Dubai: The UAE is set to ring in 2026 with a crisp, wintery atmosphere as a significant weather shift moves across the region. While residents and tourists prepare to gather at iconic landmarks for fireworks and festivities, the latest weather forecast indicates that the transition from 2025 to 202»»»

MOSCOW Sputnik - Moscow will receive information about the results of the talks in Florida between Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump after a new conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the US leader, Moscow cannot assess them yet, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov sai»»»

Dubai: Emirati students, graduates and young professionals looking to break into aviation will soon be able to meet top recruiters and decision-makers under one roof, with the UAE’s first Civil Aviation Career Fair confirmed for January in Dubai.​ Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques »»»

Ahead of the New Year holidays, law enforcement agencies in Kyrgyzstan have switched to an enhanced duty mode, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. More than 12,000 police officers across the country will be deployed on New Year’s Eve to maintain public order and ensure citizens’ safety. In p»»»

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India's Supreme Court has put on hold a controversial order that had suspended the life sentence of a former lawmaker convicted of raping a teenager. Kuldeep Singh Sengar, formerly of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was found guilty in 2019 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offe»»»

Quito, Ecuador: Multiple gunmen killed six people on Sunday, including a two-year-old girl, after shooting up a beachside boardwalk in southwestern Ecuador, police said. Three others were wounded in the attack in popular whale-watching destination Puerto Lopez, after men in a van and on two motorcy»»»

How was your 2025? For many, myself included, it was fairly tumultuous. There was work stress, anxiety about my family’s health and sadness about world events. But there were bright spots, too, including awe-inspiring concerts; trips to different cities and countries; and deepening friendships over»»»

Mexican authorities said on Sunday that at least 13 people ​were killed after an Interoceanic Train carrying 250 people derailed in the southern state of Oaxaca. The Mexican Navy said the train, which derailed near the town of Nizanda, was carrying nine crew members and 241 passengers. Of those on »»»

North Korea said Monday it fired long-range strategic cruise missiles into the sea to test the country’s nuclear deterrence, days after it showed apparent progress in the construction of its first nuclear-powered submarine. Sunday’s launches were the latest weapons display by North Korea ahead of i»»»

At least one person has died after two helicopters crashed in New Jersey on Sunday afternoon, according to local news reports, citing US officials. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that Enstrom F-28A and Enstrom 280C helicopters collided in mid-air near the airport in the small to»»»

US President Donald Trump called his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Sunday to discuss a number of issues related to the Ukraine peace talks ahead of a meeting with Vladimir Zelensky in Florida, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov has said. The two presidents held a “friendly, well-wis»»»

Higher pay for service members, numerous amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act, and the arrival of the first eight F-16 Block 70 fighter jets were among the major developments affecting Bulgaria’s Armed Forces in 2025, while the personnel shortage in the army remained one of the main chall»»»

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.3321 dinars for one euro on Monday, which is a slight change relative to Friday, the National Bank of Serbia said. The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m and down by 0.3 pct y-o-y and relative to the beginning »»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Dibrova in Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. "Units of Battlegroup Zapad have completed the liberation of the village of Dibrova in the Donetsk People's Republic," the min»»»

DOHA: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi has met with Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the State of Qatar HE Ridwan Hassan, on the occasion of the end of his tenure. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs extended thanks to the ambassador for his effor»»»

The announcement by the Government of Punjab allowing the celebration of Basant in February 2026 marks the return of a festival that has long been woven into the cultural fabric of the region. For centuries, Basant was not merely an event — it was a symbol of joy, artistic expression, and communal »»»

To ensure that investors and businesses feel securely protected by the state, law enforcement agencies in Kyrgyzstan will cease unjustified inspections starting January 1, 2026, in order to safeguard conscientious entrepreneurs. Ravshanbek Sabirov, head of the National Investment Promotion Agency, »»»

Dubai, UAE: iCAUR, an electric-led automotive brand from China, is launching in the Middle East with the dynamic V27 SUV. Making its regional debut in the UAE, iCAUR is expected to expand its footprint across the Middle East. Driving the green mobility revolution in the region In an important devel»»»

In a strategic initiative to modernize its mining sector, Egypt will launch a Digital Mining Platform in early 2025, as announced by Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Karim Badawi. This platform aims to streamline operations and attract both local and international investors, aligning wi»»»

Egypt’s stock market closed the week ending Thursday, 25 December, in negative territory, with broad-based declines reflecting continued local profit-taking and year-end portfolio adjustments. Despite the losses, sustained buying by non-Arab foreign investors offered a partial buffer, reinforcing t»»»

Egypt has signed a new oil and gas exploration agreement with Terra Petroleum, marking the British firm’s first entry into the country’s upstream energy sector, as Cairo steps up efforts to attract foreign investment and lift hydrocarbon output. The deal, signed between the Egyptian General Petrole»»»

Egypt has signed $1.15bn in new industrial investment agreements with three Chinese companies in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, underscoring accelerating foreign interest in the country’s manufacturing push. The contracts, signed between TEDA Egypt and the Chinese firms, will be implemented in the S»»»

Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone has signed a contract to develop a large prefabricated industrial complex in Qantara West, as the government accelerates efforts to expand manufacturing capacity and attract new investors. The EGP 1bn ($20.3mn) project will be developed by the Main Development Compa»»»

Kumtor’s revenue for 2025 exceeded 124,216 billion soms, and gold production will reach 12 tons by the end of the year. Daiyrbek Orunbekov, head of the Information Policy Service of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic, reported. According to him, all revenues are transferred to t»»»

Dubai: An Indian expat community leader in the UAE has received a personal condolence letter from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the death of his mother last month, in a gesture that has deeply moved his family. Jitendra Vaidya, CEO and stakeholder of a quality inspection service pro»»»

The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a caravan of robotic lunar landers including Jeff Bezos’ new supersized Blue Moon. A supermoon looms on Jan. 3 and an astronomical bl»»»

Dubai: OpenAI is hunting for a new "Head of Preparedness" with a salary of $555,000 (approx. Dh2,038,237.50) per year, plus equity but CEO Sam Altman hasn't sugarcoated the intensity of the position, describing it on X (formerly Twitter) as “stressful job and you'll jump into the deep end pretty mu»»»

Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) Kamchybek Tashiev asked representatives of the Chinese company China Road to learn the Kyrgyz language. The statement was made during a meeting on road construction in Issyk-Kul region. When asking who is working on Barskoon»»»

“When we founded the agency in 1995, we had to explain to clients what PR meant. At that time, the first communicators were being trained and came together in the first association of PR professionals—ARRP, which has since become a strong voice in the industry. I learned about communication through»»»

Doha, Qatar: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met on Monday with HE Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the State of Qatar, Ridwan Hassan, on the occasion of the end of his tenure. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs extended thanks to HE the Ambass»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani received on Monday a phone call from Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, HE Dr. Abbas Araghchi. During the call, they discussed cooperation relations between the two»»»

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal was closer than ever to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine but reported no apparent breakthrough on the flashpoint issue of territory after new talks with the warring countries' leaders. Trump, who had promised a peace deal on day one of his nearly ye»»»

Islamic State militants clashed with police in northwest Turkey on Monday, leaving three police officers and six militants dead, Turkey’s interior minister said. At least eight other police officers and a night guard were wounded. The shooting occurred in Elmali district in Yalova province, south o»»»

A majority of Bulgarians reported being happy in 2025, though views on the country’s overall progress remain mixed, according to a survey by the Trend Research Center commissioned by "24 Chasa". The study, conducted between November 29 and December 5, 2025, involved 1,002 face-to-face interviews wi»»»

Dubai: New Year’s Eve in Dubai has become a carefully priced market, where location, fireworks access and capacity limits determine how much guests pay to welcome the year ahead. For 2026, hotels, restaurants and experience operators across the city are offering tightly curated packages that range »»»

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem has said that moves to disarm the group in Lebanon are an "Israeli-American plan", accusing Israel of failing to abide by a ceasefire agreement sealed last year. Under heavy U.S. pressure and fears of expanded Israeli strikes, the Lebanese military is expected to»»»

New Delhi, India: A 75-year-old passenger was killed after a fire broke out inside two coaches of a train early Monday in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, police said. The fire inside Tatanagar-Ernakulam Express broke out near Elamanchili in Anakapalle district, about 313 km northeast o»»»

China will on January 1 launch an "action plan" for boosting management and operations of its digital currency, a deputy governor of the country's central bank said Monday. "The future digital yuan will be a modern digital payment and circulation means issued and circulated within the financial sys»»»

Bulgarian banks, businesses and shoppers were preparing this week to say goodbye to ​the lev currency ahead of a move to adopt the euro on January 1, a long-awaited milestone met with excitement, skepticism and, in some corners, anger. Bulgaria, a Black Sea country on the European Union's southeast»»»

The second term of the 2025-2026 school year begins on February 3 for all students from first to 12th grade in the country, according to the schedule for the current academic year published on the website of the Ministry of Education and Science. The break between the two terms will last three days»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) has announced a price reduction of up to 30 percent at selected restaurants and cafés in the Sealine area during the winter camping season. In a social media announcement, the Ministry stated this applies only to participating food and bever»»»

Syria’s government has ordered soldiers to guard a mass grave created to conceal atrocities under Bashar al-Assad and has opened a criminal investigation, following a Reuters report that revealed a yearslong conspiracy by the fallen dictatorship to hide thousands of bodies on the remote ​desert sit»»»

More than 10,000 complaints and reports have been filed with the Ombudsman between January 1, 2025, and mid-December, which is close to that figure from the previous year, the national Ombudsman's press service reported on Monday. There were nearly 700 complaints to the Ombudsman against heating co»»»

According to the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the first six months of 2025 amounted to $562.7 million, compared to $462.2 million in the same period in 2024, marking a 21.7 percent increase year-on-year. Ravshanbek Sabirov, Head o»»»

Alex Skouras and Leonidas Anastasopoulos, co-founders & managing partners of Alesonor, talked to Business Review about the company’s strategy to focus on delivering high-end, sustainable real estate projects on the local market and building resilient communities around them. By Anda Sebesi What wer»»»

2025 brought strategic expansion for SPEEDWELL Development, both in Romania and abroad. Country Manager Yannick Van de Parre tells Business Review about how the company navigated a volatile fiscal environment, transforming market challenges into opportunities through a focus on high sustainability »»»

Egypt and Japan on Sunday signed an executive agreement for a US$22 million grant project from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) – equivalent to one billion Egyptian pounds – to finance the construction and delivery of the first-of-its-kind DSV (Dive Support Vessel) for the Suez Can»»»

In 2025, public transport users in Bishkek purchased 34,560 Tulpar school cards, 20,600 concession cards for pensioners and people with disabilities, and 90,500 standard cards. Bekzhan Akmatbekov, Tulpar project’s Operations Director, announced at a press conference. According to him, a total of 1,»»»

Dubai: A Saudi criminal court has sentenced an organised fraud ring of 11 defendants to a combined 155 years in prison after convicting them of orchestrating complex financial scams that netted about SR40 million from a range of victims, including a former national team official, a Saudi poet and a»»»