The interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, shows a document as she delivers Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's annual report to Parliament in Caracas on Thursday. Maduro is detained in the United States along with his wife, Cilia Flores, after they were captured during a U.S. military »»»

Everything has gone beautifully in Donald Trump’s Venezuela operation. An alleged narcoterrorist dictator was captured and brought to justice in a New York court, and the planet’s biggest oil wealth is now owned by the US. At least, according to Trump himself. “We’re in the oil business,” he said a»»»

Iran's nationwide internet blackout is costing the country potentially $60mn daily as the shutdown enters its second week, with the cumulative damage already exceeding $700mn-$840mn, according to calculations based on macroeconomic data reported on January 16. »»»

Tunis, Jan 16 (TAP) - The weather Friday night will be sometimes very cloudy with scattered and temporary thunderstorms over the north, the centre and locally the south, according to the National Institute of Meteorology.Rainfall will be...»»»

Houthi supporters protest against Israel in Sana'a, Yemen, on August 29. The Treasury Department levied sanctions on nearly two dozen Houthi individuals and companies Friday. File Photo by Yahya Arhab/EPA Jan. 16 (UPI) -- The Trump administration levied new sanctions on Houthi-run organizations and»»»

In the space of one year, US President Donald Trump has signed hundreds of executive orders. He has ordered mass deportations, cut thousands of federal jobs, launched a trade war and withdrawn the US from major international institutions and agreements. How has his first year back in powe»»»

President Donald Trump said for the first time on Friday that he might use tariffs to punish countries that "don't go along with" his plans for the US to acquire Greenland. European leaders have repeatedly said that the US cannot seize control of the island, which is a semi-autonomous territory of »»»

US President Donald Trump is set to announce a plan that would let Americans use their retirement savings for down payments on homes. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, who hinted at the plan on Friday, offered few details about how withdrawals from US workplace retirement accounts -»»»

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will not attend will not attend Saturday’s signing ceremony in Paraguay for the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union. Photo by Andre Borges/EPA Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will not attend Saturd»»»

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe visited with interim president of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez Thursday. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Jan. 16 (UPI) -- CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with acting Venezuela President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on Thursday. "During »»»

A bipartisan US Congress delegation began a visit to Copenhagen on Friday to voice support for Denmark and Greenland after US President Donald Trump threatened to take over the Arctic island, an autonomous Danish territory. The two-day visit comes alongside a European show of support in the form of»»»

The exiled son of the last Iranian shah (king) has called on the world to help protesters topple Iran's government, saying he is confident "the Islamic Republic will fall - not if, but when". Reza Pahlavi, an opposition leader based in the US, called for "surgical" strikes on Iran's Revolutionary G»»»

Myanmar has denied committing genocide against the Ronhingya people, saying The Gambia has failed to provide enough proof, as it begun its defence at the UN's top court. Ko Ko Hlaing, a Myanmar government representative, told judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the allegation wa»»»

Damascus: An Israeli military force, consisting of eight vehicles and three tanks, briefly entered the Quneitra countryside in southern Syria on Friday. Local sources reported that the force deployed in the village of Suwaiseh for about an hour before moving toward the village of Al Dawaya, while t»»»

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has vowed she will lead the country "when the right time comes". "There's a mission, and we are going to turn Venezuela into that land of grace, and I believe I will be elected when the right time comes as president of Venezuela, the first woman pre»»»

Lieutenant General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General of the General Directorate of Identity and Foreigners Affairs – Dubai (GDRFA Dubai), said the UAE is marking the fourth anniversary of the Day of Resolve by reflecting on a historic moment that showcased the highest values of unity and so»»»

TradeGermanyGerman firms hunker down as Trump marks one year in officeDirk KaufmannOne year into Donald Trump's second term, higher tariffs and sharper threats are straining transatlantic business. German companies in the US are weighing compliance against resistance as uncertainty grows. https://p»»»

Authorities in the western Athens suburb of Haidari have warned residents to be alert and not leave food outside bins after a young grey wolf was filmed trotting along a street at night. Haidari Mayor Michalis Selekos said Friday that the animal had come down from the nearby hill of Poikilo, where »»»

Sharks are the most feared predators in the sea, and their survival hinges on fearsome teeth that regrow throughout their lives. But changes in the ocean's chemistry could put those weapons at risk. That is the takeaway from a study performed by a group of German scientists who tested the effects o»»»

Etihad Airways and Tunisair have signed a codeshare agreement, enhancing air connectivity between North Africa and Abu Dhabi while meeting growing demand for travel, tourism, and business between the two regions. Also Read: Etihad Airways launches four new routes, driving nearly half of UAE’s aviat»»»

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Vt., arrives at Industriens Hus in Copenhagen, Denmark, with an American delegation of senators and members of the House of Representatives Friday. A meeting between a number of Greenlandic, Danish, and American politicians was scheduled for the day. Photo by Sebastian Elias Uth»»»

1 of 3 | Police and emergency operators released 60 pages of 911 calls and incident reports late Thursday, detailing the Jan. 7 killing of 37-year-old Renee Good. Photo screengrab/UPI | License Photo Jan. 16 (UPI) -- More information is coming out about the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good »»»

North Carolina lottery officials said 1,832 winning tickets are due $1.74 million in prizes from a Pick 4 drawing with the winning numbers 1-3-1-3. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The North Carolina Education Lottery said 1,832 winning tickets are due $1.74 million in p»»»

Western Europe must increase support for Ukraine rather than restart direct talks with Russia, British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told Politico on Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have previously argued it is time to negotiate directly with R»»»

Oil prices rose over 1% on Friday as supply risks remained in focus despite the receding likelihood of a US military strike against Iran. Brent crude was up 84 cents, or 1.3%, to $64.60 a barrel at 1413 GMT, on course for a fourth consecutive weekly gain. US West Texas Intermediate was up 80 cents,»»»

Police in Central Greece have launched an investigation following the discovery of a man’s body at the thermal springs of Thermopylae. According to authorities, visitors to the popular site spotted the body around noon on Friday and alerted police and firefighters, who subsequently recovered the re»»»

An Israeli strike on south Lebanon killed one person on Friday, the health ministry in Beirut said a day after raids that Israel said had targeted Hezbollah. Israel has kept up regular strikes in Lebanon despite a November 2024 ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with Hezbo»»»

Western powers have a habit of portraying 20th Century Finland as an innocent victim which only tried to defend itself against Russia. Cold historical facts, however, paint a different picture:After the end of the Finnish Civil War in March 1918, the new Finnish government launched an invasion of S»»»

Beijing: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a raft of measures from trade to tourism on Friday at the first meeting between the countries’ leaders in Beijing in eight years. The Canadian premier hailed a “landmark deal” under a “new strategic partnership”»»»

A Tehran resident who took part in the protests that have roiled Iran before fleeing the country has described a deadly crackdown – with security forces firing indiscriminately at protesters with machine guns and assault rifles – in an exc»»»

Ramallah: A Palestinian child was killed today, east of Ramallah, by the Israeli occupation. Palestinian Wafa News Agency reported that the occupation forces stormed into Al Khalayel area and fired at civilians, killing a 14-year-old boy.»»»

A bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers will meet with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Friday to reassure them of congressional support despite President Donald Trump's threats to seize the Arctic island. Trump has said Greenland ​is vital to US security because of its strategic location an»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Lebanon: Aoun Chairs Security Meeting at Baabda Palace 16-01-2026 16:03 PM President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, on Friday chaired a secu»»»

Dubai: A newly married Egytpian woman has killed her husband in their Cairo apartment, less than five months after their wedding, turning what should have been the earliest chapter of a shared life into a tragedy that has stunned both families and neighbours. Egyptian investigators say the young ma»»»

The United States on Thursday said Iran halted 800 executions of protesters under pressure from President Donald Trump, after Gulf allies appeared to pull him back from military action over Tehran's deadly crackdown on demonstrations. Iran was shaken over the last week by some of the biggest anti-g»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Trump Threatens to Use Military over Minnesota anti-ICE Protests 16-01-2026 15:45 PM US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to in»»»

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday held calls with the leaders of Israel and Iran, the Kremlin said, offering mediation amid protests in Iran that have raised fears of a military confrontation in the region. Independent monitors say Iranian security forces have killed thousands in a»»»

RAMALLAH, Jan 16 (KUNA) -- A Palestinian child was martyred by Israeli occupation forces on Friday in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, West Bank.Local Palestinian sources reported that the 14-year-old boy Muhammad Na'asan was shot and killed by the occupation forces in front of the vi»»»

A senior US senator warned on January 16 that talk of the United States taking Greenland by force would damage American security interests and hand a strategic gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as Denmark, France and other allies stepped up resistance to any such move. »»»

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria ⁠Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump on Thursday during a White House meeting, in a bid to influence his efforts to shape her country's political future. A White House official confirmed that Trump intends to keep the medal»»»

The United Nation’s food agency on Thursday warned that its food stocks in Sudan will be depleted by the end of March, and that it urgently needs funding to help prevent an imminent catastrophe. According to the UN, food rations have already been cut to an absolute minimum and millions of children »»»

South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison in the first of eight trials related to charges over his decision to impose martial law at the end of 2024. In one of the trials, Yoon is accused of imposing the law to lead a rebellion. If he is convicted,»»»

The Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund announced yesterday that it signed three contracts with Italian company GKSD in the health sector. The signing took place in Benghazi where Belgasem Khalifa Haftar, Director General of the Fund, received a high-level Italian delegation that included th»»»

Civilians fled a Kurdish-held region of northern Syria on Friday before a deadline set by the army, which seeks to expand its control over the area after driving Kurdish forces from Aleppo. The government is seeking to extend its authority nationwide following the ousting of longtime leader Bashar »»»

There are three major foreign-policy items on the EU’s radar, and they’re all connected: Ukraine, Venezuela, and Greenland. All three involve Washington doing whatever it wants, largely to the EU’s detriment. And no, this didn’t start with Trump. He just yanked off the white gloves and revealed Was»»»

Shares slipped in Europe after a mixed session Friday in Asia, while U.S. futures edged higher. Oil prices rebounded after dropping sharply on Thursday. Germany's DAX edged 0.1% lower to 25,323.98, while the CAC 40 in Paris gave up 0.4% to 8,277.40. Britain's FTSE 100 inched up 0.1% to 10,250.97. T»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe ‘Israel’ Urged US to Delay Iran Attack over Fears Its Missile Defense is Overstretched: Report 16-01-2026 14:09 PM Israeli Prime Minister B»»»

Dubai: The UAE could see rain over some coastal and northern areas on Monday, alongside a rise in temperatures, as the country comes under the influence of a surface low-pressure system extending from the east and a high-pressure system from the west, accompanied by an upper-air trough, the Nationa»»»

At the border crossing from Iran into Iraqi Kurdistan, the stern face of Iran's former supreme leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, peers down at the trickle of Iranians leaving the territory. Thick snowflakes confetti the lorries and pedestrians arriving at this remote mountain pass. Metres away, just beyo»»»

Polynome Group, a leading UAE-based AI company delivering end-to-end AI solutions, will showcase its intelligent AI concierge and visual analytics tool powered by Machine Vision at Machines Can Think 2026, Abu Dhabi’s premier summit for AI adopters. These dual-purpose solutions transform both digit»»»