweeping the state. Vice President JD Vance visited Minneapolis on January »»»

Over the past six weeks, ICE agents have made about 3,000 arrests, with one of the latest being a five-year-old boy who was taken into custody with his father. JD Vance argued that agents were protecting the boy after his father "ran"' from an immigration sweep. Protests have grown since ICE agents»»»

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, January 23: There's outrage after five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were detained by ICE in Minneapolis. One paper asks: Will Liam's photo change the course of history? In other news, an assassination in India's restive state of Manipur sparks fears of new e»»»

The UK on Thursday said Donald Trump was "wrong to diminish" NATO's role in Afghanistan after the US president suggested allied troops were not on the front lines, sparking outrage in the country and among families of the hundreds of British soldiers killed in the war. Prime Minister Keir Starmer s»»»

An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memo states that officers can now forcibly enter people’s homes even without a judge's warrant – despite a 1980 Supreme Court ruling that found entering homes violates the Fourth Amendment against "unreasonable searches and seizures" and wo»»»

On January 14, the FBI raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson as part of an investigation into a government contractor's handling of classified material. It is not illegal for a reporter in the United States to publish classified material, so the search has raised numerous»»»

François Picard is pleased to welcome independent journalist Laura Jedeed sharing a piercing exposé of systemic dysfunction, ethical erosion, and authoritarianism blossoming in the US. In an era marked by institutional opacity and profound public distrust, Ms. Jedeed’s firsthand account on Slate of»»»

Internet access was partially restored in Iran after two weeks of blackout during the anti-government protests which authorities violently cracked down on. This partial access allowed thousands of videos to surface, giving a better picture of the amount of protesters killed by the Khamenei regime. »»»

In tonight's edition: An unspoken crisis emerges in Sudan, as the country faces one of the world's longest school closures. Also, South Africa's iconic Kruger National Park reels from devastating floods, with damage of over $30 million and 15 camps shut. Plus American YouTuber IShowSpeed celebrates»»»

In Uvira, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, conflict has severely impacted the local economy. In mid-December, the border with neighbouring Burundi closed after M23 rebels captured the city. Small businesses are at a standstill, and prices have exploded. FRANCE 24's Emmett Livingstone and Ce»»»

In this edition of Entre Nous we dive into reading! As France celebrates its tenth edition of les Nuits de la lecture, or Reading Nights, we find out how time spent reading literature, in France and elsewhere, is dropping. We also discuss whether this widespread dip in reading is changing society –»»»

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Friday again invoked a special constitutional mechanism to force through the budget for 2026 – not even an hour after surviving two no-confidence votes over his previous attempt to break the impasse and pass the bill. Lecornu said he was triggering Article»»»

On January 20, French Prime Minister used the controversial 49.3 legal instrument that allowed him to push the 2026 budget through Parliament, triggering two votes of no-confidence from the far-left and the far-right. Those challenges are unlikely to be successful, but the debate is still going to »»»

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu faces two votes of no-confidence, which he is likely to survive. This means he will be pushing the 2026 budget through thanks to the controversial 49.3 legal instrument. He benefits from support from the socialist party and the republican party, who consider »»»

The French ​government survived two votes ⁠of no-confidence in parliament on January 23 that had had been called ​over its decision ‍to ram through the income ​part of the 2026 budget without ​giving the National Assembly the final say. This comes after a three-month deadlock in Parliament, with Fr»»»

The French ​government survived two votes of no-confidence in parliament on ​January 23 that had been ​called over its decision ​to ram through the income part of the 2026 budget without giving the National ‍Assembly the final say. The motions were brought on by radical left Unbowed France and far »»»

‍The French government on January 23 survived two no-confidence votes, with more expected after Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said he was invoking the constitution to force the expenditure part of the 2026 ‌budget bill through parliament. The key swing group, the socialist MPs, showed their supp»»»

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two votes of no-confidence from the far left and the far right after three months of political deadlock over the budget. The PM had triggered these votes after pushing legislation through despite vowing not to and preferring to find compromise. FRANC»»»

Somalia, a geostrategic nation of approximately 19 million people located on the Horn of Africa, has endured long-standing political and economic turmoil over the decades as global powers vied and continue to vie for influence in the country. In a wide-ranging interview with Al Majalla, Somalia's M»»»

The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned Washington on Thursday that the force had its “finger on the trigger” after mass protests, even as US President Donald Trump said Tehran appeared open to talks. The death toll from nationwide protests has topped 5,000 people killed, according to t»»»

In this edition of Access Asia, we meet the founder of New Delhi-based Kartik Research, which has just shown at Paris Fashion Week. Its 25-year-old founder, Kartik Kumra, who highlights "forgotten Indian crafts" in his work, is positioning the brand as an Indian fashion label aiming to break throug»»»

In 2024, 40 of the 50 cities ranked as the most polluted in the world were located in India. Delhi topped the list. Over the past decade, air pollution has become the Indian capital's number one scourge. The situation is getting worse every year, but the authorities seem to be i»»»

The French navy redirected the oil tanker Grinch to Marseille for further investigation after intercepting it on suspicion of operating as part of Russia’s sanction-busting “shadow fleet”. Meanwhile, negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States concluded the first day of talks in Abu Dhab»»»