Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St Louis, Missouri, sparking confusion and concern from the city's animal control officials, who said they do not know where the primates came from. The monkeys have been running free since at least Thursday, when they were first spotted roaming the streets. Res»»»

Sandra Gomez has taken the role of Dacia vice president for strategy, product and business, effective 1 January 2026. Reporting directly to Dacia CEO Katrin Adt, Gomez succeeds Patrice Lévy Bencheton, who has been appointed director of the light commercial vehicles programme within Renault Group. “»»»

From January 12 to 15, Vienna, the capital of Austria, will host Turkic Week, bringing together member states of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), international organizations, the diplomatic corps, and representatives of the Turkic diaspora. The event’s organizers announced. The program will»»»

POLITICS bTV: GERB leader Boyko Borissov said the outgoing coalition government achieved historic results, including Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen and the eurozone and the absorption of nearly BGN 5 billion in EU funds. Speaking on Facebook, he described the cabinet as “good but very quiet” and »»»

Iran’s capital witnesses on Monday million-man marches protesting recent foreign-backed riots and demonstrating support for the Islamic establishment. Entitled “National Solidarity and Promotion of Peace and Friendship,” the rallies already took place in several provinces including the capital, Teh»»»

The little girl’s desperate pleas stopped Kaouther Ben Hania in her tracks. Ben Hania, the Tunisian filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated features “The Man Who Sold His Skin” and “Four Daughters,” was at the airport scrolling through social media in February 2024 when she came across a snippet of 6-»»»

The son of a jailed Venezuelan opposition leader has warned Donald Trump to "not be fooled" by the country's government, amid accusations it has not kept its promise to release a significant number of political prisoners. Ramón Guanipa, the son of Juan Pablo Guanipa, said he believed the US preside»»»

UAE-based Barq Group and US aerospace firm Elroy Air have signed a $200 million joint venture agreement to manufacture and service autonomous cargo aircraft in the United Arab Emirates, marking a major step in the region’s advanced air mobility ambitions. The partnership will establish a state-of-t»»»

FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinCopy URL Elsewedy Electric has secured a new infrastructure contract in Kuwait through its subsidiary, Egypt Cables Company, reinforcing its growing footprint in Gulf power projects. The company signed a KWD 18.7 million (around USD 60.8 million) agreement with Kuwait»»»

The Suez Canal Economic Zone reported a sharp rise in revenues during the first five months of the current fiscal year, underscoring accelerated growth and a strong inflow of new investments into Egypt’s flagship industrial and logistics hub. According to official figures reviewed during a board me»»»

Iran has declared three days of mourning to honor the victims of the deadly nationwide riots, which it called a “battle” against the US and Israel, the semi-official Iranian Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday. The worst protests in recent years shook Iran starting in late December, sparked by th»»»

Iran will conduct preemptive strikes on US and Israeli targets if it detects an imminent attack, Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said. The warning comes after US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support for the protests in Ira»»»

The UK and Germany are drawing up plans aimed at preventing US President Donald Trump from seizing Greenland, Bloomberg and The Telegraph reported over the weekend. Trump has long argued that the US should control the Danish self-governing island, citing its strategic position and the need to count»»»

Dubai: A 23-year-old university student was shot in the head “from close range” during Iran’s anti-government protests, a human rights group said, as fresh details emerged of a violent crackdown that has left hundreds dead across the country. Rubina Aminian, a textile and fashion design student at »»»

The Israeli army carried out several strikes on southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing one person, according to Lebanese authorities, with the Israeli military saying it targeted a Hezbollah militant and alleged infrastructure. The strikes came days after the Lebanese military said it had completed di»»»

Bald, faceless and empirically lifelike, this dummy may not be much to look at. But experts say it is a quantum leap forward in a decades-long effort to make cars safer for women. In November, regulators unveiled THOR-05F - short for “Test device for Human Occupant Restraint, 5th-percentile Female”»»»

A café in Messini, Peloponnese, is facing criticism for using an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated image of the late television host Giorgos Papadakis in an advertisement, showing him enjoying coffee “from the gates of heaven” just days after his death. Papadakis, one of Greece’s most familiar»»»

On January 10, 2026, CATL opened the Middle East’s first and currently the largest new energy aftermarket facility outside China — the NING SERVICE Experience Center in Riyadh — strengthening its after-sales presence in the Middle East and supporting the region’s shift toward cleaner energy systems»»»

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has issued a statement regarding the death of a citizen of Kyrgyzstan in Malta. According to the ministry, after receiving official information from the Maltese side, the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Italy established contact with the competent authorities of Malta»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Tehran is ready for negotiations with the United States, but they must be based on mutual respect, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday. "As I have said many times before, we are also ready for negotiations, but honest ones, on equal positions and with mutual re»»»

BEIJING (Sputnik) - Beijing does not agree with the United States using Russia or China as an excuse to promote its interests in the Arctic, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Monday. "We do not agree that the United States uses China or Russia as an excuse to advance its own int»»»

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump has said that US revenues from access to Ukraine's mineral resources will significantly exceed $350 billion. "As you know, [former US President] Sleepy Joe Biden gave $350 billion to Ukraine, and got nothing for it. I got rare earth back. I got - I t»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Energy giant Shell has expressed its readiness to resume investments in Venezuela's oil industry, the company told Sputnik. "We are ready to go and looking forward to the investments…," the statement said. Shell left onshore oil operations in Venezuela around 1975-1976, when Vene»»»

The appeal trial of Roula Pispirigou, 36, from the western port city of Patra, for the death of her 9-year-old daughter Georgina has been postponed to September 18, 2026, authorities said. Pispirigou was sentenced to life in prison in 2024 for Georgina’s intentional homicide. She has also received »»»

US President Donald Trump said Sunday his administration was working well with Venezuela's interim leader Delcy Rodriguez -- and that he would be open to meeting with her. Trump's upbeat remarks came just over a week after Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was seized in a US special forces raid and »»»

People watch a TV news report on North Korea's claims of drone incursions by South Korea being aired at Seoul Station in central Seoul on Sunday. Photo by Yonhap Police and military officials launched a joint investigation Monday to investigate North Korea's claims of drone incursions across the in»»»

Australian firefighters warned people on Monday to prepare for more bushfires in a "high-risk" summer, after blazes killed one person and incinerated more than 350 buildings in the southeast. Weather conditions have eased since strong winds and temperatures topping 40C fed dozens of wildfires in so»»»

President Donald Trump said the US may meet Iranian officials and was in contact with the opposition, as he weighed a range of strong responses including military options to escalating unrest posing one of the biggest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Iranian Revolution Meanwhile, Iran’s f»»»

Aboard Air Force One: President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States would take Greenland "one way or the other," warning that Russia and China would "take over" if Washington didn't act. Trump says controlling the mineral-rich Danish territory is crucial for US national security given increa»»»

Archaeologists have discovered the largest Roman villa ever found in Wales in an "amazing discovery" which they say has the potential to be "Port Talbot's Pompeii". "My eyes nearly popped out of my skull," said project lead Dr Alex Langlands, after ground penetrating radar revealed the "huge struct»»»

Tunis, Jan. 12 (TAP)- The weather on Monday is temporarily coudy across the country with light showers expected in the far northwest.The wind is blowing west then south in the north and the midland and east in the south, light to moderate. The sea...»»»

The Tripoli based Libyan government reported on 8 January that a meeting was held on the same day to follow up on the progress of the Zumurrud (Emerald) Mall investment project in Tripoli. This comes in accordance with the Prime Minister’s directives to move forward with and support investment and »»»

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Sunday that US prosecutors have opened a probe into his comments to lawmakers and threatened an indictment, a move he said is part of President Donald Trump's pressure campaign on monetary policy decisions. Powell added in a statement that the bank receiv»»»

Washington: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Sunday that US prosecutors have opened a probe into his comments to lawmakers and threatened an indictment, a move he said is part of President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on monetary policy decisions. Powell added in a statement that the»»»

China said on Monday it opposes foreign "interference" in other countries after US President Donald Trump threatened to intervene militarily if Tehran killed protesters. "We always oppose interference in other countries' internal affairs," foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular news c»»»

President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States would take Greenland "one way or the other," warning that Russia and China would "take over" if Washington didn't act. Trump says controlling the mineral-rich Danish territory is crucial for US national security given increased Russian and Chines»»»

A fatal mountain accident claimed the life of a skier in the Pirin Mountains on Sunday afternoon after he left the marked ski runs and entered hard-to-access terrain in severe weather conditions. The alert for a missing person was received by the Mountain Rescue Service between 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm,»»»

On Jan. 12, 2010, a magnitude-7 earthquake dealt Haiti and its capital Port-au-Prince a catastrophic blow, killing at least 100,000 people. 1 of 5 | An injured man is carried by survivors of a magnitude-7 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 13, 2010. File Photo by Matthew Marek/American»»»

India and the US are continuing to actively engage on trade deal negotiations, Sergio Gor, the new US ambassador to India, has said during a trip to Delhi. The next call to discuss the deal was scheduled for Tuesday, Gor said, but did not elaborate on who would participate. He also said the friends»»»

Beverly Hills, United States: “One Battle After Another" reigned supreme at the Golden Globes on Sunday, winning best comedy, while "Hamnet" sprung a surprise by taking best drama film at the splashy Hollywood ceremony. Paul Thomas Anderson's screwball thriller "One Battle," which centers on an agi»»»

An attack was carried out on the Bulgarian Embassy in Skopje on Sunday, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, describing the incident as a serious breach of diplomatic norms. In an official statement, the ministry strongly condemned the act against the building of Bulgaria’s diplomatic »»»

Presidential advisor Radu Burnete believes that the EU-Mercosur Agreement is, in essence, a courageous undertaking by the European Union."It is very good news that Europe will conclude a trade agreement with Mercosur. Europe must remain a global commercial player and become a military player as soo»»»

China on Monday urged the United States not to use other countries as an excuse to pursue its own interests, after US President Donald ‌Trump said ‌the US needed ‌to ⁠own Greenland ‌to prevent Russia or China from occupying it in the future. "The Arctic concerns the overall interests ⁠of the intern»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe South Lebanon: Municipal Councilor Martyred in Israeli Attack in Bint Jbeil 12-01-2026 09:40 AM A Lebanese municipal councilor was martyred»»»

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente on Sunday, days after President Donald Trump threatened land strikes on drug cartels ‌that he ‌said were ‌running ⁠Mexico. "Secretary of ‌State Marco Rubio spoke today with Mexican Foreign Secretary Juan R»»»

At least 20 people have been killed by a wild elephant in nine days in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, officials have said, adding that the animal is yet to be captured. The deaths occurred between 1 and 9 January in the Chaibasa and Kolhan forest areas of West Singhbhum district, which are »»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE's flag carrier, Etihad Airways, has recorded its highest passenger numbers in history, carrying 22.4 million travellers in 2025, as strong demand for Abu Dhabi and disciplined capacity growth powered the airline’s fastest expansion since the pandemic. Sign up for our daily business n»»»

President Donald Trump says the US military is considering "very strong options" in Iran, as anti-government protests which have reportedly killed hundreds enter a third week. The US-based Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) says it has verified the deaths of nearly 500 protesters and 48 secu»»»

Dubai: The Jeddah Mayoralty will begin disconnecting and removing utilities from dilapidated buildings in the Al Ruwais neighbourhood on Tuesday, as part of a large-scale safety and urban renewal drive in the Kingdom's Read Sea port city. The General Directorate of Emergency and Crisis Management s»»»

Dubai: Kuwait’s Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has issued new regulations restricting leave for imams, muezzins and preachers during the holy month of Ramadan, citing the heightened demand for their presence and services in mosques, local media reported. In an administrative circular release»»»