US President Donald Trump announced that he agreed to a trade deal with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where the US will lower tariffs on goods from India to 18% from 25%. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said India will reduce trade barriers to zero and will also stop buying Russian oil. An»»»

Tunis, Feb. 2 (TAP) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti reaffirmed, on Monday at the opening of the new training year at the headquarters of the International Diplomatic Academy of Tunis, the ministry’s...»»»

BusinessIndiaTrump announces India 'trade deal' after Modi callWesley Rahn with Reuters, AFPAfter a phone call with India's PM, Trump said that the US would lower its tariff rate on Indian goods, while again claiming that India had agreed to stop buying Russian oil. Modi thanked Trump for the deal.»»»

The son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been arrested by police on suspicion of assault, before he goes on trial in Oslo on Tuesday on 38 charges, including the rape of four women. Marius Borg Høiby, 29, was remanded in custody for four weeks. Police said the latest allegations against h»»»

Colombian President Gustavo Petro plans to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. File Photo by Mauricio Duenas Casteneda/EPA Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrived in Washington to begin an official state visit that includes a planned meeting with Presid»»»

Morocco has evacuated more than 50,000 people, nearly half the population of the northwestern city of Ksar el-Kebir, as flooding driven by weeks of heavy rain threatened to inundate the city, state media said on Monday. "The city has become a ghost town," local resident Hicham Ajttou told Reuters b»»»

Dozens of Palestinians were expected to leave or return to Gaza on Monday after Israel reopened the sole pedestrian crossing to Egypt, a major step in the ceasefire intended to end the war, though with strict limitations on access. The Rafah crossing, in what was once a city of a quarter of a milli»»»

Tunis, Feb. 2 (TAP) – American multinational company DXC Technology, which specialises in digital services, information technology, consulting and software development, is planning to expand its operations in Tunisia in the coming years, according...»»»

Tunis, Feb. 2 (TAP) - Temperatures above normal climatic averages are expected across the country during the February–March–April 2026 period, according to the National Institute of Meteorology (INM). In its seasonal forecast bulletin published...»»»

During his visit to India, Taher Al-Baour, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the Tripoli based Libyan government, met with the chairmen and CEOs of several Indian companies specializing in energy, development, infrastructure, and transportation. Al-Baour had be»»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump announced a "trade deal" with India on Monday after speaking to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying New Delhi agreed to stop buying Russian oil and may purchase it instead from Venezuela. Trump said that "out of friendship and respect" for Modi, the United Sta»»»

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the start of nuclear talks with the United States, local media said Monday, after US leader Donald Trump said he was hopeful of a deal to avert military action against the country. Following the Iranian authorities' deadly response to anti-government »»»

Tunis, Feb. 2 (TAP) – The stock market Monday slipped 0.19% to 14,326.64 points on a trading volume of TND 8.1 million, according to stockbroker Tunisie Valeurs.OFFICEPLAST shares rebounded by 5.8% to TND 2.000 on a modest trading flow of TND...»»»

Dubai: A police officer from the Camarines Sur Police Provincial Office (CSPPO) has graduated at the top of his class during the International Police Exchange Program held at the Abu Dhabi Police College. Police Major Inar Vic Valencia Florece bested 51 other international student officers from 35 »»»

A bomb cyclone struck parts of North Carolina and the mid-Atlantic states bringing heavy snow, strong winds and dangerous road conditions that brought much of the region to a standstill. The storm began late Friday and continued into the weekend, with some areas receiving up to 15 inches of snow, p»»»

Police say no suspicious packages or devices have been located after a bomb threat was sent to schools in the Columbia Heights neighbourhood, a suburb of Minneapolis, on Monday. Multiple schools in the district, where a number of students have been detained in recent weeks as part of Immigration Cu»»»

German law enforcement officials arrested five men on Monday in Lubek, Germany, in connection with a criminal organization that has smuggled an estimated 16,000 deliveries to Russia since February 2022. File Photo by Anna Szilagyi/EPA-EFE Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office confir»»»

1 of 6 | The Moon sets behind NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday. NASA plans to run the final test Monday evening before a Feb. 8 launch. NASA Photo by Sam Lott/UPI | Lice»»»

Israel's ban on Doctors Without Borders' humanitarian operation in Gaza spells deeper catastrophe for the Palestinian territory's people, the head of the medical charity told AFP on Monday. Israel announced on Sunday that it was terminating all the activities in Gaza and the West Bank by the organi»»»

Under the patronage of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Minister of Media Salman Al-Dossary launched on Monday the fifth edition of the Saudi Media Forum 2026 in Riyadh. The minister stressed that the royal patronage of the forum by King Salman is a badge o»»»

Amman: Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has held a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi to discuss bilateral relations, regional developments and issues related to Iran's nuclear program. According to a statement, Safadi stressed the importance of diplomacy and dialogue as t»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia had an employed population of 2,356,466 people in Q4 2025, which was a 0.9 pct decline y-o-y, according to figures released by the national statistical office. In a statement, it said the majority of the total employed population - 1,884,966 people - worked for legal persons and t»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent reports five shells fired by Israeli occupation forces targeted a populated neighborhood in Blida, hitting the vicin»»»

Many apartment owners begin renting with the assumption that the process is simple and largely passive. In reality, rental management is an ongoing responsibility that requires time, regulatory knowledge and the ability to react quickly to unexpected issues. Beyond signing a lease and collecting re»»»

JHM Development has completed one of the largest land transactions in Poznań in recent years, acquiring the 12.2-hectare Osiedle Maltańskie site for over PLN 421 million. The property, located near Lake Malta — one of the city’s key recreational areas — was purchased on 29 January and will be devel»»»

Poland’s Krajowy System e-Faktur (KSeF) has launched on schedule, with no major technical failures during its first days of operation. From 1 February, around 4,200 of the country’s largest companies—those with annual turnover above PLN 200 million—are required to issue invoices exclusively through»»»

Seasonally adjusted unemployment in Poland stood at 3.2% in December 2025, unchanged from the previous month, according to Eurostat. This was the second-lowest rate in the European Union, after Czechia at 3.1%. The number of unemployed people in Poland remained stable at 576,000. Across the euro ar»»»

Amid the simmering standoff between Washington and Tehran, the remote atoll of Diego Garcia has emerged from obscurity into sharp focus — a linchpin of American power. At the same time, it's a potential bullseye. The joint US–UK military base, long prized for its strategic reach, now stands as both»»»

The UK on Monday sanctioned 10 individuals, including Iran's interior minister and police chiefs, for their roles in "recent brutality against protesters", the British foreign ministry said. Those sanctioned include the Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA), interior minis»»»

Doha, Qatar: Technology and cyber security experts have warned that building trust and protecting user data must be treated as a strategic priority for digital platforms, amid a rise in cyber attacks and growing reliance on digital transformation and artificial intelligence. The warning came during»»»

Convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein discussed potential business opportunities in Ukraine following the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev, newly released documents show. He discussed the matter with Ariane de Rothschild, head of the Swiss private banking firm Edmond de Rothschild Group. Last w»»»

Riyadh: Senior media officials from Qatar and Saudi Arabia have held talks in Riyadh aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two countries' media sectors. Chairman of the Qatar Media Corporation HE Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani met Saudi Arabia's Minister of Media HE Salman bin Yousef Al »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Force “Lekhwiya,” HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, met with the Secretary of State for the Home Department of the United Kingdom, HE Shabana Mahmood, as part of His Excellency’s official visit to London. D»»»

Three bodies have been found near a lodge near the Petrohan Pass in the Western Balkan Mountains, the Sofia Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry told BTA. Later on Monday, Sofia District Prosecutor Hristina Lulcheva told journalists that lodge, near which three bodies were discovered, has »»»

Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a telephone call today with King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, during which they discussed the close fraternal relations between their two countries and joint efforts to expand cooperation in »»»

Austro-Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach is facing a sexual assault trial this week in Toronto that will be decided solely by a judge. Stronach, the 93 year-old founder of an international automotive parts company and one of Canada's richest men, has been charged in relation to more than a dozen »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Al-Manar correspondent reports Israeli artillery shelled a populated neighborhood in the town of Blida 02-02-2026 18:26 PM Latest News Urge»»»

Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met on Monday with Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to review bilateral relations and explore ways to expand cooperation. The talks took place within the framework of the Comprehensive Economic Partnershi»»»

Dubai: Mashreq reported a strong financial performance in 2025, posting a net profit before tax of Dh8.3 billion and net profit after tax of Dh7.0 billion, reflecting solid balance-sheet growth and higher transaction activity despite the introduction of corporate income tax. Sign up for our daily b»»»

KUWAIT, Feb 2 (KUNA) -- The "Oil Innovates 4" Award has become one of the leading national initiatives reflecting the Ministry's approach to embracing innovation and reinforcing the role of youth as active partners in developing the oil sector and shaping its future, said Oil Minister Tareq Al-Roum»»»

Prime Minister Edi Rama criticized a request by judges to increase their own salaries, saying such a move would amount to an attempt to impose themselves above other state institutions. Speaking during a live video broadcast on Facebook, Rama said judges today are “their own masters and their own e»»»

Tunis, Feb. 2 (TAP) – A programme aimed at helping SMEs access high-growth international markets (Trade Acceleration Programme) was launched in late January 2026 by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) with financial support...»»»

Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has lifted its ban on the Grok AI chatbot after X Corp shared plans to prevent its misuse. Photo by Fazry Ismail/EPA Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs lifted its ban on the Grok AI chatbot after X Corp»»»

The northern part of Kabakum Beach near Varna has been fully cleaned following an inspection for oil pollution, according to the Environment and Water Ministry's website. The pollution resulted from an accident in the boiler room of the Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital. The hospital’s management»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) leader Milorad Dodik in Belgrade on Monday to discuss the most important regional issues and Serbia-Republika Srpska cooperation. In an Instagram post, Vucic wrote that the meeting had also addres»»»

Hezbollah announced on Monday the death of Commander Haj Ali Hassan Salhab (Haj Malek), describing him as a veteran of jihad and a lifelong champion of the resistance. In its official statement, Hezbollah stated that Haj Ali Hassan Salhab passed away after a struggle with illness, concluding a long»»»

Diriyah Art Futures (DAF), the MENA region’s first center dedicated to new media arts, announced the launch of its February public program at its headquarters in Diriyah, Riyadh. The program aims to deepen dialogue on the relationship between art, technology, and the environment, while offering edu»»»

KUWAIT, Feb 2 (KUNA) -- Swiss Confederation President Guy Parmelin and his accompanying official delegation departed Kuwait on Monday following an official visit during which he held formal talks with His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.President Parmelin was seen off at »»»

Representatives of Albania’s opposition have boycotted for the fourth time participation in the Special Parliamentary Committee on Administrative-Territorial Reform. Arbjan Mazniku said the ruling majority asked Parliament last week to change the way the committee was formed by adding one additiona»»»