In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed the evolving role of Europe in global security, emphasising that the alliance is stronger today than it was a year ago. Reflecting on NATO's transformation, Rutte highlighted how the leadership of U.S. President D»»»

It is the third and final day of the Munich Security Conference, the annual gathering of political leaders, military officials and security experts, after the first two days largely focused outward on Europe’s relationships, notably the European Union’s ties with the United States and Russia’s war »»»

The Ukrainian military claimed responsibility on Sunday for a drone attack on a key oil storage facility in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, which caused a major fire, according to a Russian official. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog. This live page&nbs»»»

Four astronauts docked at the International Space Station on Saturday for a research mission set to last several months. Among the crew is Sophie Adenot, who joins two American astronauts and one Russian, becoming only the second French woman to travel into space. The new team is replacing a previo»»»

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas pushed back against what she described as "European bashing" in a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday. Kallas welcomed the message of unity delivered by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the annual gathering but dismissed the Trump adm»»»

Dubai: Dubai Police and the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to regulate parachute activities across the emirate and further enhance air safety, in line with national strategic priorities and Dubai’s broader public safety framework. Also Read: Du»»»

Indian farmers and trade unions have staged a day of nationwide strikes and protests over a recently announced trade deal with the United States. While the government says measures to safeguard the country's agriculture sector have been put in place, Indian farmers worry the agreement will lower ba»»»

Three futsal referees in the Kyrgyz Republic have received international FIFA referee badges. Secretary General of the Kyrgyz Football Union Mederbek Sydykov presented the 2026 FIFA referee badges to Talant Raimberdiev and Nurbek Arstanbek uulu. As Timur Toktobaev is currently in Osh, his license w»»»

Talantbek Kenzheev was elected President of the International Kok Boru Association. The decision was made at the organization’s extraordinary reporting and election congress. The meeting was attended by representatives of international sports organizations, national federations of kok boru and rela»»»

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed beefing up the EU’s own Article 5-like collective security deal, Article 42/7 of the EU founding treaty, that like the Nato treaty, requires member states to come to each other’s military aid if they are attacked. »»»

Dubai: A massive tourism concept designed to recreate the Moon on Earth is moving closer to reality, with developers revealing plans for the project to launch across ten countries and attract millions of visitors annually. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.The project, c»»»

Dubai: The Al Ain Civil, Commercial and Administrative Court has ordered a woman to pay Dh76,910 in outstanding legal fees and court expenses to her former lawyer after she refused to settle the amount despite securing a final judgment in her favour. The court also awarded the lawyer Dh1,000 in com»»»

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has released a net KRW4.76 trillion in new banknotes into the financial system in the run-up to the Lunar New Year, as households prepare for one of the country’s busiest cash periods, the Yonhap News Agency reports. »»»

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) election victory has cleared the way for a new government to take office on February 17, 2026, marking a significant political shift in Dhaka and prompting renewed regional engagement. »»»

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) election victory has cleared the way for a new government to take office on February 17, 2026, marking a significant political shift in Dhaka and prompting renewed regional engagement. »»»

Geopolitical tensions and the need to bolster layered air defence are driving India to fast-track additional interceptors for its Russian-supplied S-400 systems, underscoring New Delhi’s focus on deterrence and readiness. »»»

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) election victory has cleared the way for a new government to take office on February 17, 2026, marking a significant political shift in Dhaka and prompting renewed regional engagement. »»»

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) election victory has cleared the way for a new government to take office on February 17, 2026, marking a significant political shift in Dhaka and prompting renewed regional engagement. »»»

China has rolled out the world’s first commercial 10G broadband network in Sunan County, Hebei Province, taking the lead in next-generation fixed-line internet infrastructure. The service, developed through a partnership b»»»

China has rolled out the world’s first commercial 10G broadband network in Sunan County, Hebei Province, taking the lead in next-generation fixed-line internet infrastructure. The service, developed through a partnership b»»»

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) election victory has cleared the way for a new government to take office on February 17, 2026, marking a significant political shift in Dhaka and prompting renewed regional engagement. »»»

For the past five-plus years, they had been known as the “two friends” who ran Kyrgyzstan. Then, on February 10, they were friends no more. With ruthless efficiency, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov took out his erstwhile sidekick, state security service chief Kamchybek Tashiyev, and proceeded to pur»»»

Detectives from Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau have detained former energy minister Herman Halushchenko, a central figure in the $100mn Energoatom corruption scandal,  while he was attempting to cross the state border, according to Kyiv Post. »»»

Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was killed using a toxin derived from a deadly frog poison, according to an investigation by five western governments, the Wall Street Journal reports. Russia’s most high profile op»»»

Detectives from Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau have detained former energy minister Herman Halushchenko, a central figure in the $100mn Energoatom corruption scandal,  while he was attempting to cross the state border, according to Kyiv Post. »»»

A thousands-strong protest in Bosnia’s capital blocked major roads for more than three hours on February 14 as demonstrators demanded political accountability following a fatal tram crash that killed a 23-year-old man and seriously injured a teenage girl. »»»

Russia has conducted the first launch of an unmanned stratospheric platform designed as a potential alternative to Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite network. Starlink relies on expansive satellites in space, but the Russian p»»»

Geopolitical tensions and the need to bolster layered air defence are driving India to fast-track additional interceptors for its Russian-supplied S-400 systems, underscoring New Delhi’s focus on deterrence and readiness. »»»

The former head of the Department of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) for Bishkek, Eldar Zhakypbekov, has been detained and placed in a temporary detention facility at the Main Department of Internal Affairs of Bishkek. He is a defendant in a case being investigated by the Military »»»

An ex-minister of a shadowy Christian church who told the BBC he sexually abused a child in Canada is still free more than two years after he made his admission. Robert Corfield admitted when confronted by the BBC that he sexually abused a boy, Michael Havet, in the 1980s. Corfield's was one of mor»»»

A Russian citizen who was on the international wanted list has been detained in Bishkek. The press service of the Main Department of Internal Affairs reported. According to the press service, M.I., 37, was wanted internationally for crimes under Articles 228.1 (Illegal sale of narcotics in large or»»»

Minister of Education of Kyrgyzstan Dogdurkul Kendirbaeva met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Kyrgyzstan Liu Jiangping. According to the ministry’s press service, the two sides discussed bilateral cooperation in education. Particular attention was paid to developin»»»

Dubai: Monday morning sees heavy traffic across Dubai’s main roads, with congestion reported on both highways and inner-city streets as commuters head into work, according to real-time data from Google Maps and Waze. Also Read: RTA announces more dedicated bus and taxi lanes, trackless tram Dubai P»»»

Ulan Biybosunov has been appointed head of the Department of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) for Bishkek. Sources in the security forces informed 24.kg news agency. Biybosunov is a Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He previously served as an advisor to the Minister of In»»»

On February 11, 2026, what began as a routine domestic flight from Lagos to Port Harcourt turned into a heart-stopping ordeal for approximately 80 passengers and crew aboard an Arik Air Boeing 737-700. A catastrophic failure in the left engine forced an emergency diversion to Benin Airport. But tha»»»

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced the completion of the evaluation phase for policies related to the Alternative End-of-Service Benefits Savings Scheme, with further enhancements expected in the coming period. This follows the review of feedback and proposals s»»»

Dubai: A delivery rider initially thought to have jumped from a bridge was later identified as a victim of a hit-and-run, after Dubai Police digitally reconstructed the incident using advanced “Digital Twin” technology. Investigators had initially relied on witness accounts suggesting suicide. Virt»»»

Share: Lebanon said an Israeli strike near the Syrian border on Sunday killed four people, while Israel said it targeted operatives from the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad. Despite a November 2024 truce intended to end over a year of Israel-Hezbollah hostilities, Israel has continued carr»»»

A green revolution is taking place on the streets of Havana, but it's by necessity rather than design. Faced with a severe fuel crisis, which intensified after the United States placed the island under a de facto oil blockade last month, taxi drivers are ditching their cars and whisking passengers »»»

Dubai: The UAE is set for a marked drop in temperatures, dusty conditions and rough seas over next four days, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said in its daily bulletin. The weather is expected to be dusty to partly cloudy today, with clouds developing eastwards that may bring light rainfa»»»

Pakistani citizens are enjoying growing travel freedom as the Henley Passport Index for February 2026 ranks their passport 97th, up from 98th in January and 103rd last year. More destinations unlockedPakistani passport holders can now visit 32 countries visa-free, with visa-on-arrival, or via eTA, »»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump said he would support Israeli strikes on Iran's ballistic missile program if negotiations between Washington and Tehran fail, US media reported. Also Read: US, Iran to hold new round of nuclear talks in Geneva this week, Swiss government saysTrump made the rema»»»

Former US President Barack Obama has said he believes that aliens are “real” but dismissed longstanding conspiracy theories that the US is concealing proof of extraterrestrial life at a secretive military facility called Area 51. Obama made the remarks on the No Lie podcast with Brian Tyler Cohen r»»»

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea said Monday it completed a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, the latest effort by leader Kim Jong Un to honour the war dead. State media photos showed Kim Jong Un walking»»»

Trade isn’t always the most newsworthy topic. The movement of goods and services between nations is such an accepted – and necessary – component of the global economy that it only makes the headlines when it suddenly ceases, or at least slows to the point when consumers, retailers and manufacturers»»»

Dubai: A Rajasthan Police constable was dismissed from service just two days after his wedding after a video from the ceremony went viral, allegedly showing several wanted criminals among the guests. Ashok Bishnoi, posted with a special police team in Jhalawar district, was removed following the ci»»»

RIO DE JANEIRO: Dozens of dogs dressed as alligators, fairies and superheroes gathered Saturday at a Rio de Janeiro Carnival street party as their owners protested cruelty against pets. The canines wagged their tails to samba music, ate a delicious breakfast from several bowls and made new friends »»»

Dubai: A former diplomat who once worked in government corridors in Europe is now spending her days perfecting croissants and chocolates in Dubai. For Maria Galabova, founder of Keto Kartel, the move from politics to pastry was not a career pivot made on impulse. It followed a family health scare, »»»

A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia’s Black Sea ports, officials said Sunday, ahead of fresh talks aimed at ending the nearly 4-year-old war. Two people were wounded in the attack on the port of Taman in the Krasnodar region, which damaged an oil storage tank, warehouse and term»»»

Hungary should fear the EU, not Russia, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned, arguing that the bloc poses a “direct threat” to his country’s sovereignty. In his annual state-of-the-nation address on Saturday, he said Brussels’ “oppressive machinery” is attempting to steer the upcoming parliamenta»»»