President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov met with Zou Jiayi, President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The presidential press service reported. The parties discussed the bank’s participation in major infrastructure projects, including the construction of Kambar-Ata Hydroelectric Po»»»

On Friday, February 13, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda will arrive in Kyrgyzstan on a working visit. The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. The visit will take place at the invitation of the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, A»»»

Moscow, Russia: Russia has blocked the popular messaging service WhatsApp over its failure to comply with local legislation, the Kremlin said Thursday, urging its 100 million Russian users to switch to a domestic alternative. "As for the blocking of WhatsApp ... such a decision was indeed made and »»»

Barcelona: Powerful winds topping 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) battered Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia on Thursday, injuring at least 25 people -- one seriously -- and forcing school closures and flight restrictions. Gusts reached 105 kilometres per hour at Barcelona port, toppling tr»»»

Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Civil, Family and Administrative Court has ordered a woman to repay Dh39,000 to a friend after ruling that she failed to return funds given to her for a one-year trading investment, according to court records. The court said the defendant, an Arab national, had received the»»»

Service on the Thessaloniki metro will return to normal hours starting Monday, with trains set to begin operating daily at 5.30 a.m. The change comes after a temporary timetable saw later starts on weekdays and weekends, as testing was carried out for the network’s extension toward Kalamaria. The m»»»

The president of Greece’s biggest private-sector union, GSEE, Giannis Panagopoulos has denied allegations linking him to an alleged embezzlement scheme involving education and training funds, saying the case amounts to “character assassination.” Speaking at an emergency news conference held on Thur»»»

Dubai: iSTYLE, Apple Premium Partner, proudly announced the opening of its newest Apple Premium Partner (APP) store at City Walk, Dubai, marking another milestone in the brand’s continued expansion across the UAE. Building on the success of its Apple Premium Partner stores nationwide, the new City »»»

Dubai: The Ministry of Economy and Tourism said it will deploy an electronic price tracking system across 627 major retail outlets ahead of Ramadan and warned markets against any unjustified price increases, while confirming strong supplies of essential goods. During a media briefing on Wednesday, »»»

Saudi Aramco sold oil from its $100 billion Jafurah project in the first reported export from the massive natural gas development, Bloomberg reported. Jafurah is Aramco’s first unconventional field, developed using the type of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, techniques pioneered in the US shale »»»

New Delhi: Farmers rallied across India on Thursday to oppose a trade deal with Washington which reduces tariffs on US goods, warning that it would hurt Indian agriculture and endanger livelihoods. Farmer unions have called the deal announced last week a "total surrender" to American agricultural g»»»

Syria's defense ministry said on Thursday that the army had taken control of the Al-Tanf base after the withdrawal of U.S. forces deployed there as part of the coalition against the Islamic State group. "Through coordination between the Syrian and American sides," army units have taken control of t»»»

DOHA: The volume of real estate trading in sales contracts at the Department of Real Estate Registration at the Ministry of Justice from February 1-5, reached QR1,202,853,544. Meanwhile, the total sales contracts for residential units in the Real Estate Bulletin for the same period are QR71,639,312»»»

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday for his insistance on wearing a helmet depicting Ukrainian sportsmen and women killed during the war with Russia. The IOC said that the athlete»»»

Multiple social media users – many of them pro-Russian accounts – have shared a photomontage of a teenage boy carrying portraits at multiple funerals, falsely claiming he'd buried "eight fathers" and that it was proof of Ukrainian "wartime staging" to rack up sympathy from Western media. In re»»»

Jacques Moretti and his wife were questioned again over the Crans-Montana bar fire, more than a month after the tragedy in Switzerland on New Year's Eve. Victims’ families, including the mother of two children who nearly died, sought answers about why safety doors were locked and how the fire sprea»»»

US President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of a new cross-border bridge between the US and Canada over concerns Washington has been treated unfairly over the course of the project. In this edition, we see whether Trump's claims about the bridge are fair and whether other motives »»»

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On the sloping shoreline of the Greek Aegean island of Milos, a vast construction site has left a gaping wound into the island's trademark volcanic rock. The foundations are for a hotel extension that attracted so much controversy last year that the country's top administrative court ended up tempo»»»

Doha, Qatar: The volume of real estate trading in sales contracts at the Department of Real Estate Registration at the Ministry of Justice during the period from February 1 to 5, reached QAR 1,202,853,544. Meanwhile the total sales contracts for residential units in the Real Estate Bulletin for the»»»

Real estate developer REDPORT has secured a financing line worth EUR 9 million in partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania, dedicated to the development of the VITALITY EST residential project, one of the best-selling projects in the company’s portfolio. The financing structure includes a dedi»»»

Manila: A Rolls-Royce Cullinan previously owned by Sarah and Pacifico "Curlee" Discaya, key suspects in the Philippine flood control scam, was sold for ₱29 million (about $500,000 | Dh1.8 million) at a Bureau of Customs (BOC) auction on February 11, 2026. The model 2023 luxury vehicle, which gained»»»

The speaker of Germany's lower house of parliament briefly visited the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the body told AFP. Julia Kloeckner spent "about an hour in the part of Gaza controlled by Israeli army forces," parliament said in response to an AFP query, becoming the fir»»»

Outgoing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov took part in an informal meeting at the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever. The meeting preceded Thursday’s European Council meeting, reported the Council of Ministe»»»

"I selected Andrey Gurov because he was the only one resigning his office as deputy governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB)," Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova told a news conference at the President's Administration on Thursday after mandating Gurov, in his capacity as caretaker prime minist»»»

По време на срещата те са обсъдили темите за общата европейска сигурност и необходимостта от по-тясна координация между държавите членки в отговор на новите предизвикателства, войната в близост до европейските граници, хибридните заплахи и натиска върху външните граници на ЕС. Енергийната независим»»»

Denyo Denev must resign immediately as acting Chairman of the State Agency for National Security (SANS), said Atanas Atanasov of Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) at a briefing in Parliament on Thursday. According to Atanasov, Denev showed clear disrespect for the National Assembly »»»

Dubai: BMW owners in the UAE will be contacted as part of a worldwide recall after the carmaker identified a potential fire risk linked to the engine starter in certain vehicles. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The German carmaker said a mid-six-figure number of cars c»»»

Damascus, Feb.12 (SANA) The Ministry of Energy signed Wednesday a “Wind Power Project” agreement with Marv Energy to generate 700 megawatts of electricity, during a ceremony at the ministry’s headquarters in Damascus. The agreement was signed by Energy Minister Mohammad Al-Bashir and Marv Energy bo»»»

Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Edil Baisalov announced the launch of an accelerated modernization of state universities, the Cabinet’s press service reported. According to Baisalov, the decision to establish a new ministry was a deliberate step by the country’s leadership»»»

Officers of the State Committee for National Security discovered a cache of firearms in the village of Pristan-Przhevalsk near Karakol. The State Committee’s press center reported. The following items were seized: According to information received, the cache belonged to members of the disbanded org»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stepped up the size and scale of commercial and strategic investment activity across Africa in recent months, with initiatives spanning ports and logistics, renewable energy, digital infrastructure and financial services, as Emirati state-backed groups and corpora»»»

The Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources has announced record growth in the number of new mining exploitation licenses issued in 2025, showing a remarkable increase of 220% compared to 2024. The surge highlights the appeal of the mining investment environment and the ministry's ongoing »»»