Tunis, Jan. 17 (TAP) – The energy deficit quadrupled over the past ten years, widening from TND 2.7 billion in 2016 (21.5% of the trade deficit) to TND 11.1 billion by the end of 2025 (51.1% of the country’s total trade deficit), according to a note...»»»

MELBOURNE: An international team of scientists has discovered a new way immune cells recognize molecules in the body, challenging a long-standing view of how the immune system works. The study, published in Nature Communications, found that a key molecule called CD1c can show lipid antigens to T ce»»»

DOHA: Prime Minister of Canada HE Dr Mark Carney has arrived in Doha on a state visit. The prime minister and the accompanying delegation were welcomed upon arrival at Doha International Airport by Minister of State for Energy Affairs HE Eng Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi and Ambassador of Canada to Qat»»»

A ban on the export of certain insulins, insulin analogues and some antibiotics has been extended, and an export ban on additional medicines, including anti-anemic drugs, has been introduced, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. The order, issued by outgoing Health Minister Silvi Kirilov and publi»»»

The Western-spun fake image of Finland as a peaceful nation reluctantly dragged into wartime alliances is a “deliberately constructed myth,” Bair Irincheev, historian and director of the Karelian Isthmus Military Museum, tells Sputnik. Immediately after gaining independence in 1918, the Finnish lea»»»

Kampala, Uganda: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, 81, won a seventh term in office on Saturday with 71.65 percent of the vote, the country's Electoral Commission said. He defeated his main challenger, 43-year-old Bobi Wine -- real name Robert Kyagulanyi -- who received 24.72 percent of the vote,»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah MP: Disarmament North of Litani Only Discussed within National Defense Strategy 17-01-2026 15:27 PM Member of Hezbollah’s Loyalty»»»

KUWAIT, Jan 17 (KUNA) -- The Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS) organized on Saturday the "World Winter Bird Count Day" event at Sulaibikhat beach.The event was held under the patronage of Social Affairs and Family and Childhood Affairs Minister Dr. Amthal Al-Huwailah and with broad parti»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: The exclusivity of arms is an Israeli-American demand to contain the resistance, not a Lebanese issue, as it cannot let “Isr»»»

DOHA: The Ministry of Culture has announced the opening of nominations for the Doha International Book Fair Award, from January17 to March 1. The award aims to shed light on the role played by the Doha International Book Fair in fostering the publishing industry at both local and international leve»»»

DOHA: Minister of Finance HE Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari met with Minister of Finance and National Revenue of Canada HE Francois-Philippe Champagne at the Ministry of Finance headquarters in Doha. The meeting addressed bilateral relations between the two countries and explored avenues for enhanced coop»»»

Within the required 24-hour deadline, the wood-processing company Kronospan Bulgaria submitted to the Regional Inspectorate of Environment (RIEW) and Water a plan for the safe shutdown of its particleboard production line in Veliko Tarnovo, the company’s press office said on Saturday. On Friday, Ja»»»

President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of Thursday's election and is set to extend his 40 years in power by another five years. He got a huge majority, according to the election commission, ahead of his closest challenger Bobi Wine, who has condemned the "fake results". Wine has cal»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Minister of Finance, HE Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari met with the Minister of Finance and National Revenue of Canada, HE Francois-Philippe Champagne at the Ministry of Finance headquarters in Doha. The meeting addressed bilateral relations between the two countries and explored avenues »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: One reason for the Lebanese government’s weak performance is the absence of a foreign minister who represents national inter»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: Sovereignty and liberation are the foundations of state-building, as affirmed in the ministerial statement and the president»»»

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has accused the US and Donald Trump of being responsible for "casualties, damage and slander" in his country during recent protests. In a speech on Saturday, Khamenei acknowledged that thousands of people had been killed during recent unrest, "some in »»»

KUWAIT, Jan 17 (KUNA) -- Iran's handball team won on Saturday against Australia with a score of 39-13 in the third day of the 22nd Asian Handball Championship, hosted by Kuwait and continuing until January 29th.During the match held at Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Indoor Sports Complex, Iran won their f»»»

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has arrested a total of 75 online scam suspects in the latest crackdown on the cyber scams, said a press release from the Ad-Hoc Committee to Combat Online Scams on Saturday. They were apprehended on Friday during raids on a hotel and a guesthouse in the capital Phnom Penh for »»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: Foreign Minister Rajji is undermining civil peace by inciting sedition and trying to drag Lebanon into a civil war 17-01-202»»»

Within the required 24-hour deadline, the wood-processing company Kronospan Bulgaria submitted to the Regional Inspectorate of Environment (RIEW) and Water a plan for the safe shutdown of its particleboard production line in Veliko Tarnovo, the company’s press office said on Saturday. On Friday, Ja»»»

Dubai: Each winter, as cooler evenings settle over the capital, Emirati families begin counting down to a much-loved tradition: Al Hosn Festival. Held at Qasr Al Hosn, Abu Dhabi’s oldest stone building, the festival is a celebration deeply rooted in Emirati culture, history and community, and one t»»»

MANAMA, Jan 17 (KUNA) -- Bahrain on Saturday welcomed the announced launching of the second phase of US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan and formation of a temporary national Palestinian committee to run the Strip.In a press release, the Bahraini Foreign Ministry commended the US president'»»»

TechnologyUnited States of AmericaElon Musk seeking up to $134 billion from OpenAI, MicrosoftKieran Burke with dpa, ReutersMusk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit, but says the company now mainly serves Microsoft's interests. OpenAI has accused Musk of leading a campaign of "harrassment." htt»»»

Tunis, Jan. 17 (TAP) – Proceedings of the 16th session of the Tunisian-Egyptian Joint Consular Commission, held January 15-16 in Tunis, debated ways to strengthen consular cooperation.Works of the Commission, which took place at the headquarters of...»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Culture has announced the opening of nominations for the Doha International Book Fair Award, from January 17 to March 1, 2026. The award aims to shed light on the role played by the Doha International Book Fair in fostering the publishing industry at both local and inte»»»

Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov has firmly rejected claims by former Finance Minister Asen Vassilev from "We Continue the Change" that Bulgaria’s inflation is driven by high household electricity prices. Speaking in Stara Zagora, Stankov said Vassilev’s statements were inaccurate and misleading, str»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: Trump’s actions seek global control, and we call for a worldwide movement of states and peoples to tell the US to stop 17-01»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: They seek to punish and weaken the Islamic Republic of Iran, an independent state since 1979 that relies on its people’s cap»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: God willing, Iran will remain a stronghold of resistance and freedom, supporting the oppressed; we stand with Iran’s people,»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: The abduction of Venezuela’s president was the crime of the era, driven by Trump’s pursuit of its oil and wealth, with ambit»»»

A quiet Saturday morning at Maharajpur police station in Kanpur was shattered when a visibly distraught young man walked in crying and made a chilling confession. “Sir, I have strangled my wife,” he told the officer on duty, adding that her body lay wrapped in a blanket at their home. The man, iden»»»

Copenhagen: Thousands of people took to the streets of Denmark's capital on Saturday to protest at US President Donald Trump's push to take over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory. The protest followed Trump's warning on Friday that he "may put a tariff" on countries that oppose his plans to»»»

Paris, France: French investigators remain determined to find the imperial jewels stolen from the Louvre in October, a prosecutor has told AFP. Police believe they have arrested all four thieves who carried out the brazen October 19, 2025 robbery, making off with jewellery worth an estimated $102 m»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Sheikh Qassem: The noble mission of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) marks one of the greatest days in human history, when God Almighty bestowed upo»»»

Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei described US President Donald Trump as the main culprit for the killings and destruction in recent foreign-linked riots, stressing that the Iranian nation broke the back of the sedition by unity. The Leader was addressing thousands o»»»

NASA’s giant new moon rocket headed to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as February. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket began its 1 mph (1.6 kph) creep from Kennedy Space Center’s Ve»»»

MELBOURNE: Jannik Sinner will be aiming for a third straight men's title, while top women's seed Aryna Sabalenka strives to reclaim her crown at the Australian Open, where China will be well represented at the season-opening Grand Slam in Melbourne. The focus of the men's draw is on world No.2 Sinn»»»

Secretary's SpeechLebanon PalestineZionist EntityRegional and International International More Video Language Ar En Fr EsSubscribe for Weekly Updates Subscribe Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem begins his address at the Al-Mab’ath Al-Nabawi ceremony via Al-Manar TV 17-01-2026 14:14 PM »»»

Thousands of people took to the streets of Denmark's capital on Saturday to protest at US President Donald Trump's push to take over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory. The protest followed Trump's warning on Friday that he "may put a tariff" on countries that oppose his plans to take over m»»»

The situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasny Liman area is deplorable, an officer with callsign "Pioneer" from Russia's Zapad Battlegroup says. "They are holding on only thanks to the 'Baba-Yaga' drones," Pioneer explains, adding Ukraine now only has individual fighters' positions the»»»

The Syrian army is moving into areas east of Aleppo city, after Kurdish forces started a withdrawal. Syrian troops have been spotted entering Deir Hafer, a town about 50km (30 miles) from Aleppo. On Friday, the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia announced it would redeploy east of the E»»»

Two tourists from Kerala drowned after stepping onto the frozen Sela Lake in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district, police said on Friday. The lake sits at an elevation of about 13,700 feet and is prone to extreme winter conditions. Police identified the deceased tourists as Binu Prakash (24) from Ko»»»

Tunis, Jan. 17 (TAP)-"Under the EBRD’s Youth in Business programme, Advans Tunisie will receive up to TND 15 million (€4.4 million) to on-lend to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) owned or led by young entrepreneurs, promoting the...»»»

Istanbul: US President Donald Trump has invited Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to join the so-called Board of Peace that will oversee post-war Gaza, Turkey said Saturday. Erdogan received the proposal in a letter sent Friday by Trump inviting him to "become a founding member" of the board»»»

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Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, stressed the UAE’s commitment to protecting the UAE, and strengthening the bonds of unity and cohesion among its people. Also Read: UAE President reaffirms commitment to stability and prosp»»»

It’s exciting to win something. For long-time Pakistani resident Adul Salam Muhammad Ashraf that feeling of victory came after 20 years in the UAE. On January 13, he won Dh100,000 in The UAE Lottery. It was a serendipitous opportunity that presented itself about a year ago, when he heard about the »»»