Doha, Qatar: Chairman of the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Aqarat) Khalid Ahmed Saleh Al Obaidli affirmed that H E the Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs’ issuance of the decision regulating the Preliminary Real Estate Register, defining its data and procedures, enhan»»»

Doha, Qatar: The fourth edition of the “Private Sector Social Responsibility and Its Role in Sustainable Development” Conference opened yesterday, at the Qatar Chamber’s headquarters, bringing together a distinguished gathering of officials, experts, and representatives of regional and internationa»»»

On Jan. 15, 2009, all 155 people aboard US Airways Flight 1549 escaped serious injury when pilot Chesley Sullenberger gently landed his disabled aircraft in the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. 1 of 9 | On January 15, 2009, all 155 people aboard US Airways Flight 1549 escaped serious i»»»

Some 75% of South Koreans registered as separated from family in the North have died of old age, government data showed Thursday. In this 2018 file photo, North Korean women react after seeing off a family member during a reunion at the Mount Kumgang resort, North Korea. Pool File Photo by O Jongch»»»

European military personnel were due to begin arriving in Greenland on Thursday, shortly after a meeting between American, Danish and Greenlandic officials in Washington failed to resolve "fundamental disagreement" over the mineral-rich, strategic Arctic island. US President Donald Trump has repeat»»»

1 of 2 | Rep. Robin Kelly, a Democrat from Illinois, filed articles of impeachment Wednesday against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over her execution of President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration. File Photo by Tia Dufour/U.S. Department of Homeland Security/UPI | Lic»»»

Dubai: Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower has introduced a new “multiple-trip exit permit” service for expatriate workers, in a move aimed at simplifying procedures, improving efficiency, and reducing administrative burdens for both employers and employees, local media reported. The initiative »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Ground Forces, Brigadier General Mohammad Karami: We are facing a comprehensive and multifac»»»

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had been told the killings of protesters in Iran had been halted, but added that he would "watch it and see" about threatened military action. Trump had repeatedly talked in recent days about coming to the aid of the Iranian people over the crackdown on p»»»

Oil prices retreated from multi-month highs on Thursday and gold eased from a record peak after US President Donald Trump calmed market anxiety over potential US military action against Iran. A selloff in tech stocks extended into Asian trading, following declines on Wall Street, as investors rotat»»»

Doha, Qatar: The National Sports Day Committee of the State of Qatar 2026 announced the particulars of the new events, set to be launched statewide in February 2026. Under the motto “I Chose Sports”, these events are intended to help community members familiarise themselves with the importance of p»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Israeli occupation forces detain two Palestinian children, after storming their homes in the town of Anabta, east of Tulkarm, at dawn today»»»

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Iran closed its airspace to commercial flights for hours without explanation early Thursday as tensions remained high with the United States over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. The closure ran for over four hours, according to pilot guidance issued by Iran, which lies on a key Ea»»»

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was told “on good authority” that the killing of Iranian protesters has “stopped”, and Tehran indicated that there was "no plan for hanging" protestors. The UN Security Council will meet Thursday afternoon to discuss the situation in Iran. Follo»»»

The Libyan Business Council (LBC) is to lead a trade delegation to the Global Energy Show 2026 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 9 to 11 June. The LBC says the event is one of the largest oil and gas exhibitions in North America. It will be recalled that the LBC had sent a delegation in 2025 and a d»»»

The Indian Navy's hand-stitched wooden sailing vessel INSV Kaundinya arrived in Oman on Wednesday to a water salute after completing 17 days at sea. The ship began sailing from Porbandar on India's west coast on 29 December and arrived in Muscat, retracing the ancient maritime route that connected »»»

Saudi Arabia has expanded its network of international partnerships after the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources signed three memorandums of understanding on cooperation in mineral resources with Chile, Canada, and Brazil, aimed at strengthening frameworks for technical and investment coope»»»

Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majid bin Mohammed Al Ansari met yesterday with Norwegian Special Envoy to Yemen, Heidi Johansen, who is visiting Doha. The meeting discussed cooperation between the two countries and ways of strengtheni»»»

Hezbollah escalated its response to Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam over plans to press ahead with restricting weapons to the state and extending the move to areas north of the Litani River, raising the specter of civil war as tensions over the issue intensify. Mahmoud»»»

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (KUNA) - The US Senate on Wednesday narrowly rejected a draft resolution that sought to restrict President Donald Trump's administration from undertaking any further military action in Venezuela without prior approval from Congress.US Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking»»»

Ukraine has declared a state of emergency in the country's energy sector, with a particular focus on Kyiv, as ongoing Russian strikes continue to leave thousands of residents without power. President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of deliberately exploiting the harsh winter conditions as part of»»»

Palestinian sources reported that figures nominated to lead a temporary Gaza Administration Committee are scheduled to meet on Thursday with Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov, the nominee to head the executive body of the Board of Peace, at the US embassy in Cairo. Sources from civil society and»»»

It was a piece of audio obtained by the BBC that revealed what worries the Taliban's leader most. Not an external danger, but one from within Afghanistan, which the Taliban seized control of as the previous government collapsed and the US withdrew in 2021. He warned of "insiders in the government" »»»

Two people were killed after a construction crane collapsed onto a highway in Thailand, a day after a crane accident in another part of the country left 32 people dead. The crane was being used to build an expressway in Samut Sakhon, a Bangkok suburb. Footage shows the moment the crane crashed onto»»»

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis shot and wounded an immigration on Wednesday evening, the second person to be shot by federal immigration officers in the city in a week. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Jan. 14 (UPI) -- An Immigration and Customs Enforcement»»»

Dubai: Dubai gold prices steadied on Thursday morning after touching fresh records earlier this week, with traders and consumers digesting a sharp run-up that pushed rates to historic levels. (Check latest UAE gold prices here, alongside prices in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Ind»»»

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer has shot a man in the leg in the US city of Minneapolis, where an ICE agent shot dead a woman last week. In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said federal officers initially pursued the man in a car chase because he was illeg»»»

Dubai: Two teenage girls who were training in Sports Authority Of India hostel in Kollam in Kerala was found hanging, according to a report in English Mathrubhumi. The girls, in the same news report, were identified as Sandra (17) of Kozhikode district and Vyshnavi (15) of Thiruvananthapuram distri»»»

Washington, United States: AI-generated videos purportedly depicting protests in Iran have flooded the web, researchers said Wednesday, as social media users push hyper-realistic deepfakes to fill an information void amid the country's internet restrictions. US disinformation watchdog NewsGuard sai»»»

President Donald Trump says Tehran has "no plan" to execute protesters, but still hasn't ruled out US military action against the country over its violent crackdown on anti-government demonstrators. The US and UK are both reducing the number of personnel at the Al-Udeid air base in Qatar, while off»»»

Dubai: Nervous about flying? AirlineRatings.com’s 2026 safety rankings name Etihad as the world’s safest full-service airline, with top performers separated by increasingly narrow margins. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The list evaluates 320 airlines worldwide and re»»»

Manila: Tropical depression "Ada" (the first tropical cyclone of 2026, formerly monitored as LPA 01b), could turn into a tropical storm in the next few hours as it intensified while curling towards eastern Philippines, according to the weather report Thursday (January 15). In a bulletin issued at 1»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in the US Senate to defeat a resolution banning American troops from taking part in operations against Venezuela 51-50, according to a C-SPAN broadcast. Republican senators voted to dismiss a war powers resolution that sou»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on the import of certain advanced microchips, according to an executive order published by the White House. "I have also determined that it is necessary and appropriate to impose an immediate 25 percent ad valorem duty rate on the im»»»

The U.S. Department of State is pausing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries in an effort to crack down on applicants deemed likely to become a public charge. This is stated in a State Department memo seen by Fox News Digital. Consular officers are directed to refuse visas under existing law »»»

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said Wednesday that she is the subject of a federal investigation into a video she made in November reminding active service members of their responsibility to reject illegal orders. Pool File Photo by Paul Sancya/UPI | License Photo Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Sen. Elissa Slotki»»»

Manila: Tropical depression "Ada" (the first tropical cyclone of 2026, formerly monitored as LPA 01b), could turn into a tropical storm in the next few hours as it intensified while curling towards eastern Philippines, according to the weather report Thursday (January 15). In a bulletin issued at 1»»»

Poland is watching the repercussions of a U.S. investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as it weighs future dollar-denominated borrowing, said Karol Czarnecki, head of the Public Debt Department at the Ministry of Finance, in comments reported by Bloomberg. Powell is facing a Justice »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said Zelensky is the main impediment to reaching a settlement in the Ukraine conflict, according to Reuters. Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin is “ready to make a deal,” but when asked what is blocking progress, he replied simply: “Zelensky.”“W»»»

The US on Wednesday said it was issuing a blanket suspension of immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries including Russia, Iran, Brazil, Egypt, Thailand, Nigeria and Somalia. The freeze will begin on January 21 with no set time for it to end. The United States said Wednesday »»»

Dubai: Morning commuters faced widespread delays on Thursday after multiple traffic accidents and heavy congestion brought key routes between Dubai and Sharjah to a standstill. Several traffic incidents were reported during peak hours on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (E311), one of the busiest cor»»»

President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that executions in Iran may have been halted, citing unnamed sources, even as the Iranian government intensified warnings of rapid trials and possible executions for thousands of detainees amid ongoing protests. President Donald Trump made a vague stateme»»»

All 15 members of a Palestinian committee intended to administer post-war Gaza have been agreed upon by the parties included in the US-brokered ceasefire plan, Egypt's foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The US said the plan was ready to move into its second phase with the goal of disarming Hamas, »»»

The US State Department dropped an immigration nuclear bomb: complete – and indefinite – visa processing freeze (or “pause”) for citizens from 75 countries including Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, Brazil, Nigeria, Thailand, and others. The pause kicks in on Wednesday (January 21, 2026). Why th»»»

The United Kingdom temporarily withdrew British staff from its embassy in Iran due to the worsening security situation, with the Tehran mission now operating remotely, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office announced on January 14. »»»

Residents in Thailand's Ban Thanon Khot are accustomed to the rumbling of trains – rail is a key mode of transportation connecting the remote town with major cities. But on Wednesday, the mundane rhythm ended in tragedy. "The noise was abnormally loud. A huge, crashing sound," said school volunteer»»»

A Dubai civil court has ordered a man previously convicted of fraud in an Arab country to repay more than Dh10 million to a fellow national, after finding that he had swindled the victim out of $2.7 million by luring him into a fictitious investment scheme. The ruling also awarded the claimant Dh50»»»

Dubai: Saudi Arabia is expected to see rainfall across several regions over the coming week, with conditions continuing through Tuesday, January 20, according to the National Centre for Meteorology (NCM). The forecast, based on outputs from the Saudi numerical weather model, was accompanied by an a»»»

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks to reporters alongside Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., at the U.S. Capitol on January 07, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Republicans in the Senate on Wednesday voted against his Venezuelan war powers resolution. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Vice Presiden»»»