The Central Election Commission has formally removed four political formations from the coalition “BSP-United Left”, following requests submitted by the parties themselves to end their participation in the alliance. The parties leaving the coalition are the Movement for Radical Change “Bulgarian Sp»»»

United Arab Emirates forces are accused of running a secret prison in Yemen's Dabba area in the eastern city of Mukalla. Asharq Al-Awsat toured the facility, bearing witness to the dire conditions in which the detainees were held as they waited in despair for their fate. The walls themselves tell a»»»

Doha: Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs) yesterday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand their strategic partnership. QIA will target committing a combined total of $25bn to funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Manage»»»

Doha, Qatar: Gulf Warehousing Company (GWC), one of the leading logistics providers in the region, has announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025. The company reported total annual revenues of QR1.38bn, operating profits of QR232m, and a net profit of QR120m, while earning»»»

Doha, Qatar: QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), has become the first bank in the region to exceed a banking brand value of $10bn, a major milestone driven by constant strong financial performance and robust sustained growth. QNB has seen the value of i»»»

Doha, Qatar: Commercial Bank launched CB Multi, a unique and fully digital Multicurrency Mastercard Platinum Prepaid Card, across Qatar. The new payment product will enable customers to load multiple currencies onto a single card, making it easier to manage their expenses when traveling abroad. Any»»»

Governor of the Qatar Central Bank (QCB), H E Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saoud Al Thani, took part yesterday, in a panel discussion titled “Banking Accelerated,” alongside a select group of senior officials from the global banking and financial sector. The session was held on the sidelines of t»»»

Doha, Qatar: Ahli Bank (ABQK) announced a net profit of QR932m for the year ended 31 December 2025, reflecting an increase of 4.6% compared to the previous year 2024 (2024: QR892m). This underscores the Bank’s solid financial performance and resilience of its business model. These results are based»»»

Dubai: Pakistan’s state-owned Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has announced a fresh oil and gas discovery in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, underscoring renewed momentum in the country’s domestic energy exploration efforts. In a notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange, OGDCL said its ex»»»

China's first domestically developed tandem high-energy hydrogen ion implanter (POWER-750H), independently developed by the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), successfully achieved beam extraction recently, with key performance indicators reaching internationally advanced levels, according to»»»

Muscat, Oman: Jebel Sifah by Muriya has unveiled Phase Two of Olive Farms by Raya, its newest residential community, with rapid sell-out of its first phase in record time, with 1-bedroom farmhouses starting at OMR 77,250 and 2-bedrooms options starting from OMR 123,600. The exceptional response mar»»»

In the first 11 months of 2025, the volume of construction works increased both as gross series and as adjusted series by over 8% compared with the same period last year, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS) data published on Tuesday.The official data revealed that, between 1 Jan»»»

IT software was still the main driver of hiring in 2025, with 9,225 jobs published and net pay of between RON 5,513 and RON 8,270, which reflects a strong competition for specialists with advanced digital skills, reveals a specialist analysis published on Tuesday.Second in the ranking of the areas »»»

The Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, announced the signing of the partnership agreement with the National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices to launch the CAPRICORD project, through which the authorities responsible for setting prices and reimbursement of medicines from 12 European cou»»»

A series of measures were taken in December to support the economy, and these could take effect in the last quarter of this year, Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare said on Tuesday in a press conference."In December, we took very important steps through which we tried to support the economy. And we »»»

Maintaining the key interest rate at 6.5% confirms that the Romanian economy is entering a consolidation phase, being a signal of balance from the National Bank of Romania, after the tax increases, according to an analysis carried out by a specialized platform.Practically, maintaining the current l»»»

Romania's cash deficit in 2025 came in lower than forecast, at around 7.7% of GDP, Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare said in a conference on Tuesday."We are starting from a credible basis and sending an important message: the cash deficit recorded in 2025 is lower than forecast, although Romania ha»»»

One quarter of Romanians (25.5%) have a great deal or fairly high trust in the justice system (9.5% a great deal, 16% say they have fairly high trust), while 70.5% state that they have little, very little or no trust at all (25.7% fairly little and 44.8% very little or none), while, 4% do not know »»»

Chief of Defense Staff General Gheorghita Vlad announced on Tuesday in a press conference that Romania will soon deploy the U.S.-made Merops anti-drone system to defend its airspace, and that the teams that will operate it have already been trained."We have received a Merops anti-drone system. The »»»

General Alexus G. Grynkewich, NATO Supreme Allied commander Europe (SACEUR), said on Tuesday in Sibiu that he is confident Russia has been deterred from attacking a member of the Alliance thanks to the preparedness of the Romanian Army, but stressed that the outcome of the war in Ukraine and the po»»»

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and United States European Command (USEUCOM) General Alexus G. Grynkewich assured that "the Greenland issue is a political one" and defence chiefs are currently focused on defending the Alliance, despite statements by US President Donald Trump's about»»»

Chief of Defense Staff General Gheorghita Vlad said on Tuesday that Romania must have "a population prepared to support a war effort", stressing that the Army, together with the Emergency Management Inspectorate General, has "many training programs underway".He explained that resilience requires re»»»

Romania will continue to support the Moldova, including militarily, in order to strengthen its defence capacity, the Romania's Chief of Defence Gheorghita Vlad told a news conference on Tuesday when asked what would happen in the event of a conflict in neighbouring Moldova.Vlad said that Moldova co»»»

Romania has the largest and most significant delegation to Davos it has ever had, presidential advisor Radu Burnete said on Tuesday.The Romanian delegation participating in the World Forum in Davos is made up of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oana Toiu, the Minister of Investments and European Pr»»»

The decision to join the Board of Peace will be made in the Supreme Council for Country's Defense (CSAT), Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare told a Tuesday's press conference."This decision is a strategic one, related to foreign policy. It is very important and will be discussed in the forum in whic»»»

President Nicusor Dan welcomed, on Tuesday, the initiative of the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, to promote international peace and security and announced that he had started "an in-depth process of analyzing the content and implications of the Board of Peace Charter" in o»»»