Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgystan, Adylbek Kasymaliev, met with Charles Cormier, Infrastructure Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, in Washington, D.C., as part of the IMF — World Bank Group Spring Meetings. The main topic of the talks was the implementation of the strate»»»

Chairman o the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Adylbek Kasymaliev, held talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The parties discussed a wide range of bilateral cooperation issues, including trade, economic, and investment projects, civil aviation development, the sanctions agenda, and v»»»

Acting quickly to consolidate his power and remake the political scene, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar detonated several political bombs in a single day on April 15. First we gave a televised interview and told the »»»

The International Monetary Fund has become the first institution to raise its forecast for Russia’s economic growth in 2026 in anticipation of the windfall it is expected to earn from the effects of the Iran war related spike in energy prices. »»»

Daniyar Amangeldiev, First Deputy Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, met with Sergey Gauthier, Russia’s chief transplant surgeon and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. During the meeting, it was emphasized that, at the initiative of President Sadyr Japarov, the development»»»

The Chairman of the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan, Almaz Baketaev, met in Washington with Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, Martin Schlegel. The talks took place as part of the IMF and World Bank Group Spring Meetings. The two heads of central banks discussed current interac»»»

A magnitude 4 earthquake hit Naryn region of Kyrgyzstan. The Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences reported. The tremors were recorded today at 5:57 a.m. The earthquake’s epicenter was located 18 kilometers from the village of Konorchok, 16 kilometers from the village of Cholo»»»

Police in Northern Ireland have slapped fines on demonstrators who disrupted traffic to protest soaring fuel prices. Similar demonstrations began across the border in the Republic of Ireland last week. Global fuel prices have soared since the US-Israeli war on Iran disrupted shipping through the St»»»

Iran arrested four suspected Israeli spies, state media reported on Thursday. It came as US officials discuss possible peace talks with Iran after US-Israeli strikes on Tehran on February 28 engulfed the Middle East in war. "The four agents linked to the Mossad were apprehended in Gilan governorate»»»

Washington: The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, broke the U.S. record Wednesday for the longest post-Vietnam War deployment, a nearly 10-month span that saw it take part in both the military raid in Venezuela and the Iran war. The ship's 295th day at sea surpassed the prev»»»

Dubai: The global aviation industry entered 2026 expecting a year of expansion after a turbulent few years following the 2020 Covid pandemic. Instead, airlines are now heading into a prolonged period of disruption. Experts are saying Middle East carriers are facing the sharpest pressures as geopoli»»»

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EFNI Spring 2026 in Warsaw focused on one central message: Poland’s long-standing growth model—built on cheap labor, foreign investment, technology transfer and generous EU funding—is nearing its limits, forcing the country to seek new engines of development. Organized by the Lewiatan Confederation»»»

The Port of Gdańsk has strengthened its position among Europe’s biggest maritime hubs, rising from 11th to eighth place overall and ranking sixth within the EU after overtaking Valencia, Amsterdam and Constanța. Poland’s largest port handled 80.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2025, marking a 3.93% yea»»»

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Polish startups are racing to transform public procurement with AI, tapping into a market worth PLN 600–700 billion annually in Poland and around €2 trillion across Europe. Leading the charge is Poznań-based startup Minerva, which raised $3 million last year and is preparing a new funding round its»»»

SEOUL: The Republic of Korea welcomed a record number of foreign tourists in the first quarter of this year, driven by a massive influx of fans attending a landmark performance by K-pop megastar BTS in central Seoul last month, Yonhap News Agency reported. According to preliminary data from the Min»»»

KaShawn Nicola Roper, 50, was arrested Wednesday morning in High Springs, Fla. She was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list a day earlier. Photo courtesy of FBI/Release April 15 (UPI) -- Authorities in northern Florida arrested KaShawn Nicola Roper on Wednesday, a day after the fugitiv»»»

Thunderstorms of varying intensity are set to affect most regions of Saudi Arabia until Sunday, with warnings of heavy rain, strong winds and flash floods, the National Centre for Meteorology (NCM) said. The NCM said the unstable weather will bring moderate to heavy rainfall across key regions, inc»»»

Islam Azzam, Chairperson of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), convened an expanded meeting with representatives of companies financing micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), reinforcing the authority’s commitment to open dialogue and sector development. The discussions centered on op»»»

IBF & COMPANY, an investment and strategic advisory firm focused on growth-stage companies, has completed a strategic equity investment in Techno Metal, an Egyptian provider of industrial storage solutions and metal racking systems. The transaction forms part of IBF & COMPANY’s broader strategy to »»»

The UAE will experience fair to partly cloudy conditions today, with blowing dust at times, as a weak low-pressure system continues to influence the region, according to the National Centre of Meteorology. Light to moderate winds are expected, freshening at times and reaching up to 40 km/h, particu»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has announced the expansion of its desert vegetation classification project to cover new areas across the emirate this year, reflecting the agency’s commitment to enhancing the sustainability of natural resources and advancing environmental monito»»»

The Abu Dhabi Commercial Court of First Instance has ordered a man to repay Dh486,124 to a bank after cashing nine forged cheques, ruling that the funds were obtained without legal basis. Judges also ordered the defendant to pay Dh30,000 in compensation, finding that the bank’s payment of the forge»»»

Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates has been recognised as a leading global hub in artificial intelligence (AI), according to the AI Index Report 2026 issued by Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). The report highlighted that the UAE ranks among the top »»»

Dubai: A Dubai Civil Court has ordered a son to vacate and surrender possession of his father’s residential property in Dubai within a period not exceeding two months, ruling that his continued residence in the home constitutes unlawful occupation despite owning another property. The court also ord»»»

Sharjah: A court in Sharjah ordered the deportation of an Arab national instead of a two-year prison sentence after convicting him of stealing several air conditioning units from a villa under construction. The ruling, issued by the Sharjah Misdemeanour Court, followed a detailed review of police r»»»

The war in the Arabian Gulf is already being felt far beyond the region, reflected in rising fertiliser prices in rural India and in the shifting planting decisions of farmers across Africa and well beyond. For those working on the front-lines of dryland agriculture, including scientists at the Int»»»

Oil prices slipped Thursday in Asian trading, but the pullback looked more like a pause than a fundamental shift in direction. Brent eased toward the $95 level, WTI traded around $90.63 at 9:38 am in Tokyo (April 16,2026), and Murban was flat at $100.85 as traders weighed fragile cease-fire hopes, »»»

Sophia D'Eramo plays on the online game platform Roblox in 2020 in Franklin, Mass. The state of Nevada and Roblox reached a settlement to better protect young gamers, the Nevada attorney general said Wednesday. File Photo by Emily Flynn/EPA April 15 (UPI) -- Nevada and the online gaming platform Ro»»»

Share: (From left-right) Counselor of US State Department Michael Needham, US Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter po»»»

The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran may have paused, but it is far from over. Its consequences, however, are already being felt, not just across the Middle East, but globally. Iran’s desperate confrontation with two nuclear powers which have a vast network of allies and cl»»»

The United States announced Wednesday it is tightening sanctions against Iran's oil industry as Tehran keeps up its closure of the Strait of Hormuz as part of the Mideast war. The new sanctions target oil transport infrastructure by slapping restrictions on more than two dozen people, companies and»»»

Share: Secretary of State Marco Rubio smiles during a meeting at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) By Kareem Chehayeb and Abby Sewell BEIRUT— Lebanon and Israel’s first direct talks in decades this week, spurred by the latest war between Israel»»»

Dubai: Capital continues to flow into the UAE despite rising regional tensions, with investors leaning on policy stability, regulatory clarity and long-term economic planning when deciding where to deploy funds. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.That confidence is visibl»»»

1 of 3 | Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, delivers remarks during a White House fraud task force meeting March 27 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House in Washington, D.C. Three U.S. ad companies settled with the FTC on Wednesday over alleged »»»

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi welcomed on Wednesday a Pakistani delegation led by army chief Asim Munir, days after failed US-Iran talks in Islamabad to end the Middle East war. Araghchi's Telegram channel posted several photos of him welcoming the Pakistani official, saying: "Munir arriv»»»

The super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean that hammered the Northern Mariana Islands flipped over cars, toppled utility poles and ripped away tin roofs. So far, there have been no reports of deaths. Authorities were just beginning to assess the damage left behind by Super Typhoon Sinlaku, which first »»»

A supertanker heading to Iraq made a second attempt Wednesday (April 15) to pass through the Strait of Hormuz into the Arabian Gulf, even as Iran warned that Red Sea trade could grind to a halt as US naval blockade threatens the fragile ceasefire. The crude carrier Agios Fanourios I, which is not b»»»

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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a social media post that he thanked Pakistan for its “gracious hosting” of the US-Iran dialogue as he received the country’s Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir in Tehran on Wednesday. Araghchi received Munir, who is heading a high-level political-security de»»»

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